Sisupalgarh
Q2
This ancient port city located in Gujarat was an important
centre of international trade from the 6th century BC to the
18th century AD. It has been mentioned in ancient Indian texts
like Mahabharata and Puranas.
Adobe was founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in California.
The word 'bandish' in Hindi means "binding together" and is associated with music.
The capital city being referred to is Copenhagen, Denmark, where the chemical element hafnium was discovered and named after the Latin name for Copenhagen, "Hafnia".
The fictional character created by Shekhar Kapur is based on the mythological figure Durga.
David Joseph Ezra, who died in 1882, was a prominent merchant in Calcutta, India and the largest property owner, with a street named after him.
The mathematician who popularized the Hindu-Arabic numeral system
The document outlines the rules for a quiz competition, including that there will be 30 questions with the first 21 being regular questions and questions 11-21 being tie-breaker questions. It also states that no negative marks will be given, and the quiz master's decision is binding. It then provides examples of quiz questions and answers related to geography, history, pop culture, and literature.
The document describes the rules for an open general quiz competition being held by Agantuk Club in Bansberia. It states there will be 35 total questions covering various topics and formats, including 25 dry questions, 5 audio questions, and 5 visual questions. Six questions are marked as "star questions" to determine finalists in case of a tie. No cross-talking or whispering is allowed. The quiz masters for the event are also introduced.
ADITYA MEMORIAL SCHOOL QUIZ FINALS 2017Bivash Rath
Conducted in memory of Aditya, a lively soul, Odisha Quiz Association and Loyola School,BBSR hosted the event in association with Aditya Memorial Trust
The document provides information about an India quiz organized by Tajagna, The Quiz Society of Daulat Ram College. It includes the rules of the quiz, which has 18 questions over 4 rounds. The first 3 rounds contain multiple choice questions about prominent Indian writers, chess players, forts, dances, and more. The 4th round focuses on questions related to Delhi. The document tests the reader's knowledge of important people and places in Indian history.
Chai Pe Quiz April Session - "Summer Sundowner" at Ledhi Arts Cafe, Kochi
1) One Man Show - The General Quiz by Sujith Erikandath & Aravind Anil
2) Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi - The Travel Quiz by Rajesh Mohanan
#CochinQuizClub #InformalMeet
PSAXIMO FINALS- Inter School General Quiz, BMM PampadyNoyel Sebastian
Here is the finals of PSAXIMO, Inter-School General quiz conducted as part of XENORA'18 - Humanities and Arts fest of BMM English Medium School, Pampady. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.
The blank is filled with "SARI"
It appeared first at Lucknow in the 1820s and then gradually adopted by rest of the royalty
and aristocracy of Indian Subcontinent, and later by the general population. Its name is
plausibly derived from Shirvan, a region of present-day Azerbaijan. Therefore, it is also
speculated that ____(8)____ may also be a derivative of the Caucasian dress due to the
ethnocultural linkages of Turco-Persian affinity during the Middle Ages.
FITB
Q18
Harpadon nehereus is a type of lizardfish that makes a very popular dish once
dried and fried. Its odour
Adobe was founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in California.
The word 'bandish' in Hindi means "binding together" and is associated with music.
The capital city being referred to is Copenhagen, Denmark, where the chemical element hafnium was discovered and named after the Latin name for Copenhagen, "Hafnia".
The fictional character created by Shekhar Kapur is based on the mythological figure Durga.
David Joseph Ezra, who died in 1882, was a prominent merchant in Calcutta, India and the largest property owner, with a street named after him.
The mathematician who popularized the Hindu-Arabic numeral system
The document outlines the rules for a quiz competition, including that there will be 30 questions with the first 21 being regular questions and questions 11-21 being tie-breaker questions. It also states that no negative marks will be given, and the quiz master's decision is binding. It then provides examples of quiz questions and answers related to geography, history, pop culture, and literature.
The document describes the rules for an open general quiz competition being held by Agantuk Club in Bansberia. It states there will be 35 total questions covering various topics and formats, including 25 dry questions, 5 audio questions, and 5 visual questions. Six questions are marked as "star questions" to determine finalists in case of a tie. No cross-talking or whispering is allowed. The quiz masters for the event are also introduced.
ADITYA MEMORIAL SCHOOL QUIZ FINALS 2017Bivash Rath
Conducted in memory of Aditya, a lively soul, Odisha Quiz Association and Loyola School,BBSR hosted the event in association with Aditya Memorial Trust
The document provides information about an India quiz organized by Tajagna, The Quiz Society of Daulat Ram College. It includes the rules of the quiz, which has 18 questions over 4 rounds. The first 3 rounds contain multiple choice questions about prominent Indian writers, chess players, forts, dances, and more. The 4th round focuses on questions related to Delhi. The document tests the reader's knowledge of important people and places in Indian history.
Chai Pe Quiz April Session - "Summer Sundowner" at Ledhi Arts Cafe, Kochi
1) One Man Show - The General Quiz by Sujith Erikandath & Aravind Anil
2) Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi - The Travel Quiz by Rajesh Mohanan
#CochinQuizClub #InformalMeet
PSAXIMO FINALS- Inter School General Quiz, BMM PampadyNoyel Sebastian
Here is the finals of PSAXIMO, Inter-School General quiz conducted as part of XENORA'18 - Humanities and Arts fest of BMM English Medium School, Pampady. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.
The blank is filled with "SARI"
It appeared first at Lucknow in the 1820s and then gradually adopted by rest of the royalty
and aristocracy of Indian Subcontinent, and later by the general population. Its name is
plausibly derived from Shirvan, a region of present-day Azerbaijan. Therefore, it is also
speculated that ____(8)____ may also be a derivative of the Caucasian dress due to the
ethnocultural linkages of Turco-Persian affinity during the Middle Ages.
