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INNOVENTION 2014in Association with t2presentsThe General QuizQuestions by: Sayantan Guha Tuhin Dey Anish Sinha Roy Rahul Mitra

Rules25 question prelims.5 * marked questions indicated on slidesIn case of a ties * will be considered.In case of a further ties ,the best streak rule is to be applied.Lets have FUN!And obviously the Quizmaster is always Right!

1.Connect.

BIRTHDAY ON 30th MARCH

2*. X is a business terminology used for sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.

What is X ?

BLAMESTORMING

3.X Company, Inc.is a brand of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line ofsports drinks. X is currently manufactured byPepsiCoand distributed in over 80 countries. The beverage was first developed in 1965 by researchers at theUniversity of Florida, to replenish the combination of water,carbohydrates, andelectrolytesthat the school's student-athletes lost in sweat during rigorous athletic competitions. Its name was derived from the collective nickname of the university's athletic teams, theFlorida _______ .Id X

GATORADE

4.*Logo of ?

9

MUMBAI MONORAIL

5.This English word J is derived from combining the Latinfor next and Frenchforto place.

What 9 letter word is this?

JUXTAPOSE

6.Who is the singer?

ALAA WARDI

7.The product's mascot is named Mike and their humorous tagline was inspired by a Wesley Willis song. Which product,who skipped version 4 of their skin because nobody wants to see "a 4 skin.

Which product?

WINAMP

8.In July 2014, there will be an one day international match between an MCC team and a Rest of the World Team to celebrate 200 years of Lords? Who will be captaining the teams?Half points going.

SACHIN AND WARNE

9.X is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide.The event is held worldwide towards the end of March annually, encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour.

EARTH HOUR

10.Ashish Hemrajani and Parikshit Dar are thefounders of which entertainment portal in India?

BOOKMYSHOW

11. X is the official theme song of an international event. It was released worldwide on 20 February 2014. Most parts of the song is in Bengali while some phrases in the opening lines are in English. The song is composed by famous Bangladeshi composer.

Name the song and the event.

CHAR CHOKKA HOI HOIt20 World Cup 2014

12.X is amobile gamedeveloped byIceland-basedPlain Vanilla Games. The game follows atrivia gameformat in which the player chooses from over 400 trivia topics, and competes against other players.

It was released foriOSon 7 November 2013, and forAndroidon 6 March 2014

ID X

QUIZUP

13.This song appeared in the opening credits of which movie?

500 DAYS OF SUMMER

14. FITBUSA : PRISM

India: __________

NETRA

15*. Whose fb status update as on 28th March 2014?British Airways brings in its latest acquisition the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Hyderabad, India for the first time ... and dedicates the moment with a plaque inside the aircraft carrying my name .. I am so humbled and grateful for this ..Ceremony on the 31st of March .. shall be there for this inauguration ..

AMITABH BACHHAN

16.Where would you find all 4 of them?

George WashingtonThomas JeffersonTheodore RooseveltAbraham Lincoln

MOUNT RUSHMORE

Rocketfeller Grant , 1966Padma Bhushan, Government of India (1974)(He returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the Union government's siege of the Golden Temple, Amritsar)Honest Man of the Year,Sulabh International(2000)Punjab Rattan Award,The Government of Punjab(2006)Padma Vibhushan , Government of India (2007)Sahitya academy fellowship awardby Sahitya academy of India (2010)All-India Minorities Forum Annual Fellowship Award byUttar PradeshChief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav(2012)Lifetime achievement award by Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Lit fest in 2013Fellow of King's College London on January 2014

17. Who is the recipient of these honours?

KHUSHWANT SINGH

18. Whose first tweet?Hi earthlings, I am X. I am a website, I speak English and I know a lot about Books that you all read.

FLIPKART

19. ConnectIndiaIndonesiaMauritiusNepalPakistanSeychellesSri Lanka

CURRENCY IS RUPEES

20*.In 1962, a certain Mr.SmithenteredYale University. While attending Yale, he wrote a paper for an economics class, outlining overnight delivery service in a computerinformation age. Folklore suggests that he received a C for this paper, although in a later interview he claims that he told a reporter, "I don't know what grade, probably made my usual C", while other tales suggest that his professor told him that, in order for him to get a C, the idea had to be feasible. The paper became the idea of X(for years, the sample package displayed in the company's print advertisements featured a return address at Yale)

Id X

FEDEX

21. Id the football club

RANGADAJID FC

22.What trophy is this?

WOMEN ASHES

23.Gillette print ad on what ocassion?

IND VS PAK match in t20 WC

24. Whose lingo?

RAVI SASHTRI

ID this Famous Person25*.Identify

DAFT PUNK

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