AEC Quiz Club Freshers' Quiz 2014 Mains

AEC Quiz ClubFreshmen Social Quiz(Mains)

For the 2014-18 batch of newcomers (on 23/08/2014)ByHirok Nayan Bhuyan, QuizmasterCo-ordinators- Neeraj Sahu , Mriganka Kumar Nath.

Organised by

•Rupak Singh, Debating and Quizzing Secretary, AECSU 2014-15.

•Follow us at /quizzing@aec

1st Round

•Art and Literature

Q1. “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever” is a line written by which famous poet?

The Answer is……..

John Keats

Q2)Identify the painter and name of the painting on the Sistine chapel?

The Answer is……..

Michaelangelo and Creation of Adam

Question 3

 Q3) A Norwegian politician became a puppet leader of his country during World War II and his name became a byword for treachery .Who was he/ What is the word?

The Answer is……..

Quizling/Quisling

Q4) Who is the only person to have won Sangeet Natak Akademi award and Varthur navya Award – 1972Padmashri– 1974Padma Bhushan– 1992Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award – 1992Sahitya Academy award – 1994Jnanpith Award – 1998

The Answer is……..

Girish Karnard

Q5) In Assamese literature who is better known as Surendra Nath Medhi ??

The Answer is……..

Saurabh Kumar Chaliha (Assamese:  সৌ��ৰভ  কু� মাৰ চলি�হা ) was a famous Assamese article

writer and short story writer. His real name was Surendra Nath Medhi. His short story collection Golam won him the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974.

Assam Engineering College as a lecturer in the Department of Physics. He retired as the head of the same department and was honoured as life time associate of the college in 1990.

2nd Round

•Connect the pictures.

Q1) Connect these five animals

The Answer is……..

Furious Five from Kung Fu Panda

Q2) This is Mahant Bharatdas, a school dropout, who lives in the hamlet of Banej in the Gir National Forest. Why is he called India’s most privileged voter?

The Answer is……..

The only voter in the polling booth setup in Banej (manned by 5 officers). He has voted every time!

Q3. What is this?

The Answer is……..

John Lennon Memorial

Q4) Where do we come across this ?(Clue: Tom and Jerry)

The Answer is……..

M G M –Broadcasters of Tom and Jerry

Q5) The gentleman in the picture was a polymath who has an equation, an institute in Kolkata and a hostel at IIT KGP named after him. He prepared the original plan for the Damodar Valley Project.Name him.

The Answer is……..

Meghnad Saha (Saha-Langmuir equation, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)

3rd Round

•Taglines and Logos.

Q1) Identify the tagline of this famous motorcycle company…

“American by birth Rebel by choice”

The Answer is……..

Q2) Link please ??

The Answer is……..

The only two countries to have their map drawn on their flags. (Cyprus and Kosovo)

Q3) Which logo has been taken from this picture

The Answer is……..

Q4) What came next?

The Answer is……..

Q5) Identify the tagline of this famous company…

“Because You're Worth It”

The Answer is……..

4th Round

•Cinema

Q1) This Assamese film of 1954 was directed by Bhupen Hazarika. It was based on a Hindi novel by Bhisham Sahni named “Tamas”. Name the film.

The Answer is……..

Era Bator Sur ( এৰ বাটৰ ��ৰ)

Q2) This Gyan Mukherjee film was the first film to feature double role. Name it ??

The Answer is……..

Q3) Which famous film personality’s actual name is Ranbir Raj ???

The Answer is……..

Raj Kapoor

Q4) Name the famous award which is presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association every year since 1943.

The Answer is……..

The Golden Globe Award

Q5) This Bengali film is titled "Satyanveshi" ("The Truth Seeker") and releases in the end of August 2013. Whose last directorial venture is this?

The Answer is……..

Rituporno Ghosh

5th Round

•Mixed Bag

Q1) The Land of Fire  is a phrase and an ancient  cultural concept that denoted either the entire geographical land or the metaphysical realm of mortals, and later became associated with political sovereignty and cultural symbolism. This is reflected in the national emblem too and is perhaps symbolic of the ‘eternal fires’, surface natural oil deposits of the region.Also the shirt sponsors of Athletico Madrid.

Which is this land of fire?

The Answer is……..

Azerbaijan

Q2) The traditional three marks refers to the three mukti , the soul's three bonds-anava, karma, and maya.Also siginifies the Triguna – Satva, Raja and Tama; Triloka – Bhuhu, Bhuvaha, Suvaha; Tritapa – Bbhoutika, Daivika, Adhyatmika.These marks are made on the body with sacred ash which is made of burnt dried wood.What am I talking about?

The Answer is……..

Tripundra / VibhutiThe saivite tilak

Q3) What is common among these rare earth element ?1-yttrium2-erbium3-terbium4-ytterbium5-Holmium6-Gadolinium7-Thulium

The Answer is……..

1-yttrium2-erbium3-terbium4-ytterbium

Named directly after the village of Ytterby, Sweden where they were discovered

5-Holmium6-Gadolinium7-ThuliumDiscovered in Ytterby quarry but named differently.

Q4) He won the ______ Medal 2014 in the International Congress of Mathematicians held at Seoul. ____ Medal is awarded to the mathematicians not more than 40 years old. It is awarded once in every four years and is considered to be the Nobel Prize for Mathematics and ______ has become the first Person of Indian Origin (PIO) to won the prestigious award.

The Answer is……..

Manjula Bhargava /Fields Medal

Q5.When is Pi day celebrated?

The Answer is……..

If written in MM/DD format 3.1414 March

5th Round

•Audio Visual

Q1) This is a scene from the movie “The October Sky”. On whom is the movie based on ?

The Answer is……..

Homer Hickham Jr. /The Rocket Boys.

Q2) Shakira donated the entire money from this song to a relief organization. Name it.

The Answer is……..

WFP ( World Food Programme )

Q3) Name the lyricist

The Answer is……..

Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (Jyoti Sangeet)

Q4) Name the Ahmedabad based company which has acquired The Brand NaMo.

The Answer is……..

Taking India Beyond Merchandise

Special Thanks to….

•Mriganka Kumar Nath, 5th sem, Chemical.•Neeraj Sahu, 5th sem, Instrumentation.•Kritartha Kashyap Neog, 7th sem, Civil.•Nauman Ali, 7th sem.•Preetish Kakoty,7th sem.•Kalyan Lahkar, 7th sem, ENT.•Kunal Borah, 2016 pass out, Mechanical.