Quantum Quiz 2018 Prelims
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The document contains a quantum quiz with 25 multiple choice questions and their answers. Some of the questions identify logos, flags, companies or initiatives while others relate to people, events, movies or songs. The quiz covers a wide range of topics including sports, entertainment, technology, politics and culture.
Quantum Quiz 2018 Prelims
- 1. Quantum Quiz Prelims with Answers
- 2. 1. The Fourth World is the only professionally-released album by the Los Angeles band Kara's Flowers, who later achieved greater success under the name X. X won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. The band has managed to remain relevant till today and have released six studio albums till date. ID X.
- 3. Maroon 5
- 4. *2. He made his first-class debut for Bombay in 1958–59, before making his international debut in Test in December 1966, against the West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. He served as the manager of the Indian cricket team in the 1990s, alongside captain Mohammad Azharuddin. He is one of the few Indians to represent the country as Test player, captain, coach/manager and the chairman of selectors. Lala Amarnath and Chandu Borde are the only other players to achieve this distinction. Most famous for being the first ODI captain of India.
- 5. Ajit Wadekar
- 6. 3. A No-Confidence motion was recently introduced against Narendra Modi’s government in the Lok Sabha. As of August 2018, 27 no-confidence motions have been moved. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faced the most number of no-confidence motions – 15 times. All the no-confidence motions have been defeated except once when the Prime Minister himself resigned during the discussions, and the motion didn’t even have to go to voting. Who was this Prime Minister?
- 8. 4. This young icon recently graced the cover of Forbes where she was celebrated as being a part of "America's Women Billionaires“ club. In this issue of Forbes, they predicted that she will become the youngest self- made billionaire ever, however others disputed the designation "self-made". To help her achieve the status, fans have decided to donate money to her cause thereby causing outrage among several people.
- 9. Kylie Jenner
- 10. 5. Carter Wilkerson tweeted X, asking them how many retweets he needed for a year of free chicken nuggets. When X replied with "18 Million", he accepted the challenge. The tweet received unlikely support from several major companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, prompting the hashtag #NuggsForCarter and propelling the tweet to become the most retweeted of all time within 34 days, at which point X gave him a year of free nuggets. Id X.
- 11. Wendy’s
- 12. 6. “In the two hours break, we did about 15 minutes of debrief and then we just put on X for one hour. This whole week we have been watching it daily. Sometimes you don’t need to learn anything, all that you need to do is unclutter your mind,” said Ronak Pandit (Heena Sidhu’s coach and husband) X among other things helped Heena Sidhu clinch a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games, as has been said by her and her coach.
- 13. Stand Up Comedy (Comicstaan in particular)
- 14. 007. This is the Khao Phing Kan island. How is it better known as?
- 16. 8. In June 2018, a startup named Casper launched a store where customers can do what for $25 in 45 minutes?
- 17. Take a nap
- 18. *9. Who can be credited for the design of this sculptor?
- 19. Mamata Banerjee
- 20. 10. Logo of
- 22. *11. Had the actress Sridevi said 'yes' to a film in the 90s, actor Irrfan Khan would have been the 2nd Indian star to be part of which movie franchise? She refused citing the short length of her role. Which iconic movie?
- 23. Jurassic Park
- 24. 12. In 2018, Government of India launched the new 100 rupee note. The illustration of which UNESCO World Heritage Site adorns the back of the note?
- 25. Rani Ki Vav
- 27. Flag of Sikkim during its independent monarchy
- 29. Anthony Bourdain
- 30. 15. Although it lost the major Grammys to a lesser acclaimed 24K Magic by Bruno Mars, it received enough compensation when it became the first Rap Album to win a Pulitzer Prize in 2018. Id the artist behind this path breaking album.
- 31. DAMN by Kendrick Lamar
- 32. 16. In a novel move, IIT Bhubaneswar had inducted a course on a dance form in B.Tech syllabus, thereby becoming the first IIT in the country to introduce any dance form in its curriculum in the year 2015. This classical dance is one of the 'breadth' courses of 12 credits in the four- year B.Tech programme.
- 33. Odissi
- 34. *17. X is a popular web-comic created by American cartoonist, engineer & author Randall Munroe. X is described with the tagline “A web-comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Having the cast of stick figures, subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to mathematical, programming, and scientific in-jokes. Name X.
- 35. xkcd
- 36. 18. The music was written by the Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie, with comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner—presenters of football-themed comedy show Fantasy Football League—providing the lyrics. The title comes from the emblem of the _______, which is in turn derived from the Royal Arms of England. This song is one of only three songs to top the British charts more than once with lyric variants, the others being "Mambo No. 5” and "Do They Know It's Christmas?" This song recently became very popular all over again, and yet again, ended up becoming a joke. ID the song.
- 37. Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)
- 38. *19. From the about section of a company :- Devika Narain and Company was born on the dining table of a small rented apartment with the simple goal of creating spaces that were personal and uniquely Indian. Today our team of young designers work with local artisans and craftsmen to tell personal histories through spaces and celebrate the heritage of the Indian subcontinent with a modern sensibility. What did the company do in 2017 that led to a huge media coverage?
- 40. 20. This is the Octocat. What is it the logo of?
- 41. Github
- 42. 21. Navlekha is a new initiative which plans to take Indian regional content online and help regional language publishers to bring their content to the internet. Putting up regional content online is tough and the process is very complicated when it comes to uploading such content Which company is behind this initiative?
- 43. Google
- 44. 22. Who was the last player to have beaten Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo to the Ballon d’Or?
- 45. Ricardo Kaka
- 46. *23. How do we better know #dotheshiggy? The comedian Shiggy, who started this hashtag is shown below.
- 47. Kiki Challenge
- 48. 24. X is a messaging application by a Haridwar- based firm which had put it’s trial version on Google Play Store on 15-8-2018 for downloads, almost 2 months after it was taken down hastily. The firm, alleged that it was a conspiracy by multinational companies against the Swadeshi firm and said the app will be back soon. Identify .
- 49. Kimbho
- 50. 25. In an interview appearing on May 4, 2017 on NPR, Scott McCoskery described how he invented a device in 2014 to cope with his own twitching in IT meetings and conference calls. In response to requests from an online community, he began selling the device he called the Torqbar online. What is the device more popularly known as?
- 51. Fidget Spinner
- 52. Answers 1. Maroon 5 2. * Ajit Wadekar 3. Morarji Desai 4. Kylie Jenner 5. Wendy’s 6. Standup Comedy/Comicstaan 7. James Bond Island 8. Take a nap 9. *Mamata Banerjee 10. Cambridge Analytica 11. *Jurassic Park 12. Rani Ki Vav 13. Sikkim 14. Anthony Bourdain 15. Kendrick Lamar for DAMN 16. Odissi 17. * Xkcd 18. Three Lions (It’s coming home) 19. Virat-Anushka’s wedding planning 20. Github 21. Google 22. Ricardo Kaka 23. *Kiki Challenge 24. Kimbho 25. Fidget Spinner