The Inaug Quiz 19 Sept '16 Elims & Finals

THE COEP QUIZ CLUB PRESENTS

THE INAUGURAL QUIZ – 2016 in association with Boat Club Quiz Club

Prepared by-The COEP Quiz Club

INTRODUCING THE FORMAT……HOW THIS THING WOKRS???

1) There are two rounds in the quiz, Elims and Finals.2) There will be a written Elims from which top 6 teams go to finals.3) The 6 teams which have progressed to the finals will fight it out to win.4) This is a general quiz and has questions from wide range of topics like Current Affairs,

Music, Entertainment, Literature, Arts, Sports, Social Sciences, Business, Science & Technology, etc.

5) The decision of Quiz Master is final and cannot be challenged.6) I hope everyone is clear with the format.7) All the best and may the best team win!!!

ROUND -1 THE ELIMS

INSTRUCTIONS

1) There are total 30 questions in the round.2) Each question carries +1 mark.3) So, total 30 points up for grabs.4) No negative marking.5) Questions 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 are star marked questions.6) In case of a tie breaker, the star marked questions will come into picture i.e. the team

which has more star marked questions correct advances to next round.7) Suppose, there is a tie in case of star marked questions too, then there will be sudden

death.8) In case of any doubts, please ask the Quiz Master.9) The decision of Quiz Master is final and cannot be challenged.

1This Indian minister spends approximately 2 hours daily on the internet responding to the concerns of the public on social media, as revealed by a spokesperson of the minister’s ministry. The spokesperson revelations came after an American daily “The Washington Post” praised the minister for the timely interventions and speedy responses on social media and called her “Super Mom of the State”. Which minister am I talking about?

Sushma Swaraj

2In cricket, a Player of the Series or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always to the player who makes the most impact, in a particular series. This can be a player from either team, usually the winning team. Which Indian cricketer has the most number of Man of the Series award? The second position on the list is jointly shared by Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, with both having won the award 5 times.

R Ashwin

3Connect.

Connect.

Movies for which Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for Oscars but he didn’t win

4Identify this India-born, naturalized American business executive and current Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of a famous MNC.

Indra Nooyi

5*A new Pope can take any name he wishes but typically he will choose a name that is based on the papacy they wish to pay tribute to or imitate. The current Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Pope to choose the name Francis.This is the list of the top 10 most popular pontiff names and the number of times they have been used. Which is the first name in the list.(The blanks may or may not be indicative of the size of the word!)1) ____ - 212) Benedict - 173) Gregory - 164) Clement - 145) Innocent - 136) Leo - 137) Pius - 128) Stephen - 99) Boniface - 810) Urban - 8

6Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an Indian engineer, scholar and statesman. He is a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Pune and studied Civil Engineering here. Every year, his birthday, 15 September is celebrated as what in India?

Engineer’s Day

7The person below is Tim Berners - Lee. What did he invent?

World Wide Web

8 Which club is next in the list and why?

Manchester United F.C., Clubs from which Zlatan Ibrahimović has played

9Put Funda.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

10*This two Indians have recently won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award, in the category Emergent Leadership and Community Leadership, respectively. Person A is a well known Carnatic vocalist & Person B is a human rights activist.Name them. Full points if you name both of them and half if you name one.

Person A Person B

A – Thodur Madabusi KrishnaB – Bezwada Wilson

11John Shephard Barron invented something which dramatically transformed the banking industry. When asked by BBC as of what inspired him to create this game changing invention, he said that the chocolate vending machines were an inspiration behind this.What did he invent?

12The intricate rock carving below depicts which mythological event?

Abhimanyu entering Chakravyuha

13Ramesh Raskar is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Professor and head of the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture research group. He holds over fifty patents. He is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Pune and is considered a pioneer in femto-photography. He recently won the $500,000 Lemelson–MIT Prize for his path-breaking inventions and work to improve lives around the world. In 2015, while his hometown Nashik was hosting the Kumbh Mela, he collaborated with other innovators to launch so-called __________ - special innovation camps to incubate ideas for the development of smart cities in India. The __________ tried out innovative solutions to challenges like providing housing, sanitation and transportation to pilgrims during the festival. Fill in the blank.

