QUIZFIESTAAn intra-college general

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Q1 Oxford dictionary named its word of the year in 2015 to be “______”(

blanks not indicative). Here are some of the sarcastic twitter reactions to that:

“______” is the Oxford dictionary’s pick for the word of the year. In related news, I have no words.

Outrage over an X being Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year is so funny. If only there were convenient ways to express this hilarity!

Face with tears of joy emoticon

Q2 The new X-men movie Apocalypse has raised quite a stir due to the

fact that Ys name is used in the context of describing the antagonist in the movie. In the trailer of the movie, the villain has gone on to say “I have been called many things over many lifetimes – Ra, Y, Yahweh”

Give me Y.

Krishna

Q3 Michael Bay won this

award in 2015 for his movie “Transformers-Age of Extinction”.

Which award am I talking about?

The Golden Raspberry or the Razzies

Q4 “I'm a chilled out dude. When I was younger I did some pretty wild thi

ngs with the limited options I had. I had some crazy friends, girlfriends too. We had our share of parties and drunken escapades as well. Once when in college I ran out of money and had to sleep at a bus stop. It was fun as all of us on Delhi's Hindu College campus, were happy children of the Beatles' generation. Now, I spend my evenings with the children, watch movies, go for holidays and have a few drinks on the side.”says who?

Alok Nath

Q5*When the sun come back,

When the firs' quail call,

Then the time is come

Foller the drinkin' gou'd.

This is a famous escape song. Here the slaves trying to escape are using help from a certain asterism. Give me who are these people trying to escape and how do they use the concerned asterism.

Polaris,North Star

Q6 A minimalist poster of which movie?

Interstellar

Q7 This is the flag of X. The design evokes a vision of “the future histor

y” of X in which the “state” is transformed from red to green and then blue. What is X?

Mars!

Q8 X is the name of a mythological bird in Iranian literature. It is built of t

wo part: Y meaning a king and Z meaning another enormous mythological bird. In One Thousand and One Nights stories, Z helps Sinbad escape from a dangerous island, so X translates to the king of Zs. X is also the name of a popular Indian personality. Give Y and Z and thus X.

Shah Rukh

Q9 Ola cabs deployed Xs in city Y and were hailed for practical thinking

and awareness as the situation went south. This novel idea was welcomed by everyone as Ola used the information from Fire and Rescue Department in deciding the places where to deploy these. Give X and Y.

X- boats Y- Chennai

Q10* Emerson, Lake and Palmer were an English Progressive Rock

group of the 1970s.

During their formative years, these 3 approached a certain rock musician to join their group.

Although, this move never came about, newspapers were flooded with reports of the new band being called “HELP”.

Who was approached?

Jimi Hendrix

Q11 “Three _____ for Muster Mark!

Sure he has not got that much of a bark” – James Joyce, Finnegan’s Wake

This work from Joyce’s book gives us the name of entity which is very influential in modern day physics.

Murray Gell-Mann, the scientist who theorized this particle has gone on to say that “The number three fitted perfectly the way ______s occur in nature”

FITB

Quarks

Question 12 Which company founded by Acharya Balkrishna in 2006 taking

inspiration from a certain yogi has become the most advertised company in 2015?

This company boasts of a wide variety of natural products and famously made a mark when it announced a product related to a popular banned item.

Patanjali

Question 13

Donald Trump

Question 14 In Australia, first day of test match at Melbourne.

Start of Sydney to Hobart Yacht race.

Horse racing, King George VI race.

IIHF World U20 Championships.

Spengler Cup.

Annandagsbandy in Sweden.

Matches in Barclays Premier league, traditionally local derbies.

Put funda.

Boxing Day, 26th December!

Question 15*. Put Funda.

Miss Universe goof up!

Question 16 The FBI Academy, located on Marine Corps Base X, in X, Virginia, is

the training site for new Special Agents and Intelligence Analysts of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In pop culture, it is generally referred to as X.

How would we all be knowing X, owing to our home grown international star?

Quantico

Question 17 The etymology of which metal comes from the

ancient Greek “argos”, meaning shining white, bright, or glistening, or from the Sanskrit “arjuna” meaning white or clear?

Silver!

Question 18

Pinga!

Question 19. ID the dancer in white.(video)

Justin Trudeau, current Prime Minister of Canada

Question 20* According to Kristian Nairn, there are around 70 different ways to

say “X,” and each way means something different and helps express a different feeling. 

“There’s angry, happy, sad, frightened, curious, bashful, sheepish …and many more!,” says Nairn.

Although it seems easy to be in Nairn’s shoes, he says the complexity of X depends on the situation. “Sometimes you have to be very precise, as there is nothing else to say. On the other hand, sometimes its really easy as there is nothing else to say!”

HODOR!