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High Q-The General Quiz

By Shibin Azad

Prelims25 Questions1 Mark eachNo negatives

1)As tech firms and law enforcement experiment withradio jammersandnet-wielding interceptor dronesto take down rogue quadcopters, police in the Netherlands are trialling a simpler solution. They have teamed up with a company named Guard From Above. What method are they planning to use?

2)Put funda

3)11.12.63,a new miniseries, which premiered on Hulu, is based on the bestselling book of the same title by Stephen King. It follows Jake Epping (James Franco), a high school English teacher who travels back in time with a mission to prevent the ____________ __ ___? What role does the man pictured play?

4)These were the initial designs suggested for the shape of this entity. The English spelling of the thing in question did not have an e while the French did(the French version was finally adopted). In both languages, the word means agreement, harmony or union. What?

5)She was arrested in 1932, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the British. Nehru met her at Shillong jail in 1937, and promised to help with her release. He gave her the title of Rani (queen). Who is this?

6)Which company is now expanding to fresh-grocery deliveries in parts of San Francisco and Los Angeles?

7)This is a monument to an incident that happened in Iraq in December in 2008.Which incident is this?

8)A play on the condition that it suffers from, what did the conservationists who discovered the turtle, name it?

9)Put funda

10)This was sold on ebay for $640 000. What has been blanked out?

11)The clock shown in the figure communicates with the family members smartphones to periodically update on their location than the actual time. What inspired its creation?

12)Born to Jewish immigrants from Poland, he had tested his invention on his wife and children before he used it on others. When he was asked who owned the patent to his invention he said The people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

13)Who posing as whom?

14)When Mumbai hosted a Make in India event, the chief minister of Haryana had a riddle for those present in the audience, Gita hamare dil mein hain, Dil ke beech mein Gita dalo tho kya milega? When the audience didnt get the answer, he said it makes ________. We want to be _______ Haryana.

15)Tikhor aru Chutibaiwritten by Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa, inBurhi Aair Sadhu the first collection of Assamese folk stories published more than 100 years ago. Tikhor, a naughty, energetic orphan boy, not only plays various pranks in the story, but by his presence of mind also helps his sister Chutibai survive all odds including fighting a tiger that had plotted to eat them. Why is this name back in popular conscience?

16)X,the guy featured in the picture told the Guardian in 2013, were cultural replicators, the cultural equivalent of a gene, the cultural equivalent of DNA, adding the internet is a first-class ecology for Xs to spread

17)What is the name of the virtual assistant being developed by Facebook, similar to Apples Siri and Microsofts Cortana. The single alphabet chosen as the name is also the name of a film directed by Fritz Lang.

18)Id the name that has been blanked out.

19)Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons from the movie The man who knew infinity. Id the roles they are portraying.

20)Scholars have referred to the unfinished, premature, aboriginal, savage, exotic look of the deities; the use of wooden idols to point out their tribal origin. The sacred food in Puri is called Kaivalya, which is similar to the Jain notion of salvation by which Jains also claim the deity. The Buddhists too claim him, stating that the three idols represent not Hindu gods but the three jewels or tri ratnas that are the central principles of Buddhism.Which deity?

21)This is the worlds only floating national park and is located in India. Give me the name of the national park or the lake on which it floats.

22)FITB

23)Kamaraj was a bus driver employed by the Bharathidasan Engineering College, Vellore. What was unusual about the cause of his death which became the first confirmed event of its kind to occur in the 21st century. The odds of being killed in such a manner was between 1 in 700,000 and 1 in 250 million according to some experts.

24)The company was incorporated on 16 September 2015-about 5 months ago--and has three directors: Mohit Kumar Goel, Sushma Devi and Rajesh Kumar. One picture shows the logo of the company, while the other picture shows one of the products it had launched earlier. What is their most famous product?

25)Whose name has been blanked out?

Answers

1)As tech firms and law enforcement experiment withradio jammersandnet-wielding interceptor dronesto take down rogue quadcopters, police in the Netherlands are trialling a simpler solution. They have teamed up with a company named Guard From Above. What method are they planning to use?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAYVyj6vf3YUsing Eagles to take out drones

2)Put funda

1001 nights equals two years eight months and twenty eight nights

3)11.12.63,a new miniseries, which premiered on Hulu, is based on the bestselling book of the same title by Stephen King. It follows Jake Epping (James Franco), a high school English teacher who travels back in time with a mission to prevent the ____________ __ ___? What role does the man pictured play?

Assassination of JFKDaniel Weber as Lee Harvey Oswald

4)These were the initial designs suggested for the shape of this entity. The English spelling of the thing in question did not have an e while the French did(the French version was finally adopted). In both languages, the word means agreement, harmony or union. What?

Concorde

5)She was arrested in 1932, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the British. Nehru met her at Shillong jail in 1937, and promised to help with her release. He gave her the title of Rani (queen). Who is this?

