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GQW - General Quiz
Prelims

3. Safety Slide

4. Question #1
It is the reason why you all are here.
• One theory behind the origin of this term goes like this -
In 1791, a theatre Manager from Dublin made a bet to
introduce a new word in the English language, he then
hired a group of children to write the word X onto the
walls of Dublin. Since people were unaware of what it
meant, they thought of it to be some "exam" or "test".
• Which word was thus introduced?

5. Question #2
The centre of power
• The Faisalabad Clock
Tower is a clock tower in
Faisalabad, Pakistan,
and is one of the oldest
monuments still standing
in its original state. The
clock is placed at the
center of the eight
markets that from a
bird's-eye view is meant
to resemble and
symbolize the authority
of that time period. What
did it meant to
resemble?

6. Question #3
Where you should have been now
• Initially 8 of them were sought to be Established. 2 for each
region, North, South, East and West. The Initial 8 Cities
were Delhi, Hyderabad, Durgapur, Nagpur, Mangalore,
Allahabad, Bhopal, Jamshedpur.
• There were some changes that were made though.
Hyderabad was later swapped for another South Indian
City and the one in Delhi, was shifted to Srinagar. Though,
Delhi joined the party, a few years later. The one that was
setup in Mangalore came to be known by the name of a
suburb there. What is being talked about?

7. Question #4
Connect

8. Question #5
Confused much?
• Pictured here is the
ROTAS square. It
inspired something
big in modern pop
culture. What did it
inspire?

9. Question #6
But we believe you are the X
• Rudyard Kipling called the fjord Milford Sound of New
Zealand as ‘X’. Theodore Roosevelt considered the
Burney Falls in California to be 'X'. Most of us may
remember a movie monster and/or the wrestler Andre the
Giant being referred to as 'X'. Other claimants include the
Stonehenge, Terracotta Army, Angkor Wat temple,
Sydney Opera House, ISS, Palm Island of Dubai and a lot
many more.
• What is 'X’ ?

10. Question #7
A popular stadium anthem at sports events around the world
• X was written in response to an event that occurred
during the A Day at the Races Tour. According to the
band’s lead guitarist Brian May: “We did an encore and
then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they
sang ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’ to us, and we were just
completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an
emotional experience really, and I think these chant
things are in some way connected with that.”
• A not-so-famous parody of X goes by the name ‘we love
Rocky’ where Rocky is Akshay Kumar.
• Give X.

11. Question #8
Eyes on target
• Clicked by Michael
Collins view of the
Apollo 11 lunar
module "X" as it
returned from the
surface of the
moon. Name X.

12. Question #9
Out of this world
• X, is an American stop-motion animation studio
specializing in feature films, owned by Nike co-founder
Phil Knight and is led by his son Travis Knight.- It has
released 5 feature films, all of which have been
nominated for best animated feature.
• Its feature films are: Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls,
Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link.
• Give X which also happens to be the name of a very
popular dog.

13. Question #10
• A purple color winter vegetables is believed to have
originated in Himalayas in the Hind Kush region. Lying on
the path of Silk road route ,this vegetable was traded on
both sides of the route. Being a fascinating vegetable,
some International traders took this vegetable to southern
India, Europe and China. Change in latitudes led to
change in its photoperiod response thereby resulting in
mutations in this vegetable. As a result of this mutation ,
the vegetable known today is complete different from its
original state.
• Which vegetable I am talking about?

14. Question #11
Tragic
• Delusional jealousy is disorder that occurs when a person
typically makes repeated accusations that their spouse or
sexual partner is being unfaithful, based on insignificant,
minimal, or no evidence, often citing seemingly normal or
everyday events or material to back up their claims. Unlike
other delusional disorders, people who suffer from this
disorder have a strong association
with stalking, cyberstalking, sabotage, or even violence.
• In pop culture, this disorder is known by a name that
references the one of the most popular tragedy works of a
legend in which the central character by the same name
murders his wife on false belief.
• What?

15. Question #12
• Overwhelmed by the Epic Success of a particular Cartoon
TV series, Director Rajiv Chilaka and the Production
House named "Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd", ventured
into Creating a New Cartoon series named X in 2015
wherein the lead protagonist of the show was a 4 year old
kid from Aryanagar who was also portrayed with the same
name in the previous Cartoon Show.
• Give me X (Name of the Cartoon Show that was thus
created in 2015) that might be the favorite character of
the show for many of us.

