General Quiz IIT Jodhpur Prelims

SPANDAN 2014 (Nostalgic
90s)
Bujho Toh Jaane
General Quiz (PRELIMS)
Quiz Club IIT Jodhpur
By –
Arvind Saini
Mohit Gupta

Q1 In 2008, Turkey’s 3rd largest town planned to sue
Warner Bros. for using the town’s name without
prior permission. According to the mayor of this
town – “There is only one X in this world. The
American producer used the name without
informing us.”
The town in Turkey takes it’s name from a unit
of weight in Turkish and is way older than the
character of the same name who debuted in 1939.
Identify X and hence name this famous character.

Q 2
Where can you see all of these symbols together?
try to connect it with a brand.

Q 3
Its original concept was developed by Jaakko
Lisalo and its mechanics is said to be inspired from
a previous game called Crush the Castle. It has
also been called "one of the most mainstream
games out right now", "one of the great runaway
hits of 2010", and "the largest mobile app
success the world has seen so far". ?
Which app ?

Q 4
Identify a Logo of a company by selecting a portion
out of it ?

Q 5
These started around 1950’s for revenue
generation as a simple profit sharing agreement
between Indian Railways and some private
companies . western railways generated 26 lakhs
in 2001 and 19 lakhs in 2010 but collection
plummeted to RS 1.71 lakhs in 2012. As train
frequency improves there is now little hope for
their survival .
What are we talking about?

Ans Coin operated Weighing Machines

Q 6
In 2006 X was named richest fictional character
by Forbes magazine. but later X was dropped from
the list because of angry letters from children
claiming X was real .
Identify X ?

Q7 Connect the Pics?
The last pic is connected but not directly !!

Q 9
This picture depicts a situation of
ultimate hyperinflation and crisis.
At the time it was released (in2008)
,50000000 $ country (X) was
equivalent to US $ 1.
In 1980, 1 dollar of X was worth
US$ 1.50.
Name the country X .

Q 10 The Office Assistant was an intelligent user interface for Microsoft
Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated
character, which interfaced with the Office help content.
In Microsoft Office for Windows, it was included in versions 97 to
2003 and in Microsoft Office for Mac, it was included in versions 98
to 2004.
The feature drew a strongly negative response from many users
& Microsoft turned off the feature by default.
On April 1, 2014, it appeared as an Office assistant in Office Online
as part of an April Fool's Day Joke.
What is the common name of this office assistant…!!

Q11 Identify the "Complan BOY and Complan GIRL"..?
(A very old AD, probably featuring in
Doordarshan)

Ans Sahid Kapoor & Ayesha Takia

Q 12
 It is a thin flatbread popular in South Asia. It is
enjoyed with Tandoori dishes and as a traditional
element in Mughlai cuisine.
 During the Mughal period, it was used to wipe
the excess oil off the hands after the completion
of a oil rich meat food laden with fats.
What am I talking about ?

Q13 •Andrew "Andy" Armstrong had six children. He
worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for
Safeway Inc. to support his family. He died of
esophageal cancer on September 10, 1982.
•Which song was written as a memorial to him?

Ans Wake me up when September ends
(Green Day)

Q14
• __A__ Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de
los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y __B___
• This is the full name of the greatest artist of 20 th century? We
know him from name AB ?
• Identify A & B ?
• Some of his artworks are –

Q 16
Exhaustive list .
Find connect !
• Clive Llyod
• Viv Richards
• Mohinder Amarnath
• David Boon
• Wasim Akram
• Aravinda de Silva
• Shane Warne
• Ricky Ponting
• Adam Gilchrist
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Ans Man of the match award recipient at
Cricket World Cup finals.

Q 17
What does this World map represent?

Ans
Red – Right driving countries
Blue – Left driving countries

Q 18
“Sab se behtar banunga main.
Jaisa koi aur na tha.
Unhe pakarna imtehaan mera.
Aur sikhana maqsad khara.
Is safar per nikla hoon main.
Ghoomunga chaaron disha.
Her X ki shakti hai khaas.
Jise mujhko hai samajhna.
___________________
Yahi hai qismat meri.
X ...ooh, tum mere saathi.
Dekhegi yeh duniya saari.
____________________
Kaam ayega hausla hi.
Saathi main, aur ek saathi tu.
X
___________
___________
X”
ID X ?
X is very popular amongst us a decade ago.

Q 19 • It was started in Delhi on 15th September 1959.
Salma Sultan joined it in 1967. It was extended to
Bombay and Amritsar in 1972.Now it is spread into
146 countries worldwide. On 15 September 2009, it
celebrated its 50th anniversary.
• What I am talking about?

Q 20 The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest
award in cinema. The recipient is honoured for
their "outstanding contribution to the growth and
development of Indian cinema“. As of 2014, the
award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden
Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of Rs.1,000,000 and
________ .

Q 21 What does this scale signifies ?

Q 22 • “To be, or not to be: that is the question.”
This line is taken from which of Shakespeare’s
famous play.

Q 24 • An Interesting Exchange between Two Geniuses:
X to Y: What I most admire about your art. You
don't say a word, and the rest of the world
understands you.
Y to X: It is true. But your glory is even greater !!
The whole world Admires you, even though they
don't understand a word of what you say!!
• ID X and Y.

Ans X – Albert Einstein
Y – Charlie Chaplin

Q 25 Below are some facts about a guitar
manufactured by company named X.
 Each of these guitars is hand built and takes
around 8 months to be built.
 Just 11 guitars will be made, one for each decade
of the brand’s history.
 Integrating materials that are rarely used by
luthiers such as aluminium and carbon fibre

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