The document summarizes 20 trivia questions and their answers related to current events, history, and pop culture. Some of the questions covered in the 3 sentence summary include:
- A Japanese man recently married Hatsune Miku, a virtual singing character.
- In 2018, an Indian software engineer claimed ownership of Bir Tawil, an unclaimed land between Egypt and Sudan, by planting a flag there.
- The terms "Toxic", "youth quake", "post-truth", and "vape" were selected as the Words of the Year by the Oxford Dictionary.
- Geoffrey Chaucer's work "The Canterbury Tales" includes a reference to Genghis
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Here's a Monthly Quiz conducted by me at Madgaon, Goa for the Sunday Evening Quiz Club on June 25 2017. Please go through the quiz and give me your feedback, it will be much appreciated.
Harsh Hegde
harsh.hegde1998@gmail.com
This quiz set, prepared by freshers, was run on 22nd March at a session of the quiz club of IIT Kharagpur. Please feel free to express your views on the set.
Guesstalt - College General Quiz - Finals - Tie Grab 2019SJC Quizzers
Guesstalt is the college general quiz held as a part of Tie Grab, the annual quizzing festival by SJC Quizzers. This was a quiz for teams of two students.
Here's a Monthly Quiz conducted by me at Madgaon, Goa for the Sunday Evening Quiz Club on June 25 2017. Please go through the quiz and give me your feedback, it will be much appreciated.
Harsh Hegde
harsh.hegde1998@gmail.com
This quiz set, prepared by freshers, was run on 22nd March at a session of the quiz club of IIT Kharagpur. Please feel free to express your views on the set.
The General Quiz held at Sheiling House School, Kanpur on 8th July, 2017.
This is our first upload in a long time. Do watch it and enjoy it.
All SlideShare users are advised to download the quiz for referring to the A/V questions. Quite a few of them are present in the quiz.
Conducted on the sixth of March 2018 for OSA Student Chapter, the Northcap University, Gurugram. This was one of the first quizzes of this pattern to be conducted in the university, so the questions have been kept relatively simple and lots of hints were given.
Part of the IIT BHU Quiz Championship for the session 2013-14.
For other quizzes of the championship, please visit the Slideshare account of IIT BHU Quiz Club.
This India Quiz was held in January 2022 and set by Ambika and Rajat as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by the QMs.
Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding Intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.
The General Quiz held at Sheiling House School, Kanpur on 8th July, 2017.
This is our first upload in a long time. Do watch it and enjoy it.
All SlideShare users are advised to download the quiz for referring to the A/V questions. Quite a few of them are present in the quiz.
Conducted on the sixth of March 2018 for OSA Student Chapter, the Northcap University, Gurugram. This was one of the first quizzes of this pattern to be conducted in the university, so the questions have been kept relatively simple and lots of hints were given.
Part of the IIT BHU Quiz Championship for the session 2013-14.
For other quizzes of the championship, please visit the Slideshare account of IIT BHU Quiz Club.
This India Quiz was held in January 2022 and set by Ambika and Rajat as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by the QMs.
Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding Intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.
This General Quiz was held in March,2021 and set by Roshni and Aparna as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by both the QMs.
Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.
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Oikumene - The Nature and Wildlife Quiz - Tie Grab 2019SJC Quizzers
Oikumene is the nature and wildlife quiz that is organised by as a part of Tie Grab, the annual Quiz festival at St. Joseph's College Autonomous, Bengaluru. It is an open quiz for teams of two members each.
Bookends is the literature and books quiz held as a part of Tie Grab, the annual quizzing festival of SJC Quizzers. It is an open quiz for teams of two members. This is a sneak peek into the finals of Bookends 2019.
Bookends - Prelims (With Answers) - Tie Grab 2019SJC Quizzers
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Magister is the flagship quiz organised by the SJC Quizzers. It is an annual solo championship and the 2019 edition was held in close to 20 cities across India.
Results can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYgCszJ0oTdW36eHdxL_GZsSKzcnzI_Y/view
Why Magister?
