General Quiz by Chandan Khandelwal

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3.) Only two more turns after a first wrong answer allowed .The question stands canceled thereof .
4.) Just to be clear once more- No pouncing or direct questions !!
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1. The “N” word
The USA and India are considered to have world’s largest film
industry namely the Hollywood and Bollywood.
The third largest movie industry is Nollywood.
From which country has Nollywood originated?

SAFETY SLIDE
Better safe than Sorry!

And the Answer is ……..
Nigeria

2. Which famous work of fiction used this setting?

You can’t escape this one
Chateau d'if
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

3. Well.. Who wouldn’t ;) ?
In 2011, lovefilm.com held an online poll asking people which was
their most memorable movie scene where they had to pause the
video to take a closer glimpse.
The top ten results of the poll included scenes like the one in Lion
King where the dust on the night sky spells out “SEX”, the scene In
Iron Man 2 where there is a shot of Captain America’s shield on Tony
Stark’s desk and the many scenes in Fight Club where one can see
flashes of Brad Pitt even before Tyler Durden is introduced.
Which scene was voted as the most paused scene of all time?

Didn’t you ?
Sharon Stone Uncrossing her legs in Basic Instinct.

4. Read between the lines !
What is ‘aibohphobia’ a fear of?

‘OhO’!
The Irrational Fear of Palindromes

5. Show me the Money!
Identify the company A
A is an American provider of business outsourcing solutions. It was formerly one
of four American companies to get a AAA Credit Rating from Standard and Poor’s
(S&P) and Moody’s, but S&P and Moody's downgraded it to AA in April 2014,
after a certain issue.
It is headquartered in Roseland ( New Jersey) US .
More popularly known with the 3 letter acronym .

Keep Calm - Salary is coming !
ADP : Automatic Data Processing

6. The fault is in your ‘Stars’!
Castor and Pollux were the twin brothers in Roman mythology, taken from Greek
Mythology, where they are collectively known as the Dioskouroi. In the myth, the
twins shared the same mother but had different fathers (immortal Zeus and
mortal Tyndareus), which meant that Pollux was immortal and Castor was mortal.
When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality
with his twin to keep them together and they were transformed into the X. What
is X?

This one’s mine ! What’s yours ?

7. Koi Lauta de mere beete hue din !
It had its origin in India and was called Mokshapat. Believed to be created by the
13th century poet saint Gyandev, it was used to represent virtues and vices, to
teach Hinduism and Hindu values to children.
Virtues:
In the original form 12th position was faith, 51st was Reliability and so on..
Vices
whereas 41st position was for Disobedience, 44th for Arrogance and so on..
The last position represented Nirvana or Moksha.
What are we talking about?

Easy-Peasy !
SNAKES AND LADDERS

Save the Date – 19th November

9. Eat.. Pray.. Love!
Just give me ‘B’. I will get you a good ‘review’ if you give me A too.
•A founded in 2008 by two IIT Delhi Alums in the cafeteria of Bain and Co.
•It currently operates in 23 countries, including India, Australia and the United
States
•In November 2010, A was renamed as B.
•A website by name of B.xxx is a website with the word ‘porn’ attached to it.
Their Disclaimer: says “We won't ever ask to meet you alone in a hotel room.”
•On 15 October 2015 B changed business strategies from a Full-Stack market to
an enterprise market. This led to B firing 10% of its workforce which equals
about 300 people.

I am ‘horny’ already !
A: FoodieBay
B: Zomato

10. Ask your Managers !
The phrase was born in prisoner-of-war camps during the Civil War.
Because resources were scarce, the prison camps were sometimes
nothing more than a plot of land surrounded by a marked line. If a
prisoner tried to cross the line, he would be shot.
This is Origin of what English phrase commonly used by all of us ?
PS : I need the exact phrase. No marks for “Coming close” !

