NOTE: Please give due credit if you are re-using any of the questions Here are my slides of the General Quiz for lone-wolves at Reverberate Quiz Festival 12th season at Government Medical College, Kozhikode. This quiz festival went on to receive the biggest quiz festival title in the world. Hope you enjoy the set! Special congrats to the winners: 1st: Midhun V Zachariah 2nd: Shameem Abdulkhader 3rd: Bindu Ambat Contact rijorose@hotmail.com for opportunities

3. Prelims
All Set?

4. Starred
questions
• Single-starred:
9,10,11
• Double starred:
12, 13, 14, 15

5. Q1)
!What are they making? (Video on next slide)

7. Answer
!Chekutty

8. Q2)
!The Person Of the Year title by Times Magazine is
given off annually and celebrates the people who
made an impact that year. It often gives rise to
many controversies, but still is a well awaited
announcement.
!The 2016 awardee was Donald Trump. Who won it
in 2017?
(Cover on next slide)

9. ?

10. Answer
!The Silence Breakers
(Men and Women of
#MeToo movement)

11. Q3)
!The Moo Pa(translates into
“Wild Boar” in the local
language) Football Academy
was in the news in 2018.
What was the reason?

12. Answer
!The team and coach from Moo
Paa were rescued from the Cave
in Thailand

13. Q4)
!We all are familiar with Google
Pay or Tez.
!What is the meaning of “Tez”?

14. Answer
!Fast (“Thez” in Hindi means
”Fast”

15. Q5)
! She was part of the Yazidi minority in Northern
Iraq, and was abducted by the Islamic State (IS) in
August 2014, along with other 3000 Yazidi girls
who were kept as sex slaves. She was repeatedly
subjected to rape and other abuses.
! The abuses were systematic, and part of a military
strategy. Thus they served as a weapon in the fight
against Yazidis and other religious minorities.
! After a three-month nightmare she managed to
flee. Following her escape, she chose to speak
openly about what she had suffered. In 2016, at
the age of just 23, she was named the UN’s first
Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors
of Human Trafficking.
! Who am I talking about? (NAME NEEDED)

16. Answer
!Nadia Murad (Nobel Peace Prize
2018 Winner along with Denis
Mukwege)

17. Q6)
!Anthony Horowitz
”Forever and a Day” was
released in May 2018.
!Who is the subject of the
book?

18. Answer
!James Bond (this is the latest in the
series of authourized novels of James
Bond after the death of Ian Fleming)

19. Q7)
! Navaratna Gems are
diamond, a natural pearl,
red coral, hessonite, a blue
sapphire, cat's eye, a
yellow sapphire, and an
emerald.
! Usually, Ruby is kept in the
centre or in the middle.
! What does Ruby signify in
the Navaratnas?

20. Answer
!Sun
"Top quality and flawless ruby is the gem
for the Sun, natural pearl for the Moon,
red coral for Mars, emerald for Mercury
yellow sapphire for Jupiter, diamond for
Venus, blue sapphire for Saturn, hessonite
for Rahu (ascending lunar node), and cat's
eye for Ketu (descending lunar node)."

21. Q8)
! A group of citizens have launched a
campaign ‘we the people’, which
attempts to bring together people
who value the Constitution under
one umbrella and to stay united in
the fight to preserve the
fundamental ideas on which the
Constitution is founded upon.
! As part of this, a mega meet up will
be held at the Central Stadium,
Trivandrum on Tuesday(Nov 13th).
! “Constitution is paramount. But it is
under threat. A minority has been on
the streets campaigning against the
Constitution,” says V S Syamlal, one
of the members of the collective.
! By what other name is this
campaign being
popularized?
(___________ Revolution)
! Video on next Slide

22. Answer

23. Answer
!Magenta Revolution
Video Made by My Friends at TMC! Good
Job Guys!!

24. Q9)*
! She lives in Wisconsin. She has had over 40
pets including cats and dogs, horses, a panda,
a lion cub, and a zebra. She has owned a wide
range of vehicles, including pink Corvette
convertibles, trailers, and Jeeps.
! She also has done over 80 careers ranging
from a rock star to a doctor to a pilot to a
paleontologist and even a presidential
candidate.
! She split up from her boyfriend on Valentine’s
Day 2004 but both united finally in a set of a
blockbuster movie. Her surname is Millicent
Roberts and His is Carson.
! Identify her.

