Grand Quizzing Week 2021 | General Quiz | Finals

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GQW - General Quiz
FINALS

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ROUND 1
8 QUESTIONS
• Clock-Wise Pounce/Bounce
• Direct +20/0
• Pounce +20/-10
• Bounce +10/0

Question 1
• The word X is derived from the Latin word "Lego, legere or
legi", which means to collect or gather, pre-fixed by "cum"
which together forms the word which over the years
corrupted and became X meaning "Selected Together" .
• Which word are we talking about?
• Something you missed the most due to the pandemic.

Question 2
• As a Part of their GRACE-FO Mission, NASA launched A
pair of Satellites officially Named as GRACE 1 and
GRACE 2.
• The Purpose of the Mission was to Study the Earth's
Shifting Water masses and their Effects on gravity, with
the help of these two Satellites Chasing each Other in
the space around the Earth.
• What are these Satellites aptly Nicknamed?

Answer :Tom and Jerry
Satellite

Question 3
• In the Year 2000, the french Government and the Mayor of Le
Lavandou made a startling decision that shocked the world and has been
a subject of many satirical responses.
• However, the decision of Outlawing was made only after the Permission
of building something in these three settlements were turned down due
to Enivronmental reasons.
• The First Instance in History of such a Law/ Dictat is found in Delos,
Greece during 5th Century BC, where the law was made due to religious
reasons.
• What was outlawed?

Question 4
• Not much is known about the history and origin of the
city X prior to the Muslim period.
• According to a legend, X was known in ancient times as
Lavapuri ("City of Lava" in Sanskrit), was founded by
Prince Lava or Loh, the son of Rama, the Hindu deity.
To this day, X Fort has a vacant temple dedicated to
Lava.
• Which city X are we talking about?

Question 5
• On 1st November, 1978
President Carter Established a
Jewish Commission headed by
Elie Wiesel, who was a
prominent author and was an
apt choice to collect memoirs
and museum dedicated to a
special purpose.
• What is this Museum all about?

Question 6
• X is a merism(figure of speech) used predominantly in the
United Kingdom and North America, meaning including
everything.
• In the early days of firearms manufacturing, individual
craftsmen made individual components one at a time. So people
had to go one place to another to get their final product. At
some point of time, during the 19th century, a merchant started
advertising X, meaning that you could get the entire thing at one
location.
• Identify this phrase/idiom?

Answer: Lock,Stock
and barrel.
E.g. : The place is owned lock, stock, and
barrel by an oil company.

Question 7
• X locomotives are seen today
on various heritage railways,
the locomotives are either
unpowered decoys or
converted from other
locomotives, as all of the
prototype LB&SCR E2 class
locomotives were scrapped
between 1961 and 1963.
• What did these locomotives
inspire that many of us loved as
kids?

Question 8
• X is a collection of moral tales and animal fables with one
specific teaching in each of them. The collection has stories of
wise conduct of life.
1. Mitra-bheda The Loss of Friends
2. Mitra-lābha The Winning of Friends
3. Kākolūkīyam On Crows and Owls
4. Labdhapraṇāśam Loss of Gains
5. Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ Ill-Considered Action
Give X.

ROUND 2
6 QUESTIONS
• Pounce Only
• Scoring:
• (8-n)*10
• Where n=no. of teams answering correctly

Question 9
• Estádio Milton Corrêa, commonly known as Zerão (Big
Zero) is a multi-purpose stadium in Macapá, Brazil which is
mostly used for football
• The Stadium was built in 1990 and has been designed
specifically to fulfill some purpose while two teams are
playing a game of football.
• What is special about the Midfield line of the Stadium that
makes it Unique or give me What purpose does this
Stadium Fulfill while a match is being played?

Answer:The MidLine Coincides exactly with
the equator and each team defends a hemisphere while
playing!!

Question 10
• "Shakedown" is a Recent Hour-Long movie/Documentary
Directed by Leilah Weinrob which is based on the
Underground Lesbian Clubs in Los Angeles, this Involves
Interviews and backstage Videos, and has "No Adult
Content" in it.
• Which Unlikely Production House/ Company released
this Documentary which was also the first of its kind for the
Company?

Answer: First Non Adult
Content by
PORNHUB

Question 11
• A very Common Anecdote which goes somewhat like this, Once
X and Y went Swimming together, After a While Y tricked X into
getting inside the Well and Stole all of X's Clothes and Ran
away leaving his Clothes.
• This Artwork (in the next slide) Jean-Léon Gérôme captures Xs
realisation of being fooled and coming out of the Well " Bare
Bodied", however still refusing to wear Ys Clothes.
• This led to a Very Famous two word term/Phrase.
• Give the Phrase and also X and Y

Answer: Naked Truth
X-Truth Y-Falsehood
Painting being“Truth coming out of the well”

Question 12
• "Arbeit Mocht Frei" which roughly translates to "Work Sets You
Free", Is a very noble Quote which comes from the Title of 1873
novel by Philogist Lorenz Diefenbach which was used as a
Slogan Against Unemployement.
• However you would find this Pharse Inscribed at a
very Unpopular Place that Witnessed one of the most Racial
Crimes in the Human History.
• However you would find this Pharse Inscribed at a
very Unpopular Place that Witnessed one of the most Racial
Crimes in the Human History.

Answer: Entrance of
Auschwitz,Concentration Camp

Question 13
• In the Early 80s a common man named Hiroshi Ueda went to
Louvre Museum in paris, and wanted to capture all those
memories in his camera, however according to him, "When I was
in the Louvre Museum in Paris, I asked a child to take a photo of
us, but when I stepped away, the child ran away with my
camera,"
• The fact that, he couldn't capture his memorable visit and also
lost his expensive camera, he went onto do something, which
would do away with this problem forever and go on to start a New
trend two decades later.
• What thus happened?

