G.K. Club Quiz - Finals

Round 1
The Mystery Box Challenge
In this round, one must choose the mystery
box which will give you your question

Rules of 1st Round
● There will be 4 question in this round. One
for each team
● Each correct answer carries 10 points.
Each incorrect answer will give a -2.
● There will be no pass questions

Choose your mystery box
1 2
3 4
5
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Question
X is a Swahili phrase that can be
translated literally as "no worries."
Its meaning is similar to the English
phrase "no problem" or Australian
English phrase "no worries" and also
can be translated to "don't worry, be
happy. Identify X. Answer

Question
X is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, 110
kilometres (68 mi) north of the capital Islamabad, 130 kilometres
(81 mi) from Rawalpindi and 150 kilometres (93 mi) Northeast of
Peshawar at an altitude of 1,260 metres (4,134 ft) and is the
capital of the X District. The city is well known throughout Pakistan
for its pleasant weather, high-standard educational institutions and
military establishments. It remains a popular hill station attracting
hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. The Islamic
fundamentalist Y was hiding outside the Kakul Military Academy in
X. Find X, Y
Answer

Answer Question
X - Abbotabad
Y - Osama Bin Laden
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Question
Connect
1950 - President Sukarno (Indonesia)
1962 - Queen Elizabeth ll (United Kingdom)
1995 - Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
1999 - King Birendra Bir Bikram Dev Singh
2007 - Vladimir Putin (Russia)
2011 - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo (Indonesia)
Answer

Chief Guests to the Republic Day
Celebrations
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Question
X was born and raised in Baltimore,
Maryland, to Fred and Deborah Sue
Davisson. He has two elder sisters, Whitney
and Hilary. In his youth, he was diagnosed
with ADHD. Between 2004 and 2008, he
studied sports marketing and management. X
has made an estimated $5 million per year in
endorsements, including a $1 million
endorsement recently. Identify X. Answer

Question
What new malware hacked 45,000 Facebook
accounts early in January 2012?
Answer

Rules
● 15 questions in all.
● Questions can be pounced upon for 15s
the question is asked.
● When pounced, you get 10 points for a
correct answer and -5 for a wrong one.
● The question that is

Question 1
The position is one of the toughest ones in
gymnastics. It is popularly known by two
terms. One is from christian iconography (8
lettered), the other shares its name with a
Prussian and German military decoration.
Name either.
pto

Answer
The Crucifix or the Iron Cross
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Question 2
As part of a broader deal between Samsung and Roc
Nation – estimated at $20m – a total of 1m copies of
X's new album, were given away on Thursday at one
minute past midnight (US eastern time), a full 72 hours
before it officially goes on sale. The Korean mobile
company has paid $5m so that the first million owners
of Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II devices
to claim the album though a free app from the Google
Play store get a three-day headstart on the rest of X's
fans. Identify X. Answer

Question 3
The red bar, which lies closest to the mast,
symbolizes the places as it is today. The
green and blue symbolize the possible stages
in future. Flag of?
Answer

Answer
The proposed flag of Mars
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Question 4
"We have decided to continue with him as he
is synonymous with the brand and network of
the company. He was more of an emotional
attachment and was also important from the
creative perspective. The child was not
important though he would be introduced in
the second phase" said Harit Nagpal, the
business director of the company. What is
being talked about here? Answer

Answer 4
The pug in hutch ads (Cheeka).
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Question 5
ACK Media is producing a stereoscopic 3d
animation film of a well known desi comics
character. Name the character
Answer

Question 6
X is an Irish author. He worked as a primary school
teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best
known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series.
His novels have been compared to the works of J. K.
Rowling. In September 2008, X was commissioned to
write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing....
Identify X
Answer

Answer
Eoin Colfer
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Question 7
Where can you find the following?
The Cyrillic letter И , the Greek letter Ω , the Korean
syllabic block 위 , the Arabic letter ‫و‬ (Waw), the
Chinese character 維 , the Hindi akshar व at the left,
the Bangla borno উ , the Kannada akshara at the
bottom, the Hebrew letter ‫ו‬ (Vav), the Georgian ვ (Vin) ,
the Armenian Վ (Vev) and glyphs like 維基大典 in
Classical Chinese and the Japanese katakana ウィ.
Answer

