QUIZZOMANIA - The Vidyuth 2k16 General Quiz

QUIZZOMANIAVIDYUTH 2016 GENERAL

QUIZ

Brought to you by Team R.K.• Rakshith A. Kashyap

• Rahul Khatri

In association with PRASHNA – The VVCE Quiz Club

Rules of the game : • 19 questions• 5 starred• No negatives• Top 6 teams make the finals• No use of external electronic media.• Make sure the answer’s you write are your own and not

your neighbor's.

*1. Name the type of hat worn by Big B.

2.V. Laxman, popularly known as X, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. He made his acting debut playing a supporting role in the 2005 Kannada film “Mental Manja.” His next role was as the lead in the 2009 film ”Swathanthra Palya,” which he also directed.Identify X.

3.Google Doodle for.. ?

4.Id the Show

• They reside in fictional town of Townsville, USA

• Some of the famous Citizens of Townsville are Utonium, Ms. Sara Bellum, Ms. Keane

• This show was rebooted and premiered in the United States on April 4, 2016.

5.

6.2008 – 2012 : DLF

2012 – 2015 : PEPSI2016 – 2017 : ????

7. What does the map depict?

*8. X was born on Christmas Day in 1971. X was

only the second child in Canadian history to be born to a serving prime minister.  In the 2007 miniseries The Great War, X portrayed Talbot Mercer Papineau, a soldier and one of Canada’s first Rhodes Scholars who was killed in the Battle of Passchendaele. Id X.

9. This name is derived from two

Sanskrit words which mean "the beginning of a new age". It specifically refers to the start of the age we are living in now, the Kali Yuga. The Kali Yuga began when Lord Krishna left the world. Maharshi Vedavyasa describes this event with the words "Yesmin Krishno divamvyataha, Tasmat eeva pratipannam Kaliyugam.” Name the event.

*10. Identify the player.

11. Put Funda

12. Started in 1850 on an experimental basis between Kolkata

and Diamond Harbor, it was opened for use by the British East India Company the following year. In 1854, the service was mad available to the public.

Its service ended on July 15, 2013. Rahul Gandhi was the last to receive this service.

What “service” am I talking about?

13. X known as Quaterine/MET-88/THP is a limited-

market pharmaceutical, developed in 1970 by Ivars Kalvins, and manufactured primarily by Grindeks of Latvia and several generic manufacturers. It is distributed in Eastern European countries as an anti-ischemia medication. Identify X.

*14. The motto "Ordem e Progresso“ meaning

"Order and Progress” is inspired by Auguste Comte's motto of positivism: "L'amour pour principe et l'ordre pour base; le progrès pour but“ which means "Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal”.

Where would you find this written?

15. In a quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in February

1967, participants who could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek mythology, were unable to reply to the question "In the Ramayana, who was Rama's mother?“

X who was shocked by this started Y inan attempt to teach Indian children abouttheir cultural heritage. He was surprisedthat Indian students were ignorant of theirown history, mythology and folklore.

Identify X and Y?

16. Whose brief biography?

17. Give me the significance of this list.

Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Moin Khan Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq Wasim Akram

*18. This came as a result of the 1932 MGM

film Rasputin and the Empress, which insinuated that the character Princess Natasha had been raped by Rasputin. Princess Natasha's character was supposedly intended to represent Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, following which the real Princess Irina sued MGM.

What practice started as a result ?

19. In 1885, members of the Theosophical Society who had

organized a meeting in Pune (then Poona) shifted the venue to Bombay due to a cholera outbreak. 72 delegates attended the meeting, which led to the foundation of which political organization.

Answers to come…

*1. Name the type of hat worn by Big B.

Panama Hat

2.V. Laxman, popularly known as X, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. He made his acting debut playing a supporting role in the 2005 Kannada film “Mental Manja.” His next role was as the lead in the 2009 film ”Swathanthra Palya,” which he also directed.Identify X.

Hucha Venkat

3.Google Doodle for.. ?

Dmitri Mendeleev's 182nd Birthday

4.Id the Show

• They reside in fictional town of Townsville, USA

• Some of the famous Citizens of Townsville are Utonium, Ms. Sara Bellum, Ms. Keane

• This show was rebooted and premiered in the United States on April 4, 2016.

