This General Quiz was held in March,2021 and set by Roshni and Aparna as part of our weekly sessions. The set was meticulously compiled and hosted by both the QMs. Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.

3. 1. “Looking back, it’s embarrassing to recognize the degree to which my
intellectual curiosity those first two years of college paralleled the
interests of various women I was attempting to get to know: Marx and
Marcuse so I had something to say to the long-legged socialist who
lived in my dorm; Foucault and Woolf for the ethereal bisexual who
wore mostly black. As a strategy for picking up girls, my pseudo-
intellectualism proved mostly worthless.”
That was an extract from a bestselling 700+ page book that is the first
of 2 volumed series.
Identify this author who eventually met his wife while in law school.

6. 2. In 2010, an Indian businessman launched a renewed version of a historic company
that had a huge influence on India. The original organization had dissolved nearly 150
years ago. The new revival has been described as such,
“The historic __________ built itself on aggression, but today’s _________ is about
compassion.”
Identify the organization that now sells premium tea & coffee and gourmet food stuff.

8. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY

9. 3. Connect or find what’s the common thing -
● Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?
● Hello Clarice
● Luke, I am your father
● Greed is good
● He’s alive

11. They are all famous misquotes.

12. 4. An Irishman who at one point attempted to overthrow the
Spanish Government with the support of many natives, and
creole merchants, claimed to be a bastard son of the king of
Spain.
He inspired a masked character who is known to be cunning like a
fox, charming and a great acrobat. There have been many movie
adaptations made on this character, the latest of which released in
2005, which was critically panned. Which popular fictional
character did the Irishman inspire?

14. ZORRO

15. 5. This building has been a victim of vandalism for many years.
Thieves cut off and stole the head of a specific statue which was
eventually replaced with a terracotta head. But here’s the twist,
even the thieves felt that the new replacement was horrible and
returned the original to the building.
Whose head did they steal?/ What was this statue originally
supposed to be of before the unfortunate facelift?
Picture on the next slide...

18. Statue of Mary and Jesus

19. 6.
What was unusual about this performance that got audience
responses such as, “Haunted me in my sleep” “Made me cry” and was
reported as, “Ghoulish. Creepy. And mind-blowingly awesome.”
Narendra Modi incorporated a similar gimmick to his campaign in the
run-up to the 2014 elections.
Name that gimmick basically.

21. Appearance as holograms/ 3D Projections

22. 7.
What song is being described here?
“The boy, who claims to be from a poor family, was obsessed with
unusual dances and 17th-century astronomers and was terrified of
thunder and lightning. The judge ruled that he would never let the
defendant go and in an unusual move, sentenced him to be stoned or
having people spit in his eye. The boy blamed the devil for his claim and
called out to God in hopes of getting back his soul.”
Name this song which is considered to be one of the greatest songs of all
time.

25. 8.
In the 1960s, an American chemist was trying to find a new strong
adhesive and came up with a glue that didn’t even hold pieces of
paper together firmly. The adhesive was patented in 1972 and was
described as suitable for use as a spray.
In 1974, a co-worker thought of different use of the glue and X was
born. X is so popular and ever-present that more than 50 billion X are
manufactured each year. What is X?

28. 9.
In the 1600s, a property tax was introduced under which British
households had to pay a specific tax if they had more than a certain
number of X in their house. To avoid paying, people simply reduced
the number of X and this tax system was called as ______ _______,
which has now become a common expression that now refers to
obvious and unfair overcharging.
What is X and what is the expression?

30. X - Windows
The expression is daylight robbery

31. 10.
This author, who was a professor of language and literature at Oxford
University and had a lifelong obsession with languages in general, having
worked extensively on the first edition of the Oxford English dictionary,
invented a family of languages called X for his fantasy work revolving
around a fictional setting inspired by Norse mythology.
The name of the invented language finds its etymology with the name of the
fictional species of _____ who are immortal and have become a staple of
fantasy literature both in the West and in Japan.
Who is the author and what is X?

33. Author - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Elvish family of languages

34. 11.
Buddhist monks partook in a kind of extreme meditation that required perseverance and
complete immersion in the task. Food and liquid intake was minimal and ultimately
stopped, by the monk in question. Chanting of special Buddhist mantras was a part of the
process.
X was primarily a Buddhist concept wherein monks and ascetics engaged in long-term
meditation.
The practice was essentially undertaken in order to have complete control over one’s own
life.
A version of X, with a minor difference, is generally associated with a different ancient
civilization.
What is X?

36. Self-mummification or Sokushinbutsu

37. 12.
X founded _____ Corporation with his older brother Y.
____ was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of
newspapers. The online venture was sold to an IT company in 1999. The money
raised was used by X to invest in many companies including Y’s new online venture
which went on to become a staple in online transactions.
X then went to a culinary institute and eventually opened many restaurants.
Name X and Y.

39. X - Kimbal Musk
Y - Elon Musk

40. 13.
Founded in the 1800s, this organization conducts meetings which are held
once a week, usually on Saturdays, in which one member would give a talk on
a topic, which would be followed by discussion on the same.
The organization’s name comes from the number, twelve, of their founders.
Ex-members are known as angels and people awaiting membership are called
embryos.
The likes of John Keynes, Amartya Sen and Bertrand Russell have been
members. Identity this organization.

42. The Cambridge Apostles/ Conversazione Society

43. 14.
Give funda.

45. The Indian version of the products ( vaccine, Mars
mission, internet providers/connections) were all
produced or are available at much cheaper than the
rest of the world

46. 15.
In the picture on the next slide, the morning light shining through a grill gives the
impression that the bird is trapped as it gazes out through the mesh.
This picture features a Gray heron that thrives around London's wilder waterways,
but they also do well in more urban settings such as the smaller parks and canals,
despite the litter and large numbers of people walking by.
What is the title of this picture which was a relatively recent winner of an annual
photographic competition based in the UK?

49. Answer:
Behind bars

50. 16.
Speaking about X’s tough demeanour, X said,
"I don't know but from my childhood I had the habit to win whatever I am
participating in. I was actually a very aggressive kind of person. I used to play all the
sports. So whatever sport I used to play and I used to see someone else getting
more points than me ...I just couldn't stand it. Even my mom has same attitude. I
think I have got her genes in me which is really working in such a tough sport.”
Before taking up the sport for which X is now famous for, X was a champion in
karate.
X’s primary sport originated in India, the British modified it into the form it is now
played in.
Who is X?

52. Saina Nehwal

53. 17.
After getting a law degree, X worked as a social worker before joining
politics like her father before her.
X’s family made headwaves in the news in the late 1980s. After the
incident was resolved, there were calls for dismissal of the state
government. X’s father was then a senior minister with the central
government.
She contested her first election, and won, at a time when nobody was
coming out from the house. It was at this time that X started door-to-door
campaigning.
Who is X?

55. Mehbooba Mufti

56. 18.
While other political bigwigs actively involved themselves in politics and Mahatma
Gandhi’s Swaraj and Civil Disobedience Movement, X took a different approach and
aimed to contribute to the freedom struggle by using education as the chief tool.
Responding to Mahatma Gandhi’s appeal to Indian youth to shun state-supported
institutions, X co-founded an educational institute on the grounds of which X
was buried after death.
X’s educational reform movements and efforts even gained appreciation from arch
political rivals like Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Who is X?

58. DR. ZAKIR HUSAIN

59. Thank you