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QUIZ FORUM (University Debating & Literary Club)

QUIZ MASTER SHAKEEL RIDWAN KARIMWelcomes you all!!

General Quiz

Date 10th November, 2016

5 warm-up questions30 main questionsInfinite Bounce and Infinite PounceFor Pounce - +10/-10For Bounce - +10/0Direct Questions - +10/0For more information contact the person on your left or right, accordingly

LETS WARM UP!

2) Identify this person.

Amitabh Bacchan

3) Where can you find a Doberman, Thor, General Zod, Bill Clinton, Rapper 2Pac, an AK-47, Ramen Noodle, Monica Lewinski and lemons together?

In the lyrics of Eminems song, Rap God.

4) Who is the person behind this tweet?

Tim Cook present CEO of Apple.

5) Which Bollywood movie was inspired by this man?

He is Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras on whose life story, the movie Aligarh was made.

Q. 1

Unusually blue water in an American city. Put funda.

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To commemorate the victory for Chicago Cubs in the World Series, the city of Chicago decided to turn the water the same shade of blue as that of the Cubs.

Q. 2

India won the 2016 Kabaddi world cup defeating Iran in the final. However another Kabaddi world cup just started in Punjab. Give me the full name of this version of Kabaddi that is going on.

Answer is, the World cup which is going on in Punjab is Circle style, also called Punjab Circle Style, which is played at state and international level. It is played in a circular field of radius of 22 meters. Standard style world cup was held in Ahmadabad is played in approved kabaddi mats measuring 13 meters x 10 meters form the playing court.

X is a term that you read on your screens almost everyday and whose etymology lies inthe chip logs historically used to record distance travelled at sea, and recorded in a ships log book. Give X.Q. 3

Answer is Login.

X is an offensive term for white people, especially poor rural whites in Southern United States. It is explained in a letter to Earl of Dartmouth in a letter which reads: "I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by X ; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascals on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode." The word X also finds its mention in Shakespeare's King John (1595): "What X is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath?" The word X had special significance last week. Give me X.Q. 4

Answer is Cracker.

Fast food chain Burger King offered a free burger to anyone who performed this task, under its "Whopper Sacrifice" campaign in 2009. The campaign featured taglines such as "Friendship is strong, but the Whopper is stronger". What was the task you had to perform to get a free burger from Burger King?Q. 5

Answer is to unfriend 10 friends on Facebook.

Various answers to this question include:Duniya mein pehle ek-koshikeeya jantu aaye phir unse bahu-koshikeeya jantu bane.Pehle saral tatwon ka nirman huwa baad mein jatil tatwon ka.

Idiomatically, this kind of problem, also called a catch-22, is any which involves some set of mutually dependent circumstances.

Entertain me with the question.Q. 6

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The chicken or the egg question.

Q. 7

Just mention the reason why should we remember this newspaper?

This is the Oldest Surviving Newspaper.

Q. 8 Identify the two boys.(clue in the next page)

Clue: They have acted in a movie where Salman Khan had a cameo role.

The answer is Raghu Ram and Rajiv Laxman.

Q. 9

It all started with an afternoon nap. In order to get some sleep, Daljeet X imposed a condition on her son who liked to bowl inside home in the hot summers. She told him he could only bowl at the walls if he found a way to keep the noise down. The 12-year-old X had a eureka moment. The floor skirting, where the wall meets the floor, was chosen as the target as he found that the ball made the least sound when it bounced off it. Daljeet was happy as she didnt have to hear the heavier thuds from floor or the wall and just had to contend with the softer sounds. The boy was happy that he could just continue playing cricket. This story is suggested as the reason behind a phenomenon in Indian cricket. Give me X.

The answer is Jaspreet Bumrah and the phenomena is his weird bowling action.

Q. 10X is an advice animal image macro series featuring an illustration of a Velociraptor paired with captions depicting the dinosaur as being deeply immersed in metaphysical inquiries or unraveling quirky paradoxes.On October 8th 2008, the original illustration of the X was released and copyrighted by creator Sam Smith as a T-shirt design for sale on the online retailer Lonely Dinosaur.Below is a picture of X. Name X.

