Grand Quizzing Week 2021 | General Quiz | Prelims
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This document contains questions from a quiz competition. It includes 20 multiple choice questions about topics ranging from word origins and pop culture references to history, mythology and science. The questions are followed by their respective answers.
Grand Quizzing Week 2021 | General Quiz | Prelims
- 2. QuNITe – The Quiz Club Of NIT Jamshedpur GQW - General Quiz Prelims
- 3. Safety Slide
- 4. Question #1 It is the reason why you all are here. • One theory behind the origin of this term goes like this - In 1791, a theatre Manager from Dublin made a bet to introduce a new word in the English language, he then hired a group of children to write the word X onto the walls of Dublin. Since people were unaware of what it meant, they thought of it to be some "exam" or "test". • Which word was thus introduced?
- 5. Question #2 The centre of power • The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state. The clock is placed at the center of the eight markets that from a bird's-eye view is meant to resemble and symbolize the authority of that time period. What did it meant to resemble?
- 6. Question #3 Where you should have been now • Initially 8 of them were sought to be Established. 2 for each region, North, South, East and West. The Initial 8 Cities were Delhi, Hyderabad, Durgapur, Nagpur, Mangalore, Allahabad, Bhopal, Jamshedpur. • There were some changes that were made though. Hyderabad was later swapped for another South Indian City and the one in Delhi, was shifted to Srinagar. Though, Delhi joined the party, a few years later. The one that was setup in Mangalore came to be known by the name of a suburb there. What is being talked about?
- 8. Question #5 Confused much? • Pictured here is the ROTAS square. It inspired something big in modern pop culture. What did it inspire?
- 9. Question #6 But we believe you are the X • Rudyard Kipling called the fjord Milford Sound of New Zealand as ‘X’. Theodore Roosevelt considered the Burney Falls in California to be 'X'. Most of us may remember a movie monster and/or the wrestler Andre the Giant being referred to as 'X'. Other claimants include the Stonehenge, Terracotta Army, Angkor Wat temple, Sydney Opera House, ISS, Palm Island of Dubai and a lot many more. • What is 'X’ ?
- 10. Question #7 A popular stadium anthem at sports events around the world • X was written in response to an event that occurred during the A Day at the Races Tour. According to the band’s lead guitarist Brian May: “We did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’ to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in some way connected with that.” • A not-so-famous parody of X goes by the name ‘we love Rocky’ where Rocky is Akshay Kumar. • Give X.
- 11. Question #8 Eyes on target • Clicked by Michael Collins view of the Apollo 11 lunar module "X" as it returned from the surface of the moon. Name X.
- 12. Question #9 Out of this world • X, is an American stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, owned by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and is led by his son Travis Knight.- It has released 5 feature films, all of which have been nominated for best animated feature. • Its feature films are: Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link. • Give X which also happens to be the name of a very popular dog.
- 13. Question #10 • A purple color winter vegetables is believed to have originated in Himalayas in the Hind Kush region. Lying on the path of Silk road route ,this vegetable was traded on both sides of the route. Being a fascinating vegetable, some International traders took this vegetable to southern India, Europe and China. Change in latitudes led to change in its photoperiod response thereby resulting in mutations in this vegetable. As a result of this mutation , the vegetable known today is complete different from its original state. • Which vegetable I am talking about?
- 14. Question #11 Tragic • Delusional jealousy is disorder that occurs when a person typically makes repeated accusations that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful, based on insignificant, minimal, or no evidence, often citing seemingly normal or everyday events or material to back up their claims. Unlike other delusional disorders, people who suffer from this disorder have a strong association with stalking, cyberstalking, sabotage, or even violence. • In pop culture, this disorder is known by a name that references the one of the most popular tragedy works of a legend in which the central character by the same name murders his wife on false belief. • What?
