A quiz held in SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE, CUTTACK, ODISHA, the premiere institute of eastern India on the occasion of ORION 2015.

1. ORION - 2015
SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, CUTTACK
GENERAL QUIZ
(Prelims)
QUIZ MASTER-
PRATEEK
GOURAV

2. RULES
1. There are total 30 questions.
2. You will get 30 seconds to answer each question.
3. You have to write down the answers in the sheets provided to you.
4. The decision of the Quiz Master is final and binding.
5. Kindly think of a suitable, catchy team name and write it on the top of the sheet provided
along with the mobile numbers of both the members of the team.
6. The use of cell phones, tablets or any other gadget is strictly prohibited.

5. Identify the person and his claim to fame.
*Q1

6. Uday Kumar,
Professor from
IIT, Guwahati.
He designed the
new Rupee
Symbol.

7. When the national bird of India was under consideration, X
was a proposed candidate (strongly supported by the
famous Indian ornithologist, Salim Ali), but dropped in favour
of the Indian Peafowl with at least one reason being the
potential for being misspelt.
Having an ostrich-like appearance, this bird is among the
heaviest of the flying birds
Identify X.
Q2

8. The Great Indian
Bustard

9. In a bid to bring about awareness for the endangered spotted
seals, they were made the mascots of an event recently. Which
event am I talking about?
Q3

11. Where would you find all these characters ?
• Guy Dangerous: Just your average explorer. Guy Dangerous was born in
April 25, 1985.
• Scarlett Fox: The cunning escape artist. Scarlett Fox was born in
December 19, 1986.
• Barry Bones: A city cop with an attitude. Barry Bones was born in
September 29, 1984.
• Karma Lee: "The fastest legs in the Far East"
• Montana Smith: "The second greatest explorer ever"
• Francisco Montoya:" The conquistador"
• Zack Wonder: Football star
• Usain Bolt: World's fastest man.He is an athlete.
Q4

12. TEMPLE RUN

13. Identify the boisterous author of this book on
Terrorism ?
Q5 BOOKS AND AUTHORS…
OOPS!

14. The nation demands an answer…

15. Which Indian batsmen held the record for the
highest 1st wicket partnership in a test only to
be beaten by Greame Smith and Neil Mc
Kenzie in 2008 ?
Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag had once
come periliously close but could not beat the
record.
Q6

16. Vinoo Mankad
&
Pankaj Roy
In the year 1954.

17. Identify the constellation…
Q7

18. ORION

19. SOME PEOPLE LOVE THE SPOTLIGHT
Who is the author of these books ?
The Great Indian Novel
Riot
Show Business
The five dollar smile and other stories
The person, more often than not, remains in spot-light and has been in
the news recently for all the wrong reasons.
*Q8

20. Shashi Tharoor

21. #recent
• X is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons,
reports, polemics, and jokes.
• The magazine has been the target of two terrorist attacks, in 2011
and in 2015, presumed to be in response to a number of
controversial Muhammad cartoons it published. In the second of
these attacks, twelve people were killed.
What is X???
Q9

23. On what occasion did Google come up with this
Doodle?
Q10

24. WOMEN’S DAY

25. Long ago, in the villages of Germany, lovers whose families opposed
their marriage would jump off a cliff to prove their love. But women,
when their turn came after seeing their men jump off, would get cold
feet, return home and marry someone else.
Which famous phrase came into existence due to this ?
Hint: It is used nowadays to accord respect .
*Q11

26. Ladies First

27. 24. What is SPERMOLOGY ?
”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P
FOR FAMILY AUDIENCE!!!
Q12

28. Study of trivia :P
• We are expecting a lot of ‘dirty’ answers on this one :D

29. This phrase’s first appearance in other languages,
however, makes clear that such acts were viewed as a
uniquely and characteristically Malaysian habit.
In 1772, the British ship captain James Cook used the
words to describe frenzied Malaysians who would get
high on opium, run into the streets, and kill anyone
they confronted—an observation that had been
previously recorded in Portuguese as early as 1516.
What phrase?
Q13 The question only seems long!!!

