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QUIZQUIZ CONDUCTED BY- SAUMYADIP MOITRA (EE)

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INNINGS- 1:

RULES: 12 QUESTIONS.

10 MARKS PER QUESTION. NO NEGATIVES SO FIRE AWAY! WE PROMISE

WE WONT LAUGH AT YOUR RIDICULOUS ANSWERS!

IN CASE OF WRONG ANSWER/PASSED QUESTIONS, ADJACENT TEAM

WILL GET BONUS OPPORTUNITY OF +5 MARKS

ALL DECISIONS BY QUIZMASTER & IGNITIA COMMITTEE ARE SUPREME &

FINAL.

1. Identify this Gentleman and mention his major

contribution in the field of Technology:

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish American software engineer, who was the

principal force behind the development of

the Linux

2. Who is the latest addition to this famous list of

Indian cricketers?

Anil Kumble- Indian cricketers inducted into

the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

3. Prominently known as a leading automobile company, X has grown

to become the world's largest manufacturer of musical

instruments (including pianos, , drums ,guitars, violins , violas, celli,

and vibraphones), as well as a leading manufacturer

of semiconductors, audio/visual, computer related products, sporting

goods, home appliances, specialty metals and industrial robots.

Give X.

Hint: Based in Japan.

YAMAHA

4. Google Doodle for Which occasion?

Philae Robotic lander lands on comet

67P/Churyomov-Gerasimenko. As part of ESA’s

Rosetta Mission.

5. X was introduced to Hindi film music by the ‘veteran’ music

director and composer Bappi Lahiri. They had many disco hits

together in many films in the 1980s including "Tarzan", Dance

Dance, Commando, Guru etc. When she started her career with

him, she was doing playback singing for many actresses, such as

Karisma Kapoor, Smita Patil, Mandakini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla etc.

Later she released her own pop albums which became hugely

popular and she became a household name. Her later albums

were not so successful and she returned to playback singing.

Also known as ‘Indian Madonna’ she is suppose to have

popularised the pop music trend in India. ID X.

Alisha Chinoy

6.Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (English: Non-

resident Indian Day), is celebrated in

India each year to mark the

contribution of the overseas Indian

community to the development of

India. Why it is celebrated in India on

9th January?

The day commemorates the return

of Mahatma Gandhi from South

Africa in Bombay on January 9, 1915

7. For reasons of ‘luck’, this entity’s logo was

changed in 2012. Some of the changes:

• Background colour: black to purple

• A new helmet style as the earlier one

seemed to have a skull under the helmet

Name it.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

8. The following map is of an

Indian island which has a very

harsh geography,

Very few people or animals

can be found there.

It also has a unique distinction

in Indian geography.

Which place?

BARREN ISLAND- only active volcano in India.

9.Started in 1850 on an experimental basis

between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour, it was

opened for use by the British East India

Company the following year. In 1854, the

service was made available to the public.

Lawyers vouched for X as they were registered

under the Indian Evidence Act and known for

their credibility when presented in court.

The last of this was sent to Rahul Gandhi before

it became obsolete.

TELEGRAM

10. Brahma - Brahmastra

Vishnu - Narayanastra

Shiv - ?????

PASHUPATASTRA

11..Excerpts from which novel?

X’s first words, “ How are you? You have

been in Afghanistan, I perceive?

“You see, but do not observe, The

distinction is clear.”

SHERLOCK HOLMES; A Study in Scarlet

12. This is “Nandan”, a cultural landmark of the

city of Calcutta which has among others, a

cinema theatre. Who designed this distinctive

logo?

Satyajit Ray

7. One For the Audience:

Identify this popular TV Actor.

RAJAT TOKAS.

INNINGS-2

POWER-PLAYRULES:

You can increase the value of the Question by saying “POWER” right

before answering .

A “POWER” question then carries +20 for right answer . However -5 will

be penalized in case for wrong/incomplete answer.

