Q1. If in Bangladesh, this day falls on Shekh Mujibur Rahman’s birthday, and in Nepal, it was formerly on H.M. Queen Mother Ratna Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah’s birthday, in India whose birthday is it on? And what day are we talking about?
Q2. When this first appeared in France, it was called pain a la duchesse or petite duchesse. Then, it became popular as a choux pastry, a kind of bun, and got the name ______. It derives its name from the French word for ‘a flash of lightning’. In India, we associate this name with a different item, which we all remember from our childhoods. What food are we talking about?
Q3. goPuff is a delivery service currently operating in a few cities in the U.S., like Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, New York, Austin and Chicago. They deliver items like ice cream, organic seaweed chips, pet food and also electronic items like toasters, phone chargers, etc. What makes goPuff unique is that they operate well into the night — until 4:00 a.m. What nickname do they have as a result?
Q4. Kendrick Lamar, the hip hop artist released the best-selling platinum album — To Pimp a Butterfly in 2015. However, he originally wanted to name it To Pimp a Caterpillar instead. Using subtle wordplay, which deceased peer did he want to pay tribute to?
Q5. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, a ____ is stated to be the most important tool that a hitchhiker should have. It also says that if a person ‘knows where their ____ is’, they’re in control of their life. The book considers the ____ to be a sail for a makeshift raft, a gas mask, a blindfold, and a weapon for hand-to-hand combat if you wet it. It performs the activity it was originally designed for, if it is dry. What is this multifunctional tool?
Q6. The ______ ______ is an equinoctial sundial, consisting of a gigantic triangular gnomon with the hypotenuse parallel to the Earth’s axis. On either side of the gnomon is a quadrant of a circle, parallel to the plane of the equator. There are five such monuments in India. The largest, in Jaipur, features many instruments along with the world’s largest stone sundial. What is it called?
Answers
A1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Children’s Day is/was celebrated on their birth anniversaries
A2. Eclairs
A3. Santa Claus
A4. To Pimp a Caterpillar abbreviates to Tupac (2PaC)
A5. Towels
A6. Jantar Mantar