Quiz 2013 FEB General Final Rounds Siliguri by Arup Bhattacharjee
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The document outlines a structured quiz with various rounds focusing on different categories such as general knowledge, sports, and business. Each round includes specific questions with assigned points for correct answers, details about notable individuals, historical events, and terminology. It also highlights some trivia, significant milestones, and brand names related to the quiz questions.
Quiz 2013 FEB General Final Rounds Siliguri by Arup Bhattacharjee
- 1. Final Begins…….. Round I Round ii General Quizzing Sports Round iii Round iv Business 2 clues Page 1
- 2. Round 1 G E • 10 Marks for Direct Q N E • 5 Marks for Pass Q R • No negative Marks A • Can Answer once only L • 2 Qs per participants QUZZING Page 2
- 3. 1ST Q to P1 C O N N E C T Page 3
- 4. ANSWER PICTU EXPLANATION RE No MOON 1 The Astronauts returned to the Pacific Ocean through COLOMBIA LANDING 2 Greek god of music - APOLLO The main Space Craft was Apollo 11 3 EAGLE was the craft by which Astronauts landed to the MOON 4 Logo of APOLLO MISSION of NASA 5 George W Bush with the Astronauts Page 4
- 5. 1ST Q to P2 This Famous Alcohol Brand Derives its Logo from an Oil Painting by the English Painter Sir Edwin Landseer (1851). The Name of the Brand means ‘Valley of the Deer’. WHICH BRAND ? Page 5
- 6. ANSWER Page 6
- 7. 1ST Q to P3 Bangaluru is the City renowned for works outsourced by America. Recently, a columnist of The New York Times wrote that Bangalore is now Outsourcing from America. What is the thing that Bengaluru Outsources? Page 7
- 8. ANSWER RCB Cheerleaders Page 8
- 9. 1ST Q to P4 WHO KILLED DOCTOR WATSON? This is a Campaign against What? Page 9
- 10. ANSWER Passive Smoking Page 10
- 11. 1ST Q to P5 Why did the terms ‘Bull’ and ‘Bear’ come in the Stock Market ? Page 11
- 12. ANSWER Bulls attacks up and Bears paw down Page 12
- 13. 2ND Q to P5 King ‘KAUSHIKA’ is believed to be the author of the ‘Rigveda’ & the ‘Gayetri Mantra’. How do we better know him? Page 13
- 14. ANSWER Vishvamitra Page 14
- 15. 2ND Q to P4 This is a good example of Victorian architecture, designed by F W Stevens, which also has certain characteristics of Islamic & Hindu style. This is rated as the most heavily used structure among all UNESCO world Heritage Sites. NAME IT Page 15
- 16. ANSWER CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS Page 16
- 17. 2ND Q to P3 This British Citizen was born in Hongkong and spend her early life in different nations of Asia and Europe. After the divorce of her parents, she lived with her mother Susanna Turquotte, but for her profession, she took her father’s surname. She stepped in the world of entertainment at the age age of 14 as a model in London and today her FANs are uncountable. WHO IS SHE? Page 17
- 18. ANSWER KATRINA KAIF Page 18
- 19. 2ND Q to P2 What TERM is used to describe such Journalism that presents eye-catching headlines, Exaggerations of news events, scandals-mongering etc in unethical fashion to sell more papers instead of legitimate well researched news? Page 19
- 20. ANSWER Yellow journalism, Or the yellow press Page 20
- 21. 2ND Q to P1 Pi (π) is one of the important most mathematical constants. In 2009, The US House of Representatives agreed the designation of Pi Day to commemorate π on 14th March every Year. WHY ? Page 21
- 22. ANSWER Π= 2857142857142857……. In the MM/DD format, the first three digits indicates the date. Page 22
- 23. Round 2 • 10 Marks for Direct Q • 5 Marks for Pass Q • No Negative Marks • Can Answer only Once Page 23
- 24. Q to P1 On 9 JAN 2006, Australia played against South Africa for the first time in international Twenty20 game at the Gabba in Australia. What was so special about the uniforms of the teams? Page 24
- 25. ANSWER nicknames appeared on the back of the uniforms Page 25
- 26. Q to P2 I D E N T I F Y Page 26
- 27. ANSWER Page 27
- 28. Q to P3 • ‘Bossa Nova’ is a unique style of Brazilian Music • ‘Carnavalesca’ means related to the Carnival • ‘Brazuca’ denotes National Pride Brazuca defeats the other two in a poll, by FIFA and Adidas to name Which thing? Page 28
- 29. ANSWER Official Ball for 2014 World Cup Page 29
- 30. Q to P4 • During the 2010 Men’s FIFA World Cup, they had only one of them, stationed at Oberhausen. W • The next year, during Women’s H FIFA World Cup, Germany, there are 8 of them stationed at various A German Towns. T Page 30
- 31. ANSWER • Due to the death of PAUL, O Sea Life aquarium c organized a competition to t select his successor. o • They chose 8 octopi at p different Sea Life Centers u across Germany. s Page 31
- 32. Q to P5 I D E N T I F Y Page 32
- 33. ANSWER Yohan Blake of JAMAICA finished second to sprinter Usain Bolt in the final of the 100m and 200m in London Olympic 2012 Page 33
- 34. Round 3 • 10 Marks for Direct Q • 5 Marks for Pass Q • No Negative Marks • Can Answer only Once • 2 Q per Participants Page 34
- 35. 1ST Q to P5 ‘Experience the New’ is the tagline of which Company? Page 35
