This document outlines the rules and structure of an open quiz competition with multiple rounds. It provides 6 questions in the first round on various topics like current events, history, science, and geography. The second round consists of 12 questions with a time limit for responses and different scoring rules. A third "Sambandh" round asks teams to make connections between items. Subsequent rounds focus on sports, entertainment, and include audio clips to identify. The competition is moderated by named individuals and aims to test general knowledge across many domains.
5. A chicken burger has been named after Canada's
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan by a café. The
Cannibal Café located in downtown Vancouver called
the burger the “____________".
The burger, which includes a tandoori-spiced patty
smothered in butter chicken sauce, was featured as
February's burger of the month. However, as soon as
diners got fascinated by the name, the restaurant
decided to keep the item permanently on the menu.
8. Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur is the highest
French civilian award which was started by first
emperor of France Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. It is
bestowed upon person for his outstanding service to
France, regardless of the nationality. Its motto is
Honor and Fatherland.
An Indian got this award recently. Who?
14. India, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, China, South
Korea, Russia and US ,Brunei, Cambodia, Laos,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Id the list.
15.
16. List of the multinational Military Exercise Force
Eighteen conducted by Indian Army has started in at
Pune, Maharashtra.
17. The first _________2016, a flagship conference on
Geopolitics and Geo-economics began in New Delhi.
The three day conference is joint initiative of Union
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Observer
Research Foundation (ORF), an independent think
tank based in India. Key facts The theme of ______
2016 is “Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity”. It
will enable the MEA to reach out to a wider
international multi-disciplinary audience.
20. X has decided to partner with India’s smart city
programme and will help developing Kochi (Kerala),
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamil
Nadu) as smart cities. It was announced by State
Secretary in X’s Ministry for Environment, Nature
Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Gunther
Adler in New Delhi at the second meeting of the
Indo-X Working Group on Urban Development.
23. ROUND 2
RULES
12 questions
POUNCE TIME 10 SECONDS
POINTS +10 FOR RIGHT
-10 FOR WRONG
NO NEGATIVE FOR DIRECT ANSWER
NEXT QUESTION WILL BE ASKED TO THE TEAM
NEXT TO THE TEAM WHICH ANSWERED THE
QUESTION.
IF UNANSWERED, QUESTION WILL BE ASKED TO
NEXT TEAM.
24. KKGSS was founded on 1 November 1957 by a group
consisting of H. A. Pai, Anant Bhat, Jayadev Rao
Kulkarni, B. J. Gokhale, Vasudev Rao and B. H.
Inamdar, who wanted to create a federation to cater
to the need for growth of khadi and other village
industries.
Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha
(KKGSS) is a manufacturing federation located in
the Bengeri area of the city of Hubli in the
Karnataka, state of India. It is the only unit in India
that is authorised for something.what?
27. Anusat is the first satellite designed and developed
by an Indian university and is the first satellite in
India to be built and operated by any organisation
other than ISRO. It carries a primary store and
forward payload and auxiliary technology
demonstration payloads. It was launched aboard
PSLV-C12 on 20 April 2009. The satellite's
development was sponsored by the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO).
Name the institute.
30. The term “X" was mentioned first by Marcus Garvey in
his poem Hail, United States of Africa in 1924.
In February 2009, upon being elected chairman of the
53-nation African Union in Ethiopia, Gaddafi told the
assembled African leaders: "I shall continue to insist that
our sovereign countries work to achieve the X ."The BBC
reported that Gaddafi had proposed "a single African
military force, a single currency and a single passport for
Africans to move freely around the continent". Other
African leaders stated they would study the proposal's
implications, and re-discuss it in May 2009.
What is X?
33. On 5 December 1934, X moved to grant full political
rights to women, before several other European nations.
The equal rights of women in marriage had already been
established in the earlier X civil code.[116] Women's
place in founder's cultural reforms was best expressed in
the civic book prepared under his supervision.
In the 1935 elections in X ,18 female MPs out of a total of
395 representatives, compared to nine out of 615
members of the British House of Commons and six out of
435 in the US House of Representatives inaugurated that
year.
Id X.
36. It has a complex and long history in Egypt . On 8
October 2009, Egypt's top Islamic school and the
world's leading school of Sunni Islam, Al-Azhar,
banned it in classrooms and dormitories of all its
affiliate schools and educational institutes.
With a constitutional principle of official secularism,
the Turkish government has traditionally ban it .
On February 7, 2008, the Turkish Parliament passed
an amendment to the constitution to remove the ban
with certain conditions.
What is it?
39. It is originally a title for a sovereign or a military ruler,
widely used by medieval nomadic Mongolic and Turkic
tribes living to the north of China. It also occurs as a title
in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283
and 289.
The Rourans were the first people who used the this title
for their emperors, replacing the Chanyu of the Xiongnu,
whom Grousset and others assume to be Turkic.