FITB
Q18
Harpadon nehereus is a type of lizardfish that makes a very popular dish once
dried and fried. Its odour
Here's the quiz on Indian History presented by Siddhant Mohan on 31st July 2020.It covers a range of domains in the history of India, spanning across literature,classical music,architecture,etc.,
- The document describes a quiz competition with 3 rounds of questions on various topics covering history, people, places, science and technology.
- The first round had 12 direct questions on the app Pounce with points awarded for correct or passed answers.
- The second round involved 6 visual questions on Pounce about people, monuments and events.
- The third round consisted of 6 direct questions again on Pounce with point scoring.
Prelims of Know Your Sanskaars - The India Quiz,researched and conducted by Quizzito,The Quiz Society of Gargi College as a part of HighQ'20 - The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College
Literanza 2017 Open General Quiz Prelims+AnswersLokesh Kaza
Prelims with Answers, of the Open General Quiz conducted as part of IIT Hyderabad's first literary festival, conducted on 7th January, 2017. No audio/video content, so it can be run directly on Slideshare. Feedback welcome!
The document discusses:
1. A newspaper called The National Herald that was established in Lucknow in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru. It was banned by the British in 1942.
2. The newspaper and Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are accused in a corruption case filed in Delhi court.
3. Details about Kushwant Singh including his career as a lawyer, journalist, and member of Rajya Sabha, and that he died in 2014 at the age of 94.
Some questions from the BC Patnaik Memorial Quiz 2017, an all DAV affair held in November 2017 conducted by DAV Pokhariput in association with Odisha Quiz Association.
The General Quiz (Prelims) - NSIT QUIZ FEST 2016nsitqc
The document describes a quiz club competition with 21 multiple choice questions. Key details include:
- There are 4 star marked questions worth more points.
- The top 6 teams will advance to the finals.
- The questions cover a range of topics and ask participants to identify people, events, concepts and terms.
The Open Gen Quiz (Prelims) - NSIT QUIZ FEST 2016nsitqc
The document provides information about the structure of a general quiz competition, including that it consists of a 30 question written round worth 1 point each, with questions 11-20 being used to break ties. The top 8 teams will advance to the finals. It also notes that the quiz master's decision is final.
The document discusses Joseph Mundassery's claim that Thrikkariyur was the ancient capital of the Chera dynasty in Kerala. It then describes a legend where Lord Shiva saved the Thrikkariyur temple from being submerged by demons by tricking them with a rooster's crow, leaving visible boulders as evidence. This refers to the Bhoothathan kettu geological formation.
This document outlines the structure and rounds of a quiz competition between teams. It consists of 5 rounds:
Round I has questions for each team to answer one at a time. Round II gives each team 5 questions consecutively. Round III returns to teams answering one question each. Round IV has 10 questions that any team can answer. Round V involves identifying the country from pictures provided. The questions cover topics such as Indian monuments, rivers, states, and world geography.
X is a Thailand-born British-American software designer and publisher who founded several companies in United States and elsewhere. All members of his family where fluent in Tamil language and his family had several Indian servants. He attended Presentation Convent School at Kodaikanal till Class 6 after which the family relocated to England. X started his own publishing house named after himself which was later acquired by McGraw Hill. He also published a best-selling memoir “Hypergrowth” in 1984. (16)
Questions from the finals of the open general quiz conducted by yours truly on 30th Oct 2016.
Winners were Prithwish Dutta and Bedbyas Datta with 205 pts..
Runners up were Samrat Dutta and Partha Sarathi Ghatak- 177.5
2nd Runners up- Apratim Mukhopadhyay and Baneswar Sarker- 137.5
1. The document discusses various topics related to Indian history, culture, and current events. It includes questions on subjects like Indian classical music, famous Indian personalities, historical monuments, and more.
2. The questions are in multiple choice, fill in the blank, and visual/image format with point values assigned for correct and incorrect answers.
3. The format appears to be describing the structure of a quiz or test being researched.
This document contains the rules for an online quiz competition between two teams. It states there will be 32 questions answered through buzzers, with +100 points for a correct answer and -100 for an incorrect one. Only one team can claim the points for a correct answer. The sequence of answers will be based on who buzzes in, with the second to last team having the option to pass. The quiz master's decision is final.
This History Quiz was held in September 2021 and set by Rajat and Udit as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by the QMs.
Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding Intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.
The document describes the rules and structure of a quiz competition called "The India Quiz Finals" with 8 questions across 4 rounds. The rounds cover topics like history, literature, and science with questions related to events, people, movies, and monuments. Teams are given points for correct answers and can lose points for incorrect responses, with the goal of accumulating the most points across the rounds.
The document contains 15 multiple choice questions related to history, geography, literature and current events. The questions cover topics like Amar Chitra Katha comics, the origin of the term 'quarantine', information about the sharpshooter Chandro Tomar, identifying important women in Indian history, decoding meanings of words from different time periods, mythology, flags, wildlife, law cases and more.
The document discusses various terms:
- X refers to the pre-enlightened practitioner of austerities according to Jataka tales.
- Deul is a style of temple architecture that arose in northern India and Bengal between the 6th-10th centuries.
- Ip Man is the real life character played by Tony Leung in the 2013 Wong Kar-wai film.
- Lynx is the national animal of Romania and Macedonia.
Quiz Club session IIT Kharagpur (Questions and answers)Amit Kumar Ram
The document provides instructions for becoming an Animagus, which involves holding a mandrake leaf in one's mouth for a month, soaking it in moonlight, and collecting dew that hasn't been exposed to sunlight or feet for a week. It also requires waiting for lightning to strike while reciting an incantation daily at sunrise and sunset. The process can take days, weeks or months to complete.
Here's the quiz on Indian History presented by Siddhant Mohan on 31st July 2020.It covers a range of domains in the history of India, spanning across literature,classical music,architecture,etc.,
- The document describes a quiz competition with 3 rounds of questions on various topics covering history, people, places, science and technology.
- The first round had 12 direct questions on the app Pounce with points awarded for correct or passed answers.
