Quizmasters: Raspreet Singh and Aditya Saini

2. Quiz Session by
Aditya Saini Raspreet Singh

3. • AS AN AMATEUR COMPETING IN THE SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION, X REPRESENTED ENGLAND
AT THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINNING A SILVER MEDAL; HE ALSO REPRESENTED GREAT
BRITAIN AT THE 2012 OLYMPICS, WINNING GOLD. IN 2014, A YEAR AFTER TURNING PROFESSIONAL,
THE RING MAGAZINE NAMED HIM THEIR PROSPECT OF THE YEAR. IN 2017, X'S VICTORIOUS FIGHT
AGAINST VLADIMIR KLITSCHKO WAS NAMED THE RING'S FIGHT OF THE YEAR.
• AS OF FEBRUARY 2018, X IS RANKED AS THE WORLD'S BEST ACTIVE HEAVYWEIGHT BY THE RING,[2]
THE TRANSNATIONAL BOXING RANKINGS BOARD,[3] AND BOXREC.[4] KNOWN FOR HAVING
EXCEPTIONAL PUNCHING POWER, HE HAS FINISHED ALL HIS FIGHTS TO DATE BY KNOCKOUT.
• HE IS ALSO THE SECOND BOXER, AFTER JOE FRAZIER, TO WIN A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE WHILST
STILL REIGNING AS OLYMPIC CHAMPION.
IDENTIFY THE BOXER WHO HAS ALSO APPEARED ON THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW TWICE
QUESTION 1

4. ANSWER
ANTHONY JOSHUA

5. QUESTION 2
X was initially held by the prime minister's guards and was later turned over to the Iraqi army's Baghdad
command. Hundreds took to the streets to demand his release.Given his newfound "cult status" in the
Arab world, X went before a judge on December 17, 2008. He declined to be represented by Khalil al-
Duleimi, who defended the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before his execution, and also said that he
wanted to be represented by an Iraqi lawyer.On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in
prison. On September 15, 2009, he was released for good behavior, after serving only six months of the
sentence.
Name X and the incident that led to his arrest.

6. ANSWER
Muntadhar al-Zaidi (shoeing of George Bush)

7. QUESTION 3
Though she may not appear on screen, X has been a driving force behind Netflix's adaptation of Y. She's
referred to the show as a "passion project" since signing on as an executive producer. On top of
supporting the cast and crew, X contributed two songs to the soundtrack: a cover of Yazoo's 1982 track
"Only You" and an acoustic version of "Kill Em With Kindness." One study found the release of X
corresponded with between 900,000 and 1,500,000 more suicide related searches in the United States,
including a 26% increase in searches for "how to commit suicide", an 18% increase for "commit suicide"
and a 9% increase for "how to kill yourself".
Identify X and Y.

8. ANSWER
X – Selena Gomez
Y – 13 Reasons Why

9. QUESTION 4
The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, roared into space through clear blue skies in
its debut test flight on Tuesday from a Florida launch site where moon missions once began, in another
milestone for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private rocket company."
The 23-story-tall jumbo rocket, carried a (color) Tesla Roadster automobile into space as a mock
payload with a mannequin dressed as an astronaut in the driver’s seat.
Name ‘him’ and the ‘color’ of the Tesla Roadster.

10. ANSWER
‘Starman’ and ‘Cherry Red’

11. QUESTION 5
TED is a media organization which posts talks online for free distribution, under the slogan
"_________________".TED was founded in February 1984 as a conference, which has been held annually
since 1990.TED's early emphasis was technology and design, consistent with its Silicon Valley origins, but
it has since broadened its focus to include talks on many scientific, cultural, and academic topics.
FITB and tell what does ‘TED’ stand for.

12. ANSWER
Slogan – Ideas worth spreading
Full Form – Technology, Entertainment, Design

13. QUESTION 6
The 2018 Winter Olympics are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. However, many nations
threatened to pull out of the games citing security issues given the geo-political tension in the region.
In his New Year's Day address on 1 January 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed talks in
Seoul over the country's participation in the Games.On 17 January 2018, following their first high-level
talks in over two years, it was announced that North and South Korea had agreed to field a unified
_____________ team at the Games, and enter together under a Korean Unification Flag during the
opening ceremony.
FITB.