Rani Gaidinliu

6)Which company is now expanding to fresh-grocery deliveries in parts of San Francisco and Los Angeles?

7)This is a monument to an incident that happened in Iraq in December in 2008.Which incident is this?

Shoe attack on George Bush

8)A play on the condition that it suffers from, what did the conservationists who discovered the turtle, name it?

Alby!

9)Put funda

Microscopic view of how a gramophone record plays

10)This was sold on ebay for $640 000. What has been blanked out?

11)The clock shown in the figure communicates with the family members smartphones to periodically update on their location than the actual time. What inspired its creation?

Weasley clock in Harry Potter

12)Born to Jewish immigrants from Poland, he had tested his invention on his wife and children before he used it on others. When he was asked who owned the patent to his invention he said The people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

Jonas Salk

13)Who posing as whom?

Ai Weiwei as Aylan Kurdi

14)When Mumbai hosted a Make in India event, the chief minister of Haryana had a riddle for those present in the audience, Gita hamare dil mein hain, Dil ke beech mein Gita dalo tho kya milega? When the audience didnt get the answer, he said it makes ________. We want to be _______ Haryana.

diGITAl

15)Tikhor aru Chutibaiwritten by Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa, inBurhi Aair Sadhu the first collection of Assamese folk stories published more than 100 years ago. Tikhor, a naughty, energetic orphan boy, not only plays various pranks in the story, but by his presence of mind also helps his sister Chutibai survive all odds including fighting a tiger that had plotted to eat them. Why is this name back in popular conscience?

Mascot of SAF games is named Tikhor

16)X,the guy featured in the picture told the Guardian in 2013, were cultural replicators, the cultural equivalent of a gene, the cultural equivalent of DNA, adding the internet is a first-class ecology for Xs to spread

Meme, Richard Dawkins

17)What is the name of the virtual assistant being developed by Facebook, similar to Apples Siri and Microsofts Cortana. The single alphabet chosen as the name is also the name of a film directed by Fritz Lang.

18)Id the name that has been blanked out.

T N Gopakumar

19)Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons from the movie The man who knew infinity. Id the roles they are portraying.

GH Hardy and Ramanujan

20)Scholars have referred to the unfinished, premature, aboriginal, savage, exotic look of the deities; the use of wooden idols to point out their tribal origin. The sacred food in Puri is called Kaivalya, which is similar to the Jain notion of salvation by which Jains also claim the deity. The Buddhists too claim him, stating that the three idols represent not Hindu gods but the three jewels or tri ratnas that are the central principles of Buddhism.Which deity?

Jagannatha at Puri, Odisha

21)This is the worlds only floating national park and is located in India. Give me the name of the national park or the lake on which it floats.

Keibul Lamjao/Loktak lake

22)FITB

23)Kamaraj was a bus driver employed by the Bharathidasan Engineering College, Vellore. What was unusual about the cause of his death which became the first confirmed event of its kind to occur in the 21st century. The odds of being killed in such a manner was between 1 in 700,000 and 1 in 250 million according to some experts.

He was killed by a meteorite

24)The company was incorporated on 16 September 2015-about 5 months ago--and has three directors: Mohit Kumar Goel, Sushma Devi and Rajesh Kumar. One picture shows the logo of the company, while the other picture shows one of the products it had launched earlier. What is their most famous product?

25)Whose name has been blanked out?

Round 1WrittenBased on Barbie dolls5 for each right answer5 for all correct

The Barbie doll shown in the picture was made in tribute to a fashion designer. Id the designer who has appeared in a cameo in Friends and for whom Rachel worked.

Which actress was the model for Indias Barbie doll?

These special edition Barbie dolls were based on characters from which movie?

Exchange sheetsAnswers

Kim Clijsters

The Barbie doll shown in the picture was made in tribute to a fashion designer. Id the designer who has appeared in a cameo in Friends and for whom Rachel worked.

Ralph Lauren

Nicki Minaj

Which actress was the model for Indias Barbie doll?

Katrina Kaif

These special edition Barbie dolls were based on characters from which movie?

Frozen

Clockwise12 questions+10/-5 on pounce

26)_________ was kind enough to supply a loophole in section 57.10.This restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization, the company says.What is the company in question and what is the occurrence being described?

And the answer is..

Amazon, Zombies

27)The most famous and enduring explanation is that a cow kicked over a lamp while being milked by Mrs. OLeary, but this story was a baseless rumor spread by local papers. It caught on with the public partly due to anti-Irish sentiment and the desire for a clear scapegoat for the destruction that followedWhat was the incident that followed?

And the answer is..

28)Id the person in the picture. He was the MD and CEO of ICICI Bank and later served as the Chairman of Infosys as well. He has been nominated by India as the president-designate of the New Development Bank, a multilateral institution set up by the BRICS groupBrazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

And the answer is..