Kumbhathon

14These are cameras by which entity?Their tagline is – “Be a hero”

15*Recently, James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy shared the frame which was cut from the first movie featuring Groot, Rocket and Drax and it was aptly renamed as Groot’s X as it was inspired by X. What is X?

The Last Supper

16Cartoonist Mir Suhail has recreated the original poster featuring Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore from the iconic classic “Kashmir Ki Kali” with some changes to draw attention to what?

Injuries caused to eyes due to use of pellet guns

17This is a semi high speed train that runs between Delhi and Agra. It operates at a speed of 160 km/h and is the fastest train in India. The train takes 100 minutes to cover the 188 kilometres journey from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Agra Cantonment railway stations. Which train I am talking about, very much in news recently.

Gatimaan Express

18X was an Indian warrior king. X innovated the military tactics, pioneering the guerrilla warfare methods, which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat larger and more powerful enemies.X is revered across India and also in some parts of world for his tactical acumen and leadership skills X is considered as the ‘Father of the Indian Navy’.Id X.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

19This 8th century structure is located in Pune. What is this structure commonly known as?

Pataleshwar Caves

20*Who is this Indian para athlete, also the only Indian Paralympian to win two gold medals.

Devendra Jhajharia

21The founding trio of this website, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim and Chad Hurley didn’t come up with the concept straightaway. Legend has it that the website began as a video dating site dubbed “Tune In & Hook Up” said to be influenced by “Hot Or Not”. Two events which happened then inspired founders to go to the revolutionary current product. The events were failure to find Wardrobe Malfunction of Janet Jackson & inability to share video footage of a dinner party due to email attachment limitations. What did they found?

YouTube

22The person below is Fethullah Gulen. He is a preacher and a political figure currently living in self – imposed exile in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. He is the founder of Gulen movement (also known as Hizmet meaning service) and is the inspiration figure for the organization “Alliance for Shared Values”. He and his supporters were allegedly said to be involved in which which event in July 2016.

Coup in Turkey

23In 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, these gold medals won by the athletes for their respective countries were very special for the countries. Why?

Hoàng Xuân Vinh - Men's 10 m air pistol - VietnamMajlinda Kelmendi - Judo Women's 52 kg - KosovoMen's national rugby sevens team - FijiJoseph Schooling - Men's 100 m butterfly - SingaporeMónica Puig - Women's singles tennis - Puerto RicoRuth Jebet - Women's 3000 m steeplechase - BahrainAhmad Abu-Ghaush - Taekwondo Men's 68 kg - JordanDilshod Nazarov - Men's hammer throw - TajikistanCheick Sallah Cisse - Taekwondo Men's 60 kg - Ivory Coast

Country’s first ever gold medal in Olympics

24Considered the best finisher the limited-overs cricket has seen, MS Dhoni failed to help India cross the line in the first Twenty20 International (T20I) against West Indies. Fans trolled him on social media and many in fact took a dig at X. They went on to say that it wasn’t Dhoni but X who couldn’t win it for India. Dhoni needed to score two from the final ball and the Indian captain lost his wicket. One of the fans tried to be witty and took a dig at X and he probably took it seriously and trolled the twitterati with a witty tweet that had shades of Dhoni’s sense of humor. Id X.

Sushant Singh Rajput

25*Born in Queens, NYC.Hosted & Co-Produced The Apprentice, a reality TV Series for which he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.In 2016, Marvel Comics unveiled MODAAK, an antagonist which stands for Mental Organism designed as America’s King, which was said to be inspired from him.Has got a brand of Vodka in named after himself.Featured on the cover of Playboy Magazine.Owns Taj Mahal chain of hotels and casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.Owns a property in Kalyani Nagar, Pune.About whom I am talking?

