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QUIZ MASTER :MOHAMMED BILAL

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General Quiz

Date : 3 November 20165 warm up questions proceeding the main QUIZRules : 25 Questions Infinite Bounce & Infinite Pounce Marking = +10/-10

Warm up Round

Q. 1 Give the full form.

British Physical Laboratories

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Q. 2 Name this actor.

Tom Alter

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Q. 3 Give the full form of FMCG.

Fast Moving Consumer Goods

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Q. 4 PDF stands for?

Portable Document Format

Warm up RoundQ. 5 Name and explain the significance.

The Burning Man

Here we Begin !!

Q. 1X strongly opposed the All-India Muslim League's demand for the partition of India. When the Indian National Congress declared its acceptance of the partition plan without consulting the Khudai Khidmatgar leaders, he felt very sad and told the Congress "you have thrown us to the wolves”. He spent much of the 1960s and 1970s either in jail or in exile. Upon his death in 1988 in Peshawar under house arrest, following his will, he was buried at his house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of mourners attended his funeral, marching from Peshawar to Jalalabad, although it was marred by two bomb explosions killing 15 people. Despite the heavy fighting at the time, both sides of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the communist army and the mujahideen, declared a ceasefire to allow his burial. Give X.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q. 2Various Indian holy books like Mahabharat, Puranas etc., relate that Ashwini Kumar brothers, the twins, who were Rajvaidya (Royal Physicians) to Devas during Vedic times, first prepared this formulation for Rishi Y at his Ashram on Dhosi Hill near Narnaul , Haryana, India, hence the name X. The first historically documented formula for X appears in the Charaka Samhita, the ancient Ayurvedic treatise from the early first millennium BCE. It is prepared as per the instructions suggested in Ayurvedic texts. It tastes sweet and sour at the same time. The taste is largely dominated by the flavors of honey, ghee (clarified butter) and amla and the smell by ghee and other spices including sandalwood, cinnamon and cardamom.The market size of X in 2010 was Indian Rs 4 billion (about $80 million USD). In India it is marketed through film stars and sports persons. Give X.

Chyawanprash

Q. 3In 1679, the French physicist Denis Papin invented this. In 1681, Papin presented his invention to the Royal Society of London.In 1864, Georg Gutbrod of Stuttgart began manufacturing it.In 1918, Spain granted a patent for this to Jose Alix Martínez from Zaragoza. Martínez named it the olla exprés.It is an energy efficient and fast device compared to other conventional devices. It was adapted as a crude type of bomb, which has been used in terrorist attacks.An Indian based company manufactures it under brand names of Hevibase, Big Boy and Ventura. The company is one of the largest manufacturer in India and exports its products to more than 40 countries.What is the thing I am talking about?

Pressure Cooker, Hawkins

Q. 4X was formed on 21 January 1972. The name means "the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit. Its capital is known as the "Scotland of the East". English is the official language, the other principal languages spoken include Khasi, Pnar and Garo. The importance of X is its possible role in human history through domestication of rice.

The name of X was also mentioned in Shoojit Sircar’s latest movie PINK.Give X?

Meghalaya

Q. 5The X of 1942 was promulgated by the British on 15 August 1942 to suppress the Quit India Movement. Modelled on these lines, four ordinances were invoked by the central government to deal with the internal security situation in the country in 1947 which arouse out of the Partition of India. The Acts have received criticism from several sections for alleged concerns about human rights violations in the regions of its enforcement alleged to have happened.Politicians like P. Chidambaram and Saifuddin of Congress have advocated revocation of X, while some like Amarinder Singh are against its revocation.The issue was highlighted in a movie based on Shakespeare’s work and also by a lady who is also known as "Mengoubi”.Give X?

AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act)The Bengal Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance, The Assam Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces)Ordinance, The East Bengal Disturbed Areas (Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance, The United provinces Disturbed Areas(Special Powers of Armed Forces) Ordinance

•Armed Forces Special Powers (Assam and Manipur) Act, 1958•The Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act, 1983 (withdrawn in 1997)•The Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990

Q.6 The TIME MAGAZINE issued a cover on March 11, 2013 titled “Man, Superman, Gunman” with a person in background.He has a tattoo, on his back, which is the Bible verse 1 Corinthians 9:26–27 which begins, "I do not run like a man running aimlessly.”Name this person.

