Simple-Easy-A Quiz Conducted during Symphysia, Literary Fest, Thapar University.

1. Simple–Easy–A Quiz
Symphysia

2. 1. “The sport it resembles most is
basketball, which is probably the sport
I enjoy watching the most. I had so
much fun making the rules and I still
have the notebook I did it in.“
Who said about what?

4. 2. This company derives its name from provision of data and
voice services over mobile phones ?

5. 2.

6. 3.
The name of a section in the Ramayana, this
is also the name of a Tamil Film starring
Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna in lead roles.
The movie released on 25 February 2011.

7. 3.
Aranya
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8. 4. ____ lived in the Sea Life Centre in
Oberhausen, Germany. Died on 26
October 2010. Who?

9. 4

10. 5. Extracted from the novel “Kim”, fill in the blanks.
"Look! Brahmins and chumars, bankers and
tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims -and potters - all
the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from
which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood. And truly
the _____ _____ ____ is a wonderful spectacle. It runs
straight, bearing without crowding India's traffic for
fifteen hundred miles - such a river of life as nowhere
else exists in the world.”

11. 5
Grand Trunk Road

13. 6.
Tokyo Shinto Kanda-Myojin temple
People getting their laptops blessed for
protection from viruses

14. 7.
He was born in Thrissur, Kerala and brought
up in Delhi. He sang 3,500 jingles before
getting a Bollywood break. He appeared in
"Josh of India" song for the support of the
Indian Cricket Team during Cricket World
Cup 1999. Folowing this, he released an
album, for which he received a Star Screen
Award for the Best Solo Album.

15. 7.
KK

16. 8.
____ was introduced around 217 BC to raise
citizen morale after a crushing military
defeat at the hands of the Carthginians. It is
held in the honour of Cronus, the youngest
of Titans, father of the major gods of the
Greeks and Roman and son of X and Gaia.

17. 8.
Saturnalia
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18. 9
Opened in 2005, this Dubai Mall is named
after the 14h century scholar ___
_____, who was famous for his book
Rihla(Voyages), a detailed acoount of his
travels. Fittingle, the six courts in the mall
are named after the countries he attended
namely
China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia, Andalu
sia. Who?

19. 9
Ibn-e-Batuta

20. 10

21. 10
Axe Deos

22. 11
Which former capital of Japan is an anagram
of the country's current capital ?

23. 11
Kyoto

24. 12
Song 2

25. 12
Song – Na Jaaney Kyun
Movie – Spiderman 2
Band – Strings

26. 13
Geographical Indication(GI) copyrights are
used - they bar others from naming or
marketing the food under the same name.
Under GI, the rigt ot marketing a product is
tied to definite geographical territory and
the manufactured goods should be
produced or processed or prepared in that
territory. In 2010, this was awarded to a
complex food X, rather than a simple farm
produce[like Basmati Rice]. Also more
interesting was the extremely small size of
the geographical region where this food is
produced. What is X?

27. 13
Tirupati Ladoo

28. 14. ___ is the name of an ancient center
of higher learning in Bihar. The site of ___
is located about 55 miles south east of
Patna.

29. 14
Nalanda
Seen here Nava Nalanda Library, Thapar

30. 15
The phrase is used generally for a person
who claims to be extremely brave though
he is not actually one. It is the name of one
of the characters of Sheikh Chilli stories.

31. 15

32. 16.
Originally known as the Knights of
Walpurgis, this society was headed by a
person whose name translates into French
as 'flight of death';. The standard attire of
the members of this society was a black
cape with a white skull mask. Name the
organization.

33. 16
Death Eaters

34. 17
What was the International Food and
Hospitality Fair, held at Pragati
Maidan, Delhi from March 10-14, 2011
named?

35. 17
Aahar*
Aahar is also the name of a food point in
Thapar University

36. 18.
Guru Tegh Bahadur visited Lehal on 24
January 1672 and stayed under a banyan
tree by the side of a pond. The sickness in
the village subsided. The site where Guru
Tegh Bahadur sat came to be known as
____

37. 18
Pain in the Village Subsided – Dukhnivaran
Dukhnivaran Sahib Gurudwara, Patiala

38. 19
In 1955, the Indian government looked for a
suitable vehicle for its police and army, for
use in patrolling the country's border. The
____ was chosen as most suitable.

39. 19

40. 20.
Which Hollywood blockbuster was released
in Hindi as Murde ki kahani,ek bachche ki
zabani ?

42. 21
Because a torn tendon can no longer keep
the biceps muscle tight, a bulge in the
upper arm above the elbow may
appear, with a dent closer to the shoulder.
What is this condition called?

43. 21
Popeye Muscle