Prelims of a General Quiz conducted by me at UIET, Panjab University , Chandigarh

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

2. RULES
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15 Questions
In case of a tie , sudden death will be applied.
30 seconds for each question
Top 4 qualify to the finals
Decision of the Quizmaster is final

3. 1
There is a well-known myth about the word X,
which says that a Dublin theater owner James
Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word
into the language within 24 hours. He then went
out and hired a group of people to write the
word X on walls around the city. Within a day,
the word was common currency and had
acquired a meaning.

5. ANSWER
Quiz !!!!

6. 2
1999 – Ravi Sahnkar & Amartya Sen
2001 – Lata Mangeshkar & Bismillah Khan
2009 – Bhimsen Joshi
2014 – X & Y
Who are X & Y ?

8. ANSWER
X – Sachin Tendulkar
Y – CNR Rao

10. 3
Who said this in an interview:
“I'm a chilled out dude. When I was younger I
did some pretty wild things. I had some crazy
friends, girlfriends too. We had our share of
parties and drunken escapades as well. Once
when in college I ran out of money and had to
sleep at a bus stop. It was fun, we were happy
children of the Beatles' generation.”

12. ANSWER

13. 4
TJ’s is a brand by whom ?

15. ANSWER
Tihar Jail inmates

16. 5
Identify the in-news personality.

18. ANSWER
Sushil Koirala, the newly elected
PM of Nepal.

19. 6
Which 2014 English film by Warner Bros. is the
first ever to feature Superman, Batman, Gandalf,
William Shakespeare, C-3PO, Abraham Lincoln,
Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman together?

21. ANSWER
The Lego Movie, a animation film featuring Lego
versions of these fictional and real-life characters.

22. 7
In December 2013, this technology company
signed a deal with the Spanish football club
F.C.Barcelona to put their logo on the inside of
the team's official jerseys. This was largely hailed
as a smart move, as it nicely fits in with the
company's 'interior positioning'.

24. ANSWER
Intel

25. 8
Arunabh Kumar, an IIT-Kharagpur graduate,worked with Red
Chillies Entertainment as an assistant director for Om Shanti
Om. He then made a couple of short films, music videos and
freelanced with various ad agencies. After pitching ideas to big
media conglomerates, he realised that they had a ‘pigeon-hold’
idea about ‘what would work’ and they weren’t willing to let go
of the formula.
Frustrated, he decided to work on his own and started his own
website that featured short films, sketches, parodies and web
series. The website became an instant rage across colleges in
India. Which website are we talking about ?

27. ANSWER

28. 9
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The earliest usage of the word X can be
traced as far back as 2002. It first appeared
in an internet forum on 2002 September 13.
Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped over and landed
lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a
set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my
bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a X.

30. ANSWER
Selfie, which has been chosen
word of the year 2013.

31. 10
Cecilia Abadie is a resident of California, USA.
In January 2014, she faced charges in court for
an alleged traffic offence committed in October
2013. The court threw out the case and thus, she
did not have to pay a penalty for what would
have been an unusual reason.
What reason ?

33. ANSWER
She was wearing a Google Glass device, and was pulled
over by a policeman who cited her for violating a state law
that prohibits people from watching a screen while
driving.

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Bashar Assad, President of Syria
Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
Miley Cyrus, Singer
Barack Obama, President of the United
States
Edward Snowden, N.S.A. Leaker
These were the finalists. Who was the
winner ?

36. ANSWER
Pope Francis, Leader of the Catholic
Church. (Time Person of the Year 2013)

37. 12
Which Indian state gets its name from a Sanskrit
word meaning “ a place to live” ?

39. ANSWER
Bihar, from the Sanskrit Vihar

40. 13
What does this map depict ?

42. ANSWER
Left hand & right hand driving countries

43. 14
What is special about this picture of Gandhi ?

45. This is the picture of Mahatma Gandhi
featured on the currency notes.

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Who is the latest addition to this inexhaustive
list
Vladimir Putin
Nicholas Sarkozy
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Yingluck Shinawatra
Namgyel Wangchuck

48. ANSWER
Shinzo Abe, the PM of Japan, this year’s guest
on Republic Day.