General Quiz, Nirmaan 2015.

I would like to thank Anshul, Amir, Nikhil and Utkarsh for
helping me with this quiz .

1. 21 questions in all.
2. 1 mark per question.
3. Team of only two members is allowed.
4. In case of a tie * marked questions will
be given weightage.

*1. Which bookstore would you be directed to
if you access the website www.books.com ?

Stan Lee’s cameo performances in Marvel Comic
movies : The Amazing Spiderman 2 , Iron Man 2 ,
X – Men , The Avengers .

3. Starbucks poster to mark what ?

Starbuck’s entry into South Indian Coffee market

*4.This scene from 87th academy awards is a
comical inspiration from what?

*6 .The day on which X is played, now considered by some
a de facto American national holiday is called “X Sunday".
It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption,
after Thanksgiving Day . X is also among the most-watched
sporting events in the world, almost all audiences being
North American, and is second to soccer's UEFA Champions
League final as the most watched annual sporting event
worldwide.
What is the event X ?

Kurt Cobain’s suicide letter

Richard Flanagan ,
Man Booker Prize
2014

*10. Who has been blanked out?

12. Founded in Cincinnati on November 1, 1894,
by William H. Donaldson and James H.
Hennegan. Originally titled ______ Advertising it
was a trade paper for the bill posting industry.
Within a few years of its founding, it began to
carry news of outdoor amusements. Widely known
today for one 1936 innovation, it began coverage
of motion pictures in 1909 and of radio in the
1920s.
What?

*13. In this clip from this years Oscar awards
Jared Leto jokingly refers to Meryl Streep.Put
funda behind it?

Meryl Streep has a record maximum nominations
received by a single person (19 times) . This
means that she has attended the show 19 times
. Hence the joke ‘by state law’

15. Identify the person alongside Sachin.

16.Identify her. She lifted the recent All England Badminton
Championship singles title defeating Saina Nehwal.

17.Academy award winning documentary based on
whose life ?

19. During The Quit India Movement (1942) the freedom
fighters hoisted the tricolour on the day of Holi, declaring India free.
It infuriated the British administration and the freedom fighters
Ghulab Chand Seth, Hamid Khan, Shyam Lal Gupta were arrested.
People stopped playing Holi and demanded the release of all the
freedom fighters. Seeing the protest, the British had to release them.
The day of release coincided with the planetary position called
Anuradha Nakshatra. Overjoyed people of X celebrated Y the whole
day and in the evening met at Sarsaiyya Ghat, on the banks of holy
Ganges.
Give me X and Y .

21. Recently the government abolished the Planning
Commission to establish a new body by the name ‘NITI
AAYOG. What does NITI stand for ?

National Institute for Transforming India

RULES :
1. Six Categories in all each having two questions .
2. Infinite bounce .
3. +20/-20 in case of bounce .
4. +20/0 in case of direct question .
5. +10/0 in case of pass .

Cartoon 1
The name of which place is common to this Tintin character and
this type of blue cheese from Italy?

Gorgonzola
(Rastapopoulos has an alter ego called “Marquis di
Gorgonzola”; the cheese is Gorgonzola cheese)

Cartoon 2
This match was witnessed by the following people (non
exhaustive):
Pele
The Beatles
Woody Allen
Andy Warhol
Frank Sinatra
President Jimmy Carter
Batman
Lex Luthor
Lois Lane
Gil Kane
Barry Allen

Superman vs Muhammad Ali
Food And Liquor

ETYMOLOGY 1
Recently , X inspired the creation of a new word by the
Spanish publishing house Santillana. A recent edition of the
publisher’s dictionary included an entry for Y, an adjective
that translates to: 1) The perfect way to play football, an
unlimited ability to self-improve; and 2) Describes the best
player of all time.
Give me X and Y .

X – Lionel Messi
Y - “ inmessionante”

ETYMOLOGY 2
Many explanations of the origin of the word X have proven
difficult to verify. The most widely held theory is that the military
designation GP (for Government Purposes or General Purpose)
was slurred into the word X in the same way that the
contemporary HMMWV (for High-Mobility Multi-purpose
Wheeled Vehicle) has become known as the Humvee.

