Given the eventful year that had just gone by, I decided to reminisce the year 2018, by conducting this quiz on all the good and the bad, the fun and the fallacies of 2018. Give it a shot and see how well you remember 2018!

1. The 2018 Quiz
Quizmaster – Shashank
Jogani

2. 1. Veronika Nikulshina, Olga Pakhtusova, Olga
Kurachyova and Pyotr Verzilov made
headlines across the world for their
performance in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
What did they get popular for?

3. A. World Cup Final Pitch Invaders – Pussy Riot

4. 2. Identify this individual
• Born on 26th February, 1957 in Cuttack
• Retired IPS officer from St. Stephen’s College
• Fertilizers Secretary of India
• Revenue Secretary of India
• Economic Affairs Secretary of India
• Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India
• Sherpa of India to the G20

5. A. Shaktikanta
Das

6. 3. Identify the highest grossing:
• Movie of 2018
• Indian Movie of 2018
• Animated Movie of 2018

7. A. Avengers: Infinity War; 2.0 ; Incredibles 2
It indeed was the year of the sequel

8. 4. Identify X
Egypt has restricted the sale of X to prevent citizens from emulating
events happening in Y. Safety equipment dealers can only sell X
wholesale to verified companies that have gained police approval,
retailers said. Nonconformists in Y originally used X symbolically to
object a proposed fuel tax rise.

9. A. X – Yellow Vests

10. 5. Born 27 years apart, what connects these 2
powerful ladies?

11. A. Only 2 female heads of government in modern
history to give birth while in office – Benazir
Bhutto & Jacinda Ardern

12. 6. Ian Power, from the town of St John's began queuing at 20:00 local
time on 16th October, 2018 so he could "make history". Newfoundland
is half an hour ahead of the next province to the west.
"It's been my dream to be the first person to buy _______________,
and here I finally am," he said.
"I'm having a plaque made with the date and time and everything. This
is never actually going to be "used". I'm going to keep it forever," said
Power.

13. A. Cannabis in Canada
Accurate - First legal gram of cannabis in Canada

14. 7. Funda

15. A. The unified Korean team marching in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics

16. 8. Connect these
#1 – Son of Dronacharya
#2 – Poison retrieved from Samudra Manthan
#3 – Demon Brothers
#4 – Killing of a Brahmin
#5 – Female Dog of the Gods
#6 – Cremation of a Hindu
#7 – Personification of terror
#8 – King of Pauravas cursed with premature old age

17. 8. Episodes of Sacred Games
#1 – Son of Dronacharya - Ashwathama
#2 – Poison retrieved from Samudra Manthan - Halahala
#3 – Demon Brothers - Atapi Vatapi
#4 – Killing of a Brahmin - Brahmahatya
#5 – Female Dog of the Gods - Sarama
#6 – Cremation of a Hindu - Pretakalpa
#7 – Personification of terror - Rudra
#8 – King of Pauravas cursed with premature old age - Yayati

18. 9. Amul Funda

19. 9. Ambani – Piramal Wedding

20. 10. Amul Funda

21. A. Outside food being allowed into
multiplexes in Maharashtra

22. 11. Identify this.

23. 11. Red Dead Redemption II

24. 12. Connect

25. 12. Thank you, next!

26. 13. Connect

27. A. Elon Musk

28. 14. Identify X
X was first announced in 2010 and the construction of statue started in
October 2013 by Larsen & Toubro, who received the contract for
₹2,989 crore (US$420 million). It was designed by Ram V. Sutar, and
was inaugurated on 31 October 2018.
It can withstand winds of up to 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph) and
earthquakes measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale which are at a depth of
10 km and within a radius of 12 km of the statue.

29. A. Statue of Unity

30. 15. The gentleman on the right
is Natvej Johar. He is among
the few male dancers of
classical form in India and first
Sikh to have taken to the art
form. In June 2016, Johar and
five others filed a writ petition
in the Supreme Court of India
that have probably
immoratalized him in the India
(judicial) history. Why so?

31. A. Navtej Singh Johar and others v.
Union of India - Challenging
Section 377 of the Indian Penal
Code

32. 16. Funda

33. A. Thai / Tham Luang cave rescue

34. 17. Identify X & Y
We are X employees and we join Amnesty
International in calling on X to cancel project Y, X
effort to create a censored __________________
for the Chinese market that enables state
surveillance.

