Pre-Quarters of Jogo Bonito Inter College Quiz Tournament by Q4Quizzing.com at Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram . Hosted by George Zacharia Check out my Youtube Channel : Super Medico - https://www.youtube.com/c/supermedico

1. Zone-1 :
Pre-quarters 4
Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Set by, George Zacharia

3. Q1
• In the 2014 World Cup, a famous player got
injured and was said to have a fracture in
the vertebrae.
• To seize the opportunity, Kerala CM Oomen
Chandy and Health Minsiter, Sivakumar,
asked a report to be made by the Govt.
Ayurveda College, Trivandrum whether it
would be possible to treat this player using
Ayurveda. The government planned to
hand over the report and invite the player
for Ayurveda treatment to Kerala.
• Who is the famous player? (who didn’t
come for the treatment though)

4. Answer
• Neymar

5. Q2
• This Shanku (Conch) is a common
component of many logos seen
of Kerala Government and some
Institutions in Trivandrum. It is
also featured in the emblem of
the Travancore Royal Family.
• Whose Conch/Shankhu is it?

6. Answer
• Lord Padmanabha’s Shankhu

7. Q3
• The TJ brand has forayed into various fields
including foodstuffs, clothing, etc. The location
where it is being made is acronymed into “TJ”.
Identify the manufacturing location or
expand TJ.

8. Answer
• Tihar Jail

9. Q4
!Where can you find
this design?
!Clue: Blue

10. Answer
• Oreo

11. Q5
• Connect:
• Indian Goulash
• Boiled Lentils
• Tamarind Soup
• Ash gourd and red beans in coconut milk
• Pumpkin and red beans in grated coconut gravy
• Pasta pudding
• Okra in spicy yoghurt sauce

12. Answer
• Sadhya

13. Q6
• Various Indian holy books
like Mahabharat, Puranas etc., relate
that Ashwini Kumar brothers, the
twins, who were Rajvaidya (Royal
Physicians)
to Devas during Vedic times, first
prepared this for Chyawan Rishi at
his Ashram on Dhosi
Hill near Narnaul, Haryana, India.
It was made for rejuvenating his
youth.
• What did they prepare?

14. Answer
• Chavanprash

15. Q7
!Airports normally run 24/7 round the
year. But there is one airport in the whole
world that closes for about 5 hours twice
every year for an event, in what they say,
where “Modernity meets Tradition”.
!A NOTAM(Notice to Airmen) is issued
atleast a week in advance internationally
to make changes in flight timings and
schedules.
!Name this International Airport or
Identify the City.

16. Answer
• Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (because
the Aarattu procession is through the Airport
runway)

17. Q8
This Indian governmental organization was
constituted under its present form in 1962 and it
has a motto meaning “From Untruth to Truth”.
Presently it has over 9000 entities including from 20
countries other than India. It has 10 regional offices
in India as of now for proper functioning. Identify
this organization.

18. Answer
• CBSE (Asathoma Sadhgamaya)

19. Q9
! The Sanskrit version of what is sub-
titled as
“swatantravishwavigyaanakoshaha” ?

20. Answer
• Wikipedia

21. Q10
• The story of Lord Murugan's courtship
and his union with the daughter of the
tribal hunters, Valli, is the most important
of all Tamil myths of the second marriage
of a god. In Tamil culture, Valli is the
more popular and more important of
Murugan's two brides(other being
Devasena).
• Folklore says that Lord Murugan married
Goddess Valli by weaving a garland of
___________ around her neck.
• What was it? (Picture ONLY for
illustrative purposes)

22. Answer
• Neelakurinji

23. Q11
! Name changes bring a new sense of life and is part
of rebranding. Uttar Pradesh government came
into news for plans to rename Allahabad as
“Prayagraj”.
! What did UP government rename last year as
“Izzatgar”?

24. Answer
• Toilets

25. Q12
• Connect (to something very
popular, most us know and could
have used).

26. Answer
• Instagram Filters

27. Q13
• According to a popular legend, a local priest’s herd of cattle went for
grazing along with a servant boy and a tiger attacked and killed one
cow. The servant ran to the village leaving the cattle behind and
reported it to the priest, who set out with X along with other villagers
to find the remaining cattle. They went in different directions and when
all assembled back, they found all of the cattle except the cow that was
killed by the tiger. But X was missing. Search parties went but there was
no sign of X.
• X had actually lost his way in the deep forest which eventually led him
to a group of ancient tribals. It is believed that he mastered magical
powers from these cannibal tribes known as Mala Arayas living in
subterranean abodes. Their leader who became fond of X, allowed him
to stay with them for many years during which he learned the secrets
of magical performances.
• Who did X later become? (or how do we know X better?)

28. Answer
• Kadamatathu kathanar

29. Q14
! This is T. Madhava
Rao, who served as
Diwan of the
Travancore Kingdom
from 1857-1872.
! How is his memory
immortalized in
Thiruvananthapuram?

30. Answer
• The Statue in Statue
Junction

31. Q15
1) Sight (Eyes)
2) Audition(Ear)
3) Olfaction (Nose)
4) Touch (Skin)
5) Taste (Mouth)
6) Kama (desire)
7) Krodha (anger)
8) Lobha (inordinate
desire)
9) Moha (attachment)
10)Madha (pride)
11)Matsarya (unhealthy
competition)
12)Asuya (Jealousy)
13)Dhumb (Boastfullness
14)Satva (Discernment)
15)Rajas (Activity/
Enjoyment)
16)Thamas (inactivity,
stupor)
17)Vidya (Knowledge)
18)Avidya (Ignorance)

32. Answer
• Pathinettam padi (Sabarimala)

33. Q16
•Identify the logo

34. Answer
• National Tobacco Control Programme

35. Q17
• When a poster of an
Indian film was
released in 2015,
critics claimed it to be
copied citing this
poster of 1998
American Movie,
“Simon Birch”. Identify
the Indian Movie.

