QUIZ MASTER:PRATEEK GOURAVQuestions prepared by:

Prateek and Bijay

ROUND 1 – TURN YOUR GREY CELLS ON…

• Write down the 22 official languages of India in the given paper.

• 2 marks for each correct language mentioned.

• ASSAMESE

• BENGALI

• BODO

• DOGRI

• GUJARATI

• HINDI

• KANADA

• KASHMIRI

• KONKANI

• MANIPURI

• MAITHILI

• MALAYALAM

• MARATHI

• NEPALI

• ODIA

• PUNJABI

• SANSKRIT

• SANTALI

• SINDHI

• TAMIL

• TELUGU

• URDU

ROUND 2

• CURRENT AFFAIRS (INDIA)

Who is the new chief of ISRO?

A.S. KIRAN KUMAR

• Who is the first female IPS officer from Sikkim?

• It’s in the Quiz because it happened very recently.

Aparajita Rai

Name the person who won the Bharat Ratnaalong with Sachin Tendulkar.

• CNR RAO

Who is the CEO of NITI AAYOG?

• Sindhushree Khullar

Name the foreign secretary of India who was sacked recently and replaced by Dr. S Jayshankar.

• Sujata Singh

Name the place where the Vibrant Gujarat Summit took place in 2015. You have to name the exact venue.

• Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

In which state of India did the kiss of love protest start?

• Kerala

ROUND 3

• LOGOS AND BRANDS

• 7 questions – Identify the brand from logo

• Next 7 questions – Identify the brand from tagline

New Thinking.

New Possibilities.

Share moments. Share life

Because I’m worth it.

• High performance delivered

Pleasure you want. Protection you trust.

• Make. Believe

• Be 100% sure

ROUND 4INFINITE REBOUNDS

1

• X IS a South Asian hereditary title and surname. It is common among families in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal.

• The term literally stands for the "holder of four".

• It was historically bestowed on zamindars under imperial rule.

• X?

• CHOUDHURY

2

• In olden days mattresses were supported by ropes. A certain action performed to make a stable mattress and a good night’s rest has given origin to a simple phrase.

• What phrase am I talking about?

• Sleep Tight

3

Mr. Manjul Bhargava became the recipient of a certain award in 2014.

It is the first time a person of Indian origin received the award.

Name the award.

FIELDS MEDAL

4

• There are many tales behind the origin of name X. Goddess Durgakilled the demon, relaxed in this place for some time. As she was victorious, the place got the name X.

• X literally means “the place of victory”.

• The epic Mahabharata refers to nearby hills as the place where Arjunasecured Pasupathastra from Lord Shiva.

• Name X

• From who to whom?

5

6

• X is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world measured by revenues.

7

• The logo X is among the most artistically created technology emblems.

• Such combination of letters represents the connection that the product creates.

• The logo comprises of two unified letters sketched in white, and bounded by a blue background. The name of the technology is added to the logo in black. This arrangement signifies unison, strength and reliability, and provides the users with a safe and powerful connection.

• The font of the logo is simple, bold and effective. The logo is self-explanatory as its glimpse depicts the wide existence of the technology.

ROUND 5

• FUN WITH GOOGLE DOODLES AND AMUL ADS

• MS Subbulakshmi has been commemorated with a doodle on her 97th birth anniversary.

• Modi’s suit

• MOM MISSION

• Strong words of admonishment from Amul for President PranabMukherjee son Abhijit Mukherjee who said women protesting the Delhi gang-rape in the capital are 'dented and painted'.

• Googles interactive doodle dedicated to the FIFA World Cup

• Amul goes Barfi! way

• The human calculator, Shakuntala Devi

VISUAL ROUND

• ROUND 6

Identify the building in Hyderabad?

• Rashtrapati Nilayam

Who is blanked out?#recent

• Robert Vadra

What is unique about this award?

• First foreigner to win Dronacharya award.

• I.B Fernandes

Identify the monument.

• Louvre Museum, Paris

Identify the occasion.

• Swami Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893).

Connect these 3 politicians…#recent elections

• 3 BJP MLAs in Delhi

Few among the many images that went viral after a certain event in world of Sports. Which event?

JACKPOT ROUND

• ROUND 7

•Answer at least two questions of Stage – I correctly to be eligible for the Jackpot question…

TEAM A

STAGE I

1. Who coined the slogan “Satyamev Jayate”?

2. Name the person.

3. Full form of NASA

JACKPOT

• In an interview to the Indian Express in November 2011, he said

• “After Operation Blue Star in Punjab, the final examinations were postponed. It led to a group of students demanding a month’s notice as preparation.

