Finals of the General Quiz conducted by me at UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

1. General Quiz
Finals
Created & Conducted by:Ayush Awasthi

2. RULES
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5 Rounds
4 Questions Each
Correct : +10 for direct, +5 for
passed
Incorrect: -5 for direct, 0 for passed
Quizmaster’s decision is final.

3. Round 1

4. 1
From February 2014, visitors from
Pakistan to India will have to show
evidence of a certain kind of
vaccination, so as to protect a hardwon Indian achievement.
What achievement?

6. ANSWER
India becoming polio free

7. 2
An Interesting Exchange between Two
Geniuses:
X to Y: What I most admire about your art.
You don't say a word, and the rest of the
world understands you.
Y to X: It is true. But your glory is even
greater !! The whole world Admires you,
even though they don't understand a word
of what you say!!
ID X and Y.

9. ANSWER
X – Einstein & Y – Charlie Chaplin

10. 3
From 1884 these were officially two :
Bombay____ and Kolkata_____.In
the 20th century it was unofficially
used by Railways according to
Madras_____ .Many years back there
was 1 more of this kind at Port
Blair.Few days back it was again in
news for some reasons and debate is
still going on. What am I talking
about ?

12. ANSWER
Indian Standard Time

13. 4
A X is a proposed ombudsman in India. The
word X is derived from the Sanskrit word
“Y" (people) and “Z“ (protector/caretaker),
or "caretaker of people.“ Dr L.M.Singhvi
was prompted by the then Prime Minister,
Jawaharlal Nehru, inquiring which zoo the
new animal (Ombudsman) came from.It
was then that Singhvi coined the word ‘X in
1963.
What is X?

15. ANSWER
A Lokpal is a proposed ombudsman
(Legal Representative) in India. The
word is derived from the Sanskrit
word "lok" (people) and "pala"
(protector/caretaker), or "caretaker
of people."

16. Round 2

17. 1
Astro Boy & Bender are the least
known & unrelated names in the
series of what ?

19. ANSWER
Android Version Names

20. 2

22. ANSWER
The book is completely blank !!!

23. 3
X is a famous personality in her field.
In 1977, X wrote The World of
Homosexuals, the first study
of homosexuality in India.
X also wrote a book called Perfect
Murder, perhaps her only endeavor in
fiction.
Id X.

25. ANSWER
Shakuntala Devi, the human
computer

26. 4
What unique opportunity was given to
the first 4 different countries that won
the Davis Cup ?

28. ANSWER
USA, Great Britain, Australia, France
were given the rights to host
Grandslams.

29. Round 3

30. 1
Although it’s an old question but still:
A girl who is warm and humanly during the day
A classy girl who know how to enjoy the freedom of a cup
of coffee
A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes
A girl with that kind of twist
I’m a guy
A guy who is as warm as you during the day
A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down
A guy whose heart bursts when night comes
That kind of guy
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Beautiful, loveable
Yes you, hey, yes you, hey
Now let’s go until the end

32. ANSWER
Gangnam Style

33. 2
Id the personality.
Known as ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’. His
most famous victims include Rajat
Gupta , Bank of America and most
recently Devyani Khobragade.In
2012, X was named by Time
magazine as one of "The 100 Most
Influential People in the World" and
by India Abroad as its “2011 Person
of the Year.”

35. ANSWER
Preet Bharara

36. 3
Henry Ford considered X his personal hero
and friend.
“Henry Ford believed that the human soul
exited the body with its last breath. Ford
somehow convinced X’s son to sit by his
bedside, clap a test tube over his mouth,
then plug it with a cork. Maybe Ford’s
intentions were noble, and he expected
future scientists to reconstitute X from the
aether.”

38. ANSWER
Thomas Edison

39. 4
The name comes from the legend
of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger.
The legend states that he was sent
from the battlefield of X to Athens to
announce that the Persians had been
defeated in a battle which took place
in August or September, 490 BC.It is
said that he ran the entire distance
without stopping and burst into the
assembly, exclaiming "We wοn",
before collapsing and dying.

41. ANSWER
Marathon

42. Round 4

43. 1
This letter was sent by an important person
to a novelist.
Mr. Y
My daughter and I just finished reading
______ together. Both of us agreed we
prefer the story with animals.
It is a lovely book — an elegant proof of
God, and the power of storytelling.
Thank you.
(Signed, ‘X')

45. ANSWER
Barack Obama about Life Of Pi

46. 2
What’s common to the following: Dal
Lake (Kashmir), Gaube Lake (the
French Pyrenees), Lake Chad (Chad),
Lake Nyassa (Malawi/Mozambique),
Lake Tahoe (Nevada/California) and
Lake Hayq (Ethiopia)?

48. ANSWER
Tautological names—all of them
essentially mean “lake” (or rather
“lake lake”).

49. 3
From 1901 – 2012 , 800 individual
have won Nobel Prizes, 20 % of them
are ____, although ____ occupy
0.2% of the world population.

51. ANSWER
Jews

52. 4
"I want to have the keys of my house
so that I can open closed doors.“
Which is the next famous line ?

54. Swaraj is my birthright & I shall
have it.