It now has many equivalent meanings such as
"commander", "leader", or "ruler" "king" "chief". As of
2015 it exist in South Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe
and Turkey.
42. The X Company, known until April 2005 as the X Foods
Corporation and commonly called X's, is the largest
chocolate manufacturer in North America and
increasingly elsewhere throughout the world.
Its headquarters are in X, Pennsylvania, which is also
home to X's Chocolate World. It was founded by Milton
S. X in 1894 as the X Chocolate Company, a subsidiary of
his Lancaster Caramel Company.
X's products are sold in over sixty countries
worldwide. In addition, X is a member of the World
Cocoa Foundation. It is also associated with the Xpark
Stadium and the Giant Center.
45. The institute was started in December 1959 in a room in
the canteen building at Agricultural Gardens.
The first Director of the Institute was P. K. Kelkar after
whom the Central Library was named.
Under the guidance of economist John Kenneth
Galbraith, it was the first institute in India to offer
Computer Science education.
On 1 June 2013, a helicopter ferry service was started at
institute by Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited.
The Institute has set up an office in New York with
alumnus Sanjeev Khosla designated as the overseas
brand ambassador of the institute.
48. It is an allegorical Latin phrase for
a university or college. It is used to refer to a school
which an individual has attended. In English, the
phrase is variously translated as "nourishing
mother", "nursing mother", or "fostering mother",
suggesting that a school provides intellectual
nourishment to its students.
Before its modern usage, it was an honorific title in
Latin for various mother goddesses,
especially Ceres or Cybele, and later in Catholicism
for the Virgin Mary.
51. It was an English-language Web-
based encyclopedia whose articles were written by
volunteer contributors with appropriate subject
matter expertise, reviewed by expert editors before
publication and licensed as free content. It was
founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten
by Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief. It
lasted from December 1999 until September 2003. It
is mostly known now as the predecessor
of Wikipedia.
54. In cooperation with Avanti Learning Centres, drivers
who are associated with Ola can get their children
studying in the ninth and tenth standard to the
learning centre and avail free education.
X will start off with a batch of 500 students in
Mumbai. The initiative will be extended to provide
free stationary, books and other apparatus for the
top performing students. The student’s program will
be held after school so that the students get the much
needed attention while also saving on tuition classes
costs.
57. The day assumes special significance in Bangladesh
where scores of people (activists), mostly students
and teachers of the Dhaka University, were
mercilessly shot down by the Pakistani army in 1952
in erstwhile East Pakistan. The activists had
protested against imposition of Urdu as the national
language side-stepping Bengali – their mother
tongue and the protest came to be known as
Language Movement.
77. CONNECT THEM.
Havok - Video Game physics engine.
MSN - an Internet service provider.
Skype - a free two way communication using camera
and messaging and phone calls
Bing -is a web search engine.
Xbox - Game Console
DirectX - Windows library for audio, user input, and
2D/3D graphics (software)
80. SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
2 QUESTIONS FOR EACH TEAM
10 POINTS FOR RIGHT ANSWER &-5 FOR
WRONG ANSWER FOR ALL TEAMS
IF ANSWERED WRONG OR UNASWERED,
QUESTION WILL BE PASSED TO NEXT TEAM
81. The game was originated in Southern or Central Asia, most
likely in Persia. Its invention is dated variously from the 6th
century BC to the 1st century AD. Persian Emperor Shapur
II learned to play it when he was seven years old in 316 AD.
Later on, it was passed from Persia to other parts of Asia
including the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Northern
Areas of present-day Pakistan since at least the 15th-16th
century and China, where it was very popular during the Tang
Dynasty and frequently depicted in paintings and statues.
The modern game is derived from Manipur, India, where the
game was known as 'Sagol Kangjei', 'Kanjai-bazee‘.
The first club was established in the town of Silchar in Assam,
India, in 1833.
87. Sania Mirza ,the Hyderabadi tennis sensation won
her first grand slam in______in the event mixed
doubles at_______with her partner Mahesh
Bhupati.
90. He was born on 23rd of august 1978 at Philadelphia
Pennsylvania. He is a 5 time NBA champion,2 times
NBA finals MVP,18 times inductee in NBA-All star,4
time NBA all star MVP.He is supposed to retire this
year. Who I am talking about?
96. It was found in ancient Egypt back in 3200 BC balls
were made using husk of grains, covered in material
such as leather and bound with string. Today this
sport is enjoyed by 100 million people in more than
90 countries worldwide.
99. He caught the attention of veteran singer S. P.
Balasubrahmanyam during a concert a musical institute
in Hyderabad. Balasubramaniam recommended his
name to AR Rahman, where Rahman roped him to give
background vocals for Mani Ratnam-directed 2010
film Raavan. Ali recorded the song "Behene De" for the
film alongside Karthik. The track, which topped music
charts for many continuous weeks, also received rave
critical reviews. The same year, he recorded two songs
for Mithoon's Lamhaa, titled "Salaam Zindagi" and
"Rehmat Zara", where for the latter he received the best
male singer debut award
102. The Filmfare Lyricist Award is given by
the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare
Awards for Hindi films.
