Political Quiz conducted as part of 1st Anniversary of iQuiz Trivandrum

1. Game of Thrones
A Quiz on World Politics
By
Dr Alen Jude Thambi
Lecturer in Biochemistry
Govt TD Medical College
Alapuzha

2. Thank you iQuiz
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3. ▸ It’s rumored that X was given this name by
China
▸ It’s short for the French word of Potential
Politics.
▸ Another theory suggests first name is derived
from Sanskrit word ‘Bala’ and 2nd name is just
a rhyming .
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4. Pol Pot

5. ▸ X appeared in the film Nomiyena Minisun in 1994 and
worked as a library assistant at Vidyodaya University .
▸ X is known to be superstitious and wears talismans and
consults astrologers in his decision-making.
▸ He is known for acquiring a large number valuable rings as
lucky charms, some with colored stones and elephant hair
and earned the reputation as a "Lord of rings".
▸ Known for language chauvinism he banned Tamil version
of national anthem.
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7. ▸ ‘X’ is from Gaffney, South Carolina. He graduated from
The Sentinel , The Military College of South Carolina in
1981 and, subsequently, Harvard Law School in 1984.
▸ He served as the Democratic Majority Whip in the United
States House of Representatives, Vice President of the
United States and later President of the United States
▸ Clue – Fictional Character
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8. Frank Underwood

9. ▸ ‘X’ spent years training as an eye doctor, first at a military hospital in
home country and then in London, at St. Mary's Hospital.
▸ He was not being groomed for the presidency: his oldest brother Basil
was.
▸ In January 1994, Basil, who led Country’s presidential guard (His father
was President of Country ), died in a car crash .
▸ ‘X’ was immediately and unexpectedly thrust into the limelight--and
the succession line.
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10. Bashar Al Assad

11. ▸ The book ‘ Negatives ‘ features 64 negative
images, a coy numeric allusion to the date of
the incident — June 4
▸ Book is released 29 years after the incident that
in negative form which can viewed in color
format using smart phone
▸ Image in next slide
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13. Tianmen Square Protests
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14. Identify him. He committed suicide during coup
with Kalashnikov gifted by Fidel Castro .
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15. Salvador Allende

16. ▸ ‘X’ is a political cum religious organization started by Hassan al-Banna in 1928
▸ The organization gained supporters throughout the Arab world and influenced
other Islamist groups
▸ As of 2015 ’X’ is considered a terrorist organization by the governments
of Bahrain , Egypt, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
▸ ‘X’ stated goal is to instill the Quran and the Sunnah as the "sole reference
point for ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community and
state".
▸ Today, the primary state backers of the ‘X’ are Qatar and Turkey
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17. Muslim Brotherhood

18. ▸ Samantha Louise Lewthwaite (Sherafiyah Lewthwaite ) is a British woman who
is one of the Western world's most wanted terrorism suspects .
▸ Lewthwaite, the wife of 7/7 London suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay, is
accused of causing the deaths of more than 400 people .
▸ Lewthwaite was an alleged member of the Somalia-based
radical Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab. She is believed to have been behind
an attack on those watching football in a bar in Mombasa during Euro 2012 .
▸ She was dubbed the “X" by the news media, a play on words referencing her
race, the death of her first husband and the practice of referring
to Chechen female suicide bombers as “Y"
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19. ▸ White widow & Black Widow

20. ▸ The ’X’ was a political movement that emerged during the Hong Kong
democracy protests of 2014
▸ Its name arose from the use of ‘X’ as a tool for passive resistance to
the Hong Kong Police during a 79-day occupation of the city demanding freer
election
▸ The movement consisted of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands
who participated in the protests using ‘X’ that began on 26 September 2014
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22. Identify 4 leaders depicted in cartoon
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23. ▸ Rayyip Erdogan
▸ Kim Jong Un
▸ Rodrigo Duterte
▸ Vladimar Putin

24. ▸ He was a close friend of Parameshvar Godrej and did
Cinthol ad in 1987 . Only Indian Ad he acted .
▸ Shoot was completed in an hour besides swimming pool of
Godrej’s house in1987 when he came to Mumbai for
another purpose .
▸ He expressed deep condolences when Paremeshvar Godrej
passed away last year
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26. Flag of which Movement
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27. Catalonian Movement

28. ▸ During the construction of the Panama canal, the initial attempts by
France to construct a sea-level canal across the isthmus were secured
through treaty with ‘X’ however French cost overruns and corruption
in the Panama scandals led to abandonment of the Canal for a decade.
▸ When the United States sought to take over the canal project, the
government of ‘X’ proved difficult to work with, and with the
cooperation of French financier Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla, Panama
simultaneously declared independence from ‘X’ and negotiated
a treaty granting the U.S. the right to construct the canal .
▸ So effectively USA created a new nation for construction
▸ Identify ‘X’
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29. Colombia