Once upon a time, every open quiz would have a sizable college contingent in attendance and the Open circuits of India’s quizzing cities throve on the energy and dash of college quizzing. In many cities, though not all, this is a thing of the past. Which is not good news for open quizzing, or, indeed, for quizzing.
The simple idea behind Magister is to bring together the two rapidly diverging streams of quizzing–College and Open. The setters are college and open quizzers. The quiz has college and open tracks for competition. The questions themselves are an attempt to start up something of a conversation between open and collegiate quizzing.
But what the Deccan is a Magister?
Magister comes from the Latin for mastery. That said, we must clarify that the title does not render quizzing as simple, masculine achievement.
The term magis is used in Jesuit education to indicate the spirit of doing more, or giving more of oneself. For us, this name draws some attention to the happily out-of-syllabus character of quizzing. And indeed to the primary joy of quizzing, which is that of refusing to be a passive recipient of information and choosing instead to celebrate an active curiosity in the world.
The persons who win this title in the college and open tracks will embody this idea better than our words can..
Magister is the flagship quiz organised by the SJC Quizzers. It is an annual solo championship and the 2019 edition was held in close to 20 cities across India.
Results can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYgCszJ0oTdW36eHdxL_GZsSKzcnzI_Y/view
Why Magister?
Once upon a time, every open quiz would have a sizable college contingent in attendance and the Open circuits of India’s quizzing cities throve on the energy and dash of college quizzing. In many cities, though not all, this is a thing of the past. Which is not good news for open quizzing, or, indeed, for quizzing.
The simple idea behind Magister is to bring together the two rapidly diverging streams of quizzing–College and Open. The setters are college and open quizzers. The quiz has college and open tracks for competition. The questions themselves are an attempt to start up something of a conversation between open and collegiate quizzing.
But what the Deccan is a Magister?
Magister comes from the Latin for mastery. That said, we must clarify that the title does not render quizzing as simple, masculine achievement.
The term magis is used in Jesuit education to indicate the spirit of doing more, or giving more of oneself. For us, this name draws some attention to the happily out-of-syllabus character of quizzing. And indeed to the primary joy of quizzing, which is that of refusing to be a passive recipient of information and choosing instead to celebrate an active curiosity in the world.
The persons who win this title in the college and open tracks will embody this idea better than our words can..
The Finals of the MELAS (Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts, Sports) quiz held as a part of Tie Grab 2019. Tie Grab is the annual quizzing festival at St. Joseph's College. This quiz was for college students.
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General Dire - Prelims (With Answers) - Tie Grab 2019SJC Quizzers
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3. 1. This jinx associated with this place in Uttar Pradesh began
in 1988 when Veer Bahadur Singh was asked to resign from
the post of CM just as he had returned from this place. So, this
jinx continued over the years as successive CMs of the state
didn’t visit the place, including Akhilesh Yadav, except
Mayawati, who had visited the place thrice during her rule.
However, CM Yogi Adityanath defied the jinx and visited this
place in 2017. What is the place and what is the jinx
associated with it?
4. Noida and it is believed that the CMs who visit the
place will lose their power and will never come back to
power again.
5. 2. Bir Tawil is a disputed border zone between Egypt and
Sudan and the conflict between the two countries is the result
of a unsolved colonial-era border controversy. This arose after
the defeat the forces of the “Mahdi” of Sudan by Britain and
Egypt and they redesigning the border of the region and
handing over Bir Tawil to Egypt and the Hala’ib triangle area
to Sudan, in 1902. This eventually translated to a conflict
between Egypt and Sudan, when it gained independence in
1956, who both claim the mineral-rich Hala’ib region and
argue that the Bir Tawil are belongs to the other country.
Suyash Dixit, an Indian software engineer , in 2018 came to
this area and did something to claim this area as his own.
What did he do?
6. He had claimed that he was the king of this area by
planting a seed and pouring water on it, as per the
rules of early civilization to claim a land. He had also
designed and planted a flag on it. (If the answer says
that he had claimed that he was the king of this area by
planting a flag on it, then it is fine.)
