Koni, Dhilip and I attended a quiz at the IIM-B cultural event Unmaad last week. The theme of the quiz was india. We have a reliable reputation behind us for attending many quizzes without winning any. Way to go, team :-) But still, armed with brains eroded by code, we decided to give it a shot. Here are the few questions i could remember.

Q :
police officer
priest
Scientist
--------
Singer
Grand Mother
Martial Arts
Afghan
---------
SriLankan

A :
This one is easy. The other two are Ex-CIA and American President. (Dasavatharam 10 roles)*

Q:
Emerging Media is a media group focused on the Indian Subcontinent, founded by Manoj Bandale.
Emerging Media partnered up with Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, through his company Illyria, to expand the media expertise which was central to the bid.

What was their investment?

A:
Rajasthan Royals.

Q:
The show stars a fictional British Indian family, including Madhuri and Ashwin Kumar (played by Indira Joshi and Vincent Ebrahim), their thirty-something son Sanjeev (played by Sanjeev Bhaskar), and Sushila, Sanjeev's grandmother, normally referred to as Ummi (played by Meera Syal). The family live in Wembley, London, England. The show's central premise is that Sanjeev's parents have supported his dream of being a TV presenter by having a TV studio built on what used to be their back garden. Running jokes include Sanjeev's apparent social ineptitude, and Ashwin's obsession with financial matters and his tendency to tell long stories with no real point. It is also a regular conceit that the guests' appearance fees are paid in chutney.

A:
The kumars at No.42. (We wrote the answer as Mr. Kumars :-P)

Q:
Former Attorney-General Soli J. Sorabjee, recalls: "His talent in expounding the subject was matched by his genius in explaining the intricacies of the Budget to thousands of his listeners. His famous Annual Budget speeches had humble beginnings in 1958 in a small hall of an old hotel called Green Hotel in Bombay. He spoke without notes and reeled off facts and figures from memory for over an hour keeping his audience in rapt attention."

Describing the Annual Budget meetings, Sorabjee goes on to say: "The audience in these meetings was drawn from industrialists, lawyers, businessmen and the common individual. His Budget speeches became so popular throughout India and the audience for them grew so large that bigger halls and later the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay had to be booked to keep pace with the demand of an audience of over 20,000. It was aptly said that in those days that there were two Budget speeches, one by the Finance Minister and the other by him, and his speech was undoubtedly the more popular and sought after."[1]

A:
Nani A Pakhivala

Q:
Moksha Patamu was perhaps invented by Hindu spiritual teachers to teach children about the effects of good deeds as opposed to bad deeds. The ----- represented virtues such as generosity, faith, humility, etc., and ---- represented vices such as lust, anger, murder, theft, etc. The moral of the game was that a person can attain salvation (Moksha) through performing good deeds whereas by doing evil one takes rebirth in lower forms of life (Patamu). Presumably the number "100" represented Moksha (Salvation).

A: Snakes and ladders*

Q:
He is introduced as a young prince of the lowly Nishada tribes. He was born to Devashrava (brother of Vasudeva, who was father of Krishna)[2] and was raised by Hiranyadhanus, the leader (King) of the Nishadhas, who was a commander in the army of Jarasandha (the king of Magadha).[3]

Later, -------- worked as a confidant of King Jarasandh. At the time of Rukmini's Swayamvar, he acted as the messenger between Shishupala and Rukmini's father Bhishmaka, at Jarasandh's behest.[3] Bhishmaka decides that Rukmini should marry Shishupala, but instead Rukmini elopes with Krishna. -------- is later killed by Krishna, who hurls a rock against him, in a conflict against Jarasandh's army[3][4]

A:
Ekalavya

Q:
These brothers claim to fame:
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Media/images/AgarwallaBros-aae6bf00-5277-4e5b-a17f-f07dc31b3763.jpg

Scrabulous.* ( Wiki Lexulous)

Q:
This man associated with a advertising firm called grey worldwide took the advertising world by storm a few years back for a campaign. What was it?

http://www.afaqs.com/news/interviews//grfx/prathap_index.jpg

A:
Pratap Suthan - India Shining

Q:
The protagonist is Ram Mohammed Thomas, a poor young waiter from the slums of Mumbai, blah blah

A:
Q and A*

Q:
Luke, Murgi, Joy, Shuili, Pondy are the characters. Nicknamed the parasites. What are we talking about?

A:
Paanch(Film by Anurag Kashyap)

Q:
Mumbai Kolkata
Patna Bhubaneswar
Mumbai Delhi
Allahabad Jaipur
Gorakhpur Maligaon(Guwahati)
Chennai Secunderabad
Kolkata Bilaspur, CG
Hubli Mumbai
Jabalpur
A:
India Zonal Railway HQ*

* - questions answered