5.

6.2008 – 2012 : DLF

2012 – 2015 : PEPSI2016 – 2017 : ????

7. What does the map depict?

Legality of Cannabis (Marijuana) use

*8. X was born on Christmas Day in 1971. X

was only the second child in Canadian history to be born to a serving prime minister.  In the 2007 miniseries The Great War, X portrayed Talbot Mercer Papineau, a soldier and one of Canada’s first Rhodes Scholars who was killed in the Battle of Passchendaele. Id X.

Justin Trudeau

9. This name is derived from two

Sanskrit words which mean "the beginning of a new age". It specifically refers to the start of the age we are living in now, the Kali Yuga. The Kali Yuga began when Lord Krishna left the world. Maharshi Vedavyasa describes this event with the words "Yesmin Krishno divamvyataha, Tasmat eeva pratipannam Kaliyugam.” Name the event.

Ugadi/Yugadi

*10. Identify the player.

Moeen Ali

11. Put Funda

Tesla Motors’ Model 3

12. Started in 1850 on an experimental basis between Kolkata

and Diamond Harbor, it was opened for use by the British East India Company the following year. In 1854, the service was mad available to the public.

Its service ended on July 15, 2013. Rahul Gandhi was the last to receive this service.

What “service” am I talking about?

Telegraph Services

13. X known as Quaterine/MET-88/THP is a limited-

market pharmaceutical, developed in 1970 by Ivars Kalvins, and manufactured primarily by Grindeks of Latvia and several generic manufacturers. It is distributed in Eastern European countries as an anti-ischemia medication. Identify X.

Meldonium

*14. The motto "Ordem e Progresso“ meaning

"Order and Progress” is inspired by Auguste Comte's motto of positivism: "L'amour pour principe et l'ordre pour base; le progrès pour but“ which means "Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal”.

Where would you find this written?

Brazil’s National Flag

15. In a quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in February

1967, participants who could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek mythology, were unable to reply to the question "In the Ramayana, who was Rama's mother?“

X who was shocked by this started Y inan attempt to teach Indian children abouttheir cultural heritage. He was surprisedthat Indian students were ignorant of theirown history, mythology and folklore.

Identify X and Y?

X = Anant Pai ; Y = Amar Chitra Katha

16. Whose brief biography?

Peter Thiel

17. Give me the significance of this list.

Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Moin Khan Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq Wasim Akram

Anil Kumble’s 10 wickets against Pakistan

*18. This came as a result of the 1932 MGM

film Rasputin and the Empress, which insinuated that the character Princess Natasha had been raped by Rasputin. Princess Natasha's character was supposedly intended to represent Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, following which the real Princess Irina sued MGM.

What practice started as a result ?

Disclaimer about everything being ficitious before the start of a movie

19. In 1885, members of the Theosophical Society who had

organized a meeting in Pune (then Poona) shifted the venue to Bombay due to a cholera outbreak. 72 delegates attended the meeting, which led to the foundation of which political organization.

Indian National Congress (INC)

DRY ROUND

• Infinite bounce and pounce.• +10 on direct. +15/-10 on pounce.

1. Connect

Acquisitions made by Snapdeal

2. Id the person this Programming language is based on

3. What is blanked out here.

4. Connect

Watch Scam

5. Who/What is being spoken about?

• "Me and my brother got invited to Wimbledon, as you do, and a Royal was hosting, we didn't know which Royal it was, and it was the Duchess of Cornwall and she was hosting it.

• "And we got sat with her, me and my brother, and she leant over the table and said X? "No word of a lie."

X - Are you Dead?The person being Kit Harrington who

plays Jon Snow in GoT

6.“It was Diwali and she was helping my mother place diyas around our house. I just came out and saw her walking with a plate full of diyas and it caught my eye... how the light was beautifully falling on her face. Being a photographer and of course, a husband who loves his wife, I just pulled out my phone and asked her if she could just pick one diya and stand by the wall.” Put Funda.

India’s entry for the“Shot on iPhone 6” campaign

7. Jeff Dowd was one of the Seattle 7, a group of

people who went to jail for protesting against the Vietnam war. A pacifist and an independent movie producer, he was the inspiration for which iconic movie character.

