This quiz was set by Ravishankar S and Priyamvada R Pillai for SJC Quizzers. The highest score in this quiz was 13.5

1. Weekly Quiz #5
01/08/19
Ravishankar S
Priyamvada R Pillai
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2. 1. The marvel cinematic universe has 2 main
characters named James. However, neither of them is
addressed with this but are addressed by their middle
and last names. Give the full names of the two
characters and their superhero names.
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3. Answer: James Buchanan Barnes-winter soldier
James Rupert Rhodes-war machine
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4. 2. A hit song ‘Radio ____’ by a popular band X is said
to be the inspiration for the name of a popular pop
artist Y. ID X, Y and also FITB.
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5. Answer: Radio Gaga, X-queen Y-Lady Gaga
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6. 3. What part of FedEx’s logo symbolically represents
the ideology that the company stands for?
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7. Answer: the arrow in between e and x
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8. 4. This rock band that was initially know by the name
‘sweet children’. In 1989, they dropped this name
because there was another band named ‘sweet baby’,
and they took up the name _____ ___ as a homage to
their love for marijuana.
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9. Answer: Green day
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10. 5. If Abracadabra means “I create as I speak”, what’s
the term for “I destroy as I speak”?
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11. Answer: Avada Kedavra
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12. 6. VG Siddhartha , the man behind massive consumer
brand in India, recently went missing somewhere near
Mangalore. What company did he run, that made the
day for everyone.
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13. Answer: Café Coffee Day
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14. 7. Who made this reply to a certain incident very
recently with regards to one of their customers?
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15. Answer: Zomato
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16. 8. This cricket shot gets its name because of how the
way the batsman stands while hitting the shot,
resembles a bird. Name the bird that gives this type of
shot its name.
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17. Answer: Flamingo shot
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18. 9. Syncope is the medical term for something that
usually happens when the blood flow to the brain is
insufficient. What common term would we know for
this?
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19. Answer: Fainting
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20. 10. What is this a recreation of?
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21. Answer: Abbey road
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22. 11. ‘Per aspera ad astra” is a Latin phrase which means
through hardships to the stars. It is the motto of an
institution in Botswana, Africa. This institution is one
among the hundreds run under the same name. What
institution is this that even we are very familiar with?
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23. Answer: St. Joseph’s college
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24. 12. Dkrtzy RRR is the green lantern in charge of sector
0188. It came into existence when a mad
mathematician named Timph Rye produced it to prove
that willpower can be derived mathematically. What
makes Dkrtzy RRR unique among the green lanterns?
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25. Answer: It is a mathematical equation
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26. 13. The movie ‘Heart of ____: the ____ ___ story’ is a
documentary movie based on X who died in 2023. It
makes an appearance as one of the films available to
watch, in another movie when the lead character is on
a flight. Name the movie and also the person upon
whom it is based. Also which movie would we have
seen this make an appearance in?
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27. Answer: Heart of iron: the tony Stark story based on
Tony Stark/Iron man. Appears in the movie Spider-
man: Far from home
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28. 14. X, an internet phenomenon from a few years ago
was initially started to spread awareness about
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s
Disease. Because in the process of completing this
task, the person doing it loses sensation of their body
and feels paralyzed for a short period of time. What is
X?
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29. Answer: Ice bucket challenge
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30. 15. James Cameron played more than just the
directorial role for the movie ‘titanic’. He also
accomplished another artistic feat. What did he do?
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31. Answer: He drew the picture of Kate Winslet/Rose
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