This is the General Quiz Prelims PPT held by PISB for Credenz'18 on 23rd September 2018.

1. BY TEAM P.I.S.B.
General Quiz
Prelims

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Dr P. T. Kulkarni
• Dr Rajesh Ingle(HOD Comp. Dept.)
• Mr. Amar Buchade

3. WE WISH TO EXTEND A HUGE
THANKS TO ALL OUR
SPONSERS FOR THEIR
SUPPORT

6. Let’s Begin!

7. Question 1
Grammy-winning television
pioneer Paul Winchell, who died
in 2005, had a show business
career that dated to vaudeville —
but the ventriloquist and
comedian also was an avid
inventor with dozens of patents.
One of them was the X, which he
patented in 1963. It was a
prototype of the first X that was
ever used nearly 20 years later,
according to The Washington
Post. Identify X.

8. Question 2
A famed American celebrity , X later became a
prominent U.S. politician. X is associated with the
reality T.V. show celebrity apprentice. X is 71 years old
as of today.
Id X.

9. Question 3
The ancient Dravidian name of a place was
“Kukkutarma” which was derived from 2 words
“kukkuta” meaning cockerel and “ma” meaning city.
According to many archaeologists, this land might
have been the earliest diffusion point of domestication
of chicken!
Name the city.

10. Question 4
In association football, the Y is a technique used in penalty
kick-taking in which the player, instead of kicking the ball
toward the left or right corner of the goal, gives a subtle
touch underneath the ball, causing it to rise and fall within
the centre of the goal thus deceiving the goalkeeper. It was
first used in the 1976 UEFA European Championship final,
to beat German goalkeeper Sepp Maier to claim the title for
the Czechoslovakian team. After its sensational debut in
the tournament, the Y kick has been used on rare occasions
and mostly by highly respected players who can deal with
the consequences of missing such an attempt.
Name Y.

11. Question 5
Proposed in 2015 by a Swedish artist, Oskar
Pernefeldt, the above flag was conceived to be used in
space expeditions.
Identify what the flag represented.

12. Question 6
The event X first started in 2004 as a symposium for
“Creating Revolution with Ebullience,
Determination, Eagerness & Never-ending Zeal” by a
group of students belonging to an organization Y. Y
is affiliated to one of the largest and oldest parent
organization in the world initially founded by
Alexander Graham Bell.
Name X and Y.

13. Question 7
 This infectious virus is a newly emerging zoonosis (a
disease which can be transmitted to humans from
animals) and can affect those who come in direct
contact with contaminated bodies. This virus was
first identified in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998.
This virus can get trigger by eating partially eaten
fruits by infected bats and not properly cooked meat
of infected animals as well. The natural host of the
virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family,
Pteropus genus. Identify the virus.

14. Question 8
X is a nickname given to organization that on three occasions
has posted a set of puzzles to possibly recruit codebreakers/
linguists from the public. The first internet puzzle started on
January 4, 2012, and ran for approximately one month. A
second round began one year later on January 4, 2013, and a
third round following the confirmation of a fresh clue posted
on Twitter on January 4, 2014. The stated intent was to recruit
“intelligent individuals” by presenting a series of puzzles
which were to be solved. The puzzles focused heavily on data
security, cryptography and steganography.

Identify X.

15. Question 9
The first X flourished in the United States in the late
1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. Members
made their own, often colorful, costumes: robes,
masks, designed to be terrifying and to hide their
identities. The second group was founded in the South
in 1915 . The third and current manifestation of the X
emerged after 1950, in the form of localized and
isolated groups that use the X name.X refers to a secret
movement in the history of United States.
ID X.

16. Question 10
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during
one of the most turmoil filled Era, this British
politician was known for his sharp wit and his
legendary “We shall never surrender” speech
on 4 June ,1940.
Name X.

17. Question 11
 Several companies like Coca-Cola, Infosys and
Hilton among others have pledged on Saturday to
address the growing problem of plastic pollution.
The government sensitised the issue on the occasion
of the World Environment Day on 5th June 2018
with the theme ………….


18. Question 12
American President X, famously got elected despite
losing the popular vote. A member of the republican
party, X is famous for uniting the entire democratic
party against him, along with a large part of the nation,
for his radical, unorthodox views on racial issues. X
also faced massive criticism and overall unfavourable
opinions from most of the media ,with many even
criticizing his appearance. X is known for giving the
most famous speeches of American history so far.
Identify X and the Speech.

19. Question 13
X is credited with introducing passenger
trains in Railways , Electric telegraph and
uniform postage in India which he describes
as the "three great engines of social
improvement. He is also known as the father
of Indian Railway.
Name X.

