In-Quiz-itiveElimination Round

Quiz Master:

Kaushik PKNPGPM (2014-16)

06-08-2015

Rules

• Quizmaster is the God• Quizmaster is the only God unless the higher God decides

to intervene• Sleep deprived quizmaster is liable to be irritable and

violent

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1. What collective word for kittens connect it to AmazonAns: Kindle

2. In 1995, it appeared in a book of useless inventions in Japan. Since then it has gone on to become a cool accessory to go with smart phones. What are we talking about?

Hint: Its related to the 2013 word of the yearAns: Sellfie Stick

3. If you move vertically on elevator and diagonally on escalator, on what you move horizontallyAns: Travelator

4. If 2010 FIFA world cup bought worldwide attention to Vuvuzela, what phenomenon, now associated with various sporting events did 1986 FIFA world cup introduceHint: 1986 world cup was hosted in Mexico

Ans: Mexican Waves

5. Players of Manchester Utd are called Red Devils, West Ham players are known as Hammers, similarly what do they call players of Southampton FCAns: The Saints

6. In affectionate remembrance of X, which died at the Oval on 29 August, Deeply lamented by large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintancesR.I.P

Identify X and for bonus point identify the event it gave rise to?

Ans: English Cricket, Ashes was started

7. If 10 hurdles are there in 110 m Hurdle race, how many hurdles in 400 m hurdlesAns: 10

8. If Boeing 747 is known as a “Jumbo-Jet” then what is Boeing 787 commonly called

Ans: Dreamliner

9. What is common to Cupcake, Donut, Éclair, Ginger Bread, Honeycomb, X,Y and ZFor bonus point identify X,Y and Z

Hint: After Z latest Version was released this year

Ans: Android Versions, Ice-cream sandwich, Jellybean, KitKat

10. Its official name is “The Hellenic Republic”. How is this ancient country better known to usHint: This country was very much in news recently

Ans: Greece

11. In which computer game you come across Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde

Ans: Pacman

12. What happened in the 31st Minute of the 2014 FIFA world-cup match between Mexico and Netherlands for the very first time in International Football

Ans: Cooling Break

13. According to Indian mythology who is the son of Shakuntala

Ans: Bharata

14. Which e-Commerce deal is being talked about as “Kunal calling Kunal”Ans: Snapdeal Acquiring Freecharge (Kunal Bahl & Kunal Shah)

15. Jim-O-Neill coined a term X in 2001 through the paper “Building Better Global Economy Xs” written for Goldman Sachs global economic paper series

Identify XHint: X is recently in news

Ans: BRIC

16. Ferule, Open Cap, Top notch, Rib Stretcher, Top spring, Central spring and Bottom spring, followed by a tip cup and then a crook

Top to down description of What?? Ans: Umbrella

17. What is the financial connection between the highlighted countries

Ans: Having rupee as currency

18. Who gave this epic ad Ans: Durex

19. Identify the company which used the variation of this famous RK Laxman’s cartoon as it’s logo.

For Bonus point identify the founder of the companyAns: Air Deccan, Capt. Gopinath

20. Adam's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?Ans: Adam

In-Quiz-itiveFinal Round

Rules

• 3 Rounds• First 2 Rounds in Infinite Bounce• Option of Pounce available in both rounds• Pounce and succeed – 15 points• Round 1: Pounce and fail-No negative points• Round 2: Pounce and fail-10 negative points• Final Round: Gamble Gamble your points before question

is asked… You win or lose the same points

Round 1

Connect the Following

Ans: Ratan Tata’s personal investments

Instead of GDP, Bhutan uses GNH as a measure of progress. It is an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life in more holistic terms instead of basing it on cold economics. What does GNH stand for

Hint: Bhutan is a/an X country in the world

1 point, if you correctly identify H in GNH Ans: Gross National Happiness

Malcom Nash Tilak Raj Gurman Randawa

Daan Van Bunge Stuart Broad

Connect them

Ans: Bowlers who were hit for 6 sixes in an over in official cricket

Identify this person who had a spectacular fall from grace in one of the biggest incident of Insider trading in Wal-streetAns: Rajat Gupta

Ayrton Senna John Dawson Damer Jules BianchiFritz Glatz Denis Welch

Connect them

Ans: Last 5 drivers who died due to crash in F1 racing

The creator of Archie comics Tom Moore passed away. In the world of Internet, what are Archie, Veronica and Jughead ?

Ans: Internet Search Engines

Douglas Englebart invented a device invented a device in 1960s which changed the way computing is done. The German name for the device is “Rollkugel” where the device got a more elegant form. What is this device that is used almost in every Tech firm todayAns: Mouse

I was born in Malaysia to Indian parents. I graduated from London School of Business and was an auditor in Virgin Atlantic. I got inspired by our founder Richard Bransen and retired as financial controller of Virgin records and started a company of my own. We recently expanded our operations to India. For full points Identify who am I and my companyAns: Tony Fernandes, Air Asia

Round 2

He was the most important person in Britain after Prime Minister. His position in Govt was something that was created specially to accommodate him. His position didn’t exist before his tenure and cease to exist after he leaves. He can connect dots that are far apart and seemingly unrelated to one another. His analytical skills are unmatched and are better than his more illustrious brother

Who am I referring to?Ans: Mycroft Holmes

I was born in Nagpur, Maharastra, completed my PhD from Columbia University and joined Morgan Stanley. Then I joined X as CEO when X was in the midst of huge crisis. I survived on $1 a year Salary with no bonus for 2 years becoming the lowest paid CEO of an MNC. Finally after 2 years I improved the performance of X so much so that my company gave me a compensation of $23.2 m making me one of the highest paid CEO

Identify me and my company XAns: Vikram Pandit, Citi Group

What is the speciality of this logoAns: Rider riding a bicycle

Allejandro Gonzalez Innaritu

Alfonso Cuaron Tom HooperAng Lee Michel

Hazanavicius

Connect them

Ans: Last 5 Oscar winning directors

Who published this ad? On what occasion was this ad publishedAns: Pepsi on April fools day

Bharat Ratna has been surrounded by several controversies. Identify which particular controversy following set of images are trying to depict

Self Nominated

In Cycling competitors often tend to form a tight little mass cycling together because it reduces drag. A 7 letter French word is usually used to refer such formation, very close in meaning to a 7 letter English word for a military unit. Give me either wordAns: Peleton or Platoon

Around 2nd Century AD, Maldives was nicknamed as “The Money Islands” because it was one of the major suppliers of something to the ancient world. The logo of Maldives Monetary Authority preserves this legacyWhat are we talking about??

Cowrey Shells used as currency then

Gamble

Jai Jawaan, Jai Kissan: Lal Bahadur Shastri::Jai Vigyan:_______Ans: Atal Bihari Vajapayee

On What occasion did Google came up with this doodleAns: Labours’ day (May Day)

This fruit is bore by the plant is known as Cocklebur, Xanthium or burdock. One of its characters influenced an invention which everyone of us have used at least once. What is the inventionAns: Velcro

Identify the missing company and identify the link between these companiesAns: Flipkart bought out all these. Myntra is missing company