ORION - 2015

SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, CUTTACK

GENERAL QUIZ

(Prelims)

QUIZ MASTER-PRATEEK GOURAV

RULES1. There are total 30 questions.2. You will get 30 seconds to answer each question.3. You have to write down the answers in the sheets provided to you.4. The decision of the Quiz Master is final and binding.5. Kindly think of a suitable, catchy team name and write it on the top of the sheet provided along with the mobile numbers of both the members of the team.6. The use of cell phones, tablets or any other gadget is strictly prohibited.

Identify the person and his claim to fame. *Q1

Uday Kumar,

Professor from IIT, Guwahati.

He designed the new Rupee Symbol.

When the national bird of India was under consideration, X was a proposed candidate (strongly supported by the famous Indian ornithologist, Salim Ali), but dropped in favour of the Indian Peafowl with at least one reason being the potential for being misspelt.

Having an ostrich-like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds

Identify X.

Q2

The Great Indian Bustard

In a bid to bring about awareness for the endangered spotted seals, they were made the mascots of an event recently. Which event am I talking about?

Q3

Where would you find all these characters ?

• Guy Dangerous: Just your average explorer. Guy Dangerous was born in April 25, 1985.

• Scarlett Fox: The cunning escape artist. Scarlett Fox was born in December 19, 1986.

• Barry Bones: A city cop with an attitude. Barry Bones was born in September 29, 1984.

• Karma Lee: "The fastest legs in the Far East"• Montana Smith: "The second greatest explorer ever"• Francisco Montoya:" The conquistador"• Zack Wonder: Football star• Usain Bolt: World's fastest man.He is an athlete.

Q4

TEMPLE RUN

Identify the boisterous author of this book on Terrorism ?

Q5 BOOKS AND AUTHORS…OOPS!

The nation demands an answer…

Which Indian batsmen held the record for the highest 1st wicket partnership in a test only to be beaten by Greame Smith and Neil Mc Kenzie in 2008 ?

Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag had once come periliously close but could not beat the record.

Q6

Vinoo Mankad

&

Pankaj Roy

In the year 1954.

Identify the constellation…

Q7

ORION

SOME PEOPLE LOVE THE SPOTLIGHT

Who is the author of these books ?

The Great Indian Novel

Riot

Show Business

The five dollar smile and other stories

The person, more often than not, remains in spot-light and has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons.

*Q8

Shashi Tharoor

#recent

• X is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes.

• The magazine has been the target of two terrorist attacks, in 2011 and in 2015, presumed to be in response to a number of controversial Muhammad cartoons it published. In the second of these attacks, twelve people were killed.

What is X???

Q9

On what occasion did Google come up with this Doodle?

Q10

WOMEN’S DAY

Long ago, in the villages of Germany, lovers whose families opposed their marriage would jump off a cliff to prove their love. But women, when their turn came after seeing their men jump off, would get cold feet, return home and marry someone else.

Which famous phrase came into existence due to this ?

Hint: It is used nowadays to accord respect .

*Q11

Ladies First

24. What is SPERMOLOGY ?

”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P

FOR FAMILY AUDIENCE!!!

Q12

Study of trivia :P

• We are expecting a lot of ‘dirty’ answers on this one :D

This phrase’s first appearance in other languages,however, makes clear that such acts were viewed as auniquely and characteristically Malaysian habit.

In 1772, the British ship captain James Cook used thewords to describe frenzied Malaysians who would gethigh on opium, run into the streets, and kill anyonethey confronted—an observation that had beenpreviously recorded in Portuguese as early as 1516.

What phrase?

Q13 The question only seems long!!!

Run Amok

The still is from Big B’s first fiction television show….Name the show

Q14

HANDS UP!!!He invented something which hasbeen very popular among terroristsand police alike. It wasfirst officially used in 1949. Whatdid he invent?

Q15

AK-47 or Automatic Kalashnikov

Making outside India

• Which Indian telecom company in the month of March 2013 launched high quality voice service for its subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African sub-continent?

Q16

Naam me sab kuch rakha hai!

Al-Khwarizmi was a 16th

century Arab mathematician.

• He wrote a very famous book.

• A very famous (dreadful for maths-haters) mathematical term X is derived from his work. Whatis X?

*Q17

ALGEBRA and also ALGORITHM

• Which Stadium is the second largest stadium in the world by capacity with a total capacity of 120,000?

Q18

TECHIE!!!

David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 minutes to code a chunk of program called the “Three Fingered Salute" in 1981 .

Millions are forced to use it today when their computers do not obey them.

Recently Mr. Bill Gates accepted that it was one of the biggest mistakes of his life.

What am I talking about??

*Q19

• India’s national animal is Tiger. Our national heritage animal is Elephant. We’ve got a national aquatic animal too. Which one is that?

Q20

RIVER DOLPHIN

It is a thin bread from the northern part of India andPakistan and a traditional element in Mughlai cuisine.

The first part of the food item literally meanshandkerchief in Urdu and Hindi.

During the Mughal period, it was used like a cloth towipe off the excess oil off the hands after thecompletion of an oil rich food laden with meat andfat.

What food item am I talking about?

FOODIES!!!Q21

Rumali Roti

FIFA

• Which is the only Asian country to have reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup?

Q22

SOUTH KOREA

AMUL comes up with interesting ads based on recent occurrences. What does this ad represent?

Q23

Sir Alex Ferguson bidsfarewell to

Manchester United°C

Identify her.She is the CEO of X. What is X?

Q24

• Marissa Mayer

• An Interesting Exchange between Two Geniuses:

X to Y: What I most admire about your art is that you don't say a word, and the rest of the world understands you.

Y to X: It is true. But your glory is even greater !! The whole world admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you say!!

• Identify X and Y.

Being the best!!!*Q25

X-Einstein and Y- Charlie Chaplin

BOLLYWOOD FLAVOUR!!!

• Only 5 movies, so far, have won the big 4 awards (Best actor, actress, director, movie) at a FILMFARE –

1. GUIDE

2. DDLJ

3. KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI

4. X

5. Y

Identify X and Y.

Q26

• This book by Dr.Sheridan Simove is a worldwide bestseller and sells for $4 on Amazon.Users on Goodreadsrate it at 4.2 on a scale of 5.What unique distinction does this book possess?

Q27

The book is completely blank

This is a memorial statue in Washington DC. The inscription reads "To the brave men who perished .................... They gave their lives that women and children might be saved". What is this Memorial for ?

Q28

TITANIC MEMORIAL

This tower is named after an F1 legend. Name the tower and name the city where it is situated.

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Q29

• MICHAEL SCHUMACHER TOWER IN GURGAON

ACCIDENTAL RECIPE!!!

• This dish was invented when the chef Mullah _________ mistakenly emptied a bowl full of onions in a dish that was being cooked at the Mughal Emperor Akbar's court. The dish has since evolved and has become an integral part of Hyderabadi cuisine. Which dish am I talking about?

Q30

• Do Piaza (from Pyaaz)

FOR THE AUDIENCE

The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2014 is???

vape