The document provides the rules and questions for a general quiz being held by Bar One and Nexus 2012. It states there will be 25 questions, the top 6 teams will qualify, and in the case of a tie the team with the funniest name will qualify. It then lists 25 multiple choice or fill in the blank questions covering topics like literature, music, history, science and current events. Teams are instructed to not use phones and that the quizmaster's decision is final.

1. BAR ONE AND NEXUS 2012
presents
GENERAL QUIZ

2. Sadda Rules
• There are 25 questions in the prelims
• Teams are requested not to use any unfair
means to answer- Switch off your
smartphones.
• The Quizmaster may be wrong, but his
decision is final.
• Top 6 teams will qualify. In case of a tie, team
with the funniest name will qualify, jk, there are star
mark questions for that purpose.

3. Best of luck!

4. 1
‘I, Saleem Sinai, later variously called
Snotnose, Stainface, Baldy, Sniffer, Buddha and
even Piece-of-the-Moon, had become heavily
embroiled in Fate- …’
Which book would you be reading if you
were to come to across these lines?

5. 2*. Funda?

6. 3
Who are the international goodwill ambassador
of the “Stop War, Start Tennis” campaign?

7. 4.
It consists of three parts or acts-
First part is called ‘the pledge’- it
shows something ordinary.
Second part is called ‘the turn’- it
makes the ‘something ordinary’ into
‘extraordinary’. What is the missing
third part/What context is the three
acts about?

8. 5*
ID where the following audio clip was
used.

9. 6.
The 2006 Grammy Award for Best
Spoken Word Album was awarded to
this personality, who is known world-
over , however for a completely
different field than music.

10. 7.
In the year 1930, in an unusual sale a
handful of the item was sold to Dr.
Kanuga, the highest bidder, for Rs.
1600. What ?

11. 8.* CONNECT

12. 9. Connect

13. 10*
The term ‘X’ originally denoted the fictional
“Republic of Anchuria”, a servile dictatorship
that abetted the exploitation of large-scale
plantation agriculture. This pejorative
term, denotes a politically unstable country
dependent upon limited primary
productions, which is ruled by plutocracy, a
small, self elected, wealthy group who exploit
the country by means of politico-economic
oligarchy. What is the term ?

14. 11. Inspiration for what?

15. 12.
• Alan Shephard ,the famous astronaut, was
reprimanded by a professional association of
earth, after one of his trips to the moon. Why?

16. 13
Connect:
• A man on a harvester
• A woman at a computer
• An offshore oil rig
• A satellite
• An automated steel production plant

17. 14
In 1956, while a graduate student at MIT, ‘X’ purchased a
high end stereo system and was disappointed when it
failed to meet his expectations. He later began extensive
research aimed at clarifying factors that he saw as
fundamental weaknesses plaguing high-end audio
systems. The principal weaknesses, according to him was
that the overall design of the electronics and speaker
failed to account for the spatial properties of the radiated
sound in typical listening spaces.
Eight years later, he started the company, charging it with
a mission to achieve "Better Sound Through
Research", now the company slogan. Identify the
company and ‘X’.

18. 15*
Served as 58th speaker of the House of
Representatives from 1995 to 1998, X was
named ‘Man of the Year’ By TIME magazine for
his role in ending the four decades long
democratic majority in the house. He is one of
the candidates for the 2012 Republican Party
Presidential Nomination & has won the South
Carolina Republican primary on January 21st.
Identify.

19. 16.
Which band got its name from one of
its member's experience as a
cashier at Starbucks, where he had to
give a _______ _____ as change
because customers would give $1.50
for a coffee that cost $1.45?

20. 17.
Adam, Noah, Enoch, Eber, Saleh, Abrah
am, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, David, Solo
mon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Ezekiel, Zech
ariah, John, Jesus, Paraclete

21. 18.
It is an excerpt from the Gran Vals, by the
Spanish classical guitarist and
composer Francisco Tarrega, written
in1902, which today is heard worldwide
about 1.8 billion times per day. What am I
talking about ?

22. 19*
An award named after this author is
presented at the annual Hay Festival
and the winner is presented with
jeroboam of Champagne Bollinger
Special Cuvée, and a Gloucester Old
Spot pig is named after the winning
novel. This author is credited with the
first usage of the famous
words, ”Elementary, my dear Watson”.
Who?

23. 20.
In the 1984-85 season, India and
Pakistan were playing the 2nd ODI of
the series at Sialkot. India were at
210/3 with Dilip Vengasarkar at an
unbeaten 94. At this point the match
was suddenly abandoned. Why ?

24. 21. Which literary character is Jennifer
Aniston dressed as here?

25. 22.
When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud,
The great crowd will feel proud, Seeing Barlow
and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn

26. 23. In front of which F1 team HQ will you find this

27. 24.* FIB
______________________
Admiral William H. McRaven/SEAL Team 6
Ai Wei Wei
Republican Paul Ryan
Duchess Kate Middleton
Steve Jobs

28. 25. Identify the man in this
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