Quiz on various topics

2. Rules-
 This is the prelims of the quiz.
 No comments in between.
 The quiz comprises of 15 questions.
 Participants are asked to write the answers on a paper.
 The quizmaster is the almighty…………………
 So let’s start the quiz……………………………………...

3. 1.
• X REFERS TO FIVE HINDU TEMPLES OR HOLY PLACES
DEDICATED TO GOD SHIVA. THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE
GARHWAL HIMALAYAN REGION IN UTTARAKHAND, INDIA.
• THE FIVE TEMPLES DESIGNATED IN THE STRICT PECKING
ORDER TO BE FOLLOWED FOR PILGRIMAGE FOR WORSHIP
ARE THE KEDARNATH, TUNGNATH , RUDRANATH ,
MADHYAMAHESHWAR OR MADMAHESHWAR AND
KALPESHWAR.
• WHAT IS X OR HOW DO WE KNOW THE TEMPLES
COLLECTIVELY ?

4. 2.
• BHENDI BAZAAR IS A MARKET IN SOUTH MUMBAI. THE
ORIGIN OF THE NAME IS THAT THE BRITISH RESIDING TO
THE SOUTH OF CRAWFORD MARKET IN FORT, REFERRED TO
THIS AREA TO THE NORTH OF CRAWFORD MARKET AS “X".
THE NATIVES PICKED THIS AS “BHENDI BAZAAR".
• THE BAZAAR IS POPULAR FOR SHOPPING VIZ ANTIQUE
ITEMS, HARDWARE ITEMS.
• WHAT WAS THE WORD FOR THE BAZAR USED BY THE
BRITISH?

5. Whose last tweet is this? 3.

6. 4.
THIS PLACE IN
MUMBAI
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IS
INSPIRED BY
WHAT ?

7. 5.
WHAT IS THE NAME
OF THIS MAGAZINE
?

8. 6.
WHOSE ROLE
IS VIDYA
BALAN
PORTRAYING
IN THIS
MOVIE ?

9. 7.
E. I. LEATHER HAS BEEN THERE IN THE REGION SINCE 1856,
UNDER THE BRITISH RAJ. THE TANNERY UNIT BASED ON THE EI
TECHNIQUE, AFTER THE X , POPULARIZED THE TECHNIQUE IN
THIS REGION TO CATER TO THE BRITISH ARMY. E. I. LEATHER
RECEIVED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION OR
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION (GI) STATUS IN 2008.
WHAT IS X OR THE FULL FORM OF E.I. LEATHER ?

10. 8.
THIS IS THE
MINIMALIST POSTER
FOR WHICH MOVIE ?

11. 9.ON WHOSE 125TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY IS THIS GOOGLE DOODLE
BASED ON ?

12. 10.
THE TAGLINE SAYS, “THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN ME
AND FOLLOW ME AND THE ONES WHO HAVEN’T
SEEN ME STILL FOLLOW ME”. IT HAPPENS TO BE THE
1ST OF ITS KIND. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT ?

13. 11.
“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE AGE
OF WISDOM, IT WAS THE AGE OF FOOLISHNESS, IT WAS THE EPOCH OF
BELIEF, IT WAS THE EPOCH OF INCREDULITY, IT WAS THE SEASON OF LIGHT,
IT WAS THE SEASON OF DARKNESS, IT WAS THE SPRING OF HOPE, IT WAS
THE WINTER OF DESPAIR, WE HAD EVERYTHING BEFORE US, WE HAD
NOTHING BEFORE US, WE WERE ALL GOING DIRECT TO HEAVEN, WE WERE
ALL GOING DIRECT THE OTHER WAY – IN SHORT, THE PERIOD WAS SO FAR
LIKE THE PRESENT PERIOD, THAT SOME OF ITS NOISIEST AUTHORITIES
INSISTED ON ITS BEING RECEIVED, FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL, IN THE
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE OF COMPARISON ONLY.”
THESE ARE THE FIRST LINES OF WHICH CLASSIC NOVEL?

14. 12.
IN THE MAMMOTH 11,000 PAGE CHARGE-SHEET fiLED
AGAINST HIM BY THE POLICE, HE WAS BOOKED
UNDER VARIOUS ACTS INCLUDING THE RAILWAY
ACT, BECAUSE HE HAD ENTERED RAILWAY STATION
PREMISES WITHOUT A VALID TRAIN OR PLATFORM
TICKET. WHO?

15. 13.
THE SANSKRIT VERSION OF WHAT RESOURCE IS SUB-
TITLED AS “SWATANTRA VISHWA VIGYAANA
KOSHAHA” ?

16. 14.AD BY WHOM?

17. 15.MINIMALIST POSTER OF WHICH BOLLYWOOD MOVIE ???