7. 3. Hatsune Miku is a virtual singer in Japan who was
developed as a “Volcaoid” software voicebank, by the
company Crpyton Future Media in 2007 and has the design of
a 16-year old girl. She is a recognisable character in Japanese
pop culture , featuring as a singer at live concerts as an
animated projection and has a huge fan following in Japan,
with products and merchandise with her image to be worth
69 million Yen. However, her name made headlines in the
news recently for a reason. What is the reason?
8. A Japanese man , Akihiko Kondo, married Miku, who is
also known as a hologram recently.
9. 4. Below are the meanings of some words. What are these
words and what is the connection between them:
Adjective: Poisonous;
Noun: A significant cultural, social and political change
involving the actions of the young people;
Adjective: Relating to or denoting circumstances in which
objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion
than appeals to emotion and personal belief;
verb: Inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic
cigarette or similar device.
10. Toxic, youth quake, post-truth and vape. They were
selected as the Words of the Year by the Oxford
Dictionary.
11. 5. In Polnynesian mythology, Tangaroa was one of the children
of the Sky Father, Rangi, and Mother Earth, Papa. He was the
god of the sea. One of his brothers was the storm god,
Tawhiri. Tawhiri was so upset with his brother, Tane, for having
separated their parents that he caused storms and hurricanes.
Reptiles and other animals that lived on the land escaped to
the ocean of Tangaroa. That is how the Maoris explain the
presence of fish in the sea. Maui was a demi-god of the
Pacific Ocean who is famous for entering the gates of Death
with the hope of winning immortality for mankind. How are
they might be known to the tourists who come to the Walt
Disney World in Florida and Tokyo Disneyland ?
12. They are represented around the perimeter of the lanai
in an attraction called as the “Enchanted Tiki Room”,
which is there in the Walt Disney World and Tokyo
Disneyland.
13. 6. Geoffrey Chaucer(1343-1400) is a very famous English poet
and writer , of the Middle English period. He is most famous
for his work, “The Canterbury Tales” , which consists of poems
being told as stories by travelling pilgrims who meet at a
tavern and have a storytelling contest to pass time. Below are
some lines from a poem from the work, “The Squire’s Tale”.
“The King was called _ _
Who in his time was of great renown
That there was nowhere in no region
So excellent a lord in all things
He lacked nothing that belonged to a king
As of the sect of which he was born”
The poem talks about a great ruler who had lived about 100-
120 years before Geoffrey Chaucer. Who is he?
15. 7. The Google doodle below honours John Baird on the 90th
anniversary of the demonstration of one of his inventions-
which is considered to be a very significant one in the history
of mankind, in 2016.What was his invention?
17. 8. Mr. Vahid Mazloumin and his associates, from Iran were
arrested in July this year by the authorities on the charges of
operating as a speculator and accused of hoarding gold coins
with the aim of manipulating prices on the local market. They
were later received the death penalty. However,
Mr.Mazloumin is also known by a nickname. What is that
nickname?
19. 9. Below are some of the books written by a famous political
personality , who is known for his books.
Dreams from my father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Of thee I sing
Change We can believe in
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on reclaiming the American
dream
Identify this personality
21. 10. September 30th , 1976 is a very important day in the
history of the United States of America as it was on this day
that this particular thing happened and it lasted till October
11th, over the issue of a funding bill for the Departments of
labour, health, education and welfare. What had happened for
the first time?
22. The first partial shutdown of the US government had
taken place, due to disagreements between President
Gerald Ford and the Democrats.
23. 11. Below is the logo of a social media platform launched in
2009, and is now one of the most popular social media
platforms in the country. It literally means “micro-blog” in its
language. Identify it.
25. 12. The Google doodle below pays tribute to ophthalmologist
Dr.G.Venkataswamy on his 100th birth anniversary. Born in
Vadamalapuram, Tamilnadu, in 1918, he is very well-known
for founding a famous eye hospital, which is based in
Tamilnadu, in 1970s. Which famous eye hospital was founded
by him?
