This is the first General quiz round as part of the 3 round Quizzing Extravaganza organized by ACUMEN, the quizzing and debating society of KJSIMSR, Mumbai

1. A C U M E N
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2. A C U M E N
1. In SMS, the size of one photo message is
almost thousand times the size of a normal
text message. In Japan, people were using lot
of photo messages in SMSes. Already, the
mobile phone companies were unable to bear
the load of a rapidly growing population. What
is said to have invented as a solution to this
problem.
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3. A C U M E N
Ans: Emoji

4. A C U M E N
2. Connect these five celebrities
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5. A C U M E N
Ans: KBC Host in their respective
languages

6. A C U M E N
3.
Accelerated healing factor
Rapid acceleration of the cancerous tumors
Massive scar tissue
Psychosis and mental instability
Expert in multiple forms of martial arts
Taskmaster Memory
Multilingual
ID this superhero with these abilities.
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7. A C U M E N
Ans: Deadpool

8. A C U M E N
4. ID the entity for which this flag was
conceived by a scientist. The red area,
symbolizes its current status. The green and
blue represent its future transformations.
However, there is no official flag for it as there
is no government.
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9. A C U M E N
Ans: Mars

10. A C U M E N
5. The first national leader in modern history
to ban tobacco officially and running many
campaigns based on it, he was even
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, besides
being the Time Person of the year. Who is this
leader?
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11. A C U M E N
Ans: Hitler

12. A C U M E N
6. This is the World’s first published
_____________
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13. A C U M E N
Ans: First Newspaper

14. A C U M E N
7. TV2, a Danish TV channel, mistakenly used
this image as a backdrop for a news piece on
Syria and later apologized for it. While playing
what, would you have seen this image?
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15. A C U M E N
Ans: Assasins Creed

16. A C U M E N
8. The official twitter handle of this country is
managed by a different person from its
country every week because they felt that
nobody represented it better than its people.
Which country are we talking about ?
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17. A C U M E N
Ans: Sweden

18. A C U M E N
9. Maurice Tillet, a professional wrestler is
said to be the inspiration for what hugely
successful character from Hollywood?
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19. A C U M E N
Ans: Shrek

20. A C U M E N
10. Which manga series is this referenced to?
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21. A C U M E N
Ans: Deathnote

22. A C U M E N
11. At the end of the 2013-14 Ukrainian
Premier League season, two football clubs FC
Sevastopol and SC Tavriya Simferopol were
officially expelled from the league.
Put Funda.
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23. A C U M E N
Ans: Crime Annexion

24. A C U M E N
12. Before the Portuguese arrived here, the
natives had a tongue called Kolis. The current
name of this island is also from here,
changing from Candil to Colio. There was a
time when this was leased to Richard
Broughton at Rs. 200 yearly. Which island in
India is this?
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25. A C U M E N
Ans: Colaba

26. A C U M E N
13. If the glass ceiling is discrimination at the
work place due to gender, the ______ ceiling is
discrimination due to age, where in
Generation X people are prevented from
advancing in their jobs by the baby boomers.
FITB.
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27. A C U M E N
Ans: Grey

28. A C U M E N
14. She explained in a tweet saying that she
was blocked into Facebook because apparently
it thought she was a terrorist. One of the
reasons her tweets were popular was that ,
earlier in that year (2014), she started a twitter
campaign loosely about gender stereotypes in
the workplace. ID the hugely retweeted, liked
and shared #hashtag of the campaign?
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29. A C U M E N
Ans: #ILookLikeAnEnginner

30. A C U M E N
15. The last poem written by the father of
Amitabh Bachchan was Ek November 1984.
What was it based on?
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31. A C U M E N
Ans: Indira Gandhi Assasination

32. A C U M E N
16. “ Proclaim that they wish to unite all the
nations of the earth and to hurl the _____ (an
item) so far into the depths of the earth that it
shall never again be seen in the future”. This is
an excerpt for Jesuit of Relations, 1644. What
figurative phrase is said to have evolved from
this?
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33. A C U M E N
Ans: Burying the Hatchet

34. A C U M E N
17. What does this represent?
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35. A C U M E N
Ans: Man Booker prize for fiction

36. A C U M E N
18. Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe
Tenzin Gyatso is a pretty long name literally
translated to Holy Lord, Gentle Glory,
Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean
of Wisdom.
We know Him by a much shorter name. What
is it?
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37. A C U M E N
Ans: Dalai Lama

38. A C U M E N
19. There are 2 persons who own a NFL team
as well as a football club? Name their football
clubs?
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39. A C U M E N
Ans: Shahid Khan(Fulham) and
John W Henry(Liverpool)

40. A C U M E N
20. She portrayed the punk chick in “That 70s
show”. She also portrayed X’s wife in the Harry
Potter Saga. ID X (the character, not the actor)
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41. A C U M E N
Ans: Draco Malfoy

42. A C U M E N
21. How are these three connected ?
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43. A C U M E N
Ans:Non American Players To
Win Most Valuable Player
Award.(MVP)

44. A C U M E N
22. Minimalist Poster for which movie?
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45. A C U M E N
Ans: The Prestige

46. A C U M E N
23. These images indicate towards only one
man. ID that man.
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47. A C U M E N
Ans: Emmanuel Lubezki

48. A C U M E N
24. What is so peculiar about these two
railway stations?
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49. A C U M E N
Ans: Opposite ends of a
railway track