16. Question #13
• X was a Oread in Greek Mythology who was ordered by
Zeus to protect him in case his wife (Hera) became too
angry with him for cheating. Once when X tried to protect
Zeus from her, she was cursed to be able to speak only
the words that were last spoken to her.
• X is most notable for being the reason why Narcissus fell
in love with himself.
• ID X.

17. Question #14
A daily use product, well not for all…..
• This product which has seen a huge increase in sales
in 2020, was accidently discovered by the ancients
when the grease from the sacrifices of animals upon
the altars sickered through and mixed with the wooden
ashes of the altar logs.
• Name the product which became specially important in
the pandemic.

18. Question #15
• X is a 3.5 Inch Aluminium Sculpture created by Paul
Van Hoeydonck and commisioned and Placed on the
Moon by the Crew of Apollo 15 David Scott along with
a List of 14 men.
• It is a small sized figure meant to depict an Astronaut.
• What is the figure Aptly named?
• Image in next slide

20. Question #16
• The Etymology of the Word Stems from the SitCom
How I met Your Mother which Describes Ones
behavior of Going back to being our Old Self when we
Meet Someone from the Past.
• The Word X is strikingly Similar to a Medical Condition
which leads to a Sudden Internal or External Spinning
Sensation triggered by sudden movement of the head.
• Which Word?

21. Question #17
Duh!
• After a string of negative press targeting him due to his
factories safety procedures, X stated that he will launch a
site where any user can rate the credibility of a journalist.
This decision was met with major backlash, as a platform
like that would be prone to abuse…
• Originally, the name for the site was supposed to be
pravda, but later on X purchased the domain
pravduh.com because the former was already used by a
Ukrainian newspaper.
• Who is the person (X) in question?

22. Question #18
Are you good at solving puzzles?
• In the mid 2000s, a popular toymaker had an idea. He
took advantage of the nostalgic value of something
created in the 1980s and merged it with a new trend that
had people waking up in the early mornings, eagerly
waiting for something. Since introducing it to a worldwide
audience at the American International Toy Fair, the
toymaker has sold thousands of his hybrids.
• What are we talking about?

23. Question #19
Yum chocolaty……
• X is an American multinational company and one of the
largest chocolate manufacturers. It was founded by Milton
X, who named the company after his family title.
• In 1912, the Titanic almost sank the company since the
Xs were booked to travel on the ill-fated maiden voyage.
However, they cancelled their reservations at the end
moment due to some business engagements. The
adventures of the family advanced to the products even
as one of their products has literally travelled to the moon
and, hopefully, never back!
• Give X.

24. Question #20
• X is not very good at
hunting, so whenever he
was called Nimrod on
television, he was called
so in a sarcastic way, as
Nimrod was a legendary
hunter in Bible. Because
of this, for audiences
everywhere, Nimrod
became an insult for a
dumb person instead of
being remembered as a
legendary hunter. ID X.

25. Question #21
Oscars
• "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' is the
only complete novel written by Edgar Allen Poe. One
scene of this book features four men cast adrift after a
shipwreck. Because of hunger, they kill the youngest of
them, a boy name X and cannibalize him. This sequence
is particularly eerie as decades after the book was
published, a boy named X, the youngest surviving crew
member of a yacht was cannibalized by the remaining
three men.
• Name X.

26. Question #22
Gangsta!
• Because of some technicalities in it's constitution it's
possible to rent the country of Liechtenstein for a while. In
2010, X famously tried to rent the country for a music
video shoot, but the deal fell through as he didn't file the
request far enough in advance.
• ID X who's a famous American Rapper who is quite
popular in the meme world.

27. ANSWERS COMING
UP……

28. Question #1
It is the reason why you all are here.
• One theory behind the origin of this term goes like this -
In 1791, a theatre Manager from Dublin made a bet to
introduce a new word in the English language, he then
hired a group of children to write the word X onto the
walls of Dublin. Since people were unaware of what it
meant, they thought of it to be some "exam" or "test".
• Which word was thus introduced?

