The document provides information about the structure of a general quiz competition, including that it consists of a 30 question written round worth 1 point each, with questions 11-20 being used to break ties. The top 8 teams will advance to the finals. It also notes that the quiz master's decision is final.

1. THE GENERAL QUIZ
Prelims
Vikram Joshi 12/03/16

2. THE SCHEME OF THINGS TODAY…
• Written round 30 questions – 1 point each
• Questions where 2 answers are asked have half-points
for each correct answer
• Questions 11 through 20 are starred and will be used to
resolve a tie
• In case of a further tie, sudden death from Answer 1 will
be used
• Top 8 teams move to the finals
• The QM’s decision is final
• Good luck!

3. Written
Elimination
Round

4. Q1
There are very few languages in the world that have a word for this.
Achenese, Devavan, Sinakil, Nias, Ende and Sigulait in Sumatra all have words
for this – in India, only Tamil has a word for it.
There are words in small language communities in the Aleutian islands in
Alaska as well as in Hawaiian.
In widely spoken languages, only Spanish and Portuguese have their own
words for this – Spanish due to colonial experiences and Portugal due to an
event in 1755.
How do we commonly know this word – in English we use another
language’s word for this.

5. A1
Tsunami

6. Q2
Jewish comedians like George Burns, Rodney Dangerfield, Milton Berle and
Joan Rivers were among hundreds of entertainers who got their start playing
in a range of resorts in the Catskill mountains of upstate New York.
The humour was primarily sarcastic, involved in-laws and spouses, and was
quite dark and fatalistic at times as well.
The fact that their audiences were mostly Eastern European Jewish gave them
the name of “________ Belt” comedians. FITB.

7. A2
Borscht Belt

8. Q3
Name this 1978 song – sung by Trinidadian Lord Shorty – better known for
his use of Indian musical instruments to create a derivative of the popular
music there giving him the sobriquet of “Father of X”.
Also ID music style X.

9. A3
X - Soca

10. Q4
Name the sports team who got into a lot of trouble in the 1990’s for this
gesture.

11. A4
Atlanta Braves

12. Q5
X was a Dhaka born Indian scientist who is remembered chiefly across the
globe by an equation he gave to determine the temperature and pressure of
stars.
X’s contribution to modern India is in the form of an institution that specializes
in study of nuclear physics in Kolkata.
The institute bears his name and it’s foundation stone was laid by a second
generation Nobel laureate in chemistry – Y.
Id X and Y.

14. A5
Dr. Meghnad Saha
Irene Curie (daughter of Marie Curie)

15. Q6
He was a descendant of the Benaras royal family and was born to extreme
riches. However, when he died in 1986, he had nothing apart from a bank
balance of Rs. 1450 and he had donated by then, all his family assets to
landless laborers. Ironically, in 1972 he received the Tamra Patra from the then
Indira government for his role in Quit India movement.
Who is this royal to pauper socialist about whom Lohia said, “If in India there
could be just three or four persons like him, dictatorship can never shadow
democracy”, which rings true for he brought ‘one’ famous dictator down?

16. A6
Lokbandhu Raj Narain

17. Q7
According to ancient tales in Vanuatu, the pale skinned son of a mountain
spirit travelled over the seas to a distant land, married a powerful lady and
would in time return.
The villagers had observed the respect accorded to X by officials when she
visited and came to the conclusion that her husband, Y, must be the son from
their legends.
Thus the tribe on Vanuatu believe Y is a God and he is worshipped by them.
Who is Y.

18. A7
Prince Philip

19. Q8
While today this place is designated a gram panchayat, it was the capital city
of the Satyvahanas from around 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD.
It became an important center of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Buddhists.
Being one of the five Panchramas dedicated to Shiva, the name of this place
literally means ‘The town which lives on forever’.
In October 2015, this came true with a decision taken by the state government
to revive it to it’s original spendour.
Which place and why is it in news since October 2015?

