Initium 2021 Prelims and Finals

Initium’21- The General Quiz

QUIZMASTERS
Sauvik Senapati
Coordinator
XQuizzite
XIM, Bhubaneswar
Utkarsh Shrivastava
Treasurer
XQuizzite
XIM, Bhubaneswar

QUIZMASTERS
Ritika Pal Chaudhuri
Core Member
XQuizzite
XIM, Bhubaneswar
Shashank Pandey
Core Member
XQuizzite
XIM, Bhubaneswar
Aditya Trupta Pattanayak
Core Member
XQuizzite
XIM, Bhubaneswar
Nishant Nigam
Core Member
XQuizzite
XIM, Bhubaneswar

PRELIMS

Elton John had originally composed this song X paying tribute to the
life of Y, one of the greatest female screen legends of all time. In
1997, he performed a rewritten version of the song in the funeral of
Z, one of his closest friends. All the proceeds from the song were
donated to the charities of Z.
Identify the famous song, X.
Q1

Candle In The Wind
Answer

Connect
Q2

Richard Branson
Answer

X was a Punjabi poet and playwright whose poems have been
immortalized by many artists like Jagjit Singh, Chitra Singh, Hans Raj
Hans, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rabbi Shergill in their singing careers. He
is the youngest recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award. Recently, a
popular poem, Y, written by X has been used in a 2016 Bollywood
movie, sung by Shahid Mallya. Legend says X wrote this poem for
Uma Gurbaksh Singh, whom he loved, but she left for US and married
someone else. This poem is an ode to his incomplete love story. ID
the popular poem/song Y.
Q3

Ikk Kudi
Answer

Connect
Q4

Max Verstappen
Answer

X is a popular role playing game usually played by participants seated
around a table top and one player takes on the role of Y, who acts
like a referee controlling each aspect of the game except how the
players react to different situations during the campaign. Decisions
are made using polyhedral dice in the game. The increased popularity
of the game is due to its importance in the world of TV series, most
recently in the recent popular Netflix sci-fi show where things go
“upside down”. ID X.
Q5*

Dungeons and Dragons
Answer

Q6
Through this doodle, the company X paid tribute to one of India’s
brightest Ratnas, Y, in the year 2020.
ID X and Y

X= Amul
Y= Pranab Mukherjee
Answer

Connect
Q7*

Dilip Kumar
Answer

This city located near the Adriatic sea is famous for its historic old
town. It also represents a famous capital city as shown in the popular
TV Show based on the book series by George R. R. Martin. Identify its
reel name and its real name
Q8

Reel Name= King’s Landing and Real Name= Dubrovnik
Answer

In order to prepare for the character Y, X (the actor) had to go
through an exhaustive prolonged training for a period of 18 months
before shooting began and watched Y's videos for hours, to a point
that X subconsciously started picking up some of his mannerisms. In
order to perfectly recreate Z (a shot made popular by Y) the shooting
team would carefully analyse it and fix the bowling machine into one
spot and then play the same shot at least 200 to 300 times a day for a
week to a point that it came naturally to X. Identify X (the actor) and
Z (the shot).
Q9

X= Sushant Singh Rajput
Z= Helicopter Shot
Answer

Connect
Q10

Public Investment Fund
Answer

Q11*
Identify the minimalist black white logo of one of the most active
sports sponsors in the US Chick-Fil-a

Chick-Fil-A
Answer

Connect
COnn
Q12

PayTM
Ratan Tata, Jack Ma, and Warren Buffett were former investors who
were looking to sell their stake in PayTM before it’s IPO first sale.
Answer

Connect
Q13*

Ashwini Vaishnaw
Answer

Q14
X has been one of controversy’s favourite children and annoyed many
people through his works over the years. His 1981 novel won the Booker
Prize, the Booker of Bookers prize in 1993 and 2008 creating a milestone
in the literary world. When X released his work, Z, it stirred up a huge
controversy which called for protests from people and many religious
groups in different countries and a fatwa calling for assassination was
issued against him. ID Z, the book.