• We made banners saying, “____ ____”.

• and went about raising this slogan.”

• He used these lines in a recent film. Which lines ?

“Sadda Haq” in Rockstar and the interviewee was Irshad Kamil

TEAM B

STAGE I

• 1. “Swaraj”is my birthright.

• 2. Identify the person

• 3. Full form of LTTE.

JACKPOT

• In which the then country was the song “hothon mein aisi baat” picturised?

TEAM C

STAGE I

• 1. Garibi Hatao

• 2. Identify the person.

• Full form of HTML.

JACKPOT

• The flag is designed to portray the "future history" of X. The red bar, which lies closest to the mast, symbolizes X as it is today. The green and blue symbolize stages in the possible terraforming of X should humanity ever have the will and the ability to undertake such a task.ID X.

• The flag of Mars

TEAM D

STAGE I

1. “Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true.”

2. Identify the person.3. Full form of FIFA

JACKPOT

Which flag am I talking about?

• The red colour symbolizes life.

• The orange colour symbolizes healing.

• The yellow colour symbolizes sunlight.

• The green colour symbolizes nature.

• The blue colour symbolizes serenity.

• The violet colour symbolizes spirit.

LGBT Pride Rainbow Flag

TEAM E

1. “Vande Matram; I Bow to Thee Mother”2. Identify the person.3.Full form of IMMT

STAGE I

JACKPOT

A 2014 mobile game app is built by Glu Mobile and became instantly popular. Set in Hollywood, the game's 'currency' is various forms of 'energy' such as K-stars and energy bolts.

Using that, players can try to become 'famous' and try to become A-listers in Hollywood.

Which socialite-star (image on left) lends her name and much of her life & personality to this game?

TEAM F

STAGE I

1. "We will face the bullets of the enemies, we are free and will remain free“

2. Identify the person.

3. Full form of CDMA

JACKPOT

• In Hindu mythology they were the community of celestial singers. They are said to have lived in a land in the extreme north of India in a province which is today’s Afghanistan. Name them?

• Gandharvas

TEAM G

STAGE I

1. Simon Go Back

2. Identify the person

3. Full form of NIMHANS

JACKPOT

• Until very recently, in India, this musical instrument was only heard in the hills and valleys of Kashmir as an accompaniment to the hymns of the Sufi mystics. It was referred to as the ‘shata tantri veena’ in Indian musical history and is named after a Persian word, meaning a hundred strings. Which musical instrument?

• Santoor

SPORTS ROUND

• Round 8

• Leander Paes has won 6 Chennai Open Titles. 5 of them are with Mahesh Bhupathi. Whom did he partner for his 6th title?

• Janko Tipseravic

• Kidambi Srikanth created history by becoming the 1st Indian ever to win a Super Series Premiere Men’s title last year. He defeated Lin Dan in the final to clinch the title. What was the scoreline?

• 21-19, 21-17

In 1956 when he was ten, Richard Stokes was taken by his father to the Ashes Test at Old Trafford, and watched X. "I cannot recall all the dismissals," he said, "but I can tell you the crowd was really excited and there was a lot of noise." In 1998, while working in India, businessman Stokes strolled to watch a Test match between India and Pakistan in Delhi - and endured an even noisier day as Y.

X and Y are two similar incidents, what are they?

X – Jim Laker , Y – Anil Kumble

• Event - Took ten wickets in an innings

• Shooting ,today, is a popular olympic sport. Most of the shooting events have not been changed over time neither have there been any objections over them. but a certain event that debuted itself in 1900 Paris Olympics has been discontinued after its maiden appearance. The officials at Paris stated that it was simply the messiest event.Whatwas That event?

• Live pigeon shooting

• During the Fifa World cup qualifiers of 2010 , one of the managers called in for a squad of 78 . This raised a big hue in the media . Can you name the manager and the country to which he belonged ??

• Argentina – Diego Maradona

• Hassan Tilekratne did something unique while bowling in the 1996 World Cup in a match against Kenya in the last over.

• What was unique about it?

• He bowled both left and right handed.

• Imran Khan was 39 y 4 m old when he held the world cup aloft in Melbourne in 1992. But he was not the oldest to do so. Who is the oldest to win a cricket world cup?

• Rohan Kanhai