1 Since 1915, only three automobiles have held the title of highest selling car ever. The first was the Ford Model T, which was overhauled only in 1972. The automobile that took over was itself overtaken by the Toyota Corolla in the 1990s. Name the second car.

2 This 1890 novel was the author’s second literary effort, after The Fair God was published in 1873. It has sold 50 million copies. Name the novel and the author.

3 Which cricket team has chased the most runs in the second innings of a T20 international?

4 Which actor, best known in India for his performance in Mira Nair’s The Namesake , actually had his character commit suicide in the television series House , so that he could start a second career in the Obama administration’s Office of Public Engagement?

5 Which American late-night host originally started as an eccentric weatherman who would list high and low temperatures for fictional cities and congratulate storms for being upgraded to hurricane status?

6 Which Nobel Prize-winning author started her professional career as a professor at Texas Southern and Howard University, before working as an editor at Random House in the ’60s?

7 If Catherine of Aragon was the first, and Jane Seymour the third, who was the second?

8 It was the second marriage for both in 1954. It lasted less than a year. After she passed away, he sent six red roses three times a week to her grave for 20 years. Name this legendary couple.

9 Ferenc Puskas was one of Hungary’s greatest footballers and scored an incredible 84 goals for them in 85 appearances. However, he represented a different country in his last four internationals. Which country?

10 The film The Karate Kid , starring Ralph Macchio, was a big hit and spawned many sequels. The first two also starred Macchio. Which Academy Award-winning star was the main character in the third sequel, titled The Next Karate Kid ?

Answers

1. The Volkswagen Beetle, which was overhauled in the late 1990s after selling more than 20 million units

2. Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur . Wallace finished his book while serving as the governor of New Mexico

3. West Indies chased 232 against South Africa in 2015. Chris Gayle top scored with 90 off 41 balls

4. Kalpen Modi, aka Kal Penn, who starred in the cult hit Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

5. David Letterman

6. Toni Morrison. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye , was published in 1970

7. Anne Boleyn

8. Marilyn Monroe and baseball legend Joe Di Maggio

9. Spain; he had been a regular at Real Madrid since 1958

10. Actress Hilary Swank, who won Academy Awards for Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby

Joy Bhattacharjya is a quizmaster and Project Director, FIFA U-17 World Cup

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