8. Why is the court colored black?

As a tribute to Kobe Bryant, who retired from the game.

9. Identify.

Dolly Bindra

10. Logo of which app started by Aakrit Vaish & Swapan Rajdev, which is a chat based personal assistant that recently raised series B funding from Times Internet ?

LIST IT

• Exhaustive List.• 13 answers.• 5 points each. +5 bonus if you get all correct.• In case you write more than 13 answers, will

only consider the first 13.

List all the Indian’s who have been Olympic medal winners in individual events.

• Norman Pritchard• Kasaba Jadhav• Leander Paes• Karnam Malleshwari• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore• Abhinav Bindra• Vijender Singh• Sushil Kumar• Vinay Kumar• Saina Nehwal• Yogeshwar Dutt• M.C. Marykom• Gagan Narang

THE MISCELLANEOUS ROUND

• 5 questions. On pounce. +15/-10. • Fairly easy questions, don’t think too much.

1. Which movie?

A Wednesday

2. Connect

3.In 1895, X’s New York lab burned, destroying years’ worth of notes and equipment. He then relocated to Colorado Springs for two years, returning to New York in 1900. He secured backing from financier J.P. Morgan and began building a global communications network centered on a giant tower at Wardenclyffe, on Long Island, but funds ran out.

X lived his last decades in a New York hotel, working on new inventions even as his energy and mental health faded. He spent his final years feeding—and, he claimed, communicating with—the city’s pigeons.He died in his room on January 7, 1943.

Nikola Tesla

4. Sri Sri Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Ji has been dismissed for a duck only once in his Ranji Trophy career. Name the bowler who achieved this feat.

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar

5. Connect

Kannadigas to have received the Bharat Ratna

STAGE 2

• 6 questions. • Scoring is +100/-50; +80/-40; +60/-30; +50/-25;

+40/-20 and +20• Closed stage 2. Answers open on pounce. +15/-

10 on pounce.

1.X is characterized as a person who frequently suffers, and as a result, is usually nervous and lacks self-confidence. He shows both pessimistic and optimistic attitudes: on some days, he is reluctant to go out because his day might just be spoiled, but on others, he hopes for the best and tries as much as he can to accomplish things.The character's creator, Charles M. Schulz, said about the character, "He must be the one who suffers, because he is a caricature of the average person. Most of us are much more acquainted with losing than winning.”

Charlie Brown

2. Minimalist poster for which movie?

Gravity

3.X, founded in 1953, began as a small cafe serving tea and snacks, but is now most famous for its Hyderabadi dum biryani and kebabs. It is located on MG Road, Secunderabad, Telangana.

It has been a recipient of the following awards:Best Haleem at 2011 Times Biryani and Haleem contestBest Biryani 2012 Times Food AwardBest Biryani Ever by Kutti Karishma Krishnan.Identify X.

Paradise Hotel

4.The title, “X", is taken from a painting by 20th century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In Spanish, the expression used to acclaim life. The painting reflects the artist’s irony of acclaiming life while suffering physically. This is a reference to Frida Kahlo's strength, enduring polio, a broken spine, and a decade of chronic pain.

Viva La Vida

5.X refers to a telephone directory of businesses, organized by category rather than alphabetically by business name, and in which advertising is sold. The directories were originally printed on X paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings. The traditional term is now also applied to online directories of businesses.

Yellow Pages

6.X is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay. When asked about the development of the song, Chris Martin said: "My father-in-law Bruce Paltrow bought this big keyboard just before he died. No one had ever plugged it in. I plugged it in, and there was this incredible sound I'd never heard before. All these songs poured out from this one sound. Something has to inspire you, and something else takes over. It's very cloudy.” Martin also noted that the song is "probably the most important song we've ever written."

Fix You

The connect is Coldplay..

LVC

Rules

• 5 slides. 15 images. Exhaustive list.• Scoring starts at +100/-50.• Then goes to +80/-40; +60/-30; +40/-20 and

+20/-10.• Hope everyone gets off the mark.

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And the theme is….

The DJ Bravo “Champions” Song

THANK YOU !!