The general quiz conducted as a part of IEEE fest Encomium.

1. BUZZINGA
THE GENERAL QUIZ
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2. • Cut Off: 9.5

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5. 1
• Identify the person whose Memorial, situated in the
Sackville Park in Manchester, England .A plaque on the
statue calls him a ‘Victim of prejudice' and the statue is
situated near the city's gay centre of Canal Street.

6. AlanTuring

7. 2
• NIZ was born in 1985 in a family that can trace its
lineage all the way back to the Nizams . On completing
his engineering from IIT-Delhi, NIZ pursued a course in
Urban Planning at Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in
the United States. He is not one to stay away from his
family and country for too long.Therefore, soon after
completing his masters, he returned to India to use his
knowledge to serve his fellow people. NIZ is seen to be
a man who epitomises his city.
• Name the entity with which he is associated with?

8. Hyedrabad Metro Mascot

9. 3
• Piscine Molitor is a swimming pool and hotel complex located in
Porte Molitor, 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France , Paris
, France.
• The complex was built in 1929 and inaugurated by Olympic
swimmers Aileen Riggin and JohnnyWeissmuller. The pool is
known for its Art Deco designs and the popular introduction of
the bikini by Louis Réard on 5 July 1946.
• The title character of a Man Booker Prize winning novel is
named after Piscine Molitor.This book was made into a movie of
the same name which was released in 2012.

10. Life of Pi

11. 4
The history of this term can be traced back to the 1880s when Chicago Daily
News sports reporter Finley Peter Dunne coined the term when covering the then-
named Chicago White Stockings games. Dunne was known for giving colorful play-
by-play and when a left-handed pitcher came on the field. So it originated “from the
practice in baseball of arranging the diamond with the batter facing east to avoid
the afternoon sun.”

12. Southpaw

13. 5 Whose 86th birthday is celebrated by this doodle? India's award
for best film on national integration in the annual National Film
Awards is named the in her honour.

14. Nargis Dutt

15. 6
•It is a colloquial term for a money launderer.Also refers
to one who seeks to evade scrutiny from government
agencies by breaking up a transaction involving a large
amount of money into smaller transactions that are
below the reporting threshold.The term is derived from
the cartoon characters.

16. Smurfs

17. 7
• S.R. Ranganathan, born on 12August 1892 to
Ramamrita, inTanjore in British-ruled India.
• Ranganathan began his professional life as a
mathematician; he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in
mathematics from Madras Christian College in his
home province, and then went on to earn a teaching
license
• His Birthday 12th august is celebrated as a day
dedicated to a particular profession?
• Which profession?

18. National Librarians day

19. 8
• In China, the X waist challenge is going viral, especially with women, and social
media is flooded with the results.The X challenge encourages women to use X as a
standard to measure their waist. X has a standard width of 21cm. What’s X ?

20. A4

21. 9
• The Haryana government will soon bring a proposal to change the name of this
animal to ‘roze’.There is something special about its name which serves as a
protection for this animal , the reason why the name is changed. So what is its
name?

22. Nilgaai

23. 10. Connect with a code

24. Ottendorf Cipher

25. 11
This is an interesting incident in election history of Britain.
In 1979 General Elections, during the polling at Dover, the far-right National Front
was also among one of the five candidates.
As a mark of protest against their political views, a certain Jeremy Fox contested
elections as well, under a rather humorous party name that was a reference to a pop
culture entity with cult following till date.
He managed to poll double the number of votes than the NF candidate.
What rather simple name did he use for his party?

26. Silly Party

27. 12
• Tourists may call it X, the locals might call it X, but the full ceremonial name of the city of
X is actually, when written in anglicized Pali/Sanskrit:
• Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop
Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit
Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasi
• When translated into English, It’s full name is:
• City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of nine gems, seat of the king,
city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected byVisvakarman at Indra’s behest.
• While the ceremonial name is proudly displayed in places like city hall and on official
stationary, it’s a bit more than a mouthful for casual conversation and the tourism
industry, so X.

28. Bangkok

29. 13 Connect this pic to a 2015 Bollywood
movie.

31. 14What is its claim to fame?
• This is the clock tower of Mirzapur in UP
roughly 650 km from both Delhi
and Kolkata, almost 89 km
from Allahabad. It was constructed in the
year 1891, with its entire structure made
up of finely carved stone and a 1000 kg
alloy bell hanging from the tall structure.

