1) This document describes an inter-hostel quiz conducted by Gnosis MNNIT Quiz Club. It provides the rules for participation, which include writing the hostel name and team details, no use of outside resources during the quiz, and the top team from each hostel will advance to the finals. 2) The quiz contains 25 multiple choice questions mostly based on 2016 events, with 5 starred tie-breaker questions. 3) The quiz master's decisions are final.

1. Inaugural Inter-Hostel Quiz
Gnosis MNNIT Quiz Club
Conducted by team
‘Sarson Da Swag’
Shubham, Anugrah and Siddharth

2. RULES
• Make sure both the team members are from the same hostel.
• Write down the name of your HOSTEL on the TOP.
• Write down your team name, member names, contact details.
• 25 questions. No negatives. Mostly based on 2016 events.
• 5 Starred questions, will be used to resolve ties.
• No Googling, no UFM.
• Quiz Master is God.
• At the end of the prelims, the top scoring team from each hostel will make it to
the finals.

4. • X claims to have created a world record by achieving 15 million users
in record time.
• Although X is a new entrant in the tech field, it has achieved this
growth faster than any other company, including the likes of
Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, Google+ and Uber.
1)

5. Reliance JIO

6. 2)

7. Ratan Tata – Cyrus Mistry spat

8. • “As a man who has spent decades championing women’s healthcare and
environmental protection, I was distressed to learn of the unauthorized and
deceptive use of my likeness to endorse Y.
• “Having endured, in my own personal life, the loss of my first wife and daughter as
well as numerous friends to life threatening diseases, I am fully committed to
supporting women’s healthcare and research programs that improve human
health and alleviate suffering,” the statement continued.
• “I shall endeavor to rectify this matter. In the meantime, please accept my
sincerest and heartfelt apologies to all whom I have offended,” the statement
concluded.
• The person in question received a lot of flak and was even trolled on Twitter for
undertaking Y.
• (X is the name of the man)
3)

9. X - Pierce Brosnan in
Y- Pan Bahar Ad

10. 4)

11. Jaya TV (owned by Jayalalitha)

12. • Simayan is a Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Simayan's name is a combination of simian (a group in the primate
order) and Mayan (an ancient Mesoamerican civilization).
• It evolves into Monkezuma starting at level 43.
• Its pokedex entry states - "Simayan spend all their time sparring with
each other. Their aim is to show that they are the strongest in the
group, and thus become the next leader."
• This unpopular pokemon was excluded from the viral game app from
Niantic - Pokémon Go.
• However soon many people started petitioning online for a pokemon
derived from Simayan to be included in the game.
• Why ?
5) * Question

13. Harambae

14. 6)

15. Sonam Gupta Bewafa hai

16. • Just days after India successfully test fired its first Inter Continental Ballistic
Missile (ICBM), Agni-V, another country too decided to test its military might
by planning to conduct a long-range missile test.
• According to Indian Media,the competitor's intercontinental missile has a
range of 7000 kilometres and is capable of hitting its targets upto Australia!
The missile can contain nuclear as well as traditional warheads.
• What is the name of this missile which poses a threat to several countries
including India ?
7)

17. Taimur

18. This book is written by someone who,
although not a regular author, is
supposedly quite knowledgeable.
X himself is not a politician but his
grandfather was one.
Side fact : The name of the grandfather
was Rajni Kant !
8) * Question

19. Arnab Goswami

20. • X,who essayed the role of Y on the show,says, "Maybe within a few
months or within this year, I might be able to bring Y back. I am
already talking to GECs and Doordarshan, which aired the show.
• I strongly object to the bhedchaal of coming up with shows that only
cater to women. They say that only women watch TV, but even men
sit down at the dinner table and want to watch TV!"
• X has received letters from the then Prime Minister of India Atal
Bihari Vajpayee and has also been featured on the front page of The
Wall Street Journal, for his stellar role in Y.
9)

21. X- Mukesh Khanna, Y- Shaktimaan

22. 10)

