Dr BC Roy Engineering College, Durgapur - Horizon Techfest, Ignitia-General Quiz 2K15

1. IGNITIA-
2K15
QUIZ
QUIZ CONDUCTED BY- SAUMYADIP MOITRA (EE)

2. STRAIGHT DRIVE
INNINGS- 1:

3. RULES:
 12 QUESTIONS.
 10 MARKS PER QUESTION. NO NEGATIVES SO FIRE AWAY! WE PROMISE
WE WONT LAUGH AT YOUR RIDICULOUS ANSWERS!
 IN CASE OF WRONG ANSWER/PASSED QUESTIONS, ADJACENT TEAM
WILL GET BONUS OPPORTUNITY OF +5 MARKS
 ALL DECISIONS BY QUIZMASTER & IGNITIA COMMITTEE ARE SUPREME &
FINAL.

4. 1. Identify this Gentleman and mention his major
contribution in the field of Technology:

5. Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish
American software engineer, who was the
principal force behind the development of
the Linux

6. 2. Who is the latest addition to this famous list of
Indian cricketers?

7. Anil Kumble- Indian cricketers inducted into
the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

8. 3. Prominently known as a leading automobile company, X has grown
to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical
instruments (including pianos, , drums ,guitars, violins , violas, celli,
and vibraphones), as well as a leading manufacturer
of semiconductors, audio/visual, computer related products, sporting
goods, home appliances, specialty metals and industrial robots.
Give X.
Hint: Based in Japan.

9. YAMAHA

10. 4. Google Doodle for Which occasion?

11. Philae Robotic lander lands on comet
67P/Churyomov-Gerasimenko. As part of ESA’s
Rosetta Mission.

12. 5. X was introduced to Hindi film music by the ‘veteran’ music
director and composer Bappi Lahiri. They had many disco hits
together in many films in the 1980s including "Tarzan", Dance
Dance, Commando, Guru etc. When she started her career with
him, she was doing playback singing for many actresses, such as
Karisma Kapoor, Smita Patil, Mandakini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla etc.
Later she released her own pop albums which became hugely
popular and she became a household name. Her later albums
were not so successful and she returned to playback singing.
Also known as ‘Indian Madonna’ she is suppose to have
popularised the pop music trend in India. ID X.

13. Alisha Chinoy

14. 6. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (English: Non-
resident Indian Day), is celebrated in
India each year to mark the
contribution of the overseas Indian
community to the development of
India. Why it is celebrated in India on
9th January?

15. The day commemorates the return
of Mahatma Gandhi from South
Africa in Bombay on January 9, 1915

16. 7. For reasons of ‘luck’, this entity’s logo was
changed in 2012. Some of the changes:
• Background colour: black to purple
• A new helmet style as the earlier one
seemed to have a skull under the helmet
Name it.

17. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

18. 8. The following map is of an
Indian island which has a very
harsh geography,
Very few people or animals
can be found there.
It also has a unique distinction
in Indian geography.
Which place?

19. BARREN ISLAND- only active volcano in India.

20. 9.Started in 1850 on an experimental basis
between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour, it was
opened for use by the British East India
Company the following year. In 1854, the
service was made available to the public.
Lawyers vouched for X as they were registered
under the Indian Evidence Act and known for
their credibility when presented in court.
The last of this was sent to Rahul Gandhi before
it became obsolete.

21. TELEGRAM

22. 10. Brahma - Brahmastra
Vishnu - Narayanastra
Shiv - ?????

23. PASHUPATASTRA

24. 11..Excerpts from which novel?
X’s first words, “ How are you? You have
been in Afghanistan, I perceive?
“You see, but do not observe, The
distinction is clear.”

25. SHERLOCK HOLMES; A Study in Scarlet

26. 12. This is “Nandan”, a cultural landmark of the
city of Calcutta which has among others, a
cinema theatre. Who designed this distinctive
logo?

27. Satyajit Ray

28. 7. One For the Audience:
Identify this popular TV Actor.

