This document outlines the structure and format of a general knowledge quiz competition involving multiple rounds: a written round with 5 questions worth 5 marks each for a total of 25 marks, with a full house bonus of 5 extra marks; an infinite bounce round with 20 questions worth 10 marks each where teams can choose to answer directly or bounce questions to other teams; and a theme round where clues are given about a theme and teams can attempt to answer after each clue for varying point values. The rounds cover topics in history, arts, science, pop culture and current events.

1. Researched and Conducted by:
Somnath Chanda

2. Rounds

4. • 5 questions.
• Written Round.
• Each question carries 5 marks.
• Full house ensure 5 bonus.

6. 1.

7. 2.

8. 3.

9. 4.

10. 5.

13. 1.

15. 2.

17. 3.

19. 4.

21. 5.

25. • 20 questions
• Each question carries 10
marks
• Infinite Bounce

26. Every team will get the chance to pounce in any 5
questions out of 20
Score : +15 (for a correct one) /-10 (for a wrong one)
One can pounce on their direct question also

27. 1.
This is the lego version
of the cover of the
debut album of The
Beatles, which
incidentally got
released on 22 March
1963.
Name the album.

30. 2.
As a tribute, Grey Nichols
presented this special bat to
which well known Indian
cricketer who was not known
for his batting prowess?

33. 3.
What did the All India Radio ban from 1940 to
1971 on grounds that it was Western, as a sign of
adherence to the Swadeshi Movement prevalent
at that time? It was said that a letter by
Rabindranath Tagore to the then Calcutta
Bureau Chief of Akashvani, Shri Asoke Kumar
Sen, was greatly responsible for this.

36. 4.
Federico Borrell García, a Spanish Republican, was
the founder of the local branch of Iberian
Federation of Libertarian Youth (FIJL). He died at
a young age of 24 on Sept 5, 1936.
How his death has been immortalised?

39. 5.
Identify this Grammy-winning performer who sings
about her newly established fame and criticizes the
‘high life’ through this song.

42. 6.
This particular artwork, from the ‘Let's Draw
Sherlock Project’ on tumblr, is actually inspired
from which popular video game?

45. 7.
Which 3-word phrase, very much associated
with the ‘Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack’ was
coined by Alec Waugh (elder brother of the
novelist Evelyn Waugh), in a review for the
London Mercury?

48. 8.
Karim Lala, born as Abdul Karim Sher Khan in
Kunar province of Afghanistan, was widely
recognized as the founder and pioneer of the
Indian mafia in the Mumbai area. In popular
culture, he was immortalised through a 1973
project, but not portrayed in the right vein in the
2013 one.
Put funda.

51. 9.
Leucanthemum vulgare, the ‘ox-eye daisy’ is a
widespread flowering plant native to Europe and
some parts of Asia.
Which prose game of French origin, to determine
the reciprocation of one’s feeling, is associated with
it?

54. Identify the musical instrument
being played.
10.

57. 11.
This well known Indian Y, who hails from the
Eastern part of this country, is named after a
mythological character (who has a more famous
brother X). Y’s residence is named after the text
where we can find the stories about X. Moreover, Y
named his two sons after the sons of X.
Just identify Y.

60. 12.
El Obelisco, situated in the city of Havana, Cuba, is
made in honour of Carlos Finlay. His legacy is also
remebered by UNESCO by naming an annual prize
after him.
After ‘which object’, associated with his
profession, is the monument designed after?
(Vis of the memorial – next slide)

61. 12.

64. 13.
Nadir Shah’s troops passed through Punjab after
plundering Delhi. The Sikhs decided to free the
captives from Nadir Shah’s camp. They used to make
midnight guerrilla raids on Shah’s camp, free as many
captive women as possible, and return them to their
homes in order to ‘restore the diginity of the Hindu
community’.
How this heroic act by the Sikhs later became the
source of much amusement?

67. 14.
Which is the only sequel to win an Academy
Award (it ultimately won 4) when the original
movie hadn’t even been nominated?

70. 15.
Just name this Indian movie, where this
elderly lady made her acting debut.

73. 16.
Publishing approval for Jeffrey Archer’s Shall We
Tell The President was blocked by the then
Consulting Editor at Viking Press as the story
resembled the Kennedy assassination plot. Archer
went over this person’s head to get the necessary
approval. In protest, the Consulting Editor then
quit.
Who was that Editor?

76. 17.
X is a breed of dog raised by the Eskimos. An
unusual animal that yelps or howls like a wolf, it
normally feeds on fish. Its name is said to be a
corruption of the word Eskimo itself. It’s name is
now applied to people in general who exhibit the
breed’s vigour, vitality and build.
Identify X

79. 18.
The word X has several meanings, which are at times
even contradictory to each other. Persia is considered
the region of origin, while in Afghanistan it can be used
to refer to magicians, beggars and even holy men.
Jonathan L. Lees describes X as ‘a religious
mystic, often with extreme sufi tendencies or a shrine
attendant’.
Identify X, which came into news for a completely
different reason in India.

82. Which much in news sportsperson, is the most
famous user of an invention developed by a
company run by American entrepreneur and
inventor Van Philips, which he claims to have been
inspired by ideas from a pole vault, the spring of a
diving board and the shape of a Chinese sword his
father used to own?
19.

84. Oscar Pistorius

85. Which word coming from Latin roots
meaning ‘bridge builder’ came into news
around December 2012 due to its usage on
Twitter?
20.

