The Fresher's Quiz, held at IIT Guwahati as part of the Fresher's Week 2013

1. FRESHER’S QUIZ 2013
THE ANSWERS

2. Identify this damsel, mostly in
the news for all the wrong
reasons.
Q1.

3. KIM KARDASHIAN

4. X was first held in 1960.
Since then it has undergone major changes, the most
recent being in 2013.
Political parties in various states have raised objections
to X based on language issues.
While it was initially an only-Indian affair, it had its first
overseas version in 2008.
All of us sitting here have been a part of X, at some point
in our lifetime.
ID X.
Q2.

5. THE IIT-JEE.
:P

6. Music journalist Bill Lamb from About.com wrote
about X:
“Take one part LMFAO's synth-based party music,
another part Ricky Martin's Latin dance party and
the rest a powerfully charismatic South Korean
showman and you have the first worldwide K-Pop
smash hit”
Enough said.
Now, identify X.
Q3.

7. GANGNAM STYLE

8. Which recent Indian movie, reportedly, took
it’s title from the last words spoken by main
protagonist’s father, during the communal
riots of Indian-Partition?
Q4.

9. BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG

10. This is one of the best graphic parodies of X(a song).
So , identify X, maybe?
Q5.

11. CALL ME MAYBE.

12. DEATHS(recent) AGE(yrs)
Pran 93
Amar Bose 83
Quattrochi 74
X 163
Identify X
Q6.

13. THE INDIAN TELEGRAM SERVICE

14. The films working title was For God and Country.The title X was officially
confirmed at the end of the films teaser trailer.The director of the movie has
explained that "its a military term(X) for 30 minutes after midnight, and it
refers also to the darkness and secrecy that cloaked the entire decade-long
mission.“
• Parts of the film were shot at PEC University of Technology in Chandigarh.
• Electronic Arts promoted X in its video game Medal of Honor:Warfighter by
offering downloadable maps of locations depicted in the film. Additional
maps for the game were made available on December 19, to coincide with
the films initial release.
Identify X.
Q7.

15. ZERO DARK THIRTY

16. What is this list about, and who is the latest addition (some
may say casualty):
•2005: Mariano Puerta (Argentina)
•2006: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
•2007: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
•2008: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
•2010: Robin Soderling (Sweden)
•2011: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
•2012: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Q8.

17. NOVAK DJOKOVIC.
ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY
NADAL IN THE FINALS OF THE FRENCH OPEN.

18. Cyeda Sungur, who works at a Technical University, has come
to be known as "The Lady in Red", after being photographed
(in her red dress and white satchel) at the receiving end of a
pepper spray and water hose.
For protests in which country has she become the unlikely
and somewhat unwilling face?
Q9.

19. TURKEY

20. Identify the singer.
Q10.

21. PIGGY CHOPS
AKA
PRIYANKA CHOPRA

22. Founded on 26 November 2012, this is the
logo of which political party whose initials
conveniently come together to mean "you"?
Q11.

23. AAM AADMI PARTY(AAP)

24. Which common street food, mainly
prevalent in North India, got its name
because it is so tasty, that everyone wants
to lick their fingers after consuming it ?
Q12.

25. CHAAT

26. If 2010 featured a pain-killer from a Kolkata company and
consisting of 16% Menthol and 10% Oil of Gaultheria, 2012
features a resin-based adhesive that is almost synonymous
with its product category.
What am I talking of?
Q13.

27. DABANGG ITEM SONGS
• Pain Killer-Zandu Balm
• Adhesive-Fevicol

28. A question on Mr. Bond
What does the ‘Double O’
prefix in his codename
007 indicate?
Q14.

29. LICENSE TO KILL

30. What is
SPERMOLOGY?
*”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P
Q15.

31. THE STUDY OF TRIVIA

32. Fill in the block.
Q16.

34. The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction
novel by X, published under the pseudonym
"Robert Galbraith“.
Before X's identity as the book's author was
revealed, 1,500 copies of the book had been
sold since its release in April 2013.
The book surged from 4,709th to the 1st best-
selling novel on Amazon after it was revealed
on 14 July 2013 that the book was written by X
under the name "Robert Galbraith“.
Identify X
Q17.

35. JK ROWLING

36. "World War Z" is a 2013 Hollywood film
starring and co-produced by Brad Pitt who
plays a UN employee in the story.The film is
based on a book of the same name written by
Max Brooks.
What does the "Z" in the title stand for?
Q18.

37. ZOMBIE

38. Q19.

39. THE HUNGER GAMES

40. What are these ?
Daughters are precious.
Break the Silence.
Marriage or Marketplace.
Every Life is Precious.
Intolerance to Love.
Persons with disabilities.
Danger at home.
Poison on our Plate?.
Think before you Drink.
Dignity for All.
SunsetYears, Sunshine Life.
Every Drop Counts.
Idea of India.
Q20.

41. THE EPISODES OF SATYAMEV JAYATE

42. Watch the video.
Question follows on the
next slide.
Q21.

43. • The next frame in this video says:
“Seekhna band toh Jeetna band”
• Identify this TV series whose newest season starts in
August 2013.

44. KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI

45. Tweets From which famous personality?Q22.

46. SIR RAVINDRA JADEJA

47. His newest offering is the best-selling album of 2013(so
far).
He has also held starring roles in the films The Social
Network, Bad Teacher, In Time and Friends with Benefits.
Identify this American actor, businessman and singer-
songwriter.
Q23.

48. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

49. One of the most
brilliant adverts
ever.
Identify the
advertiser.
Q24.

50. LEGO

51. Sanjeev Bhikchandani who was born in 1964 did
his graduation in Economics from St.Stephens,
Delhi and then got an MBA from IIM-A in 1989.
He left his comfortable job marketing Horlicks
at HMM (now GalxoSmithKline) in 1990 to start
two companies Indmark and InfoEdge. In 1997
he set up _________ which shot him to fame
and made him one of India’s foremost
entrepreneurs. InfoEdge is a listed company on
the BSE and the NSE.
*This is why most of us are here….isn’t it? :P
Q25.

52. NAUKRI.COM

53. THE MINIMAL MOVIE POSTERS ROUND
(HOLLYWOOD + BOLLYWOOD)

54. Q26.

55. BAADSHAH

56. Q27.

57. ROCK ON!

58. Q28.

59. THE SOCIAL NETWORK

60. Q29.

61. THE HANGOVER

62. Q30.

63. PYAAR KA PUNCHNAMA

64. Q31.

65. PULP FICTION

66. Q32.

67. SHOLAY

68. THAT’S ALL FOLKS!
HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE QUIZ