A quiz on the happenings of 2023 and some GEN Z stuff questions. The cut off for this quiz was 130.

1. GENZ
QUIZ
PRATYUSH DHAL

2. RULES
● 20 Questions in Total !
● All Questions on Direct, Pass and Pounce
● +10/0 in Direct
● +5/0 in Pass
● +10/-5 in Pounce
● You can use Doubling in Direct
Agar questions acche lage to taliyaan, warna mere liye gaaliyan !

3. LETS GO !

4. Q1
This is river X in Odisha. The Kalinga war happened next to it between
Budhist Ashok and Hindu Kalinga (Odisha). Frustrated Ashoka killed women
and kids from the support villages of Kalinga war to weaken moral. In the
last war the X river turned red from the blood of fallen soldiers from both
side. Finally Ashoka won. Next what he done is most terrible thing for
which he famously known as Chandashoka (Chandaal Ashok). He literally
eradicated almost every other life from nearby villages. Not a single
Prisoner of war . Women, kid , old not even dogs survived. At the time of
Kalinga war Ashoka was already following Budhisism for 6 years. And after
Kalinga war he also fought war for another 3 years. His transformation from
Chandashoka to Dharmashok happened almost 20 years after Kalinga war.
Identify the river that turned red .

5. ANSWER SLIDE

6. RIVER PRACHI

7. Q2
On 3 May 2023, a school shooting occurred at Vladislav Ribnikar Model
Elementary School in the Vračar municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. The
shooter, identified as a 13-year-old male student, opened fire on students
and staff, resulting in the deaths of ten individuals, including nine students
and a security guard.
Teya Dora, a Serbian song writer and singer made the song X in July 2023
in the memory of the certain event. The phrase became popular on the
social media platform TikTok and recently became an Instagram sensation.
Identify the phrase which means “My Nightmares” in English.

8. ANSWER SLIDE

9. MOJE – MOYE

10. Q3
What word was chosen as “Word of the Year” by the Oxford University ? It
is a colloquial word, defined as style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to
attract someone," according to the Oxford University Press .

11. ANSWER SLIDE

12. RIZZ

13. Q4
A certain trend went viral among
cricket fans. The fans, who are at a
modern wonder, take a bowling run-up
and mimic a bowling action. This is
followed by them getting visibly upset
and looking back to see the "umpire's"
reaction. ID the "umpire" in such
videos.

14. ANSWER SLIDE

15. Christ The Redeemer

16. Q5
X is celebrated today in many parts of the
country. It celebrates the bond between
brothers and sisters. On this day, sisters
perform a tilak ceremony on their brother's
forehead and pray for their well-being.
Brothers give gifts to their sisters as a token of
love. Which celestial brother-sister combination
is honored through this combination. If one is
Raksha Bandhan then what is the other one ?

17. ANSWER SLIDE

18. BHAI DOOJ

19. Q6
Ghaziabad student Mohit Pandey has been
selected as the Priest of X. He has been selected
among the 50 people choosen after interviewing
3000 people. All the selected candidates will
undergo six month training before appointment.
They are appointing people as priests for what ?

20. ANSWER SLIDE

21. PRIESTS OF RAM MANDIR

22. Q7
X was a folk hero and a tribal freedom fighter
hailing from the X tribe. He was born on 15th
November 1875. He was a spearhead behind
the Millenarian movement in the Bihar and
Jharkhand belt in the 19th century under
British colonization. He is also known as
‘Dharti Abba’ or the Earth Father. Every year
we celebrate Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas in
memory of him. Identify him.

23. ANSWER SLIDE

24. BIRSA MUNDA

25. Q8
During the 2008 Summer Olympics,the following were suspended for
doping: Bernardo Alves of Brazil, Germany's Christian Ahlmann, Denis
Lynch of Ireland, and Norway's Tony Andre Hansen even though none of
them had actually doped.
It cast doubt on the future of this sport as part of the Olympics. A doping
scandal cost Germany the team gold in Athens in 2004 after Ludger
Beerbaum,was disqualified for doping even after him testing negative for
doping.
Why were all these sportspersons disqualified for doping even they had
tested negative for banned drugs ?

