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Quiz Meet Quiz: General Quiz conducted by Karthik, Pranav and Rijul on 28th August, 2016.
Disclaimer: All questions are original. Any resemblance whatsoever to other questions of similar kind is purely coincidental.
The 22nd edition of Vidyasagar Rajan Memorial Inter-Collegiate Team Quiz Championship held at Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd on Sunday, 18th December, 2016.
Quiz researched and conducted by Sohan Maheshwar and Kaustuba KV for the Karnataka Quiz Association.
This quiz was held on 13th November 2021 as day event of Conoscenza, the annual quizzing fest of Quintessence. This Gen Quiz was hosted by Aishani &Nitesh. The set was meticulously prepared by the team of Conoscenza.
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.
Quiz Meet Quiz: General Quiz (Mixed Bag) conducted by Rajdeep, Shaurya and Aditya on 25th September, 2016.
Disclaimer: All questions are original. Any resemblance whatsoever to other questions of similar kind is purely coincidental.
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4. 1*. The Velodrome of the London
Olympics is the world’s fastest cycle track. It is
nicknamed X due to its exclusive streamlined
shape as shown. What is the name?
10. 4.ID X
• On November 9, 2011, within 24 hours of going on sale, X
sold 6.5 million copies in the US and UK alone and grossed
$400 million, making it the biggest entertainment launch
of all time.
• French site TF1 News reported that a truck suffered a
collision with a car on November 6, 2011 in Créteil,
south Paris, before two masked individuals emerged from
the car. The criminals reportedly used tear gas to
neutralise the truck drivers before hopping in and making
off with the X’s shipment said to be worth 400,000 Euros.
• X went on to gross $1 billion throughout the world in 16
days of availability, beating Avatar’s record of 17 days!!
12. 5*. Give me the Answer
• The novels are described as "a trilogy in five
parts", having been described as a trilogy on the
release of the third book, and then a "trilogy in
four parts" on the release of the fourth book. The
US edition of the fifth book was originally
released with the legend "The fifth book in the
increasingly inaccurately named X's Trilogy" on
the cover. Subsequent re-releases of the other
novels bore the legend "The [first, second, third,
fourth] in the increasingly inaccurately named X's
trilogy". In addition, the blurb on the fifth book
humorously describes the book as "the book that
gives a whole new meaning to the word 'trilogy'".
16. 7.ID
• In 1937, the newly founded Travancore
University offered vice chancellorship to X for
a monthly pay of 6000 rupees, considered as
the highest pay package to an academician at
that time anywhere in Asia.
X politely declined the offer and later joined
Princeton University as a professor.
Who is X??
17.
18. 8*.
Which Hindi word was in the recent
race to become the millionth word in
the English dictionary??
20. 9.Who are we talking about?
• The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as
Codex Hammer) is a collection of largely
scientific writings by X. In 1994, Bill Gates
bought it at an auction for US$ 30.8 million,
making it the most expensive book ever sold
until then.
• X is widely believed to be one of the greatest
genius of all times.
22. 10.
The Cabinet minister had to
resign from the minister position
owning moral responsibility
for investing in in Fairgrowth, a
company allegedly involved in
securities scam. On April 7,2009
he was shoed by Jarnail Singh,
a Sikh journalist during a press
conference in Delhi. Singh, who
works at the Hindi daily Dainik
Jagaran… who is being talked about?
23.
24. 11.The Gujju Connect
• X was born Farrokh Bulsara in the British
protectorate of Zanzibar, East Africa. His
parents were Parsis from Gujarat in British
India.
• In 2006, Time Asia named him as one of the
most influential Asian heroes of the past 60
years and in 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him
voted the greatest rock singer of all time. X
also confessed to be gay. Who?
26. 12.
• The name of this place means “the place of five
mirages”. It is associated with a legend where Ram
once fitted his bow with an arrow to generate heat
to dry up the seas of Lanka. Cajoled not to do so,
he instead fired it into the mythical river Saraswati
which flowed here. The river dried up and was
replaced by the desert.
• Incidentally, this place is an important landmark in
the rise of this country as the World’s emerging
superpower, bringing it fame in 1970’s.
28. 13*.A Tale of Love and Madness
• This song was inspired by X’s love for his friend
George Harrison’s(of Beatles Fame) wife Pattie
Boyd.
• The title was inspired by a famous 12th century
Persian tale of love, told to X by his Muslim
friend about a moon princess who was married
off by her father to someone other than the
one who was desperately in love with her.
• Initially unsuccessful, the song is today
considered to be one of the greatest rock songs
of all times and figures at #27 on Rolling Stone’s
500 greatest Hits list. ID both X and the Song.
30. 14.
• X was born in Caribbean republic of Santa Prisca in a
prison called 'Hard Rock'. Though imprisoned, his
natural abilities allowed him to develop extraordinary
skills within the prison's walls. He read as many books
as he could get his hands on, built up his body in the
prison's gym, and learned to fight in the merciless
school of prison life. X knew how to speak English,
Spanish, Portuguese and Latin.
• During his years in prison, X carried a teddy bear who
he considered his only friend. X was later subjected to a
brutal drug test and became dependent on it for his
entire lifetime. IGN placed him on #34 in the list of 100
greatest villains of all times.
32. 15*.The Logical Solution
• A was a British mathematician, cryptanalyst,
logician, and <Y> scientist.
• Born in Chattarpur, Orrisa in 1912, A is now widely
considered to be the greatest technocrat of all times
and father of Y. During WWII, A worked in Britain’s
Code breaking centre and was later charged for
being gay.
• On 28th May 1936, A presented a seminal paper
which changed the course of human technology,
laying foundation for ‘Theory of Y’.
• The highest honor in the field of Y science is named
after him. ID A and Y which has been quite famous
in BIT in recent weeks.
33. Alan Turing
The Father of Modern Computing
The highest honor in Computing , awarded by
ACM is named after him as Turing Award.
41. 19.
• In Internet Slang, a _____ is someone who
posts controversial and inflammatory responses
hoping to provoke somebody else into retorting
back (in online chat rooms, discussion forums and
blogs). The origin is ascribed to a fishing
technique in which the bait is slowly dragged
through the waters aiming to tempt the fish into
biting it. The depiction is shown in the picture
below. Another origin comes from the
Scandinavian term for a mischievous person.
46. 21.
• It is an allergy medicine marketed over the
counter by J&J subsidiary McNeil Consumer
Healthcare. Prior to 2007, it was marketed by
Pfizer. Name this best selling allergy relief
brand.