The Indrayani Express Quiz Round 9 A General Quiz

1. The Indrayani Express Quiz
Round 9
Research & QM: Aditya Kendki

2. Question 1
A pitched battle or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ battle is a battle in which both sides
choose the fighting location and time. Either side has the option to
disengage before the battle starts or shortly thereafter.
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ may also be a passage or section of a novel, play, film, or
piece of music that is arranged in an elaborate or conventional pattern for
maximum effect.
However, it’s most commonly used in the game of football to describe a type
of restart after stoppage of play due to a foul or offence committed by one of
the teams.
Identify the Term
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3,5)

3. Set Piece

4. Question 2
In the recent IMA Jewels scam in which investors were together duped
of Rs.2000 Cr, most of the investors belonged to the Muslim
community. This was mainly because the scheme differed from the
other interest based investments which are considered Haram in Islam.
They fell for the IMA Jewels scheme because they considered it as
_ _ _ _ _ investment.
Identify the word.

5. Halal

6. Question 3
"We Are the World" is a charity
single originally recorded by
the supergroup United Support of Artists
(USA) for Africa in 1985. It was written
by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and
produced by Quincy Jones and Michael
Omartian for the album We Are the
World. With sales in excess of 20 million
copies, it is one of fewer than 30 retail
singles to have sold at least 10
million copies worldwide. In all, more
than 45 of America's top musicians
participated in the recording. One of the
artists, X recalls a funny piece of
conversation he had before the recording.
He had proclaimed that if the recording
was not completed in one take, he and Y,
two blind men, would drive everybody
home. Identify X & Y

7. Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles

8. Question 4
“Transforming Elements” is the tagline of which US$ 11,550 million
(2017) Mumbai based Multinational Group

9. Vedanta

10. Question 5
This is the French
Breguet 763 aircraft,
the first of its kind.
The service started
in 1953 and retired
in 1971. Just as
Boeing’s 747 is
referred to as the
Jumbo Jet, planes
from this family of
Breguets were
known as Deux
Ponts. The first of
what kind were
these?

11. Full Double Deck Aircrafts

12. Question 6
The X are born in freshwater, usually in cool fast-flowing water. They
live in the river for about two years before making their way out to sea.
After growing considerably in size, they return to the same river where
they were born using chemical cues and battle their way upstream to
the spawning areas – the idea being that if the area was good enough
for them, it will be good enough for their offspring. Sadly the effort of
returning while avoiding being caught by Y, fighting for territory and
digging nests in the gravel wears them out so much that they usually
die after spawning. Identify X & Y. Location: Alaska

13. Salmon and Grizzly Bears

14. Question 7
What’s the connection here?

15. New Balance

16. Question 8
Joint World Record Holders list for what?
Also identify X
Colla Vella dels Xiquets , 25 October 1981
X , 10 August 2012
Castellers de Vilafranca & Colla Vella dels Xiquets de
Valls, 7th October 2012
Xiquets De Hangzhou and Colla Vella, 5 July 2015
X, 24 August 2019

17. Human Pyramids & Jai Jawan Govinda Pathak

18. Question 9
In June 1943, during the Second World War an
American Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft was
captured by Italy in Sardinia after the pilot made a
landing error. This aircraft was then deployed by the
Italian Air Force against the American Bombers. But, it
could not be used for long as it suffered excessive
engine wear and tear during its Italian assignments.
What was the technical reason for this?

19. Italian petrol was too corrosive for the P-38
Engine

20. Question 9
X, in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic
schools refers to a state of meditative consciousness. In
the Yogic traditions, and the Buddhist commentarial
tradition on which the Burmese Vipassana movement
and the Thai Forest tradition rely, it is a meditative
absorption or trance, attained by the practice of
dhyāna. In the oldest Buddhist suttas, on which several
contemporary western Theravada teachers rely, it refers
to the development of a luminous mind which is
equanimous and mindful. What’s X?

21. Samadhi

22. Question 11
What’s special about the Red Hill Railroad Line which started in the
erstwhile Madras in the 20th Century?

23. India’s first train ran on this line in 1837

24. Question 12
What does the White strip in the Pakistani flag denote?

25. The Minorities of the Nation

26. Question 13
Identify this Musical Instrument. It traces its origin to Afghanistan

27. Rubab

28. Question 14
These guys might be probably disappointed with all the undue attention that their TV channel might
be getting right now

29. 9X is owned by INX Media

30. Question 15
X is the name for an item or place within which ammunition or other
explosive material is stored in large quantities for later distribution.
In firearms, X is the feeding device within or attached to a
repeating firing unit.
However, X as a word is most frequently used in print media.

31. Magazine

32. Question 16
What is common between these places?
Kota
Shahabad
Tandur
Kadapa
Hint: Common raw material and very similar products.

33. Limestone based flooring stones
Kota Kadapa
Tandur
Shahabad

34. Question 17
These trays used
to be the
mainstay of a
secretary’s job a
few decades ago.
But today they
are an integral
part of the daily
routine of every
working
professional.
How do we know
them better?

35. Inbox and Outbox

36. Question 18
Shatterhand was the working title of which movie whose actual title
was revealed last week?

37. Bond 25 – No Time to Die

38. Question 19
Which iconic
photograph by
Alberto came
from this film-
roll covering the
La Coubre
explosion
memorial
service at
Havana, 1960

39. The Che Guevara Photograph

40. Question 20
London
Bilbao
Budapest
Glasgow
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Dublin
Munich
Rome
Baku
Saint Petersburg
Bucharest
Exhaustive List of Host Cities for which 2020 Sporting Event

41. Euro 2020

42. THANK YOU