Quizzine Gen. Quiz 11 th November 2012 Powered by: Quiztree
The Finals …
• The Final Quiz consists of 4 rounds…
(i) 2 Infinite Bounce &
(ii) 2 Visual Connects.
• Scoring Patterns will be explained in the beginning of every Round.
• Audience … Please Do not Prompt Or Shout out the Answers. We have plenty of Questions for you.
Rules…
• 8 questions in Clockwise manner.
• +10 for every correct answer, irrespective of which team gives it.
• No negatives, so feel free to guess.
Q 1
Event ColourSt. Patrick’s Day Completely Green
Christmas Red, White & Green
Independence Day Red, Blue & White
Frank Sinatra’s eightieth B’day & subsequent death
Completely Blue
After the destruction of WTC Red, Blue & White (for several months)
To Support New York’s Sports Teams In Team Colours. E.g. Orange, Blue & White for the New York Knicks
Obama’s Victory in 2012 Blue
What is lit up with the colors on the right, on their respective events on the left?
Q 2
• Their Nick names (and also their Twitter names) are :
1. The Whiner,2. The Funny One,3. The Grumpy,4. The Cynic and5. The Drama King.
What are they popularly known as, collectively ?
Q 3 The guy in Yellow is Jerry West. Something very special in the world of Basketball is taken from him. What?
Q 6
• X is mythological military formation, which is said to have given the origin of the game of kabbadi.
• Abhay Deol & Rajesh Khanna are associated with it.
• What is X?
Q 8
• This practice gets its name from the Junior Girl scouts in USA.
• These Girl Scouts were given “non-material returns” for doing good work.
• What, very famous pop-cultural practice are we talking about ?
Rules
• 5 questions open to all, connected to a specific central theme.
• Answers to be shown written.
• You have to Identify the Central theme that connects the 5 questions(slides).
• Scoring pattern explained on the top of the question slides applies for identification of the central theme.
• No points for identifying individual slides.
• No Negatives.
Rules
• 8 questions in Anti-Clockwise manner.
• +10 for every correct answer, irrespective of which team gives it.
• No negatives, so feel free to guess.
Q 2
• Also known as African Birds Eye Chilli.
• It gets its name from the Swahili word for ‘pepper’.
• Scoville rating - 50,000-175,000.
• It has been popularized by a very famous fast-food chain.
• What?
Q 3
• This apparel was introduced in 1944, for the benefit of people playing a certain sport.
• Hence, it got its name.
• Today, this apparel used in a very different way.
• What apparel ?
Q 4
• In early 18th century, Lahore was famous for its weekend markets.
• Which term gets its name from the tradition that the first sale on every market day was made to a dwarf?
Q 5
• Basically a fictional cosmetic product for females, but launched for men.
• It gets its name from the Japanese word for ‘one’, signifying it to be the first in its category.
• What product?
Q 7
“X” Sanskrit Expansion
Meaning Animal Chakra God
A Shadaja Sagar(ocean) Peacock Muladhara Ganpati
B Rishabha Aparajit Skylark Svadhisthana Agni
C Gandhara Gagan(sky) Goat Manipura Rudra(Shiva)
D Madhyama Middle Dove/Heron Anahata Vishnu
E Panchama Fifth Cuckoo/ Nightingale
Visudhha Naarada
F Dhaivata Dharti(earth) Horse Ajna Sadasiva
G Nishadam Outcast/ hunter
Elephant Sahasrara Surya(Sun)
Identify X.
Q 8
• The Origin of this phrase dates back to the 1500's, when wild dogs were observed fighting aggressively over a piece of food.
• Hence, this phrase originated.
• It is associated with the world of business.
• Which phrase?
Rules
• 9 questions connecting to a specific theme.
• Scoring pattern explained on the top of the question slides apply only for identification of the central theme for this Mega Connect.
• +10 for correctly indentifying the individual slides(no negatives for incorrect answers).
+80/-40
• In 2005, X introduced a bug into the Facebook which made the users' profiles look like MySpace profiles.
• Pretty quickly, Facebook's COO, Dustin Moscovitz, was able to figure out X was behind the attack.
• But instead of having X arrested, Facebook hired him.
• Identify X.
+70/-35
• Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot spent most of his childhood in his mother's pet shop.
• He was bullied a lot by :1. His mother, asking him to carry a certain instrument in
order to prevent him from the reason his father died &,2.Other kids by the name of __________________.
• He fancies himself as the "gentleman of crime" and is a member of the "Injustice league“.
• Identify the Fictional Character.
+80/-40
• In 2005, X introduced a bug into the Facebook which made the users' profiles look like MySpace profiles.
• Pretty quickly, Facebook's COO, Dustin Moscovitz, was able to figure out X was behind the attack.
• But instead of having X arrested, Facebook hired him.
• Identify X.
+70/-35
• Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot spent most of his childhood in his mother's pet shop.
• He was bullied a lot by :1. His mother, asking him to carry a certain instrument in
order to prevent him from the reason his father died &,2.Other kids by the name of __________________.
• He fancies himself as the "gentleman of crime" and is a member of the "Injustice league“.
• Identify the Fictional Character.