Rules of the prelims:
There are a total of 31 questions. In case of tie, star mark questions will be
used and if tie still persists, “sudden death” will be used.
All odd numbered questions except Q.No 1 is star marked.
Don’t google. Googling can give u information but no knowledge.
Please keep your mobile phones on the desk
Every question has ample hints so read the question carefully and take a
calculated guess.
Quiz Master is the gawd so u better know it.
Eight best teams qualify.
1.
The X is a national, professional, non-profit Society registered under the
Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860. First started in 1941 , it was
converted into “X" in 1968 with a view to enlarge its activities to advance the
cause of Technology education.X has an Executive Council at National level. It
has active membership of more than 97286 technical teachers, 5,66,466
student members, more than 2345 institutional members (including IITs,
IISc.., NITs and other leading technical institutions), 1166 faculty chapters
and 1280 students’ chapters throughout the country. The major objective of
the X is to assist and contribute in the production and development of top
quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industries and
other organisations
2.
Though originally they came in a
variety of colors like yellow,purple
, red,white etc. the present color
was chosen due to historical
reasons(pic. on the right). What
am I talking about?
Orange colored carrots first appeared in the Dutch in the 17th century and it
was believed to be a tribute to House of Orange and its member “William of
Orange”.
(4) This is one of the most rare and
innovative Indian Ad by a famous
company. Give me the name of the
company or the product it is
advertising.
(5) In most documents in the world of security and subsequently in the world of
Insurance and sometimes in the world of Brokerage , the AOG factor became
quite popular in India a few years back due to something in Bollywood. So what
is AOG??
(6) X is one of the unofficial holidays by the franchise’s film series, books and
culture. It was chosen due to an easy pun on the popular catchphrase used by
it.
In 2011, the first organized celebration of this day took place in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada at the Toronto Underground Cinema. Produced by Sean Ward
and Alice Quinn, festivities included an Original Trilogy Trivia Game Show; a
costume contest with celebrity judges; and the web's best tribute films,
mash-ups, parodies, and remixes on the big screen. The second annual edition
took place on Friday, X, 2012(pic. On next slide).
(7) Red X is one of the finest novels written by Mo Yan and was also made into
a movie in 1987. Red X's plot revolves around three generations of
the Shandong family between 1923 and 1976. The narrator tells the story of
his family's struggles, first as distillery owners making X wine and then as
resistance fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
X is a genus of grasses with about 30 species, one of which is raised for grain
and many of which are used as fodder plants, either cultivated or as part of
pasture. The plants are cultivated in warm climates worldwide including
India.(Pic next slide)
(8) The Khabees Baba Temple is
one of the most unique temples of
India. The temple has no idol or
priests. Instead, it has two slipper-
shaped structures that are taken to
symbolise the feet of the Saint
Khabees Baba. Here something
“holy” is offered to the deity and
later distributed as prasad among
the devotees.
What am I talking about?
(9) The X defence popularly called the “X Y”. was played in chess long before,
but it gained special prominence during World Championship 2000 when
Vladimir Kramnik became the world champion defeating the all time legend
Garry Gasparov. Even after 15 years many top players have not found a
definitive way of combating “X Y”.
While the real life “X Y” was dismantled more than two decades ago, “X Y” or
X defence was exclusively played in the 2014 Anand- Carlsen World
Championship, proving quite beneficial to the latter.
(10) When Simon Campbell and David Roberts, two researchers working at the
pharmaceutical company Pfizer, began studying the effectiveness of a new
drug, they had no clue what their product would turn into. The two
developed a drug they hoped would treat high blood pressure and a heart
condition called angina.
The team administered the drug -- called UK-92480 -- to patients in a trial
and learned that it wasn't as effective as researchers predicted. Yet as
scientists looked at the side effects of the trial, they noticed multiple
patients reporting that the treatment led to something else.
Though it failed to treat heart conditions but metaphorically it was able to
mend broken hearts!! (Pic on the next slide)
(11) Born at Bedeti in northern Assam’s Sonitpur district and son of a daily-wage earner, Manoj Roy lost his mother when he was all of four days old. He dropped out of school when he was in Class V and chose to beg to eke out a living.
“My father would often fall sick. Not knowing what to do, I left for Delhi and started begging at Jantar Mantar, pretending I was blind. One day, two gentlemen came calling asking me if I knew acting. I said it was acting that is giving me two square meals. They gave me `20 and a phone number before leaving. When I called up, I was asked to go to Nehru Stadium. The next day, when I reached the stadium, I found myself in a crowd , and the next few months was a complete change of fortune for me”.
He now has a stable income , a Facebook account, job in a village shop and is a local hero. Where did u see him few months back??
(12) Hasta Siempre, Comandante", or simply "Hasta Siempre", is a 1965 song
by the composer Carlos Puebla. The song's lyrics are a reply to
revolutionary X’s's farewell letter when he left his native country, in order to
foster revolution in the Congo and later Bolivia.