20. A8
Amaravati
This will be the new
capital city of Andhra
Pradesh.

21. Q9
Widely panned, whose first novel was Modelland
– a tale of 3 aspiring models each with a quirk or
disability ready to do anything to win in the
cutthroat world of modelling?
The author is famous for coming up with the
“concept” of “Smize-ing” or “Smiling with your
eyes” which was heavily promoted on television
by the author.

22. A9
Tyra Banks

23. Q10
With all the Trump Twitter brouhaha, a smaller controversy around Bernie
Sanders was missed out in March 2016.
The backlash against this tweet from people from the country mentioned was
tremendous, identify the country – the poorest country in the EU.

25. A10
Romania

26. Q11
“Mayors for Peace” is an international grouping of mayors that is dedicated to
abolishing weapons and bringing about world peace.
The head of the organization is always the Mayor of city X as he/she is in a
unique position to lead this cause.
The secretariat of this group is located in the small city of Y – another
appropriate choice of venue due to it’s unique experience with a different type
of destructive weaponry.
Identify both cities X and Y.

27. A11
X – Hiroshima (first victim of nuclear weaponry in WW2)
Y – Ypres, Belgium (first victim of chemical weaponry in WW1)

28. Q12
In 2014, Pharell Williams’ song “Happy” was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Song for the movie Despicable Me 2, but it lost to another song.
When interviewed by GQ magazine right after the ceremony, Pharell was
quoted saying “When they read the results, my face was _________. But then I
thought about it, and I just decided just to _________.”
FITB with 2 phrases.

29. A12
Frozen
Let it go

30. Q13
The first piece was designed in 1901 by Pierre ______. It was a necklace
commissioned by Queen Alexandra to be worn with three Indian gowns she
received as a gift.
The designs are considered the perfect mix of East and West because they are
made up of brightly colored gemstones (like sapphires, rubies and emeralds)
carved using Indian techniques and set in French platinum and diamond
mountings.
The style became extremely popular during the 1920's, but it wasn't christened
the ‘X Y' until 1970.
ID Style X Y and fill in the blanks.

32. A13
Tutti Frutti
Cartier

33. Q14
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the B.J. Johnson Company developed a soap entirely
of two ingredients – both natural oils (one found in Africa and one in the
Middle East) in 1898.
The soap was popular enough to rename their company after a combination of
both oil names.
Around the start of the 20th century this soap brand was the world's best-
selling soap.
Name this soap brand.

34. A14
Palmolive
(Palm oil + Olive oil)

35. Q15
Designed by Edwin Lutyens and sponsored by Madho Singh II in 1912, the
base has an inscription of a quote attributed to Lord Irwin, then Viceroy of
India which reads:
In thought faith
In word wisdom
In deed courage
In life service
So may India be great
It was designed to commemorate both the Delhi Durbar of 1911 and the
shifting of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
What are we talking about?

36. A15
Jaipur Column

37. Q16
In February 2015, a historian unearthed the first unseen story of its kind in over
80 years.
Written in 1904 as a contribution to a collection of short stories called ‘The
Book o' the Brig’, it was meant to raise funds to help rebuild a wooden bridge,
which was destroyed by the great flood of 1902, in the Scottish town of Selkirk.
The title of the story was ‘________ ________: Discovering the Border Burghs And,
By Deduction, The Brig Bazaar’.
.
What character’s name fills the blanks in the story’s title?

39. A16
Sherlock Holmes

40. Q17
Identify all 3 of the people shown on this balcony during the city’s annual
Carnival parade.
(0.5 points for 2 out of 3)

42. A17
From L to R:
Carlos Gardel – the father of the tango
Eva Peron – ex President of Argentina
Diego Maradona – Argentine footballer

43. Q18
Around 400-500 people living near the much polluted Yamuna river in the
capital, most of them present in a radius of 4-6 km, try to make their ends
meet through this activity - which they are able to do thanks to a Hindu
religious ritual. They begin work at 7 or 8 in the morning and go on until they
break for lunch and continue till sunset – and usually collect Rs 100-200 per
day.
The Delhi Police has issued them ID cards to avail their help when needed to
help them out with fishing out corpses.
How exactly do they eke out a living?

