The document provides instructions for a quiz competition between teams. It states that questions will be answered by buzzing in, and teams will receive +10 points for a correct answer or -10 points for an incorrect answer. Questions not answered by any team will be opened to the audience. It also provides examples of 6 multiple choice questions along with their correct answers.

2. Instructions
• All questions to be answered on the buzzer.
• Team that presses buzzer first will get the chance to answer first.
• In case team answers incorrectly, the next fastest team will get the chance
to answer. +10 for correct, -10 for incorrect.
• Questions that are not answered by any team will be opened for the
audience.
• The Quizmaster’s discretion will be final.

3. +20/-10

4. Question-1
When the flag of this country was being designed, the two colours were
meant to signify the landscape of the nation and the setting sun. Like a lot of
other flags this was symmetrical too but later the central object was offset
slightly towards the hoist, the reason being that while the flag was flying it
would then appear centered.
Which country’s flag is being talked about?

6. • Bangladesh

7. • In 1980 at a show in Las Vegas, the Japanese company Seiko unveiled their
product X called the Epson HX-20. To advertise their new product, the
company pictured it on a two-page spread in a magazine with the caption
'Actual size'. Identify the product X.
Question-2

9. •X - Laptop

10. X invented the vibrating pen and it was supposed to be a alternative to writing with
a quill, and for a time, it certainly was—if you could afford the machine, but it kept
tearing the paper.
Later in 1889, Sam O’Reilly took X’s invention, mounted a needle, and used it for a
very different purpose and he named it Y. O’Reilly has the patent for the Y, but it
wouldn’t exist without original invention.
Identify the original inventor X and the machine Y.
Question-3

12. • X -Thomas Edison,Y –Tattoo Gun.

13. Question-4
When he along with eight of his friends were roped in for this project,
Devashish Bhattacharya scribbled a human eye, drew two curves around it,
depicting, “the yin and the yang,” and submitted his work to his teacher Vikas
Satwalekar at the National Institute of Design. Around 14 designs were
submitted by eight students and six faculty members of NID of which
Bhattacharyya’s design was picked by PM Indira Gandhi.
The project had started when UNESCO gave the Indian Government $20,000
and 180 Philips TV sets.
Launched in New Delhi on 15th September 1959, making it a significant day in
the history of modern India, what “project” of the Indian Government are we
talking about ?

15. •Doordarshan

16. • This device shown in the picture was the forerunner of the modern device X
and dates back to 1820 and was developed by the French physician Rene
Laennac.
• Identify the device X.
Question-5

18. • Stethoscope

19. In the year 2015, X played a role of high school teacher who was accidentally
elected as president in the comedy series Y.
Later in 2017, a new political party was formed named Y after the highly
popular series where X played a lead role. During presidential elections Y
political party put forward X, the star of that series, as their presidential
candidate and surprisingly Y won the election and X became the president of
the country.
Identify X and Y.
Question-6

21. • X : Volodymyr Zelensky, Y : Servant of the People Party.

22. +40/-20 or +20/-10

23. Tod Yellin works as VP of Product at a company but also dabbles with sound
engineering. His most famous contribution to the latter yet is a combination of
him knocking his wedding ring against a cabinet in his bedroom, what he calls
a slowed anvil sound, and a musical ending which is really a decades-old
recording of an electric guitar phase reversed.
What are we talking about that Hans Zimmer has also contributed to in a
renewed version?
Question-1

25. •Netflix Tudum

26. Scientists named this species of Marsh Rabbit after X, the Founder of the Y
empire. This species, typically found in the Southeastern United States, is said
to have been identified as a separate species in the 1980s, based on research
funded by the Y Foundation. X also donated money towards the conservation
of this vulnerable species. Identify X and Y.
Question-2

28. • X - Hugh Hefner
• Y - Playboy

29. The picture is of individuals who founded the company X which went on to
become one of the biggest companies in its field of work.The company X is named
by the 2 surnames of the founders. In 2016, a show was released on the Discovery
Channel which shows the early history of the company.
Identify X
Question-3

31. • X - Harley Davidson

32. This Starbucks ad landed the company in hot waters due to hurting sentiments of
peoples. Put funda behind it.
Question-4

34. Similarity between the poster and Twin tower attack.
Explanation:
Due to it’s similarity between 9/11 accident. The smoothies were positioned
like the twin Towers and also blocky grass which looks like small skyscrapers,
and the dragonfly on a collision course and the tagline ‘Collapse into Cool’.

35. Faber Castell is a one of the oldest industrial companies in the world and the oldest brand
name in the U.S.A. being formed in mid-eighteenth century. This print ad makes use to
promote their product by recreating the famous Edvard Munich’s painting “The Scream”
and Van Gogh famous painting “Cafe Terrace at Night”. What so different in these recreated
paintings from the original ones?
Question-5

37. Faber Castell colour pencils were glued together
to make this painting.

38. • During the 1940s, X, an analogue photography company accidentally discovered
that the U.S. government was secretly testing nuclear bombs after customers
started complaining about black spots on their photos. Identify X.
Question-6

40. •Kodak

41. +20/-10

42. • Identify the scientist.
Question-1

44. • Erwin Schrödinger
1. Cat (representing Schrödinger’s cat
experiment).
2. Wave function (the Schrödinger
equation provides a way to
calculate the wave function)
3. Schrödinger Equation largely makes
use of this symbol.
4. He won Nobel Prize in Physics (1933)
for the formulation of
the Schrödinger equation.