- The second round involved 6 visual questions on Pounce about people, monuments and events.
- The third round consisted of 6 direct questions again on Pounce with point scoring.
Prelims of Know Your Sanskaars - The India Quiz,researched and conducted by Quizzito,The Quiz Society of Gargi College as a part of HighQ'20 - The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College
Literanza 2017 Open General Quiz Prelims+AnswersLokesh Kaza
Prelims with Answers, of the Open General Quiz conducted as part of IIT Hyderabad's first literary festival, conducted on 7th January, 2017. No audio/video content, so it can be run directly on Slideshare. Feedback welcome!
The document discusses:
1. A newspaper called The National Herald that was established in Lucknow in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru. It was banned by the British in 1942.
2. The newspaper and Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are accused in a corruption case filed in Delhi court.
3. Details about Kushwant Singh including his career as a lawyer, journalist, and member of Rajya Sabha, and that he died in 2014 at the age of 94.
Some questions from the BC Patnaik Memorial Quiz 2017, an all DAV affair held in November 2017 conducted by DAV Pokhariput in association with Odisha Quiz Association.
The General Quiz (Prelims) - NSIT QUIZ FEST 2016nsitqc
The document describes a quiz club competition with 21 multiple choice questions. Key details include:
- There are 4 star marked questions worth more points.
- The top 6 teams will advance to the finals.
- The questions cover a range of topics and ask participants to identify people, events, concepts and terms.
The Open Gen Quiz (Prelims) - NSIT QUIZ FEST 2016nsitqc
The document provides information about the structure of a general quiz competition, including that it consists of a 30 question written round worth 1 point each, with questions 11-20 being used to break ties. The top 8 teams will advance to the finals. It also notes that the quiz master's decision is final.
The document discusses Joseph Mundassery's claim that Thrikkariyur was the ancient capital of the Chera dynasty in Kerala. It then describes a legend where Lord Shiva saved the Thrikkariyur temple from being submerged by demons by tricking them with a rooster's crow, leaving visible boulders as evidence. This refers to the Bhoothathan kettu geological formation.
This document outlines the structure and rounds of a quiz competition between teams. It consists of 5 rounds:
Round I has questions for each team to answer one at a time. Round II gives each team 5 questions consecutively. Round III returns to teams answering one question each. Round IV has 10 questions that any team can answer. Round V involves identifying the country from pictures provided. The questions cover topics such as Indian monuments, rivers, states, and world geography.
X is a Thailand-born British-American software designer and publisher who founded several companies in United States and elsewhere. All members of his family where fluent in Tamil language and his family had several Indian servants. He attended Presentation Convent School at Kodaikanal till Class 6 after which the family relocated to England. X started his own publishing house named after himself which was later acquired by McGraw Hill. He also published a best-selling memoir “Hypergrowth” in 1984. (16)
Questions from the finals of the open general quiz conducted by yours truly on 30th Oct 2016.
Winners were Prithwish Dutta and Bedbyas Datta with 205 pts..
Runners up were Samrat Dutta and Partha Sarathi Ghatak- 177.5
2nd Runners up- Apratim Mukhopadhyay and Baneswar Sarker- 137.5
1. The document discusses various topics related to Indian history, culture, and current events. It includes questions on subjects like Indian classical music, famous Indian personalities, historical monuments, and more.
2. The questions are in multiple choice, fill in the blank, and visual/image format with point values assigned for correct and incorrect answers.
3. The format appears to be describing the structure of a quiz or test being researched.
This document contains the rules for an online quiz competition between two teams. It states there will be 32 questions answered through buzzers, with +100 points for a correct answer and -100 for an incorrect one. Only one team can claim the points for a correct answer. The sequence of answers will be based on who buzzes in, with the second to last team having the option to pass. The quiz master's decision is final.
This History Quiz was held in September 2021 and set by Rajat and Udit as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by the QMs.
Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding Intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.
The document describes the rules and structure of a quiz competition called "The India Quiz Finals" with 8 questions across 4 rounds. The rounds cover topics like history, literature, and science with questions related to events, people, movies, and monuments. Teams are given points for correct answers and can lose points for incorrect responses, with the goal of accumulating the most points across the rounds.
The document contains 15 multiple choice questions related to history, geography, literature and current events. The questions cover topics like Amar Chitra Katha comics, the origin of the term 'quarantine', information about the sharpshooter Chandro Tomar, identifying important women in Indian history, decoding meanings of words from different time periods, mythology, flags, wildlife, law cases and more.
The document discusses various terms:
- X refers to the pre-enlightened practitioner of austerities according to Jataka tales.
- Deul is a style of temple architecture that arose in northern India and Bengal between the 6th-10th centuries.
- Ip Man is the real life character played by Tony Leung in the 2013 Wong Kar-wai film.
- Lynx is the national animal of Romania and Macedonia.
Quiz Club session IIT Kharagpur (Questions and answers)Amit Kumar Ram
The document provides instructions for becoming an Animagus, which involves holding a mandrake leaf in one's mouth for a month, soaking it in moonlight, and collecting dew that hasn't been exposed to sunlight or feet for a week. It also requires waiting for lightning to strike while reciting an incantation daily at sunrise and sunset. The process can take days, weeks or months to complete.
Quizmasters: Titash Banerjea, Balagopal Menon, Ananyo Brahma, Shubhraneel Barman
Among the 36 teams that participated in this quiz, Samanway Banerjee and Siddhant Agarwal emerged first with a score of 27. Souptik Das and Bishanka Dassarma followed with a score of 26. Roopam Chowdhury and Somasish Ghosh came third with a score of 24.5.
IIM Calcutta Carpe Diem 2017 : TV Series Quiz PrelimsTamal Dutta
This document appears to be a quiz for a television series prelims exam. It contains 25 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of details from various TV shows such as Stranger Things, Dexter, Black Mirror, Game of Thrones, Saturday Night Live and others. The questions cover plot details, character names, pop culture references and more.