The Award for the best lyricist was first given in
1959.
There are many records in this category and Javed
Akhtar has a record in 2005.what is the record?
108. Aubrey Graham is a Canadian rapper, singer,
songwriter, record producer and actor, born and
raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[5] He first
garnered recognition for his role as Jimmy Brooks on
the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
He later rose to prominence as a rapper, releasing
several mixtapes before signing to Lil Wayne's Young
Money Entertainment in June 2009.he is better
known as....
111. It is an entertainment media brand. It publishes
news, video, opinion, reviews, events and style. It is
known for music charts,tracking the most popular
songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts
events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several
TV shows. Name it.
114. Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985),is an
American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
record producer, and choreographer. Born and
raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, by a family of musicians,
began making music at a young age and performed
in various musical venues in his hometown
throughout his childhood. He graduated from high
school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical
career.
155. Only one question for one team.
You can value your question .
Its value can be 10to30
+for right answer
-for wrong answer
You have to answer your question you can’t pass it.
156. Now he is an Indian, he was born in 1971 in Pakistan to a
Pakistani Pashtun father of Afghan descent named
Arshad Khan, and an Indian Kashmiri mother named
Naureen Khan who hailed from Jammu. He was raised in
an aristocrat family and educated in the United
Kingdom. his father started his career in the Pakistan Air
Force but later went on to serve as a distinguished
diplomat and bureaucrat. His grandfather General
Mehfooz Jan hailed from Herat, Afghanistan and was the
governor of four provinces in Afghanistan, namely Herat,
Kabul, Jalalabad and Balkh.
Who is he?
159. It is an intelligent personal assistant developed by
Google.it is available within the Google Search
mobile application for Android and iOS, as well as
the Google Chrome web browser on personal
computers.it uses a natural language user interface
to answer questions, make recommendations, and
perform actions by delegating requests to a set of
web services. Along with answering user-initiated
queries,it proactively delivers to users information
that it predicts (based on their search habits) they
may want.
162. It is an app for the Apple iPad built by IDEA.org. it
was the first tablet app for browsing Wikipedia using
a radial tree approach to visualize how articles and
subsections of articles are interrelated. The app
displays related items (articles or sections of an
article), which spread on the screen, as a spider web
of icons.
165. The organization was founded in Belgrade in 1961, and was largely
conceived by India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru; Indonesia's
first president, Sukarno; Egypt's second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser;
Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah; and Yugoslavia's president, Josip
Broz Tito.
In a speech given during the Havana Declaration of 1979, Fidel Castro said
the purpose of the organization is to ensure "the national independence,
sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in
their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism,
and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference
or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics".
The countries of the organization represent nearly two-thirds of the United
Nation's members and contain 55% of the world population. Membership
is particularly concentrated in countries considered to be developing or
part of the Third World.
Which organization I am talking about ?
168. X is an Indian political strategist. He is a Public Health expert by
training and had formerly worked with the United Nations for eight
years.
He came to wider public attention when Citizens for Accountable
Governance (CAG), an election-campaign group he conceptualized,
helped the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win an
absolute majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. After he was
reportedly sidelined by the new BJP president Amit Shah.
X and some members of CAG regrouped as and started the Indian
Political Action Committee (IPAC) and started working for the 2015
Bihar assembly election.
A few days after the Bihar victory. The Economic Times revealed
that X was in talk with the Indian National Congress, to run its
campaign for the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly election in 2017.
IDENTIFY X ?
169.
170.
171. In 1974 it was observed that his condition was rapidly
deteriorating and it was decided to send him to paris for
further examination .like any other tourist ,he needed the
proper travelling papers. He was issued an Egyptian
passport on which his occupation was listed as “king
(********). Arriving at Le Bourget Airport near Paris ,he
was received with fully military honors , on a red carpet
,like any other visiting head of state.
One of the reports described it thus : “ON AN autumn
day in 1976 , a French air force plane touched down at Le
Bourget air port just outside Paris . The plane was
carrying one of the world’s great statesmen ,a famous
war leader in need of urgent medical treatment .”
176. Ar- rihala ,or , rihlah (literally “journey”) is a
classical Arabic term of quest , with connotations of
voyage undertaken for the sake of divine knowledge
of Islam . It is also a form of travel literature based
upon the experiences of the travellers .
The best known Rihla manuscript is “A Gift to Those
Who Contemplate the wonders of cities and the
marvels of travelling’’. Who wrote it ?
177.
178. Published in 1998,The Polyester Prince, an
unauthorised biography by Hamish McDonald, was
never sold in India since the business family
whose story it chronicles threatened legal action.
Nevertheless, it continues to be popular as an
accurate portrayal of one of the most controversial
and brilliant Indian businessman. Who is it about?