- The document discusses the preliminaries of a quiz competition held by Agon 2016, with 25 questions and the top 8 teams advancing. It provides the questions and answers to the first 5 questions, which relate to saints, sports brands, country names, horse racing terms, and a song by Gypsy Kings.

2. A Word of Thanks
• To Agon 2016 Organizing Committee for giving
me this wonderful opportunity
• Shreshth Shah and Saswata (Bonnie)
Chakrabarty for suggesting some of the
questions

4. Prelims
• 25 question Prelims
• 1 and multiples of five are starred
• Top 8 teams qualify
• Points obtained in prelims are multiplied by 3
and carried over to the finals

5. Question 1*
• Saint X of Lisieux (January 2, 1873 – September 30, 1897),
was a Roman Catholic French Carmelite nun widely
venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as "The
Little Flower of Jesus" or simply "The Little Flower".
• She has been a highly influential model of sanctity because
of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the
spiritual life". Together with Saint Francis of Assisi, she is one
of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope
Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times". She is
also the patron saint of missionaries.
• Give me X .

6. Custom show

7. Answer 1
• ST Therese, after whom
Mother Theresa chose
to name herself when
she took her religious
vows as a nun.

8. Question 2
• Which sportsperson has
launched a sportswear
brand called A-Z .
According to him, its for
people who are fighters
like him. The name
signifies that everyone
can start from scratch (A)
and become like him (Z)

10. Answer 2

11. Question 3
• This country was originally named by
Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado as "Provincia
De Nuestro Señor Jesus Cristo, ___ ___ Del
Mundo" ("Province of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Savior of the World"), which was
subsequently abbreviated to ___ ____. FITB.

13. Answer 3
• El Salvador

14. Question 4
• The word originates from horse-racing in the United
Kingdom in the early 19th century. At a time when
there was no guaranteed prize money for horses
finishing second or third, there was no incentive to run
a horse in a race it could not win. So the winning horse
just had to _____ the course. The eighteenth century
champion racehorse Eclipse was so dominant over his
contemporaries that he was allowed to ____ on nine
occasions, and the 1828 Epsom Derby winner Cadland
was allowed to ______ on at least six occasions.
• The good word please.

16. Answer 4
• Walkover

17. Question 5*
• A Spanish version of an all time hit song by
Gypsy Kings. Which song?

19. Answer 5

20. Question 6
• X is a school of Mahayana Buddhism which
emphasizes rigorous self-control, meditation,
insight into Buddha-nature, and the personal
expression of this insight in daily life, especially
for the benefit of others. It originated in China
during the Tang dynasty . The name comes from
the Sanskrit word Dhyan which gave rise to the
middle Chinese word Chan and which was
ultimately transformed n Japan to X, all of which
roughly mean a meditative state. Give me X.

22. Answer 6
• Zen Buddhism

23. Question 7
• Which author dedicated his 1926 best seller to
his daughter thus in his inimitable and
unmistakeable style – “To my daughter
Leonora, without whose never-failing
sympathy and encouragement this book
would have been finished in half the time.”?

25. Answer 7

26. Question 8
• The X is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake
Ontario. It forms part of the border between the
province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and the
state of New York in the United States (on the east).
The river, which is occasionally described as a strait, is
about 58 kilometres long. Its most well-known feature
can be divided into three parts and has moved
approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) upstream in the
last few thousand years due to a high rate of erosion.
• Identify X ,a name we all know.

28. Answer 8

29. Question 9
• CZ Initiative is a limited liability company founded by X and
Y with an investment of "up to $1 billion in shares in each
of the next three years". Its creation was announced on 1
December 2015, for the birth of X and Y’s daughter.
• The aim of the Initiative is to "advance human potential
and promote equality in areas such as health, education,
scientific research and energy"
• Rather than a charitable trust –it promotes itself as a for
profit company which will use its gains for the good of
humanity.
• Give me X and Y.

30. Question 9 contd

32. Answer 9

33. Question 10*
• This is a 2011 Tamil film.
Who has reprised the
lead role ,played here
by Arulnidhi, in the
official hindi remake of
this movie?

35. Answer 10

36. Question 11
• Which Sobriquet originated from this sentence in
the mid 19th century report in The
Times,London?(edited and keyword blanked out)
• “When silence and darkness have settled down
upon those miles of prostrate sick, she may be
observed alone, with a little ____ in her hand,
making her solitary rounds”.

38. Answer 11
• Lady with the Lamp

39. Question 12
• Seen in this satellite
picture is an orange
line, which looks like
this as it is lit by over
100,000 floodlights.
What is this line?

