Theme Quiz Journey- 31.5.2020 (Mixed Bag)-Full Set

1.  10 dry Qsn.
Q. no. 1,4, 7 & 10 will be considered in case of tie.
 The top five quizzers will be eligible for ‘Champion of the Month’ title.
 Time: 10 pm to 11 pm.
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Theme Quiz Journey
Compiled by- PG Quizhouse (Partha Gupta)
Date: 31st May, 2020
Hello friends, this is your friend Partha Gupta. Over the years I have conducted so many quiz contests
and got your illustrious presence and immense support. In this grim situation of Lockdown due to Covid-
19, I have decided to start an online quiz series ‘Theme Quiz Journey’. It will come on every Sunday @
10 pm. On the inaugural day on 10th May, ’20, I have placed a special Theme Quiz (Plz follow my FB
page). Besides, I shall place a special set (Theme Quiz) on the 1st Sunday of every month. Today, I am
placing a set 10 qsn. of mixed flavour. Anyone can participate in this weekly quiz contest.
So friends, gear up to travel in my Theme Quiz Journey!

3. Day Quiz- 31st May Special
I was born on 31st May, 1928. I scored a century on my
first-class debut. I represented India and made a cricket
record which was stood 52 years. My son and nephew also
played Test cricket for India. I captained India in a Test
match in England in 1959, which India lost.
Identify me.

4. • His son Pranab Roy and nephew Ambar Roy.
• Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad shared a 413 runs partnership for the
first wicket against New Zealand fifth Test against New Zealand,
during their India tour in 1955-56 at Corporation Stadium in Chennai
(then Madras). This stood as a record for 52 years, until South
Africa’s Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie surpassed it in 2008, when
they shared a 415 run stand against Bangladesh at Chittagong.

5. On December 1, 2014, YouTube was forced to
upgrade its existing store capacity of using a 32-bit
signed integer that being two billion to using 64-bit
integers with a maximum value of nine quintillion.
What was the reason behind?

7. ‘X’ is one of the world’s more well-known and useful plants. It is originated in
the tropical rainforests of Indian subcontinent. It is used for centuries as a
spice for flavoring food and as a medicinal plant. Chinese and Ayurvedic
practitioners have relied on it for at least 3,000 years for its anti-inflammatory
properties. By the 11th century, it was a common trade article from the East to
Europe. It contains a diverse array of many important vitamins and minerals.
The health benefits of it include reduce hypertension, inflammation, DNA
breakage, nausea, migraines and amyloid beta build-up which is involved in
Alzheimer’s disease. The oil of it also used for perfume.
Identify ‘X’.

9. StarCon is the Facebook’s clone of which country?

11. Identify this player.

13. On 10th April, 2013 Heritage Auctions of New York
organised a special auction. Jack Wang, CEO of
Biomobie, a regenerative medicine technology company
located in Silicon Valley and Shanghai, bought an item
for over £1.3m.
What did the buyer purchase?

14. The Nobel prize won by Francis Crick in 1962 for
his discovery of DNA was sold at auction.
• Crick was awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or
medicine along with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins.
•It was sold for over £1.3m.

15. ‘X’ saw his mother to buy vegetables in a Mercedes and then
bargain with the vegetable lady. So, ‘X’ asked her, why does
she bargain? She told ‘X’ that there’s difference between
quality and value. She said ‘Beta, achchi cheez aur sasti
cheez mein farak hota hain’. ‘X’ turned this idea into the
India’s one of the most popular advertisement campaign.
Identify ‘X’ and the advertisement campaign.

16. ‘X’ Alyque Padamsee
‘Y’- Advertisement campaign-
Lalitaji of Surf.

17. I am a 91-year old solar astrophysicist, for whom a special spacecraft is
named. It is the first instance that NASA has named a spacecraft after
someone still alive. A memory card containing the names of over 1.1 million
people was mounted on a plaque and installed below the spacecraft’s high-
gain antenna. It went to space on 11th August, 2018 but cancelled before 1
min. 55 sec. On 29 October 2018, the spacecraft surpassed the current
record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun's surface.
Identify me.

19. ‘X’ is a historical character. The meaning of his name is-
‘Living image of Amun’. When he became king, ‘X’
married his half-sister, Ankhesenpaaten, who later
changed her name to Ankhesenamun. They had two
daughters, both stillborn. Computed tomography studies
released in 2011 revealed that one daughter was born
prematurely at 5–6 months of pregnancy and the other at
full-term, 9 months.
Identify ‘X’.

21. ‘X’ is a retired footballer who played 149 games in La Liga over 11
seasons. He represented his nation at the 1994 World Cup. He started
working as a manager in 2003 and spent several years in charge of his
nation’s youth teams, leading the under-19 and under-21 sides to
European titles. He was also head coach of the senior team for two
years, being dismissed before the start of a FIFA World Cup following
the announcement of his agreement to join a club after the tournament.
Identify ‘X’.

23. :Result:
Congratulation!
1st: Rupanjan Sarkar.
2nd: Aditri Tarafdar.
3rd: Imran Haque.