Inter-hostel General Quiz Prelims, NIT Allahabad

Inaugural Inter-Hostel Quiz Gnosis MNNIT Quiz Club

Conducted by team ‘Sarson Da Swag’

Shubham, Anugrah and Siddharth

RULES • Make sure both the team members are from the same hostel.

• Write down the name of your HOSTEL on the TOP.• Write down your team name, member names, contact details.

• 25 questions. No negatives. Mostly based on 2016 events.• 5 Starred questions, will be used to resolve ties.

• No Googling, no UFM.• Quiz Master is God.

• At the end of the prelims, the top scoring team from each hostel will make it to the finals.

• X claims to have created a world record by achieving 15 million users in record time.• Although X is a new entrant in the tech field, it has achieved this

growth faster than any other company, including the likes of Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, Google+ and Uber.

1)

Reliance JIO

2)

Ratan Tata – Cyrus Mistry spat

• “As a man who has spent decades championing women’s healthcare and environmental protection, I was distressed to learn of the unauthorized and deceptive use of my likeness to endorse Y.

• “Having endured, in my own personal life, the loss of my first wife and daughter as well as numerous friends to life threatening diseases, I am fully committed to supporting women’s healthcare and research programs that improve human health and alleviate suffering,” the statement continued.

• “I shall endeavor to rectify this matter. In the meantime, please accept my sincerest and heartfelt apologies to all whom I have offended,” the statement concluded.

• The person in question received a lot of flak and was even trolled on Twitter for undertaking Y.

• (X is the name of the man)

3)

X - Pierce Brosnan inY- Pan Bahar Ad

4)

Jaya TV (owned by Jayalalitha)

• Simayan is a Fighting-type Pokémon.• Simayan's name is a combination of simian (a group in the primate

order) and Mayan (an ancient Mesoamerican civilization).• It evolves into Monkezuma starting at level 43.• Its pokedex entry states - "Simayan spend all their time sparring with

each other. Their aim is to show that they are the strongest in the group, and thus become the next leader."

• This unpopular pokemon was excluded from the viral game app from Niantic - Pokémon Go.• However soon many people started petitioning online for a pokemon

derived from Simayan to be included in the game.• Why ?

5) * Question

Harambae

6)

Sonam Gupta Bewafa hai

• Just days after India successfully test fired its first Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Agni-V, another country too decided to test its military might by planning to conduct a long-range missile test.• According to Indian Media,the competitor's intercontinental missile has a

range of 7000 kilometres and is capable of hitting its targets upto Australia! The missile can contain nuclear as well as traditional warheads.• What is the name of this missile which poses a threat to several countries

including India ?

7)

Taimur

This book is written by someone who, although not a regular author, is supposedly quite knowledgeable.

X himself is not a politician but his grandfather was one.

Side fact : The name of the grandfather was Rajni Kant !

8) * Question

Arnab Goswami

• X,who essayed the role of Y on the show,says, "Maybe within a few months or within this year, I might be able to bring Y back. I am already talking to GECs and Doordarshan, which aired the show.• I strongly object to the bhedchaal of coming up with shows that only

cater to women. They say that only women watch TV, but even men sit down at the dinner table and want to watch TV!"• X has received letters from the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari

Vajpayee and has also been featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, for his stellar role in Y.

9)

X- Mukesh Khanna, Y- Shaktimaan

10)

Raees

• X's grandfather had migrated from central Gujarat in the early years of the 20th century to Kenya during the British Raj. X's father was born in Kenya, and had established himself in Nairobi as a successful entrepreneur, running a business on spare parts.

• X's father passed away a few years ago so X moved to a small house in Mumbai recently to give his mother better company and is also said to have declined an offer to head the newly formed BRICS Bank in Shanghai to be with his mother.

• Missing out on that offer should no longer be at the back of his mind, since he got a more lucrative one. ID X.

11)

Urjit Patel

12) ID the person, who has now turned into a meme

Michael Jordan

• In August 1986, a Supreme Court bench of Justices O Chinnappa Reddy and M M Dutt had, in Bijoe Emmanuel & Ors vs State Of Kerala & Ors, granted protection to three children of the Jehovah’s Witness sect, who didn’t partake in a particular activity at their school. The court held that forcing the children to perform this particular activity violated their fundamental right to religion. • However, some 30 years later it seems that the Supreme Court has

done a U-turn by mandating this activity to be compulsarily carried out in a particular scenario, because the court feels "it is clear as crystal that it is the sacred obligation of every citizen to abide by the ideals engrafted in the Constitution". • What?

13)

Singing the National anthem (in cinema)

14)

Bhaukaal !

• Daimaou Kosaka was very much in the news this year, for a creating something that was perhaps the smallest of its kind to make it to the world records.• We all know him albeit in a different avatar.• Why made him so popular this year?

15)

PPAP by Piko Taro

16)

Game of Thrones

• Kedar Singh in Begusarai, then part of Munger district, on May 26, 1953, had said, “Today the dogs of the CID are loitering round Barauni.Many official dogs are sitting even in this meeting. The people of India drove out the British from this country and elected these Congress goondas to the gaddi… We will strike and throw out these Congress goondas as well.”• This speech was responsible for something happening for the first

time in the history of Independent India. What?

17) * question

Sedition charges

18 ) This article from ‘The Guardian’, goes on to say – “The UN has dropped X as an ambassador for empowering girls and women after a brief stint that drew widespread criticism. X , who turned 75 this year, had a tenure which lasted for less than two months. Among its key aims were challenging female stereotypes and fighting discrimination and violence against women and girls.The reason for X’s controversy was the fact that she had an overtly sexualized image was known for wearing scanty clothing – this was considered to be culturally insensitive world over.”

(* Question)

Wonder Woman

• Bollywood actor Aamir Khan was the brand ambassador for ‘Incredible India’ campaign.• However, he was not approached again for renewal of his contract in

the wake of his ‘leaving India’ and ‘intolerance’ controversial remark.• Simply tell me who has now been appointed as the new brand

ambassador by the government?

19) (* Question)

Narendra Modi !

20)

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

• Panchshil Realty, a developer in Pune, finished building the first of its kind in India earlier this year. The price tag for the fancy flats: $2.2 million and some are still available.• A 75-storey building in Mumbai is being built by the Lodha Group. It

boasts of four-bedroom apartments, and even offers a private jet service to its residents.• Similarly, the developers Ireo are going to build a commercial tower in

Gurgaon, later this year.• Who is undertaking this massive construction in India, promoted

under the slogan - “Where Power Resides” ?

21)

Donald Trump

22)

“ Ab Dangal Hoga “

• After having termed acting in films as "disgraceful and dishonorable", X has supposedly decided to act in one.• Perhaps the reason for this U-turn is his statement - "I am being

offered the equivalent of 1 crore to me".• It is noteworthy that X was the Editor's choice on Asia's Sexiest Men

this year.

23)

Arshad Khan - Chaiwalla

24)

PV Sindhu

• Where have you recently heard a variation of this famous south Indian song – ‘Mental Manadhil’ ?• (Video follows)

25)

OK Jaanu