20. Question 14
X is the largest grossing media franchise of all time.
Originally starting as a videogame created by Satoshi Tajiri
in 1994, X was an instant success commercially, at one
point holding the record for second largest selling
videogame. X also has a massively succesful children’s
animated show and movie franchise, that started in 1997.
One of the most iconic characters of the franchise,Y , has
such a massive influence that in 1998, the then mayor of
Topeka, Kansas , renamed the town Z after Y for one day.
Name X and Z(no partial points)

21. Question 15

22. Question 16
 X is a category of long distance trains run by the
Indian Railways. InitiallyThese trains did not have
any ticketing stops between the origin and the
destination, but since January 2016 it is possible to
book tickets those technical stops. X means restless
in Bangla. These trains coaches have characteristics
yellow-green livery. X services connect several
metros and major state capitals of India.

23. Question 17
Having a colour so extreme that its said to defy reality,
X is the darkest substance in the world, with the ability
to absorb 99.96% of the light falling on it.
Although he did not invent it, Y is currently the only
person to be working with it.
Identify X & Y,
(no partial points)

24. Question 18
In 1965, Pete's Super Submarines opened in
Bridgeport, Connecticut selling 312 sandwiches on the
first day. One year later, the company's name changed
to Doctor's Associates Inc., after co-founder Dr. Peter
Buck, who held a Ph.D. and hoped to earn enough
money in the sandwich business to pay his college
tuition. After little success under the two previous
names, Buck and co-founder Fred DeLuca gave it a
third try using the name X.

25. Question 19
X is a telescope which was first introduced in 2003 and
is still operating as of 2018.It is the fourth and final of
the NASA Great Observatories program. The name X is
taken from a German word, literally meaning "pointed
projectile". The planned mission period was to be 2.5
years with a pre-launch expectation that the mission
could extend to five or slightly more years until the on-
board liquid helium supply was exhausted. This
occurred on 15 May 2009. Without liquid helium to
cool the telescope to the very low temperatures needed
to operate, most of the instruments are no longer
usable. Identify X.

26. Question 20
Early developments of the X go back to 1949, when the
German engineer Werner Jacob (de) (Siemens AG)
filed a patent for an X-like semiconductor amplifying
device showing five transistors on a common substrate
in a 3-stage amplifier arrangement with two
transistors working "upside-down" as impedance
converter. Jacobi disclosed small and cheap hearing
aids as typical industrial applications of his patent. An
immediate commercial use of his patent has not been
reported

27. QUESTIONS WILL
BE
REPEATED NOW

28. Question 1
Grammy-winning television
pioneer Paul Winchell, who died
in 2005, had a show business
career that dated to vaudeville —
but the ventriloquist and
comedian also was an avid
inventor with dozens of patents.
One of them was the X, which he
patented in 1963. It was a
prototype of the first X that was
ever used nearly 20 years later,
according to The Washington
Post. Identify X.

29. Answer: Artificial Heart

30. Question 2
A famed American celebrity , X later became a
prominent U.S. politician. X is associated with the
reality T.V. show celebrity apprentice. X is 71 years old
as of today.
Id X.

31. Arnold
Schwarzenegger
ANS 3:

32. Question 3
The ancient Dravidian name of a place was
“Kukkutarma” which was derived from 2 words
“kukkuta” meaning cockerel and “ma” meaning city.
According to many archeologists, this land might have
been the earliest diffusion point of domestication of
chicken!
Name the city.

33. Mohenjo-daro
ANS 3:

34. Question 4
In association football, the Y is a technique used in penalty
kick-taking in which the player, instead of kicking the ball
toward the left or right corner of the goal, gives a subtle
touch underneath the ball, causing it to rise and fall within
the centre of the goal thus deceiving the goalkeeper. It was
first used by Czech player Antonin Y, who presented this
technique to the world in the 1976 UEFA European
Championship final, when he beat German goalkeeper
Sepp Maier to claim the title for the Czechoslovakian
national team. After its sensational debut in the
tournament, the Y kick has been used on rare occasions
and mostly by highly respected players who can deal with
the consequences of missing such an attempt.
Name Y.

35. Ans 4: Paneka Kick/Paneka Penalty

36. Question 5
Proposed in 2015 by a Swedish artist, Oskar
Pernefeldt, the above flag was conceived to be used in
space expeditions.
Identify what the flag represented.

37. Ans 5: The international flag of
earth.

38. Question 6
The event X first started in 2004 as a symposium for
“Creating Revolution with Ebullience,
Determination, Eagerness & Never-ending Zeal” by a
group of students belonging to an organization Y. Y
is affiliated to one of the largest and oldest parent
organization in the world initially founded by
Alexander Graham Bell.
Name X and Y.

39. Credenz

40. Question 7
 This infectious virus is a newly emerging zoonosis (a
disease which can be transmitted to humans from
animals) and can affect those who come in direct
contact with contaminated bodies. This virus was
first identified in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998
and was recently found spreading very fast in all over
southern states of India. This virus can get trigger by
eating partially eaten fruits by infected bats and not
properly cooked meat of infected animals as well.
The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the
Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. Identify the
virus.