- 15. Question #12 • Overwhelmed by the Epic Success of a particular Cartoon TV series, Director Rajiv Chilaka and the Production House named "Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd", ventured into Creating a New Cartoon series named X in 2015 wherein the lead protagonist of the show was a 4 year old kid from Aryanagar who was also portrayed with the same name in the previous Cartoon Show. • Give me X (Name of the Cartoon Show that was thus created in 2015) that might be the favorite character of the show for many of us.
- 16. Question #13 • X was a Oread in Greek Mythology who was ordered by Zeus to protect him in case his wife (Hera) became too angry with him for cheating. Once when X tried to protect Zeus from her, she was cursed to be able to speak only the words that were last spoken to her. • X is most notable for being the reason why Narcissus fell in love with himself. • ID X.
- 17. Question #14 A daily use product, well not for all….. • This product which has seen a huge increase in sales in 2020, was accidently discovered by the ancients when the grease from the sacrifices of animals upon the altars sickered through and mixed with the wooden ashes of the altar logs. • Name the product which became specially important in the pandemic.
- 18. Question #15 • X is a 3.5 Inch Aluminium Sculpture created by Paul Van Hoeydonck and commisioned and Placed on the Moon by the Crew of Apollo 15 David Scott along with a List of 14 men. • It is a small sized figure meant to depict an Astronaut. • What is the figure Aptly named? • Image in next slide
- 20. Question #16 • The Etymology of the Word Stems from the SitCom How I met Your Mother which Describes Ones behavior of Going back to being our Old Self when we Meet Someone from the Past. • The Word X is strikingly Similar to a Medical Condition which leads to a Sudden Internal or External Spinning Sensation triggered by sudden movement of the head. • Which Word?
- 21. Question #17 Duh! • After a string of negative press targeting him due to his factories safety procedures, X stated that he will launch a site where any user can rate the credibility of a journalist. This decision was met with major backlash, as a platform like that would be prone to abuse… • Originally, the name for the site was supposed to be pravda, but later on X purchased the domain pravduh.com because the former was already used by a Ukrainian newspaper. • Who is the person (X) in question?
- 22. Question #18 Are you good at solving puzzles? • In the mid 2000s, a popular toymaker had an idea. He took advantage of the nostalgic value of something created in the 1980s and merged it with a new trend that had people waking up in the early mornings, eagerly waiting for something. Since introducing it to a worldwide audience at the American International Toy Fair, the toymaker has sold thousands of his hybrids. • What are we talking about?
- 23. Question #19 Yum chocolaty…… • X is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers. It was founded by Milton X, who named the company after his family title. • In 1912, the Titanic almost sank the company since the Xs were booked to travel on the ill-fated maiden voyage. However, they cancelled their reservations at the end moment due to some business engagements. The adventures of the family advanced to the products even as one of their products has literally travelled to the moon and, hopefully, never back! • Give X.
- 24. Question #20 • X is not very good at hunting, so whenever he was called Nimrod on television, he was called so in a sarcastic way, as Nimrod was a legendary hunter in Bible. Because of this, for audiences everywhere, Nimrod became an insult for a dumb person instead of being remembered as a legendary hunter. ID X.
- 25. Question #21 Oscars • "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' is the only complete novel written by Edgar Allen Poe. One scene of this book features four men cast adrift after a shipwreck. Because of hunger, they kill the youngest of them, a boy name X and cannibalize him. This sequence is particularly eerie as decades after the book was published, a boy named X, the youngest surviving crew member of a yacht was cannibalized by the remaining three men. • Name X.
- 26. Question #22 Gangsta! • Because of some technicalities in it's constitution it's possible to rent the country of Liechtenstein for a while. In 2010, X famously tried to rent the country for a music video shoot, but the deal fell through as he didn't file the request far enough in advance. • ID X who's a famous American Rapper who is quite popular in the meme world.
- 28. Question #1 It is the reason why you all are here. • One theory behind the origin of this term goes like this - In 1791, a theatre Manager from Dublin made a bet to introduce a new word in the English language, he then hired a group of children to write the word X onto the walls of Dublin. Since people were unaware of what it meant, they thought of it to be some "exam" or "test". • Which word was thus introduced?