Donald Trump

26The following posters emerged in Germany in 1939 and were related to a public campaign, which was a first of its kind in world. The campaign was started by the German dictator Adolf Hitler and can be counted amongst few good things done by him. As a result of the campaign, the activity against which the campaign had started was eventually banned in Nazi offices and public trams. Tell me the activity against which the campaign had started.Images on next slide.

Smoking

27Commander K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 Indian court case where Commander Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife's lover. Commander Nanavati, accused under section 302, was initially declared not guilty by a jury, but the verdict was dismissed by the Bombay High Court and the case was retried as a bench trial. This was among the last case to be heard as a jury trial in India, as the government abolished jury trials soon after this case. Why was this 57 year old case in news recently?

Rustom

28It is a famous structure whose foundation stone was laid in 1732 on a Saturday. Not only is it a popular tourist site but it is also counted amongst the most haunted places in Pune. As per the legend, its resident, a young prince was brutally murdered in 1773 as a part of a sinister plot to seize the throne. According to popular rumors, the people living nearby can still hear the screams, “Kaka mala vachava” (Uncle save me) of the dead prince on the night of a full moon. Which structure I am talking about?

Shaniwarwada

29He is widely known as one of the finest actors for his versatile and natural acting and he will be featuring alongside Tom Hanks in his upcoming movie scheduled to release this October. About whom I am talking?

Irrfan

30*Scottish-born inventor X came from a family where both his grandfather, father and brother worked on elocution and speech, thereby influencing his work. From a very early age, X showed an interest in devices and a natural curiosity about the world, and made his first invention aged 12. However, his biggest influence in life was his deaf mother and wife, which pretty much directed his life's efforts.Id X.

Alexander Graham Bell

And the results………..

We even have questions for audience in Finals.So no issues if you haven’t qualified.I promise finals will be more interesting.

ROUND -2 THE FINALS

INSTRUCTIONS

Infinite bounce, starting from Team 1, in a clockwise manner. +10 for correct answer. No negative if it is your direct and you answer it wrong. Infinite pounce. +10 for correct answer and -5 if you get it wrong on pounce.

1X had a promising career as a fast bowler in his 20s but he was affected by rheumatoid arthritis. The pain caused by it was too severe for him to raise his index finger above head. This led to the ‘crooked finger of doom’, ‘crumb-sweeping’ wave of the arm and the ‘double-crooked finger’ which made him quite famous in the cricketing world for that peculiar style. Martin Crowe referred to him as ‘Bozo the Clown’. However, he justifies his behaviour because of his arthritis, to keep the body fluid. Give me X.

Answer follows………..

2Which person I am talking about?Television personality, billionaire and author.A bachelor’s degree in economics from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.1990 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role in ”Ghosts Can't Do It”.2007 Muhammad Ali Entrepreneur Award.Features in the 2016 list of TIME of "The 100 Most Influential People".Known for his controversial comments in interviews and on Twitter, he has received widespread media coverage for decades.Also, you could have probably heard about him in previous round.Image of the person on next slide.

As a teenager at New York Military Academy, 1964

Donald Trump

3• _____ has been the recipient of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan

and the Legion of Honour (the highest honour awarded to civilians by the French government). _____ was also a fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi.

• His paintings have been sold for record prices — Saurashtra, which was sold for Rs 15.9 crore, and La Terre for Rs 18.8 crore — count amongst the most expensive paintings sold at an auction.

• His body of work is instantly recognisable thanks to the geometric motifs that feature in it. He has explored themes of prakriti (nature), kundalini (primal energy), tribhuj (triangle) and most popularly “bindu (dot)”. He perceived the Bindu as the center of creation and existence progressing towards forms and color as well as energy, sound, space and time.

• Id this notable artist and why was he in news about a month or two ago?

S. H. Raza passes away

4Aftermath of what?

