Quiz-a-thon : Gen-India Quiz - Finals

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ROUND 1: DIRECT Q/A• 12 QUESTIONS • ALL ON POUNCE • +10 FOR DIRECT• +15/-10 ON POUNCE• + 10 for passed questions answered

1• As per Smithsonian, the X as we know it today was created by

Harvey Ross Ball, an American graphic artist. • In 1963, Harvey Ball was employed by State Mutual Life

Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts (now known as Hanover Insurance) to raise the morale of the employees. • Ball created the design in ten minutes and was paid $45

(equivalent to $330 USD in 2012 currency).• It is also believed there are other versions as well, of the Origin

of X. But this being a highly acknowledged one.

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2• Connect (In exhaustive list)• Sheldon Cooper – The Big Bang Theory• Dr. Gregory House – House M.D• Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) – Sherlock (BBC)• Jerry Espenson of Boston Legal• Dr. Eugene Porter of AMC's The Walking Dead

ASPERGER SYNDROME (AS)

3• Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, the French explorer, in his travelogue observed;

"It is about 50 years since they began to build a splendid pagoda in the town which will be the grandest in all India when it is completed. The size of the stone is the subject of special accomplishment, and that of a niche, which is its place for prayer, is an entire rock of such enormous size that they spent five years in quarrying it, and 500 to 600 men were employed continually on its work. It required still more time to roll it up on to conveyance by which they brought it to the pagoda; and they took 1400 oxen to draw it."

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MECCA MASJID

4• X ( 28 April 1942, Vinukonda, Andhra Pradesh – 5th February 2016)

was an Indian advertising professional. He founded Mudra Communications Limited, on the 25th of March, 1980, as its chairman and managing director.• X established Mudra Institute of Communications

Ahmedabad(MICA) in March 1991 in order to provide workers to the expanding advertising industry in India, which till then had no source for manpower matching its needs.• His books include Ten Much, a collection of inspirational stories of

people overcoming odds and realising dreams 'Desi Dream Merchants and The Invisible CEO’

A K G OR ATCHYUTANI GOPALA KRISHNAMURTHY

5• The X is a fictional supernatural character that originated as an

Internet meme created by Something Awful forums user Eric Knudsen in 2009. • It is depicted as resembling a thin, unnaturally tall man with a

blank and usually featureless face, wearing a black suit.• Stories of the X commonly feature him stalking, abducting or

traumatizing people, particularly children. • Beginning in 2014, a minor moral panic occurred over the X after

readers of his fiction were connected to several violent acts, particularly a near-fatal stabbing in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

SLENDER MAN

6• "I always and always planned to be a doctor. I guess it was

destiny." This fourth generation doc of his family almost had a fourth career - expected out of him. "My father wanted me to be a cricketer like Polly Umrigar, which is why I'm often called ______ 'Polly' _____. But I didn't want to be. Anyways, how many careers can I have in a lifetime?" X asks.• X feels blessed to have been a part of the two worlds. "At

home, I have my clinic and on one side and my music room on the other; I can easily jump between the two whenever I want to. Not everyone gets such an opportunity. I often call it a beautiful mishap," X says.

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• Palash Sen

7• X + Y, an American company founded in Rochester, New York,

is one of the world's largest suppliers of eye health products, including contact lenses, lens care products, medicines and implants for eye diseases. The company was founded in 1853 by an optician, John X, and a financier, Henry Y.• The company won an Honorary Oscar Award for their

contribution towards advancement of the motion picture industry.

BAUSCH AND LOMB

8• In1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan, a YMCA

physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players. • The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and

handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, only four years before. • Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport, less rough than

basketball, for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort.• How we do know this game now?

VOLLEYBALL

9• As per the last wish of Batukeshwar Dutt, when he died in 1965

he was buried at X.• Interestingly, Punjab Mata (Mother of Punjab) Vidyawati was

also buried at X as per her last wish.• ID X and the Reason.

9• X – Hussainiwala Memorial of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev.

