General Quiz by Zishan Hassan on 22 Feb 2018 at Quiz Forum, AMU Quiz Club. Zishan is pursuing bachelors in Physics from Aligarh Muslim University. His interests include India, Business, Polity and Entertainment with a special interest in Harry Potter.

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4. The company X was incorporated on 29 December 1945 in Amalner, Maharashtra by Y
as 'Western India Vegetable Products Limited’. It was initially set up as a manufacturer
of vegetable and refined oils in Amalner, Maharashtra, India under the trade names of
Kisan, Sunflower, and Camel. In 1966, after Y’s death, his son returned home from
Stanford University and took over X as its chairman at the age of 21. During the 1970s
and 1980s, the company shifted its focus to new business opportunities in a field in
which it is a giant now.
In 1988, X diversified its product line into heavy-duty industrial cylinders and mobile
hydraulic cylinders. A joint venture company with the United States' General Electric in
the name of ‘X GE Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd.’ was set up in 1989 for the manufacture,
sales, and service of diagnostic and imaging products. Later, in 1991, tipping systems
and Eaton hydraulic products were launched. The X Fluid Power division, in 1992,
developed expertise to offer standard hydraulic cylinders for construction equipment
and truck tipping systems. The market saw the launch of the "Santoor" talcum powder
and “X Baby Soft" range of baby toiletries in 1990.
#1 ID X

6. WIPRO

7. #2 Connect

9. Proctor & Gamble

10. Steam locomotive no. 5972
"Olton Hall“ with 4 or 5
coaches leave the King’s
Cross station without fail on 1
September at 11 o'clock in the
morning every year. What is
so special about this train.
#3 Name the train

12. Hogwarts Express

13. #4 Connect

15. Mera Naam Joker & LOC: Kargil both with a run time of 255 minutes
are the longest Hindi films ever made in India.
Tamas' released in 1987 is 19 minutes longer than LOC: Kargil.
However, it was first shown on Doordarshan as mini-series.
Longest Hindi Film

16. #5 Who released this Ad

18. Federer is back at World No.1- Rolex

19. #6 Connect

21. Punjab National Bank *

22. Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1848–98) was a Punjabi banker and
activist in progressive and social reform measures in Punjab. He
established The Punjab National Bank in 1894 and later remained
founder chairman of PNB.He established Dyal Singh trust society.
He also found a English-language daily newspaper. Name the
newspaper.
Follow-up

24. The Tribune

25. Peter Beardsley
Peter Reid
Terry Butcher
Terry Fenwick
Peter Shilton
#7 Connect

28. Argentina v England, played on 22 June 1986, was a football match between Argentina
and England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Azteca in
Mexico City. It was also a match which included two of the most famous goals in
football history, both scored by Diego Maradona.
The first goal, after 51 minutes, was to become known as the "Hand of God goal",
which Maradona scored by using his hand. His second, four minutes after his first,
saw him dribble past five England players, Beardsley, Reid, Butcher, Fenwick, Butcher
(again), and finally goalkeeper Peter Shilton, and became known as the "Goal of the
Century". Argentina won the game 2–1 and went on to win the 1986 World Cup with a
victory over West Germany in the final match.
Goal of the Century

29. It became the first Railway
Station(not a Metro/local) in India
to be fully operated and managed
by Women. It also has a vending
machine for sanitary napkins.
Name the Station.
#8 Name the station

31. Gandhi Nagar (Jaipur)

32. This number, a very large number indeed as used by Dr. Emmett
Brown in the ‘Back to The Future III’ to describe Clara as “....Clara is
one in a million, one in a billion, one in a _____________,the woman
of my dreams and I lost for all times.” is indeed an actual number. It
is the second largest number with a name. Give this number which is
more famous for some other reason. (video clip on next slide)
#9 FITB

36. The number is Googolplex which is 1 followed by a googol of
zeroes.
Googleplex is the name of the Corporate Headquarters of
Google and Alphabet Inc. situated at Mountainview, California.
Googolplex

37. #10 Connect

39. Kazuo Ishiguro

40. House, M.D. was an American television medical drama that originally
ran on the Fox network for eight seasons.The series' main character
is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an unconventional, misanthropic
medical genius who, despite his dependence on pain medication,
leads a team of diagnosticians. David Shore, who is credited as
creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title
character. References to the fact that Gregory House was based on
the famous fictional Character _______ appear throughout the series.
Shore explained that he was always a _____ fan and found the
character's indifference to his clients unique. The resemblance is
evident in House's reliance on _______ reasoning and psychology.
#11 ID the Fictional Character

42. Sherlock Holmes

43. _______ is a daily superfast express Train of the Indian Railways,
running between Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Old Delhi, the capital
city of India.
The name ________ tributes to Legendary figure _______ , who
belonged to Azamgarh.
The Express train & the famous Indian ?
#12 FITB

45. Kaifiyat Express - Kaifi Azmi

46. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded
by X in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. Y is the world's
largest company by revenue – approximately US$480 billion
according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2016 – as well as the
largest private employer in the world with 2.3 million employees. It is
a publicly traded family-owned business, as the company is
controlled by the _______ family.
In 1945, businessman and former ___?____employee X purchased a
branch of the Ben Franklin stores from the Butler Brothers which
eventually led to the Y on July 2, 1962.
#13 Name the Company

48. Walmart

49. ___X___ is a traditional folk dance of Bhil tribe performed to worship
Goddess Sarasvati which was later embraced by other Rajasthani
communities. The dance is chiefly performed by veiled women who
wear flowing dresses called ghaghara. It was ranked 4th in the list of
"Top 10 local dances around the world" in 2013. The dance typically
involves performers pirouetting while moving in and out of a wide
circle. The word _______ describes the twirling movement of the
dancers and is the basis of the word ___X___.
X is often performed on special occasions, such as at weddings,
festivals and religious occasions which sometimes lasts for hours.
#14 ID the Dance Form

51. Ghoomar

52. The ______ Index is conceptually one
of the simplest measures of inequality
used in econometrics. It is equal to
the portion of the total community
income that would have to be
redistributed (taken from the richer
half of the population and given to the
poorer half) for the society to live in
perfect equality.
#15 FITB

54. Robin Hood Index

55. X was a playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be
among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a
playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held
in high esteem by writers and critics. X practiced as a medical doctor
throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife",
he once said, "and literature is my mistress.” Some of X’s famous
works include The Seagull (written in 1895), Uncle Vanya (written in
1897), The Three Sisters (written in 1900), and The Cherry Orchard
(written in 1903).
ID the Author.
#16 The sea has neither meaning nor pity

57. Anton Chekov

58. #17 ID the Flag

60. Actor-turned-politician Kamal
Haasan on Wednesday launched
his own political party ‘Makkal
Neethi Maiam’. The symbol of the
party, translated as ‘People’s
Justice Centre’, is ‘enjoining
hands’. Kamal Haasan said that
the lag showed the new map of
south India with the six hands
representing the six states and
the star representing people’s
justice.
Makkal Neethi Maiam

61. #18 Connect

63. Bing
Linked in
Microsoft Azure
MSDN-Microsoft Developer
Network
Microsoft

64. #19 Connect

66. Sophia

67. China is a country famous for make in China. While it has
banned several social media websites from their country,
China is banned from ________ since 2011. If Renren is
China’s version of Facebook and Youku, the Chinese
version of Youtube, “Tiangong” is China’s version of
What?
(Hint on Next Slide)
#20* Made in China

68. Hint

70. International Space Station

71. The End!