Oscar Pistorius

Q. 7X (4 July 1790 — 1 December 1866) was a Welsh surveyor and geographer, and the Head of Department of Survey of India (from 1830 to 1843), a Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology of Government of India.X was largely responsible for completing the section of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India along the meridian arc from southern India extending north to Nepal, a distance of about 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi). This survey was started by William Lambton in 1806 and it lasted for several decades.The Great Trigonometrical Survey was a project which aimed to measure the entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. It was begun in 1802 by the infantry officer William Lambton, under auspices of the East India Company. Under the leadership of his successor, X, the project was made a responsibility of the Survey of India.In 1865, Y was named in his honour in the English language, despite his objections, by the Royal Geographical Society. Y was named by X's successor, Andrew Scott Waugh, in his role as the Surveyor-General of India.What is X?

X : Colonel Sir George EverestY : Mount Everest Among the many accomplishments of the Survey were the demarcation of the British territories in India and the measurement of the height of the Himalayan giants: Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga. The Survey had an enormous scientific impact as well, being responsible for one of the first accurate measurements of a section of an arc of longitude.

Q. 8

In Harry Potter and the order of Pheonix, when Mr. Weasley escorts Harry to his hearing, they arrive at the Ministry of Magic through the visitors entrance, which is a broken phone booth.

Mr. Weasley dials 62442 on the broken phone and then the booth slides underground.

Why did he dial 62442?

62442 when typed into T9 format, spells as “Magic”.

Q. 9X is a website operated by an American certified B corporation which claims to have over 100 million users and hosts sponsored campaigns for organizations.Corporations including Virgin America, and organizations such as Amnesty International and the Humane Society, pay the site to host and promote. X's stated mission is to "empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see." Popular topics of X works are economic and criminal justice, human rights, education, environmental protection, animals rights, health, and sustainable food.It was launched on February 7, 2007, by current chief executive Ben Rattray. Its tagline is “The World’s platform for change”. It enables people to connect across geographic and cultural borders to support causes they care about.In 2008, the organization partnered with MySpace to create an index of crowd sourced ideas for implementation by the incoming presidency of Barack Obama, drawing comparisons to similar approaches by X.gov.It claims to have witnessed 19,666 victories in 196 countries. Give X.

Change.org

Q. 10Identify the person in this image taken in 2016.

Dev Patel

Q. 11

According to history Muslims first migrated to Habasha,  also known as the First Hegira (Arabic: هجرة hijrah), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where Prophet Muhammad’s first followers (the Sahabah) fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca.

What is the current name of this country?

Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Q. 12_________ is a brand of potato and wheat-based stackable snack chips owned by Kellogg's. Originally marketed as “_________ Newfangled Potato Chips", they are sold in more than 140 countries, and it was the fourth most popular snack brand after Lay's, Doritos and Cheetos in 2012, with 2.2% market share globally, compared to Lay's share of 6.7%. The snack was originally developed by Procter & Gamble (P&G), who first sold the product in 1967. P&G sold the brand to Kellogg's in 2012.Lay's Stax produced by Frito-Lay and manufactured in Mexico was introduced in 2003 as direct competition for __________.Kryzpo a brand of potato chips was also started on the same lines.Fill __________.

Pringles

Q. 13

______ is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India that was established on 1 September 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies' Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860). Its headquarters are located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New Delhi. Dr. Hrushikesh Senapathy has been director since September 2015.It assists and advises the central and state governments on matters related to its field.The design of its logo has been adapted from an Ashokan period relic of the third century B.C.E. found in excavations near Maske in the Raichur district of Karnataka. It has entwined swans in its logo. The motto is taken from the Isavasya Upanishad and means ‘life eternal through learning’.Name this organization.

NCERTHamsa, the swan, is the symbol of the pursuit of knowledge. The intertwined swans symbolize the integration of the three major aspects of the work of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT): Research and Development, Training, and Extension and Dissemination.

Q. 14Which tech entrepreneur made a cameo appearance on ‘The Platonic Permutation’ episode of the Big Bang Theory?

Elon MuskHe is the founder, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla Motors; co-founder and chairman of SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com which merged with PayPal of Confinity.

Q. 15This fictional character has appeared in a total of 11 novels, 3 written by Robert Ludlum and the other 8 written by Eric Van Lustbader, the first one being published in 1980 and the latest in 2012. He has also appeared in 4 films, each bearing his surname in their titles. Name this Character.