The song(next slide) was sung again by French actress and singer Nathalie
Cordon.
(13) One of the most unusual tribes of the world — X lives in Ethiopia. They are considered the most aggressive ethnic group. All men of this tribe have Kalashnikov’s automatons which are illegally transferred for them through the border. Besides they start to drink since the early morning, and become uncontrollable till the evening.
The unique “ornament” of the face which they use, is absolutely unusual, even for wild people. The matter is that the lower lip of this tribe’s girls is cut in an early age. They begin to put into the lip the billets of wood, every time with the bigger and bigger diameter. The hole in a lip gradually increases during years. The “plate” of the burnt clay is put into the hole on the women’s wedding-day and larger the plate, more is the dowry(cattle) for the bride.
Give me X.(pic on the next slide).
Put Funda!
(14) To raise awareness for what did Arla Foods coloured 2 million Swedish
milk cartons black, as distinct from the typical white-green.
15.X
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.Some of its uses are:
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
X is British acid jazz group
X is an 1997 American crime thriller starring Jason Patric and Irene Jacob
16.X
In the song "Slow Motion Angreza“ of the movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,X is the
man wearing a hat and playing the guitar in the Australian pub which Milkha
Singh visits. However,X is a keyboardist, not the guitarist, in real life.
In the initial stages of his career he played piano and keyboards for famous
Indian music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan.
His daughter, Alyssa, made her singing debut with the song Uff Teri Adaa from
the movie Karthik Calling Karthik.
18.X and Y
X spent eight years of his life in writing Y.The non-availability of a good
material in understanding that particular subject motivated X to write Y.The
book was a huge success and made X a hero of young Indian students. The
reasons for book's success are authenticity (i.e. almost zero error), simple
language, interesting examples, and great Indian connect. Y was the great
gift he gave to Indian students,and society.
19.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)was a scheduled international passenger
flight that disappeared on Saturday, 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala
Lumpur International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing Capital
International Airport in Beijing, China.
Malaysia Airlines MH-370 was the ______th Boeing 777 ever produced.
22.X & Y X has been the subject on a number of documentaries in the recent years. A
locally made film documentary was screened at the Jawaharlal Nehru
University. The producer of this locally made film documentary has also been
featured and given recognition for good reporting by projecting the life of X
through his documentary.
William Douglas McMaster's made a film documentary Y in 2013. With 8,327 USD
pledged on its Kickstarter campaign, the film was brought to completion and
taken to a number of film festivals.It was awarded the Best Documentary prize
at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in the American Pavilion at the 2014
Cannes Film Festival.
23.X
X was honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, where governor Ted Strickland
declared 26 June as “X Day".The very first X Day (on 26 June 2010) was
celebrated among her fans on popular microblogging sites. T-Series uploaded
numerous songs sung by her and many of her songs occupied the majority of
the playlists of various radio station shows. Many pictures of X were uploaded
and shared on social networking sites.
On 26 April 2013, she was honoured at the House of Commons of the United
Kingdom in London for her contribution to Indian music. The award was
bestowed by the elected Member of Parliaments of the House of Commons
24.
X is celebrated during the monsoon season around the middle of June. It is
the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Y.It is believed
that Y goes through her annual cycle of menstruation during this time
stretch.It is also believed that during the monsoon rains the creative and
nurturing power of the 'menses' of Mother Earth becomes accessible to
devotees at this site during the X. There is no idol of the presiding deity but
she is worshipped in the form of a yoni-like stone instead over which a natural
spring flows.
26.Connect
the origin or mode of formation of something
play or move about in a cheerful and lively way
an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
by favor or grace
a component frequency of an oscillation or wave.
dream house
rainbow
27.Id X
X is a musical instrument used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk
music, is the most popular and widely used hand drum in Nepal. X consists of
a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at its center, closed on both ends. This
typical Nepalese percussion instrument is the backbone of most of Nepali folk
music.
The well-known Nepali musician Ranjit Gazmer introduced this instrument
to Bollywood music, when he started working under R.D. Burman, and has
used it in numerous Bollywood songs such as 'Hum dono do premi duniya
chhod chale', 'Kanchhi re kanchhi re' and many others.
28.What is being talked about?
24 digital high definition cameras were bought for the first time in history
(including 3 Jimmy jibs and 2 robotic cameras), especially for this purpose.
They had used only 18 last year.
This means more sweeping shots, high level shots and unprecedented clarity
of video.
They also trained 100 broadcast specialists over weeks to ensure that
everything went smooth and glitch free.
31.Exhaustive Connect
17 June 1999-Australia VS South Africa
3 March 2003-Sri Lanka VS South Africa
15 March 2007-Ireland VS Zimbabwe
27 February 2011-India VS England
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