Answer is Philosorapter.

Q. 11X is a form of assessment developed by a Columbia University professor which gained immense popularity later on due to advancement in technology. It is commonly known as Y, which is its abbreviation. Y is also the name of a film starring John Wayne and directed by John Sturges and a fashion line created by Alexander McQueen. Just give me Y.

The answer is MCQ or Multiple Choice Questions.

Q. 12

''I had my first encounter with X at the beginning of my first-class career in 1988 when Trinidad and Tobago was playing against Barbados. The first delivery I faced in the match was from X and of course his reputation with the ball preceded him. I was scared, my heart was pumping and I was caught down the leg-side first ball. As he went past me with his hands in the air he stopped and touched me on the shoulder and said 'Tough luck!' That was the first time I had got close to him.''

Brian Lara about whom ?

The answer is Malcolm Marshall.

In Nepal, it is called as Jeri, in Iran it is Julabia, in Libya it is Jiabia and in Ethiopia it is known as Mushabakh.

How is it known as in India?Q. 13

Answer is Jalebi.

X is an event where people dance to music listened to on wireless headphones. Rather than using a speaker system, music is broadcast via a radio transmitter with the signal being picked up by wireless headphone receivers worn by the participants. Those without the headphones hear no music, giving the effect of a room full of people dancing to nothing. Xs are popular at music festivals as they allow dancing to continue past noise curfews.

This concept was also shown in the recent movie Ae Dil Hain Mushkil. What am I talking about?Q. 14

The answer is Silent Disco.

X is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier (U.S. Army), Action Sailor (U.S. Navy), Action Pilot (Air Force), Action Marine (Marine Corps) and later on, the Action Nurse. X is a generic term for U.S. soldiers. The development of X led to the coining of the term "action figure. Although the members of the X team are not superheroes, they all had expertise in areas such as martial arts, weapons, and explosives.

X was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 2003.

Many movies have been made based upon X and the toy lines that developed from the action figure. The latest one was released in 2013. Provide me X.Q. 15

The answer is G.I. Joe.

Q. 16Old logo of which company?

The answer is Audi.

Xis anorganic compoundwith the molecular formulaC10H14O. The suffix "-one" indicates that it is aketone.Thesystematic nameof the molecule is 3,4,4,5-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone.

Its name comes from the fact that its 2-dimensional molecular structureresembles aY.

Give me X and Y.Q. 17

X PenguinoneY Penguin

Before we proceed..

We know that Weapon X is Wolverine. X in the Roman stands for 10, so basically he was the Weapon tenth or the 10th success of the Y programme. Now my question is, if Wolverine is the Weapon X, who are Weapon I and Weapon XI?

Also provide me with Y.Q. 18

Weapon I Captain AmericaWeapon XI - DeadpoolY is the Super Soldier Programme.

Ancient Americas oldest manual from the 13th century "The Grolier Codex" shows two Mayan woman wearing X. Ancient Sumerian men and women were possibly the first to invent and wear X, about 5,000 years ago. Ancient Egyptians wore X to show social status rather than gender. They prepared X from fucus-algin, 0.01% iodine, and some bromine mannite, but this resulted in serious illness. During the Islamic Golden Age the notable Andalusian cosmetologist Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) invented solid X, which were perfumed and pressed in special molds, and he described them in his Al-Tasrif. In Australia, Aboriginal girls would use X for puberty rituals.

In 2007, a study released a report that tested 33 popular brands of X for its lead content. The study found that 61 percent of X contained lead with levels up to 0.65 parts per million (ppm). The study brought about public knowledge and put pressure on the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to conduct their own studies using a specialized testing method. In 2009, the FDA released a follow-up study to the report and found lead in all 20 samples tested. The lead levels ranged from 0.09 to 3.06 ppm.

The phrase X on his collar" is a euphemism to describe a man who is cheating on his partner. Identify X.Q. 19

The answer is Lipstick.

