1. Fresher’s GK Quiz
Christ University
Quiz Association

2. Rules
• 20 Questions, 1 point each
• In case any team requests for clues, it shall be
given unless 3 or more teams object to clues by
raising their hands
• In case of questions where part-answers are
expected, half point to each correct part-answer
• Star questions for tie-breakers
• Top 8 teams into the final
• All decisions at the discretion of the quizmaster

3. 1. Name the celeb.
Born Nafisa Rizvi Khan
20 February 1988
New York City, U.S.A.
Died 3 June 2013
Mumbai, India

5. *2. Connect this picture to a
derogatory term

6. *3. ID the personality from the
description
• The son of the Indian Test cricketer Dilip Sardesai, he
completed his schooling up to ICSE from the Campion
School in Mumbai, did two years of ISC in the Cathedral
School, Mumbai, and completed a bachelor's course in
Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then
went to University College, Oxford, getting the degrees
of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of
Civil Law. While at Oxford he made six first-class cricket
appearances for Oxford University and one for a
combined Oxford and Cambridge side against the 1987
Pakistani touring team. He was awarded a cricket Blue.

7. 4. If you have 2 then you are X.
If you have 11 then you are Y.
If you have 26 then you are Z.
If you have 38 then you are what?

8. 5. Where have you seen them?

9. 6. Sony is well known and popular
worldwide for its electronic products.
However this area of business is loss-
making interestingly. Which 2 areas of
business contribute the most revenue
/ profit to Sony?

10. 7. Tweet Untweet
“Life is all about taking the right decision, seeing
Gayle bat today I think I took the right
decision of being a wicket keeper.”

11. 8. Strangely the people of this country
are citizens of New Zealand, even
though the time difference between
these two nations is 23 hours. Queen
Elizabeth II heads the state. For a brief
time this country also used to circulate
its currency with the image of Pikachu
on it. Which Country are we talking
about ?

12. 9. If it’s Brazil in 2014, where is it in
2018?

13. 10. FITB

14. *11. Connect the authors Anton
Chekhov and Joseph Conrad to a
contemporary author.

15. 12) Connect

16. 13. Which famous Chinese website?

17. 14. Priyanka Chopra hosted season 3
of this TV show, before the original
host returned for the following
seasons. Name the show.

18. 15. Identify this Lankan cricketer, who
made his debut in 2004

19. 16) Identify

20. 17. What’s his connection with
Facebook?

22. 18. Identify this iconic character

23. 19. Connect

24. *20. Connect
• 2006- Arshad Warsi
• 2008- Shilpa Shetty
• 2009- Amitabh Bachchan
• 2010- Salman Khan
• 2011- Sanjay Dutt
• 2012 – Salman Khan
• 2013 – Salman Khan

25. PRELIMS - ANSWERS
CUQA

26. 1. Name the celeb.
Born Nafisa Rizvi Khan
20 February 1988
New York City, U.S.A.
Died 3 June 2013
Mumbai, India

27. Jiah Khan

28. 2. Connect this picture to a derogatory
term
•

29. “Daddy Dancing”
• Added to Oxford English Dictionary this
year, along with “tweet.”

30. 3. ID the personality from the
description
• The son of the Indian Test cricketer Dilip Sardesai, he
completed his schooling up to ICSE from the Campion
School in Mumbai, did two years of ISC in the Cathedral
School, Mumbai, and completed a bachelor's course in
Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then
went to University College, Oxford, getting the degrees
of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of
Civil Law. While at Oxford he made six first-class cricket
appearances for Oxford University and one for a
combined Oxford and Cambridge side against the 1987
Pakistani touring team. He was awarded a cricket Blue.

31. Rajdeep Sardesai
Chief Editor of CNN-IBN

32. 4. If you have 2 then you are X.
If you have 11 then you are Y.
If you have 22 then you are Z.
If you have 36 then you are what?

33. If its 38 then you have Z+
These are security categories in India
based on the number of personnel

34. 5. Where have you seen them?

35. Dexter’s Laboratory

36. 6. Sony is well known and popular
worldwide for its electronic products.
However this area of business is loss-
making interestingly. Which 2 areas of
business contribute the most revenue
/ profit to Sony?

37. Insurance and Music CDs

38. 7. Tweet Untweet
“Life is all about taking the right decision, seeing
Gayle bat today I think I took the right
decision of being a wicket keeper.”

39. MS Dhoni

40. 8) This Indian company was thus named
after the suburb in Mumbai where the
company was started, by the Chauhan
family, in 1929. the original company later
split into three separate companies owned
by the different factions of the original
Chauhan family. all the three companies
agreed to use the original trademark name
even after splitting.
which company?

41. Parle
Parle

42. 9. If it’s Brazil in 2014, where is it in
2018?

43. Russia (FIFA World Cup)

44. 11. Connect the authors Anton
Chekhov and Joseph Conrad to a
contemporary author.

45. Salman Rushdie
(pseudonym Joseph Anton)

46. 12) Connect

47. Types of Mangoes
• Badami
• Mallika
• Neelam
• Alphonso

48. 13. Which famous Chinese website?

50. 14. Priyanka Chopra hosted season 3
of this TV show, before the original
host returned for the following
seasons. Name the show.

51. Khatron Ke Khiladi

52. 15. Identify this Lankan cricketer, who
made his debut in 2004

53. Lasith Malinga

54. 16) Identify

55. CaCayan Tower

56. 17. What’s his connection with
Facebook?

57. Putnam emoticon

58. 18. Identify this iconic character

59. Speedy Gonzales

60. 19. Connect

61. Cricket strokes / shots / actions
• Dilscoop / McScoop
• Switch Hit
• Helicopter shot
• Slinga
• Upar Cut

63. 20. Connect
• 2006- Arshad Warsi
• 2008- Shilpa Shetty
• 2009- Amitabh Bachchan
• 2010- Salman Khan
• 2011- Sanjay Dutt
• 2012 – Salman Khan
• 2013 – Salman Khan

64. Bigg Boss hosts

66. Top 8 teams in Finals
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