14. ANSWER
Field Hockey Team

15. QUESTION 7
X’s journey began in October 2001, when the young, first generation entrepreneur Kishore Biyani opened
the country’s first hypermarket retail outlet in Kolkata (then Calcutta), under his parent organization, Future
Group. In the same month, two more stores were added one each in Hyderabad and Mumbai, thus starting
on a successful sojourn which began the chapter of organized retailing in India.
Speaking on a momentous occasion and remembering the days of conceptualizing the hypermarket idea
Mr. Kishore Biyani said, We decided to name the format as X because we had designed the store keeping
the “Indian mandi” style in mind. Today, X operates as a chain of hypermarkets, discount department
stores, and grocery stores in over 50 cities in the country.
Identify X

16. ANSWER
Big Bazaar

17. QUESTION 8
"The learned trial Judge has surprisingly assumed fictional animation of the incident as to what actually
took place inside and outside the Flat L 32 Jalvayu Vihar, and in what manner he has tried to give live and
colourful description of the incident in question and the whole genesis of the offence was grounded on
fact that both the deceased X and Y were seen by Z and thereafter like a film Director, the trial Judge has
tried to thrust coherence amongst facts inalienably scattered here and there but not giving any coherence
to the idea as to what in fact happened," the HC said. On 9 February 2018, the trial judge, who retired in
2013 filed a petition in the supreme court to drop the above statement from the HC order as he believed it
cast a dent on his “unblemished’’ tenure of 28 years.
What is being talked about in the order passed by the High Court?

18. ANSWER
Arushi murder case(conviction of her parents)

19. QUESTION 9
Two time oscar winner Ben Affleck is also known for his poker skills and is known to spend a lot of time
and money playing poker.However, the actor is banned for life from playing a certain game X from a
certain place in Las Vegas named Y because the officials caught him 'counting cards' at the high rollers
table.(That should give you X).The only branch of Y in Delhi is in Saket.
Name X and Y

20. ANSWER
X – Blackjack
Y- Hard Rock Cafe

21. QUESTION 10
The famous mobile phone company OnePlus recently launched a T version of it's flagship device OnePlus
5.During the launch ceremony, one of the company's high-level executives disclosed the reason as to why
OnePlus' flagship phones have a 'T' at the end.Eg.OnePlus 3T and OnePlus 5T.
Give the reason behind it.
Hint: Something to do with the company's name and it's fierce competitor.

22. ANSWER
OnePlus’ fierce competitor, Apple has an ‘S’ version of it’s flagship devices.The
company’s name is OnePlus or ‘1+’ and 1+S is T.
Hence the company has a ‘T’ version of their flagship devices.

23. QUESTION 11
In the spring of 1997, a 14-year-old’s school science fair project made a convincing argument to ban a
dangerous chemical compound: dihydrogen monoxide, known as DHMO. Nathan Zohner, a junior high
school student in Idaho, gave 50 of his fellow students a report called "Dihydrogen Monoxide: The
Unrecognized Killer,” which accurately laid out the dangers of DHMO, convincing the majority of students
to call for its ban.
What do we know DHMO as popularly?

24. ANSWER
WATER

25. QUESTION 12
The Trieste was a Swiss-designed, Italian built deep-diving research Bathyscaphe, which with it's crew of
two(Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh) reached a record maximum depth of about 10,911 metres, in the
deepest known part of the Earth's oceans, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench near Guam in the
pacific.What in this list is surprising is the name of the man that has journeyed to the second deepest point
in the ocean...a renowned director who, as a part of the Deep Sea Challenger mission accomplished this
feat.
Who is this man?

26. ANSWER
James Cameron

27. QUESTION 13
The ____________ attack was a worldwide cyberattack which targeted computers running Microsoft Windows
OS.It demanded payment in bitcoin for the recovery of a user's personal data...with their ransom ranging
anywhere between 300-600 dollars.
Identify this attack which showed the user this kind of message.
(Image in the next slide)

28. Arushi murder case(conviction of her parents)Arushi murder case(conviction of her parents)

29. ANSWER
WannaCry Ransomware

30. QUESTION 14
This show's creator X, confirmed the meaning behind the title by saying "any TV, any LCD, any iPhone, any
iPad—something like that—if you just stare at it, it looks like a Y, and there’s something cold and horrifying
about that, and it was such a fitting title for the show.”
Name X and Y

31. ANSWER
X – Charlie Brooker
Y – Black Mirror

32. QUESTION 15
X and Y were involved in the first ever Wrestlemania main event featuring two professional wrestlers who
fought using their real life names.
One of them is a former Olympian while the other has been involved with a major MMA promotion. While
one of them is still part of the current WWE roster, the other has assumed a more 'managerial' role.
Name X and Y

