As the world comes to a standstill, dealing with COVID19 pandemic which has made us evaluate our living choices. With social distancing and lockdown being the new normal during this outbreak, the lockdown period should not deter us from following your hobbies. As an avid quizzer, I bring you RAPIDFIRE- a mini general quiz. With questions ranging from all walks of life with memes serving as filler slides, let's not stop our journey of knowing things. Feedback appreciated.

1. RAPIDFIRE- MINI GENERAL QUIZ
Set by Sauvik Senapati

2. ● 10 Questions
● Theme: General, as mentioned
● Enjoy the memes serving as fillers.

4. Q1.
George Mastras, one of Breaking Bad’s writers, revealed his inspiration behind
getting the name of a popular character.
Mastras revealed that a certain German footballer’s surname fascinated him a
lot. However, the former decided to omit a letter from the original surname as it
was ‘annoying’.
As far as the footballer is concerned, the retired professional played for
Germany in 79 matches and has managed Darmstadt 98 in 2016-17 season.
Which popular character are we talking about ?

6. Answer
Gus Fring (on the left), is named after former
German international Torsten Frings.

7. Q2.
Who is the “artist” behind these paintings ?

9. Answer
Salman Khan

10. Q3.
The person in the given image is Eric Yuan, who
worked as a lead engineer at Cisco Systems and
its unit WebEx.
However, he founded his startup in 2011 which
began operating in 2013 and the company found
itself in news during COVID19 pandemic, as an
alternative solution to usual offline tasks. As a
result, the company’s share price skyrocketed a lot
despite facing privacy concerns.
Name the company .

11. WHAT’S THE ANSWER

12. Answer
ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, OR ZOOM

13. Q4
● The origins of this idiom could be attested to in the 1960s in the context of
aviation. Aircraft have upto 3 controls: throttle, mixture, and propellor RPM
control with a variable pitch propeller. These controls can be either plungers
that you “push the ball” end into the firewall for maximum power settings,
giving the aircraft required maximum effort for takeoff.
● As this idiom is usually denoted to imply a maximum effort/speed, which
English idiom is being talked about ?

15. Answer
Balls to the wall

16. Q5
● Often known for giving ample opportunities to Pakistani artistes, Mahesh
Bhatt offered a lead role in the 2006 movie Gangster, to a certain
controversial Pakistani who performed elsewhere since the late 1990s.
However, the latter declined the role which went to Shiney Ahuja whose
performance was well-received.
● When asked about the film offer, the concerned Pakistani maintained that he
declined many films for the sake of his career.
● Identify this Pakistani celebrity.

18. Answer
Shoaib Akhtar

19. Q6
On 10th April, 2020, Western Railways’ official Twitter handle came up with a
witty tweet, urging people not to spoil the facilities and amenities at railway
stations with paan stains so that cleanliness could be maintained. However, the
handle also supported another public sentiment by taking a dig at a certain
recreation which got a lot of brickbats. Which recreation is being talked about ?
Hint: Tweet on the next slide.

22. Answer
Masakali 2.0

23. Q7
Although this figure is an integral part of Hindu mythology, which namesake term
is used to denote a week-long mourning process in Judaism and this term is
comes from a Hebrew word which means “seven” ?

25. Answer
Shiva

26. Q8
This defunct chain of fitness studios was
started by Mark Mastrov, X, and Guy
Oseary (X’s manager) in 2010. Identify X.

28. Answer
Madonna

29. Q9
TIOBE Index is a measure of popularity of X, created and maintained by an
Eindhoven-based company of the same name. The index is calculated from the
search engine results for queries containing the name of X. The index covers
different portals such as Google, Bing, YouTube, and Wikipedia to name a few.
Maintainers specify this index is not about the best X or its usage but they claim
that the number of web pages may reflect the number of jobs, professionals and
other factors with respect to X.
What is X?

31. Answer
X = Programming languages
TIOBE stands for The Importance Of Being Earnest

32. Q10
The toilet paper roll product in the given
photo, used to be manufactured by which
company ?

34. Answer
Nokia

35. FIN.
THANK YOU