90. * 10 questions.
* Non exhaustive clues.
* Attempt for the THEME answer can be made after every
clue.
* Marks for the Theme answer -- shown on slides.
* Don’t shout out the answer, write it down.

91. 1.

92. 2.

93. 3.

95. 4.

96. 5.

97. 6.

99. 7.

100. 8.

101. 9.

103. 10.

105. 1.

106. 2.

107. 3.

108. 4.

109. 5.

110. 6.

111. 7.

112. 8.

113. 9.

114. 10.

116. Adventures of Asterix

119. • 5 questions.
• Written Round.
• Each question carries 5 marks.
• Full house ensure 5 bonus.

121. 1.

122. 2.

123. 3.

124. 4.

125. 5.

128. 1.

130. 2.

132. 3.

134. 4.

136. 5.

140. • 20 questions
• Each question carries 10
marks
• Infinite Bounce

141. Every team will get the chance to pounce in any 5
questions out of 20
Score : +15 (for a correct one) /-10 (for a wrong one)
One can pounce on their direct question also

142. As per the official enquiry report, the black route
was a decoy. The pink route was the actual one.
The exact site of the Memorial is under
consideration for inclusion as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
Put funda.
(vis – next slide)
1.

143. 1.

146. 2.
Scenes from the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi
Winter Olympics, 2014. This particular sequence is
actually a tribute to what?

149. 3.
Identify the creator
of this cartoon
which made a lot of
noise during those
days.

152. 4.
In a famous assessment of the name XYZ, the
French writer Voltaire remarked sardonically: ‘This
agglomeration which was called and which still
calls itself the XYZ was neither X, nor Y, nor an Z’.
What was XYZ?
(Vis – next slide)

153. 4.

156. The tune is inspired from which song?
5.

159. The most prestigious award for Legal Fiction in
USA is awarded jointly by the American Bar
Association Journal and the University of Alabama.
Past winners include The Confession by John
Grisham, The Fifth Witness by Michael
Connelly, and Havana Requiem by Paul Goldstein.
After whom is this award named?
6.

161. Harper Lee

162. Edgar Bergen, father of actress Candice
Bergen, was a renowned ventriloquist. Along with
his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, he attained cult
status in and around Hollywood.
What is so unique about the Honorary Oscar
statuette presented to Bergen in 1938, in recognition
of his contribution to the industry?
7.

164. Only Wooden Oscar
Statuette

165. As per records, this club was founded in 1885
winning at least three League Championships and a
number of FA Cups during the pre-war years. The
decade of 1960 brought three league titles, two FA
Cups, two European Cups, one European Cup
Winners’ Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.
Which club is this?
(Vis of their kit – next slide)
8.

166. 8.

168. Melchester Rovers

169. If this is the 2nd one
(published in 1927), name
the 1st one which was
published just 2 years
ago.
9.

171. Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes

172. Identify this marine mollusk which is often
considered as a ‘living fossil’.
10.

174. Nautilus

175. After accompilishing her feat, which was considered
an inhuman task for an woman, on 6
August, 1926, she was greeted by a
British immigration officer who requested for
her passport.
What had she done?
11.

177. Gertrude Ederle - swam
English Channel

178. The creator supposedly got
the idea to name one of his
iconic literary characters
after getting inspired from
this movie poster.
Identify that character.
12.

180. Holden Caulfield

181. According to the Vedic tradition, Agni has
two parents and ten servants. If the two
firesticks used to light the ritual fire are
considered to be his parents, who/what are
being personified as the ten servants?
13.

183. Ten fingers of the priest

184. The final match of the Ramadan T20 Cup in
2013, Habib Bank defeated Pakistan International
Airlines via one-over eliminator.
Which international cricketer, became the only
person to achieve a seemingly impossible but
dubious record in that match?
(Vis of the scorecard – next slide)
14.

185. 14.

187. Shoaib Malik bagged a
King’s Pair

188. The story goes that England’s Edward III laid
siege to a border town in France. He offered to
spare the people of the city if any six of its top
leaders would surrender themselves to
him, presumably to be executed. Eustache de Saint
Pierre and five other citizens came forward.
How this particular incident has been
immortalised?
15.

190. Rodin’s ‘Burghers of
Calais’

191. Which
‘diplomatic
first’ is
being
referred to?
16.

193. Theodore Roosevelt at
the Panama Canal.

194. Lines from a prose piece (written in 1983) seen
here on the arm of someone labelled as the
‘eternal no. 2’ of his country.
Whose lines on whose arm?
(Bigger vis – next slide)
17.

195. 17.

197. Lines of Samuel Beckett, tattoed
on the arm of
Stanislas Wawrinka

198. Cecilia Abadie of California was charged for an
alleged traffic offence committed in October 2013.
The court threw out the case. She did not have to
pay any penalty for an offence found to be
absolutely strange.
What was that alleged offence?
18.

200. She was wearing a
Google Glass device
while driving

201. Who is the female vocalist?
19.

203. Sunidhi Chauhan

204. The U.S. government made nine official inquiries
during the early 40s. They included Frank Knox
Inquiry; the Roberts Commission; the Hart
Inquiry; the Naval Court of Inquiry; the Hewitt
investigation; the Clarke investigation and the
Clausen Inquiry. Finally, the Thurmond-Spence
hearing took place in April 1995.
What was the issue?
20.

206. Pearl Harbour Bombing