General quiz 1! TCE Quiz club

1. WEEKLY QUIZ
TCE QUIZZARDS

2. QUESTION 0
WHAT IS THE RESASON BEHIND DECIMAL
DENOTATIONS IN THESE MILE BOARDS?

3.  IN 2019, IN WASHINGTON D.C. THE MILE
BOARDS THAT SHOWED 69 MILES AND 420
MILES WERE REPORTED MISSING BY THE
WASHINGTON CITY POLICE DEPT.
 THEN IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY
WERE SINCE BOTH THE NUMBERS DENOTED
UNPARLIAMENTARY ACTIONS.
 HENCE, HIGHWAY PATROL DECIDED TO PUT
419.99 INSTEAD OF 420 AND 68.9 INSTEAD OF
69 MILE.

4. MINIMALIST POSTER

6. ID THE TAMIL MOVIE

9.  Id what's special about these
tombstone which belongs to guy
named John McCain in Montreal.
 It's told that that guys wife and
mistress ordered the tombstone.
 People didn't realize long after they
put it in place.
Image in next slide

12. Take a look at the 1st Letters of the lines
His wife was actually obsessed with the
secret mistress, which is why she ordered
his tombstone in this way.

13.  A German company Cairos Technologies AG in
partnership with Adidas is responsible for pioneering this
defining feature of the sport. A sensor measures the
magnetic fields as soon as the object comes into contact
with them and then transmits the required data to a
central computer.
What feature is being talked about that has finally seen the
light of day following an infamous incident in a crucial 2012
game?

15. FOOTBALL
GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY

16.  WHAT DID THEY HAD IN COMMON?

18. ALL OF THEM HAD ROLEX WATCHES
BOTH NEIL ARMSTRONG AND RONALD EVANS TOOK THEIR WATCHES
TO SPACE (HIGHEST POINT)
JAMES CAMEROON TOOK IT BENEATH THE SEAS (DEEPEST POINT)
SIR EDMUND HILARY WENT TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH POLE WITH
HIS WATCH

19.  X a profession by Nature. If we talk about its
History then As early as the 18th century BC,
ancient Mesopotamia, In the Code of Hammurabi,
provisions were found that addressed to X also.
When Nokia released their mobile phone with the
name Lumia, they had forgot to do a translation
check. Lumia also means X in Old Spanish/Roma.
What is X, which at times is also referred as The
World's Oldest profession.

21. PROSTITUTION

22. Ancient Sumerian men and women were
possibly the first to invent and wear X, about
5,000 years ago. They crushed gemstones and
used them to decorate their faces.
Egyptians like Cleopatra crushed bugs
(carmine) to create many varieties.
In Indian Ayurveda, ghee mixed with dry petals
of ratan jot was used initially as therapy but
later used to prepare X.
What are we talking about??

24. X:LIPSTICK

25.  During the late 1800s India saw a huge rise in
trade exchange. One of the prominent trades
growing around this time was the cotton trade.
Cotton trade had the traders working
throughout the day to meet massive demands
from different countries. This left them no time
for food preparation and traders would reach
home to angry wives. The situation gave rise to
a dish X as a quick fix to the time issue. This
dish although transformed a lot, still finds its
way to our plates.

27. PAV BHAJI

28. The given diet was
issued by Government
of India for a particular
set of people.
Also, un many movies
this particular diet will
be criticized/mimicked
To which set of people
are we referring to?

30. DIET SCHEDULE THAT
SHOULD BE
FOLLOWED IN JAIL
FOR PRISONERS

31. 1.Painless death
2. Bipolar Disorder
3. Schizophrenia
4. Y (X’s manager)
5. X
ID X and give the funda.

33. SSR’S LAST GOOGLE SEARCHES

34. On, April 3, 1984, when Rakesh Sharma
when to space, our Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi communicated to him through a
wireless.
During the time, she asked him “How
does India look”?
What was the reply given by Rakesh
Sharma to her question?

