The document provides the rules and theme for a quiz being held between alumni and students of the Armed Forces Medical College in India. The quiz will have 55 questions, one from each year between 1962 and 2016, and will focus on international events that occurred during the college's history to test knowledge of world affairs at that time. The winning team will be determined by the combined score of both teams.

1. Debate & Quiz Society
Armed Forces Medical College
Alumni v Students Quiz
04 Aug 2016
QM –Deepanjan Dey

2. Theme of the Quiz
AFMC has completed 55 years
What was happening in the world while AFMC was growing up
to attain its present stature?
Every question deals with something or the other that was in the
international news during all these years
As you go through the Quiz, you will recollect those international events that
had occurred during your stay at AFMC as a student

3. Rules
• 1962 to 2016 = 55 questions, one question from each year
• Infinite rebound Left to right, as you face the stage
• Buzzer – 10 for correct; minus 05 for wrong NEGATIVES only for buzzers
• Wrong answer – pass to the left of the team
• Answering passed questions - 10 points, no negatives
• In case nobody buzzes – pass to the left of the team that answered last: 05 points, no
negatives
• In case nobody buzzes for the FIRST question, the team to the extreme left, as you face the
stage, will get to answer, and they will get 05, if correct
• Combined score of both the alumni/students teams will decide the winner
• Tie Breaker – if required

4. Best of Luck
…here we go…..

5. 1962
• Identify “X”, also called “Peito de Aco” or “Steel Chest”:
Brazil : 3 Czechoslovakia : 1
Amarildo (17’) Masopust (15’)
Zito (69’)
“X” (78’)

7. • Vava
• Edvaldo Jizidio Neto
(1934 – 2002)

9. 1963
• What was unique to this marriage, which took place in 1963 in the
former USSR?
• You need not give the names of the bride or the groom

11. • First ever marriage, in which both the bride and the groom were
cosmonauts
• Valentina Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikolayev
• Dr Elena Nikolayeva, born in 1964 became the first person who’s
both parents were cosmonauts
• Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman and the first civilian to
travel to space

12. 1964
• Identify “X”:
Academy Award: Best Picture My Fair Lady
Academy Award: Best Actress Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins)
Members of The Beatles as
actors
A Hard Day’s Night
Film with the highest gross profit
$ 124,900,000
“X”

15. 1965
• 30 January, London
• State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
• The largest assembly of international statesmen
for any event ever
• Which event in 2005 broke this record?

17. • Gathering of 4 Kings, 5 Queens, 70 Presidents and
Prime Ministers and 4,000,000 mourners!
• Funeral of Pope John Paul II

18. 1966
• Persian for “Conqueror of the World”
• Mont Blanc
• Kanchenjunga
• These three are connected to a single event
• No points for naming the event
• In this context, what does “Kanchenjunga” mean?

20. • Persian for “Conqueror of the World” – Jehangir
• Mont Blanc – Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha’s plane crash
• Kanchenjunga – Name of the aircraft
(Air India Flight 101)

21. 1967
• X” was formed on 18 Aug 1967, its capital city being “Y”
• The Battle of “Y” occurred in 1746 during the War of the
Austrian Succession
• The people of “X” speak one of the oldest and longest
surviving classical languages of the world
• Identify “X”

23. • Tamil Nadu

24. 1968
• During which occasion was Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
played during the Mexico Olympics?

26. • When the teams of FRG and GDR arrived at the
stadium during the inaugural ceremony
• This was the first time FRG and GDR participated in the
Summer Olympics as separate countries

27. 1969
• What appeared in the shops all over the world which
introduced these terms to the English speaking people?
• Consigliere
• Caporegime
• Cosa Nostra
• Omerta

30. 1970
• X gained independence from the United Kingdom
• X in the local language means “south”
• X is also known as “Friendly Island” (as per Capt
James Cook - 1773)
• X has 70% of its population living in an island called
“X-tapoo”

32. • Tonga

33. 1971
•What was done at the MCG on 05 Jan 1971,
after the first 3 days of the third Ashes Test
Match was washed off due to rain?

