QUIZ 26

Q1
Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class is a mobile trash compactor, the last operational unit in a massive line created by the Buy n Large Corporation to gather and compact the waste created by the humans that used their products. His best friend is Hal. How do we know him better as?

Q2
A former SS agent, he took part in a German mountaineering expedition to the Himalayas, intending to climb Nanga Parbat. He was detained by the British but managed to escape to Tibet, where he stayed for seven years and is said to be the most influential person in the Dalai Lama's childhood. Who?

Q3
He was the president of four countries Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Columbia and is called 'The George Washington of South America'. Identify.

Q4
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase most likely originated from children's games such as hopscotch and snakes and ladders. The earliest recorded use of it in print is from a 1952 edition of the Economic Journal. Which phrase?

Q5
It is the brand name, first made in Australia in 1906 and as of 2005 sold in almost 180 countries. Owned by the Sara Lee Corporation since 1984, it is the dominant product of its kind in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it has about two-thirds of the market. It was developed by Australia-based Scottish-born inventor William Ramsay, who named it as a homage to his wife, Annie Elizabeth Meek Ramsay, a New Zealander. Which brand?

Q6
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, Albino Luciani, Karol Józef Wojtyła,.......complete the sequence.

Q7
He was an 8-year-old acrobat, the youngest of a family act called the "Flying Graysons". A gangster named Boss Zucco had been extorting money from the circus and killed Grayson's parents, John and Mary, by sabotaging their trapeze equipment as a warning against defiance. With the help of his mentor, he investigated Zucco and collected the evidence needed to bring him to justice. Eventually, he became a crime-fighter wit his partner. In the 1980s, he went independent and assumed the identity of Nightwing. Who?

Q8
It is a Sicilian criminal secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. The real name is Cosa Nostra, which means 'Our Thing'. Many believe, the more famous term used for them is just a literary concoction. Who are we talking about?

Q9
Situated in Westminster, London, the more common name is actually the name of the bell inside the structure rather than the structure itself. What?

Q10
It was founded in 1988. It's name, translated, means The Base. The name was created by Abu Ebeida El-Banashiri. The origins of the group can be traced to the Soviet war in Afghanistan, during which the group was financially supported by the US government. Identify the group.

Q11
Identify this famous actor, in his childhood photograph, shown in the above image. (Hint: He grew up and later went cuckoo on Oprah :))

The Early Bird: Parth Mehta, Mumbai

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