29. 14. To whom does the Google doodle below pays tribute to,
on his/her birthday and what is he/she remembered for?
30. Oskar Schlemmer and he is remembered for his
pioneering work in ballet. (If the answer says ballet,
then it’s fine).
31. 15. The map shows the countries which provides a certain
type of public service system in their country. What is the
public service system that they have?
32. They are the countries which have a universal health
care system.
33. 16. Below are a series of tweets by a very famous personality.
Identify him.
“Word of the day!
Definition of *snollygoster*
US dialect: a shrewd, unprincipled politician
First Known Use: 1845
Most recent use: 26/7/17”.
’”New Hinglish 21st century dictionary:
*Webaqoof*: "one who believes every claim or allegation on
the internet & social media must be true“.
“The only debate is whether Mughlai Paratha should now be
called Shivaji Paratha or DeenDayalUpadhyay Paratha?
#MughalseraiRenamed”
35. 17. Below is an excerpt from an interview given by a co-founder of a very famous
company, last year. Identify him and what is the company that he had co-founded.
“This November will be 20 years since David and I started in the servers at Stanford,
and in many ways certainly for me it seems like an eternity. I was with a bunch of
Stanford [kids] last night, and I realized none of them were born when _ was started.
It’s really a sense of not only one generation but it’s probably multiple generations of
Internet companies. Things were very different, although we can talk about things are
different, but they stay the same even though everything we do now is accelerated at
a much greater pace, but also at much greater critical mass.
Because nobody really understood how the Internet was going evolve or the Web
specifically was going to evolve back then, and because the Internet and coming from
an academic and research and government environment it has always been very
highly collaborative.
People from universities and researchers really helping each other. I think there’s
always a sense of camaraderie and sense of helping each other when there is
something very exciting going on.
I remember _ going at Stanford, it was quickly becoming one of the most trafficked
websites. We were getting IP addresses from over 90 countries coming in in the first
few months. The IT administrator at Stanford was extremely…instead of saying, “Oh,
my god. You guys are doing something bad,” they were pulling resources and trying to
get more connectivity to help us.”
37. 18. This name for this type of hat came into use as early as 1891 and this
word came from an 1882 play of the same name by the playwright, Victorien
Sardou. Actress Sarah Bernhardt, an actress who was a well-known cross-
dresser wore a centre-creased and soft-trimmed hat. Then it became
fashionable for women and was adopted by the women rights groups as a
symbol. It also became popular among the men after Edward, the Prince of
Wales wore them in 1924. Its popularity soared between 1920s and 1950s,
and till the early 2000s also as celebrities such as Johnny Depp wearing it.
What is this type of hat?
39. 19. Mr. Edward Alexander Bouchet, who was an African American was born
in 1852, in New Haven, in United States of America. Mr.Edward begun his
education at the all-black Artisan Street Colored School, which had only one
teacher and later moved on to New Haven High School for two years. He then
moved to Hopkins, a prestigious private school in New Haven , where he
graduated with flying colours in 1870. So, he then gained acceptance in Yale
University , thus becoming one of the first African-American students to study
there. He studied well there and even after graduation, he continued his
research in physics, at Yale. Then in 1876, he became the first person to
achieve something in Yale University. What did he achieve?
40. He was awarded a Ph.D from Yale University and he
became the first African-American to be awarded a
Ph.D degree from an American University.
41. 20. On October 7th 2018,thousands of dog owners marched in
Westminster, calling for a “Wooferendrum”(referendum of dogs)
on Brexit. This march culminated in a rally in Parliament square
and the organisers of this mass dog walk said that the dogs were
howling on behalf of millions of people in the UK who believed
that Brexit was a huge mistake. Although the mass dog walk was
held to express the opposition of the people to Brexit, there is
also actually another reason behind this “Wooferendrum”. What
is this reason?
42. People fear that Brexit would harm the UK’s estimated
54 million pets as it would mean a shortfall in skilled
vets and veterinary nurses and rising costs for animal
health products for the pets as more than half of the
vets registered in the UK, come from abroad.