35. 17. X – Google ; Y - Dragonfly

36. 18. Instagram post by?

37. A. Kylie Jenner – Most liked Instagram photo of all time

38. 19. This is the most
retweeted tweet from India
in 2018. Identify the user.

39. A. Sunil Chhetri

40. 20. Tweet by?

41. A. Stan Lee

42. 21. Identify the artist
Bonus Point – ID the person in the picture

43. A. Sridevi – Painting of Sonam Kapoor

44. 22. Deaths of 2018

45. 1. Ajit Wadekar
2. Kate Spade
3. Jamal Khasoggi
4. Paul Allen
5. Stephen Hawking
1
2 3
4
5

46. 23. Acquisitions & Investments of 2018

47. A. Acquisitions & Investments of 2018
Microsoft Reliance through various subsidaries
Marc Beinoff & FamilyMichael Kors

48. 24. Awards of 2018
• Best Picture at the 2018 Academy Awards
• World’s Highest Paid Author
• World’s Highest Paid YouTube Star
• World’s Highest Paid TV Actress
• 2018 IPL MVP Award

49. A. Awards of 2018
• Best Picture at the 2018 Academy Awards
The Shape of Water
• World’s Highest Paid Author
James Patterson
• World’s Highest Paid YouTube Star
Ryan ToysReview
• World’s Highest Paid TV Actress
Sofia Vergara
• 2018 IPL MVP Award
Sunil Narine

50. 25. Newly elected
leaders of 2018
- Identify the country

51. 25. Newly elected
leaders of 2018
1. Scott Morrison – Australia
2. Miguel Diaz Conel – Cuba
3. Imran Khan - Pakistan
4. Khadga Prasad Oli – Nepal
5. Cyril Ramaphosa – South
Africa
1
2
3
5
4

52. 26. Identify X & Y
On August 2, 2018, X became the first public U.S. company to cross
market capitalization of $1 Trillion.
However, long before in 2007, Y's market cap hit $1 trillion in 2007
following a successful debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The
company's Shanghai-listed shares nearly tripled at the open that day,
with its Hong Kong-listed shares following them higher. The rise gave
the company a market cap of $1.1 trillion on both the Shanghai and
Hong Kong exchanges.
Bonus – Which was the largest publicly traded company by market
capitalization by the end of 2018?

53. A. X – Apple ; Y – PetroChina ; Bonus -
Microsoft

54. 27. Identify him
• Born on 5th May, 1959
• Citizen on Antigua & Barbuda
• Studied in G.D. Modi College, Palanpur
• Owner & Founder of Gitanjali Group

55. A. Mehul Choksi

56. 28. The person to the left is Shiggy. He is an
internet comedian and founder of 'The Shiggy
Show'. He gained social media popularity thanks
to his hilarious dance videos, impressions and
rants. What’s his claim to fame in 2018?

57. A. #DoTheShiggy ;
#InMyFeelings ;
#KikiDoYouLoveMe

58. 29. Ramon Laguarta was
born in Barcelona and
graduated from the
Thunderbird School of
Global Management at
Arizona State University and
also received an MBA from
ESADE Business School in
Barcelona. He ascended to
the position of CEO of which
company as its sixth holder
of that position on October
3, 2018 after his
predecessor stepped down?

59. A. PepsiCo

60. 30. Identify X & Y
After a remarkable run of 8 years on top, X was displaced as the most
disliked video on YouTube by Y. While X took 8+ years to amass a total
of 10 mn dislikes, Y took less than 1 week to top that number and
reached the summit on December 13, 2018. As of December 31, 2018,
Y had a total of 15 mn dislikes.

61. A. X – Baby by Justin Beiber ; Y – Youtube
Rewind 2018

62. 31. At the end of 2018, which was the only Indian
state governed under President's Rule?
PS - The state is under President's Rule since 20
December 2018 after the mandatory 6 month
period of the Governor's Rule expired on 19
December 2018
Bonus – Which are the only 2 Indian states to have
never come under President’s Rule?