35. • First ever one-day international was played
• The Test was abandoned
• AUS beat ENG by 5 wickets

36. 1972
• When Led Zeppelin landed in Singapore airport for their
concert, Govt officials did not let them get off the plane
• The tour had to be cancelled
• What was the reason?

38. • Because of their long hair
• In 1960s, Singapore introduced a law to prohibit males
from growing long hair
The Govt felt that long hair encouraged the “hippie” culture,
which was not good for the development of the nation!

39. 1973
• What was:
• Inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 Oct 73
• With live telecast on international TV
• Beethoven’s symphony #9 during inauguration
• Inaugural followed by the opera “War and Peace”
• John Urtzon, the Danish architect who designed and
constructed it, was neither invited, nor was his name
mentioned

42. 1974
• “The Pokhran test was a bomb, I can tell you now... An
explosion is an explosion, a gun is a gun, whether you
shoot at someone or shoot at the ground... I just want to
make clear that the test was not all that peaceful”
-- Dr Raja Ramanna, Former Director of India's Nuclear
Program
(speaking to the Press Trust of India)
• Why was Operation “Smiling Buddha” named so?

44. • It was conducted on 18 May 74
• That day was Buddha Purnima

45. 1975
• Rahima Banu was a two year old girl staying in the
Kuralia village upon the Bhola island in the Barisal
district of Bangladesh
• Why did she become known to the world?

47. • The last ever known case of small pox

49. 1976
• The American Legion is a veterans’ organisation founded
in Paris in 1919 by members of the American
Expeditionary Forces
• During the 1976 convention held in Philadelphia, 29
attendees died due to an extraordinary event which
occurred
• What was the cause of death for the 29 attendees?

51. • Legionella

52. 1977
• “X” stormed the international market in 1977, but was
initially named “Y”, because it “sounded like a Mexican
Bolero”?
• No points for “Y”
• Identify “X”, which was the final name

54. • “Y”: Mexican Reggae

55. 1978
• On 21 Feb 1978, workers were digging at a place called
the “Island of the dogs”, located in the city “X”
• What they found were the remains of the Great Pyramid
of Tenochtitlan, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• What is “X”?

57. • Mexico City
• The capital of the Aztec civilisation

58. 1979
• What phenomenon occurred in southern Algeria on 18
Feb 1979, which, as per records, occurred only once
more in history (Egypt, 2013)?

60. • Snowfall in the Sahara

61. 1980
• Fill in the blanks with the name of the image to the
right, which contains two words:
__________ ____________

63. • Fill in the blanks with the name of the image to the
right, which contains two words:
Strawberry fields (Central Park, NY)

64. 1981
• Scheduled to be released on 05 Aug 16 from psychiatric
custody, he was found “not guilty” due to insanity, after he
shot President Ronald Reagan in the chest
• He was found to be suffering from “obsession” for “X” and
committed the act to impress her
• Identify “X”

66. • Jodie Foster

67. 1982
• For the first time ever, the Time Magazine “Man of the
Year” title was awarded to a non-human
• What?

69. • The Computer
• 1988: The Endangered Earth
• 1993: The Peacemakers
• 2002: The Whistleblowers
• 2006: You

70. 1983
• With the help of the clues below, identify “X”, who became
a very important person in 1983
• Hairline skull fracture – by Richard Hadlee
• Knocked unconscious – by Imran Khan
• Teeth knocked out – by Malcolm Marshall
• Hit in the jaw to live only on ice cream – by Jeff Thomson
• “But “X” just stood up and continued to bat, and we
respected him for that” – Michael Holding

72. • “X” - Jimmy

73. 1984
• Identify the dead with the help of the autopsy findings,
which were:
• Pulmonary oedema
• Cerebral oedema
• Renal tubular necrosis
• Fatty degeneration of liver
• Necrotising enteritis

76. 1985
• What was found 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland,
with the help of side scan SONAR on board the RV Knorr ?