Intra Mural Quiz-Don Bosco Park Circus (Classes 9 & 10)Ujan Sen
This is the quiz held at DBPC for classes 9 and 10 hosted by three of us, Annway Ghosh, Somok Sur and I, Ujan Sen, all of whom belong to class XI. The audio clips and video clips are not embedded and hence will have to be, unfortunately, skipped.
The document provides instructions and rules for a quiz being conducted. It states that all electronic devices should be kept on silent mode, search engines should not be used during the quiz, and any disputes will only be entertained after the quiz. It also notes that the initials of questions 2-14 and 16-25 will form something, while the 1st and 15th questions are excluded. The 15th question is worth 2 points and there are 2 points for identifying the 'something' formed by the initials. It thanks two people for their special contribution.
Comikazee!!! 2016 - The Annual KQA Comics Quiz Debanjan Bose
1. The document outlines the rules and questions for the Annual KQA Comics Quiz. It includes 40 questions about comic book characters, stories, creators and references split into two sections by Debanjan Bose and Siddarth Pai.
2. The first question asks about the popular comic book character Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons.
3. Subsequent questions cover topics like comic book covers, crossovers between different fictional worlds, artists and their works, references and in-jokes within comics, and adaptations of classic novels into the comic book format.
This is the 5th quiz at a local quiz club in Mumbai. Given the eventful year that had just gone by, I decided to reminisce the year 2016, by conducting this quiz on all the good and the bad, the fun and the fallacies of 2016. Give it a shot and see how well you remember the "forgetful" 2016!
- The document contains a 25 question quiz with rules explaining the scoring.
- The questions cover a range of topics from history, pop culture, science and more. Many include images to accompany the question.
- Star-marked questions from 11-20 will be used to break any ties in scoring.
The document provides the format and details of rounds for a quiz competition called "ExQuiz Me (Grand Finale)". The rounds include a list identification round, two written rounds involving identifying prophecies or predictions from clues, and two mixed bag rounds with various trivia questions. Sample questions are provided from the written and mixed bag rounds.
IIM Calcutta Carpe Diem 2017 : TV Series Quiz FinalsTamal Dutta
Finals of the TV Series Quiz held at IIM Calcutta for their annual cultural festival, Carpe Diem 2017.
Quizmasters : Tamal Dutta and Sayantan Guha (Qilluminati)
Gravrilo Princip, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, triggering World War I, was imprisoned for 20 years but died of tuberculosis in 1918 at a young age. The term "banana republic" originates from the political influence of the United Fruit Company in South America. TATA Airlines was one of the early airlines in India. Arthur Hailey's novel "Flight Into Danger" brought about changes in airline safety procedures after pilots died from food poisoning in the story.
This document outlines the rules and questions for the "Space Quiz" competition held by NSSC-2017. It contains 25 multiple choice questions about space, astronomy, and related topics. The rules state there are 25 questions worth 1 or 2 points each, with the first 20 questions worth 1 point and the last 5 worth 2 points. Tiebreakers will be determined by the scores on questions 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25. The quiz master's decisions are final.
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable providing a direct answer to this question without more context about how the information might be used.
This document outlines the questions and answers for the prelims round of the Qui9 Grand Annual Quiz Fest 2015. It includes 30 questions from various topics like literature, sports, history, pop culture and movies. The questions are multiple choice or fill in the blank format with the correct answers provided. This quiz competition has rules of 30 questions, 1 mark per question, and tie breakers decided by star marks.
The prelims of the Inter-School quiz at Bienvenido 2k14. A-Z format, i.e- The first answer begins with the letter "A", the second with "B" and so on.....
The document provides the rules and questions for the "ENIGMA'15 General Quiz". It consists of 26 multiple choice questions labeled A-Z, with the letters B,A,N,E,S,W,R marking tie-breaker questions. The top 8 teams will qualify for the finals. If ties remain after the tie-breaker questions, there will be a sudden death round. The quizmaster's decisions are final. The questions cover a range of topics from history, literature, and pop culture to assess participants' general knowledge.
The document provides details about an upcoming general quiz called "The Pledge" hosted by Ashish Thakur and Biswajit Panda. It outlines the structure of the quiz, including prelims, 8 quarters of questions, and a connect round. It provides some sample questions and answers to familiarize participants with the format and difficulty of questions that may be asked.
This document provides information about several topics:
1) In 2016, a US army spokesperson confirmed that an unnamed individual ("X") would have been eligible for back pay totaling over $3 million for years spent inactive from regular military service.
2) An ancient silk flag from 15 August 1947, considered the only surviving flag from Indian independence day, is on display in Chennai under protective conditions due to its age and fragility.
3) In 2003, a file sharing a 1999 sci-fi movie as an ASCII text file set the record as the oldest continuously shared torrent, maintaining this record over 4,419 days as of 2016 despite predictions it would not last.
1. The Google doodle was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the original Star Trek television series.
2. Star Trek premiered on September 8, 1966 and featured a diverse crew exploring the galaxy aboard the starship USS Enterprise.
3. The doodle featured illustrations of iconic characters like Captain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy from the classic sci-fi series that inspired generations of fans.
This document contains 16 multiple choice quiz questions about various topics including history, literature, business, and pop culture. Some of the questions provide clues about famous people, companies, or events. The questions are answered by selecting from multiple choice options or filling in blanks. The quiz touches on topics like the Indian Express newspaper, J.K. Rowling, Kellogg's cereal, the Brothers Grimm, coffee smuggling to India, and an Indian TV adaptation of Game of Thrones.
This document is a quiz with 25 questions from various topics. Some key details:
- Questions cover topics like history, geography, politics and current events.
- Questions vary in difficulty and point value, with some questions worth 1 point and others worth 2 points.
- In the event of a tie, questions marked with a star will carry more importance.
- The quiz advises that there are no negative points and recommends the quiz master's advice is followed.
- The questions test knowledge on topics like famous speeches, world leaders, recent events and achievements.