The Satanic Verses
Answer

Identify this recently inaugurated structure
Q15

Rudraksh Convention Center, Varanasi
Answer

FINALE

• 4 Rounds
• Rules for a particular round will be notified at the beginning of the
round
• You are required to keep your cameras on and yes, Googling is a sin
• In case of any conflict, the QMs’ decision will be final
• Keep your audio muted unless asked to tell the answer
General Rules

• 8 Questions
• The scoring for this round will be
• +10/-10 (Pounce)
• +10/0 (Direct)
• Direct Question Rule: ith question for Team i (where i= 1,2….8)
• A team can pounce when it is not their direct question
• You’re supposed to submit your pounce answers in the WhatsApp group
WITHIN the time limit
• NO PARTIAL MARKS WILL BE AWARDED FOR A POUNCE
• Partial marking at QM’s discretion for direct questions
Round 1: First Innings

Nahi Nahi, Abhi Nahi
Abhi karo Thoda Intezaar

X legally represented two rival multinational companies chiefly known
for their carbonated drinks, in two different situations. One of the
companies produces an international music show originally in Pakistan
and then in India, due to its popularity. The other company had
launched an ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner which faced a lot of
backlash. X was one of the important ministers in Modi’s cabinet and a
friend since Modi’s earlier political days in Gujarat.
Q1

Arun Jaitley

X was an Indian ruler known for his eccentric and bizarre decisions.
Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta was a guest in his court and wrote about
him. X was infamous for giving of excessive gifts and harsh
punishments. In another incident, X once decided to shift his capital to
Deccan and in few years reversed his decision due to fear of revolts.
Identify X.
Q2

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

X is an international women football player, who plays as winger.
Known for her unique appearance as well as being a strong advocate
for equal wages for women football players, X is the first player, male
or female, to score a goal directly from corner at the Olympic Games. X
has won a gold medal in London Olympics as well won the FIFA world
cup twice. She also won Ballon d'Or Féminin in 2019.
Identify X
Q3

Megan Rapinoe

X is an ancient disc with a face similar to a human but holes carved out
for eyes and mouth. Legend says that anyone who puts their hand in
the mouth and lies, will have it chopped off by X. It has a distinct place
in cinema history, due to its appearance in the 1953 Audrey Hepburn
classic, Roman Holiday. ID X.
Q4

Mouth of Truth, Rome

The person in the image
made headlines for donating
more than 1 Billions US $ to a
covid struck country.
Ironically, the currency he
donated with is considered
illegal tender in the country it
was donated to.
Identify the person and the
country. (Full Name)
Q5

Vitalik Buterin & India

There are many legends about X but a popular one remains that X was
probably one of the earliest transgender warriors in Indian mythology.
X in her previous birth was a princess, who faced a lot of humiliation
because of Bhishma kidnapping her and promised revenge from him. X
is one of the pivotal characters in the Kurukshetra battlefield who
aided to bring down the invincible Bhishma. ID X.
Q6

Shikhandi

X was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academic, who
is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets.
X was known for his poems of “Veer Ras” and was hailed
Rashtra Kavi. Revolutionary Jaiprakash Narayan recited X’s
poem “Singhasan Khaali Karo Ke Janata Aaati Hai ” in Ramlila
Grounds in front of a crowd of 1 lakh people during the
emergency.
Identify X
Q7

Ramdhari Singh “Dinkar”

Fox Plaza is famous structure that once housed the office of former US
president Ronald Reagan. Its claim to fame is being the building X,
which detective Jake Peralta insists on visiting as it was the location
where John McClane outsmarted Hans Gruber and thus causes his
squad to miss their return flight to New York in the famous sitcom
“Brooklyn 99”.
Identify X
Q8

Nakatomi
Plaza/Tower
No, you can’t say “Yippee-
ki-yay,….” yet!

• 8 Questions themed on Google Doodles
• Open to all
• The scoring for this round will be : +10/0 for correct/wrong attempt
• You’re supposed to submit your answers in your separate WhatsApp
group WITHIN the time limit
• A bonus of 20 marks if a team gets all answers correct
Round 2: Doodle Your Way

SAFETY SLIDE

Q1
Which Indian artist was celebrated with this Doodle? The
artist was in news recently.

Amrita
Sher-Gil

Q2
Put Funda

Evidence of Water found on Mars

ID the day being commemorated.
Q3

Bastille Day

Q4
Google honored which Indian Mathematician known for
calculation speed with this Doodle?

Shakuntala
Devi

Q5
Celebrating
161st birthday
of which
famous
impressionist

Claude Monet

The doodle celebrates a mathematician who is credited with being the
first person to write a book on which famous topic in the subject?
Q6

Differential and Integral Calculus

X was one of the iconic and most celebrated female authors in the
history of Bengali literature and an activist who raised her voice for the
marginalized communities.
Q7

Mahasweta Devi

Identify the funda for this doodle from 2017
Q8

St. Patrick’s Day

• 6 Questions
• Open to all
• The scoring for this round will be
• +10/0 (Default)
• +20/-10 (Double)
• +30/-15(Triple)
• Teams are free to choose the points they want to go for each question
• You’re supposed to submit your answers in the WhatsApp group WITHIN the
time limit
• Type your answer along with points you want to go for
• Example : Donald Trump 30
• No mention of points will be considered under default scoring
Round 3: Risk Hai Toh Ishq
Hai

Identify the author who is a London-based
businessman who has found himself in a
compromising position quite recently,
ironically, trying to earn money.
Q1

Raj Kundra
Answer

Q2

Interstellar (Planets surrounding Gargantua)

A certain London-based company CuteCircuit became the first fashion
label to put wearable technology on the red carpet when the pop star
X wore a CuteCircuit gown at the 2010 Met Gala ceremony and her
choice made a roar among the fashionistas back then.
Id X.
Q3

Katy Perry
Answer

Q4
Why shouldn't
this lake be on
the tour
itinerary of any
sane traveller?