44. A18
They are Coin Divers
Retrieve coins thrown into
the water by devotees

45. Q19
Identify this actor from the
movie “The Associate (1996)”

46. A19
Whoopi Goldberg

47. Q20
This newly-launched initiative of the Govt. of India has been developed by the
National Informatics Centre (NIC).
.
What exact thing does this initiative deal with?

48. A20
Cloud Computing

49. Q21
In the image on the next slide, Prince William is inaugurating a sculpture.
What does the sculpture commemorate (need an exact phrase)?

51. A21
The Christmas Truce - 1914

52. Q22
This is allegedly the tomb of a person connected to Mughal history.
There is no actual mention of this person in any writings from the period –
surprisingly not even in books like the Jahangir-nama written in that period.
The earliest mention comes in 1892 by Syed Abdul Lateef, in his book Tareekh-
i-Lahore where it is mentioned that a couplet by the Emperor is written on the
grave in Persian, “If I could behold my beloved only once, I would remain
thankful to Allah till doomsday”.
Whose tomb is this?

55. A22
Anarkali

56. Q23
ID the lady on a “tour of duty” in Vietnam in 1966.

59. A23
Reita Faria
The First Indian Miss World in 1966.

60. Q24
Indian television (Doordarshan) was broadcast in Black and White only till
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered officials to switch it to colour so that
Indians could enjoy a certain occasion in colour.
Colour TV was first debuted a week before this occasion during the telecast of
the Independence Day speech at Red Fort by Indira Gandhi on 15 August
1982.
What occasion was this?

61. A24
1982 Asian Games in Delhi

62. Q25
In 2008, when Nepal abolished the monarchy & became a democracy,
what image replaced the photos of the King on the Nepalese currency notes?

63. A25
Mount Everest

64. Q26
Named after Mount _______ – the abode of Avalokiteshwara which is
believed to be at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, this building
has 13 stories with over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and 20,000 statues.
This building has had a restricted amount of visitors (about 1500 a day
till July 2006 when significantly larger number of visitors had to admitted
when the area got easier to reach because of the construction of a
railway line.
Name the building.

65. A26
Potala Palace

66. Q27
There are a couple of stories as to how this location in Kashi gets its name.
The main story involves Sati (the wife of Shiva) who set her body ablaze after
her father humiliated Lord Shiva in a Yagya. Lord Shiva took her burning body
to the Himalayas – but while going there, parts of Sati's body started falling on
earth. Lord Shiva established Shakti Peeths wherever parts of her body fell. At
this location, Sati's earrings were said to have fallen.
Name this location in Kashi.

67. A27
Manikarnika Ghat
Manikarna are earrings in
Sanskrit.
Manikarnika means
“one with the jewelled ears”

68. Q28
During the 1980 United States presidential election, the Republicans
distributed campaign buttons that claimed "A Democrat ____________", while
Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter joked that he would have no problem
financing his campaign if he knew who _____________.
The Turkish Parliament adjourned early so lawmakers could figure out who
______________ - and bets all over the UK totally nearly 6 million Pounds in the 8
months it took to answer.
What clever marketing phrase was this?

69. A28
Who shot J.R.?

70. Q29
Guadalupe , Mexico
Saint-Etienne-le-Laus, France
Rue du Bac, France
La Salette, France
Lourdes, France
Pontmain, France
Fatima, Portugal Complete list of what?
Beauraing, Belgium
Banneux, Belgium
Akita, Japan

71. A29
Roman Catholic approved visions/apparations of Mary
Velankanni and Medjugorje are not officially approved by the Church (yet)

72. Q30
The United States Supreme Court had its first sitting here; The United States
Bill of Rights was drafted and ratified here; The first step of adding new states
to the existing Union took place here.
This was the fifth of 5 capitals under the Articles of Confederation and the first
capital of the United States under the Constitution of the United States.
Name it.

73. A30
New York City

74. STAY TUNED FOR THE ANSWERS…