GNOSIS QUIZ LEAGUE 2017

THE GENERAL QUIZ

PRELIMS

Conducted By: Nitin Bansal

Rishabh Guha

Rules

20 Questions in PrelimsNo Negative markingStar Marked Questions would be used to

resolve ties. Top 8 teams to make it to the finals.Quizmaster is GOD.

Views about Googling

Q1:

● What is his biography aptly titled as?

Q2*:

● ' 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.

● ID 'X'

KFC

Q3:

● 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.

● This incident led to which unprecedented result for the first time in 8 years before the balance of the universe was restored?

Dilip Sanghavi taking over Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian.

Q4:

● 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.”

● ID X and Y or put FUNDA!!

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

Q5:

● EGIS India is a part of French group which provided consultancy for building five flood-protection dams in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.

● 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.

● Which project of 'National Importance' has this company been appointed to provide consultancy for?

The Shivaji Memorial

Q6*:

● 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.

● Who was this famous actor ?

Robin Williams

Q7*:

● 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?

GPS

Q8:

● 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’.

● Who is this extremely famous friend of his?

Old Monk

Q9*:

● Medal Table for which discontinued Olympic sport?

Tug of War

Q10

● Whose letter of recommendation?

John Nash

Q11:

Id the blanked out name.

Q12:

Id?

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.

Googol (10 raised to the power 100)

Q14:

Id the movie.

Andaz Apna Apna

Q15:

Put Funda?

Hollyweed

Q16:

Whose latest venture is this ?

Orkut Büyükkökten

Q17:

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

VCR

Q18:

What is the funda behind this logo?

Expansion of London over time

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?

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.

Q20:

Ad by?

Johnsons Baby

FINALS