Kiran Bedi distributed toilets to people who constructed toilets as part of the Swach Bharat campaign. Lynching is an informal execution by a mob to punish an alleged transgressor. Captain Von Trapp from The Sound of Music fled from Nazis in Austria to the US and lived on a farm. Tim Peake ran the London Marathon on the International Space Station in 3 hours 35 minutes. Rapunzel Syndrome is a rare condition where hairballs form in the digestive tract from hair ingestion.
Intercollegiate quiz.Pulsating at close contest.Next year promises to be tougher as the inaugral one was a cake walk for the winners from University college,Trivandrum
The document appears to be a quiz competition with multiple choice and direct answer questions covering topics like famous people, geography, history, science, and entertainment. It includes 6 rounds of questions with subjects like word associations, identifying people, places, things from descriptions, and fill-in-the-blank questions. There are also tiebreaker rounds to determine the winner in case of ties after the main rounds.
The document provides the rules and theme for a quiz being held between alumni and students of the Armed Forces Medical College in India. The quiz will have 55 questions, one from each year between 1962 and 2016, and will focus on international events that occurred during the college's history to test knowledge of world affairs at that time. The winning team will be determined by the combined score of both teams.
This document contains a quiz with multiple choice questions related to identifying people, events, and concepts from context clues and descriptions. Some of the questions identify famous people like Kim Jong Un and key events like the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Other questions explain concepts through examples and ask the reader to identify the concept, such as questions about letters of last resort and Humpty Dumpty being used to explain the second law of thermodynamics. The quiz tests the reader's knowledge of history, current events, and general trivia.
The document contains snippets of information about various topics such as:
- Dharwar Pedas, a milk sweet from Karnataka tracing its origins to the Thakur family.
- Mount Kosciuszko in Australia was named after Polish national hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko due to its resemblance to a monument of him in Krakow.
- The concept of designated drivers originated in Scandinavia in the 1920s and was popularized in the US in the 1980s through public awareness campaigns.
This document contains the rules and questions from a 64th Generals General Quiz. The rules include not talking about the quiz, 20 questions will be asked, and points can be earned or lost for correct and incorrect answers. The questions cover a range of topics and require identifying people, phrases, songs, idioms, events, and more. Correct answers are provided after each question.
The document is a quiz with multiple choice questions covering a wide range of topics including history, sports, science, literature, and entertainment. Some of the questions are about Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Joseph Stalin, the origins of the term "college" from Latin, the archaea domain of single-celled organisms, and Frankenweenie director Tim Burton being fired by Disney for a short film.
1. The document provides details of a general quiz held on November 5th, 2014 including the quizmaster, technical support, and rounds of prelim questions and answers.
2. It lists 20 multiple choice questions and answers on topics ranging from history, sports, movies, science and technology, and current events.
3. The questions include identifying people, logos, events, and organizations from images or descriptions.
The final round of Qriosity - the general quiz for college students held as part Silhouettes 2016 at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, conceptualised and presented by Anmol Dhawan & Pranjal Gupta.
Ranajay karlekar memorial quiz 2014 prelims with answers (1)Red Deyvil
This summary provides the key details from a quiz containing trivia questions from various topics:
- The questions covered subjects like history, politics, music, films, literature and more. Answer options included symbols, events, songs, authors, and other people/things.
- The final question ties all the previous answers together around the theme of the Chinese zodiac, with clues found in each answer relating to one of the 12 animal signs.
1) Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous photograph on V-J Day in Times Square in 1945 without capturing the identities of the subjects embraced in the photo.
2) Falooda is a rose-flavored drink originating from South Asia that contains vermicelli noodles, basil seeds, jelly pieces, and tapioca pearls served with milk, water or ice cream.
3) Barack Obama wrote a letter about the novel Life of Pi.
CQC Beginner's Quiz 24.6.12 - Nandha K SamyNandha K Samy
Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that was preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family after the decline of the Sui Empire. The dynasty was briefly interrupted by the Second Zhou Dynasty when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne as the first and only female emperor of China.
The Five Star Movement is an Italian anti-corruption and environmentalist political movement launched in 2009 by comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo.
Bournville is a model village located in Birmingham, England that was originally scattered farmsteads and cottages linked by country lanes with the highlight being Bournbrook Hall,
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21. 5
• X was a French lawyer and politician, and
one of the best-known and most influential
figures of the French Revolution, the
defense of the Republic, and the Reign of
Terror.
• As a member of the Estates-General,
the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin
Club, X was an outspoken advocate of the
poor and of democratic institutions
• At the morning of his execution in
Guillotine he tried to commit suicide by an
pistol but managed only to shatter his
lower jaw, although some eyewitnesses
claimed that he was shot by Charles-André
Merda as potraied in a painting of
Fulchran-Jean Harriet.
• Identify X?
24. 6
• The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a unique
national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in
northern Hunan Province in the People's Republic of
China
• In 1982 it was recognized as China's first national forest
park with an area of 11900acre.
• From 1992 UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• One of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, the 1,080-
metre (3,540 ft) Southern Sky Column, had been
officially renamed following some incident.
• Which Incident and Named what?
• Picture in Next slide.
35. 9
• Born May 28, 1934 just outside Callander, Ontario, near
the village of CorbeilIn, canada they earned about $1
million and attracted about $51 million in total tourist
revenue to Ontario to visit them . Their habitant became
Ontario's biggest tourist attraction of the era, surpassing
the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.
• Later they featured the following
• The Country Doctor
• Five of a Kind
• Reunion
• They are one of the tragic example of nation greed over
material value as destroying their childhood.
• Picture in Next slide
39. 10
The marked habitat are the largest
Cushitic-speaking tribal group of
people living in Northeast Africa as
a community in the Horn of Africa
for several millennia.
They have several related ethenic
group Afar, Agaw, Amhara, Beja,
Saho, Somali, Tigray, Tigre etc.
