Conoscenza Prelims College Cut Off 6 School Cut Off 8

1. CONOSCENZA
Inter School-College Quiz

2. KRIPYA DHYAN DEIN !
• Participants can participate in a team of two or as lone tiger/tigeress
• 20 questions.
• 4 questions are star marked, i.e. Q5, 10,15, 20.
• Top 4 college teams and 2 school teams go to the finals.
• QM suggests not to waste time and energy while blocking or vetoing as she
would give hints wherever and whenever she feels to do so.

5. • College Cut Off – 6
• School Cut Off - 10

6. 1.
• X (published in 2002) is the title of the autobiography of Khushwant Singh, a
famous Indian writer, journalist and columnist. Apart from tracing his story and
immediate family history, it deals in depth with his relations with political
dignitaries. The name of the book itself was derived from a famous column that
he wrote for the newspaper Hindustan Times.
• Some exclusive excerpts of the book detailing the relationship between the ex-
Prime minister Indira Gandhi and her daughter-in-law Maneka Gandhi were
published in India Today to generate publicity before publication of the book.
The publication of the book was held up for more than five years after Maneka
Gandhi filed a case against the release of the book.

7. Truth, Love & a Little Malice

8. 2.
• X is the Marathi name of a sweet steamed pudding made out of milk given
by a cow or buffalo within a day after she has calved. Steam cooked in a
water bath, it has the consistency of cream caramel or flan without the
addition of any external coagulant. Cheek (in Hindi), Junnu (in Telugu),
Seem Paal (in Tamil), Geen (in Konkani), Bari (in Gujarati) or anything else
you call it, it evokes great nostalgia among those who have had it before but
cannot seem to find it now.

9. Kharwas

10. 3.
As Published in Devlok, Sunday Midday, April 07, 2013
Valmiki Ramayan does not mention Ram’s sister, however, in the Mahabharata
we learn of King Lompada who adopts the daughter of Dashratha. In later
literature, this daughter of Dashratha becomes Ram’s elder sister. According to
the Oriya Ramayana or the Dandi Ramayana she was adopted by the King
Lomapada and later given in marriage to Rishyashringa, a sage whose celibacy
causes drought in Lompada’s kingdom. Following the marriage, the rains come
back. ID her.

11. Shanta

12. 4.

15. 5*.
• When India became independent in 1947, ICC invoked a certain Rule 5 and
India's membership was reduced to a provisional status. It was likely that
India would have lost the Test status but for a decision by the Indian
government a few years later. The same Rule 5 came up for discussion
regarding another country after a few years. It was decided the Test matches
to be played by that team later that year would be treated as unofficial. But
somebody conveniently forgot to mark them as such, and the team
continued to play Tests. Which team was it?

16. South Africa
• The ICC which was the Imperial Cricket conference earlier had a rule for
only commonwealth nations. India however became a republic in 1950 and
under commonwealth rules would cease to be a member, but then there was
a rule amendment in commonwealth of nations and India remained a
member of commonwealth. South Africa was expelled from commonwealth
in 1960 and hence not part of ICC. But then ICC got renamed to
International Cricket Council in 1965. So rule 5 become redundant from
1965. The "unofficial" series was SA v NZ in 1961-62.

17. 6.
• Which phrase does the value 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz represent ?
PS: Hertz is the unit of frequency - as in how frequently does something recur
- how many times per second to be more precise.

18. Once In A Blue Moon

19. 7. Connect

20. Uma Thurman
• Lead in Kill Bill
• Former spouse of Gary Oldman
• Tibet House was confounded in
New York by her father and she
serves there.
• Fall Out Boy released a song titled
"Uma Thurman" in their album
dedicated to her.