18. EXCHANGE YOUR SHEETS………………………

19. 1.
• X REFERS TO FIVE HINDU TEMPLES OR HOLY PLACES
DEDICATED TO GOD SHIVA. THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE
GARHWAL HIMALAYAN REGION IN UTTARAKHAND, INDIA.
• THE FIVE TEMPLES DESIGNATED IN THE STRICT PECKING
ORDER TO BE FOLLOWED FOR PILGRIMAGE FOR WORSHIP
ARE THE KEDARNATH, TUNGNATH , RUDRANATH ,
MADHYAMAHESHWAR OR MADMAHESHWAR AND
KALPESHWAR.
• WHAT IS X OR HOW DO WE KNOW THE TEMPLES
COLLECTIVELY ?

22. 2.
• BHENDI BAZAAR IS A MARKET IN SOUTH MUMBAI. THE
ORIGIN OF THE NAME IS THAT THE BRITISH RESIDING TO
THE SOUTH OF CRAWFORD MARKET IN FORT, REFERRED TO
THIS AREA TO THE NORTH OF CRAWFORD MARKET AS “X".
THE NATIVES PICKED THIS AS “BHENDI BAZAAR".
• THE BAZAAR IS POPULAR FOR SHOPPING VIZ ANTIQUE
ITEMS, HARDWARE ITEMS.
• WHAT WAS THE WORD FOR THE BAZAR USED BY THE
BRITISH?

24. Answer is……..Behind the Bazaar

25. Whose last tweet is this? 3.

27. Answer is…….Sushma Swaraj
This is her tweet to NaMo for
scraping Article 370 from the
Indian Constitution.

28. 4.
THIS PLACE IN
MUMBAI
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IS
INSPIRED BY
WHAT ?

30. Answer is…………..Peacock Feathers

31. 5.
WHAT IS THE NAME
OF THIS MAGAZINE
?

33. Answer is…….British Herald

34. 6.
WHOSE ROLE
IS VIDYA
BALAN
PORTRAYING
IN THIS
MOVIE ?

36. Answer is………Shakuntala Devi

37. 7.
E. I. LEATHER HAS BEEN THERE IN THE REGION SINCE 1856,
UNDER THE BRITISH RAJ. THE TANNERY UNIT BASED ON THE EI
TECHNIQUE, AFTER THE X , POPULARIZED THE TECHNIQUE IN
THIS REGION TO CATER TO THE BRITISH ARMY. E. I. LEATHER
RECEIVED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION OR
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION (GI) STATUS IN 2008.
WHAT IS X OR THE FULL FORM OF E.I. LEATHER ?

39. Answer is……..East India {Company}

40. 8.
THIS IS THE
MINIMALIST POSTER
FOR WHICH MOVIE ?

42. Answer is…….Sholay

43. 9.ON WHOSE 125TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY IS THIS GOOGLE DOODLE
BASED ON ?

45. Answer
is……Srinivasa
Ramanujan

46. 10.
THE TAGLINE SAYS, “THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN ME
AND FOLLOW ME AND THE ONES WHO HAVEN’T
SEEN ME STILL FOLLOW ME”. IT HAPPENS TO BE THE
1ST OF ITS KIND. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT ?

48. Answer is…..Taj Mahal
[First Monument to have a twitter account]

49. 11.
“IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE AGE
OF WISDOM, IT WAS THE AGE OF FOOLISHNESS, IT WAS THE EPOCH OF
BELIEF, IT WAS THE EPOCH OF INCREDULITY, IT WAS THE SEASON OF LIGHT,
IT WAS THE SEASON OF DARKNESS, IT WAS THE SPRING OF HOPE, IT WAS
THE WINTER OF DESPAIR, WE HAD EVERYTHING BEFORE US, WE HAD
NOTHING BEFORE US, WE WERE ALL GOING DIRECT TO HEAVEN, WE WERE
ALL GOING DIRECT THE OTHER WAY – IN SHORT, THE PERIOD WAS SO FAR
LIKE THE PRESENT PERIOD, THAT SOME OF ITS NOISIEST AUTHORITIES
INSISTED ON ITS BEING RECEIVED, FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL, IN THE
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE OF COMPARISON ONLY.”
THESE ARE THE FIRST LINES OF WHICH CLASSIC NOVEL?

51. Answer is…..A Tale Of Two Cities

52. 12.
IN THE MAMMOTH 11,000 PAGE CHARGE-SHEET fiLED
AGAINST HIM BY THE POLICE, HE WAS BOOKED
UNDER VARIOUS ACTS INCLUDING THE RAILWAY
ACT, BECAUSE HE HAD ENTERED RAILWAY STATION
PREMISES WITHOUT A VALID TRAIN OR PLATFORM
TICKET. WHO?

54. Answer is…..Ajmal Kasab

55. 13.
THE SANSKRIT VERSION OF WHAT RESOURCE IS SUB-
TITLED AS “SWATANTRA VISHWA VIGYAANA
KOSHAHA” ?

57. Answer is………Wikipedia

58. 13.AD BY WHOM?

60. Answer is……WWF

61. 14.

63. Answer is…….Kumbh Mela

64. 15.MINIMALIST POSTER OF WHICH BOLLYWOOD MOVIE ???

66. Answer is……Andhadhun

67. Only 6 teams will be qualified for the finals