Preliminary round of Trivium 2.0 conducted during Technival 2016 Quanta - The official quiz club of NIT Goa

1. 1. Who voiced the Joker in Batman: the animated series and in the Batman Arkham
series of video games?
Mark Hamill. You know him as Luke Skywalker from Star Wars. He has played the clown
prince of crime in various Batman animated movies and the series. He has also reprised
the role for the Arkham video game series.
2. At the beginning of WWII, X & George Antheil, a music composer developed a
radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, which used spread spectrum and
frequencyhopping to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis Powers. The
principles of their work from the basis of modern technologies like Wi-fi,
Bluetooth & CDMA. Identify X.
Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr was an Austrian-American film actress from the '30s. She was
also responsible for various inventions like an improved traffic stoplight. 'Secret
Communication System' patented in 1941 forms the basis of Wi-fi communication used
today.
3. How many ounces in a pound?
16
4. What is the name of the proposed riverfront capital city to Andhra Pradesh?
Amaravati. Located on the southern banks of the river Krishna, the foundation stone of
the planned city was laid by PM Narendra Modi on 22nd October 2015.
5. Who is the current Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?
Pahlaj Nihalani. He is a film producer who has produced films like Aakhen and Talaash.
He produced the YouTube video "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi" supporting PM
Narendra Modi for his campaign for the Indian General Elections, 2014. Nihalani is
controversial for being conservative and is responsible for cutting short kissing scenes
from the Bond movie SPECTRE.
6. Who won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20?
Sri Lanka. The ICC World Twenty20 was hosted by Bangladesh. Sri Lanka beat India by
6 wickets at the final game in Dhaka.
7. Who is to be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015?
Manoj Kumar. Known for his image as the patriotic hero, Kumar debuted as an actor
with 1957 Hindi film Fashion. The actor and director of patriotic theme based movies,
Kumar is fondly called as "Bharat Kumar".
8. What was the initial name for the Tata Tiago?
Zica. Christened Zica last November and set for launch by March-end, the model faced
a brand crisis after the outbreak of the deadly Zika virus in January. Tata then created
an online contest to decide upon its name and settled on Tiago.

2. 9. The 2015 movie 'Straight Outta Compton' chronicles the rise and fall of which
influential hip-hop group?
N.W.A. The movie borrows the title from the debut album of the group based in
Compton, CA. The original lineup consisted of Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice
Cube. MC Ren and DJ Yella joined later. Their influence (from their funky, bass-driven
beats to their exaggerated lyrics) was evident throughout the 1990s and even into the
present, and is often credited as bridging the White/Black American musical lines with
their massive appeal to White America in the late 1980s.
10. Daraprim is a therapeutic drug used since 1950s. The drug's most prominent use
as of late 2015 was as an antimalarial and an antiparasitic, in conjunction with
leucovorin and a sulfonamide, to treat patients with toxoplasmosis, including in
AIDS populations. A pharmaceutical company owned by X acquired the
manufacturing license for the drug in September 2015 and raised its price to
5556% ($13.50-$750 per tablet). X received widespread criticism and was dubbed
'the most hated man in America' for this move. Identify X. Also identify the
company.
Martin Shkreli. Turing Pharmaceuticals. On December 17, 2015, Shkreli was arrested by
the FBI on charges of securities fraud and released on bail. He resigned as CEO of
Turing Pharmaceuticals and was replaced by the company's board chairman, Ron Tilles.
11. “I will build a great wall - and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me - and
I’ll build them veryinexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our Southern
border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." Who said this?
Donald J. Trump. Trump is an American businessman, politician, and television
personality. He is a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United
States in the 2016 election.
12. Which song won the Grammy for Song of the year in 2016?
‘Thinking Out Loud’ by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, recorded for his second
studio album, x (2014).
13. What is the protective tube at the ends of shoelaces known as?
Aglet.
14. What is the capacity of a 3.5 inch floppy drive?
1.44 MB
15. How much is 4K resolution in WxH pixels?
3840*2160. It’s twice the width and twice the height of Full HD(1920*1080), hence 4
times the number of pixels in Full HD.
16. Who wrote the Discworld series?
Sir Terry Pratchett. Pratchett was an English author of fantasy novels esp. comical

3. works. Best known for the Discworld series spanning 41 books, he died in March 2015 of
Alzheimer’s. The last Discworld book “Shepherd’s Crown” was published posthumously
in August 2015.
17. Which Indian e-commerce fashion portal uses the slogan “Be You!”?
Jabong.com. Jabong sells apparel, footwear, fashion accessories, beauty products,
fragrances, home accessories and other fashion and lifestyle products.
18. According to Greek Mythology which deity stole Fire from Mount Olympus and
gave it to mankind?
Prometheus. Best known as the deity in Greek mythology who was the creator of
mankind and its greatest benefactor, who stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to
mankind. Prometheus sided with Zeus and the ascending Olympian gods in the vast
cosmological struggle against Cronus (Kronos) and the other Titans. Prometheus was
therefore on the conquering side of the cataclysmic war of the Greek gods, the
Titanomachy, where Zeus and the Olympian gods ultimately defeated Cronus and the
other Titans.
19. What is the McMahon line?
The McMahon Line is a line agreed to by Britain and Tibet as part of the Simla Accord, a
treaty signed in 1914. It is the effective boundary between China and India, although its
legal status is disputed by the Chinese government.
20. Old Monk Rum is aged for a minimum of how many years?
Old Monk commonly known as 'OMR' is an iconic vatted Indian dark rum, launched in
1954. It is blended and aged for a minimum of 7 years (Old Monk XXX Rum).
21. The National Song of India ‘Vande Mataram’ was first published in which book?
Anandamath. A Bengali novel, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and published
in 1882. Set in the background of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the late 18th century, it is
considered one of the most important novels in the history of Bengali and Indian
literature.
22. "Some farmers said that X also were damaging their crops in fields in hilly areas",
Goa's Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar was quoted by the media. Mr.
Tawadkar was proposing that X be reclassified as vermin making them easy to
cull. Recently Goa Minister for Environment and Forests Rajendra Arlekar has
categorically ruled out the possibility of X, and the Indian bison, the Goa state
animal, being added to a list of vermin. Identify X.
Peacock. The national bird of India, they are currently protected under India's Wildlife
Protection Act of 1972.
23. Full form of IRCTC?
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways

4. that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the railways.
24. Who’s the current Prime Minister of Canada?
Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is the 23rd and current Prime
Minister of Canada, as well as the Leader of the Liberal Party. The second-youngest
Canadian prime minister after Joe Clark, he is also, as the eldest son of former Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau, the first child of a previous prime minister to hold the post.
25. Roughly translated to english this Swahili phrase means “No Worries”.
Hakuna Matata. Hakuna matata" is a Swahili phrase; translated, it roughly means "No
worries". It is formed by the words hakuna (there is not here) and matata (plural form of
problem). The phrase has been popularized by its use in The Lion King (in which it is
translated as "no worries" in a song named after the phrase).
26. In 2001, Pizza Hut made a deliverythat cost them around $ 1 million. What was so
unique about this delivery?
Delivery to ISS
27. KIT-KAT is a chocolate-covered wafer created bythe Rowntree’s of New York, and
is now produced globally by Nestle, which acquired Rowntree in 1988, with the
exception of the US where it is produced by?
Hersheys
28.
29. Name the captain of the Indian U-19 cricket team which lost the world cup 2016?
Ishan Kishan (sounds like my name) :p