A general quiz hosted at sit tumkur by the SIT Quiz Corp.

2. GQ
(The General Quiz)
Presented by
The SIT Quiz Corp.

4. Q1)
• 1994 - Oleg Salenko, Romário
• 1998 - Davor Šuker, Ronaldo
• 2002- Ronaldo, Oliver Kahn
• 2006 - Miroslav Klose, Zinedine Zidane
• 2010 – X, Y
• ID X and Y

5. • These are winners of the Golden Boot and
Golden Ball at the Fifa World Cup
• X-Thomas Muller
• Y-Diego Forlan

6. • When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002,
the ECB needed another one day competition to fill
its place. Cricketing authorities were looking to boost
the game's popularity with the younger generation in
response to dwindling crowds and reduced
sponsorship.
• It was intended to deliver fast paced, exciting cricket
accessible to thousands of fans who were put off by
the longer versions of the game.
Q2)

7. • Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the ECB,
proposed ______________ to county chairmen in
2001 and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the
new format.
What was the idea proposed by Mr.
Robertson, which is now a worldwide
phenomenon?

8. T20/Twenty-Twenty Cricket

9. Q3)
• Identify the painter.

11. George W Bush

12. Q4)
• X (reigned 710 CE -735 CE) was a Pandyan king. He
was the son and successor of Arikesari Maravarman.
• He asserted his superiority over the Cheras and
Cholas in the city of Mangalapuram, the modern day
Mangalore. He also started the hostilities with the
Chalukyas of Badami and the Gangas. He also
undertook a campaign against the Ay chieftains. He
defeated them in Kurunadu in south Travancore
• X is in the news recently, as a film(based on his
biography), starring a very popular Indian actor is set
to release soon.
• Who is X?

13. Kochadaiiyaan/ Kochchadaiyan

14. Q5)***
• The People’s Daily is the largest read daily
newspaper in a certain country.
• It provides direct information on the policies
and viewpoints of the government and claims
itself to be elected by UNESCO as "one of the
10 most authoritative and most influential
newspapers of the world”.
• The People’s Daily is the largest read daily
newspaper in which country?

15. People’s Republic of China

16. Put Funda
Q6)

17. • These are players from Brazilian club FC
Corinthians, from Sao Paulo,Brasil paying
tribute to Ayrton Senna on the 20th
anniversary of his death on May 1,2014

18. Q7)
• McCandless: Buzz, this is Houston.
• X: Okay, I'm at the...(Listens)
• McCandless: ...1/160th second for shadow photography on
the sequence camera.
• Aldrin: Okay.
• X: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LM footpads are only
depressed in the surface about 1 or 2 inches, although the
surface appears to be very, very fine grained, as you get close
to it. It's almost like a powder. The ground mass is very fine.
• X: Okay. I'm going to step off the LM now.
• X: _____ ___ _____ ____ ___ ___; ___ _____ ____ ___
_______.
• ID X. FITB

19. • X-Neil Armstrong
That’s one small step for man; one giant leap
for mankind

20. Q8)
• The Five Cricketers of the Year, chosen by
Wisden, represent a tradition that dates back
in Wisden to 1889, making this the oldest
individual award in cricket.
• Who was the only Indian chosen by Wisden
for the year 2014?

21. Shikhar Dhawan

22. Q9)
• Connect

23. All brands are owned by Volkwagen
Clockwise from top left:
Bugatti, Bentley, Skoda, Lamborgini

24. Q10)
• Which Indian company, famous for building
roads and airports around the country, is the
team owner of the Delhi Daredevils IPL
franchise?

25. GMR Group

26. Q11)***
• In the year 1120 AD, the Hoysala King, Veera Ballala was on a
hunting trip in the forest, when he lost his way.
• After a long search, he met an old lady in the forest who
offered him shelter for the night and served him some boiled
beans for dinner.
• To show his gratitude to this lady for having saved his life, the
King constructed a town, which literally translates to ‘Town of
Boiled Beans’.
• Later in 1537, a local chieftain, helped design this town and
give it its modern shape.
• The British eventually colloquialised the name to what it is
known as today
• Which city is being described here?