41. Answer 12
• Radcliffe Line.

42. Question 13
• A semi-retired wrestler, a former federal
prison, a British Overseas Territory, and a
sports arena in Newark, New Jersey(Home of
the New Jersey Devils in the NHL) all share
what nickname?

44. Answer 13
The Rock
• a. Dwayne Johnson
• b. The Alkatraz
• c. Gibralter –nicknamed the Rock
• d. The Prudencial Center –nicknamed rock

45. Question 14
• With a name derived from a Sanskrit word for
"city," this final capital of a certain Empire was
destroyed by invaders from the Ayutthaya
Kingdom in 1431. Name this city, whose ruins
are visited by over two million tourists each
year?

47. Answer 14
• Angkor

48. Question 15*
• Identify the voice

50. Answer 15

51. Question 16
• X are an unorthodox school of roaming Sufi dervishes that
originated in medieval al-Andalus as an answer to
fundamentalist onslaught and quickly spread Central Asia,
Pakistan and India.
• It is a title given to a saint who is at a very high level of
spirituality. They are different from other saints and have
very strong feelings of love for God's creation. It is claimed
that all living things are given in their charge and command,
every part of the universe may be at their disposal but these
holy people are far above temptation, greed or lust.They
have always spread the message of love and humanity, they
are always in the state of ecstasy and their actions are with
the will of God. Give me X.

53. Answer 16
• Qalandar

54. Question 17
• EATS," "Facts," "Partner," "Iris," "Racer," "Genius,"
and "Social" are among words that, when
preceded by a certain prefix, refer to currently
existing smartphone apps. What is that prefix,
which is itself the name of a popular app (and
likely the inspiration for all the others)?

56. Answer 17

57. Question 18
• A bakery owned by Thomas Farriner on
Pudding Lane,which was a congested
neighbourhood surrounded by paper
warehouses, near London Bridge in the City of
London is widely believed to have been the
origin of what in the second half of the 17th
century?

59. Answer 18
• Great Fire of London

60. Question 19
• According to recently declassified documents,
the US NAVY wanted to secretly explore the
wrecks of two nuclear submarines ,the
Thresher and the Scorpion, which sunk in
1963 and ’68 respectively. As a cover for that ,
they funded robotic submersible technology
for what supposed purpose?

62. Answer 19
• Search for the Titanic

63. Question 20*
• X (meaning "With the Good Bread") is a fast-casual
bakery and café chain headquartered in Boston,
Massachusetts. In 1978, Louis Kane founded the first X
in Boston. Since its inception, the chain has expanded
throughout the United States. Additionally, there are
numerous franchise locations internationally including
in India.
• In 2015, X was ranked the healthiest United States
chain restaurant by Grellin Grade.
• Identify X

65. Answer 20

66. Question 21
The name X in Ancient Greece was the name for the
planet Venus and is derived from the Greek words
,which roughly translates as light-bringer or light
carrier. Due to one of its characteristics, the first
chemical element to be discovered that was not
known in some form in ancient times was named X.
several alchemists discovered it in secret in the 17th
Century before Robert Boyle revealed its existence in
1680. Name this element.

68. Answer 21
• Phosphorus

69. Question 22
• In a new trend in the Orthodox Jewish circles in
USA, the Zumba fitness dance has been modified
to reflect their cultural traditions.
• • Woman-only Zumba dances are performed.
Music and lyrics containing sexual references are
replaced with non-explicit material.
• • They call it the _____ Zumba. Fill in the blanks

71. Answer 22

72. Question 23
• Though now its name is inseparable from its
appearance –it was originally grey and only
got its present look 202 years ago to hide
damages to it by an act of arson as revenge for
events in Toronto. It didn’t officially get its
present name until 1901.
• What am I talking about?

74. Answer 23

75. Question 24
• It is the most successful book ever to have come out of the
famous Ursa Minor publishing corporation –more popular that
Life Begins at Five Hundred and Fifty ,better selling than The Big
Bang Theory – A Personal view by Eccectrica Gallumbits (the triple
breasted whore) and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid’s
latest blockbusting title Everything You Never Wanted To Know
About Sex But Have Been Forced To Find Out.
• It contains much that is apocryphal or at least wildly
inaccurate,but it scores over older and more pedestrian works in
2 respects. First, it is slightly cheaper, and secondly it has a
reassuring phrase printed in large friendly letters on its cover.
• What am I talking about?

77. Answer 24

78. Question 25*
• When John Paul II became the pope in 1978,
he became the first pope in four centuries
who was not __________?
• Fill in the blanks.

80. Answer 25
• Italian.