Malik ambar,Abebe Bikila Kenenisa
Bekele belong to this ethenic
group.
Whom am I talking about?
42. 11
• What is common in Blank?
• Bikaner …………………… Corps (Till Today)
• Dromedarii (Roman Empire)
• Imperial …………………… Corps
• Méhariste (France)
• Somaliland Corps
• Sudan The Hazana (Sudan)
• Tropas Nomadas (Spain)
• U.S. ……………… Corps
• Zaptié (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Eritrea and Italian
Somaliland between 1889 and 1942. )
• Dubats
45. 12
• A genetic Phenomena X is a single organism composed
of cells from different zygotes. This can result in male
and female organs, two blood types, or subtle
variations in form.
• Animal X are produced by the merger of multiple
fertilized eggs.
• In plant X however, the distinct types of tissue may
originate from the same zygote, and the difference is
often due to mutation during ordinary cell division.
• The Dutch sprinter Foekje Dillema in 1950 and 2002,
Lydia Fairchild came to news for this reason.
• Identify X?
48. 13
Known as "The Mozart of football" or Der
Papierene – 'The Paper Man‘ for his slight
build, he was renowned as one of the
finest pre-war footballers, known for his
fantastic dribbling ability and creativity. He
was voted the best Austrian footballer of
the 20th Century in a 1999 poll by the
International Federation of Football
History and Statistics.
Being captain of Wunderteam led by
manager Hugo Meisl, the team had an
unbeaten streak of 14 games between
April 1931 and December 1932.
Identify him.
51. 14
• Stairwells were often very carefully designed in
Medieval Castles that curved up to towers often
curved very narrowly and in a clockwise direction as
shown in the picture. What is the main reason behind
it? Explain.
52.
53. This meant that any attackers coming up the
stairs had their sword hands (right hand) against
the interior curve of the wall and this made it
very difficult for them to swing their swords.
Defenders had their sword hands on the outside
wall, which meant they had more room to
swing.
54. Written Round R3
• In this Round we will show you 8
famous Temples OUTSIDE INDIA..
• 8 questions
• 5 points for each correct answer.
• Full house ensures bonus 10
81. 1
X’s graphic was as weird as it was
wonderful. There’s that winged
cherub with curls of fire sat astride a
candy cloud.
The cherub’s left hand is grasping a
triangle, while his right hand holds a
spoon-shaped beater. The arch of his
right foot is balanced on top of the
rear tone control. Six-sided yellow
stars orbit around him. Swirling
circles of blues, greens, and yellows
adorn the rest of the body, with a
sun and mountain range on the
pickguard.
X?
82.
83.
84. • Besides the chance to be amusing X had a more
serious motive in writing Y.
• At the time, cremation was still unlawful. X'
father had been a member of the Cremation
Society of Great Britain, which was campaigning
to have it made legal. When his father died, X was
unable to have him cremated as he would have
wished.
• However, eight years later he was able to give
publicity to the cause through what he wrote.
2
85.
86.
87. • When Moulana Bhashani proposed to drop Muslim from
the name Awami Muslim League, it was opposed by
Suhrawardy on the ground that the time was not yet right.
He was supported by both Bangabandhu and Khondakar
Mustaque.
• Bhashani could not pass it in Council and took his proposal
to a mass meeting. Khondakar Mustaque’s opposition to
the proposal was a sinister one. He organised Madrassa
teachers and students to be at the front and near the
pandel so that they could oppose and cause disturbances.
• What happened next?
3
88.
89. • Bhashani seeing the plot, asked the crowd and
the Madrassa teachers/students, whether
Allah is the Lord of the Mankind and all the
creations or only of the Muslims. The reply
was a roaring “Lord of the Mankind”. Then
Bhashani announced “from now Awami
League will be a party for ALL, not just for
Muslims; so the party will be known as Awami
League”.
90. • Yama appeared as Vidura on earth as
a result of curse by Sage Mandavya.
• Legend has it that once Sage
Mandavya was in deep meditation in
his ashram. A group of thieves who
were being chased by soldiers ran into
the ashram and hid inside it. Sage
Mandavya was immersed in his
meditation and was unaware of what
was happening around him. The
soldiers caught the thieves from the
ashram and accused the sage of
assisting the thieves. The soldiers in a
fit of rage thrust a spear into the sage.
• Sage then cursed Yama to take birth
of earth in the womb of woman who
will be a Dasi.Thus Vidura was born as
the son of Sage Vyasa and a dasi .
• This incident is significant for another
reason also. What?
4
91.
92. • The sage also established a dictum that a wrong
act as per the code of ethical conduct – the
Dharma Sastra, shall not be considered sinful if
committed by one below the AGE OF
FOURTEEN.
• The aspect of juvenile delinquency was also
considered and codified in accordance with the
Mandavya’s dictum.
93. • X became part of the Signal Corps
Reserve and was appointed staff
sergeant with the 166th Signal
Photographic Company, the official
photo unit in General Patton’s Third
Army during the Second World War.
• X frequently got ‘very good’ in his
reports on his work in both film and
still photos. Combat footage that he
shot was used in the Oscar-winning
short Eisenhower: True Glory (1945)
and the 1970 releases The Rise and
Fall of the Third Reich and Patton.
• The film director Steven Spielberg
expressed admiration for X 's combat
footage in a documentary, Shooting
War (2002), that includes one of the
last interviews with X.
5
94.
95.
96. • If we had a military division
with the bullet-carrying
capacity of X it would face
any army in the world...
They can face machine guns
with the invulnerability of
tanks. They are like Zulus
whom even Y could not stop.
-Major G.P.W. Meredith
of the Seventh Heavy
Battery of the Royal
Australian Artillery
(After the first
unsuccessful attempt on
1932)
6
97.
98.
99. • A Burial At Ornans is a painting of 1849–50 by Gustave Courbet. The
painting records the funeral in September 1848 of his great-uncle in the
painter's birthplace, the small town of Ornans.
