GQ(The General Quiz)

Presented by The SIT Quiz Corp.

Q1)

• 1994 - Oleg Salenko, Romário• 1998 - Davor Šuker, Ronaldo• 2002- Ronaldo, Oliver Kahn• 2006 - Miroslav Klose, Zinedine Zidane• 2010 – X, Y• ID X and Y

• These are winners of the Golden Boot and Golden Ball at the Fifa World Cup

• X-Thomas Muller• Y-Diego Forlan

• When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the ECB needed another one day competition to fill its place. Cricketing authorities were looking to boost the game's popularity with the younger generation in response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship.

• It was intended to deliver fast paced, exciting cricket accessible to thousands of fans who were put off by the longer versions of the game.

Q2)

• Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the ECB, proposed ______________ to county chairmen in 2001 and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the new format.

What was the idea proposed by Mr. Robertson, which is now a worldwide phenomenon?

T20/Twenty-Twenty Cricket

Q3)

• Identify the painter.

George W Bush

Q4)• X (reigned 710 CE -735 CE) was a Pandyan king. He

was the son and successor of Arikesari Maravarman.• He asserted his superiority over the Cheras and

Cholas in the city of Mangalapuram, the modern day Mangalore. He also started the hostilities with the Chalukyas of Badami and the Gangas. He also undertook a campaign against the Ay chieftains. He defeated them in Kurunadu in south Travancore

• X is in the news recently, as a film(based on his biography), starring a very popular Indian actor is set to release soon.

• Who is X?

Kochadaiiyaan/ Kochchadaiyan

Q5)***

• The People’s Daily is the largest read daily newspaper in a certain country.

• It provides direct information on the policies and viewpoints of the government and claims itself to be elected by UNESCO as "one of the 10 most authoritative and most influential newspapers of the world”.

• The People’s Daily is the largest read daily newspaper in which country?

People’s Republic of China

Put Funda

Q6)

• These are players from Brazilian club FC Corinthians, from Sao Paulo,Brasil paying tribute to Ayrton Senna on the 20th anniversary of his death on May 1,2014

Q7)

• McCandless: Buzz, this is Houston.• X: Okay, I'm at the...(Listens)• McCandless: ...1/160th second for shadow photography on

the sequence camera.• Aldrin: Okay.• X: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LM footpads are only

depressed in the surface about 1 or 2 inches, although the surface appears to be very, very fine grained, as you get close to it. It's almost like a powder. The ground mass is very fine.

• X: Okay. I'm going to step off the LM now.• X: _____ ___ _____ ____ ___ ___; ___ _____ ____ ___

_______.• ID X. FITB

• X-Neil Armstrong That’s one small step for man; one giant leap

for mankind

Q8)

• The Five Cricketers of the Year, chosen by Wisden, represent a tradition that dates back in Wisden to 1889, making this the oldest individual award in cricket.

• Who was the only Indian chosen by Wisden for the year 2014?

Shikhar Dhawan

Q9)

• Connect

All brands are owned by VolkwagenClockwise from top left:

Bugatti, Bentley, Skoda, Lamborgini

Q10)

• Which Indian company, famous for building roads and airports around the country, is the team owner of the Delhi Daredevils IPL franchise?

GMR Group

Q11)***• In the year 1120 AD, the Hoysala King, Veera Ballala was on a

hunting trip in the forest, when he lost his way.• After a long search, he met an old lady in the forest who

offered him shelter for the night and served him some boiled beans for dinner.

• To show his gratitude to this lady for having saved his life, the King constructed a town, which literally translates to ‘Town of Boiled Beans’.

• Later in 1537, a local chieftain, helped design this town and give it its modern shape.

• The British eventually colloquialised the name to what it is known as today

• Which city is being described here?

A)Bangalore/Bengalooru

ID the personality above

Q12)

Rajeev Suri(CEO of Nokia)

Q13)

• In the world of computers and technology, what is known as ‘The Three Finger Salute’?

Alt+Ctrl+Del

Q14)

• Who is the first US president to use the email address President@whitehouse.gov?

