The Quiz, May 2018, QM Vaishnavi Sharma

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The Quiz

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ROUND 1

3. Q.1
 In 2014, a state government had approved the phase
1 of the formation of metro in the city. As the
government made preparation to dismantle two if its
roundabouts present in the heart of the city, couple
of ground surveys were taken and they discovered a
250 yr old kunds (tanks) that was used to get in
water from the surroundings. To accommodate this
archaeological site the state govt changed its entire
metro design in order to include it within. This
creative idea has lead to become its city’s tourist
attraction giving an example of harmony between
development and history. Name this city.

5.  Rajasthan- jaipur

6. Q.2
 The X became the first spacecraft to bring back home
raw material from an itokawa asteroid. Not only did
it travel 4 billion miles with one rest stop( also
became the first space craft to land on and lift away
from an asteroid). Its had shuttled back to earth 3
yrs after scheduled landing date due to a instrument
malfunction. Name x.

8.  Hayabusa

9. Q.3
 X is a person of Indian origin which had been a
member of the British House of Lords, once worked
as a waiter. Arriving from Uganda fleeing the Idi
amin regime in 1971. He came to England with just
10 pounds, worked as a waiter. He then became an
accountant and formed a company and immediately
became rich and built a multi-million business
empire. He founded the TLC group and owes a string
of hotels across Britain. Identify x and name what is
he popular know as.

11.  Dolar amarshi popat, popat saga, Lord popat.

12. Q.4
 In 2016, US and UK saw the first sighting of such a
criminal event, where in they saw X jumping out at
people or even chasing them, sometimes holding
weapons , in an attempt to scare innocent
bystanders. There were multiple killings noted in
such a fashion across the country. This even scared
Ronald Mc Donald which lead to the fast food giant
to remove its mascot from the public eye. What is X
and what is it linked to.

14.  Stephen kings ‘it’. Killer clowns.

15. Q.5
 X is a national personification of the UK, originating
from Roman Britain. It symbolises a young women
with golden brown hair wearing a Corinthian helmet
and white robes. She holds Poseidon’s three pronged
trident and a shield, bearing the union flag. Pic
identify x. (clue)

18.  Brittannia

19. Q.6
 X is a social network site that had started 13 yrs a
ago. It was named after its creator. But in 2014,
Google announced that was shutting down, which at
that time had more than 300 million active users
worldwide. Today the creator is famous for another
social networking platform today known as the hello
network which was launched recently in India. Name
X

21.  Orkut

22. Q.7
 In March, FBI Director James Comey announced
that the FBI was investigating election hacks and
links between Trump campaign and Russia.
Following this President Trump fired Comey in May
making Comey the second FBI director be fired by a
President. Name the First FBI director to fired and
what case was he investigating.

24.  William s session in 1993 was fired by Bill Clinton,
who was accused for tax evasion

25. Q.8
 The Riot Club is a 2014 drama film,based on a
ficitional all male exclusive dining club. Its often
described as a thinly veiled version of the real life-
bullingdon club. This club was noted for wealthy
members, grand banquets, boisterous rituals and
destructive behaviour such as vandalising of
restaurants and students room. In 2007 a
photograph of the bullingdon club that was taken in
1987 was discovered and made headlines because, it
show two of its members who are currently top
politicians posing together.pic. Name them

28.  Boris Johnson and David Cameron

29. Q.9
 Erika la tour, is 47 year old former soldier who lives
in San Francisco. She made headlines in June 2008
because of a bizarre incident. She calls herself as a
part of the OS. There are around 40 people in the
world who have declared themselves OS, all of them
also are Asperger’s syndrome sufferers. What did she
do that brought the attention to this group.(CLUE)

30.  Clue: The term OS was first coined by Eija- Ritta –
Berliner – mauer

32.  She married to the Effiel Tower on June 4 at 10 pm.
The is group of OS are people who are married to
such inanimate object. Like Eija- Ritta is married to
the berlin wall for 39 yrs.

33. Q.10
 He is known for his deep lyrical content, remarkable
live performances and his profound mixes of hip
hop, jazz, soul , funk, poetry and African sounds. his
major albums “good”, “m.A.A.d” and “DAMN”
become works of art writing about blackness, street
life, police brutality, survival and self worth. He is
the first to win the Pultizer award with no classical or
jazz work. Who is he.

