This document contains questions and answers from a general quiz competition held at Zakir Husain Delhi College called "Conoscenza 2016". It includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions testing knowledge about people, events, movies, books and more. The questions cover topics ranging from sports, science, history, pop culture and current affairs.

1. ZAKIR HUSAIN DEHLI COLLEGE
GENERAL QUIZ
CONOSCENZA 2016
PRELIMS
ANSWERS
QM- MANOJ SINGH MEHTA

2. 1.
Id her and claim of fame

3. Kate McWilliams
British pilot becomes world’s youngest
commercial airline captain at age 26.

4. 2. CONNECT
• Ashwatthama
• Bali (Mahabali)
• Hanuman
• Kripacharya
• Parshurama
• Markandeya
• Ved Vyasa

5. • Eight long lived (Chiranjivi) personalities described in
the Puranas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata.

6. 3.
X is an Indian actor, born on 17 February 1983 in a Rajput family based
in Mendora village in Madhya Pradesh. He is grandson of Arjun Singh,
who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh when the 'Bhopal Gas
Tragedy' occurred.
His debut movie was Sikandar (2009). His filmography includes
Aisha(2010), Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2014),
Pizza(2014). Id X.

7. Arunoday Singh

8. 4.
Tour de France is a lot about sacrifice of teammates to chase the
overall title win. The majority of the team members, called X. Their
tasks include protecting their leader in the peleton- mass of riders
together. If the main rider suffers a puncture, crash or falls behind, it is
the duty of the X to pace him back.
Give X.

9. X= Domestique

10. 5.*
GIVE X.
• The word X is derived from the Persian word for a covered
cup. The dessert likely originated in the Mughal Empire
(northern India), in the 16th century. The mixture of dense
evaporated milk was already popular in Hindu sweet dishes.
Ain-i-Akbari, a detailed record of the Mughal emperor
Akbar's administration, mentions use of saltpeter for
refrigeration as well as transportation of Himalayan ice to
warmer areas.

11. Kulfi

12. 6.
“During X visit to the campus, X was accompanied by Y
and President Rajendra Prasad. It was a glittering
ceremony and on the opening day, X had planted a
tree. Unfortunately, we have lost that tree to termites.
But we have planted new trees there, ”AIIMS director
Dr. MC Mishra.
Give X and Y.

13. X= Queen Elizabeth II
Y= Prince Philip

14. Film title NO. OF X PERFORMANCERS AS LISTED ON
IMDB
The revenant 56
Room 2
Bridge of spies 23
Mad max: fury road 259
The big short 7
Spotlight 9
The Martian 22
Brooklyn 1
GIVE X
7.

15. Number of stunt performers as listed on
IMDB

16. 8.
in 1995, this particular gentleman received the national award for best
coverage of science and technology in mass media from National
Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) under the
Department of Science and Technology.
Name this person, who passed away a few years ao, without whose
works have been used by most of us today

17. R.D. SHARMA

18. 9.
“Crayon X” is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by
Yoshito Usui. An anime adaptation of the series began airing on TV
Asahi in 1992. Due to the death of author Yoshito Usui, the manga in
its original form ended on September 11, 2009.
The Hindi version of this anime gained up to 50-60% market share.
This controversial series is still highly popular amongst kids and for a
different reason amongst the parents. It has also garnered attention
from Ministry of Broadcasting.
ID X.

19. Shin Chan

20. 10.*
FITB / Id the person on left

21. Prashant Kishor

22. 11. This tree is the oldest prisoner in the world, arrested for a weird
incident. Where can you find this tree?

23. Pakistan
A tree in Pakistan was arrested in 1898 by a British army officer
who imagined the tree moving towards it. Quite obviously, he was
under the influence of alcohol, but he got it arrested anyway. The tree
still stands with the board ‘I am under arrest’.

24. 12.
Zbtb7 is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer, and is
responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout surrounding
cells. The gene is unique in that it is needed for other oncogenes to
cause cancer. Discovery of the gene was first published in the January
2005 issue of Nature. It was originally called “pok erythroid myeloid
ontogenic factor" but was renamed to Zbtb7. Why was it renamed?

25. • Original name is an backronym of the Pokémon media
franchise. A Nintendo subsidiary, The Pokémon Company,
not wanting the bad press inherent with its trademark
sharing a name with a cancer-causing gene, threatened the
authors with legal action in December 200

26. 13.
Connect. Inexhaustive list
Cuervo Tequila
Irish dreamtime
L’Oreal
Sky Broadband
Visa

27. Companies endorsed by Pierce Brosnan

28. 14.
L. Ron Hubbard was an American author known for the pulp fiction
genre. He was a highly controversial figure of his time. He was also
the founder of X.
X is a body of beliefs and related practices, started in 1952 as a
successor to his earlier self help system. Hubbard characterized X as a
religion and incorporated a 'Church of X' in New Jersey.
Id X.

30. Scientology

31. 15.*
. A seven member committee was setup by Home Ministry, headed by
TVSN Prasad on 26th July 2016.
The committee suggested that Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA)
also called Nonivamide, Stun lac cells, Long Range Acoustic Device
(LARD) should be used as an alternate to X. X should be only used in
rarest of rare cases.
ID X.

32. Pellet guns

33. 16.
19 out of 22 editions X have played in which Y was part of
Olympic Games programme. X did not participate in the 1908
and 1920 editions and failed to qualify for the 2008 Games in
Beijing, losing to England in the final of the qualifying
tournament in Santiago, Chile.
Give X and Y.

34. X = India
Y = Hockey

35. 17. Tweeted by whom?

36. Sundar Pichai
• He goofed up and payed homage to Dennis Ritchie, who died 5 years
ago.

37. 18.
Inexhaustive List...
Movies - Armageddon, Mission Impossible Series(3&4), Cloverfield,Star
Trek(reboot),Star Wars(the force Awakens)
TV Series - Lost, The Office , South Park,Fringe,Person of Interest

38. JJ Abrams is involved in all the above projects

39. 19.
This is the Red Billed Quelea.
What unique distinction does the
species hold?

40. World’s most abundant Wild Bird Species

41. 20.
Joseph Heller coined the term X in his 1961 novel X, which describes
absurd bureaucratic constraints on soldiers in World War II. The term is
introduced by the character Doc Daneeka, an army psychiatrist who
invokes “X" to explain why any pilot requesting mental evaluation for
being “Unfit to fly” is not actually unfit.
This term means a dilemma from which there is no escape because of
mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
Along with George Orwell's "doublethink", “X" has become one of the
best-recognized ways to describe the predicament of being trapped by
contradictory rules.
• ID X.

42. Catch-22

43. 21.* Give funda!
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44. Samsung galaxy note 7 blast

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