The Prelims of TMC Quiz Challenge 2018 hosted by Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.

2. Held at Aug 5th 2018 at Government
Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
• This quiz is uploaded for your enjoyment and to share our
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question (code of quizmaster given with every question)
• Gayathri AL (A)
• Gayathri S Iyer (I)
• George Zacharia (Z)
• (Students of Government Medical College,
Thiruvananthapuram)

3. Prelims
Solutions

4. Instructions
• Fill your details
• Write answers legibly. No overwriting. In cases where spelling is a problem, spellings
won’t be considered
• For tie breaking: First starred + double star, then, double star , if still not tie broken,
then Sudden death from 1st question
• Top 6 teams will advance to finals (incase no school team reaches the top 6, then top 5
teams and top 1 team from school will go to finals)
• No googling! No copying! If any use of unfair means found, team will be
disqualified on the spot.

5. Q1)
•Identify this lady or the position she holds.
Z

6. Answer
•Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (President of
Croatia)

7. Q2)
• Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith is a university located
in Varanasi, UP. The founder, Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta,
made a special temple in the campus in 1936 which was
inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.
• This temple is special that it does not contain any statue of
god or goddesses, but a deity in marble that covers the
centre part of the floor of the temple.
• The temple is dedicated to a personified version of the
deity.
• Identify the name of the temple or the deity. (Full points
for either)
I

8. Answer
•Bharat Mata Mandir or Bharat Mata (A Map
of India is the diety)

9. Q3)
• Samoa and Tokelau are island nations in the south Pacific
ocean.
• They did something in December 2011 to help boost their trade
ties with neighboring countries, Australia and New Zealand.
• The change comes 119 years after US-occupied Samoa
persuaded Samoa to change its ________ to ease trade with
California.
• What was the big change?
I

10. Answer
Moving westward on the International
Date Line
As the clock struck midnight (10:00 GMT Friday) as 29 December ended, Samoa
and Tokelau fast-forwarded to 31 December, missing out on 30 December
entirely.

11. Q4)
• Quartz magazine published a
ranking list of persons thanked
by Oscar winners in the last 50
years.
• The first spot was Steven
Spielberg.
• The second was God.
• Who was the 3rd ?
I

12. Answer
•Harvey Weinstein

13. Q5)
• “My aim for the day was to bat for the 50 overs to make
sure I was comfortable with the conditions. I didn’t set out
to score a big score, but just to make sure I was
concentrating well and hitting the ball nicely.” – said the
first ever person to score a double ton in international cricket.
• Who?
I

14. Answer
•Belinda Clark

15. Q6)
• Various Indian holy books
like Mahabharat, Puranas etc., relate
that Ashwini Kumar brothers, the twins,
who were Rajvaidya (Royal Physicians)
to Devas during Vedic times, first prepared
this for ______ Rishi at his Ashram on Dhosi
Hill near Narnaul, Haryana, India.
It was made for rejuvenating his youth.
• What did they prepare?
Z

16. Answer
•Chyawanprash

17. Q7)
• Shazam! is an upcoming American superhero
film based on the DC Comics character, Captain
Marvel or Shazam. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a
boy who, by speaking the magic word
"SHAZAM”transforms.
• Shazam is actually the acronym of six "immortal
elders”.
• Name them. (Atleast 3 of them gets you full points! No
half points)
Z

18. Answer
• Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury

19. Q8) •This is Number 12, Grimmauld Place. Which
famous organization has its headquarters in
this building?Z

20. Answer
•The Order Of the Phoenix

21. Q9)
"Tutu" is a part of a set of 3 paintings created by Nigerian
artist Ben Enwonwu around 1973, just a few years after
Nigeria's civil war ended.
The story goes that Enwonwu was walking in Nigerian
countryside when he met Yoruba Princess, Adetutu
Ademiluyi whom he wanted to paint . He made 3 paintings of
her all of which went missing.
This famous masterpiece that has been missing for decades
was recently uncovered( Dec 2017) in Northern London.
By what name is this painting more famously known?
A

23. Answer
•The African Mona Lisa

24. Q10)
• Started in Finland in the year 2000, it
became a huge hit following which it is held
annually in the month of August.
• There are 4 categories in this sport : original,
freestyle, team original and junior. The world
record holder is Tom Philipp Reinhardt from
Germany.
• Which is this International sport?
A

25. Answer
•Mobile Phone Throwing

26. Q11)
•"And they who bettered life on earth by
new found mastery.” is the translation of a
famous phrase.
•Where can you find the original phrase
inscribed?
A