78. The remains of the RMS Titanic

79. 1986
• “X” is the title of a musical that opened at the West End in
1986 and is financially the most successful
entertainment event till date
• 2nd longest musical after Les Misérables
• 3rd longest show after The Mousetrap
• Identify “X”

82. 1987
• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore
• 17th Episode 17th Season
• The Episode ends with the Simpsons singing a 1970 hit
song
• The singer of this 1970 song died in 1987
• Identify the singer

85. 1988
• The French company Roussel-Uclaf marketed its 38,486th
product since 1949
• The product was initially banned due to protests, but later
permitted to be sold from 1988 onwards, because it was
the “moral property of women”
• Name the product

87. • The French company Roussel-Uclaf marketed its 38,486th
product since 1949
RU-486
Mifepristone

88. 1989
• The Baltic Chain was a peaceful demonstration of
2,000,000 people forming a human chain extending from
east Estonia to west Lithuania, which is 370 miles
• They had placed three coffins below the flags of Nazi
Germany and the USSR
• What did the coffins contain?

90. • Coffins draped with the flags of the three Baltic States
• Symbolic to the forceful annexation of the Baltic States
with USSR (1946)

91. 1990
• What was conceived in a train that was running from
Manchester to London Euston railway station in June
1990?

94. 1991
• The covert Operation Solomon was conducted by Israel
when it airlifted 14,325 people within 36 hours!!!
• What was the operation about?

96. • Airlift of all Ethiopian Jews to Israel

97. 1992
• In which city was this erected in 1992?

99. • Maastricht
• To commemorate the signing of the Treaty

100. 1993
• This film was completed in 1992, but
final release was delayed till June
1993
• What was the cause of the delay?

102. • Steven Spielberg was busy
with something which he
considered more important!

103. 1994
• Which word is hidden within the text of this banner,
which is held up by a Brazilian supporter during the final
World Cup football match of USA ’94?

106. 1995
• 31 Dec 95
• The last appearance of “the last great newspaper comic
strip” as per its cartoonist
• Which famous comic strip ended on that day?

109. 1996
• First released in Japan as “X-Red” and “X-Blue”
• The release marked the beginning of what would
become a multi-billion-dollar franchise, jointly selling
millions of copies worldwide
• Entered the Guinness records in 2009
• Identify “X”

112. 1997
• “X” was driving his car near Alice Springs, Australia
• He got distracted while looking at “Y”
• “Y” at that time was in the sky
• The distraction caused the accident which killed him
• No points for identifying “Y”
• Identify “X”

114. • “X” – Eugene Shoemaker
• “Y” – Hale-Bopp comet
• Discoverer of one comet died while watching another in
the sky
• Shoemaker-Levy 9 could only be seen telescopically

115. 1998
• “Memphis” was the code name used during the
development of “X”, so that even the workers did not
come to know what they were developing
• Identify “X”

118. 1999
• Currencies are used in various forms (coins, notes)
• On 01 Jan 99, the European Currency Unit (ECU) was
replaced by the Euro
• In what form was the Euro launched?

120. • Euro was launched in the virtual form
• Travelers' cheque
• Electronic transfers
• Bank transfers
• Coins and notes - 2002

121. 2000
• The Pyrenean ibex called Celia, the last surviving
member, was killed by a falling tree, causing the
extinction of this species
• However, Celia also became the first animal ever to be
made “unextinct”
• How could this animal be made “unextinct”?

123. • Scientists were able to clone a female ibex
• Survived for several hours
• Died due to lung anomalies
• “Unextinct”

124. 2001
• 18 Sep 2001, just a week after the 9/11 attacks
• 5 letters bearing the postmarks of Trenton, NJ, were
received
• 4 were received by the ABC News, CBC News, NBC
News and the New York Post at NY City
• The fifth was received by the National Enquirer at
Florida
• What was the content of the letters?