The question gets passed in case of wrong/ unattempted answer.

For “POWER” questions , in case of pass, teams would get +10, no

negative.

For normal questions, +10 for direct, +5 for pass/bonus. No negatives

1. Only 2 people have won the

highest civilian awards of both India

& Pakistan viz. Bharat Ratna &

Nishaan-E-Pakistan. Name both of

them.

Morarji Desai & Nelson Mandela.

2.X is the leader of a major political party in

India. She happens to be the sister-in law of

Pranoy Roy. In 2005, she made an

appearance in the feature film Amu .made

by her niece-Shonali Bose based on the

Anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Who is X.?

Brinda Karat.

3. Complete the Given list. Also mention

what this list is all about?

Resul Pookutty- Indian winners of Oscars.

4.Founded on 29/12/1945 in Mumbai, India.,

initially known as “Western India Vegetable

Products” . Now we know this company for an

entirely different field of business. It current

name is sort of an abbreviated version of it

founding name. Which global enterprise are

we talking about?

WIPRO.

5.Identify the legendary person.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

6. Identify the young girl who went on

to become a famous Bollywood

Actress

AYESHA TAKIA.

AUDIENCE QUESTION:

Connect the names of following legends to

obtain the name of a legendary yesteryear

Bollywood music director.

SACHIN+DEV+ BURMAN= SACHIN DEV BURMAN

INNINGS-3

THE DOOSRA

RULES:

BUZZER ROUND- 4 Questions- 10 Marks for correct answer, Negative 5 Marks

All answers connect to a final answer i.e There is Another (doosra) answer for the

combined 4 questions , an underlying connection exists, which you have to identify

and answer.

The ‘Doosra’ Answer is to be written on the blank sheet after each question.

Participants need to call the Quizmaster after writing the answer and then show him. Participants must NOT shout the answer.

Marks for ‘Doosra’ question is as follows:

After Q1: +50/-20

After Q2: +40/-15

After Q3: +30/-10After Q4: +20/-5

The ‘Doosra’ answer can be written multiple times, for each attempt marks would be

allotted accordingly.

1. Ranked #58 in the list of ‘Richest American

Business Families’ by Forbes, with net worth of

around $4.4 billion. They own the American

Football team Tampa Bay Buccaneers .

The founder of this family owned company was of

Lithuanian-Jewish descent. First Allied Holdings

Corporation was their flagship organisation. Which

American business family are we talking about?

The GLAZER family.

American automobile division of the American

manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis X and ousted General

Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on

November 3, 1911 as the X Motor Car Company. Durant used the

X Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General

Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and

propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's

second ouster in 1919, Alfred Sloan with his maxim "a car for every

purse and purpose," would pick the X brand to become the

volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream

vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T in 1919 and

overtaking the Model T as the best-selling car in the United States

by 1929.[

X is a global brand including sales & operations in India as well.

With its tagline “Find New Roads”

CHEVROLET

A world renowned football player as well

as style icon, one of the most

disappointing moments of his career

came in France’98 World Cup, when he

was shown a Red Card after an

altercation with an opponent team’s

player ( who currently is coach of Spanish

club Atletico Madrid).

Which famous footballer are we talking

about?

DAVID BECKHAM

Identify the venue of this World Cup

Match.

OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER.

The DOOSRA Answer:

MANCHESTER UNITED FC

Glazer Family owns the Club

Chevrolet is major sponsor

David Beckham is former player of

the club

Old Trafford Football ground is their

home venue.

1.The plot of a Bollywood movie released

in 2000 goes as such:

Sonia & Rohit love each other

Rohit gets bumped off before the

interval

Sonia flies off to a foreign country

Sonia meets Raj, who looks identical to

Rohit

Sonia & Raj comes back to India seeking

justice for Rohit

Sonia’s dad is revealed as the

mastermind antagonist.

Kaho Naa Pyaar hai…

2. X was named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100

most influential people of the 20th century. X also

served in his nation’s Air Force services as a navigator.