32. Indian StandardTime Line

33. 15
• The X effect is based on the perception that you get what you pay for.The story is
that X was a struggling brand of scotch whiskey until they doubled their price.
Then they not only made more money per bottle, they also doubled their unit
sales.The example appears in several marketing books and has been cited inTime
Magazine.
• To quote an instance of X’s effect in 1950’s Coca Cola was twice as expensive as
Pepsi.Yet pepsi sales increased after they raised the price of their soda.What is X
effect?

34. Chivas Regal

35. 16 FITB
1. Masherbrum
2. _______
3. Broad
4. Gasherbrum II
5. Gasherbrum I

36. Mount K2

37. 17
• This literary piece is itself divided into five books.The first book deals with the
imperial household, and the second with the servants of the emperor, the military
and civil services.The third book deals with the imperial administration,
containing the regulations for the judicial and executive departments.The fourth
book contains information about Hindu philosophy, science, social customs and
literature.The fifth book contains sayings of ______,along with an account of the
ancestry and biography of the author. Name the literary masterpiece.

38. Ain-i-Akbari

39. 18
• The German name has largely ousted the original English which occurs in
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. However, the ultimate etymology is unclear; for
example, the Italian word derives from the Latin words itself from Greek ____
meaning pastry and “___" meaning bread Among the other possible etymologies
set forth in the Oxford English Dictionary, one theory proposes that the word may
be a corruption of ___________ (used for utensils in all the north India) now known
as Mottama which is a Burmese town famous for its jars.

40. Marzipan

41. 19
• Godrej Besto
• Benzer
• Banque Nationale de Paris
• Charagh Din
• Variati
• Royal Diamond
• Charmis
• Paville
• Vinod Stainless Steel Works
• Binaca Fluoride
• Sur Sangam
• Why have rare print ads of these brands seen a recent spurt in interest?

43. 20
• X (a greek mythical creature) was the name of this company selected for the
association of good luck and fortune but was shortened to Y as it is an old
marketing trick to name your company with favorable alphabetic ranking to
ensure it is at the top of any list it is placed on.
• Give X andY?

44. • X=Pegasus
• Y=Asus

45. 21
• “XXXYYY” is commonly used to describe wild or erratic behavior, but the phrase
actually began its life as a medical term.The saying was popularized in the 18th
and 19th centuries, when European visitors to Malaysia learned of a peculiar
mental affliction that caused otherwise normal tribesmen to go on brutal and
seemingly random killing sprees.Y—derived from the “Amuco,” a band of
Javanese and Malay warriors who were known for their penchant for
indiscriminate violence—was initially a source of morbid fascination for
Westerners. Once thought to be the result of possession by evil spirits, the
phenomenon later found its way into psychiatric manuals. It remains a
diagnosable mental condition to this day.

46. To Run Amok

47. 22
• Rambha, the king of Asuras was enticed with the beauty of a she-buffalo.
Eventually he married her. Out of this bestiality union, was born X which was half
buffalo and half human. X, being an Asura wanted to wage war against their arch-
enemies, the Devas; to make himself invincible, he performed a tapas to Brahma
and requested that he be granted immortality. Brahma refused him the boon of
immortality and instead gave him a boon such that his death will happen only at
the hands of a woman.
• A city is also named after him.
• Who is X and also name the city.

48. Mahisasur and mysore

49. 23
• This term traces its origin to an opera by French composer Edmond Audran in
1880.The plotline revolves around a farm girl who is believed to bring good luck
to whoever possesses her, so long as she remains a virgin.The term has now
become integral to sports and sporting events.
What term?
49

50. Mascot

51. 24
Ronald ___________ is the name of the mascot of this company.The company uses only one actor at a time
to play the character in national television commercials. Following is a list of such primary Ronald actors:
• Willard Scott (Washington, D.C. 1963–1965)
• Bev Bergeron (SouthernCalifornia, 1966–1968)
• GeorgeVoorhis (SouthernCalifornia, 1968–1988)
• Ray Rayner (1968–1969)
• King Moody (1975–1984)
• Squire Fridell (1984–1991)
• Jack Doepke (1990–1995)
• Joe Maggard (1995–2007)
• Brad Lennon (2007–present)

52. Mcdonald

53. 25
• André and his brother Édouard published the first edition of a guide for French
motorists. At the time there were fewer than 3,000 cars in France, and the guide
was intended to boost the demand for cars, and thus for their product. For the first
edition of the Guide the brothers had nearly 35,000 copies printed. It was given
away free of charge, and contained useful information for motorists, including
maps, instructions for repairing and changing tires, and lists of car mechanics,
hotels and petrol stations. After a particular section of the guide became famous
they started awarding something which is coveted till date. Name the company.
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54. Michelin Star

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