BOLLYWOOD 1
X was a weekly radio countdown show of top filmi songs
from Hindi cinema listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers,
that was broadcast on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and then
shifted to Vividh Bharati service of All India Radio network in
1989 where it ran till 1994. It was the first radio countdown
show of Indian film songs, and has been quoted as being the
most popular radio program in India during its run.

BOLLYWOOD 2
One of the first instances of product placement in Bollywood
came with the movie Bobby (1973) . Which product was being
endorsed ?

HOLLYWOOD 1
The complete lyrics of this Apple i-pad Air advertisement is
taken up from a quote of which movie ?

DEAD POETS SOCIETY ( 1989 )
“We don't read and write poetry because
it's cute. We read and write poetry
because we are members of the human
race. And the human race is filled with
passion. And medicine, law, business,
engineering, these are noble pursuits and
necessary to sustain life. But poetry,
beauty, romance, love, these are what
we stay alive for. To quote from
Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the
questions of these recurring; of the
endless trains of the faithless... of cities
filled with the foolish; what good amid
these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you
are here - that life exists, and identity;
that the powerful play goes on and you
may contribute a verse. That the
powerful play *goes on* and you may
contribute a verse. What will your verse
be?”

HOLLYWOOD 2
What connects the three advertisements ( in the next three slides )
published in the Variety magazine in different years ?

 When George Lucas' "Star Wars" eclipsed Steven Spielberg's "Jaws"
as the all-time box office leader back in 1977, Spielberg took out a
full page ad in Variety congratulating his old pal.
 Once Spielberg's "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" reclaimed the box
office throne in 1982, Lucas returned the favor by taking out his
own full page ad in Variety.
 Lucas kept the tradition alive taking out this full-page ad when, in
1998, James Cameron's "Titanic" sunk the re-issue of "Star Wars" to
become the top box office movie of all time.
Main page

SPORTS 1
CONNECT:
105
117
104
124

Kumar Sangakkara last 4 innings scores.

SPORTS 2
From 2014 onwards , F1 racing team Williams will launch its
Mercedes FW 36 with an image to commemorate 20 years of
an incident .
Which incident ?

The tragic death of Ayrton senna in a car crash at San Marino GP
in 1994.

FOOD AND LIQUOR 2
Asado is the national dish of Argentina . The term in reality means a
technique of cooking food by avoiding the direct contact of heat. The
cooking is formally assigned to an asador . What does the word asado
mean ?

RULES –
1. 12 questions in all.
2. Infinite bounce . First six clockwise , next six
anticlockwise
3. +20/0 for direct question.
4. +20/-20 for bounce.
5. +10/0 for pass.

1. A 2012 Tribute issue for whom?

2012 was fifty years since Monroe died.

2. This clip is from the “Freeze ‘em all “ tour of the heavy
metal band Metallica marking the 30th anniversary of their first
album “Kill ‘em all” . What was so special about it ?

The show , being held in antarctica , made Metallica the only
artist to have performed on all the seven continents .

3. This image is the cover art of the St. Croix Jonkey Club’s
ninth annual meet . What does it comically imitate ?

4. The Washington Post awards these ratings. These are most
often seen on entries in a Post column called “Fact Checker"
run by the Pulitzer-winning journalist Glenn Kessler. This blog
checks facts on various topics, and has been particularly busy
during the US Presidential elections. Both sides fib a lot, and
so these ratings are awarded depending on the extent to
which they have been 'economical with the truth'.
In what units are these facts rated?

5 .The MoM, Eng v Ireland, 2011 World Cup
Adam Gilchrist v India, MCG Boxing Day Test, Dec 2007
Matthew Hayden v India, MCG Boxing Day Test, Dec 2007
SCG, 3rd day of Test v India, Jan 2012
NFL referees, New York Jets v Miami Dolphins, Oct 2012
Instances of what ?