36. "Sare Jahan Se Accha"
Meaning:
“THE BEST IN THE WORLD”

37.  The main rotor of a helicopter and
the mast rod is held together by X.
 The name for X was given by
Vietnam War soldiers who know if
X fails, the only thing which could
be done was.......... X is a particular
nut named after the act.
 ID X

39. JESUS NUT

40.  ID THE FICTIONAL CHARACTER

42. PROFESSOR CALCULUS

43.  Hans Zimmer, a 4 time Grammy winner and 1 time Academy
Award Winner is a German composer, mostly notable for
integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral
arrangements. From the soundtracks of Dunkirk to riveting
Sounds of The Lion King, Zimmer had been responsible for the
success of many Blockbuster movies. Given here is a list of
Songs, composed by Zimmer for a Notable Movie.
 ID the film
1. "Vespertilio"
2. “Eptesicus"
3. “Myotis"
4. “Barbastella""
5. “Artibeus"
6. “Tadarida"
7. “Macrotus"
8. “Antrozous9. “Nycteris"
10. “Molossus”
11. “Corynorhinus”
12. “Lasiurus” List’

45. BATMAN

46.  This is one of a kind world class sport
which requires
1.Selection of good projectiles
2.Good hand power
Lots and lots of practice. The world record
for this championship is 88 times of a
particular act.
(Both Men and Women Championship)
(Surely, not what you think!)

48. SKIPPING STONES

49.  WHAT DOES THIS IMAGE DEPICT?

51. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where
you cycle between periods of eating and fasting.
It does not say anything about which foods to
eat, but rather when you should eat them.
INTERMITTENT FASTING

52. This is the transcript of a video: “All right, so here we
are in front of the, uh, elephants, and the cool thing
about these guys is that, is that they have really, really,
really long, um, trunks, and that's, that's cool, and that's
pretty much all there is to say.” What's the significance
of this famous video?

54. ME AT THE ZOO
FIRST EVER YOUTUBE VIDEO

55. Just like in 1928 Olympics, the problem of
expenses came up again. In 1933, The Indian
Hockey Federation had to grapple with the
task of raising funds to go as far as Los
Angeles. The IHF thought that a public appeal
in the name of X would help them raise funds
for the trip. The IHF sent its representative,
Mr. Charles Newman, to meet X, who was
then in Simla. After Newman told him the
reason for his visit, He simply asked: What is
hockey? ID X.

57. MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI

58. This advertisement, released during Halloween, was
met with huge criticism due to the supposed “ghosts”
resembling the Ku Klux Klan. Identify the company
responsible for this advertisement.

60. NUTELLA

61. ID X, X IS A PROCESS OF HARDENING A
PLANT-BASED MATERIAL.
X IS CLOSELY RELATED TO

63. VULCANISATION OF RUBBER
THE SALUTE REFERRED IN THE EMOJI IS
CALLED VULCAN SALUTE

64. X is a colour which was used as dye for
clothes worn by Royal Family, high
emperors, grandeur landlords and later
by esteemed Roman Catholic Bishops.
Nowadays, it is a common affordable
colour.
Taken originally from a snail species, it
was worth it's weight in gold.

67.  An esteemed National Geographic
photographer was traveling on a San
Francisco road to meet his then girlfriend
(now wife) , when he saw something on a
hillside and stopped.
 He exclaimed “My God! .“The X is
perfect! It’s green! The sun is out, there’s
some clouds.’”
 Identify what he created

70.  ID X, One in 60 people on the world have
X.
 It can be purchased for as low as $60 in
a place and as high as $300 in some
other places.
 China is the largest producer of X but the
country which invented X stopped its
production.

72. AK-47

73.  X is a profession used for centuries for
finding places where water can be found.
In recent times they are used for finding
places to bore for water. Their
equipment is called Y.
 Identify X and Y

75. X: DOWSING
Y: L-ROD

76.  After a career in the army, Joseph Pujol
began performing at local music halls.
With the stage name Le Petomane, he
became famous because of his talent
with which he could play the flute, blow
out candles and impress the audience
with other entertaining activities. What
was his talent?

78. FARTING
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