45. • Somnium is a novel written in the early 1600s and is believed to be the very
first work of Science fiction. The story of Somnium revolves around an
Icelandic boy and his mother who learn about an island named after the
moon from a deity. It was written by one of the most influential scientists of
the early 17th century, Y, most notably known for his works on gravitation
and planetary motion. However, the motive of Y behind writing the novel
was quite peculiar. Y wrote the novel in order to save his mother,
undergoing a witchcraft trial, from getting executed. Unfortunately he
wasn't able to save his mother from the ominous fate, but in doing so, he
laid the foundation for the Sci-fi genre alongside his other
discoveries. Identify Y.
Question-2

47. • Y is Johannes Kepler

48. X is a chemical engineer from Osmania University, Hyderabad and
has also received PGDM degree from IIM Ahmedabad. X considers
himself the least educated in the family with his father as a French
Professor and his mother, a Professor of Psychology. After
graduation, a young X took up work in an advertising agency for
two years, but soon changed lanes and joined a sports
management company where he continued working for another
two years. He has also worked for All India Radio and co-authored
a book “Ways to Win”. One of his current projects include a highly
rated podcast series. Identify X.
Question-3

50. • Harsha Bhogle

51. Connect
Question-4

53. • Rowan Atkinson
• 1. Dubbed for Zazu from Lion King
• 2. Acted in James Bond Movie: Never Say Never Again
• 3. Acted in Maigret,TV Series by ITV
• 4. His MScThesis on SelfTuning Controls

54. X graduated in 1988 with a degree in computer science and software
engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai.
After his degree, X worked as a software programmer in Oracle for few years.
Later, he ventured into the music field and kicked off his career with
advertisement jingles. X rose to fame with his first album in 1998. He went on
to give Bollywood and Tollywood numerous musical hits like “Bhumbro
bhumbro”, “Sau Asoon”, “Chamma Chamma” etc. He has also worked as
composer for several famous movies. Apart from singing, He has also acted in
Doordarshan’s TV serial “Ek se badh kar ek” in 1995. Identify X.
Question-5

56. •Shankar Mahadevan

57. • Identify the decorated engineer associated with the following projects
• Kolkata Metro
• Cochin Shipyard
• Konkan Railway
• Delhi Metro
Question-6

59. E. Shreedharan

60. • Vlad III is a one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a
national hero of Romania, credited for having kept the relentless Ottoman
advance into Europe at bay. He is responsible for the deaths of more than
80,000 people in his lifetime—a large percentage of them by impalement
and because of his lust to hunt the blood of enemy he became the
inspiration for the character X, who is shown in many anime, movies and
novels.
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62. • Vlad Dracula Tepes (known as Dracula, King of Vampires) is inspired from
Vlad 3.

63. The following is a picture of the first president of India, Shri Lal Bahadur
Shastri farming along with his wife Shrimati Lalita Shastri. This picture was
actually taken during a major national crisis in the late 1960s. What was this
exact crisis?
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65. Bihar Famine of 1966

66. Tie Breaker-3
Connect the following brands.

68. All owned by Tata

69. AQ 1
• Identify the car brand in the following image.

71. •Volkswagen

72. AQ 2
• X is the CEO of one of the largest vehicle company and founder of Zip2, a
company that provided maps and business directories to newspapers.
• X has appeared as himself, in the both “Big Bang Theory” and its spin off
prequel “Young Sheldon”. He’s also in one of the Iron Man sequels, and he
has his own IMDb page.
• Identify X.

74. •Elon Musk

75. AQ 3
• This distinguished gentleman has helped us out since the beginning of high
school and even through college by laying the foundations for X. Identify X.

77. •S Chand Publication
•The person is Shyam Lal Gupta
•

78. • During early 18th century Napoleon's wife, Empress Eugenie de Montijo, a
Spanish countess hired X as her personal box-maker and packer and let him
pack the most beautiful clothes in an exquisite way.
• Later in mid 18th century X opened a company after his name and today it is
one of the largest fashion brand. X is so obsessed with maintaining its class
that after every season, if any of X products are not sold then, they are sent
back to its factory and are shredded or burnt, in order to sustain an item’s
value and class of brand.
• Identify X.
AQ 4

80. •Louis Vuitton

81. • The following is the image of a statue called "the X", by a Polish born British
contemporary sculptor. It is made from components of X vehicles, which
have now become a subject of political controversy in India. It was reported
that more than 70% of vehicles of this category, sold in India, was a X and
that its Indian operations accounted for nearly one-fifth of its total revenue.
Identify X.
AQ 5

83. • JCB

84. Connect.
AQ 6

86. • TV brands of India

87. •Connect the following inexhaustive list.
•AgniKul
•Bellatrix
•Skyroot
•Pixxel
•Dhruva
AQ 7

89. • Space Tech start-ups of India

91. Thank you!