29. Quiz

30. Question #2
The centre of power
• The Faisalabad Clock
Tower is a clock tower in
Faisalabad, Pakistan,
and is one of the oldest
monuments still standing
in its original state. The
clock is placed at the
center of the eight
markets that from a
bird's-eye view is meant
to resemble and
symbolize the authority
of that time period. What
did it meant to
resemble?

31. Union Jack

32. Question #3
Where you should have been now
• Initially 8 of them were sought to be Established. 2 for each
region, North, South, East and West. The Initial 8 Cities
were Delhi, Hyderabad, Durgapur, Nagpur, Mangalore,
Allahabad, Bhopal, Jamshedpur.
• There were some changes that were made though.
Hyderabad was later swapped for another South Indian
City and the one in Delhi, was shifted to Srinagar. Though,
Delhi joined the party, a few years later. The one that was
setup in Mangalore came to be known by the name of a
suburb there. What is being talked about?

33. NITs

34. Question #4
Connect

35. India
Celebrities Jonty Rhodes, Chris Hemsworth, Emma
Ferguson and Sarah McLachlan have named their
children India

36. Question #5
Confused much?
• Pictured here is the
ROTAS square. It
inspired something
big in modern pop
culture. What did it
inspire?

37. TENET

38. Question #6
But we believe you are the X
• Rudyard Kipling called the fjord Milford Sound of New
Zealand as ‘X’. Theodore Roosevelt considered the
Burney Falls in California to be 'X'. Most of us may
remember a movie monster and/or the wrestler Andre the
Giant being referred to as 'X'. Other claimants include the
Stonehenge, Terracotta Army, Angkor Wat temple,
Sydney Opera House, ISS, Palm Island of Dubai and a lot
many more.
• What is 'X’ ?

39. Eighth Wonder Of The
World

40. Question #7
A popular stadium anthem at sports events around the world
• X was written in response to an event that occurred
during the A Day at the Races Tour. According to the
band’s lead guitarist Brian May: “We did an encore and
then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they
sang ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’ to us, and we were just
completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an
emotional experience really, and I think these chant
things are in some way connected with that.”
• A not-so-famous parody of X goes by the name ‘we love
Rocky’ where Rocky is Akshay Kumar.
• Give X.

41. We Will Rock You

42. Question #8
Eyes on target
• Clicked by Michael
Collins view of the
Apollo 11 lunar
module "X" as it
returned from the
surface of the
moon. Name X.

43. Eagle

44. Question #9
• X, is an American stop-motion animation studio
specializing in feature films, owned by Nike co-founder
Phil Knight and is led by his son Travis Knight.- It has
released 5 feature films, all of which have been
nominated for best animated feature.
• Its feature films are: Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls,
Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link.
• Give X which also happens to be the name of a very
popular dog.

45. Laika

46. Question #10
• A purple color winter vegetables is believed to have
originated in Himalayas in the Hind Kush region. Lying on
the path of Silk road route ,this vegetable was traded on
both sides of the route. Being a fascinating vegetable
,some International traders took this vegetable to southern
India, Europe and China. Change in latitudes led to
change in its photoperiod response thereby resulting in
mutations in this vegetable. As a result of this mutation ,
the vegetable known today is complete different from its
original state.
• Which vegetable I am talking about?

47. Carrot

48. Question #11
Tragic
• Delusional jealousy is disorder that occurs when a person
typically makes repeated accusations that their spouse or
sexual partner is being unfaithful, based on insignificant,
minimal, or no evidence, often citing seemingly normal or
everyday events or material to back up their claims. Unlike
other delusional disorders, people who suffer from this
disorder have a strong association
with stalking, cyberstalking, sabotage, or even violence.
• In pop culture, this disorder is known by a name that
references the one of the most popular tragedy works of a
legend in which the central character by the same name
murders his wife on false belief.
• What?

49. Othello Syndrome

50. Question #12
• Overwhelmed by the Epic Success of a particular Cartoon
TV series, Director Rajiv Chilaka and the Production
House named "Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd", ventured
into Creating a New Cartoon series named X in 2015
wherein the lead protagonist of the show was a 4 year old
kid from Aryanagar who was also portrayed with the same
name in the previous Cartoon Show.
• Give me X (Name of the Cartoon Show that was thus
created in 2015) that might be the favorite character of
the show for many of us.

