This is the prelims of the first edition of Quiz-O-Maniac, the General Quiz.

1. QUIZ-O-MANIAC
THE PRELIMS

2. Q.1)This “Type C”
diplomatic bag containing
only newspapers, calendars
and a personal letter was
recovered near the crash
since in 2012, but it
contained no documents of
importance. This latest
discovery gave wind to a
conspiracy theory
masterminded by CIA.
Which sensational incident
was this?

3.  In 2003, three students from Helsinki
university of technology, Nicklas Hed, Jarno
Vakovainen and Kim Dikert, participated in
a mobile game development competition. A
victory with multiplayer game called King of
the cabbage world led to the trio to set up
their own company, Relude, which is now
known by another name.
 How is this company familiar to us?

4. Q.3)Argentina's Pedro Monzón was the first to
receive it in 1990 and was quickly followed
by Argentina’s Gustavo Dezotti. Marcel
Desailly of France received it in 1998 and
John Heitinga of Netherlands received it in
2010. Who received it in 2006? What (rather
infamous) feat?

5.  Poster of this futuristic
movie inspired the poster of
which much appreciated
realistic movie of
recent times?

6.  She is a warrior sage who is worshipped as the incarnation of the
warrior goddess Durga by her followers. She is an official deity of the
royal families of Jodhpur and Bikaner. At the request of the Maharajas
of Bikaner and Jodhpur, she laid the foundation stones of Bikaner fort
and Mehrangarh Fort. The most famous of her temples is in the town
of Deshnoke which is renowned for squeamishly bizzare practice. A
certain organization also derives its name from the goddess.
 Name this deity. (picture follows)

7. Q.6)The United States set up concentration camps for
Cherokee and other Native Americans in the 1830s.From
1863 to 1868, the U.S. Military persecuted and imprisoned
9,500 Navajo and 500 Mescalero Apache.
• Living under armed guards, more than 3,500 Navajo and
Mescalero Apache men, women, and children died from
starvation and disease.
• Who, being an ardent admirer of the attitude of the
American Government against the Natives, in a 1928
speech praised Americans for having "gunned down the
millions of Redskins to a few hundred thousand, and now
keep the modest remnant under observation in a cage.” ?

8. Q.7)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
X
What is this list of?
Who is the recent addition to this list?

9. Q.8)
The current trophy was created for the 1999
championships and is the first permanent prize in
the tournament's history. The trophy was designed
and produced in London by a team of craftsmen
from Garrard & Co (the Crown Jewellers). The
whole process was completed over a period of two
months time. Which trophy?

10.  IT IS A BLIND AND WINGLESS BEETLE, MEASURING LESS THAN
ONE MILLIMETRE AND WAS DISCOVERED IN THE KENYAN
CAPITAL OF NAIROBI IN THE 1960s. HOWEVER, THE BEETLE WAS
NOT NAMED UNTIL THIS YEAR . ON OCTOBER 25TH 2019,
BRITAIN’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMCHOSE THE SCIENTIFIC
NAME Neeloptodes gratae FOR THE BEETLE.
 WHY IS THE NAMING OF THE BEETLE SIGNIFICANT?
 (PICTURE FOLLOWS)

12. Q.11)
Gopal Purushottam Phadke was an Indian
sports coach from Pune. He was a specialist of
several disciplines such as swimming,
Mallakhamb and Kabbadi.
• He received the Dronacharya Award, the
highest Indian award for sports coaching, in
2000, the only coach from a certain sport to
receive the award.
• Which sport?

13.  IN 1984-85 SEASON, INDIA AND PAKISTAN WERE
PLAYING 2ND ODI IN SIALKOT. INDIAN TEAM’S
SCORE WAS 210/3 AND VENGSARKAR WAS AT
94.AT THIS POINT, THE MATCH WAS ABADONED.
 WHAT IS REASON BEHIND IT?

14.  Train number 17303/4, an express of the Indian
railways, plies between Yeshwantpur (Bangalore) and
Mysore in Karnataka. This comes under the
Southwestern Railways.
 In 2011, this train was given a more endearing name,
something fitting to that particular section of the
country. Perhaps, a tiger or M.K.Gandhi will one day
board the express.
 What name?

18. Q.1)This “Type C”
diplomatic bag containing
only newspapers, calendars
and a personal letter was
recovered near the crash
since in 2012, but it
contained no documents of
importance. This latest
discovery gave wind to a
conspiracy theory
masterminded by CIA.
Which sensational incident
was this?