Answer:He invented the
selfie stick.

Question 14
• When the Great Plague of London hit in 1665 all the
schools, colleges, offices and public places were shut
down to contain the spread of the disease. He was just
another college student in his 20s at Trinity College,
Cambridge, who had to return to his family estate the
“Woolsthorpe Manor”.
• Unlike us, he used the time wisely which turned out be life-
changing for him and for the generations to follow.
• Identify the eminent personality and his work.

ROUND 3
8 QUESTIONS
• Anti-Clockwise Pounce/Bounce
• Direct +20/0
• Pounce +20/-10
• Bounce +10/0

Question 15
• The following image is a painting by
Roz Chast for the Cover Picture of
the August 2014 edition of THE
NEW YORKER.
• This Painting is However a
ripoff/Parody of a 15th Century
artwork by another artist, which
boasts of being the Foot in the door
to modernity and Depiction of
Divine Feminine Beauty.
• Name the Original Artwork and the
Artist

Answer: Birth of Venus by
Sandro Boticelli

Question 16
• She is Jennifer Haller, a 44 year
old Mother of two who works as an
Operations Manager at Attunley in
the US.
• Nothing seems Unique about all of
this, However she rose to fame last
year for which she has been
receiving a lot of Gratitude and
Love.
• What is her Claim to Fame?

Answer: First person (outside
China) to be tested with probable
Corona vaccine

Question 17
• Gumshoos is a Pokemon based on a mongoose.
• Upon its art release the Pokémon's appearance and demeanour
was said to resemble ______ particularly the hair on top of its
head which resembles 's ______ hair.
• Image next slide.

Question 18
• The Inscription in the Image is
from an ancient temple named
Hoysaleswara Temple in
Karnataka, and Depicts a Map of
Something from the ANCIENT
WAR.
• What does the Map Depict ?
• (A clearer Pic on the next Slide)

Answer:Chakravyuh from
Mahabharata

Question 19
• They used to be white. BBC was chosen to televise an event
on color for the first time in the late 1960s.
• Sir David Attenborough, best known for Planet Earth series,
worked as a studio controller at the time and suggested yellow
would show up better on television.A study was conducted
and it was concluded that Attenborough was right. So in 1986,
the changes were made for Britain and the rest of the world
followed suit.
• This is the reason for the change in colours of what?

Question 20
• " Me At the Zoo" , is a 14 second Video uploaded by a
Youngster on the Internet a few years ago.
• At First sight, nothing seems special about this video,
infact it’s a low standard video shot on a mobile camera,
yet has over 84 Million views for a particular justifiable
reason.
• What is the Reason?

Answer:First Youtube
Video uploaded on 23rd
April 2205 by Jawed Karim

Question 21
• The type CB Towncar was a Renault manufactured
automobile, which was in production in between 1912
and 1933. William Carter of Pennsylvania, an early
buyer had arranged for it to be sent to his native town,
and insured it for $5,000 with the Lloyd's insurance
company.
• Years later, an exact remake of Carter's car was made
which was sold off for $269,500 in 2003, after being put
to use a few years earlier.
• Why was it remade? (Image in next slide)

Question 22
• Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava, Popularily known as "X", was
one of India's biggest Conmen, who is said to have sold
the Taj Mahal and The Indian Parliamemt along with the
sitting MPs.
• He is said to have cheated even the Tatas, Birlas and
Ambanis with lakhs of rupees. He is said to have been
jailed 9 times and escaping every single time.
• Give X.

ROUND 4
6 QUESTIONS
• Pounce Only
• Scoring:
• (8-n)*10
• Where n=no. of teams answering correctly

Answer:Ramayan Sets World Record
trends with 77mn views; surpasses The Big
Bang Theory finale viewership of 18mn.

Answer:Trump stops
funding to WHO.

Answer:Ban on SRK's entry to
Wankhede.

Answer:France's
Resilience to Notre Dame
fire.

Answer:Sharapova
saying she didn't know
who Sachin was

TIE BREAKER 1
• It has a typical pandan-like (Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf)
flavour caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline.
It contains about 0.09 ppm of this aromatic chemical
compound naturally, a level that is about 12 times more than
other varieties, giving it its distinctive spicy fragrance and
flavour. This natural aroma is also found in cheese, fruit and
other cereals. It is a flavoring agent approved in the United
States and Europe, and is used in bakery products for aroma.
• During cooking, the level of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline decreases.
Soaking it for 30 minutes before cooking permits 20% shorter
cooking times and preserves more of the 2-acetyl-1-
pyrroline.There are several varieties. Traditional Indian types
include 370, 385, and Ranbirsinghpura (R.S.Pura) and Gujjar
Chack area in Jammu province situated at the India-Pakistani
border in Jammu and Kashmir state of India. 1121 and
Muradabadi 6465 .
• What is being talked about here?

TIE BREAKER 2
• Three brothers founded this gharana in the 19 th
century. They gained popularity and fame as the singers
were trained to control their breath for a long period.
Using this technique, these artists could sing long
passages in a single breath. Furthermore, they are
unique as they use some Carnatic ragas in their envious
repertoire.There are ten main styles of singing in
Hindustani music like the ‘Dhrupad’, ‘Dhamar’, ‘Hori’,
‘Khayal’, ‘Tappa’, ‘Chaturang’, ‘Ragasagar’, ‘Tarana’,
‘Sargam’ and ‘Thumri’ .This gharana peculiarly got its
name from the Britishers who referred to this area to the
north of Crawford Market as "Behind the Bazaar“ .
• The locals residing here gradually picked it up as a
portmanteau of a household vegetable item as its
present name today. What's the name of this gharana?

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