KV Kamath

29)Identify

And the answer is..

Howard Carter after excavation of Tutankhamuns tomb

30)When Playboy recently published the last nude issue, they fittingly chose to put X on the cover. X has the distinction of appearing on the cover of Playboy the most number of times. Who is this?

And the answer is..

31)Identify the song used in the trailer of the movie Suicide Squad.(video)

And the answer is..

Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen

32)The work shown in the pic reimagines Disney characters in the event they were directed by a certain director. Who?

And the answer is..

Tim Burton

33)Modelled on the lines of the SAS of the UK and GSG-9 of Germany, which security force was set up in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star in 1984?

And the answer is..

National Security Guard

35)Gundaberunda is a mythical that is thought to possess magical strength and is capable of dealing with forces of destruction. The bird is generally depicted as clutching elephants in its talons. Which organisation uses it in its logo?

And the answer is..

36)The lead character in the TV series created by David Shore is modelled on Holmes. After all, X, too, is a detective, though a medical one. So, Xs home address is 221 Baker Street, Apartment B, Princeton, NJ, 08542. Id the character or the TV series.

And the answer is..

37)This temple was to honor Pharaoh Rameses II and his queen Nefertari. When the Egyptian government decided to build the Aswan Dam, the whole temple was relocated. Which temple is this?

And the answer is..

Abu Simbel

Written round Based on famous cars6 images5 for each right answer5 extra for all correct

Answers to followPlease Exchange

Back to the future

Breaking Bad

Ghostbusters

Little Miss Sunshine

Pulp fiction

The Rain man

Anti-Clockwise12 questions+10/-5 on pounce

38)In 1939, when X left Vanguard for Random House, he had one condition for his new publisher, Bennett Cerf that he would let him do an adult book first. The result wasThe Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning Historys Barest Family. Who is this author famous for his books for children?

And the answer is..

Dr Seuss

39)What did these group of people create around 20 years ago?

And the answer is..

40)Iserlohn is German hockey team that went bankrupt in 1987. To deal with their financial woes, they turned to someone who asked them to promote something by incorporating it in their jersey design. Who? What?

And the answer is..

Muammar GaddafiThe Green Book

41)Pictured is a man who discovered among other things 14 asteroids. His ashes were attached to the New Horizons and will become the first human to have his remains sent outside the solar system. Id.

And the answer is..

Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto

42)Internet IndividualInstructInform InspirePut funda?

And the answer is..

The i in Apple products

43) KFC has introduced a new KFC Flaming Crunch chicken. What is the signature spice that is used to make it?

And the answer is..

Bhut Jolokia

44) The Khalasis are famous for making Urus. What is the term that is generally used to refer to boats that are larger than usual? The term is also used to refer to small boats as well at some places. The term has been in currency since the later part of 2015.

And the answer is..

Pathemari

45)People generally agree that the song was put to paper in 1893 by Patty Hill, a kindergarten instructor in Kentucky, with her sister Milfred, though the melody came earlier. The copyright of the song will soon expire and be in public domain. Which song?

And the answer is..

Happy Birthday to you

46)Which fictional character was an exponent of the martial art style featured in the video shown?

And the answer is..

47) More commonly known by the shortened version of his name, IL Bula was aFijiancricketerwho played ninefirst classmatches for Fiji between194748 and195354. His official name literally means "returned alive from Nankula hospital atLakebaisland in theLau group. What unique record does he hold?

And the answer is..

Longest name for any cricketerIlikena Lasarusa Talebulamaineiilikenamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau

48) Guy de Maupassant was one of the few people who didnt much like the Eiffel tower. So, he chose a particular restaurant to have his food so that he did not need to look at it. Where did he usually go to?

And the answer is..

The restaurant in the Eiffel tower itself!

49)X believe that Abu-Bakr, father in law of Muhammed was chosen as the Caliph after the prophets death, while Y believe that Ali, Muhammads son-in-law and cousin should be acknowledged as the successor. X and Y?

And the answer is..

Shia and Sunni

Differential Scoring20 if only one team gets the answer15 if 2-4 teams get the answer10 if 5- 7 teams get the answerNo change in scores if all the teams get the answer

1)

LiFi

2)Id

Evo Morales

3)This is a Yelp review of which fictional place

Hotel Transylvania

4)This statue in Silicon Valley, broadcasts free Wi-Fi signal. Whose statue?

Nikola Tesla

5)Titled Flight, the 20 feet by 10 feet, stainless steel and copper art work, mounted on synthetic granite,this is the first -ever commissioned piece by Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL). Who is the artist?

Yusuf Arakkal

What is being depicted in this relief from Udayagiri caves in Madhya Pradesh?

Varaha rescuing Earth

This photo won the Guardians Wildlife photo of the year competition a couple of years back. Which elusive creature is featured?

Narwhals