Answer
Logo of Wikipedia
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Question 8
X is a collection of short stories published in 1943 by
Indian Thought Publications.The book was republished
outside India in 1982. The book includes 19 stories, all
set in the fictional town, located in South India. Each of
the stories portrays a facet of life in that town. The
New York Times described the virtue of the book as
"everyone in the book seems to have a capacity for
responding to the quality of his particular hour. It's an
art we need to study and revive." Identify the book.
Answer

Answer
Malgudi days
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Question 9
X is a Pixar movie. Dreamworks studios copied
the concept of X and created the movie Y.
This made Steve Jobs angry and he confronted
John Lasseter (he was incharge of the
Dreamworks Movie). Y was released before X
and it did decently. X was a huge hit but the
originality was gone as Dreamworks had
copied it and released Y before X. Jobs always
felt resentful for that. Identify X and Y.
Answer

Answer
A Bug's Life
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Answer
Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Julius Erving, Karl
Malone, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant form
the 30000+ elite club.
Audience Question

Identify
Answer
Audience Question

Answer
Yo Yo Honey Singh
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Question 1
The logo of?
Answer

Answer
The recently concluded Tri-series - "Celkon
Cup"
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Answer
Burger King
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Question 3
First logo of?
Answer

Question 4
X's 125th birthday logo sees bubbles bursting
from our famous contour bottle – a celebration
of our past, present and future.
Answer

Answer
Coca-Cola
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Question 5
In 1997, X decided to introduce an integrated corporate
design, choosing as the core element a new and yet
familiar logo: the 3 bars. It was designed in 1990 by
then Creative Director Peter Moore, and initially used
on the Equipment range of performance products. It is
inspired by the 3-Stripes as they appear on footwear.
Identify X
Answer

Round 4
Think out of the box
Enter

Question 1
For what occasion did Google make this
doodle?
Answer

Answer
New year 2013
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Question 2
In the book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero
Tolerance Approach to Punctuation,”
punctuation marks are compared to what
highway safety device, since words won't bang
together?
Answer

Answer
Traffic signals
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Answer
Sponsors of Cricket World cup
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Answer
The MoBot (Mohamed Farah)
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Question 5
X (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was a lexicographer,
textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political
writer, editor, and prolific author. He has been called the "Father
of American Scholarship and Education". His blue-backed speller
books taught five generations of American children how to spell and
read, secularizing their education. According to Ellis (1979) he gave
Americans "a secular catechism to the nation-state". His name
became synonymous with "dictionary" in the United States,
especially the modern dictionary that was first published in 1828 as
An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Answer

Answer
Noah Webster Jr.
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Question 6
22 June 1986, was the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the
Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The game was held four years after the
Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom and was a key
part in the already intense football rivalry between both nations. The first
goal, after fifty-one minutes, was the infamous X. Y's second, after fifty-
four minutes, saw him dribble past five England players, Beardsley, Reid,
Butcher, Fenwick, Butcher (again), and finally goalkeeper Peter Shilton. In
2002 this was voted Goal of the Century by FIFA.com. Identify X.
Answer

Answer
X - Hand of god
Y - Diego Maradona
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Question 7
Y means "homeland" or "nation" hence X Y
means "homeland of Xs". The word X itself
means "sweet nectar". Identify X or Y
Answer

Answer
X - Tamil
Y - Nadu
X Y - Tamil Nadu
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Question 8
X, designed by D Udaya Kumar, was presented to the
public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010,
following its selection through an “open” competition
among Indian residents.The design resembles a
Devanagari letter and a Latin capital letter. Identify X
Answer

Answer
The Indian Rupee Sign
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Question 10
X is a company which owns these trademarks -
Friend Stream, X Footprints, X Sync, X Watch
etc. Identify X.
Answer

Answer
HTC (High Tech Computers)
Finish

THE END
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