41. Nipah Virus

42. Question 8
X is a nickname given to organization that on three occasions has
posted a set of puzzles to possibly recruit codebreakers/ linguists
from the public. The first internet puzzle started on January 4, 2012,
and ran for approximately one month. A second round began one
year later on January 4, 2013, and a third round following the
confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014.
The stated intent was to recruit “intelligent individuals” by
presenting a series of puzzles which were to be solved. The puzzles
focused heavily on data security, cryptography and steganography.
Identify X.

43. Cicada 3301

44. Question 9
 The first X flourished in the United States in the late
1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. Members
made their own, often colorful, costumes: robes,
masks, designed to be terrifying and to hide their
identities. The second group was founded in the
South in 1915 . The third and current manifestation
of the X emerged after 1950, in the form of localized
and isolated groups that use the X name. X refers to
a secret movement in the history of United States.
 ID X.

45. Ku Klux Klan
ANS 9:

46. Question 10
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during
one of the most turmoil filled Era, this British
politician was known for his sharp wit and his
legendary “We shall never surrender” speech
on 4 June ,1940.
Name X.

47. ANS 10:
Winston Churchill

48. Question 11
 Several companies like Coca-Cola, Infosys and
Hilton among others have pledged on Saturday to
address the growing problem of plastic pollution.
The government sensitised the issue on the occasion
of the World Environment Day on 5th June 2018
with the theme ………….


49. ANS. 11
“Beat Plastic Pollution”

50. Question 12
American President X, famously got elected despite
losing the popular vote. A member of the republican
party, X is famous for uniting the entire democratic
party against him, along with a large part of the nation,
for his radical, unorthodox views on racial issues. X
also faced massive criticism and overall unfavourable
opinions from most of the media ,with many even
criticizing his appearance. X is known for giving the
most famous speeches of American history so far.
Identify X and the Speech.

51. Abraham Lincoln
ANS 12:

52. Question 13
X is credited with introducing passenger
trains in Railways, Electric telegraph and
uniform postage in India which he describes
as the "three great engines of social
improvement”. He is also known as the father
of Indian Railway.
Name X.

53. Lord Dalhousie
ANS 13:

54. Question 14
X is the largest grossing media franchise of all time.
Originally starting as a videogame created by Satoshi Tajiri
in 1994, X was an instant success commercially, at one
point holding the record for second largest selling
videogame. X also has a massively successful children’s
animated show and movie franchise, that started in 1997.
One of the most iconic characters of the franchise,Y , has
such a massive influence that in 1998, the then mayor of
Topeka, Kansas , renamed the town after Y for one day.
Name X and Y

55. X= Pokemon
Z=Topekachu
ANS 14:

56. Question 15

57. Question 16
 X is a category of long distance trains run by the
Indian Railways. Initially
 These trains did not have any ticketing stops
between the origin and the destination, but since
January 2016 it is possible to book tickets those
technical stops. X means restless in Bangla. These
trains coaches have characteristics yellow-green
livery. X services connect several metros and major
state capitals of India.

58. Duronto Express
ANS 16:

59. Question 17
Having a colour so extreme that its said to defy reality,
X is the darkest substance in the world, with the ability
to absorb 99.96% of the light falling on it.
Although he did not invent it, Y is currently the only
person to be working with it.
Identify X & Y,
(no partial points)

60. X: Vantablack
Y: Anish Kapoor

61. Question 18
In 1965, Pete's Super Submarines opened in
Bridgeport, Connecticut selling 312 sandwiches on the
first day. One year later, the company's name changed
to Doctor's Associates Inc., after co-founder Dr. Peter
Buck, who held a Ph.D. and hoped to earn enough
money in the sandwich business to pay his college
tuition. After little success under the two previous
names, Buck and co-founder Fred DeLuca gave it a
third try using the name X.

62. ANS 18:

63. Question 19
X is a telescope which was first introduced in 2003 and
is still operating as of 2018.It is the fourth and final of
the NASA Great Observatories program. The name X is
taken from a German word, literally meaning "pointed
projectile". The planned mission period was to be 2.5
years with a pre-launch expectation that the mission
could extend to five or slightly more years until the on-
board liquid helium supply was exhausted. This
occurred on 15 May 2009. Without liquid helium to
cool the telescope to the very low temperatures needed
to operate, most of the instruments are no longer
usable. Identify X.

64. Spitzer Space Telescope
ANS 19:

65. Question 20
Early developments of the X go back to 1949, when the
German engineer Werner Jacob (de) (Siemens AG)
filed a patent for an X-like semiconductor amplifying
device showing five transistors on a common substrate
in a 3-stage amplifier arrangement with two
transistors working "upside-down" as impedance
converter. Jacobi disclosed small and cheap hearing
aids as typical industrial applications of his patent. An
immediate commercial use of his patent has not been
reported

66. Ans 20: Integrated
Circuits

67. THANK YOU!
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with the results soon!