30. Run Amok

31. The still is from Big B’s first fiction television show….
Name the show
Q14

33. HANDS UP!!!
He invented something which has
been very popular among terrorists
and police alike. It was
first officially used in 1949. What
did he invent?
Q15

34. AK-47 or Automatic Kalashnikov

35. Making outside India
• Which Indian telecom company in the month of March
2013 launched high quality voice service for its subscribers
in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African sub-
continent?
Q16

37. Naam me sab kuch rakha hai!
Al-Khwarizmi was a 16th
century Arab mathematician.
• He wrote a very famous book.
• A very famous (dreadful for maths-
haters) mathematical term X is
derived from his work. What
is X?
*Q17

38. ALGEBRA and also ALGORITHM

39. • Which Stadium is the second largest stadium in
the world by capacity with a total capacity of
120,000?
Q18

41. TECHIE!!!
 David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 minutes to code a chunk
of program called the “Three Fingered Salute" in 1981 .
 Millions are forced to use it today when their computers do
not obey them.
 Recently Mr. Bill Gates accepted that it was one of the
biggest mistakes of his life.
 What am I talking about??
*Q19

43. • India’s national animal is Tiger. Our national heritage animal
is Elephant. We’ve got a national aquatic animal too. Which
one is that?
Q20

44. RIVER DOLPHIN

45. It is a thin bread from the northern part of India and
Pakistan and a traditional element in Mughlai cuisine.
 The first part of the food item literally means
handkerchief in Urdu and Hindi.
During the Mughal period, it was used like a cloth to
wipe off the excess oil off the hands after the
completion of an oil rich food laden with meat and
fat.
What food item am I talking about?
FOODIES!!!Q21

46. Rumali Roti

47. FIFA
• Which is the only Asian country to have reached the
semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup?
Q22

48. SOUTH KOREA

49. AMUL comes up with interesting ads based on
recent occurrences. What does this ad represent?
Q23

50. Sir Alex Ferguson bids
farewell to
Manchester United
°C

51. Identify
her.
She is the
CEO of X.
What is X?
Q24

52. • Marissa Mayer

53. • An Interesting Exchange between Two Geniuses:
X to Y: What I most admire about your art is that you don't say a
word, and the rest of the world understands you.
Y to X: It is true. But your glory is even greater !! The whole world
admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you
say!!
• Identify X and Y.
Being the best!!!*Q25

54. X-Einstein and Y- Charlie Chaplin

55. BOLLYWOOD FLAVOUR!!!
• Only 5 movies, so far, have won the big 4 awards (Best actor, actress,
director, movie) at a FILMFARE –
1. GUIDE
2. DDLJ
3. KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI
4. X
5. Y
Identify X and Y.
Q26

57. • This book by Dr.
Sheridan Simove is a
worldwide bestseller
and sells for $4 on
Amazon.
Users on Goodreads
rate it at 4.2 on a
scale of 5.
What unique
distinction does this
book possess?
Q27

58. The book is completely blank

59. This is a memorial statue in Washington DC. The inscription reads
"To the brave men who perished .................... They gave their lives
that women and children might be saved". What is this Memorial
for ?
Q28

60. TITANIC MEMORIAL

61. This tower is named after an F1 legend. Name the
tower and name the city where it is situated.
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Q29

62. • MICHAEL SCHUMACHER TOWER IN GURGAON

63. ACCIDENTAL RECIPE!!!
• This dish was invented when the chef Mullah _________ mistakenly
emptied a bowl full of onions in a dish that was being cooked at the
Mughal Emperor Akbar's court. The dish has since evolved and has
become an integral part of Hyderabadi cuisine. Which dish am I
talking about?
Q30

64. • Do Piaza (from Pyaaz)

65. FOR THE AUDIENCE

66. The Oxford Dictionaries Word
of the Year 2014 is???

67. vape