MASTERMINDZ

THE GENERAL QUIZ

SEMI-FINALS

GREY MATTERPRESENTS

Rules:•10 Questions•Written Round•1 point for each question•Two teams to qualify for finals•In case of a tie, the score of the prelims will be considered

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India has 21 of these. 9 of them are a little different. These 9 are at Bilaspur, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Allahabad, Cuttack, Guwahati, Jodhpur, Nainital, Jabalpur.What are being referred to here and how are these 9 different from the rest?

2

S-2 is the production house of an indian celebrity. Identify the person who owns this production company?

3

This is the opening line of which classic – “______ was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,’ thought ______ `without pictures or conversation?”

4

What do the initials ‘VT’, the registration number of all Indian civil aircrafts stand for?

5

Logo of?

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Contrived acronym was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford? Carnegie Mellon University attempted to trademark the term, but the trademark application was abandoned on 21 April 2008. It requires the user to type letters or digits from a distorted image that appears on the screen.

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Which is the highest revenue generating railway zone of the Indian Railways system among 17 other zones and name its headquarters?

8

‘The Spirit Of Ecstasy’ is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a specific automobile company.Name the automobile company.

9

Identify the ALBUM !10

ANSWERS

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Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo – Only two persons to have won the Fifa World Cup both as player and coach.

India has 21 of these. 9 of them are a little different. These 9 are at Bilaspur, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Allahabad, Cuttack, Guwahati, Jodhpur, Nainital, Jabalpur.What are being referred to here and how are these 9 different from the rest?

2

High Courts of India

These 9 are not in a state capital

S-2 is the production house of an indian celebrity. Identify the person who owns this production company?

3

Shilpa Shetty

This is the opening line of which classic – “______ was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,’ thought ______ `without pictures or conversation?”

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

What do the initials ‘VT’, the registration number of all Indian civil aircrafts stand for?

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Viceroy's Territory The registration prefix ‘VT’ was assigned to India in 1929, and it continued ever since.

Logo of?

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SAARC

Contrived acronym was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford? Carnegie Mellon University attempted to trademark the term, but the trademark application was abandoned on 21 April 2008. It requires the user to type letters or digits from a distorted image that appears on the screen.

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CAPTCHA

Which is the highest revenue generating railway zone of the Indian Railways system among 17 other zones and name its headquarters?

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South East Central RailwaysHeadquarters- Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)

‘The Spirit Of Ecstasy’ is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a specific automobile company.Name the automobile company.

9

Rolls Royce

Identify the ALBUM !10

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