25. Answer
!Barbie (Barbara Millicent Roberts)
(Boyfriend Ken (Ken Carson))
! They united in sets of Toy Story 2

26. Q10)*
!In Jewish tradition, Lilith was a
demon that used to steal souls
of children at night. To guard
against Lilith, mothers would
hang four amulets in the
nursery with an inscription
which translated as “Lilith
begone”.
!The inscription gave rise to an
etymology of an English word.
The English word is also the
name of UNICEF’s official
anthem (next slide).
!Which is the word?

28. Answer
!Lullaby

29. Q11)*
1) Sight (Eyes)
2) Audition(Ear)
3) Olfaction (Nose)
4) Touch (Skin)
5) Taste (Mouth)
6) Kama (desire)
7) Krodha (anger)
8) Lobha (inordinate
desire)
9) Moha (attachment)
10)Madha (pride)
11)Matsarya (unhealthy
competition)
12)Asuya (Jealousy)
13)Dhumb
(Boastfullness
14)Satva (Discernment)
15)Rajas (Activity/
Enjoyment)
16)Thamas (inactivity,
stupor)
17)Vidya (Knowledge)
18)Avidya (Ignorance
Connect

30. Answer
!Pathinettampad
i (Sabarimala)

31. Q12)**
! The movie “Njan Steve Lopez” has a song
“Pokaruthen Makane”. Its lyrics are taken
from a local Villadichan Paatu about a
famous historical personality from Venad.
! Who is this famous personality?
! (Audio played in the background)

32. Answer
!Iravikutti Pillai (subject of Prithviraj’s
period drama: Kaaliyaan)

33. Q13)**
! During her freshman year at Yale, actress Jodie
Foster was stalked by John W Hinkley, because
of his obsession after seeing her film “Taxi
Driver”. He tried to contact her through phone
and letters and even went to an extent of doing
“something” in 1981 to get her attention.
! This ” something” eventually led him to get
arrested, but he was acquitted because he was
declared insane and was admitted in a
psychiatric hospital and got released in 2016.
! What was the “something” he did?

34. Answer
!Ronald Reagan Assasination
Attempt (Half points to US
President Assasination Attempt)

35. Q14)**
!The Ministry of External Affairs
maintains quarterly updates of new
additions into its Toshakhana.
!This practice was something started in
the British Raj and is also followed by
some countries, eg, Bangladesh who
also has a Toshakhana.
!What is the Toshakhana (in respect to
India and Ministry of External Affairs)?

36. Answer
!Consists of Gifts received by Indian
government dignitaries on foreign visits
(Toshakhana is a word of Persian or Sanskrit origin that
literally translates into "treasure-house”)

37. Q15)**
! According to a popular legend, a local priest’s herd of
cattle went for grazing along with a servant boy and a
tiger attacked and killed one cow. The servant ran to
the village leaving the cattle behind and reported it to
the priest, who set out with X along with other
villagers to find the remaining cattle. They went in
different directions and when all assembled back, they
found all of the cattle except the cow that was killed
by the tiger. But X was missing. Search parties went
but there was no sign of X.
! X had actually lost his way in the deep forest which
eventually led him to a group of ancient tribals. It is
believed that he mastered magical powers from these
cannibal tribes known as Mala Arayas living in
subterranean abodes. Their leader who became fond of
X, allowed him to stay with them for many years during
which he learned the secrets of magical performances.
! Who did X later become? (or how do we know X
better?)

39. Answer
!Kadamattathu
Kathanar

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