General Quiz by Avinash Maurya. About the QM: Croma Tech Grand Masters winner and author of the best selling book on business awareness,Biz World and co- founder .of Jaipur Quiz Club.

3. PRELIMS 1 JAQUIZZI
Misdirected
Over Acting
Script Piracy
Who was credited with these titles?

4. PRELIMS 2* JAQUIZZI
The town of X, under the British Raj was the
headquarters of the _____ district during the
British Rule of India. It was named after Major
James ____, who was its founder.
In May 2011, the city came into limelight for a
different reason altogether.
Give the city and the reason for which it gained
worldwide attention.

5. PRELIMS 3 JAQUIZZI
Antoine Laumet de La Mothesieur de ________,
was a French explorer, trader and adventurer
from the colony of New France.
He founded Fort Detroit, and is thus credited with
the establishment of the city of Detroit.
A place in Michigan, another in Maine and a
globally recognized company has been named in
his honour.
Fill in the blanks.

6. PRELIMS 4 JAQUIZZI
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before _____

7. PRELIMS 5 JAQUIZZI
How are Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones
related?

8. PRELIMS 6* JAQUIZZI
Jiang Qing was more known because she was
X’s wife.
After X’s death, Jiang Qing was sentenced to
death in 1981 in the trial during which she made
the famous quote:
"I was Chairman X’s dog. I bit whomever he
asked me to bite."
Identify X?

9. PRELIMS 7 JAQUIZZI
Whose name has now been removed?

10. PRELIMS 8* JAQUIZZI
Name the film/book.

11. PRELIMS 9 JAQUIZZI
What does the map depict?

12. PRELIMS 10* JAQUIZZI
Identify the TV series.

13. PRELIMS 11 JAQUIZZI
Identify the logo?

14. PRELIMS 12 JAQUIZZI
Identify.

15. PRELIMS 13 JAQUIZZI
Name the art form.

16. PRELIMS 14 JAQUIZZI
Identify the hindi song inspired
from this song.

17. PRELIMS 15 JAQUIZZI
Name the band.

20. PRELIMS 1 JAQUIZZI
Misdirected
Over Acting
Script Piracy
Who was credited with these titles?

21. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Jaspal Bhatti

22. PRELIMS 2* JAQUIZZI
The town of X, under the British Raj was the
headquarters of the _____ district during the
British Rule of India. It was named after Major
James ____, who was its founder.
In May 2011, the city came into limelight for a
different reason altogether.
Give the city and the reason for which it gained
worldwide attention.

23. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Abbottabad
Osama Bin Laden was killed here.

24. PRELIMS 3 JAQUIZZI
Antoine Laumet de La Mothesieur de ________,
was a French explorer, trader and adventurer
from the colony of New France.
He founded Fort Detroit, and is thus credited with
the establishment of the city of Detroit.
A place in Michigan, another in Maine and a
globally recognized company has been named in
his honour.
Fill in the blanks.

25. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Cadillac

26. PRELIMS 4 JAQUIZZI
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before _____

27. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Before MIDNIGHT

28. PRELIMS 5 JAQUIZZI
How are Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones
related?

29. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Half sisters

30. PRELIMS 6* JAQUIZZI
Jiang Qing was more because she was X’s wife.
After X’s death, Jiang Qing was sentenced to
death in 1981 in the trial during which she made
the famous quote:
"I was Chairman X’s dog. I bit whomever he
asked me to bite."
Identify X?

31. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Mao Zedong

32. PRELIMS 7 JAQUIZZI
Whose name has now been removed?

33. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Lance Armstrong

34. PRELIMS 8* JAQUIZZI
Name the film/book.

35. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Forrest Gump

36. PRELIMS 9 JAQUIZZI
What does the map depict?

37. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI

38. PRELIMS 10* JAQUIZZI
Identify the TV series.

39. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Hum Log

40. PRELIMS 11 JAQUIZZI
Identify the logo?

41. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Rajasthan Tourism

42. PRELIMS 12 JAQUIZZI
Identify.

43. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
A K Hangal

44. PRELIMS 13 JAQUIZZI
Name the art form.

45. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Warli Art

46. PRELIMS 14 JAQUIZZI
Identify the hindi song inspired
from this song.

47. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Ramba Ho

48. PRELIMS 15 JAQUIZZI
Name the band.

49. PRELIMS ANSWER JAQUIZZI
Colonial Cousins
Hariharan
Leslie Lewis

51. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
DRY
Direct Question (+10/-0)
Infinite Pounce (+5/-5)

52. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Gulzar was the main lyricist of the film, while
Salil da got a song penned by Yogesh Gaur
without knowing Gulzar has already done lyrics
for that. Hrishida opted for Gulzar version but to
compensate Hrishida offered Yogesh money for
his effort, which Yogesh refused to accept. So,
to accommodate Yogesh's effort Hrishida &
team came up with a new song situation which
was not part of the script.
Which song are we talking about?

53. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

54. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI

55. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Authorship question is an important argument
in the history of English literature about
whether this author wrote the works attributed
to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term
for adherents of the various alternative-
authorship theories—say that his name was a
just a cover for the identity of the real author
or authors, who for some reason did not want or
could not accept public credit.
Who are we talking about?

56. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

57. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
William Shakespeare

58. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Cloud appers
and bring to men a chance to rest
from looking at the moon.
- Matsuo Basho
What traditional Japanesse form
of poetry is this?

59. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

60. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Haiku (always has 17 syllabes)

61. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Which historic 1927 American film
was about a Jewish boy
named Jakie Rabonwitz, who runs
away from home and makes a
career as a stage performer under
the pseudonym Jack Robin?

62. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

63. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
The Jazz Singer, the first 'talkie'

64. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
In 1883, the Indonesian volcanic island of
Krakatoa exploded. The explosion was so loud
that, reportedly, it could distinctly be heard in
Perth, Australia — nearly 2,000 miles away.
There was one other after-effect: the sky changed
color. Specifically, for a few years after the
explosion, the skies around the world were
noticeably darker, and for a few months, blood-red
sunsets were the norm.
Which world famous painting is likely inspired by
the Krakatoa explosion?

65. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

66. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Edvard Munch’s The Scream

67. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
“One day in our editorial review meeting, we
discussed the common perception that ‘our journal
(Organiser) was too dry and only wrote about
political issues’. Malkani responded, ‘That’s true.
We should also cover other interesting facets of
life, such as films. But who will write on films?’ I
volunteered and began writing a regular cinema
column under the pen name ‘Netra’ (eye).”
Who?

68. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

69. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
L K Advani

70. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
X (literally "South of the River"), is one of the
25 local government districts which make up the
city of Seoul, South Korea. As of the 2010
census, X had a population of 527,641. making
it the 4th most populated district in Seoul.
X is the third largest district in Seoul with an
area of 39.5 km
Identify X.

71. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

72. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Gangnam

73. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Barton went to Irving Kahn, a vice president at
20th Century Fox studios, with the idea of
connecting cue cards in a motorized scroll.
Kahn brought in his employee Hubert Schlafly,
an electrical engineer. Using half of a suitcase
as an outer shell for his new device, he rigged
up a series of belts, pulleys and a motor to turn
a scroll of butcher paper. The paper was turned
gradually, as controlled by a stagehand.
What was invented hence?

74. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

75. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Teleprompter

76. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
1992 Barcelona Olympics - 58
2000 Sydney Olympics - 2
2012 London Olympics - 4
What are we talking about?

77. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

78. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Independent Olympic Athletes

79. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Where would you find North Bay Island /
Coral Island, Andaman imprinted?

80. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

81. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI

82. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Televisions and computers started to replace X hence making it
obsolete by 1960s. One of its other use was in the form of
confetti, which were thrown from the windows above parades,
primarily in lower Manhattan.
What are we talking about?

83. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

84. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Ticker Tape

85. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
This year in April, the Miss Universe beauty
pageant made a policy shift which is said to
be a step forward for equality in the
competition.
This decision was prompted after the
organisation allowed Jenna Talackova to
compete for Canada's spot in the Miss
Universe pageant this year.
What policy shift was made?

86. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

87. ROUND 1 JAQUIZZI
Transgender women to participate in
the Miss Universe beauty pageant.

88. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
VISUAL
BUZZER (+10/-5)

89. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Where would you find these?

90. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

91. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Wikipedia logo

92. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
What is the significance of this photo?

93. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

94. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Gandhi’s image on currency is
taken from this photo.

95. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Flags of which country?

96. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

97. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
India

98. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Identify the poet.

99. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

100. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Oscar Wilde
C.3.3 was his prison cell number.

101. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI

102. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

103. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Gandhi to Hitler

104. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI

105. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

106. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Yahoo! hired Merissa Mayer.

107. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
She was the first Hindi news caster of
Doordarshan. Identify.

108. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

109. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Mrs. Pratima Puri

110. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Identify the temple which also features in a recent
commercial.

111. ANSWER JAQUIZZI

112. ROUND 2 JAQUIZZI
Somnath Temple, Gujurat

113. ROUND 3 JAQUIZZI
CONNECTION
BUZZER (+10/-5)

114. ROUND 3 JAQUIZZI
?
Who is the fourth person?

115. ROUND 3 JAQUIZZI
insert song

116. ROUND 3 JAQUIZZI
insert song

117. ROUND 3 JAQUIZZI
insert song