27. A)Bangalore/Bengalooru

28. ID the personality above
Q12)

29. Rajeev Suri(CEO of Nokia)

30. Q13)
• In the world of computers and technology,
what is known as ‘The Three Finger Salute’?

31. Alt+Ctrl+Del

32. Q14)
• Who is the first US president to use the email
address President@whitehouse.gov?

33. Bill Clinton

34. ID the Logo/symbol
Q15)

35. Chai Pe Charcha

36. Q16)***
• The following is a list of the largest peaceful human
gatherings of all time
5. World Youth Day in Manilla, Phillipines(1995)- 5 million
4. Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran(1989)-7
million
3. Funeral of C N Annadurai in Chennai,India(1969)-15 million
2. Arba’een in Karbala, Iraq-17 million
• But a certain event, which took place in 2013 which
eclipses all these events, with an estimated 100 million
people attending it.
• Which is the event and where did it take place?

37. Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India
in 2013

38. Q17)
• The worlds first democratically elected
Communist government was formed in which
Indian state?

39. Kerala

40. Q18)
Google doodle for?

41. Google’s tribute to The Human
Computer-Shakuntala Devi

42. Q19)
• Which is the only country in the world to have
a non-quadrilateral national flag?

43. Nepal

44. Q20)
• New logo of which very famous
lifestyle/fitness brand?

45. Reebok

46. Q21)***
• Connect

47. CID(Television show)

48. • Minimalist poster for?
Q22)

49. The Hangover

50. Q23)
• Sandra Bullock(pic on next slide) won the
Academy Award for Best Performance by an
Actress in a Leading Role, for her role as Leigh
Tuohy in The Blind Side.
• However, the night before, she was also
presented with another ‘prestigious’ award for
her role in the movie All About Steve.
• What dubious distinction does Sandra
Bullock hold?

52. Sandra Bullock is the first actress to
win an Academy Award as well as a
Golden Raspberry Award(for Worst
Actress in a Leading Role) in the same
year

53. Q24)
• On the 8th of December 2013,an american metal
band played for a small group of researchers and
fans at a small dome in the Carlini Argentine Base
in Antarctica, making them the only band in
history to play on all seven continents.
• The concert was filmed, and later released titled
‘Freeze ‘em All’, a title inspired by their debut
album X.
• Which band? What is the title of their debut
album?

56. Q25)
• Identify the character from the minimalist poster.

57. Spongebob Squarepants

58. Q26)***
• Arunabh Kumar describes himself as a media
vagabond who dabbled in many things in the media
world before he decided to go solo. An IIT-Kharagpur
graduate, Arunabh quit his cushy job in the US Air-
force and found himself an opportunity to work with
Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant director for
Om Shanti Om. He then made a couple of short films,
music videos and freelanced with various ad
agencies.

59. • A year later, Arunabh set up a micro-studio
and during this time, he met others who
shared the same sensibilities in humour, and
to the formation of ___ _____ _____, a very
popular humour group in social media today.
• Which very famous Youtube Channel did
Arunabh Kumar start?

60. The Viral Fever

61. Q27)
• What is the top option one would get if one
entered the question “why” on the Youtube
search box?
• WHAT: What Does The Fox Say-
• WHERE: Where Have You Been-Rihanna
• WHEN: Whenever Wherever-Shakira;
• HOW: How to get pregnant with husband fast

62. Why This Kolaveri Di

63. Q28)
• The man in the above photo is a witch doctor named Ibrahim
Mat Zin.
• An event which caused the world to take notice promted the
government to hire Ibrahim for a specific purpose.
• What was Ibrahim hired for?

64. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
enlisted him to find Malaysian Airlines
flight MH370

65. Q29)
• Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo _____ was
an Italian businessman and con artist in the U.S. and Canada.
• He became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North
America for his money making scheme.
• promised clients a 50% profit within 45 days, or 100% profit
within 90 days, by buying discounted postal reply coupons in
other countries and redeeming them at face value in the
United States.
• In reality, Ponzi was paying early investors using the
investments of later investors.
• This type of scheme is now known as a “_____ scheme’.
• FITB(Both blanks are the same word)

66. Ponzi, and hence the term Ponzi
Scheme

67. Q30)***
• Theobromine is an alkaloid which is sometimes
used as a drug to treat high blood pressure.
• Its effects are similar to caffeine, but on a smaller
scale.
• However, it is poisonous to dogs as it metabolises
very slowly.
• Which very commonly enjoyed food item(which
also has antidepressive properties among others)
contains theobromine, and hence must not be
given to dogs?

68. Chocolate

69. Q31)
• This animal (shown on the next slide) has the
largest brain among all animals.
• It gets its name from a milky-white waxy
substance found on its head, which is very
widely used in cosmetics and lubricant
industries.
• Which animal?

71. Sperm Whale