Below are a couple of paintings of Pablo Picasso. The one in the left is The Old Guitarist which is one of his most prized paintings. X ray scanning of these paintings reveal hidden figures overlapped with the main figures. There are many theories as to what they may signify but the actual reason is self explanatory. What is the reason behind these mystical figures and why were they hidden?Q. 20

The answer is unavailability of canvas. Due to the wars, woods and canvas materials were very scarce at that time, so artists were forced to repaint over an already existent painting.

X(bornon December 28, 1922) is a writer, editor, publisher, television host, actor, and former president and chairman of ________. X subsequently led the expansion of ________ from a small division of a publishing house to a largemultimediacorporation. He also received aNational Medal of Artsin 2008 among various other honorary awards. Movies, in which he has acted, including cameos, have collected more than $18 billion at the worldwide Box Office. Xs net worth is currently estimated at $200 million. Identify X.

Q. 21

The answer is Stan Lee.

Ravana, a great devotee of Lord Shiva, wanted to keep Shiva in his capital. So he went to Mount Kailasha. Though Shiva didnt want to leave Kailasha, he agreed on the condition that Ravana would go non-stop during the journey and if he stops at any place Shiva wont move from that place. Ravana carried Shiva on his head, but Ravana had to stop at the urgent call of nature and placed Shiva at X and when Ravana wanted to move Shiva, he couldnt be moved. It is said that Ravana urinated at a place Y and thus his wish remained unfulfilled. Still there is a belief amongst people that one should not look to the place Y, otherwise their wishes would remain unfulfilled.

Give me X and Y.Q. 22

X Bhasmasal, present name Umananda Y Karamanasa River, a tributary of Ganga

In the previous question we got to know that Ravana placed Shiva over a place named Umananda. But Umananda is not known for this reason around the world. Its known for something entirely different. My question is, what is this specialty about Umananda?

Clue - World GeographyQ. 23

Umananda is the smallest habitable river island in the world.

If Umananda is the worlds smallest habitable river island, then name the worlds largest habitable river island and give me how is it related to Umananda, except for the fact that both are the largest and smallest of something.

Hint: The connection is not the name of a country.Q. 24

The answer is Majuli and both of them are located in the river Brahmaputra in the state of Assam.

X read up about the toxins present in soap, especially the antibacterial ones, and feels that using them and antiperspirants is not only bad for the planet, but it also speeds up the ageing process in humans. So he started using a home-made concoction of lemons, water and apple cider vinegar while washing. But I told him he smelled like a sheepdog. Even the kids started calling him Stinky Daddy.

Y quoted about X in this way. Name X and Y.Q. 25

X Brad PittY Angelina Jolie

The opening and final matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in the Lusail Iconic Stadium in the city of Lusail in Qatar, with over 80,000 seating capacity. The stadium's design is inspired from the sail of a traditional dhow. But theres something, which is a bit funny, about Lusail. What is that speciality about the city of Lusail?

Q. 26

The city of Lusail literally doesnt exist. It is the newest planned city of Qatar and the whole city is under construction.

What is the significance of the following images?

Hint: The photos are excerpts from the Playboy magazine and are a first of a kind of something.Q. 27

These are the first adult magazine excerpts to reach the Moon! These were photos of small notebooks attached to the astronauts gloves for checking different issues. Apollo 12s back-up commander Dave Scott had picked up several issues of Playboy from a newsstand, copied them, then printed them on NASA's fireproof, plastic-coated paper. Once finished, he squirreled them away in the checklists without telling the astronauts.

Where do we come across these images in our daily lives?Q. 28

Answer is the Unilever logo.

X was born in 1869 in Cookstown, County Tyrone, in what is now Northern Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1883 at the age of 15. She lived with her aunt and uncle for a time and later found work as a cook for affluent families.

Better known as Y, she was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with _______ fever. She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.

Give me Y.

Q. 29

Mary Mallon was infamously known as Typhoid Mary.

1) New logo of what?