30. ▸ ‘X’ is a city in the Allier department of Auvergne-Rhône-
Alpes in central France .
▸ It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was
the seat of government of France from 1940 to 1944.
▸ The government of that period was called by ‘X’
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31. ▸ Vichy France

32. Kazuo Kawasaki 704 spectacle model , Identify person
who wears it . Gained much popularity during 2008 -09
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33. Sarah Palin

34. ▸ Producers Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel said that Baron
Cohen's character in Film ‘X ‘ was inspired by real-life
leaders considered dictators like Kim Jong-il, Idi
Amin, Muammar Gaddafi, Mobutu Sese
Seko and Saparmurat Niyazov
▸ The film's opening credits dedicate it to Kim Jong-il, "in
loving memory”
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36. ▸ ‘X’ was an unofficial name given by Western journalists to an all-
female elite cadre of bodyguards officially known as "The Revolutionary
Nuns", tasked with protecting the late, former leader of Libya, Muammar
Gaddafi.
▸ Gaddafi reportedly employed a cadre of female bodyguards because he
believed that an Arab gunman would have difficulty firing at women.
▸ However, it has also been submitted by other authors that Gaddafi's female
bodyguards were, in reality, just an aspect of the dictator's well-known
eccentric showmanship and his fondness of surrounding himself with young
women.
▸ Gaddafi would usually travel with 15 of his guards assigned to security or
housekeeping
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37. Amazonian Guards

38. ▸ ‘X’ is a 2014 American film produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan
Goldberg.
▸ The film stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as journalists who set up an
interview with ’Y’ and are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
▸ In November, the computer systems of parent company Sony Pictures
Entertainment were hacked by the “Guardians of Peace” traced to country
headed by Y
▸ The group also threatened terrorist attacks against cinemas that showed the
film. Major cinema chains opted not to release the film, leading Sony to
release it for online rental and purchase on December 24, 2014, followed by
a limited release at select cinemas the next day.
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40. ▸ The ’X’ Revolution is a commonly used name for events
between 1987 and 1991 that led to the restoration of the
independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
▸ The term was coined by an Estonian activist and
artist, Heinz Valk, for mass demonstrations at the Tallinn
Song Festival Grounds
▸ The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds are the grounds on
which the Estonian Song Festival is held every five years.
▸ Guessable answer
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41. ▸ Singing Revolution
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42. Identify both leaders ( Battle of Begums)
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43. ▸ Sheikh Hazina
▸ Khaleda Zia

44. Kadarshian Family in which Memorial .
Dedicated to an incident that happened in 1915
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45. Armenian Genocide

46. Identify this former Head of State . Clues in pic
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48. ▸ Jacinda Ardern is the 2nd elected head of
Government to give birth while in office
▸ Who is first ?
▸ It happened in 1990
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50. ▸ ‘X’ is a Shinto shrine located in Tokyo.
▸ It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates
those who died in service of Japan from the Boshin War of 1868–1869
to the First Indochina War of 1946–1954.
▸ The shrine's purpose has been expanded over the years to include
those who died in the wars involving Japan spanning from the
entire Meiji and Taishō periods, and the lesser part of the Shōwa
period
▸ Identify this controversial shrine .
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51. ▸ Yasukuni shrine

52. Identify these Diplomats who became famous
for something they did in 1918- 1919
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53. ▸ Mark Sykes
▸ Francoise Picot
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54. Identify both and give the connect
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55. ▸ Oldest and youngest among elected
Heads of Government
▸ Mahathir Mohammed (Malaysia)
▸ Sebastian Kurz (Austria )

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58. Book on a Political Protest group . More famous
after their protests in WC 2018
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60. ▸ ‘X’ was the conflict fought in Jordan between the Jordanian Armed
Forces(JAF), under the leadership of King Hussein, and the Palestine
Liberation Organisation (PLO), under the leadership of Yasser Arafat,
starting in September 1970, with certain actions continuing until 17 July
1971.
▸ Identify x and explain why it became famous an year later
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61. ▸ The ’X’ were the various US-backed and funded right-wing rebel
groups that were active from 1979 to the early 1990s in opposition to
the socialist junta in Nicaragua.
▸ In 1987, virtually all ’X’ organizations were united, at least nominally,
into the Nicaraguan Resistance
▸ ‘X’ became a political scandal during Reagan administration when
Ronald Reagan tried to fund ‘X’ groups using funds collected by selling
of arms to Iran secretly
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62. Contras & Iran –Contra Affair

63. THANKS!