29. RAJAT TOKAS.

30. INNINGS-2
POWER-PLAY
RULES:
 You can increase the value of the Question by saying “POWER” right
before answering .
 A “POWER” question then carries +20 for right answer . However -5 will
be penalized in case for wrong/incomplete answer.
 The question gets passed in case of wrong/ unattempted answer.
 For “POWER” questions , in case of pass, teams would get +10, no
negative.
 For normal questions, +10 for direct, +5 for pass/bonus. No negatives

31. 1. Only 2 people have won the
highest civilian awards of both India
& Pakistan viz. Bharat Ratna &
Nishaan-E-Pakistan. Name both of
them.

32. Morarji Desai & Nelson Mandela.

33. 2.X is the leader of a major political party in
India. She happens to be the sister-in law of
Pranoy Roy. In 2005, she made an
appearance in the feature film Amu .made
by her niece-Shonali Bose based on the
Anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Who is X.?

34. Brinda Karat.

35. 3. Complete the Given list. Also mention
what this list is all about?

36. Resul Pookutty- Indian winners of Oscars.

37. 4.Founded on 29/12/1945 in Mumbai, India.,
initially known as “Western India Vegetable
Products” . Now we know this company for an
entirely different field of business. It current
name is sort of an abbreviated version of it
founding name. Which global enterprise are
we talking about?

38. WIPRO.

39. 5.Identify the legendary person.

40. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

41. 6. Identify the young girl who went on
to become a famous Bollywood
Actress

43. AYESHA TAKIA.

44. AUDIENCE QUESTION:
Connect the names of following legends to
obtain the name of a legendary yesteryear
Bollywood music director.

45. SACHIN+DEV+ BURMAN= SACHIN DEV BURMAN

46. INNINGS-3
THE DOOSRA

47. RULES:
BUZZER ROUND- 4 Questions- 10 Marks for correct answer, Negative 5 Marks
 All answers connect to a final answer i.e There is Another (doosra) answer for the
combined 4 questions , an underlying connection exists, which you have to identify
and answer.
The ‘Doosra’ Answer is to be written on the blank sheet after each question.
Participants need to call the Quizmaster after writing the answer and then show him.
Participants must NOT shout the answer.
Marks for ‘Doosra’ question is as follows:
After Q1: +50/-20
After Q2: +40/-15
After Q3: +30/-10
After Q4: +20/-5
The ‘Doosra’ answer can be written multiple times, for each attempt marks would be
allotted accordingly.

48. 1. Ranked #58 in the list of ‘Richest American
Business Families’ by Forbes, with net worth of
around $4.4 billion. They own the American
Football team Tampa Bay Buccaneers .
The founder of this family owned company was of
Lithuanian-Jewish descent. First Allied Holdings
Corporation was their flagship organisation. Which
American business family are we talking about?

49. The GLAZER family.

50. American automobile division of the American
manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis X and ousted General
Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on
November 3, 1911 as the X Motor Car Company. Durant used the
X Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General
Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and
propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's
second ouster in 1919, Alfred Sloan with his maxim "a car for every
purse and purpose," would pick the X brand to become the
volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream
vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T in 1919 and
overtaking the Model T as the best-selling car in the United States
by 1929.[
X is a global brand including sales & operations in India as well.
With its tagline “Find New Roads”

51. CHEVROLET

52. A world renowned football player as well
as style icon, one of the most
disappointing moments of his career
came in France’98 World Cup, when he
was shown a Red Card after an
altercation with an opponent team’s
player ( who currently is coach of Spanish
club Atletico Madrid).
Which famous footballer are we talking
about?

53. DAVID BECKHAM

54. Identify the venue of this World Cup
Match.

55. OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER.

56. The DOOSRA Answer:
MANCHESTER UNITED FC
 Glazer Family owns the Club
Chevrolet is major sponsor
David Beckham is former player of
the club
Old Trafford Football ground is their
home venue.

57. 1.The plot of a Bollywood movie released
in 2000 goes as such:
Sonia & Rohit love each other
Rohit gets bumped off before the
interval
Sonia flies off to a foreign country
Sonia meets Raj, who looks identical to
Rohit
Sonia & Raj comes back to India seeking
justice for Rohit
Sonia’s dad is revealed as the
mastermind antagonist.