The crowning moment in X’s life came on 29 May,

1953 when he along with another individual

achieved an unprecedented feat. X was also an

occasional author & few of his novels are as follows:

View from the Summit

No Latitude for Error

From the Ocean to the Sky.

Sir Edmund Hillary

3. Flightless birds native to a southern

hemisphere nation, in the genus Apteryx and

family Apterygidae. At around the size of a domestic chicken, these birds are by far the

smallest living species of a family which also

consist of ostriches , emus , rheas,

and cassowaries , and lay the largest egg in

relation to their body size of any species of bird

in the world. Which bird ?

Kiwi Bird.

4.Which city is being written about?

Nicknamed ‘Harbour Capital’

Westpac Stadium

Southernmost Capital of a sovereign

nation in the world

Named after Arthur Wellesley, the

victor in Battle of Waterloo

WELLINGTON

The DOOSRA answer:

NEW ZEALAND

Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai was

extensively shot at New Zealand.

Edmund Hillary was citizen of New

Zealand

Kiwi bird is colloquially associated

with New Zealand sports teams.

Wellington is the Capital.

FOR OUR AUDIENCE ONLY:

Childhood pic of whom?

DEEPIKA PADUKONE

INNINGS-4

SLOG OVER

RULES:

BUZZER ROUND- Team pressing the buzzer 1st will

get the opportunity to answer.

+20 for correct, -10 for wrong/incomplete

answer.

No passing/bonus question.

1. Connect The following Events:

All were hosted at MADISON SQUARE GARDENS, NEW YORK

2. Connect the following pics.

Indian Missiles:

“BRAHMOS” from Brahma

TRISHUL

NAG

AGNI

PRITHVI

3. ID this bowed instrument.

Of all Indian instruments, it is said to most

resemble the sound of the human voice –

able to imitate vocal ornaments such as

gamakas (shakes) and meend (glide from

one note to another).

It is also said to be the hardest Indian

instrument to master.

Sarangi

4. Minimalist Poster of which movie?

DEEWAR (1975).

5. Which iconic stadium is this ? Opened on

1957, it has a capacity of 99,354. Hosted 2

UEFA Champions League finals in 1989 &

1999.

CAMP NOU, BARCELONA

6. Connect the following pics.

ANT+ARC+TIC(K)+CIRCLE= ANTARCTIC CIRCLE

7. Identify the famous individual in the middle

BARACK OBAMA

8. Which Tech pioneer’s voice is this?

STEVE JOBS

9. In August 1684, Edmund Halley visited Sir

Isaac Newton to discuss a particular scientific

problem, only to find that Newton had solved

the problem without publishing his results.

Halley convinced Newton to publish the

results at his own risk. What path breaking

book was thus produced?

Principia Mathematica

10. Robert Oppenheimer quoted after the 1st

test explosion of Nuclear Bomb:

“Now I have become Death, the Destroyer of

Worlds”.

It is said that this quote was inspired from a

verse of X

X is a collection of specific 700 verses of the

‘Bheesma Parva’

Give X.

THE BHAGAVAD GITA

11.

What’s logo was designed by Atul Pande and

consists of the Sun and a fingerprint.

The opening lines of its theme song are:

Bhor hui jeevan mein

Shuru nai udaan

Mili hume pehchaan

Khule naye ab dwaar

AADHAR CARD

12. Map depicting the venues of a global sporting event X. Give X

WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

12. What is being written about?

Turning the mustaches a little round (on corners)

putting on a pair of shades like Anna

Mixing coconut in Lassi,

Come all, in a good mood..

-.-.----……………………………..

----………………………………..

When this song will play in disco You'll have to

come on the floor,

You'll have to pick your X up and have to show

the dance step..

LUNGI DANCE

TIE-BREAKER

Which Nobel Peace Prize Winner would you

associate this with?

KAILASH SATYARTHI