This document summarizes the rules and questions for the prelims of the Gnosis Quiz League 2017 general quiz competition. It states that there will be 20 multiple choice questions in the prelims with no negative marking. The top 8 teams will advance to the finals, and star marked questions will be used to resolve ties. It then provides 20 preliminary quiz questions covering topics like biographies, current events, movies, science and technology, and sports.

2. GNOSIS QUIZ LEAGUE 2017
THE GENERAL QUIZ
PRELIMS
Conducted By:
Nitin Bansal
Rishabh Guha

4. Rules
20 Questions in Prelims
No Negative marking
Star Marked Questions would be used to resolve
ties.
Top 8 teams to make it to the finals.
Quizmaster is GOD.

5. Views about Googling

6. Q1:
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What is his biography aptly titled as?

8. Q2*:
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' Plate of Hope' is a digital campaign by X where
visitors could create a plate online and the same
food would be fed to a hungry child by the same
company.
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ID 'X'

9. KFC

10. Q3:
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On March 6,2015 the stock of Sun Pharma went up
by 22% while RIL slumped 7.5% following the drop
in global crude oil prices.
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This incident led to which unprecedented result for
the first time in 8 years before the balance of the
universe was restored?

11. Dilip Sanghavi taking over Mukesh Ambani as the
richest Indian.

12. Q4:
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In a recent interview with The Telegraph X said on
her separation with Y that the co-incidence was “so
weird” :- “Especially playing new parents again, up
all night feeding and things, because we were
effectively revisiting how it was when we first got
together.”
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ID X and Y or put FUNDA!!

13. X- Amanda Abbington Y-Martin Freeman
The Watson’s real life separation

14. Q5:
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EGIS India is a part of French group which
provided consultancy for building five flood-
protection dams in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.
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The group is looking after a container terminal at
Jawaharlal Nehru Port trust at Raigad and is also
responsible for the maintenance of Eiffel Tower.
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Which project of 'National Importance' has this
company been appointed to provide consultancy
for?

15. The Shivaji Memorial

16. Q6*:
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In an interview with Huffington Post , Janet
Hireshenson , the casting director has revealed that
X was gunning to play the friendly half-giant
Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, he did indeed
reach out to the team but was rejected because of
the producers’ self-imposed Brits only rule.
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Who was this famous actor ?

17. Robin Williams

18. Q7*:
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In 1983, a Korean Airlines plane was shot down by
the USSR for violating its airspace. The event led to
Ronald Reagan releasing which technological
facility for civilian use?

19. GPS

20. Q8:
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In 2010 , Rahul Ram of Indian Ocean dedicated a
song in one concert to his very famous friend from
college whom he fondly called ‘Budha Sadhu’.
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Who is this extremely famous friend of his?

21. Old Monk

22. Q9*:
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Medal Table for which discontinued Olympic sport?

23. Tug of War

24. Q10
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Whose letter of
recommendation?

25. John Nash

26. Q11:
Id the blanked out name.

28. Q12:
Id?

30. Q13*:
While looking for a name for a particular thing , on a
walk in the New Jersey Palisades with his nephews ,
Milton and Edwin , the author of Mathematics and
the Imagination asked for their ideas. One of them
suggested ‘X’. Inspired from the word ‘X’ is
something hugely popular today.
Give me X.

31. Googol (10 raised to the power 100)

32. Q14:
Id the movie.

33. Andaz Apna Apna

34. Q15:
Put Funda?

35. Hollyweed

36. Q16:
Whose latest venture is this ?

37. Orkut Büyükkökten

38. Q17:
The production of what once popular household
electronic device was stopped by its last maker
Funai Electronics in 2016?

39. VCR

40. Q18:
What is the funda behind this logo?

41. Expansion of London over time

42. Q19:
Sachin Tendulkar has always been revered , not just
as a cricketer but as a role model. However in 1990 ,
he was issued a formal warning by the Manchester
Police authorities.
What was the reason for which this warning was
issued?

43. Sachin was awarded a Champagne as MoM .
However , he was underage at that time and it was
legally forbidden for an underage to consume
alcohol.

44. Q20:
Ad by?

45. Johnsons Baby

46. FINALS