General Quiz Mains by Prateik Mahapatra and Samik Ghosal in 2011

1. THE GENERAL
QUIZ
By
Prateik Mahapatra
Samik Ghosal
-INQUIZZITIVE
-N.I.T. Rourkela

2. ROUND ONE
ALL THAT IS GOLD DOES
NOT GLITTER

3. Who is this Carlos Estevez?
“I wanted to address the man, not the
bullshit TV persona. So you're telling me,
anytime someone calls me Carlos Estevez, I
can claim they are anti-Latino?”
Carlos Estevez on Charles Levine

4. Answer : Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen’s real name is
Carlos Irwin Estevez. The
statement in the question is
one of his attacks on Chuck
Lorre (who’s real name is
Charles Levine), the creator of
Two & a half men.

5. • This English footballer shares his surname
with one of the Beatles and his first name
is the same as the middle name of Elvis
Presley. Who?

6. Answer
• Elvis ‘Aaron’ Presley
• John ‘Lennon’
• Aaron Lennon

7. • Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet,
Cupid, Donner, Blitzen & Rudolph are the
nine _________.

8. • Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet,
Cupid, Donner, Blitzen & Rudolph are the
nine reindeer of Santa Claus.
• Initially Santa had 8 reindeer pulling his
sleigh, but Rudolph was added later as the
lead reindeer due to his glowing red nose.

9. • If you were to buy the whole of it, it would
cost you NZ$ 5.80. But a perforated strip
in the middle allows you to divide it into two
parts. For William you would have to pay
NZ$ 3.40. Kate is slightly cheaper at NZ$
2.40.
• What is being described in the paragraph?

10. Answer: A postal stamp
• The Pacific island nation of Niue issued this stamp for the royal
wedding. As Niue is dependant on New Zealand, the stamp was
released by NZ post.
• The stamp has been termed sexist due to the lesser price of Kate’s
part. It has also been said that some people think that this an omen
that the couple will separate in future.

11. (audience)
• Axle, Bose Jefferson, Cydney Bass
• Milwaukee John, Pearl McKurdy, Rhonda
• Slim Jim, Teflon Mike
Where would you find this group?

12. Answer

13. Den lille havfrue
• To which celebrated writer is this monument
dedicated?
• Hint: Look at the woman’s feet closely.

14. Answer: Hans Christian Andersen
• A famous Danish author and poet, Hans Christian
Andersen is the creator of many famous stories
including the Ugly Duckling, the Little Mermaid,
the Tinderbox, and Thumbelina.
• This statue of the Little Mermaid (Danish: Den lille
havfrue) is located outside Copenhagen harbor.

15. • In the late 1950s and the 60s Chi Chi was
the most famous of her types in the
western world.
• She was immortalised by Sir Peter Scott
when he decided to make sketches of her
the inspiration for a certain organisation.
Which organisation?

16. Answer: The WWF
• Chi Chi was a Giant Panda in the London zoo and
was the inspiration for the WWF logo.

17. What?
• Wikipedia describes it as
‘ a type of fantasy money issued in India as a
means of helping to fight systemic political
corruption’

18. Answer
• The Zero rupee note

19. 11)
• Identify this famous artwork.

20. Answers
• The artwork- The Vitruvian Man
• The artist- Leonardo Da Vinci
• The inspiration- A Roman architect named Marcus
Vitruvius Pollio

21. (audience)
• is a professional cricketer. He is
currently associated with England.
• His mastery of the reverse sweep is quite well
documented and is primarily attributed to his
homeland’s national game of Hurling.
• Who?

22. Answer
Irish cricketer Eoin Morgan

23. • It is present in the flags of Australia, NZ,
Papua & New Guinea, Samoa and Brazil.
• It is roughly the shape of a kite and is the
smallest of the 88 constellations.
• It was also very important in navigation and
is comparable to the pole star.

