Quiz - I

1. He got admission in Lala Lajpatrai College in Mumbai in the cricketquota. He was a right handed batsman and left arm spinner but never played for the college team. He once told Sucheta Dalal that he would've played Ranji for MP if he had stayed on at Raipur and not migrated to Mumbai. His first job was as a clerk for New India Assurance for Rs. 600?
   
2. This appeared in a company's annual report - "A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion __________ ago was yesterday morning". Fill in the blank.
   
3. What is common to Deepak Shodhan, Lala Amarnath,Hanumant Singh, Abbas Ali Baig, Surinder Amarnath and Pravin Amre?
   
4. Lt. Col. Douglas Kirkpatrick ( Prof. of Aeronautics at USAF Academy ) on observing something said : ___ has overcome the acceleration of the earth's gravity by use of muscle power in the vertical plane, thus producing a low-altitude earth orbit.
   
5. What is special/significance of the number of shares Google is offering in its second public offer i.e, 14,159,265?
   
6. Connect jhankaar,Amore,Upop,Swing,Shruti..
   
7. Described by one of its stars as "Four hours long, with no stars, and no women, and no love story, and not much action either", this film nevertheless took 7 Oscars at the 1963 Awards, including the ones for Best Film and Best Director. Just name the film.

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