63. A. Jammu & Kashmir
Bonus – Chattisgarh & Telangana

64. 32. Tim Bergling was born on 8 September 1989.
On 20 April 2018, he was found dead in Muscat,
Oman. It was revealed on 1 May that the cause of
his death was suicide from self-inflicted injuries
from broken glass. He was buried on 8 June in his
hometown of Stockholm, Sweden. How do we
popularly / professionally know him?

65. A. Avicii

66. 33. The stock image was taken in the city of Girona in Catalonia, Spain,
in mid-2015 by the photographer Antonio Guillem from Barcelona and
was later uploaded to Shutterstock.
According to a post published on the Meme Documentation Tumblr
blog, the earliest known captioned version of the photo was submitted
to a Turkish Facebook group on an unknown date. Social media users
started using the image as a meme at the start of 2017, and it went viral
in August 2017 as a way to depict different forms of infidelity.
On April 15th, 2018, it was named "Meme of the Year" at the 10th
annual Shorty Awards. What am I talking about?

67. 33. Distracted Boyfriend Meme

68. 34. At the end of 2018, which was the highest
valued startup in the world?

69. A. Bytedance

70. 35. X + Y = ?
Different variations of X:
- Westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the
present-day Czech Republic
- Pakistani-American Punjabi rapper
- Cultural movement of wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds
Different variations of Y:
- “Y in Blue", a musical composition by George Gershwin
- Marvel Comics character
- Parent company of Napster
- A work of epic poetry

71. A. Bohemian Rhapsody

72. 36. Identify X
• The International Prototype of the X, was the
internationally sanctioned artifact that defined
the metric equivalent to one X. It is kept under
three glass domes in a vault for protection.
Despite all of this security, in the 129 years
since it was forged, it seems to have lost a tiny
amount of material.
• At its 2011 meeting, the CGPM agreed in
principle that the X should be redefined in
terms of the Planck constant, h. The formal
vote, which took place on 16 November 2018
approved the change with the new definitions
coming into force on 20 May 2019. The
accepted redefinition defined the X in terms of
the second and the metre.

73. A. Kilogram

74. 37. All of the world’s
eyes were on the
Capella resort in
Singapore as it held
the first ever summit
of it’s kind of 12th
June, 2018. What so
special about it?

75. A. 2018 North Korea–United States summit
a.k.a Trump-Kim Jong-un meeting

76. 38. ID him

77. A. Cameron Bancroft

78. 39. What am I talking about?
The discovery of the ambiguity phenomenon is attributed to Katie
Hetzel, a 15-year-old freshman at Flowery Branch High School, near
Atlanta, Georgia, who posted a description publicly on Instagram on
May 11, 2018. The illusion reached further popularity when the
student's friend posted it on Reddit the next day.It was picked up by
YouTuber Cloe Feldman on her Twitter account. It is an auditory illusion
of a re-recording of a vocabulary word plus added background sounds,
also mixed into the recording, which became popular in May 2018.

79. A. Yanny or Laurel

80. 40. Connect
Floss
Electro Shuffle
Take The L
Best Mates
Fresh
Electro Swing
The Worm
Groove Jam
Rocket Rodeo
Hula
Vivacious

81. A. Fortnite Dance Moves

82. 41. Identify X
• Stanford-trained product
designers James Monsees and
Adam Bowen started a
company called PAX Labs based
out of San Francisco in 2007.
The company developed the X,
whic was later spun out as a
separate company in 2017. X
had a market share of 72% as
of September 2018 and its
widespread use by youth has
triggered multiple
investigations by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.

83. A. Juul

84. 42. In 2018, Ryan
Coogler was named
the runner-up of
Time's Person of
the Year. What was
his most significant
contribution to the
world in the year?

85. A. Black Panther

86. 43. Identify X
The country became a member of the United Nations in 1993,
but, as a result of an ongoing dispute with Greece over the
use of the name X, was admitted under the provisional
description the former Yugoslav Republic of X. The Prespa
agreement, signed by X and Greece in June 2018, will see the
country change its name to the Republic of North X.

87. A. Macedonia

88. 44. Identify the venue

89. A. Santiago Bernabeu

90. 45. This is a movement against sexual harassment and was founded on January 1,
2018, by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and #MeToo.
Attendees of the 2018 Grammys including Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Kesha and Cyndi
Lauper wore white roses or all-black outfits to express solidarity with the this
movement. What do we know this movement as?
Clue - This is the last question of the quiz

91. A. Time’s Up