General Quiz Prelims

(Utkansh’15)

QM : Sujit J Patil

• After whom is this festival named ?

1)

• Mulla Nasruddin

• This is a song composed by Hungarian pianist Rezső Seress in 1933. Pál Kalmár was the first singer to perform this song.

• Its most famous english version was sung by Billie Holiday. The BBC banned this version from being broadcast, as being detrimental to wartime morale during WWII. The ban was lifted in 2002. Identify the song.

2)

• Gloomy Sunday

• One word connect for all :

– large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky.

– lemon-lime flavored, caffeine-free soft drink developed in West Germany in 1959 as Fanta Klare Zitrone.

– In computer graphics, a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.

3)

• Sprite

• A typographic ligature occurs where two or more letters are joined as a single glyph.

• Examples in Devanagari :

4)

• Fill the missing space ?

• Ampersand

• Vitruvius, was a Roman architect during the 1st century BC best known for his multi-volume work entitled De Architectura which is also the prime source of the famous story of Archimedes and his bath-time discovery.

• Vitruvian Scroll is named after him.

• “The Vitruvian Man” is a drawing created by X. It is based on the concepts described in the book De Architectura by Vitruvius and even accompanied by notes based on Vitruvius's work.

• Who is X ?

5)

• Leonardo da Vinci

• These are two official mission patches designed by NASA for two separate Mars rovers.

• Give the names of the cartoon characters used in each(Half points for each). Bonus points for correct identification of respective rover for which the patch was designed.

6)

• A) Marvin the Martian, Rover – Spirit(2003)

• B) Daffy Duck (or Duck Dodgers), Rover –Opportunity(2003)

• Identify the person :7)

Do Dooni Chaar(2010) - Best Feature Film in Hindi(2011)

The Last Lear(2007) - Best Feature Film in English(2009)

Desi Boyz Team with someone at a Promotional Event

• Arindam Chaudhuri

If:

• Virgin Galactic – Richard Branson

• SpaceX – Elon Musk

Then,

• Blue Origin - ?

8)

• Jeff Bezos

• Muhammad Ali fought against Joe Frazier in the “Fight of the Century” on March 8, 1971 but lost the match. What was the venue ?

9)

• Madison Square Garden, New York

• Connect

10)

• Annapurna

• Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an actual joint mission between X and JAXA. Lead actor of the movie, Y also works on a mission called Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) in the movie. The movie, though a commercial failure, was critically acclaimed. It was India’s first movie to be shot at X.

• Identify X and Y.

11)

• X – NASA

• Y – Swades

• The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) developed by ISRO, was a lunar probe that was released by Chandrayaan-1. It discovered the presence of water on the Moon.

• The place were MIP landed has been named as ______ _______ in honour of an individual born on that day.

• Fill the blank.

12)

• Jawahar Sthal after Jawahar Lal Nehru

• Which Indian city’s name means “market place of areca nuts” in its regional language ?

13)

• Guwahati (guwa-areca nut; hat-market)

• How many of the following were NOT leap years :

1. 15502. 16003. 16504. 17005. 17506. 18007. 18508. 19009. 199210. 2000

14)

• 7 (only 1600,1992 and 2000 were leap years)

– 1700,1800,1900 were not leap years, because average length of the year is 365.2425 days and not 365.25 days

• Identify the brand :

15)

• Pocket Books

• St. Patrick Day is a popular holiday celebrated in Irish communities. On this day Catholics wear green representing the shamrock used by St. Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagans.

• What color do protestants wear ?

16)

• Orange

• X was an actor, film director, film producer, and entrepreneur. He won two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards during his career.

• He played as an actor in movies like Jurassic Park and Shatranj keKhiladi. In 1983, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan.

• When he died on 24 August 2014, many people confused his death with his equally famous brother, Y.

• Identify X and Y.

• Hint : Y is commonly associated with nature.

17)

– X is Richard Attenborough

– Y is David Attenborough

• Nicolas-Jacques Conté was a French painter, balloonist, and army officer.

• He developed a new method of making X . The ContéProcess, as it became known, mixes powdered Y with finely ground clay. This mixture is then shaped into a long cylinder and then baked in an oven.

• Identify X and Y.

18)

• X – Pencil

• Y – Graphite

• According to Unilever records, _____ Soap was the world's first registered brand and is therefore the world's oldest continuously existing brand.

• Fill the blank.

19)

• Pears

• Which company’s mobile range :

20)

• JCB