126. • Anthrax spores

127. 2002
• The US Govt passed a famous resolution, that surprised
the world of science:
• “that the life and achievements of Antonio Meucci of Italy should be
recognized, and his work in the invention of the “X” should be
acknowledged”
• “A message that rings loud and clear recognising the true inventor of
the “X”, Antonio Meucci, and not “Y”, who invented it 16 years later
• Identify either “X” or “Y

129. • “X”: Telephone
• “Y”: Alexander Graham Bell

130. 2003
• After 13 years of extensive collaboration and spending
$20 million, which project was declared complete in
2003?

132. • The Human Genome Project
• Logo: Da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Man

133. 2004
• Code named Project Caribou, “X” was conceived by
Paul Buchheit
• It was available for public use from 01 Apr 2004
• It was ranked second after Mozilla Firefox, in the list of
Top 100 Best Products of 2004
• Identify “X”

136. 2005
• If Diana was the Princess of Wales, then in 2005,
Camilla Parker Bowles became what of what?

138. • The Duchess of Cornwall

139. 2006
• Arabic for “the one who confronts”
• Last letter excerpts (2006): “Many of you have known the
writer of this letter to be faithful, honest, caring for others, wise, of
sound judgment, just, decisive, careful with the wealth of the
people and the state ... and that his heart is big enough to
embrace all without discrimination.”
• Who was he?

142. 2007
• In 2007, which symbol was adopted by the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent as its non-religious
emblem or logo?

144. • The Red Crystal

145. 2008
• What became world famous in 2008 as the “Baltimore
Bullet” or the “Flying Fish”?

147. • Michael Phelps

148. 2009
• In 2009, “X” gained self-rule with provisions for assuming
responsibility for self-government of judicial affairs,
policing, and natural resources
• Also, people of “X” were recognized as a separate
people under international law
• “Y” maintains control of foreign affairs and defence
matters
• No points for identifying “Y”
• Identify “X”

150. • “X”: Greenland

151. 2010
• This logo belongs to an organisation which, in 2010, hit
the international news, name it
• To your right is the picture of its founder

153. • WikiLeaks
• Julian Assange

154. 2011
• Fill in both the blanks:
• Marc Lynch, (Professor of Political Science in the George
Washington University) said, referring to his article in
Foreign Policy, writes “_______ _____________, a term
I may have unintentionally coined in a January 6, 2011
article, especially after the Dec 2010 Tunisian
Revolution…..”

156. • Marc Lynch, (Professor of Political Science in the George
Washington University) said, referring to his article in
Foreign Policy, writes “Arab Spring, a term I may have
unintentionally coined in a January 6, 2011 article,
especially after the Dec 2010 Tunisian Revolution…..”

157. 2012
• Contributors to this publication include 100 full-time
editors, 4000 authors including 110 Nobel Laureates and
5 American Presidents
• After 244 years of constant run, in 2012, the publication
discontinued its printed form, and permanently shifted
online
• Identify

160. 2013
• Following the military coup in “X”, two anti-coup camps
were raided by the security forces, leaving 2,600 dead
• The raids were described by Human Rights Watch as
"one of the world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in
recent history”
• Identify “X”

162. • Egypt

163. 2014
• The 2014 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, to be
held in Cape Town in October, was suspended after a
boycott by the Nobel Laureates to protest the third time
refusal of a visa to “X” by the South African Government
which was "kowtowing to “Y””
• No points for identifying “Y”
• Identify “X”

165. • “X”: the Dalai Lama
• “Y”: China

166. 2015
• 05 Aug 2015
• Debris found on the Reunion
Islands confirmed the fate of
the missing Malaysian Airlines
Flight 370, missing since
March 2014?
• This island is an overseas
department of which country?

168. • France

169. 2016
• Geysers are used to heat up water
• It originates from the word “Geysir” (to gush or the
gusher)
• In 2016, what event is meant to be “the literal Geysir that
gushed upon many a Giant to remarkably stun them”?

171. • The great performance of Iceland in Euro 2016
• The Icelandic Geysir in the Valley of Haukadal

172. Thank You !!