26. ANSWER SLIDE

27. THEIR ANIMALS
TESTED POSITIVE

28. Q9
Earlier the X were primarily for military purposes. During 1830s chemicals
were added to gunpowder to give the colour effect on explosion.
Some of the chemical compounds were added for colour effects were
Calcium ( Orange ), Barium (Green ), Sodium ( Yellow ), Aluminium ( white) ,
Lithium and Strontium ( Red ) etc.
Identify X.

29. ANSWER SLIDE

30. FIREWORKS

31. Q10
This is the Wikipidia page of which
famous player from India. Identify him

32. ANSWER SLIDE

33. SACHIN TENDULKAR

34. Q11
The smell of X states that it has hints of vanilla (vanillin), almond
(benzaldehyde) or musky florals (ethyls, tolulene, and hexanol).
The decomposition of X can produce such compounds as toluene, which
can smell sweet or pungent. Hexanal, also from the disintegration of
cellulose and lignin in X, can gives an earthy, musty, “old room” smell,
which could be exacerbated by mold from environmental exposure.
The smell of what are we talking of that almost many of us have
experienced in our life.

35. ANSWER SLIDE

36. SMELL OF BOOKS

37. Q12
Connect the following into a Swedish audio streaming and media services app.

38. ANSWER SLIDE

39. SPOTIFY

40. Q13
He is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who
is the current Minister for Road Transport &
Highways in the Government of India. He is also
the longest-serving Minister for Road Transport
& Highways currently running his tenure for
over 9 years. He earlier served as the President
of the BJP from 2009 to 2013. He is also
known for his work as the Public Works
Department Minister of the State of Maharastra,
where, under his leadership, a series of roads,
highways and flyovers across the state were
constructed. Identify him on whom the movie is
based.

41. ANSWER SLIDE

42. NITIN GADKARI

43. Q14
This web series Patal Lok is directed by X.
There was a different craze for the release of
posters and trailers of this web series.
Released before the stipulated time, the
trailers were released at 11:34 representing
something related to the movie. Patal Lok
means ‘hell’ in English. So when 11:34 is
reversed, it is read as hell.
Identify the director whose husband is also
famous and recognized worldwide.

44. ANUSHKA SHARMA

45. Q15
X is an Indian music producer, composer, YouTuber and social media
personality. Although he has over 5 million subscribers on youtube, he is
best known for his viral parodical videos that go viral on Instagram.
Some Instagram sensation started by him are –
 So beautiful, so elegant, just looking like a wow
 Lappu Sa Sachin hai
 Sada kutta Tommy
He first became popular during the lockdown, when his song Rasoi Mein
Kaun Tha (Kokila Ben) went viral.
Identify him.

46. ANSWER SLIDE

47. YASHRAJ
MUKHATE

48. Q16
This is Ella Kissi-Debrah, a 9 year old girl who
lived in Lewisham, southeast London.
She died in hospital in February 2013 after
suffering a cardiac arrest from which she could
not be resuscitated.
She is thought to be the first person in the
world to have X listed as a cause of death.
Id X, which is making headlines all over the
world, especially in India lately.

49. ANSWER SLIDE

50. THE REASON FOR
HER DEATH WAS
POLLUTION

51. Q17
The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted
in 1975 by X, the only nation able to put
forward the resources to stage an event of
such magnitude at the time. The first three
tournaments were held in X and are officially
known as the Y Cup after the sponsors Y.
The matches consisted of 60 six-ball overs
per team, played during daytime in the
traditional form, with the players wearing
whites and using red balls. Identify the Host
(X) and sponsors (Y).

52. ANSWER SLIDE

53. X - ENGLAND
Y - PRUDENTIAL

54. Q18
These are the winners list of what
championship played evey year at
different venues ?

55. ANSWER SLIDE

56. INTL. QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIP

57. Q19
An Indian youth organization entered the Limca Book of Records for
simultaneously performing Yoga for the longest duration. They were
presented a certificate by the Limca Book of Records for the largest yoga
performance simultaneously by a single uniformed youth organization at
multiple venues on International Day of Yoga on 21 Jun 2015. Which
organization was this?

58. ANSWER SLIDE

59. NCC CADETS

60. Q20
Autograph of which famous athelete ?

61. ANSWER SLIDE

62. CRISTIANO RONALDO

65. TIE - BREAKERS

66. Q

67. Q

68. Q

69. Q7