A Current Affairs Quiz as part of COEP's Quiz Week, conducted on 23/2/15.

2. Infinite Bounce 1
Internationals
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3. Q1: FITB.
2005: Sudoku/Podcast
2011: Squeezed middle
2013: Selfie
2014: _________.

4. Vape
Oxford Dictionary Words of the Year

5. Q2:
This is the cover of the Charlie Hebdo magazine, issue
number 1178, dated January 14, 2015.
What has been blanked out?
Image on next slide.

8. Q3:
ISIS beheaded Lt. X, a Jordanian pilot. As retaliation to
this, the Jordan Government launched an attack
specifically targeting ISIS bases under the name
Operation “X, the Martyr”.
What was the name of this pilot?

9. Lt. Moath-al-Kasasbeh

10. Q4:
The European Championships, hosted by France, will
see the tournament expand from 16 teams to 24 teams.
In normal circumstances, the winner of Euro 2016 would
be entitled to a place in the 2017 FIFA Confederations
Cup. However, if two of the 24 teams win, this place will
go to the runner-up. Which two teams are being talked
about, and why?

11. Germany – World Champions
Russia – Automatic Qualification, being the host

12. Q5: Id the event Satya Nadella is watching.
Hint available on request.

13. Superbowl

14. Q6:
The origin of the word X can be traced back to the
Sanskrit word Yuj which translates to “uniting/joining”.
The longest day in the northern hemisphere was
declared as the International X Day on December 11,
2014. What is X?

15. Yoga
International Yoga Day on June 21

16. Infinite Bounce 1
Entertainment
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17. Q1:
X is an composer and music producer of Indian origin
and is best known for winning the Best New Age Album
at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, for Winds of
Samsara, for which X collaborated with Wouter
Kellerman, a South African flutist. Id X.

18. Ricky Kej

19. Q2:
The upcoming movie – Minions, is a spinoff from the
Despicable Me series. In the trailer of this movie, New
York from the year 1968 is described as “42 Years B.G.”
What does B.G. stand for?

20. Before Gru

21. Q3:
X played the role of Vishnu is Sarkar, Rakesh Maria in
Black Friday, and Jehangir in ABCD - Any Body Can
Dance. X was recently honored with an award at the 60th
Filmfare Awards. Id the category.

22. Kay Kay Menon

23. Q4: Id the mask.

24. Guy Fawkes Mask

25. Q5: X is an actor, thespian and politician. He has won
the National Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1994.
He is known for playing the role of Baburao Ganpatrao
Apte in Hera Pheri. From which constituency was X
elected to Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian elections?

26. Ahmedabad East

27. Q6:
X won the 66th Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Actor
in a Miniseries or Movie. X has also voiced Agent
Classified in the recent spinoff of the Madagascar series
– Penguins of Madagascar. He has also voiced Severus
Snape and the British Prime Minister on an episode of
The Simpsons. Id X.

28. Benedict Cumerbatch

29. Pounce
Cricket World Cup
Pounces open
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30. Q1: FITB.
Chetan Sharma: New Zealand
Saqlain Mushtaq: Zimbabwe
Chaminda Vaas: Bangladesh
Brett Lee: Kenya
Lasith Malinga: South Africa, Kenya
Kemar Roach: Netherlands
_________:__________
No part points.

31. Steven Finn: Australia
World Cup Hat-Tricks.

32. Q2:
The picture shows a bird Alcetrois Y. X is a word derived
from Y, and is also the common name of the bird. Being
X is also the reason why a West Indian player and two
Pakistan players were banned from bowling in the
ongoing World Cup. What is X?

33. X - Chucker
Y - Chukar

34. Q3:
Which country, in the 2011 World Cup, set the World
Cup record for the highest successful chase in CWC
history, by chasing down a target of 329, against England
at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore?
Hint available on request.

35. Ireland

36. Q4:
What unique feat related to the Cricket World Cup is
shared by Nuwan Kulasekara and Craig McDermott?

37. Only players to bowl last ball of one WC and first ball of
the next WC.

38. Q5: Id the next person in the list.
?

39. Eoin Morgan

40. Q6:
In the recent match against England, Brendon
McCullum set the record for the fastest fifty in a World
Cup, by accomplishing the feat in 18 balls. In doing so,
whose record did he break?

41. His own, set against Canada, 20 balls in 2007.

42. Infinite Bounce + Pounce 1
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43. Q1: Connect. Deloitte is the latest addition to this list.

44. Companies with CEOs of Indian origins

45. Q2:
He was the founder of Punjab National Bank and
commissioned the iconic Lakshmi Building in Karachi
which still bears a plaque in his remembrance. The 150th
Birth Anniversary of this former President of Indian
National Congress and member of Arya Samaj was
celebrated on 28th Jan, 2015. Who is he?

46. Lala Lajpat Rai

47. Q3: FITB.
Sushant Singh Rajput: MS Dhoni
Priyanka Chopra: Mary Kom
Farhan Akhtar: Milkha Singh
________: Mohd. Azharuddin

48. Emraan Hashmi

49. Q4:
Most of the artifacts from X, which was bought from
Britain in 1957, will be kept at Maritime History Society,
Mumbai while the rest will be moved to Naval Aviation
Museum in Goa. IB Commercial, a scrap buying firm,
has decided to keep a metallic Ashok Chakra that used
to be on X. What is X?

50. Decommissioned INS Vikrant which was reduced to
scrap in Nov, 2014.
IB Commercial was the firm which won the bid to scrap
the ship.

51. Q5:
This brand changed its logo twice in 3 months. Reason
behind this was acquisition of Urbanspoon by this brand
and it wanted to show the integration of these two
brands. Hence the new logo- a white spoon on a red
background. Which brand?

52. Zomato

53. Q6:
If it was Hugh Jackman in 2009, James Franco and Anne
Hathway in 2011, Ellen DeGeneres in 2014, who will it be
in 2015?

54. Neil Patrick Harris
Hosts of the Academy Awards

55. Infinite Bounce + Pounce 2
Amul Cartoons
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56. Q1: FITB.

58. Q2: Id the event.

59. Roger Federer plays in India for the first time during the
IPTL.

60. Q3: Id the event

61. 2014 School Massacre in Peshawar by Tehrik-i-
Taliban

62. Q4: Id the event.

64. Q5: Id the event

65. Kim Kardashian cancels off plans to join Bigg Boss

66. Q6: This is from Oct’14. Id the event.

67. Richard Attenbrough passes away