Orientation quiz '22

Orientation Quiz
By QM Shiva Sagar

Rules
● There are 16 Questions.
● +10/0 on Bounce and +15/-10 on Pounce.
● Please wait for the pounce window (time given to pounce usually 30-60s) to be
closed before answering.
● You can’t take your Pounce back if the time is up. Also, partial answers would
end up in –10 as well.
● Hints will be given, if required.
● Do NOT use any search engine to find answers.
● Quiz Master’s (QM) decision is final.
NOTE –
a) Bounce/Direct – When it is your turn to answer.
b) Pounce – When it is NOT your turn but you want to answer. You say/write ‘pounce’, tag the Quiz Master, and
give your answer in the chat box.

Q1
The __(7)__ World Cup, is an indoor international __(7)__ competition
conducted by the International __(7)__ Federation in a standard style,
contested by men's and women's national teams. The competition
has been previously contested in 2004, 2007, 2016. All three
tournaments were won by X.
The game had a respectable audience, but when a league competition
began in 2014, it saw a tremendous rise in its popularity among the
masses.
FITB and Give X.

Q2
Guess the Non-Fiction Books and their authors.
(a) (b)

Answer
a) Eat that Frog – Brian Tracy
b) Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert
Kiyosaki

Q3
Recently, YouGov released a list of “World’s
Most Admired in 2021”.
This is the list of Indians on it.
Rank 8 (Men) is an author of a book titled
“Exam Warriors”.
Rank 14 (Women) is the co-founder of an
Indian IT Company.
Who is Rank 8 (Men) & Rank 14 (Women)?

Answer
Rank 8 (Men) –
Narendra Modi
Rank 14 (Women) –
Sudha Murty

Q4
X is a work of detective fiction by British writer ______ ________. It was published
in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in 1937. Most of the action in the novel
takes place in Egypt, mostly on the longest river.
A hollywood movie with the same title X will be released in 2022. It features
an Indian actor Y who have been doing various roles in Indian, British and
American movies but gained fame in India after he played the lead role in an
Indian Web Series. He’s also a part of India’s first 200 Crore Club movie.
Give X and Y.

Answer
X - Death on the Nile
Y - Ali Fazal

Q5
Connect these 5 (Exhaustive)

Answer
Symbols on the flags of Pandavas’
chariot in Mahabharata.

Q6
X’s favourite number is 73, because 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror,
37, is the 12th and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying 7 and 3. In
binary 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001.
X is a character of an American Sitcom that ran for 12 years, the person who
played the character was paid whooping $29 million in 2014 .
The title of the sitcom is based on the prevailing cosmological model
explaining the existence of the observable universe.
Give X and the actor who played it.

Answer
Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper
Jim Parsons

Q7
Connect (Non-Exhaustive)
1. Italy Based Lame Tiktoker
2. Party Girl
3. Childhood Love
4. Roti Maker of the Year

Answer
People who went viral in 2021.

Q8
X is also known as the father of Indian Cricket.
Throughout his twilight years, X was considered a living legend of Indian
cricket.
His son Y was a part of 1983 World Cup winning team for India who is
considered as best Indian batsman ever against express pace.
Y played the role of X in the recent movie ‘83’ based on India's journey at the
1983 World Cup.
Give X and Y.

Answer
X - Lala Amarnath
Y - Mohinder Amarnath

Q9
MUI is a theory discovered by
economists which says if the X sales are
rising, the economy must be improving.
In other words, your X tells whether the
economy is going upward or downward.
According to reports, X is one of the
first things we stop buying during the
recession because they are rarely seen.
What is ‘X’?
Brownie points for ‘MUI’ full form.

Answer
Underwear
MUI - Men’s Underwear
Index

Q10
This is a list of Top 10 Most Subscribed
Science and Tech Channels on
YouTube.
First one is an Indian YouTube
personality based in the UAE who
reviews mobiles and accessories. His intro
is copied and mocked a lot.
Second one is another YouTube
channel that do various types of crazy
science experiments and he mentions
his YouTube members as “Titanium
Army”.

Answer
1. Technical Guruji aka Gaurav
Chaudhary
2. Mr. Indian Hacker aka Dilraj
Singh Rawat

Q11
X is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current
(AC) electricity supply system.
Before his death, he spent most of his free time with pigeons instead of people. He also
managed to fell in love with a pigeon – from which he believed his feelings were
reciprocated. He spent $2,000 on the pigeon. He even built a device to support her
while her wing and leg healed.
Nowadays, a firm which is named after him is usually very popular in the society due to
various reasons and also its CEO.
Who is ‘X’?

Q12
Recently, Y acquired the rights to publish an authorised non-fiction biography
of X.
Y is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies. One of it’s most
successful series of novel was originally published by George Allen & Unwin
publishing company.
X is an Indian industrialist who received the third and second highest civilian
honours awarded by the Government of India. X is a descendant of a wealthy
family and an alumni of Harvard Business School.
Give X and Y.

Answer
Y - HarperCollins
X - Ratan Tata

Q13
___ _____ is a song based on the life of Vijay Dandekar who is one of the most
dreaded encounter specialists of Mumbai. He was an undercover cop when he
met the love of his life and became an encounter specialist after the incident.
The song became the most liked and most viewed Indian song of 2021. It is a
remake of a song sung by a Pakistani vocalist. The remake was made by T-
Series and added lyrics were written by Manoj Muntashir.
FITB and Name the Original and Remake Singer.

Answer
Lut Gaye
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Jubin Nautiyal

Q14
This is a image of digital toilet seat created by X, a South
Korean multinational manufacturing corporation.
It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them
united under the X brand, and is the largest South
Korean chaebol (business conglomerate).
As of 2020, X has the 8th highest global brand value.
It’s a very famous brand in india especially for its
Smartphones and other electronic devices.
Give X.

Q15
Before the Mahabharata war began, Lord Krishna asked “how many days it
would take to finish the Mahabharata war alone?”. Various warriors like
Bhishma, Dronacharya, Karna and Arjuna said they’d take 20, 25, 24 and 28
days to finish the war alone, respectively. In this manner, Lord Krishna asked
each warrior and received an answer.
When he asked the same question to X, he said that he could finish it in one
minute with his 3 arrows. When X gave the explanation how he’d do that,
Krishna was stunned and he requested X to do something.
Who is X? What did Krishna ask him to do? Why?

Answer
X - Barbarika (Khatu Shyam)
Krishna asked his head for charity.
The head of the bravest Kshatriya needs to be sacrificed, in order to
worship/sanctify the battlefield. Krishna considered Barbarika to be the
bravest among Kshatriyas, and hence asked for his head in charity.

Q16
X an Indian revolutionary was an atheist. He dropped his religious beliefs, since
he believed religion hindered the revolutionaries' struggle for independence,
and began studying the works of Bakunin, Lenin, Trotsky – all atheist
revolutionaries.
“On X’s arrest, a photo of Y was recovered from him. He always carried this
photo in his pocket. Very often, X would show me that photograph and say,
‘Dear mother, this is my hero, friend and companion.’” - X's mother.
Y was another revolutionary who joined the Ghadar Party at the tender age of
15 and executed at the age of 19 .
Who is X and Y?

Answer
X - Bhagat Singh; Y - Kartar Singh Sarabha

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