Sporting Pink for Cancer awareness

6. There are only three instances of this.
Green: Earth Day, April 2008: Somewhat like the Iwo Jima
photograph
Black: ?
Silver: September 2011: Tribute in Light memorial

TIME magazine covers not to have a Red border.
Black: September, 2001

7. The name of this band originates from the fact that one of
the band members used to work at Starbucks and frequently
used to say to the customers “and here is your X”.
Which band?

8. Identify the playback singer of this old Cadbury advertisement.

9. The modern X was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in
1946. He named it after the site of the Operation Crossroads in
July that year. The reasoning was that the burst of excitement
created by it would be like a nuclear device.

10. Moonshine is a generic term for distilled alcoholic
beverages made throughout the globe from indigenous
ingredients reflecting the customs , tastes , and raw materials
for fermentation available in each region . What is it known as
in india ?

THARRA
Some other names are desi , chullu , narangi , kaju ,
khamba and santra .

11. Identify the lead model ( now a famous person ) from this ‘
Dum Lagake Haissha’ Fevicol advertisement .

12. What is Pele trying to do with a last second request at the
opening whistle of the 1970 World Cup finals match ?

RULES:
1. Eight questions in all.
2. +20 for each question.
3. No negative marking.

1. LONG CONNECT (Non Exhaustive)

LEE STRATSBERG AND HIS FILM SCHOOL

3. Give me their full names.
K.K. , famous Indian
playback singer.

R.K. Laxman,
Creator of the
Famous cartoon
“The common man”

K.K.- Krishnakumar kunnath
R.K. Laxman- Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman

Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover

5. This picture is a mashup of the works of which author.

6. On 30 March , 1981 U.S. president
Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by
a man John Hinckley Jr. His motivation
behind the act was found to be a movie X
which he had viewed 15 times .
He strongly identified with a character Y of
the film .
Give me X and Y .

X – Taxi Driver ( 1976 )
Y- Travis Bickle played by Robert De Niro

7. In the year 2010 , J.G.
Farrell’s book “Troubles”
was awarded the Man
Booker Prize .
What was so special and
unique about it ?

The award was a special edition of the Bookers called the
“LOST MAN BOOKER PRIZE” . It was meant to be awarded
to a book from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were
not eligible for the Man Booker Prize due to a rules
alteration ; Until 1970 the prize was awarded to books
published in the previous year , while from 1971 onwards it
was awarded to books published in the same year as the
award .

8.Shown here is Ankita Jhaveri, currently a model. Give me her
claim to fame.

RULES:
1.Six questions in all ,each pointing to a
single theme.
2. +20/-10 for answering each question.
3. Differential negative marking for guessing
the theme.

+60/-50
1. Group photograph on the occasion of which event?

2. Map with coloured regions depicting what ?
+50/-40

+30/-20
4. X is made from silver and gold and features a golden globe
held up by three silver columns. X is 60 cm high .The columns,
represents the three fundamental aspects of Y. X is designed
with platonic dimensions, so that it can be easily recognised from
any angle. X weighs approximately 11 kilograms .
Give me X and Y.

+20/-10
5. The term X is derived from the term ruban, meaning "ribbon". Over
a long period of time, the term was corrupted and idiomized to various
other versions. In a single X schedule, each participant plays every
other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is
frequently called a double X. The term is rarely used when all
participants play one another more than twice, and is never used
when one participant plays others an unequal number of times.

+60/-50
1.Group photograph on the occasion of which event?

Opening ceremony of the first world cup.

DARK GREEN: Qualified as full member of ICC
LIGHT GREEN: Qualified via WCL and qualifier
RED: Participated in qualifier but failed to qualify

Official sponsors of all the world cups till date

+20/-10
5. The term X is derived from the term ruban, meaning "ribbon".
Over a long period of time, the term was corrupted and idiomized
to various other versions. In a single X schedule, each participant
plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all
others twice, this is frequently called a double X. The term is
rarely used when all participants play one another more than
twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an
unequal number of times.

Vishal Malhotra , the ‘Mauka-Mauka’ guy .

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