QUIZZOMANIA - The Vidyuth 2k16 General Quiz

QUIZZOMANIA
VIDYUTH 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.

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.

6.
2008 – 2012 : DLF
2012 – 2015 : PEPSI
2016 – 2017 : ????

*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.

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 in
an attempt to teach Indian children about
their cultural heritage. He was surprised
that Indian students were ignorant of their
own history, mythology and folklore.
Identify X and Y?

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.

Dmitri Mendeleev's 182nd Birthday

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.

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.

X = Anant Pai ; Y = Amar Chitra Katha

Anil Kumble’s 10 wickets against
Pakistan

Disclaimer about everything being
ficitious before the start of a movie

Indian National Congress (INC)

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

2. Id the person this Programming
language is based on

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.

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 ?

• 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

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

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.

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.

Kannadigas to have received the Bharat Ratna

• 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.”

2. Minimalist poster for which movie?

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 contest
Best Biryani 2012 Times Food Award
Best Biryani Ever by Kutti Karishma Krishnan.
Identify X.

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.

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.

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."

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. 

The DJ Bravo “Champions” Song

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