This is the question and answer set of the finals of Grey Cells 2024 - Inter School Quiz conducted by Pragya - UEMK Official Quiz Club in collaboration with Ecstasia, the annual cultural fest of UEM Kolkata. The genre of the quiz was general.
10. WATCH THE VIDEO IN THE NEXT SLIDE. A
CERTAIN FORMER FOOTBALLER "X" RECEIVED
THE UEFA PRESIDENT'S AWARD IN THE UEFA
AWARDS 2019 IN MONACO. HE GAVE A VERY
WEIRD SPEECH THAT BECAME VIRAL IN THE
SOCIAL MEDIA. IDENTIFY THIS PERSONALITY
"X".
14. CONNECT ROUND
+20 FOR CORRECT ANSWER
+10 FOR EACH RIGHT CORRECT
+80 FOR FULL HOUSE
-20 FOR WRONG ANSWER
(OPEN TO ALL)
15. CONNECT THEM TO A WORLD CUP
ACHIEVEMENT WHICH THEY GOT
DESPITE HEART BREAKING RESULTS.
(NON-EXHAUSTIVE)
GIVE ME THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY
GOT THE ACHIEVEMENT.
16.
17. ALL OF THESE PLAYERS HAVE WON THE FIFA
WORLD CUP GOLDEN BALL AFTER LOSING IN THE
FINAL.
RONALDO NAZARIO - 1998
ZINEDINE ZIDANE - 2006
LUKA MODRIC - 2018
LIONEL MESSI - 2014
20. SATYAJIT RAY
GORPAR STREET - SATYAJIT RAY'S HOUSE
BENIATOLA STREET - TARINI KHURO'S HOUSE
RAJANI SEN STREET - FELUDA'S HOUSE
GIRIDIH - PROFESSOR SHONKU'S HOUSE
21.
22.
23. NAMES OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS AFTER
THESE PERSONALITIES.
NEW DELHI
KOLKATA
MUMBAI
AHMEDABAD
30. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
THIS LADY IS NIGAR SHAJI .
SHE HAS BEEN RECENTLY IN
THE NEWS FOR BEING THE
DIRECTOR OF A BIG PROJECT
RELATED TO OUTER SPACE
AND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM .
WHAT PROJECT AM I TALKING
ABOUT?
33. MYTHOLOGY
THE FIVE PANDAVAS AND DRAUPADI TOOK SHELTER IN THE
KINGDOM OF KING VIRATA FOR A YEAR IN DISGUISE. WHILE
YUDHISHTHIR TOOK THE NAME OF KANKA, BHIMA TOOK THE
NAME VALLABHA AND ARJUN TOOK THE NAME BRIHANNALA,
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MAID DRAUPADI TOOK DURING
HER STAY IN DISGUISE?
36. LITERATURE
THE ABBEY OF BLISS IS THE FIRST TRANSLATED VERSION OF A
VERY POPULAR BENGALI LITERARY WORK. THIS BOOK IS WHERE
THE NATIONAL SONG OF INDIA WAS FIRST WRITTEN. IDENTIFY
THE ORIGINAL BOOK AND IT'S AUTHOR.
39. SPORTS
THIS PLAYER IS SET TO PLAY
AGAINST INDIA IN THE ICC
WORLD T20 THIS YEAR. WHO
IS THIS CRICKETER?
HE HAD A MAJOR WORLD CUP
ACHIEVEMENT.
40.
41. UNMUKT CHAND
HE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF INDIA’S 2012 U19
CRICKET WORLD CUP WINNING SQUAD
42. INDIAN HISTORY
SARDAR SIR JOGENDRA SINGH, WAS A
MEMBER OF THE VICEROY'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN INDIA . IN
1946, HE SET UP A
22 MEMBERED COMMITTEE, HEADED BY NALINI RANJAN SARKAR,
A FORMER
HEAD OF FICCI. WHAT WAS THE SUBSEQUENT RESULT OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THIS COMMITTEE?
45. MUSIC
THIS IS AN INDIAN HARD ROCK BAND FROM BENGAL FORMED IN
KOLKATA IN 1998. THE GROUP IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE
PIONEERING ROCK ACTS IN KOLKATA'S BENGALI MUSIC
SCENE.THEIR MUSIC IS FLAVOURED BY A BLEND OF ROCK AND
PSYCHEDELIA AND CHARACTERISTIC PSYCHOANALYTICAL
LYRICS . DEEP GHOSH, ALLAN TEMJEN AO, TANMOY DAS,
PRASENJIT 'POM' CHAKRABORTY ARE THIS BAND'S PROMINENT
MEMBERS . WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS BAND AND WHO IS THE
LEAD SINGER?
48. THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED AS PRIME MINISTER OF A COUNTRY
WAS SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE OF SRI LANKA, WHEN SHE LED HER PARTY
TO VICTORY IN THE JULY 1960 GENERAL ELECTION. BUT SHE WASN’T THE
FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY.
THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY, SHE SERVED
AS THE COUNTRY'S VICE PRESIDENT FIRST AND SUCCEEDED TO THE
PRESIDENCY IN JULY 1974 UPON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND. WHAT WAS
HER NAME, AND WHICH COUNTRY DID SHE SERVE FOR?
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