- 29. Quiz
- 30. Question #2 The centre of power • The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state. The clock is placed at the center of the eight markets that from a bird's-eye view is meant to resemble and symbolize the authority of that time period. What did it meant to resemble?
- 31. Union Jack
- 32. Question #3 Where you should have been now • Initially 8 of them were sought to be Established. 2 for each region, North, South, East and West. The Initial 8 Cities were Delhi, Hyderabad, Durgapur, Nagpur, Mangalore, Allahabad, Bhopal, Jamshedpur. • There were some changes that were made though. Hyderabad was later swapped for another South Indian City and the one in Delhi, was shifted to Srinagar. Though, Delhi joined the party, a few years later. The one that was setup in Mangalore came to be known by the name of a suburb there. What is being talked about?
- 33. NITs
- 35. India Celebrities Jonty Rhodes, Chris Hemsworth, Emma Ferguson and Sarah McLachlan have named their children India
- 36. Question #5 Confused much? • Pictured here is the ROTAS square. It inspired something big in modern pop culture. What did it inspire?
- 37. TENET
- 38. Question #6 But we believe you are the X • Rudyard Kipling called the fjord Milford Sound of New Zealand as ‘X’. Theodore Roosevelt considered the Burney Falls in California to be 'X'. Most of us may remember a movie monster and/or the wrestler Andre the Giant being referred to as 'X'. Other claimants include the Stonehenge, Terracotta Army, Angkor Wat temple, Sydney Opera House, ISS, Palm Island of Dubai and a lot many more. • What is 'X’ ?
- 39. Eighth Wonder Of The World
- 40. Question #7 A popular stadium anthem at sports events around the world • X was written in response to an event that occurred during the A Day at the Races Tour. According to the band’s lead guitarist Brian May: “We did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’ to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in some way connected with that.” • A not-so-famous parody of X goes by the name ‘we love Rocky’ where Rocky is Akshay Kumar. • Give X.
- 41. We Will Rock You
- 42. Question #8 Eyes on target • Clicked by Michael Collins view of the Apollo 11 lunar module "X" as it returned from the surface of the moon. Name X.
- 43. Eagle
- 44. Question #9 • X, is an American stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, owned by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and is led by his son Travis Knight.- It has released 5 feature films, all of which have been nominated for best animated feature. • Its feature films are: Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link. • Give X which also happens to be the name of a very popular dog.
- 45. Laika
- 46. Question #10 • A purple color winter vegetables is believed to have originated in Himalayas in the Hind Kush region. Lying on the path of Silk road route ,this vegetable was traded on both sides of the route. Being a fascinating vegetable ,some International traders took this vegetable to southern India, Europe and China. Change in latitudes led to change in its photoperiod response thereby resulting in mutations in this vegetable. As a result of this mutation , the vegetable known today is complete different from its original state. • Which vegetable I am talking about?
- 47. Carrot
- 48. Question #11 Tragic • Delusional jealousy is disorder that occurs when a person typically makes repeated accusations that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful, based on insignificant, minimal, or no evidence, often citing seemingly normal or everyday events or material to back up their claims. Unlike other delusional disorders, people who suffer from this disorder have a strong association with stalking, cyberstalking, sabotage, or even violence. • In pop culture, this disorder is known by a name that references the one of the most popular tragedy works of a legend in which the central character by the same name murders his wife on false belief. • What?
- 49. Othello Syndrome
- 50. Question #12 • Overwhelmed by the Epic Success of a particular Cartoon TV series, Director Rajiv Chilaka and the Production House named "Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd", ventured into Creating a New Cartoon series named X in 2015 wherein the lead protagonist of the show was a 4 year old kid from Aryanagar who was also portrayed with the same name in the previous Cartoon Show. • Give me X (Name of the Cartoon Show that was thus created in 2015) that might be the favorite character of the show for many of us.