Bill Clinton

ID the Logo/symbol

Q15)

Chai Pe Charcha

Q16)***

• The following is a list of the largest peaceful human gatherings of all time

5. World Youth Day in Manilla, Phillipines(1995)- 5 million4. Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran(1989)-7

million 3. Funeral of C N Annadurai in Chennai,India(1969)-15 million2. Arba’een in Karbala, Iraq-17 million• But a certain event, which took place in 2013 which

eclipses all these events, with an estimated 100 million people attending it.

• Which is the event and where did it take place?

Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India in 2013

Q17)

• The worlds first democratically elected Communist government was formed in which Indian state?

Kerala

Q18)

Google doodle for?

Google’s tribute to The Human Computer-Shakuntala Devi

Q19)

• Which is the only country in the world to have a non-quadrilateral national flag?

Nepal

Q20)

• New logo of which very famous lifestyle/fitness brand?

Reebok

Q21)***

• Connect

CID(Television show)

• Minimalist poster for?

Q22)

The Hangover

Q23)

• Sandra Bullock(pic on next slide) won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, for her role as Leigh Tuohy in The Blind Side.

• However, the night before, she was also presented with another ‘prestigious’ award for her role in the movie All About Steve.

• What dubious distinction does Sandra Bullock hold?

Sandra Bullock is the first actress to win an Academy Award as well as a Golden Raspberry Award(for Worst Actress in a Leading

Role) in the same year

Q24)

• On the 8th of December 2013,an american metal band played for a small group of researchers and fans at a small dome in the Carlini Argentine Base in Antarctica, making them the only band in history to play on all seven continents.

• The concert was filmed, and later released titled ‘Freeze ‘em All’, a title inspired by their debut album X.

• Which band? What is the title of their debut album?

Q25)

• Identify the character from the minimalist poster.

Spongebob Squarepants

Q26)***

• Arunabh Kumar describes himself as a media vagabond who dabbled in many things in the media world before he decided to go solo. An IIT-Kharagpur graduate, Arunabh quit his cushy job in the US Air-force and found himself an opportunity to work with Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant director for Om Shanti Om. He then made a couple of short films, music videos and freelanced with various ad agencies.

 

• A year later, Arunabh set up a micro-studio and during this time, he met others who shared the same sensibilities in humour, and to the formation of ___ _____ _____, a very popular humour group in social media today.

• Which very famous Youtube Channel did Arunabh Kumar start?

The Viral Fever

Q27)

• What is the top option one would get if one entered the question “why” on the Youtube search box?

• WHAT: What Does The Fox Say-• WHERE: Where Have You Been-Rihanna • WHEN: Whenever Wherever-Shakira;• HOW: How to get pregnant with husband fast

Why This Kolaveri Di

Q28)

• The man in the above photo is a witch doctor named Ibrahim Mat Zin.

• An event which caused the world to take notice promted the government to hire Ibrahim for a specific purpose.

• What was Ibrahim hired for?

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak enlisted him to find Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Q29)• Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo _____ was

an Italian businessman and con artist in the U.S. and Canada.• He became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North

America for his money making scheme.• promised clients a 50% profit within 45 days, or 100% profit

within 90 days, by buying discounted postal reply coupons in other countries and redeeming them at face value in the United States.

• In reality, Ponzi was paying early investors using the investments of later investors.

• This type of scheme is now known as a “_____ scheme’.• FITB(Both blanks are the same word)

Ponzi, and hence the term Ponzi Scheme

Q30)***

• Theobromine is an alkaloid which is sometimes used as a drug to treat high blood pressure.

• Its effects are similar to caffeine, but on a smaller scale.

• However, it is poisonous to dogs as it metabolises very slowly.

• Which very commonly enjoyed food item(which also has antidepressive properties among others) contains theobromine, and hence must not be given to dogs?

Chocolate

Q31)

• This animal (shown on the next slide) has the largest brain among all animals.

• It gets its name from a milky-white waxy substance found on its head, which is very widely used in cosmetics and lubricant industries.

• Which animal?

Sperm Whale