QECOGeneral Quiz with a flavour of economics

FINAL

Round 1General

5 Questions: 10 points each

On pounce: +10/-5

1.La Sagrada Família ,a church in Barcelona, designed by Antoni

Gaudí (1852–1926) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

What is unique about this church?

It is not completed yet

2. Name the character who was picturised by these three

great directors.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshi

3. Guar/cluster beans have recently been in high demand due to industrial

use of guar gum in a particular emerging field. Identify the field.

Hydraulic fracturing oil shale

gas

4.Connect the three.

This is how the features of a beautiful lady is described.

Eyes-ശംഖുപുഷ്പം, Nose-എള്ള്പൂ, Lips-Thondiപഴം

5. Amy Bleuel wanted to honour her father whom she lost to suicide. As the days passed and the project was developed

further, it became clear that this symbol was not just about one person. We heard

from people longing to continue their story and live a life that would inspire

others to continue on as well. Name the project which talks that “your

story is not over yet”.

Project Semi colon

Round 2Personalities5 Questions

First clue: +30/-15Second clue : +20/-10

Third clue:+10/-5

QUESTION 1 His father B N Yugandher

was an IAS officer who served as the director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie.

He is an alumnus of Manipal Institute of

Technology and University of

Wisconsin

He worked with Sun Microsystems as a

member of its technology staff prior to joining his present

company

Satya Nadella

QUESTION 2He contested from Allahabad

seat of 8th Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief

Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory margins in general

election history (68.2% of the vote)

He produced a movie called Tere mere Sapne

which introduced actors like Arshad Warsi and Simran

His original name was Inquilab

Srivastava

AmitabhBachan

QUESTION 3

A theatre buff since his school days, he played Antony to Mira Nair's Cleopatra in a 1974

production of Antony and Cleopatra at Delhi.

The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India,

Shadows Across the Playing Field: Sixty Years of India-Pakistan

Cricket, Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century are

some of his works

His book The Great Indian Novel won the Commonwealth

Writers' Prize for the Best Book of the Year in the Eurasian

Region and he was awarded the prestigious Pravasi

Bharatiya Samman

SASHITAROOR

QUESTION 4He composed music

for the critically acclaimed movies

Piravi and ore thooval Pakshikal

He established himself as a noted cartoonist in the early 1960s with

his cartoon series Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum

He designed the logo of the International film festival of Kerala

His final movie about refugees in Bengal was based on C. V. Sreereman's short story in the same

name

G ARAVINDHAN

QUESTION 5His original name was Narendranath

Bhattacharya

He was the founder of Mexican Communist Party and have a Pub

in Mexico named after him.

Associated with the ideology

Radical Humanism

M N ROY

Round 3Economics written

round 10 Questions: 5 points

each

1.Why is this man Faraz Syed in news recently?

2. One of the reasons why he does not want

film(Mudrank) on his life to release is an `item

song' by Rakhi Sawant. On whose life is this film

based?

3. Unlike more mature, developed markets, China's stock market is dominated by retail investors consisting of an army of

active day traders, dad and mom shops, housewives, pensioners and even the unemployed. China's investing public,

connected via social media such as WeChat, is highly susceptible to crowd

thinking and herd mentality.This phenomenon is called as_____

4.Residents of Perth, Western Australia’s capital, are now preferring to barter ---------------- rather

than use Australian dollars for things like Mercedes sedans, kitchen cabinets, and even

services such as job placement. They use Facebook for this -------fueled, underground

economy revolution, as there are currently over 400 private -------bartering groups on the

network, most of which are invitation-only and cannot be found via search. What is it that they

are using?

5. Sale of this product increased dramatically in south Korea

without any official promotions, after a controversial incident

happened in 2014 December that embarrassed a family and a

country. Identify the product.

6.Signor Felice -------- (1851-1921) was an Italian businessman. He was born in Gerolanuova near Brescia

and established the Felice -------& Co. chemical laboratory in Milano, developing the successful "Ferro-

China ----", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The

company also made the wellselling "Nocera Umbra" , as well as the "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899). The Parle

group, founded by Jyantilal Chauhan bought the brand in 1969. Identify the brand.

7. The 2002 Nobel in economics was given to a

person who has not taken even a single

course in Economics. Name him.

8.He has been accused of being a fascist theorist, because of his closeness with

Mussolini. He wrote The Scientific Basis of Fascism in 1927. As far as human relationships

were concerned, for him they were reduced to a minimum and compliments were almost non-

existent. For university students, he was practically unapproachable. He is well known for

giving the world of economics a tool which is used widely even today. Identify the person who

was basically a statistician and demographer.

9.The fund is commonly referred to as The Oil Fund. It is the largest pension fund in the world, although it is not a pension fund in the conventional sense as it derives its financial backing from oil profits and not pension contributions. The following companies have been excluded due to activities in breach of the ethical

guidelines. It includes Indian companies like ITC and sterlite. It also plans to pull out of POSCO after

accusations of the company displacing indigenous people in odisha.