21. 8.
• X was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. He served her during the final fifteen
years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time. In 1887, Victoria's
Golden Jubilee year, he was one of two Indians selected to become servants to the
Queen. Victoria came to like him a great deal and gave him the title of “Munshi”.
Victoria appointed him her Indian Secretary, showered him with honours, and
obtained a land grant for him in India. The close platonic relationship between him
and the Queen led to friction within the Royal Household, the other members of
which felt themselves to be superior to him. Following Victoria's death in 1901, her
successor, Edward VII, returned him to India and ordered the confiscation and
destruction of the Munshi's correspondence with Victoria.

22. Abdul Karim

23. 9.
• During her candid talk with Gayle King at TED2017, X talked about her
engagement to Y. Sharing a photo of the pair with the crowd, she went on to talk
about his proposal and how it made her angry.
• "I never felt pressure to get married, and I can't say I'm the marrying type. I love my
life. I love my freedom," she said. "I hear that kind of changes. I love my career, and
I didn't want anything to interfere with that. ... When he proposed, I was almost
angry. Not almost -- I was angry because it was right in the middle of my training
season and I thought, 'I have to win the Australian Open.' ... I really wanted to pass
Steffi Graf's record."

24. X-Serena Williams
Y-Alexis Ohanian

25. 10*.
ID X and Y
• X was a Co-founder and Chairman of Y and served as its Whole Time Director
since December 19, 1994 until October 27, 2017. He had more than 30 years of
experience in M&E industry. He started his career as visualizer in an advertising
agency and also served as Art Director. He served as the Chairman of TV Vision
Limited until October 27, 2017 and as its Whole Time Director from August 22,
2017 to October 27, 2017. His name was listed in the Limca Books of records in
the year 1999 as having directed maximum number of episodes. X had a
Graduation in Commercial Arts/was a diploma holder in Applied Arts from
J.J.School of Arts, Mumbai, Government of Maharashtra, Higher Art
Examinations. He passed away on October 27, 2017.

26. X- Mr. Gautam Adhikari
Y- Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd

27. 11.
• This is awarded in the name of the President
of the United States to any member of the
Armed Forces of the United States who,
while serving under competent authority in
any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed
Services after April 5, 1917, has been
wounded or killed.

28. The Purple Heart

29. 12.
• The festival's origins are somewhat unclear. A popular account has it that it
commemorates the city's defiance against the city's tyrant, who is a member of the
Ranieri family. This tyrant attempted to rape a young commoner (often specified as
a miller's daughter) on the eve of her wedding, supposedly exercising the droit du
seigneur. The tyrant's plan backfired when the young woman instead decapitated
him, after which the populace stormed and burned the palace.
• Each year, a young girl is chosen to play the part of Violetta, the defiant young
woman. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the X that
involves some thousands of towns people, divided into nine combat teams, who
throw X at each other – with considerable violence – during the traditional carnival
days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

30. Battle of the Oranges

31. 13. Connect
• Steve Allen
• Ernie Kovacs
• Jack Lescoulie
• Jack Paar
• Johnny Carson
• Conan O'brien
(In exhaustive List)

32. The Tonight Show

33. 14.

34. China National Space Administration

35. 15*.

36. The Temple of All Religions or the Universal
Temple

37. 16.
• What did Musk do after being
caught in a traffic jam ?

38. Founded the Boring Company

39. 17.

40. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

41. 18.
• X is an English word frequently used as a loanword in other languages.
• As an adjective, it principally means "adequate" or "acceptable“ ; it can also
mean "mediocre" . It fulfils a similar role as an adverb. As an interjection, it
can denote compliance, or agreement. It can mean "assent" when it is used
as a noun. As an adjective, can express acknowledgment without approval. As
a versatile discourse marker or back-channeling item, it can also be used with
appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation.

42. Okay

43. 19.
• What is being blanked out from the movie poster

46. 20*.
• Just outside the CIA HQ in
Langley, Virginia. There is this
captivating scripture created by
Karl Sanborn to show that
everything can be resolved in
numbers and patterns. Name the
scripture.

47. Kryptos