Lake Karachay, Russia (National Dumping
ground for nuclear waste; radiations
strong enough to kill you in an hour)

In 2017, while visiting his ancestral village, X, Prime Minister Modi in
his speech, claimed his village shared a bond with the Chinese
President’s hometown. Modi shared the story that the Chinese scholar
and traveller during his visit to India stayed at X and then he stayed in
the President’s hometown on his return to China. ID the Chinese
scholar/traveller.
Q5

Hieun Tsang/ Xuanzang

Q6
A famous string of events took
place in the US in the 1990s.
Refer to the picture, Put funda
and name the major brand
involved.

Kids killing kids over
Sneakers; Nike’s Air Jordan

• 5 Questions, each followed by “guess the theme” question
• Each answer has a lateral common theme in connection
• Teams will be asked to guess the common theme after answering
each question
• Each team has a maximum number of two wrong attempts to guess
the theme
• Points will be mentioned on each slide for reference
• Time for answering normal questions = 20 seconds
• Time for guessing the connect = 15 seconds
Round 4: Kismat Konnection

• Q1-5 : +10/0 for every correct answer/wrong answer
• For guessing the theme, the point system is as follows:
• After Q1, +50/-40 for correct/wrong answer
• After Q5, +10/0 for correct/wrong answer
• Unattempted questions/not guessing the connecting theme= 0 points
Points System

+50/-40 +40/-30 +30/-20 +20/-10 +10/0
Structure
Q1
+10/0
Q2
+10/0
Q3
+10/0
Q4
+10/0
Q5
+10/0
A COMMON THEME WHICH BINDS ALL THE ANSWERS

This company X, originated with a very different name towards the end
of the First World War. In 1927, it started selling bicycle lamps under
one specific brand name. When the company entered the North
American market, it could not use this brand name as it was already
trademarked in the United States, and that led to the creation of the
brand X, which later went on to become the name of the company.
Identify X.
Q1 (+10/0)

Panasonic
Answer

Guess the theme (If you can guess it, text your guess to your allocated
separate WhatsApp group)
Connect(+50/-40)

To pay homage to a certain extinct Amerindian tribe, this footballer has
named his daughter in the honour of the tribe, which may win hearts
back here in our country and has made sure that he pays respect to the
tribe by enacting the act of firing an imaginary arrow.
Identify the footballer who is also heralded to have broken a certain
decade-old curse recently despite having language problems initially.
Q2 (+10/0)

• Edinson Cavani
• Named his daughter India in the honour of Charruas
• His trademark bow and arrow celebration
• Curse being the famed No.7 Manchester United jersey
Answer

Connect (+40/-30)

Q3(+10/0)
Connect

All of them are from Sweden
Answer

Connect (+30/-20)

As the Eurostar rail service got extended to a certain
London rail station in the 1990s, a Paris municipal
councillor (in the pic) wrote to the then UK PM Tony
Blair, requesting the change the name of the station
as it could remind the visitors about a certain British
victory over the French nearly 2 centuries ago which
he deemed it as “embarrassing”.
Put funda or simply give the name of the station.
Q4 (+10/0)

• London Waterloo or simply Waterloo will do the trick
• He cited the Battle of Waterloo which ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s
reign with a British victory over the French
Answer

Connect (+20/-10)

• Which expression connects these images ?
Q5 (+10/0)

• Mamma Mia !!
Answer

It’s alright to guess now if you haven’t. Go for the final shot
Connect (+10/0)

THE CONNECT?

ABBA, the Swedish pop band
• Advertised for National in Australia, as the
Panasonic was known in the country back then
• Edinson Cavani has a Man Utd fan chant inspired
from ABBA’s Give Me, Give Me, Give Me ( Give it
, Give it, Give it, to Edi Cavani being the chant)
• ABBA is a Swedish pop band
• Waterloo is a popular ABBA song having
references to the Battle of Waterloo
• Mamma Mia is another ABBA song with the film
of the same name taking references from ABBA’s
tracks.
The common theme is…….

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