19.  CRASH OF THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT 101 WHICH LED
TO THE DEATH OF HOMI J. BHABHA.

20.  In 2003, three students from Helsinki
university of technology, Nicklas Hed, Jarno
Vakovainen and Kim Dikert, participated in
a mobile game development competition. A
victory with multiplayer game called King of
the cabbage world led to the trio to set up
their own company, Relude, which is now
known by another name.
 How is this company familiar to us?

21.  ANGRY BIRDS BY ROVIO.

22. Q.3)Argentina's Pedro Monzón was the first to
receive it in 1990 and was quickly followed
by Argentina’s Gustavo Dezotti. Marcel
Desailly of France received it in 1998 and
John Heitinga of Netherlands received it in
2010. Who received it in 2006? What (rather
infamous) feat?

23.  ZINADINE ZIDANE, RED CARD IN THE FINALS OF
FIFA WORLD CUP.

24.  Poster of this futuristic
movie inspired the poster of
which much appreciated
realistic movie of
recent times?

25.  THE LUNCHBOX

26.  She is a warrior sage who is worshipped as the incarnation of the
warrior goddess Durga by her followers. She is an official deity of the
royal families of Jodhpur and Bikaner. At the request of the Maharajas
of Bikaner and Jodhpur, she laid the foundation stones of Bikaner fort
and Mehrangarh Fort. The most famous of her temples is in the town
of Deshnoke which is renowned for squeamishly bizzare practice. A
certain organization also derives its name from the goddess.
 Name this deity. (picture follows)

27.  KARNI MATA

28. Q.6)The United States set up concentration camps for
Cherokee and other Native Americans in the 1830s.From
1863 to 1868, the U.S. Military persecuted and imprisoned
9,500 Navajo and 500 Mescalero Apache.
• Living under armed guards, more than 3,500 Navajo and
Mescalero Apache men, women, and children died from
starvation and disease.
• Who, being an ardent admirer of the attitude of the
American Government against the Natives, in a 1928
speech praised Americans for having "gunned down the
millions of Redskins to a few hundred thousand, and now
keep the modest remnant under observation in a cage.” ?

29.  ADOLF HITLER

30. Q.7)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
X
What is this list of?
Who is the recent addition to this list?

31.  BOB DYLAN, WINNERS OF BOTH GRAMMY
AWARDS AND NOBEL PRIZE.

32. Q.8)
The current trophy was created for the 1999
championships and is the first permanent prize in
the tournament's history. The trophy was designed
and produced in London by a team of craftsmen
from Garrard & Co (the Crown Jewellers). The
whole process was completed over a period of two
months time. Which trophy?

33.  ICC WORLD CUP TROPHY

34.  IT IS A BLIND AND WINGLESS BEETLE, MEASURING LESS THAN
ONE MILLIMETRE AND WAS DISCOVERED IN THE KENYAN
CAPITAL OF NAIROBI IN THE 1960s. HOWEVER, THE BEETLE WAS
NOT NAMED UNTIL THIS YEAR . ON OCTOBER 25TH 2019,
BRITAIN’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMCHOSE THE SCIENTIFIC
NAME Neeloptodes gratae FOR THE BEETLE.
 WHY IS THE NAMING OF THE BEETLE SIGNIFICANT?
 (PICTURE FOLLOWS)

35.  THE INSECT IS NAMED AFTER GRETA THUNBERG

37.  THE BIG BANG THEORY

38. Q.11)
Gopal Purushottam Phadke was an Indian
sports coach from Pune. He was a specialist of
several disciplines such as swimming,
Mallakhamb and Kabbadi.
• He received the Dronacharya Award, the
highest Indian award for sports coaching, in
2000, the only coach from a certain sport to
receive the award.
• Which sport?

39.  KHO-KHO

40.  IN 1984-85 SEASON, INDIA AND PAKISTAN WERE
PLAYING 2ND ODI IN SIALKOT. INDIAN TEAM’S
SCORE WAS 210/3 AND VENGSARKAR WAS AT
94.AT THIS POINT, THE MATCH WAS ABADONED.
 WHAT IS REASON BEHIND IT?

41.  ASSASINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI.

42.  Train number 17303/4, an express of the Indian
railways, plies between Yeshwantpur (Bangalore) and
Mysore in Karnataka. This comes under the
Southwestern Railways.
 In 2011, this train was given a more endearing name,
something fitting to that particular section of the
country. Perhaps, a tiger or M.K.Gandhi will one day
board the express.
 What name?

43.  MALGUDI EXPRESS.

45.  FLAG OF MARS.

47.  BAPPI LAHIRI.

48. Thank You!