Reliance Jio launch

5X, a simple Indian boy from a remote village, moves to Mumbai with his Aunt Maya and Uncle Bhim to study after getting a scholarship. He is bullied by his schoolmates for his shy nature and background and his only friend is Meera Jain. Meanwhile, a local crime lord named Nalin Oberoi uses an amulet to perform an ancient ritual in which he is possessed by a demon committed to opening a gate for other demons to invade Earth. While being chased by bullies, X encounters an ancient yogi who grants him the powers of a Y to fight evil.What is X?

Pavitra PrabhakarOur very own Indian version of Spiderman

6Erno Goldfinger was a famous Hungarian-born architect in pre-WWII England . He had an iconic style where his buildings looked like flat colourless Soviet military barracks. His work and X’s life intersected at Willow Road in Hampstead, England, where X spent many years. Erno proposed to wipe out the row of cottages to make way for his block apartments. Though X initially opposed it he couldn’t do much, so he named a villain in his book that shared his surname with Erno. Erno threatened to sue X but the case was settled in court and the iconic name stayed. Id X.

Ian Fleming

7X was Lingayat trader and a successful sweet maker. He originally came from Karnataka and settled in Pune. After he gained fame as a Halwai, that became his surname.

In late 1800s, he lost his son in a plague epidemic. This caused him and his wife to go into deep depression. To heal themselves, their Guru, Shri Madhavnath Maharaj recommended them to build a _____. Its construction was completed in 1893.

Y was a contemporary of X, and also a close friend. Y saw X’s dedication and also the construction of the ____ and it was here when he was struck with an idea which proved to be an epoch making event in Indian history.

Id X and Y. Brownie points for the ‘idea’ under discussion.

X: Shrimant Dagdusheth HalwaiY: Lokmanya TilakIdea - Public celebration of Ganesh festival

8The ____ evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of_____, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of ____, France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. The operation was decided upon when large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army during the Battle of France. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the events in France "a colossal military disaster", saying "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at _____and seemed about to perish or be captured. A total of 338,226 soldiers had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 boats. In his ’We shall fight on the beaches‘ speech on 4 June, Churchill hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".FITB and why will this plot be relevant in 2017?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France

9Put funda.

Microsoft buys LinkedIn

10____ is a virtual reality headset developed and manufactured by ____ (owned by Facebook), released on March 28, 2016.

Some of its features are:• OLED display• 1080×1200 resolution per eye• 90 Hz refresh rate, and 110° field of view• Integrated headphones with 3D audio effect, rotational and positional tracking

Oculus Rift

11X is a tradename and a registered trademark of the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation for the high speed transportation of passengers and goods in tubes in which capsules are propelled by linear induction motors and air compressors.

Y first mentioned that he was thinking about a concept for a "fifth mode of transport", calling it the X, in July 2012 at a PandoDaily event in Santa Monica, California.

This hypothetical high-speed mode of transportation would have the following characteristics: immunity to weather, collision free, twice the speed of a plane, low power consumption, and energy storage for 24-hour operations.

The name X was chosen because it would go in a “loop”. Y envisions the more advanced versions will be able to go at hypersonic speed.

ID X and Y.

X – Hyperoop & Y – Elon Musk

12Connect the following pictures.

Movie titles inspired from songs of Karz (1980)

We have few questions for audience till the scorers tally the scores

Question for AudienceX is an acronym. Similar to Latin phrase "carpe diem" ("seize the day"), it implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks, as if there would not be another chance for it. The acronym is widely used in youth culture and music, and was popularized by the 2011 song "The Motto" by rapper Drake. As a part of its September 2016 update, The Oxford English Dictionary has added the acronym to the dictionary. Id X.

Question for Audience"Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy" is a documentary directed by filmmaker Dilip Mehta which premiered recently at the Toronto International Film Festival. This documentary is based on the life of which famous personality?

And the scores…..

ROUND -3 THE FINALS

INSTRUCTIONS

Infinite bounce, starting from Team 6, in an anti - clockwise manner. +10 for correct answer. No negative if it is your direct and you answer it wrong. Infinite pounce. +10 for correct answer and -5 if you get it wrong on pounce.