27. Answer
•Nobel Prize

28. Q12)
● You can't miss X (a tunnel) if you've been on
the Matheran Toy Train. The little known X
falls en route Neral to Matheran, a scenic hill
station near Mumbai. The train that leaves
Neral at 9 and 10.30 in the mornings and 5 in
the evenings, crosses a many quaint stations.
● X owes its name to various anecdotes that
have passengers going in for a quick ____
before the train comes chugging in the open
again.
● What is X?
I

29. Answer
•One Kiss Tunnel

30. Q13) Raja, who jumps in one unbroken column is
met by Rover who rushes to meet the Raja.
Rocket shoots downwards in a series of jets
while Rani moves quietly.
Put funda.
A

31. Answer
•Jog Falls

32. Q14)
• Alfred Davis and his brother in law Hans Wildorf
founded Wildorf and Davis back in 1905 which
eventually became X in 1908. Forbes now keeps X as the
6th most successful brand.
• Tenzing Norgay and other members of the Hillary
expedition used X’s products in 1953.
• X is closely associated with Wimbledon and Australian
Open.
• I/d X .
A

33. Answer
•Rolex

34. Q15)
• When the Government Board in charge of a sector
dismissed employees when it started closing down its
shops in mid 1950s, Ayillyath Kuttiari ________ took
leadership of these people and organized them into
societies forming the largest of its kind in India with
over 400 of them presently working.
• Identify this society in question.
Z

35. Answer
•Indian Coffee House (or Indian Coffee Board
Workers’ Co-operative Society)

36. Q16)
• X came to India with the British Army; the end of World War I saw Indian
soldiers of British Indian Army bringing it back with them as a dietary
supplement. Punjab, Bengal and Madras Presidencies became early adopters
of X and many well-to-do Indians started using X in early 1940s and 1950s. It
became a sort of status symbol in upper middle class Indians and rich
classes.
• India, where it has traditionally been marketed as The Great Family
Nourisher, is the largest market for X. In India, Buffalo products are used in
the production instead of Cow due to cultural concerns.
• Identify X.
A

37. Answer
•Horlicks

38. Q17)
•Identify the logo
I

39. Answer
•Mid-Day Meals

40. Q18)
• The flame of Liberty is located in the
Northern end of the Pont de l’Alma
in Paris. It is a full-sized, gold leaf-
covered replica of the Statue of
Liberty’s flame offered to the people
of France by donors throughout the
world as a symbol of Franco-
American friendship.
• How did it become famous after
1997?
A

41. Answer
• It became an unofficial memorial for Princess
Diana, who died in a car crash there

42. Q19)
•Connect the 6 pictures / words
•Soul •Time
Z

43. •Space
•Reality

44. •Mind •Power

45. Answer
•Infinity Gems/Stones

46. Q20)
• This is Sainaba Ayishabi , a respected
personality in Kannur who passed away
in June 2018.
• She is a member of a family, historically
which had a lot of power. This family
invited Hyder Ali to invade Malabar and
the founder of this family was a Hindu
converted to Islam with the name,
Muhammed Ali.
• Name this family.
Z

47. Answer
•Arakkal Royal Family

48. Q21)
• The film, "Chalo Jeete Hein" was about a boy, called X, in
post-independence Vadnagar, who gets impressed by a book
by Swami Vivekanand that said those live who wish to serve
others. The boy, the film suggested, was destined to serve
the nation.
This movie was screened for the president and also soon for
the Parliament and the World premiere on Star Network on
July 29th 2018.
Whose life is this film loosely based on?
Z

50. Answer
•Narendra Modi

51. Q22)
•If he touches a bird or a cactus, he will die on
the spot. He has to dive when pterodactyls fly
above him. Some call him lonely _____ or
simply Steve.
•We all know him for sure.
•Can you identify whom I am talking about?
Z

52. Answer
• T-Rex / Lonely T-rex game on Google Chrome when internet connection is
absent (Give points for game in Google Chrome also)

53. Q23)
●Tuvalu is a Polynesian island nation located in the
Pacific Ocean,midway between Hawali and
Australia. The economy of Tuvalu is constrained by
its remoteness and lack of economies of scale.
Government revenues largely come from fishing
licences.
●Another top level source of revenue is however
nothing related to fishing. Put funda regarding this
fortuitous source of revenue.
I

54. Answer
•.tv web domains

55. Q24)
• The term X was popularized by a 1994 episode of the
American sitcom Friends entitled "The One with the
Blackout", where the character Ross Geller, who
was lovesick for Rachel Green, was described by
character Joey Tribbiani as being the "mayor of the
X”.
• What is X?
A

56. Answer
•Friend-zoned

57. Q25)
•This ad was used to popularize
what? (Video next slide)
•Be specific in your answer. Points for full
answer.
I

58. • Pics from the Ad have been placed here (in Quiz, we played the video)

59. Answer
•Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Points for Right
to Education Act also)