The document provides information about an intra-college quiz hosted by the PICT Quiz Club, including acknowledgements, sample questions from the prelims round, and answers to those questions. Some of the questions test knowledge about topics like books of the Bible, famous people and their relatives, movies and video games locations, logos and brands, and more.

1. ज्ञानESIS
The Intra College Quiz
Welcome to
Presented by the PICT Quiz Club

2. What quizzing actually is

3. Acknowledgements
•To the FoofaPrincipal for giving us the permission to host the event
•To Takalikar ma’am for encouraging us to pursue quizzing and making it
accessible for the students
•To my teammates who helped in researching and publicising the quiz
•And lastly to you, the participants, for turning up and making this a success.

4. The Prelims
Answers

5. Q1
The Book of X (from the Latin Vulgate, in turn borrowed or transliterated from
Greek "γένεσις", meaning "Origin"; Hebrew: ‫ית‬ ִׁ‫אש‬ ֵ‫ר‬ ְּ‫,ב‬ "Bərēšīṯ", "In [the] beginning") is
the first book of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and the Old Testament.
God creates a world which is good and fit for mankind, but when man corrupts it with
sin God decides to destroy his creation, saving only the righteous Noah to reestablish
the relationship between man and God. Tradition credits Moses as the author of X.

6. Answer
Genesis
Remember the event you are at ;)

7. Q2
The lady in the picture is Lisa Brennan X
She has, throughout her life, maintained a rather
cold relationship with her famous father. In fact, for
most of her life, Lisa’s father refused to even accept
that Lisa was his daughter, even after paternity tests
confirmed the fact.
This, and many other incidents are written in Lisa’s
book Small Fry
So who is Lisa’s famous father?
Q2

8. Answer
Steve Jobs.
The lady’s name is Lisa Brennan Jobs

9. Q3
Simply put funda

10. Answer
Disney’s acquisition of Fox
With Disney acquiring Fox, it now owns
the rights to Star Wars, Marvel, ,
Spiderman and Fantastic 4, which had
previously been held by other companies

11. Q4(*)
Some people say that the eponymous layout developed by Dr. August Dvorak and Dr
WIlliam Dealey in the 1930’s is more efficient and thus more comfortable to use.
Certainly, the professionals in a certain profession prefer the Dvorak, but it never
caught up as we are more used to the another layout, which is the most popular.
Gimme the most popular layout or tell me what I am talking about.

12. Answer
The Dvorak layout
The QWERTY layout

13. Q5
Where have we seen these places :
● Vercetti Estate
● InterGlobal Studios
● Hyman Memorial Stadium
● North Point Mall
● Ocean View Hotel
● Little Havana Police Station
● Washington Beach Church

14. Answer
These are locations in the GTA Vice
City game !

15. Q6
X is a 2017 American animated short film written and narrated by Y and directed and
animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. The film is based on a letter Y
wrote to The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015 announcing his retirement from
basketball.
The short film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th
Academy Awards, marking the first time an NBA player has won this award, as well
as the first Oscar win for Keane, a veteran Disney animator.
Id X or Y.

16. Answer

17. Q7
X has a simple yet powerful logo. The X Y is one of the most recognizable logos in the
world.
It was designed by graphic designer Carolyn Davidson in 1971. Her invoice total for
this important piece of design history was a measly $35.
X is the Greek goddess of victory. The logo ‘Y' is derived from her wings. Greek
mythology says that the wings are the giver of immense power and motivation to the
warriors. This makes it the perfect logo for an apparel and accessories brand for
sportspersons.
Id X and Y.

18. Answer
X is Nike, and Y is the iconic Nike Swoosh™

19. Q8(*)
Following is a list of people and the year they did a specific task-
2004 - Billy Crystal 2012 - Billy Crystal
2005 - X 2013 - Seth MacFarlane
2006 - Jon Stewart 2014 - Ellen DeGeneres
2007 - Ellen DeGeneres 2015 - Neil Patrick Harris
2008 - Jon Stewart 2016 - X
2009 - Hugh Jackman 2017 - Jimmy Kimmel
2010 - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin 2018 - Jimmy Kimmel
2011 - James Franco and Anne Hathaway
So what is the task these people did?

20. Answer
Hosted the Oscars

21. Q9
The etymology of a certain phrase has a royal back story to it.
The phrase came into being after 1886, when the Prince of Wales did
something(that the phrase indicates) and a local newspaper had a headline
of “Prince retired to royal pavilion on a X’s egg”
What term/phrase originated from this headline?

22. Answer
This is the duck in cricket!
Duck in Cricket

23. Q10
Someone, in his younger
days.
Pehchaan kaun?

24. Answer
Bhuvan Bam from BB ki Vines

25. Q11
Shown in the picture above is
Vandana Iyer. She is a singer of
Indian American origin.
Shown along with her is her more
famous sister sister X. They were
born in Chennai, but emigrated to
the US where she (X) got
interested in music. Her music is a
blend of Western pop, electronic
dance music, and Indian classical
music.
How do we better know X?

26. Answer
This is Vidya Iyer, known
online as Vidya Vox

27. Q12(*)
“Y” is a phrase that gained a lot of popularity recently.The phrase Y came from alley craps ( a
kind of a gambling game using dice ) back during the Great Depression. People used to play
craps in alleys and didn’t always use money, but if they did use money and they were winning,
it meant they they could afford to eat X that night.
What is Y ?

28. Answer
Winner Winner Chicken
Dinner !!

29. Q13
Connect

30. Answer
The 2017 Death Note Netflix movie
Nat Wolff played Light Yagami, Lakeith
Stanfield played L, Margaret Qualley
played Mia Sutton and Willem Dafoe is
Ryuk

31. Q14
A 2012 study at the University of Granada concluded that when a person lies
(i.e doesn’t speak the truth), there is an increase in the temperature around the
nose and in the orbital muscle in the inner corner of the eye.
What is this effect called?

32. Answer
Pinocchio effect

33. Q15
Who has this pizza been named after?
*Question
contributed by
Anurag Gangras of
doesGreyMatter

34. Answer
Trump!

35. Q16(*)
This word, derived from the Old Norse for “to swing”, was originally used as
British thieves’ slang to describe stolen valuables, such as jewellery. It has
since evolved and now, thanks in part to hashtags used by pop stars such as
Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, connotes any piece of stylish or flashy clothing,
jewellery or accessory.
What four-letter word?

36. Answer
Swag

37. Q17
•This is the Middle of
Nowhere, in New Mexico.
•How do we better know
this place?
*Question
contributed by
Anurag Gangras of
doesGreyMatter

38. Answer
The house in
Courage the Cowardly Dog

39. Q18
Put funda

40. Answer
On 25th May, 2014, Hindustan Motors
announced that they will be
suspending the production of
Ambassador cars in India.
The Amul ad is a homage to the car
that defined longevity

41. Q19
When Vibhishana decided to change sides and provide his support to Rama,
who in the latter's camp rather ironically objected to the danger in taking in
a man who had turned against his brother?

42. Answer
Sugriva

43. Q20(*)
This is Isabela Moner, an American actress. She’s known
for playing the lead in the Nickelodeon show 100 Things
to do Before High School and as Izabella in the last
Transformers movie.
What role is she taking on in a 2019 project, where she
will be helped by a monkey who loves his footwear and
her primary antagonist will most likely be a
kleptomaniac fox?
Q20

44. Answer
Dora The Explorer