Questions from the live finals round of a general quiz context 'conQUIZtadors' that I conducted at work.

1. conQUIZtadors
The Finale

2. RULES
• 5 teams , 5 rounds and 5 questions per round
• 10 points for answering a direct question, 5 points for a pass question
• Questions not answered by the finalist teams will be thrown open to the audience
• No negative marking.. You are encouraged to guess.
• No laptops and smartphones
• Request the audience to not reveal the answers during the quiz
• Decisions of the quizmaster are final and binding 

3. conQUIZtadors
Round 1

4. 1
This is from a press release on May 3rd 2012:
• “The reassembling of Helen is almost complete… Margarita
would start its work in the second week of May, once its
assembly work was completed.”
• Helen started its journey from Majestic in June 2011;
Margarita started in August 2011.
What are we talking about?

5. 2
Connect

6. 3
These signboards can be seen
in parking lots in University of
California, Berkeley.
For whom are these parking
spaces reserved ?

7. 4
X is a French MNC servicing multiple sectors ranging from private
corporations, schools, hospitals, military bases and even prisons.
They are a 15 billion euro enterprise primarily into food services
and facility management.
Identify X

8. 5
Two sound devices that generate sounds at the high end and low end may be arrived at
based on the images below.
Name BOTH the devices.

9. conQUIZtadors
Round 2

10. 1
Identify the man and the machine

11. 2
#1 – The World Data Center for Climate
#2 – National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
#3 – At&T
#4 – Google
#5 – Sprint
#6 – LexisNexis
#7 – YouTube
#8 – amazon.com
#9 – CIA
#10 – Library of Congress
What does this list represent?

12. 3
Where would you have
seen him?

13. 4
Identify this person, whose
biggest contribution to India
is his surname.

14. 5
With just a 16 minute appearance on screen playing the role of a
brilliant psychiatrist in the Hollywood movie X, Welsh actor Y won an
Oscar award for the best actor and a place as the #1 villain in
American Film Institute’s list of Villains.
Identify X and Y

15. conQUIZtadors
Scores

16. conQUIZtadors
Round 3

17. 1
What is the funda?

18. 2
What does this map represent?

19. 3
Who is this person and who is he being compared to?

20. 4
Identify this monument.

21. 5
Which product?

22. conQUIZtadors
Round 4

23. 1

24. 2
Who scored the first century for India in one day
international cricket ?

25. 3
Connect

26. 4
This iconic temple is one of the 12 jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva.
It was attacked by Mohammed of Ghazni in 1025 AD, killing over
50,000 people who came to defend it.
He then smashed the solid gold linga into pieces which were taken
back and embedded in the steps leading to the mosque in the town
of Ghazni.
As a symbol of resilience, this temple stands today after being
destroyed and rebuilt 6 times.
Identify.

27. 5
This iconic silicon valley entity is responsible for creating some of the
most important inventions in the field of computers, such as Object
Oriented Programming, Ethernet, Bitmap Graphics, VLSI etc.
However, they are also famous for letting opportunities go and not
capitalizing on their inventions.
What are we talking about here?

28. conQUIZtadors
Scores

29. conQUIZtadors
Round 5

30. 1
This legendary Finnish hacker is the creator of the GIT
version control software, among other things.
Steve Jobs offered him a job at Apple, and insisted that
he abandon the biggest efforts of his life and work for
him.
This hacker rejected Steve Jobs’ offer, and the rest is
history.
Who is this hacker?

31. 2
___________ refers to cuts of beef from the black Tajima-ushi
breed of Wagyu cattle, raised according to strict tradition in Hyōgo
Prefecture, Japan. The meat is generally considered to be a
delicacy, renowned for its flavor, tenderness, and fatty, well-
marbled texture.
These cows are specially treated with hand-fed premium grain and
fresh grass, with beer (yes, beer !!) during the winter to keep them
warm. The cows also get massages regularly to ensure softness of
the fat and a good quality, supple meat.
What are we talking about here?

32. 3
X is an Indian e-commerce startup by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
started in February 2010 in New Delhi.
It primarily started out as an Indian mimic of groupon.com, but is
now into online shopping as well.
Identify X

33. 4
Connect

34. 5
Whose business card?