The College General Quiz (Finals)- NSIT Quiz Fest 2015nsitqc
The College General Quiz (Finals) at the NSIT Quiz Fest 2015, conducted by the NSIT Quiz Club from 20th-22nd March. See the videos and audios for the questions here- http://goo.gl/Cv1yzP
Questions from the finals of our MELAS Quiz (Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts and Sports) conducted on the 16th July 2016 at St Francis College for Women, Hyderabad as part of the K-Circle College Quiz Fest
The College General Quiz (Finals)- NSIT Quiz Fest 2015nsitqc
The College General Quiz (Finals) at the NSIT Quiz Fest 2015, conducted by the NSIT Quiz Club from 20th-22nd March. See the videos and audios for the questions here- http://goo.gl/Cv1yzP
Questions from the finals of our MELAS Quiz (Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts and Sports) conducted on the 16th July 2016 at St Francis College for Women, Hyderabad as part of the K-Circle College Quiz Fest
An LGBT themed quiz Maitreyi Gupta, Shamika M and I hosted at the Mumbai Quiz Festival in February 2016.
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3. 1.
• This 1853 T.H.Mat t eson paint ing is inspir ed f r om
event s which occur r ed in t he lat e 1600s. The paint ing
is called The Examinat ion of a _ _ _ _ . Event or blank.
7. 3.
• Cat holic
• Single male cit izens of a par t icular count r y.
• Received basic t r aining f r om t he count r y' s ar my.
• Have cer t if icat es of good conduct . Must have a high
school diploma and a pr of essional degr ee.
• Be bet ween 19 and 30 and be at least 5”8” in height .
• Basic qualif icat ions f or somet hing. I dent if y t he
count r y.
8. Swit zer land. Qualif icat ions f or t he Vat ican Swiss
Guar ds
9. 4.
• Mar k Waugh’s car eer was dwindling when t he t eam
was t our ing Sr i Lanka in 1993. He was out on
successive ducks in bot h t he Colombo and t he
Mor at uwa t est s. He was t hus moment ar ily given a
nickname X. Someone f r om t he t eam also point ed out
t hat had t her e been anot her t est me could well been
nicknamed Y.
• I dent if y X and Y
11. 5* .
• Which wor d, acc t o t he OED, is t hought t o
have been der ived f r om Fr ench, Spanish and
Por t uguese wor ds, all of which mean r ghor
ou
imper pear?
fect l
• The wor ds wer e used in t he sense t hat f ew
pear ls wer e dif f er ent ly shaped t han t he
usual smoot h ones. The wor d was f ir st
applied in a der ogat or y sense t o har p on t he
elabor at e emphasis.
• Lat er , it came t o def ine an er a and was
applied t o all t hings of such elabor at e
nat ur e.
13. 6.
• I n 1945 pianist Lawr ence _ _ _ est ablished t he
Schillinger House. Unlike ot her such classicist
inst it ut ions, it included popular f or ms – t her eby most
member s wer e only t he pr of essionals.
• By 1949, member s incr eased by 1000%. The f ounder
r enamed t he inst it ut ion af t er his son Lee Elliot .
• Wit h t ime, r espect , awar ds - niche br anches have
also been included in t his Mecca. Which inst it uit ion?
15. 7.
• The et ymology could be t r aced t o t he Ar abic f or th b e ig
tr in r ef er ence t o a lar ge t r ee which st ood wher e t he
ee,
or iginal f ishing village was. I t could also be f r om t he
Ar abic wor d f or b orguf. However , t her e is no r elat ion
ay l
wit h I ndian Suf i poet r y. I t was f ounded in, as lat e as
1825 as Al-Bida.
• Which cit y ?
17. 8.
• This r ecent ly discover ed pr e-hist or ic mammal’s
scient if ic name is a combinat ion of a Biblical monst er
named leviat han and t his per son. Who?
19. 9.
• This act or made a
special appear ance in
t his movieas someone.
He also assist ed in t he
or iginal case f r om
which t he movie A is
inspir ed.
• He has also inspir ed
anot her char act er
f r om dif f er ent movies.
• Which f ilm and
21. 10* .
• The Af r ikaan/ Dut ch wor d f or ear accompanies t wo
th
separ at e wor ds – Su scr domestica and wolf , in t he t op t wo
s ofa
posit ions of a cer t ain list .
• What is t he Af r ikaan/ Dut ch wor d f or ear t h?
25. 12.
• The only ot her places A er assamensisis f ound ar e
nth aea
Myanmar , J ava, Sumat r a, Bor neo and ot her small
sur r ounding ar eas. However it does not f lour ish
t her e.I t pr imar ily f eeds on somand su u leaves, wher e it
al
f lour ishes.
• What is t he common name?
29. 14.
• Pr ior t o being known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , t his locat ion
was known as Hammel and Denker r anch and was
f amed f or being one of t he most f er t ile lands in
Calif or nia f or gr owing Lima Beans.
• This r egion also has an act ive oilf ield, which pays
ar ound 6200 people r oyalt ies because of t he miner al
r ight s held on t heir pr oper t y.
• Which place?
31. 15* .
• St at ue of Camillo _ _ _ _ in Univer sit y of Pavia, wher e
he wor ked. Who? (inscr ipt ion t ext )
outstanding pathologist / of histological
science / precursor and master / the secret
structure / of the nervous tissue / with
strenuous effort / discovered and described /
here he worked / here he lives / here he guides
and enlightens future scholars / 1843 – 1926
33. 16
• This f ict ional char act er was bor n on a r emot e planet ,
and lef t his home planet wit h a human f r iend on a
bar ely space wor t hy ship. On t heir way t o t heir
dest inat ion, wher e t hey wer e supposed t o seek
employment , t he ship was st r uck by an ast er oid and
t he duo near ly died, but managed t o cr ash int o a
swampy planet cover ed wit h dense f og. They met
N’Kat a Del Gor mo t her e, who t r ained t hem f or what
he is known f or usually. Who?
35. 17.
• I gnacio Anayas, also known by t he shor t ened f or m of
his f ir st name as X, is t he invent or of X. Anayas was
wor king at a r est aur ant called t he Vict or y Club.
Ther e, in 1943, when he invent ed X and ser ved t hem
at t he r est aur ant as "X Especiales". I D X?
37. 18.
• The Pr emier Mine is an under gr ound diamond mine
owned by Pet r a Diamonds and pr eviously wit h De
Beer s Consolidat ed Mines. The mine was f ounded in
1902, and shot t o f ame in 1905, wit h t he discover y of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is named af t er Sir Thomas
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , t he t hen owner of t he mine. The Pr emier
was r enamed t o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on it s cent enar y. FI TB.
39. 19.
• These ar e supposedly inspir ed by har em pant s and ar e
of t en mist akenly called “par achut e pant s”, which ar e a
st yle of pant s which uses r ipst op nylon and appar ent ly
per f ect f or br eakdancing. Get s t his name af t er a
1990 super hit song.
• What ?
41. 20* .
• This is also t he t echnique of slowly dr agging a lur e or
a bait ed hook f r om a moving boat . I n old Fr ench , it is
a hunt ing t er m. What r ecur r ent t er m?