Prelims of General Quiz in Inter-IIIT, hosted by PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur. Date : 24th March, 2016 Venue : PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (M.P.) Quiz Masters : Ameya Datar and Anuj Tiwari.

1. X-Quiz Me
INTER IIIT GenQuiz
PRELIMS
By
Ameya Datar
Anuj TIwari

2. RULES!
25 quetions
1 mark each
No negatives,so feel
free to take a wild guess!
Top 6 qualify for finals
2

3. RULES!
5 “*” marked questions to
make things easy for us in
case of a tie brreak.
PHONES ARE STRICTLY
PROHIBITED
3

4. “Quiz master is my lord and I shall
listen to him and him only and he
shall decide the fate of my answers

5. “

6. “

7. PRELIMS!
Let the games begin!
May the force be with you!

8. 1.
The Sanskrit version of what resource
is sub-titled as
“Swatantravishwavigyaanakoshaha”
Id.
8

9. 1.
Wikipedia
9

10. 2.
This is a still from the movie X-Men Origins : Wolverine (2009).
How do we better know this character encircled here?
10

11. 2.
Captain Deadpool
11

12. 3.
If X were a country, X would have been
placed at the 35th position in the all time
Olympics medal list, ahead of 97 other
nations. Id X
12

13. 3.
Michael Phelps
13

14. 4.
Non-exhaustive list
▸Amaro
▸Lo-Fi
▸ Hefe
▸1977
▸Mayfair
▸Rise
▸Hudson
▸Valencia
▸Sierra
▸Willow
▸Kevin
14
Connect

15. 4.
Instagram Filters
15

16. *5.
16
In 1996, Suresh Kalmadi did something in
Mumbai which was hailed as the biggest
sex change operation in Independent India.
What did he do?

17. *5.
17
Victoria Terminus was renamed to
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

18. 6.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, a former Basketball player and an actor by profession
set a Guiness World record last year for 'Fastest 20m carrying two fridges'.
Competing against 2014 World's strongest Man title holder, the actor took
19.60 seconds, carrying a total weight of 40 kg to achieve the feat. How do we
people know this person better?
18

19. 6.
The Mountain
(Game of Thrones)
19

20. 7.
The X effect is an economic occurrence where income is
redistributed so that economic inequality is reduced. A X effect
can be caused by a large number of different policies or
economic decisions, not all of which are specifically aimed at
reducing inequality. Identify X, which is named after a folk hero.
20

21. 7.
The Robinhood Effect.
21

22. 8.
What's special about these 3 Olympics?
1916 : Berlin
1940 : Tokyo
1944 : London
22

23. 8.
They never took place.
23

24. 9.
How do we better know the Oscar winning actor
Krishna Pandit Bhanji?
24

25. 9.
Ben Kingsley
25

26. *10.
After FIFA World Cup 2014, Snicker's came up with
a cheeky ad campaign with the punch-line 'More
satisfying than Italian'. Which incident is being
referred here?
(Picture in the next slide)
26

27. 27

28. *10.
Luis Suarez biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini
28

29. 11.
Don't be a racist! Be like X.
He is an Italian plumber
Created by Japanese people
who speaks English
looks like a Mexican
jumps like a Black man
and grabs coins like a Jew.
What is X?
29

30. 11.
Mario
30

31. 12.
"The Hunger Games is a great series on Karwa Chauth. ""
"The Lord of the rings is the Autobiography of Bappi Lahiri"
"Fifty shades of grey is an amazing coloring book. Children will love
it."
"Books like 'To kill a mockingbird' should be banned as it promotes
violence and murder of the exotic birds."
"Mein Kampf is a nice guide for camping and other outdoor
activities."
"X teaches the little ones to love and care for animals.“
What is X. Put funda and also name the person who became the butt
of these jokes?
31

32. 12.
X: Animal Farm, a novel by George Oswell.
Shilpa Shetty after her comments on inclusion of Animal Farm
in CBSE syllabus
32

33. 13.
What does
this picture
depict?
33

34. 13.
Armstrong’s Immigration form when
returning from the moon.
34

35. 14.
ID.
35

36. 14.
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
36

37. *15.
The symbol of a series X by a company Y
means conversion of Analog data type to
Digital data type.
ID X and Y.
37

38. *15.
X : Sony
Y : Vaio
38

39. 16.
Why was this trio in
news recently?
HINT: Brings back
memories.
39

40. 16.
Cast of Harry Potter : The Cursed Child
40

41. 17.
The themes of this game are borrowed from major
films like SCARFACE and BLOW along with the hit
1980s TV series,Miami Vice.
Which game?
41

42. 17.
GTA Vice City
42

43. 18.
An IITian and a former IRS officer born in Hisar,
Haryana in 1968. He was awarded the Raman
Magsasay Award in 2006.He started an organization
called ‘Parivartan’.
Identify this fellow who is in news more often than
not.
43

44. 18.
Arvind Kejriwal
44

45. 19.
This organisation developed and released the
application software named ‘Bhuvan’ 19 months ago
(August, 2015).
Id?
45

46. 19.
ISRO
46

47. *20.
X is a new superhero who made it's Marvel debut
last year(June'16) in Civil War II : Choosing Sides.
He is the member of Alpha Flight, which is Canadian
Peacekeeping Force. Alpha Flight also features
heroes like Saint Elmo, Wolverine, Groundhog etc.
Identify X.
47

48. *20.
Justin Trudeau
48

49. 21.
Vodafone became the first ever recipient
of ‘Glitterbox PETA award’ in 2009.
What’s the reason behind it?
49

50. 21.
For replacing the famous Hutch pug to
‘ZooZoo’ Ad.
50

51. 22.
Name of which mythological
character means "the one who is steady in
the war“ ?
51

52. 22.
Yuddhisthir
52

53. 23.
How do we better know the founder of the
notorious organisation named ‘Hindu
Yuva Vahini’, who is also the head priest
of the Gorakhnath Math, a Hindu temple
in Gorakhpur.
53

54. 23.
Yogi Adityanath
54

55. AUDIO ROUND
55

56. 24.
ID the speaker.

57. 24.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
57

58. *25.
Identify both the singers.
(NO PART POINTS)
58

59. *25.
Brett Lee and Asha Bhosle
59

60. 60

61. Keep Calm And Wait For The Results
ALL HAIL THY LORDS
61