Name the country of its origin.

10. What do you call a keyboard input error in the financial markets such as the stock market or foreign exchange market

whereby an order to buy or sell is placed of far greater size than intended, for the wrong stock or contract, at the wrong

price, or with any number of other input errors?

1.Why is this man Faraz Syed in news recently?

He is the Moody’s Analytics junior analyst whose report on India titled ‘Dismal Scientist - India

outlook: Searching for Potential’ created a bit of controversy

2. One of the reasons why he does not want

film(Mudrank) on his life to release is an `item

song' by Rakhi Sawant. On whose life is this film

based?

Abdul karim Telgi of telgi stamp scam

3. Unlike more mature, developed markets, China's stock market is dominated by retail investors consisting of an army of

active day traders, dad and mom shops, housewives, pensioners and even the unemployed. China's investing public,

connected via social media such as WeChat, is highly susceptible to crowd

thinking and herd mentality.This phenomenon is called as_____

Stirr frying the stock/ Chaogu

(Short term trading like gambling by small

investors)

4.Residents of Perth, Western Australia’s capital, are now preferring to barter ---------------- rather

than use Australian dollars for things like Mercedes sedans, kitchen cabinets, and even

services such as job placement. They use Facebook for this -------fueled, underground

economy revolution, as there are currently over 400 private -------bartering groups on the

network, most of which are invitation-only and cannot be found via search. What is it that they

are using?

Beer and other spirits

5. Sale of this product increased dramatically in south Korea

without any official promotions, after a controversial incident

happened in 2014 December that embarrassed a family and a

country. Identify the product.

Macadamia nut which became famous after the rage incident involved by

Korean air chairman’s daughter

6.Signor Felice -------- (1851-1921) was an Italian businessman. He was born in Gerolanuova near Brescia

and established the Felice -------& Co. chemical laboratory in Milano, developing the successful "Ferro-

China ----", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. The

company also made the wellselling "Nocera Umbra" , as well as the "l'esanofele", a chemical based on quinine, iron and arsenic to combat malaria (1899). The Parle

group, founded by Jyantilal Chauhan bought the brand in 1969. Identify the brand.

BISLERI

7. The 2002 Nobel in economics was given to a

person who has not taken even a single

course in Economics. Name him.

Daniel Kahneman An Israeli-American

psychologist notable for his work on the psychology of

judgment and decision-making, as well as

behavioral economics

8.He has been accused of being a fascist theorist, because of his closeness with

Mussolini. He wrote The Scientific Basis of Fascism in 1927. As far as human relationships

were concerned, for him they were reduced to a minimum and compliments were almost non-

existent. For university students, he was practically unapproachable. He is well known for

giving the world of economics a tool which is used widely even today. Identify the person who

was basically a statistician and demographer.

Carrado Gini

9.The fund is commonly referred to as The Oil Fund. It is the largest pension fund in the world, although it is not a pension fund in the conventional sense as it derives its financial backing from oil profits and not pension contributions. The following companies have been excluded due to activities in breach of the ethical

guidelines. It includes Indian companies like ITC and sterlite. It also plans to pull out of POSCO after

accusations of the company displacing indigenous people in odisha.

Name the country of its origin.

Norway sovereign wealth fund.

10. What do you call a keyboard input error in the financial markets such as the stock market or foreign exchange market

whereby an order to buy or sell is placed of far greater size than intended, for the wrong stock or contract, at the wrong

price, or with any number of other input errors?

FAT FINGER ERROR

SCORE PLEASE

Round 4Connect5 clues

Exclusive list

The foundation for Physical Chemistry

+50/-25

Antitoxin for Diphtheria+40/-20

Poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism +30/-15

X Ray+20/-10

Red Cross+10/-5

The first Nobel prize in 1901- 5 disciplines

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr -Chemistry

Emil von Behring -Medicine

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme -Litrature

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen -Physics

Jean Henri Dunant -Peace

Round 5General

5 Questions10 points each

On pounce: +10/-5

1.ESO Hotel at Cerro Paranal- atacama desert ,Chile featured in the movie quantum of solace caters only to

______.It is not a commercial hotel, and the public cannot book rooms.

Astronomers

2.Sunil Jaglan was suspended by the Jind deputy commissioner (DC) in March for

irregularities in the panchayat's functioning. Sunil Jaglan was suspended following a complaint that he installed a

submersible tubewell from panchayat funds at a private residence rather than at

a common place. What was the scheme Sunil Jaglan is known for?

Selfie with Daughter

3. People of this country do not clap as a

congratulatory gesture as they believe that clapping is done only to ward off

evil spirits.Name the country

BHUTAN

4.Agrasen ki Baoli ,a protected monument is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical step well near Connaught Place, New Delhi, India. Name the movie through which the place was popularised.

5. Recently Venkatesh Krishna who tweets as @VenkatTweetz

modified a company’s screenshot as a joke and shared it. Within days of this going viral , the joke became

a reality. What are we talking about?

OLA Boats in Chennai