- 51. Mighty Raju
- 52. Question #13 • X was a Oread in Greek Mythology who was ordered by Zeus to protect him in case his wife (Hera) became too angry with him for cheating. Once when X tried to protect Zeus from her, she was cursed to be able to speak only the words that were last spoken to her. • X is most notable for being the reason why Narcissus fell in love with himself. • ID X.
- 53. Echo
- 54. Question #14 A daily use product, well not for all….. • This product which has seen a huge increase in sales in 2020, was accidently discovered by the ancients when the grease from the sacrifices of animals upon the altars sickered through and mixed with the wooden ashes of the altar logs. • Name the product which became specially important in the pandemic.
- 55. Soap
- 56. Question #15 • X is a 3.5 Inch Aluminium Sculpture created by Paul Van Hoeydonck and commisioned and Placed on the Moon by the Crew of Apollo 15 David Scott along with a List of 14 men. • It is a small sized figure meant to depict an Astronaut. • What is the figure Aptly named? • Image in next slide
- 58. Fallen Astronaut Tribute to the ones who lost their life in pursuit of space research
- 59. Question #16 • The Etymology of the Word Stems from the SitCom How I met Your Mother which Describes Ones behavior of Going back to being our Old Self when we Meet Someone from the Past. • The Word X is strikingly Similar to a Medical Condition which leads to a Sudden Internal or External Spinning Sensation triggered by sudden movement of the head. • Which Word?
- 60. REVERTIGO
- 61. Question #17 Duh! • After a string of negative press targeting him due to his factories safety procedures, X stated that he will launch a site where any user can rate the credibility of a journalist. This decision was met with major backlash, as a platform like that would be prone to abuse… • Originally, the name for the site was supposed to be pravda, but later on X purchased the domain pravduh.com because the former was already used by a Ukrainian newspaper. • Who is the person (X) in question?
- 62. Elon Musk
- 63. Question #18 Are you good at solving puzzles? • In the mid 2000s, a popular toymaker had an idea. He took advantage of the nostalgic value of something created in the 1980s and merged it with a new trend that had people waking up in the early mornings, eagerly waiting for something. Since introducing it to a worldwide audience at the American International Toy Fair, the toymaker has sold thousands of his hybrids. • What are we talking about?
- 64. SUDOKUBE
- 65. Question #19 Yum chocolaty…… • X is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers. It was founded by Milton X, who named the company after his family title. • In 1912, the Titanic almost sank the company since the Xs were booked to travel on the ill-fated maiden voyage. However, they cancelled their reservations at the end moment due to some business engagements. The adventures of the family advanced to the products even as one of their products has literally travelled to the moon and, hopefully, never back! • Give X.
- 66. Hershey’s
- 67. Question #20 • X is not very good at hunting, so whenever he was called Nimrod on television, he was called so in a sarcastic way, as Nimrod was a legendary hunter in Bible. Because of this, for audiences everywhere, Nimrod became an insult for a dumb person instead of being remembered as a legendary hunter. ID X.
- 68. Elmer Fudd
- 69. Question #21 Oscars • "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket' is the only complete novel written by Edgar Allen Poe. One scene of this book features four men cast adrift after a shipwreck. Because of hunger, they kill the youngest of them, a boy name X and cannibalize him. This sequence is particularly eerie as decades after the book was published, a boy named X, the youngest surviving crew member of a yacht was cannibalized by the remaining three men. • Name X.
- 70. Richard Parker
- 71. Question #22 Gangsta! • Because of some technicalities in it's constitution it's possible to rent the country of Liechtenstein for a while. In 2010, X famously tried to rent the country for a music video shoot, but the deal fell through as he didn't file the request far enough in advance. • ID X who's a famous American Rapper who is quite popular in the meme world.
- 72. Snoop Dogg
- 74. The Funda! Quiz Union Jack NITs India TENET Eighth Wonder Of The World We Will Rock You Eagle Laika Carrot Othello Syndrome Mighty Raju Echo Soap Fallen Astronaut Revertigo Elon Musk Sudokube Hershey's Elmer Fudd Richard Parker Snoop Dogg QuNITe Welcomes Freshers!