10Messenger – You are a great singerX – Hey I know that…but thanks anywayMessenger – Haha you are funnyX – I know that as well…Yes tell me? What do you want?Messenger – You know all is not well in the country. Smt. Indira Gandhi had to impose an emergencyX – Really? Okay. So?Messenger – You are quite popularX – Arrey Baba, I know…Tell me what do you want?Messenger – you HAVE to sing Indira Ji’s 20-point planX – I HAVE to? Is it an obligation?Messenger – Yes. I&B Minister V C Shukla has ordered you to sing Indira Ji’s 20-point planX – Ordered? Boka *****…Who is he to order me? Pagul saala…chal bhaag

Excerpts of a communication between messenger of Indira Gandhi and X. 

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• Kishore Kumar ,• It led to banning of All songs of Kishore Kumar from All

India Radio.

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JACUZZI

12 Manuel Orantes (1975 US) Mats Wilander (1983 Aus & 1985 French) Boris Becker (1989 Wimbledon) Stefan Edberg (1990 Wibledon) Michael Stich (1991 Wimbledon) Sergi Bruguera (1993 French)• Connect Or Who completes this list?

STAN WAWRINKA

ROUND 2: VISUALS• 6 QUESTIONS • ALL ON POUNCE • +10 FOR DIRECT• +10/-10 ON POUNCE• + 10 for passed questions answered

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• It is still an under construction nature park in Kerala.

• It will become the World’s Largest Bird Sculpture.

• What relevance does it hold in the Hindu Mythology?

JATAYU

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ARUNDHATI ROY & RAJBIR YADAV

3• These are the ruins of the ancient city of Troy. In which present

day country would you find them?

TURKEY

4• Name this Motoring and Aviation Pioneer who became the first

British pilot to die in a flying accident.

CHARLES ROLLS

5• He is a noted Freedom Fighter and

Lawyer.• He was first ambassador from India to US.• He also worked as a governor of Odisha.• He defended Shaheed Bhagat Singh and

Bakuteshwar Dutt as a lawyer, after they threw a bomb in the legislative assembly.

ASAF ALI

6• The X is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Agra

to Lucknow and Varanasi in India, covering an area of approximately 700 km.• The idea was conceived by the Government of Uttar Pradesh,

most prominently by Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of the state in the year 2014-2015.

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ROUND 3: DIRECT• 6 QUESTIONS • ALL ON POUNCE • +10 FOR DIRECT• +15/-10 ON POUNCE• + 10 for passed questions answered

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SURAJ KUND

2• X was as result of the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1953  to

recommend a programme to serve as an aid to small industries in India. • On the basis of their document, 'The India Report', the

government of India set up X in 1961 as an autonomous national institution for research, service and training in Industrial and Visual Communication.• Dashrath Patel was its founder secretary, he held the post till

1981, and was awarded the Padma Shri in the same year.• Give X

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA

3• X as coined by Prof. Harald Haas during his TED Global talk is

bidirectional, high speed and fully networked wireless communications using light. • It is wireless and uses visible light communication or infra-red

and near ultraviolet (instead of radio frequency waves), part of Optical wireless communications technology, which carries much more information, and has been proposed as a solution to the RF-bandwidth limitations.• ID the technology.

LI-FI

4• The name of this ground X was initially used to bathe cows.

The cattle owners would bring the cows to be bathed in the waters of the tank. The Maidan that exists over there presently was built over the tank, which still exists underground• X is a park in central Mumbai where Mahatma Gandhi issued

the Quit India speech on 8 August 1942 decreeing that the British must leave India immediately or else mass agitations would take place. “Do or Die”.

GOWALIA TANK MAIDAN

5• Whose Paper?

ALAN TURING

6• X Corporation is a Taiwanese multi-national company that sells

and markets consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the X brand name.• The company’s slogan is bringing enjoyment and quality to life.• X sells and markets technology products, including consumer

electronics, computing and communication products. Its principal products include TFT LCD monitors, digital projectors, digital cameras, and mobile computing devices.

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