51. Mighty Raju

52. Question #13
• X was a Oread in Greek Mythology who was ordered by
Zeus to protect him in case his wife (Hera) became too
angry with him for cheating. Once when X tried to protect
Zeus from her, she was cursed to be able to speak only
the words that were last spoken to her.
• X is most notable for being the reason why Narcissus fell
in love with himself.
• ID X.

53. Echo

54. Question #14
A daily use product, well not for all…..
• This product which has seen a huge increase in sales
in 2020, was accidently discovered by the ancients
when the grease from the sacrifices of animals upon
the altars sickered through and mixed with the wooden
ashes of the altar logs.
• Name the product which became specially important in
the pandemic.

55. Soap

56. Question #15
• X is a 3.5 Inch Aluminium Sculpture created by Paul
Van Hoeydonck and commisioned and Placed on the
Moon by the Crew of Apollo 15 David Scott along with
a List of 14 men.
• It is a small sized figure meant to depict an Astronaut.
• What is the figure Aptly named?
• Image in next slide

58. Fallen Astronaut
Tribute to the ones who lost their life in pursuit of space research

59. Question #16
• The Etymology of the Word Stems from the SitCom
How I met Your Mother which Describes Ones
behavior of Going back to being our Old Self when we
Meet Someone from the Past.
• The Word X is strikingly Similar to a Medical Condition
which leads to a Sudden Internal or External Spinning
Sensation triggered by sudden movement of the head.
• Which Word?

60. REVERTIGO

61. Question #17
Duh!
• After a string of negative press targeting him due to his
factories safety procedures, X stated that he will launch a
site where any user can rate the credibility of a journalist.
This decision was met with major backlash, as a platform
like that would be prone to abuse…
• Originally, the name for the site was supposed to be
pravda, but later on X purchased the domain
pravduh.com because the former was already used by a
Ukrainian newspaper.
• Who is the person (X) in question?

62. Elon Musk

63. Question #18
Are you good at solving puzzles?
• In the mid 2000s, a popular toymaker had an idea. He
took advantage of the nostalgic value of something
created in the 1980s and merged it with a new trend that
had people waking up in the early mornings, eagerly
waiting for something. Since introducing it to a worldwide
audience at the American International Toy Fair, the
toymaker has sold thousands of his hybrids.
• What are we talking about?

64. SUDOKUBE

65. Question #19
Yum chocolaty……
• X is an American multinational company and one of the
largest chocolate manufacturers. It was founded by Milton
X, who named the company after his family title.
• In 1912, the Titanic almost sank the company since the
Xs were booked to travel on the ill-fated maiden voyage.
However, they cancelled their reservations at the end
moment due to some business engagements. The
adventures of the family advanced to the products even
as one of their products has literally travelled to the moon
and, hopefully, never back!
• Give X.

66. Hershey’s

67. Question #20
• X is not very good at
hunting, so whenever he
was called Nimrod on
television, he was called
so in a sarcastic way, as
Nimrod was a legendary
hunter in Bible. Because
of this, for audiences
everywhere, Nimrod
became an insult for a
dumb person instead of
being remembered as a
legendary hunter. ID X.

68. Elmer Fudd

69. Question #21
Oscars
• "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' is the
only complete novel written by Edgar Allen Poe. One
scene of this book features four men cast adrift after a
shipwreck. Because of hunger, they kill the youngest of
them, a boy name X and cannibalize him. This sequence
is particularly eerie as decades after the book was
published, a boy named X, the youngest surviving crew
member of a yacht was cannibalized by the remaining
three men.
• Name X.

70. Richard Parker

71. Question #22
Gangsta!
• Because of some technicalities in it's constitution it's
possible to rent the country of Liechtenstein for a while. In
2010, X famously tried to rent the country for a music
video shoot, but the deal fell through as he didn't file the
request far enough in advance.
• ID X who's a famous American Rapper who is quite
popular in the meme world.

72. Snoop Dogg

74. The Funda!
Quiz
Union Jack
NITs
India
TENET
Eighth Wonder Of The World
We Will Rock You
Eagle
Laika
Carrot
Othello Syndrome
Mighty Raju
Echo
Soap
Fallen Astronaut
Revertigo
Elon Musk
Sudokube
Hershey's
Elmer Fudd
Richard Parker
Snoop Dogg
QuNITe
Welcomes
Freshers!

75. That’s all folks!