• Courbet said: "The Burial at Ornans was in reality the burial of X.”
7
100.
101.
102. • It is one of the best spots
for diving in Thingvellir
National Park, Iceland and
many people find this rift
unique on an international
scale.
• The reason for its fame is
the astounding visibility in
the clear, cold ground water
and the magnificent
surroundings.
8
103.
104. • The diver's right hand is on the North
American Plate and the left hand on the
Eurasian Plate.
105. 9
Connect above images with a person’s quote.
Connect above images with an error regarding that quote
106.
107.
108. • X started to collect subscriptions
for Y from Calcutta and
Copenhagen from 1800, when its
construction started.
• The cost of building was
Rs.18,500. The Marquis of
Wellesley gave Rs.1000.
• But unfortunately, its work could
not be finished before his demise
in 1805. The tall steeple of Y
could be clearly seen from his
palace and the story goes that X
looking out upon Y he was dying
said, “It is finished”.
• Thus Y was named after X.
10
109.
110.
111. • ‘’The idea so possessed my mind, that a thrill of fear ran
through me, and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of
my fancy for the realities around. I see them still; the very
room, the dark parquet, the closed shutters, with the
moonlight struggling through…..’’- X wrote in the preface
to the 1831 edition of Y.
• The astronomers took topographic measurements of the
terrain and pored through weather records from the time
period to get a better idea of lunar activity in June 1816.
They calculated that a bright, gibbous moon would have
cleared the hillside and shone directly into X 's bedroom
window just before 2 a.m. on June 16.
11
112.
113.
114.
115. • "a man of many talents – an
educationist, a sportsman, a
dynamic organizer, an
incurable optimist with a wry
sense of humor, dramatist,
actor and a well – known
patron of the arts and music ”
• X was an important figure in
theatre in the city, as an actor
and organiser. He acted in the
Merchant-Ivory
film Shakespeare Wallah.
• He was profiled as a theatre
person in a 1961 book by
Rekha Menon. The author
thought of him as primarily an
actor, and wrote (amusingly):
"When X is not acting in plays,
he is founding schools’’ .
12
116.
117.
118.
119. • A simple red stone slab, three yards
long, two yards wide, a few inches
deep with a hollowed out centre
marks the spot.
• The slab itself bears no inscription
whatsoever, allowing a small portion
of the grave to remain open to the
sky. The grave is inside the tomb
complex, of Sheikh Zainuddin Shirazi.
• The cost of the tomb is said to have
been only 14 rupees and 12 annas.
• The tomb is now surrounded by a
perforated marble screen. This was
placed here in 1921 by the Nizam of
Hyderabad at the suggestion of the
erstwhile British Viceroy, Lord Curzon.
• Whose tomb?
13
120.
121.
122.
123. • Sundarban is delimited in
the north by the so called
X demarcating the
northern extension of the
intertidal zone marked by
mangrove forests of
1830.
• This line closely
corresponds to Kakdwip –
Basirhat – Dhaka
lineament picked up from
satellite imagery.
• X?
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127. Q1
Eminent Archaeologist B.B. Lal concluded that this fort city
flourished between 3rd century BC and 4th century AD. On the
basis of the findings, M. Smith and R. Mohanty claim that the
fortified city flourished from around 5th century BC and
probably lasted well after the 4th century. Thus, this defensive
settlement originated prior to the Mauryan empire.
The first excavations at the site were carried out by B.B. Lal in 1948.
An American-Indian team took up work in 2001.
The well-known historian Karuna Sagar Behera has voiced serious
concern over the preservation of material unearthed from the site
and notes, "It is a shame that some gold coins and terracotta pottery
found at the place during the first excavation in the late 1940s were
subsequently lost.
130. Q2
• English drama critic Thomas Rymer coined the phrase
in The Tragedies of the Last Age Considere'd (1678) to
describe how a work should inspire
proper moral behaviour in its audience by illustrating
the triumph of good over evil.
• The demand for X is consistent in Classical authorities
and shows up in Horace, Plutarch, and Quintillian, so
Rymer's phrasing is a reflection of a commonplace.
• Which Term I am talking about?
133. Q3
• This image is
taken at 1951 at X
• What was the
aftermath of this?
134.
135. ANS
• X= Treaty of Paris
• The Treaty of Paris (formally the Treaty establishing
the European Coal and Steel Community) was signed
on 18 April 1951 between France, West
Germany, Italy and the three Benelux countries
(Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands),
establishing the European Coal and Steel
Community(ECSC), which subsequently became part
of the European Union.
136. Q4
• X was an Indian Y player, commonly considered the preeminent soloist
among Y players of the 20th century, and among the most influential
percussionists in the history of Indian classical music.
• The surname of X is not actually his original surname, but was an
epithet he earned from his guru's father. One day, while watching him
practise, his guru's father remarked that he played so well his fingers
seemed to be "shimmering" on the Y. This earned him the nickname X
(shimmering). It is also rumoured that his tone was similar to the
thunderous cracking sound of lightning.
• A great lightning is sometimes described as X. In popular jargon, He is
also termed as the "Mount Everest of Ys".
139. Q5
• Nangeli was a Ezhava woman who lived in the early
19th century at Cherthala in the erstwhile princely
state of Travancore in India. She questioned the
mulakkaram (breast tax) system that existed during
that time, by which women of lower caste were
required to pay a tax to cover their bosom in public.
Post her death some unique incident happened which
is considered to be the first and may be the only
incident happened in India.
What incident?
140.
141. ANS
• Unable to cope
with her death,
Nangeli’s husband
jumped into her
funeral pyre,
becoming the first
ever man to
commit the “Sati
Pratha”
142. Q6
• The match in Round of 16 of the European
Championship between Portugal and Croatia called
one of the most interesting in the tournament.
• However it created another record which happened
last time in 1980 in any major tournament
• What record?
143.
144. Ans
• Croatia had 17
shots but none
were on target.