35.  Kendrick lamar.

36. Q.11
 With whom is
this symbol
associated with

38.  Rajni kanth, and his prospective party.

39. Q.12
 “Nothing to see here, just an old grandfather clock
covered in a white sheet”. This sculpture is made by
Wendell castle, this work is the last in a series of
thirteen clocks. It's known for its haunting stillness
and silence suggesting eternity - the absence of time.
Why is this piece special.

42.  - it's a masterful deception, this is a entire sculpture
hand carved from a single block of laminated
mahogany. The artist has made skillful curves of the
daprey in the wood. And stained the bottom brown
to give the illusion of a grand father wall clock

43. 5 P O U N C E S + B O U N C E S
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ROUND-2

44. Q.1
 Originating as the catchphrase of a TV and social
media star Danielle Bregoli , Y is meme challenging
another person, often humorously to a fight. Related
words are- bhad bhabie, how bow dah. She is also
famously known as the y girl. Pic.

47.  Cash me ousside.

48. Q.2
 Aiyaary is Neeraj Pandey movie, based on military
intelligence. Wherein which there is an officer of a
top secret spy division who becomes rogue when he
discovers a scam that is linked with the defence
forces. The movie stars Manoj Vajpayee and Sidharth
Malhotra. It’s based on a real life event. Which scam
where they portraying and name the general of the
army that was liked with this scam.

50.  Adarsh scam- relief home for the kargil victim
families and the Gen- VK singh

51. Q.3
 On April 23,2018, following the event of the birth of
her younger brother Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte
of the Windsor family made headlines. She at the age
of 2 year, goes down in history as the first royal
female to be placed under the changed legislature.
This 300 year old tradition was changed by the
british parliament. What was this changed
legislature.

53.  That her younger brother wont bypass her in
succession to the throne.

54. Q.4
 Why is this man
famous.

56.  Dennis tito – multi billionaire who is the first space
tourist. He was 61 yr when he had a trip to the ISS
for 6 days

57. Q.5
 This is a square covered
over by glass underneath
it are empty book shelves.
This place was called platz
am operhaus that was laid
1700. Name was then
changed to Josef platz
under the Prussian rulers.
Currently named as the
bebelplatz. This glass
plate set in the cobble
stones, commemorates a
very infamous incident.
What is this incident?

59.  Book burning memorial, 20,000 books were burnt in
1933 under the Nazi govt.

60. G U E S S T H E T H E M E R O U N D
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ROUND 3

61. Q.1
 X is the Second Baronet, British businessman and
son of Baroness Magaret Thatcher former Prime
Minister of UK and 1st Baronet Dennis Thatcher. In
2005 he was convicted and given 4 yrs imprisonment
in regard to his involvement in the equatorial guinea
coup attempt. Name X.

63.  Mark Thatcher

64. Q.2
 X is a renowned actor, model, and producer. He
became popular for his comedy acts such as “Dude
where's my car”, “Just married”. “The butterfly effect
“was his first box office hit. He has appeared as steve
jobs in the movie “jobs”. Name X

66.  Ashton Kutcher.

67. Q.3
 Between seasons of friends , Courteney Cox got
married X. An in-joke reference to this is was made
in the opening credits, where the rest of the cast have
X's last name appended to their names. The
dedication "For Courteney and X who did get
married" appears during the fade out to the tag
scene. Name X.

69.  David arquette

70. Q.4
 He is a cofounder of Harvard Connection ( also
called ConnectU) . He had sued mark Zuckerberg for
65 million dollar, claiming that he stole their idea of
Facebook. He was also a part of the states rowing
team representing the country at international
games such as the Beijing Olympics.
 Who is he?

72.  Tyler winklevoss, and Cameron winklevoss

73. Q.5
 He is a famous Indian TV actor and senior
supervising producer at MTV India. He is known for
his signature attitude. He is famous for his MTV love
life, Roadies and splitlsvilla. He also the Co-op
founder of Monozygotic solution Pvt LTD.

75.  Raghu ram

76. Q.6
 Identify
her

78. Gisesle bunched

79.  Theme –famous personalities who have lesser know
twins.

80. Thank you.
 Qm –vaish