24. Answer
• The Southern Cross or the Crux
• The Southern Hemisphere has no guiding
star like the Pole star. Hence, navigators
used this constellation as it always pointed
towards the South.

25. Who?
• He used a 1965 Jaguar. But, he suggested
that the ideal model for him would be a
hybrid of a Jaguar and a Mustang. This
gave birth to the term Jagstang and has
since been associated with him.

26. 17 Answer: Kurt Cobain
• He used a heavily modified 1965 Fender Jaguar as his
primary guitar. He also had a few Japanese-made
Fender Mustangs.
• 17 years after his death, Fender has decided to launch a
commemorative model.

27. What are X & Y?
• For the last 6 years (in reverse chronological
order):
• Blaugrana
• Nerazzurri
• Blaugrana
• ‘X’
• Blaugrana
• ‘Y’

28. Answer
• X- Red Devils, Y- The Reds;
Champion’s League winners
• 2011- Barcelona- Blaugrana
• 2010- Inter Milan -Nerazzurri
• 2009- Barcelona- Blaugrana
• 2008- Manchester United- Red Devils
• 2007- Barcelona- Blaugrana
• 2006- Liverpool- The Reds

29. • Recently the government of China, as per Chinese
customs, decided to gift the City of Edinburgh two
.
• This practice (use of by China as diplomatic
gifts) has a long history dating at least as far back
as the seventh century Tang Dynasty, when
Empress Wu Zetian sent a pair to the Japanese
emperor.

30. Answer: Pandas
• Beijing has decided to give Edinburgh zoo two Giant Pandas
as a diplomatic gift to the UK.
• This type of diplomacy is called ‘Panda diplomacy’ and has
been used by China on previous occasions.

31. (audience)
• What are the Aventador, the Gallardo, the
Murcielago, the Diablo and the Reventon,
other than famous Lamborghini car models?

32. Answer
• They are all names of
famous bulls from the bull-
fighting world.
• It is a tradition at
Lamborghini to name cars
like that.
• The Countach is perhaps
the only model ever not to
have been named after a
bull or anything related to
bull-fighting.

33. ROUND TWO
NOT ALL THOSE WHO
WANDER ARE LOST

34. Claim to fame?

35. CLUE : 2
This is Adriana Manuela Ramona
Jellinek. She made a lasting
contribution to the automobile
industry. What was it?

36. Answer
• Adriana Manuela Ramona ‘Mercedes’ Jellinek gave her
nickname to one of the most iconic brands in the
automobile world.
• Gotlieb Diamler thought that Daimler-Benz sounded too
German and it wound sell in the rest of Europe. Hence, he
named the brand after a board member’s daughter.

38. CLUE : 2
On completion of its
construction, at 1776
ft., it will be the 2nd
tallest skyscraper in the
world.
It is located in Lower
Manhattan, NYC

39. Answer: One World Trade Center
• That is what its official name is.
• Also known as (colloquially) the ‘Freedom Tower’,
this is the lead building of the new World Trade
Center complex.
• Its height is 1,776 ft, same as the year of American
independence (1776 A.D.)

41. CLUE : 2
A small kid with a stuffed toy

42. Answer: Calvin & Hobbes
• In pics:
John Calvin (left) and Thomas Hobbes (right)

43. Identify

44. CLUE : 2
He was recently seen in the latest
Transformers movie as himself

45. Answer
• Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, the second human to set foot
on the moon and the pilot of the Apollo 11.
• He appears as himself in the movie ‘Transformers:
Dark of the Moon’

46. Which currency is this?

47. CLUE : 2
Overseas Exchange Office claims to use a
portion of all proceeds from the sale of
these dollars to fund organizations seeking
to undertake research and humanitarian
projects
They are not legal tender
anywhere, but are issued as
priceless collector items

48. Answer: Antarctican Dollars
• They are not legal
tender anywhere,
but are issued as
priceless collector
items

49. