The document contains details about an upcoming quiz competition including 20 questions, scoring rules, and qualifications for the finals. It provides the questions and answers for the quiz covering topics like movies, music, business, and current events. The questions are in multiple choice or short answer format and test general knowledge.

1. PRELIMS

2. Rules
▪ There are 20 questions. All questions carry one mark each
▪ Q 1, 5 10, 15, 20 are star marked which will be used for any ties
▪ Both answers are needed for questions with 2 parts, unless specified
▪ No –ve marking
▪ Top 6 teams will be qualified for the Finals
▪ Quizmaster’s decision is final
▪ Happy Quizzing !!!

3. This parody video game portrays a ____________ floating on a log
down a river. The ____________ presents with bangs, a lance, and a
purple sweater.
It knocks 'Phot-Hogs' that are attempting to take his photograph
into the river with his lance. The _____ also signs 'Otter-graphs.‘
The _____ also must dodge the 'whirlpool of success,' which will
lead him out of control, while navigating the river.“
Name the video game. Or, who is it named after?
Q1: *

4. One Library, One Village” an NGO from Kochi started an
initiative that was widely accepted. What initiative did they
start?
Q2:

5. In Dec 2014, YouTube had to upgrade to a 64-bit integer
from the 32-bit integer it previously used. Why ?
Put Funda
Q3:

6. Identify the brand which used this ad
campaign ?
Q4:

7. Connect these pictures to identify a song from a recently released
Bollywood Movie .Q5: *

8. X daily wears a grey t shirt. He claims to have multiple same t shirts.
X said that even making small decisions, such as what to wear each day,
or what to have for breakfast, are taxing on the mind and he would
rather not waste energy on such trivialities.
Identify X
Q6:

9. ▪ X (2015)
▪ Y (2014)
▪ Seth McFarlane (2013)
▪ Billy Crystal (2012)
▪ James Franco & Anne Hathway (2011)
▪ Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin (2010)
▪ Hugh Jackman (2009)
▪ Jon Stewart (2008)
Identify X & Y
Q7:

10. This is the founder talking about how he named his creation. Name
what he created-
“One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop, and I was thinking
__________ is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I said, "Do
you know about __________?" And she said yes... …And I said, "Yes,
this is the name!" Then I went onto the street and found 30 people
and asked them, "Do you know __________?" People from India,
people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China … they all knew
about ____________.
Q8:

11. An innovative way to handle iodine deficiency in women,
Neelvasant Medical Foundation and Research Centre in Nashik
has come up with a innovative way to ensure that women in
rural Maharashtra do not suffer from iodine deficiency.
This is accomplished without them having to buy iodized
instead of plain salt, and is solely based on a daily personal habit
that several indian women practice.
What mechanism to deliver a woman’s daily quota of Iodine
have they come up with?
Q9:

12. Recently a particular number plate for a car received the highest bid
in UK of £ 233,000.
It has an Indian connection.
What was the number ?
Q10: *

13. • In 1966, on the news of his father's death, the then 21- year-old X
returned home from Stanford University, where he was studying
engineering, to take charge of Y.
• The company, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but X later
diversified the company to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based
toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products, and
hydraulic cylinders.
• Identify X and Y.
Q11:

14. The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book
Applied Imagination.
Osborn claimed that it was more effective than individuals working
alone in generating ideas, although more recent research has
questioned this conclusion.
Q12:

15. Recently, NOIR 43, a line of fashion apparel, was launched by 2
celebrities at the Amazon India Fashion Week.
The menswear line is inspired by military uniforms and the
imagery of Kolkata in the 1940s, while the women wear line reflects
the glamour of that era and has a chic and sophisticated take on
midi-length skirts, palazzos and Peter Pan-collared blouses.
What, however, was the main inspiration behind the dresses?
Q13:

16. Your Secret Recipe since 1924
Tagline of which organization ?
Hint : XIMB Connection
Q14:

17. According to game designer Warren Robinett, this traditional term was
coined into the context of media by Atari personnel who were alerted to the
presence of a secret message which had been hidden by Robinett in his
already widely distributed game, Adventure.
Released in 1979, Atari's Adventure contains the first video game
__________ to have been discovered by its players; the hidden item is the
name of the game's programmer, Warren Robinett.
Robinett inserted ____________late in the game's development in an
attempt to gain some recognition for his work, as Atari then kept its
programmers' names secret.
What Term ?
Q15: *

18. Identify the connection between these companiesQ16:

19. Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who
played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball
Association(NBA).
He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-
Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five
times.
Currently he is world famous for a totally different reason.
Put Funda
Q17:

20. This app was officially launched on November 19, 2014. Its founders
are Jonas Drüppel, Roland Grenke and Daniel Taschik. Within 6
months of its release the app reached 50 million users.
Identify this app.
Q18:

21. After numerous deaths in football stadiums, Brazil passed a law in
2003 outlawing alcohol sales in stadiums.
‘
FIFA demanded that Brazil allow alcohol sales at the World Cup
because ____________, was a major World Cup sponsor, a role it had
played since 1986.
In response, Brazil passed a law paving the way for alcohol sales in
the World Cup, nicknamed the “ _______________Bill"
Q19:

22. Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not
require light or sound. 'Night Writing' was developed as a tactile
military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon's troops to learn
and was rejected.
Night writing became the basis for ________
Q20: *

23. ANSWERS

24. This parody video game portrays a ____________ floating on a log
down a river. The ____________ presents with bangs, a lance, and a
purple sweater.
It knocks 'Phot-Hogs' that are attempting to take his photograph
into the river with his lance. The _____ also signs 'Otter-graphs.‘
The _____ also must dodge the 'whirlpool of success,' which will
lead him out of control, while navigating the river.“
Name the video game. Or, who is it named after?
Q1: *

25. ANSWER

26. One Library, One Village” an NGO from Kochi started an
initiative that was widely accepted. What initiative did they
start?
Q2:

27. ANSWER

28. In Dec 2014, YouTube had to upgrade to a 64-bit integer
from the 32-bit integer it previously used. Why ?
Put Funda
Q3:

29. ANSWER
Gangnam Style crosses 2 billion views
on YouTube

30. Identify the brand which used this ad
campaign ?
Q4:

31. ANSWER

32. Connect these pictures to identify a song from a recently released
Bollywood Movie .Q5: *

33. ANSWER
The song “Jaata kahan hai Deewane”
from the 1956 movie C.I.D pictured
on Waheeda Rehman and composed
by O.P Nayyar

34. X daily wears a grey t shirt. He claims to have multiple same t shirts.
X said that even making small decisions, such as what to wear each day,
or what to have for breakfast, are taxing on the mind and he would
rather not waste energy on such trivialities.
Identify X
Q6:

35. ANSWER
Mark Zuckerberg

36. ▪ X (2015)
▪ Y (2014)
▪ Seth McFarlane (2013)
▪ Billy Crystal (2012)
▪ James Franco & Anne Hathway (2011)
▪ Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin (2010)
▪ Hugh Jackman (2009)
▪ Jon Stewart (2008)
Identify X & Y
Q7:

37. ANSWER
List of OSCAR Hosts
X= Neil Patrick Harris
Y= Ellen DeGeneres

38. This is the founder talking about how he named his creation. Name
what he created-
“One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop, and I was thinking
__________ is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I said, "Do
you know about __________?" And she said yes... …And I said, "Yes,
this is the name!" Then I went onto the street and found 30 people
and asked them, "Do you know __________?" People from India,
people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China … they all knew
about ____________.
Q8:

39. ANSWER

40. An innovative way to handle iodine deficiency in women,
Neelvasant Medical Foundation and Research Centre in Nashik
has come up with a innovative way to ensure that women in
rural Maharashtra do not suffer from iodine deficiency.
This is accomplished without them having to buy iodized
instead of plain salt, and is solely based on a daily personal habit
that several indian women practice.
What mechanism to deliver a woman’s daily quota of Iodine
have they come up with?
Q9:

41. ANSWER
IODINE LACED BINDI

42. Recently a particular number plate for a car received the highest bid
in UK of £ 233,000.
It has an Indian connection.
What was the number ?
Q10: *

43. ANSWER

44. • In 1966, on the news of his father's death, the then 21- year-old X
returned home from Stanford University, where he was studying
engineering, to take charge of Y.
• The company, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but X later
diversified the company to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based
toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products, and
hydraulic cylinders.
• Identify X and Y.
Q11:

45. ANSWER

46. The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book
Applied Imagination.
Osborn claimed that it was more effective than individuals working
alone in generating ideas, although more recent research has
questioned this conclusion.
Q12:

47. ANSWER
BRAINSTORMING

48. Recently, NOIR 43, a line of fashion apparel, was launched by 2
celebrities at the Amazon India Fashion Week.
The menswear line is inspired by military uniforms and the
imagery of Kolkata in the 1940s, while the women wear line reflects
the glamour of that era and has a chic and sophisticated take on
midi-length skirts, palazzos and Peter Pan-collared blouses.
What, however, was the main inspiration behind the dresses?
Q13:

49. ANSWER

50. Your Secret Recipe since 1924
Tagline of which organization ?
Hint : XIMB Connection
Q14:

51. ANSWER

52. According to game designer Warren Robinett, this traditional term was
coined into the context of media by Atari personnel who were alerted to the
presence of a secret message which had been hidden by Robinett in his
already widely distributed game, Adventure.
Released in 1979, Atari's Adventure contains the first video game
__________ to have been discovered by its players; the hidden item is the
name of the game's programmer, Warren Robinett.
Robinett inserted ____________late in the game's development in an
attempt to gain some recognition for his work, as Atari then kept its
programmers' names secret.
What Term ?
Q15: *

53. ANSWER
EASTER EGGS

54. Identify the connection between these companiesQ16:

55. ANSWER
CEOs of these companies are XIMB ALUMS
Mohit Kampani : Spencers Retail
Rajneesh Bhasin : Borges India
Biju Dominic : Final Mile Consulting
Srikumar Mishra : Milk Mantra

56. Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who
played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball
Association(NBA).
He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-
Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five
times.
Currently he is world famous for a totally different reason.
Put Funda
Q17:

57. ANSWER

58. This app was officially launched on November 19, 2014. Its founders
are Jonas Drüppel, Roland Grenke and Daniel Taschik. Within 6
months of its release the app reached 50 million users.
Identify this app.
Q18:

59. ANSWER
DUBSMASH

60. After numerous deaths in football stadiums, Brazil passed a law in
2003 outlawing alcohol sales in stadiums.
FIFA demanded that Brazil allow alcohol sales at the World Cup
because ____________, was a major World Cup sponsor, a role it had
played since 1986.
In response, Brazil passed a law paving the way for alcohol sales in
the World Cup, nicknamed the “ _______________Bill"
Q19:

61. ANSWER
BUDWEISER BILL

62. Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not
require light or sound. 'Night Writing' was developed as a tactile
military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon's troops to learn
and was rejected.
Night writing became the basis for ________
Q20: *

63. ANSWER
BRAILLE

64. SCORES PLEASE !!