1This is the Sugarloaf mountain in Brazil, the design of which inspired some part of the logo of which recent event?

Rio Olympics 2016 Logo

2Reports say that it was all destroyed in Chandrapur and the company Ambuja Cement got Rs. 20 Crores from Nestle for the process, in order to get rid of the product whose original cost was Rs.320 Crores.About what I am talking?

3This incident happened in Tokyo, Japan which involved a car accident knocking over two pedestrians, which resulted in the death of a woman and other suffering a broken hip.The creation has caused many fatal accidents, some even resulting in death.The makers of the creation were even slapped with a PIL by Alay Anil Dave for hurting religious sentiments of certain communities for showing eggs in places of worshipWhat creation by John Hanke is the cause of controversy?

4This game was created to make people aware of the concept of “Drag & Drop” after the graphical user interface came into being after the era of commands on the computers.

Microsoft celebrated the 25th anniversary of game on May 18, 2015. To celebrate this event, Microsoft hosted a tournament of this game on the Microsoft campus. Jimmy Fallon discussed this event on The Tonight Show and created a parody video joking about how Microsoft was trying to make the game sound cooler than it really is.

Which game are we talking about?

Solitaire

5X is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA).The image shows Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing the role of X in an upcoming biopicdirected by Oliver Stone.Id X.

Edward Snowden

6Logo of which company?

7This a tribute by Reddit to two greats. Id both of them.

Harambe and the 3.5 mm Jack in Iphone7

8

What is being depicted here?

Vijay Mallya aka ‘The King of Good Times’ flees to Britain Vijay Maal Legaya

9Whose face has been blanked out?

Justin Trudeau

10Put Funda

These were the US presidents who won their elections despite loosing at their state of birth or as one would call it they were not “Favourite Sons”

11Amrik Singh Shera, a Punjab police head constable has claimed that he wrote this song, which was first released in 1990 and was modified and re-released in 2016.As per the report, he claims as he was approached by Jalandhar-based Angel Record Company four months ago for other songs and was told that a Mumbai-based company needed his song to be played at the inauguration of cement firm.He signed an agreement and got only Rs 11,000 for the song.After seeing that his song was being used for promoting the 2016 movie, Shera said that “No one told me that the song would feature in a movie.” and was happy and shocked on seeing that.Which song are we talking about?

12“Knowledge is at the forefront of every activity we undertake, in one way or the other. Man has an unending thirst to know more. The thirst is the engine that drives progress in all fields. From the time the wooden club was smartest thing invented, we as a race have been unyielding in the pursuit of knowledge”

X was founded in 1999 with a similar drive by some like-minded enthusiasts. These enthusiasts would gather at weekends and hone their Y talents. With an open and creative attitude, it grew to a Pune-wide status. Nationally it has a reputation of being innovative despite its small size. Z has always been at the heart of X and its continuing success. X became an official Z club in 2010.

It is an open group. You could be an engineering student, an MBA aspirant, a law student, an arts student, a working professional or a jobless person. All you need is a genuine interest.

Id X, Y and Z.

X – Boat Club Quiz Club (BCQC)Y – Quiz/QuizzingZ - COEP

We have few questions for audience till the scorers tally the scores

Question for AudienceThis soft drink by Coca-Cola originated in Germany during World War II, due to difficulties in importing the original Coca-Cola syrup from US. Coca-Cola's German plant manufactured the drink using ingredients available in Germany. Which soft drink?

Question for AudienceLa Liga President Javier Tebas, during the launch of La Liga's New Delhi office said that the matches of the Spain's top-tier football league will start earlier than usual. He further said that the matches will now kick-off at 4.30 pm local time in Spain. Why the sudden change in timings?

To suit the timings of Indian fans i.e. when it will be 4.30 pm in Spain it will be 8 pm in India, which is considered as prime time

Thankyou…..

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