58. Kaho Naa Pyaar hai…

59. 2. X was named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100
most influential people of the 20th century. X also
served in his nation’s Air Force services as a navigator.
The crowning moment in X’s life came on 29 May,
1953 when he along with another individual
achieved an unprecedented feat. X was also an
occasional author & few of his novels are as follows:
 View from the Summit
No Latitude for Error
From the Ocean to the Sky.

60. Sir Edmund Hillary

61. 3. Flightless birds native to a southern
hemisphere nation, in the genus Apteryx and
family Apterygidae. At around the size of a
domestic chicken, these birds are by far the
smallest living species of a family which also
consist of ostriches , emus , rheas,
and cassowaries , and lay the largest egg in
relation to their body size of any species of bird
in the world. Which bird ?

62. Kiwi Bird.

63. 4.Which city is being written about?
Nicknamed ‘Harbour Capital’
Westpac Stadium
Southernmost Capital of a sovereign
nation in the world
Named after Arthur Wellesley, the
victor in Battle of Waterloo

64. WELLINGTON

65. The DOOSRA answer:
NEW ZEALAND
 Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai was
extensively shot at New Zealand.
Edmund Hillary was citizen of New
Zealand
Kiwi bird is colloquially associated
with New Zealand sports teams.
Wellington is the Capital.

66. FOR OUR AUDIENCE ONLY:
Childhood pic of whom?

67. DEEPIKA PADUKONE

68. INNINGS-4
SLOG OVER
RULES:
BUZZER ROUND- Team pressing the buzzer 1st will
get the opportunity to answer.
+20 for correct, -10 for wrong/incomplete
answer.
No passing/bonus question.

69. 1. Connect The following Events:

70. All were hosted at MADISON SQUARE GARDENS, NEW YORK

71. 2. Connect the following pics.

72. Indian Missiles:
 “BRAHMOS” from Brahma
TRISHUL
NAG
AGNI
PRITHVI

73. 3. ID this bowed instrument.
Of all Indian instruments, it is said to most
resemble the sound of the human voice –
able to imitate vocal ornaments such as
gamakas (shakes) and meend (glide from
one note to another).
It is also said to be the hardest Indian
instrument to master.

74. Sarangi

75. 4. Minimalist Poster of which movie?

76. DEEWAR (1975).

77. 5. Which iconic stadium is this ? Opened on
1957, it has a capacity of 99,354. Hosted 2
UEFA Champions League finals in 1989 &
1999.

78. CAMP NOU, BARCELONA

79. 6. Connect the following pics.

80. ANT+ARC+TIC(K)+CIRCLE= ANTARCTIC CIRCLE

81. 7. Identify the famous individual in the middle

82. BARACK OBAMA

83. 8. Which Tech pioneer’s voice is this?

84. STEVE JOBS

85. 9. In August 1684, Edmund Halley visited Sir
Isaac Newton to discuss a particular scientific
problem, only to find that Newton had solved
the problem without publishing his results.
Halley convinced Newton to publish the
results at his own risk. What path breaking
book was thus produced?

86. Principia Mathematica

87. 10. Robert Oppenheimer quoted after the 1st
test explosion of Nuclear Bomb:
“Now I have become Death, the Destroyer of
Worlds”.
It is said that this quote was inspired from a
verse of X
X is a collection of specific 700 verses of the
‘Bheesma Parva’
Give X.

88. THE BHAGAVAD GITA

89. 11.
What’s logo was designed by Atul Pande and
consists of the Sun and a fingerprint.
The opening lines of its theme song are:
Bhor hui jeevan mein
Shuru nai udaan
Mili hume pehchaan
Khule naye ab dwaar

90. AADHAR CARD

91. 12. Map depicting the venues of a global
sporting event X. Give X

92. WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

93. 12. What is being written about?
Turning the mustaches a little round (on corners)
putting on a pair of shades like Anna
Mixing coconut in Lassi,
Come all, in a good mood..
-.-.----……………………………..
----………………………………..
When this song will play in disco You'll have to
come on the floor,
You'll have to pick your X up and have to show
the dance step..

94. LUNGI DANCE

95. TIE-BREAKER
Which Nobel Peace Prize Winner would you
associate this with?

96. KAILASH SATYARTHI