- 36. ANSWER Page 36
- 37. 1ST Q to P4 This is a Stock Market Index containing 30 stocks which presently have a base value of 1000 and base date 30.12.1987. It runs in the electronic trading system called ‘Xetra’ which is operated by Deutsche Borse company, after which it is named. NAME IT Page 37
- 38. ANSWER DAX (Deutscher Aktien IndeX) Page 38
- 39. 1ST Q to P3 Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim were PayPal employees. In the early months of 2005, Hurley and Chen had attended a dinner party at Chen's apartment which Karim denied that it had occurred. Hurley and Chen experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at the party with Karim. A very unique idea was born out of this which is now the popular most among people. Idea of Which portal? Page 39
- 40. ANSWER Page 40
- 41. 1ST Q to P2 Hitler Took the Initiative for the NAZI Trade Union ‘German Labour Front’ to make such a Aitomobile Company which will make ‘Common People’s Car’. The Company was founded in 1937 with the intention that ordinary Germans would buy a Car by means of a Savings Scheme which says- Five marks a week you must put aside, if you want in your own car to ride. NAME THE COMPANY Page 41
- 42. ANSWER Volkswagen Page 42
- 43. 1ST Q to P1 Raajkamal Films International is an Indian film production and distribution company. Some of the films by this company is ‘Sathya’, ‘Hey Ram’, ‘Mumbai Xpress’etc. Who is the Founder of this Company? Page 43
- 44. ANSWER Kamal Haasan New Release: Vishwaroopam Page 44
- 45. 2ND Q to P1 These are • Daughters are precious some of the 13 episodes • Danger at home of which television • Poison on your plate? series? • Idea of India Page 45
- 46. ANSWER Satyamev Jayate Page 46
- 47. 2ND Q to P2 On 9th Jan 2013, Google had published this Doodle in UK. What is the Occasion? Page 47
- 48. ANSWER 150th Anniversary of the Tube Page 48
- 49. 2ND Q to P3 • BRBNMPL is a PVT LTD company, wholly owned by RBI. The company manages two centers – one in Mysore, Karnataka and the other in Salboni, West Bengal. The machineries at Karnataka has been supplied by KBA Giori, Switzerland & that of West Bengal by Komori Corporation, Japan. The present capacity for both is 16 billion product per year. • What Does This Company Produce? Page 49
- 50. ANSWER INDIAN CURRENCY NOTES BRBNMPL (Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt. Ltd.) Page 50
- 51. 2ND Q to P4 EXPLAIN ‘DELL to acquire DELL’ Page 51
- 52. ANSWER Michael Dell, the founder of Dell is taking the Dell Computers private by acquiring public shareholding Page 52
- 53. 2ND Q to P5 Who are the sisters of The Bretton Woods ? Page 53
- 54. ANSWER IMF & The World Bank Page 54
- 55. Round 4 • 15 Marks for 1st Clue • 10 Marks for 2nd Clue • 5Marks for Pass • No Negative Marks • Can attemp the 2nd clue after wrong answer in the 1st clue Page 55
- 56. Q to P5 • The movie ends with a scene of Michelle amongst a crowd of people all dressed in black carrying candles walking towards a church. There is a voiceover of a letter Michelle has written to Debraj's friend Mrs Nair explaining that today was her teacher's first day of school, implying that Debraj had finally succumbed to his illness and died. • It has won 11Film Fare Awards in 2006 which is the highest till date. WHICH MOVIE ? Page 56
- 57. ANSWER Page 57
- 58. Q to P4 Last year, she received two awards: Bharat Muni Samman for her contribution in Art and Culture. International Personality of the Year award at the 12th Asian Achievers Awards. Also the Government of Norway issued a postal stamp on her at the 10th Annual Bollywood Festival She was nominated member by the BJP in Rajya Sabha during 2003–2009. Page 58
- 59. ANSWER HEMA MALINI Page 59
- 60. Q to P3 This Irish gentleman, graduated from the Imperial College, London was MD of India based 15000 cr SP Group till almost the end of the last Year. He is in the news not just because his sister is married to Noel Tata who was one of the strong candidates to succeed RATAN TATA. Page 60
- 61. ANSWER Cyrus Pallonji Mistry Page 61
- 62. Q to P2 As a eye witness in the Assembly Bomb Case, his father identified His weekly column, Bhagat Sing & Batukeswar "With Malice towards Dutt. His father was also an very One and All“, carried important contractor in the event by several of shifting capital from Calcutta to Delhi. Coming to his Indian news papers, life, he had returned the Padma is among the most Bhushan Award in protest widely-read columns against the siege of the Golden in the country. Temple by the Indian Army in • 1984. IDENTIFY HIM. Page 62
- 63. ANSWER Khushwant Singh Page 63
- 64. Q to P1 This IIT Kharagpur pass He was deputed as out IAS officer from lead economist in Andhra Pradesh was the World Bank supposed to be retired from his current from 1994 to 2004 consignment in SEP2011. & served as a But breaking the tradition, member of Prime PM’s office extended his Ministers’ term by 2 years. Economic Advisory Council from 2005 to 2007. Page 64
- 65. ANSWER Duvvuri Subbarao Page 65