FUNDAMENTALS
Every day, millions of people across the globe wake up to the adventures and antics of Garfield, Hagar the Horrible, and Dagwood. See how much you know you favourite comic strip heroes
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COMIC STRIP HEROES
1. Garfield’s owner is an awkward clumsy geek who has trouble finding a date. What is his name?
2. A 16th- century French theologian and a 17th century English philosopher considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy gave their names to which comic strip characters?
3. Hagar the Horrible is the classical Viking Warrior who regularly raids England and France. Name his loyal skinny first mate who accompanies him in all his raids?
4, For all his swashbuckling ways, Hagar is quite a family man. He is attached to his domineering wife Helga and their two children. Name them?
5. Kvack is the family duck of Hagar the Horrible. What is his dog called?
6. While Dagwood Bumstead is the main character of the comic strip Blondie, the strip is named after his wife. What is the maiden name of Blondie?
7. Dagwood slaves away at the office of the J. C. Dithers Construction Company under his tyrannical boss JC Dithers. What does JC in JC Dithers stand for?
8. What is special about the fast food chain that was started by Dean Young and Lamar Berry in September, 2006 in Palm Harbor in Florida?
9. Beau Peep joined the French Foreign Legion to escape from a girl, who is madly in love with him and follows him everywhere. Name this girl who is never actually seen in the comics?
10. Egon is the bad tempered cook in ‘ Beau Peep’. All his recipes, vegetarian as well as non vegetarian, have the same main ingredient. What?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Name the mother of two sons who is the brand ambassador of MAA- Mothers Absolute Affection programme of Govt. of India, which is an intensified program for the promotion of breastfeeding?( Dr Shanu Chandran, Vellore)
2. How does India know a gentleman who goes by the name Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen?( Soulath Mo ham med, Secunderabad)
3. This tennis grand slam multiple titles winner was diagnosed with Sjogren ‘ s Syndrome, an Autoimmune disease in 2011. However this player entered the semi- final of the U.S. open Grand Slam in 2017 in spite of being diagnosed with the disease earlier in 2011. Identify this person?( BK Harinath, Mysuru)
4. Former West Indian pacer Leslie Hylton, who claimed 16 wickets in 6 Tests at an average of 26.12. He also has a infamous distinction - in fact the only test cricketer with this dishonour. What ?( Dee Sure nd ran a th, Secunderabad)
5. The residents of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada often leave their car doors unlocked for a particular reason. What? ( K Venugopal, Chennai)
6. Two of the fifty states in the United States have elements named after it. One of them is Californium. What is the other?( S Meenakshi, Secunderabad)
7. Sultan Said Khan was a direct descendant of the first Moghul Khan Timur. He founded the state of Moghulistan in 1348 and ruled until 1363. How do Indians better know him? ( Roshan Alexander, Bengaluru)