33. ANSWER
Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar

34. QUESTION 16
Amitabh Bachchan was recently in the news for allegedly threatening to leave twitter...following the
sudden decrease in the number of followers by 60,000 accounts.
The actor also made a statement in his tweet saying "T 2599 - TWITTER ..!!!?? you reduced my number of
followers .. !!??HAHAHAHAHAHAHA .. !! thats a joke .. time to get off from you .. thank you for the ride ..
there are many ‘other’ fish in the sea - and a lot more exciting !!”
It is being believed that the tactics of this certain celebrity promotion company violates the policy of the
website and is therefore unacceptable to them, hence the reduction in his following on Twitter.
Identify this company that will be under an investigation soon by Twitter itself.

35. ANSWER
Devumi

36. QUESTION 17
CONNECT

37. ANSWER
All three are fictional newspapers

38. QUESTION 18
On February 14, the biggest scam in the Indian banking industry was uncovered when it was found that the
renowned diamantaire Nirav Modi and his ‘associate’ Gokulnath Shetty scammed the second largest bank
PNB of about 11,000 crore rupees.However, all of this could have been avoided had the bank taken this
precautionary measure recommended by the RBI to all national banks in 2016 when something similar
happened with the Bangladeshi Central Bank.
What measure am I talking about?

39. ANSWER
Linking of a bank’s CBS(core Banking Solution) to SWIFT, which would’ve
automatically created a log for every SWIFT transaction taking place in the
bank.

40. QUESTION 19
lt lost four letters in 1949, temporarily changed another two in celebration of a new State
law(decriminalizing marijuana) in 1976. It then lost another, temporarily, in honour of a state visit by a
visiting religious dignitary in1978. The sign was altered again on New Years Day in2017, possibly done as a
homage to a new California law(making recreational marijuana legal) that was passed during the 2016
election.
What am I talking about?

41. ANSWER

42. QUESTION 20
The first time India was represented here was in the 30th edition by a mother - the result was an
agonizing loss by one vote. Since then, other representatives include 7 a tourism professional, an
underworld don, a female gangster, a couple of amateur board game players, an Indian, a son of Adam,
an ex-magician's production place, and a Mumbai judicial hearing.
What is this list, and who/what was the entry for 2017 in this list?

43. ANSWER
Indian nominees for best foreign film at the academy awards
2017’s nominee was Newton

44. QUESTION 21
Christopher Clive Froome is the reigning Tour de France and Vuelta a Espafia champion and one of the
most successful riders in the history of the Tour, having won it four times 7 in2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
In the 2017 edition, in how many of the 21 individual stages was he the victor?

45. ANSWER
NONE!

46. QUESTION 22
In 1982, mid-term Assembly elections were held in Kerala due to the fall of tne LDF (Left Democratic Front)
led state government Among tne 140 seats, CPI’s Sivan Pillai won the seat from Parur assembly
constituency defeating AC Jose, a Congress(A) candidate by a slender margin of 123 votes only.The
legitimacy of Sivan Pillai’s win was cnallenged in the Supreme Court citing violation of an electoral process
across 50 polling booths.
What was alleged as a violation of electoral process in 1982 Kerela Assembly Elections?

47. ANSWER
First use of EVMs in the country

48. QUESTION 23
With Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sharing the dais, and a congratulatory video message from Kerala
CM Pinarayi Vijayan played out on the large LED display on stage, actor Kamal Haasan launched his
political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam(People’s Justice Centre), in Madurai on Wednesday.
“Have you seen my (party’s) flag and symbol? It has the map of ______________ Those six hands represent
the ________________. The star in the middle with six pointers represent _______, _______, _________,” Haasan
said.
What does the party symbol signify?

49. ANSWER
New south India
Six southern states
People, Truth and Justice

50. QUESTION 24
China’s Communist Party has proposed a drastic change to the Constitution, by announcing Sunday that it
intends to_____________________________, a momentous break with decades-old rules meant to prevent the
country from returning to the days when Mao was shown cultish obedience.
The surprise move, revealed in a dryly worded proposal to amend the Constitution, is the boldest yet by
Mr. Xi as he seeks to strengthen the party’s control over a modernizing society and restore China to what
he considers its rightful place as a global power — an agenda that his allies have suggested requires his
personal leadership.

51. ANSWER
Abolish term limits