This is the most a
team has had in a
Euros game since
1980 without
hitting one on
target.
145. Q7
• Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama
film directed by Leo McCarey.
• The film was written by Viña Delmar, from a play by
Helen and Noah Leary, which was in turn based on the
novel The Years Are So Long by advice
columnist Josephine Lawrence
• McCarey believed that it was his finest film. When he
accepted his Academy Award for Best Director for The
Awful Truth which was released the same year, he said
"Thanks, but you gave it to me for the wrong picture.
• Which 2003 Bollywood Movie is said to be an Unofficial
adaptation for this Movie?
148. Q8
• X is an ancient reservoir of the 10th century, 2 kilometres
(1.2 mi) away to the south west from a more ancient dam
of the 8th century called the Anagpur Dam; both are
located 8 km (5 miles) from South Delhi in
Faridabad, Haryana, India.
• X is known for its annual fair the Y Mela, which takes
place In the backdrop of the lake, during the spring
season, every year from February 1–15,
• 2015 edition of this fair was visited by 1.2 million visitors
including 160,000 foreigners with more than 20 countries
participating in it..
• Identify X and Y?
149.
150. Ans
• X= Suraj Kund
• Y= Crafts
• 30th Edition of
Surajkund Crafts Mela
happened in 2016.
151. Q9
• X is the only Dravidian language which has not been
written in a Brahmi-based script;
• A More recently, a Roman-based orthography
named Brolikva (an abbreviation of X Roman Likvar)
was developed by the X Language Board of
the University of Y.
• Identify the language and also tell apart from India
where else you can find people speaking in this
language.
154. Q10
• Thought to be authored during the latter half of the 2nd
century CE, X’s Y which fancifully satirizes Greek
conceptions of astronomy, anthropology, geography,
theology, and biology as well as dabbles in utopian
thoughts, can be perceived as one of the earliest
experiments in what has come to be known as the
science fiction genre.
• In his attempts to lampoon his predecessors, X describes
a flight to the moon, interplanetary warfare, and alien
life forms, an example of which being a crossbreed of
women and grape vines who intoxicate and thus ensnare
their victims.
• Identify X/Y?
157. Q11
• X said the success of Y(1960) was a mistake. He added
"there used to be just one way. There was one way
you could do things. There were people who protected
it like a copyright, a secret cult only for the initiated.
That's why I don't regret making Y and blowing that
all apart.”
• Identify The Director X and the Movie Y.
160. Q12
• Tom Longfield (12 May 1906 –
21 December 1981) was an
English cricketer. He
played first-class cricket for
several teams including Kent
and X.
• Overall he played 82 first class
matches scored 2446 runs and
have taken 195 wickets.
• However he is remembered in
cricket for achiving something
for the first time which was
equaled by Y in 1990.
161.
162. Q12
• X= Bengal
• Y=Sambaran Banerjee
• Longfield was the first
Ranji Trophy winning
captain for Bengal.
163.
164. Q 13
• X usually translated as "self-reliance", is the
official political ideology of Y described as
"original, brilliant and revolutionary
contribution to national and international
thought".
• It claims that an individual is "the master of his
destiny“ and that the Y masses are to act as
the "masters of the revolution and
construction".
• Z (1912-1994) developed the ideology –
originally viewed as a variant of Marxism–
Leninism.
167. Q14
The bollywood movie X(1964) is an epic by
standards of both length and subject matter –
originally was to be starred by Y instead of Z.
When A approached Y for the role, the latter
accepted – on the condition that he be allowed to
edit the final copy of the film. And A was never
going to allow that, for sure.
So Y was promptly let go and Z hopped on board.
Simply Identify A,X,Y,Z.
197. Personality
• This picture has a long
history of use as a TAT
card i.e. Thematic
Apperception Test (TAT) is
a projective psychological
test.
In a interwiew when the person was asked about that he said
“Actually, I was gazing in my usual state of being half absent in my
own world and half in the present. I have usually been able to
"retire" in this way. I was also thinking that my life was tied up
with the instrument and would I do it justice?”
201. KQ favourite
Just name that dam !!
The dam in Afganistan
was reconstructed by
India. The aid for the
project was around
$300 million. The Dam
is expected to
produce 42MW of
electricity and will
water nearly 80,000
hectares of farmland.
204. Mythology
• This Picture by
Hendrik Goltzius
(1615), Museum
Boijmans Van
Beuningen
decribes who
famous
mythlogical event.
Put Funda.
• Key word are fine
211. Literature
l
• Almost 8,000 real words -
and invented ones - are
included here which has
taken five years to compile
by Dr Susan Rennie.
• With his love of wordplay, X
would scribble his words on
yellow pages from the
American legal pads he used
to write in, swapping letters
around and adopting
spoonerisms and
malapropisms.
• X?
218. Tourism
• X is a hill fort located near Bokkalagutta, in Mandamarri
Mandal in Adilabad district in the south Indian state of
Telangana.
• It is located on the sand rock hills. It is 270 kilometres
(157 mi) north east of the state capital, Hyderabad.
• The fort was built within a thickly forested area which
has a wealth of plant species which includes many
medicinal herbs. The forest in the area of the X fort is
an important source for medicinal plants
• Picture in next slide
219.
220.
221.
222. Music
• Government of Bihar has proposed setting up
of A museum, A town hall-cum-library and
installation of A life-size statue at his
birthplace in dumraon in 2014.
• Noted director Goutam Ghose directed Sange
Meel Se Mulaqat, a documentary about the
life of x.
• Who?
223.
224.
225. BUSINESS
• In 1974 X exited the industrial world and
retired to a 740-acre (3.0 km2) estate
named "la fiorita" on the shores of lake
trasimeno, in castiglione del lago, a town
in the Umbria region of central and
producing his own wines
• X even designed his own golf course, all
while continuing to manage several
business interests.
• The world of bullfighting was also a key
part of X’s identity.
• Identify X.