Have you ?
“MEET THE DEADLINE”
If a prisoner tried to cross the line, he would be shot. So it
became known as the “ deadline.“

11. God helps those whose help themselves
X , literally means-dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, used
for lighting a fire.
‘X’ was founded by Sean Rad, Jonathan Badeen, Justin Mateen, Joe
Munoz,, Dinesh Moorjani, Chris Gylczynski, and Whitney Wolfe, who
later left ‘X’ to start ‘Bumble’. Other sources state that list of founders is
restricted to Mateen, Rad, and Badeen, though this has been disputed.
Rad and Mateen had known each other since they were fourteen. They
later attended USC together and entered the Internet entrepreneurship
field. Rad has stated that the impetus for the X was his observation that
“No matter who you are, you feel more comfortable approaching
somebody if you know they want you to approach them.“
Identify X

12. Be Generous!
Connect them !

13. Yorker!
Identify X and What exactly are these funny things?
X
Jugger
Pyramid/Triad
Light Cycle
Kosho
Thunderdome
X :–The most famous one of these is probably known to everyone here!
PS. –The list ain’t exhaustive,aye!

Well Played..!
All of them are fictional games from various Hollywood Movies which inspired some real-life game
Hence X is Quidditch which gave birth to Muggle Quidditich played in universities in Great Britain
Also,
Thunderdome is from Mad Max
Light Cycle from Tron
Jugger from The Blood of Heroes
Kosho from The Prisoner
Other such examples are Hoverboard from Back to the Future 2 , Pod Racing from Star Wars: A Phantom
Menace

14. What’s the significance of this pic?

Yeah Really..
One of the Shortest place name known is ‘Å’. It is located in both
Sweden and Norway.

15. ‘Nailed’ it !
Story of what and
whom?

Be like Ben ! (Founded by Ben Silberman)

16. NSFW
Giacomo ____X____ was a famous Italian adventurer and author from the
Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is
regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of
European social life during the 18th century.He is also credited to have worked
towards the development of something Y (pic shown on the next slide ). X
which was his second name is the source of a word now used to represent – a
man who is passionate about women and has many lovers.
Give me X and Y
PS: Part points allowed !

Better Safe than Sorry ;)
X : Casanova
Y: Condoms

17. Only the best will get it !
Love, Courage, Patience, Peacefulness, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness,
Gentleness, Self-control, Selflessness, Self sacrifice, Truthfulness, Righteousness,
Justice, Mercy, Graciousness, Humility, Empathy, Sympathy, Supreme
knowledge, Supreme wisdom, Supreme moral, Love for all beings, Hope, trust,
or faith in the goodness of God or nature.
Where are these virtues from Ancient India, represented in Modern India?

Buddham Sharnam Gachhami !
Virtues of life represented by 24 Spokes of ‘Ashok Chakra’ having
their roots in the teachings of Buddha

18. What does this map indicate?

That’s mean !
The Only 22 Countries in the World Britain Has Not Invaded

19. A Few “Good” Men
What’s so special about these folks !
•Rameez Raja
•Mohinder Amarnath
•Inzamam-ul-Haq
•Mohammad Hafeez
•Anwar Ali
•Ben Stokes
•Len Hutton
PS: The list is totally exhaustive !

LoL :P
The complete list of batsmen given out 'Obstructing the field' in International Cricket.
Len Hutton is the only one who got it in Test Cricket. Rest all achieved this ‘feat’ in
ODIs

20.This won’t take much time..!
Harish Bhimani is an Indian voice-over artist and a Master of
ceremonies/compere. He has been chosen for the President’s award in the
National Film Awards 2016 in the category of voice overs / narration. A veteran of
some 20,000 recordings he is credited with several iconic recordings. Considered
the most recognizable spoken voice in the country, he is the leading voice in
many documentaries, corporate films etc. since the 1980s. Media has always
described Harish Bhimani as ‘One of the Most Recognizable Voices of India’, ‘The
Most-travelled Indian Compere’ and ‘A Writer with a Zing.
He is most popularly known as X for something he did in 1988-90. Give me X

Main Samay hun ..
Samay – The Narrator
of Mahabhrata

Laaanggg Connect ---- +120 ; -20

Yeah…None other than…
Donald Trump

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