In.Quiz.Itor General Quiz - Chowgule College Goa 2017

Round 1 – 8 Questions Written
Round 2 – 12 Questions on Infinite Bounce with limited Pounce
Round 3 – 5 Questions on Link List
Round 4 -12 Questions on Infinite Bounce with limited Pounce
Round 5 -5 Questions on Infinite Pounce + Theme

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Bonus +10 for getting all correct

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12 Questions on Infinite Bounce
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10 Points for every correct answer
No negatives on the Pounce

Nuwara Eliya is a town located in the central province of Sri
Lanka. The topography of the town is such that black soil forms
the top layer here. One of the most famous attractions of the
town is a temple, situated close to a botanical garden, which was
supposedly built in the memory of a person who was kept
prisoner in the area.
Identify the Person
1

This is a song by a Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group. It was released
in May 1997 as their third single overall, it is included on the album
Aquarium.
The song topped the charts worldwide, particularly in European
countries such as the UK, where it was a number-one hit for three
weeks. It was also on top of the charts in Australia for the same length
of time, and it remains the group's biggest hit single in the US to date,
and their only one to reach the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. The
song became the subject of the controversial lawsuit Mattel v. MCA
Records.
Which song?
2

This Company was established in 1937. It was converted into a
public sector undertaking during 1947.The main customer of
company is _______ and some other foreign countries like
Nepal, Cambodia, Turkey, South Africa, Nigeria etc. The main
product of this company is used at regular intervals in India.
What is their famous Product which you may have seen
recently?
3

This Person was born in Hyderabad in a Telugu family from Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh, India.
He attained a bachelor of engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Manipal Institute of
Technology in 1987 and subsequently travelled to the U.S. on a student visa to study for an MS degree in
Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Identify him.
4

What is the type of hat worn here by Amitabh Bachchan
named after a small country in South America bordered
by Costa Rica and Colombia, the name of which has
come under controversy last year?
5

This is a Banksy work portraying Queen Elizabeth-II modelled
on a famous album cover by an Artist. Which Artist?
6

Addiction to drug X was treated by drug Y.
Y was synthesised by C.R. Alder Wright during World War I and was
used as medicine in the early days specifically finding its use in the
treatment of X.
X is itself an inactive drug, but when inserted into the body, it
converts into Y. Give X and Y, two very famous/ infamous drugs
7

Instead of using the GDP as a measure of progress Bhutan uses GNH.
It is an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life or
social progress in more holistic or psychological terms, instead of only
basing it one economic parameters. If GN stands for Gross National,
What does H stand for?
8

9
Which famous Goan Location is shown in the following Advertisement for Idea
4G Cellular just after the pause?

Started in October 2014 as a monthly programme, this has become a
major revenue source for its broadcaster (the ad revenues are 100-fold
during the broadcast of the aforementioned program). This programme
more often than not features a single individual with great showmanship.
Except the Jan 2016 which features a foreign counterpart, it has always
been a one-person affair. What programme is being talked about?
10

11
Which was Goa’s first indigenously produced Beer Brand which had a slogan
“It’s Goa …Chilled!”?

12
This was an attempt to recreate an iconic
photograph in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Which Photograph?

Linkin’ Park
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Sports
Goa
Business
Movies
World Politics

A few days back, the Uber App underwent a change
temporarily commemorating something.
What am I talking about?

104 Satellites launched by ISRO
back

A certain vessel followed this route and met its fateful end.
The story of which movie?

The Women’s 400m freestyle swimming event at Rio
2016 had a special connection to Indians as person
was selected to present medals to the winners.
Who?

The Western India Portuguese Railways Company was a British
firm that built the first railway line that linked Goa to British
India. The British invested in this venture primarily because it
wanted access to which important location in Goa?

Devita Saraf , the Founder and CEO of VU Technologies got into trouble with a
lot of Indians because of something she did on Times of India on January 21
2016. What did she do?

12 Quiztakes of my Life
12 Questions on Infinite Bounce
Each team has 4 Pounces
10 Points for every correct answer
No negatives on the Pounce

This definition of this medical condition is a generalized headache from
spending many hours reading an unusually long volume Book. The pain
resolves one to two days after the patient finishes the book.
The term was coined by Dr. Howard J. Bennett in a Letter to the Editor of The
New England Journal of Medicine on October 30, 2003.
This term is named after a famous institution about which most of us have read
in our childhoods. What term am I talking about?
1

The Indian cricket team’s jersey underwent a change in October
2011 prior to the ODI series against England with three stars being
added above the BCCI logo. What do the three stars represent?
2

Identify this person making an appearance in the
international award-winning Richard Attenborough directed
film Gandhi (1982).
3

4
Identify this World-Famous Singer

Nelson Wang is a restaurateur in India, founder of a famous
China Garden restaurant in Mumbai's Kemps Corner
neighbourhood. What was said to be invented by him in 1975
at the Cricket Club of India at the request of a customer. The
thing invented by him is named after a region in North-East
China and implies a sweet and salty brown dish?
5

6
Various suggestions have been made as to the origin of the phrase 'X' .
Prominent amongst those is that the phrase originated in American
playgrounds, in the way that children select sides for impromptu baseball
games. The method is for one team captain to grab the bat at the bottom,
then the other captain takes hold above the first's hand and they progress
hand over hand along the bat until the top is reached - the one left holding the
bat and getting first choice of player for their team.
What is the phrase X?

This peak in the Manmad Hills has become popularly known as the
“X Hill”, because it has a natural top like the “X" logo and is a
popular sight from trains.
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8
This is the aerial picture of which bridge which was blown up in 1961 by the
Portuguese in order to slow down the Indian Army during Operation Vijay?

9 Identify the voice of the AI

10
This is an Image of a Memorial dedicated to a person in Greece. It
depicts something the man gave to the world. Which Person?
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This city is known as the "Sun City" for the bright and sunny weather it enjoys all
the year round. It is also known as the "Blue City" because of the blue colours
that decorate many of the houses in the old city area.
Which city ?
11
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Founded in memory of the founder’s mother, this institution was inaugurated by the
then External Minister Smt. Lakshmi Menon on 23 June 1962. Which Institution?
12

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Points for theme shown during the question

This person has a history in youth politics in Goa. He was the chair of
the Goa University Students Council, president of Goa Pradesh Youth
Congress, and an independent candidate in 2012 Goa Elections after
losing out on the Congress ticket. Who?
1

She is the most followed Asian woman on Twitter and most liked Indian actress
on Facebook. Also in 2016, the global edition of Forbes ranked her as the tenth
highest-paid actress in the world. Who?
2

3
Identify this Indian Businessman
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5
Which Indian politician resides at 10 Janpath?

Vijai Sardesai
Deepika Padukone
JRD Tata
Adnan Sami
Sonia Gandhi

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Vijai Sardesai
Deepika Padukone
JRD Tata
Adnan Sami
Sonia Gandhi
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Mother Teresa

All are foreign born Indian Citizens

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