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“FARRAGO”“FARRAGO” The General Quiz The General Quiz

By: Nitin Bansal, Vimarsh Bhargava

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Q1 : Whose family tree Q1 : Whose family tree ? ?

• Benedict Cumberbatch And Alan Turing

Q2: Q2: • X, derived from a Latin root, refers to a person that

wants to remain anonymous to the world & others.• The word X has featured in the titles of movies, TV

shows, comics ,novel ,music albums, Operating System.

• X was a daytime quiz programme that aired on BBC1 for 2 series from 26 October 1995 until 10 January 1997

• X, a comic-book series published by Marvel Comics• Give me X.

• Incognito

*Q3:*Q3:• Ramayana : The Legend of prince Rama (1992) is

an anime adaptation of Hindu epic the Ramayana.

• If Amrish Puri lent his voice for Ravana, who voiced Rama?

• Bryan Cranston

*Q4: *Q4: X : The Shooting Script is a book which was

unveiled on 26 January 2016, to mark a decade of this Indian movie which “became a movement.”

• Identify the movie.

Q5:Q5:

• Ad by?

• KFC - finger lickin good ;)

Q6:Q6:• The matrimonial section in any newspaper is

where all the fun is. You can find all sorts of requests, typos, and categories being advertised for marriage.

• However, a fan of the newspaper X decided to troll the newspaper Y by posting a sarcastic ad in latter’s sister newspaper .

• Name the two newspapers involved .• Ad on next slide.

• X- The Hindu • Y - TOI

Q7:Q7:• ‘Intelligent Interfaces’ is an e-governance startup

that aims to make online government processes more efficient.

• The startup has received funding from some big names in the business: flipkart, paytm, micromax.

• Whose latest venture is this?

• Rahul Yadav ( Housing.com)

Q8:Q8:Whose New logo?

• UBER

*Q9:*Q9:• The now common term X, related to education,

was coined by Louisa May Alcott in her 1886 novel Jo's Boys and has to do with the progressive nature of the school that Jo founded (for that time period).

• "Never liked X ", is a line uttered by a boy named Adolphus who objects to carrying out activities with a certain other group of students in the school.

• What precisely is he objecting to, still a cause of debate today?

• Co-ed

Q10:Q10:• Id the blanked out part.

• Neerja Bhanot

Q11:Q11:•  In 2012, The Onion named this persone its ‘Sexiest

Man Alive’ !!• “He has that rare ability to somehow be completely

adorable and completely macho at the same time” , Onion Style and Entertainment editor Marissa Blake-Zweibel said. “And that’s the quality that makes him the sort of man women want, and men want to be. He’s a real hunk with real intensity who also knows how to cut loose and let his hair down.” !

• In a turn of events that even The Onion’s editors would not have imagined, Chinese newspaper People’s Daily Online took to this piece of news with utmost glee, even devoting a 55 page full colour spread to this person. ! Who?

• Kim Jong Un

*Q12:*Q12: How have the following groups been collectively

recognized in October 2015?• A country's General Labour Union (UGTT) • The same country's Confederation of Industry,

Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA)• Its Human Rights League (LTDH), • and an Order of Lawyers in the country

• Nobel Peace prize 2015

Q13:Q13:• Noma Dumezweni is an acclaimed British stage

actress of South African heritage who  has won an Olivier Award for her role in  ‘A Raisin in the Sun’.

• However, she became quite known and famous because of a role she’ll be playing in an upcoming play written by Jack Thorne.

• Identify the play and the role she bagged?(image on next slide)

• Hermione Granger• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

*Q14:*Q14:• Put funda.

• Oxford word of the year 2015 (‘Face with tears of joy’ emoji)

Q15:Q15:• The current Governor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh

recently made a few comments on the national anthem that kicked up some controversy.

• Citing that its lyrics were outdated, he called for the replacement of a word that referred to the erstwhile British rulers and felt the anthem should not be honouring them.

• Which word?

• Adhinayak

Q16:Q16:• Claim to fame of this Chillar party?

• Bowlers who bowled to Pranav Dhanawade ( 1009*)

Q17:Q17:• Tribute to which kick ass antiseptic?

• Image on next slide

OLD MONK

*Q18:*Q18:• What is the significance of this place? Also name

this mythical bird.

• Jatayu Nature park • World’s largest bird sculpture

*Q19:*Q19:• What is the subject of

this Man Booker Prize winner book byMarlon James?

• Assassination attempts on Bob Marley

Q20:Q20:• Supercell is a mobile

game development company founded in June 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.

• Which is the most famous mobile game app developed by supercell.

• Clash of the clans

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