23. Raees

24. • X's grandfather had migrated from central Gujarat in the early years
of the 20th century to Kenya during the British Raj. X's father was
born in Kenya, and had established himself in Nairobi as a successful
entrepreneur, running a business on spare parts.
• X's father passed away a few years ago so X moved to a small house in
Mumbai recently to give his mother better company and is also said
to have declined an offer to head the newly formed BRICS Bank in
Shanghai to be with his mother.
• Missing out on that offer should no longer be at the back of his mind,
since he got a more lucrative one. ID X.
11)

25. Urjit Patel

26. 12) ID the person, who has now turned into a meme

27. Michael Jordan

28. • In August 1986, a Supreme Court bench of Justices O Chinnappa
Reddy and M M Dutt had, in Bijoe Emmanuel & Ors vs State Of Kerala
& Ors, granted protection to three children of the Jehovah’s Witness
sect, who didn’t partake in a particular activity at their school. The
court held that forcing the children to perform this particular activity
violated their fundamental right to religion.
• However, some 30 years later it seems that the Supreme Court has
done a U-turn by mandating this activity to be compulsarily carried
out in a particular scenario, because the court feels "it is clear as
crystal that it is the sacred obligation of every citizen to abide by the
ideals engrafted in the Constitution".
• What?
13)

29. Singing the National anthem (in cinema)

30. 14)

31. Bhaukaal !

32. • Daimaou Kosaka was very much in the news this year, for a creating
something that was perhaps the smallest of its kind to make it to the
world records.
• We all know him albeit in a different avatar.
• Why made him so popular this year?
15)

33. PPAP by Piko Taro

34. 16)

35. Game of Thrones

36. • Kedar Singh in Begusarai, then part of Munger district, on May 26,
1953, had said, “Today the dogs of the CID are loitering round
Barauni.Many official dogs are sitting even in this meeting. The
people of India drove out the British from this country and elected
these Congress goondas to the gaddi… We will strike and throw out
these Congress goondas as well.”
• This speech was responsible for something happening for the first
time in the history of Independent India. What?
17) * question

37. Sedition charges

38. 18 ) This article from ‘The Guardian’, goes on to say – “The UN has dropped X as an
ambassador for empowering girls and women after a brief stint that drew widespread
criticism.
X , who turned 75 this year, had a tenure which lasted for less than two months.
Among its key aims were challenging female stereotypes and fighting discrimination and
violence against women and girls.
The reason for X’s controversy was the fact that she had an overtly sexualized image was
known for wearing scanty clothing – this was considered to be culturally insensitive world
over.”
(* Question)

39. Wonder Woman

40. • Bollywood actor Aamir Khan was the brand ambassador for
‘Incredible India’ campaign.
• However, he was not approached again for renewal of his contract in
the wake of his ‘leaving India’ and ‘intolerance’ controversial remark.
• Simply tell me who has now been appointed as the new brand
ambassador by the government?
19) (* Question)

41. Narendra Modi !

42. 20)

43. Samsung Galaxy Note 7

44. • Panchshil Realty, a developer in Pune, finished building the first of its
kind in India earlier this year. The price tag for the fancy flats: $2.2
million and some are still available.
• A 75-storey building in Mumbai is being built by the Lodha Group. It
boasts of four-bedroom apartments, and even offers a private jet
service to its residents.
• Similarly, the developers Ireo are going to build a commercial tower in
Gurgaon, later this year.
• Who is undertaking this massive construction in India, promoted
under the slogan - “Where Power Resides” ?
21)

45. Donald Trump

46. 22)

47. “ Ab Dangal Hoga “

48. • After having termed acting in films as "disgraceful and dishonorable",
X has supposedly decided to act in one.
• Perhaps the reason for this U-turn is his statement - "I am being
offered the equivalent of 1 crore to me".
• It is noteworthy that X was the Editor's choice on Asia's Sexiest Men
this year.
23)

49. Arshad Khan - Chaiwalla

50. 24)

51. PV Sindhu

52. • Where have you recently heard a variation of this famous south
Indian song – ‘Mental Manadhil’ ?
• (Video follows)
25)

53. OK Jaanu