Jason Bourne

Q. 16In the preface to a book published in 1998 (it was a compilation of the first season), he wrote:“I clearly recall my impressions of it when I first saw it, on a grey day, sunk in a sofa at my sasural in Surrey. This was way back in 1985. The effect was electric. And this was certainly not for idiots”.Name the book and author.

Siddhartha Basu in the preface to the first Mastermind India quiz book

Q. 17It is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit. The text was considered lost by colonial era scholars, until a manuscript was discovered in 1904. A copy of it in Sanskrit, written on palm leaves, was presented by a Tamil Brahmin from Tanjore to the newly opened Mysore Oriental Library headed by Benjamin Lewis Rice. The text was identified by the librarian R.Shamasastry as the X. Give X.

Arthashastra

Q. 18In 1984 LA Olympics _________ ran a promotion entitled "When the U.S. Wins, You Win" where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it, and if the U.S. won that event then they would be given a free item: a ________ sandwich for a gold medal, french fries for a silver medal, and a Coca-Cola for a bronze medal. The promotion became a near financial disaster due to the Soviet boycott which led to the U.S. winning far more Olympic medals than expected.This promotion was parodied in the The Simpsons episode "Lisa's First Word", where Krusty Burger runs a similar offer. The promotion was intended to be rigged so that prizes would only be offered in events dominated by the Eastern Bloc, but the Soviet-led boycott causes Krusty to personally lose $44 million. He vehemently promises "to spit in every fiftieth burger," to which Homer retorts "I like those odds!" Chief Wiggum also exclaims that he could kiss Carl Lewis, who won four gold medals at the Games.Name the company.

McDonald’s

Q. 19_________ was founded in 1969 by Vishwanath. At that time, it competed with Chandamama, one of the best selling magazines. In 1980, the third competitor, Tinkle was released. Yet till now, ________ remains one of the favourite magazines in India.It is a popular fortnightly magazine for children published by the Delhi Press Group in India. It is published twice a month.Fill __________.

Champak

Q. 20

Besides being frighteningly expensive what do these have in common?Connect. • Alain Mikli• Arnette• Eye Safety Systems (ESS)• Oakley• Oliver Peoples• Persol• Ray-Ban• Sferoflex• Vogue Eyewear

• Giorgio Armani• Emporio Armani• A|X - Armani Exchange• Brooks Brothers• Bulgari• Burberry• Chanel• Coach• Dolce & Gabbana• DKNY• Michael Kors• Miu Miu• Polo Ralph Lauren• Paul Smith Spectacles• Prada• RalphRalph Lauren• Starck Eyes• Tiffany & Co.• Tory Burch• Versace

Sunglasses from all of these are made and owned by LUXOTTICA

The company owns the brands in first column.The company makes eyewear under license for the designer labels in second column.

Q. 21 The X refers to matches between Y and Z, first contested in 1881. Y play at the Stadium in the Sportcity area, while Z play at an area nearby Stretford. The teams have met 173 times in all competitions; Z have won 72 of those, Y have won 50, and the remaining 51 have been draws. Z also lead in terms of trophies won, with a total of 64 compared to Y's 18, including a record 20 English league titles, 12 FA Cups and 21 FA Community Shields.A large number of non-competitive X’s have taken place. The majority of these occurred during the Second World War, when a total of 44 matches were played between the teams. In recent years, non-competitive matches between the teams have generally been testimonials, such as those for Paul Lake and Denis Irwin. In 1978, for Colin Bell's testimonial, players from Y and Z lined up side by side against a combined Liverpool and Everton team. I’d X.

X : Manchester DerbyY : Manchester CityZ : Manchester United

Q. 22Connect and explain. (July 22, 2013)

Birth of Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

All of these were lit blue to announce the sex of the Royal baby.

Q. 23 These appear together somewhere. Wherever they appear they appear partly with some of them hidden. Also give me the funda behind these characters.Paul Stansifer created this about which I am talking.Where do we find these?(Image on the next slide)

The Wikipedia logo

These glyphs are in most cases the first glyph or glyphs of the name “Wikipedia” rendered in that language.

The empty space at the top represents the incomplete nature of the project, the articles and languages yet to be added.

Q.24The X is situated on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which holds the proms concerts annually each summer since 1941. It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats. The Hall is a registered charity held in trust for the nation and receives no public or government funding.Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings. Each year it hosts more than 390 shows in the main auditorium, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestra, sports, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and banquets.The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the X of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband consort, Prince X who had died six years earlier. I’d X?(Video on the next slide)

Royal Albert Hall

Q. 25 Give the full form.

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