36. Answer
Bahubali 1

37. Q18
! When did Mc Donalds
flip the logo?

38. Answer
• International Women’s Day

39. Q19
• The Arasalu railway station in Karnataka is getting renamed as X due to
its involvement with a popular TV series.
• Shankar Nag, who directed the television series that aired in the 1990s,
chose Agumbe and other nearby areas as locations for shooting due to
their rustic ambience. Arasalu, with its small railway station in which
just two trains passed up and down every day, provided the ideal
location for a few of the scenes.
• The old station in Arasalu, where the series was shot, is now in ruins
and the Indian Railways plans to turn it into a railway museum. The
new station, through which five trains pass through every day, will get a
makeover at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore, which will include beautifying the
station and renaming it to X.
• Identify X.

40. Answer
• Malgudi

41. Q20
! Ear with Hearing Aid
! Deaf Person
! Mechanical Arm and leg
! Man/ Woman with
pribing cane
! Man/Woman in
motorized wheel chair
! Man/Woman in manual
wheelchair
! Person kneeling
! Guide dog
! Service Dog
! Orangutan
! Sloth
! Hindu temple
! Auto rickshaw
! Sari
! Diya lamp
! Banjo
! Connect the list
(only some members of
the list have been
mentioned above.
There are more
members in the list)

42. Answer
• New Emojis of 2019

43. Q21
• A global design competition was conducted for designing X and the
result was announced in early April 2017. Chennai-based architects,
WeBe Design Lab's proposal was declared the winner and was
accordingly chosen for the conceptualization of the architectural design
and for coordinating the construction of the project.
• X has five concentric circles:-
- Circle of Immortality
- Circle of Bravery
- Circle of Sacrifice
- Circle of Protection
• The centre has an obelix with an eternal flame.
• Identify X.

44. Answer
• National War Memorial

45. Q22 ! Time Magazine is known for its Iconic covers. The
cover with a red X sign has come with Adolf Hitler,
Osama Binladen , Saddam Husein and Abu Musab al-
Zarqawi.
! But a cover with a black X has come only once.
! Identify the occasion when Times released the cover
with the Black X.

46. Answer
• Hiroshima Nagasaki Bombings

47. Q23
• The Nobel Prize in Literature is a Swedish literature prize that is
awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has,
in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, produced
"in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal
direction" .Though individual works are sometimes cited as being
particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of
work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will
receive the prize.
• Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018?

48. Answer
• Nobody (It is postponed to 2019)

49. Q24
• ”More than a king, Less than a
God.”
Identify this slogan/tagline which
was trending in the news very
recently.

50. Answer
• Empuraan (Lucifer 2)

51. Q25• Kerala is one of the most advanced and growing states in the
country. With its own natural beauty and skilled professionals,
Kerala is making her spot not only in the country but also in the
world. Kerala is all ready to have its own indigenously
developed laptop named “Coconics” in near future.
• Coconics is the combination of word “coco” (from coconut,
Kerala’s identity symbol) and “Electronics”.
• This is a joint venture of state-run “X” and UST Global.
• Identify X.

52. Answer
• Keltron

53. Q26• Popularly known as ‘Taar’, the telegram service in India was
seen as the harbinger of change. For 160 years, the service
was both anticipated and feared, bringing good and bad, but
urgent news to Indians.
• With the onset of SMS, and internet, telegram became
outdated and was stopped on July 2013.
• The last date was July 15th 2013, and nearly 20,000 telegrams
were sent on that day. Kerala sent out 1,867 telegrams that
day.
• Who received the last telegram message that day?

54. Answer
• Rahul Gandhi

55. Q27
! “Harry Potter will come out as bisexual and have a
love affair with Ron Weasley in a new spin-off book
series, JK Rowling has confirmed.
! The new trilogy of novels will take place 19 years
after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows, which saw Harry marry his best friend’s
sister, Ginny Weasley.
! In the first book of the new series, entitled Harry
Potter and the Enchanted Tryst, the titular character
will share an “intimate experience” with Ron. The
novel is due for publication on February 30, 2021.”
! This is an excerpt from the report posted by Fillop
Rao in the online website Pink News. On what
occasion did JK Rowling is said to have made the
revelation?

56. Answer
• April Fools

57. Q28
! This is a Facebook condolence post written by a person
named Sreehari Sreedharan. The post describes the
achievements and qualities of this lady who was killed
using a novel liquid bomb technology.
! The post (in Malayalam language) describes her as the
nightmare of Abubakr Baghdadi, Sweet Singer of Bakers,
Little Sister of an Elder Brother, the precious daughter of
_____________, the love of life of _______, the never
dying flame of _______________ ,etc
! Identify this lady from the field of Entertainment.

59. Answer
• Deepthy IPS

60. Q29
!The 1994 Movie “Forrest Gump” is about a person
called Forrest Gump and incidents in his life,
including those that in the military, finding a
shrimp company, etc. A lot of important historic
moments have been included in this movie
including many famous US presidents, etc.
!In one scene, Forrest gets a letter saying that his
friend Lt. Dan had invested some of the profits of
their company in a “Fruit” company. Identify this
famous “Fruit” Company.

61. Answer
• Apple Company

62. Q30• Connect

63. Answer
• Women’s College , Thiruvananthapuram
(Components in Logo:- Lighting the Lamp, For the
Home and Country,
Maharaja’s Govt college for Women)

65. Zone-1 :
Pre-quarters 4
Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam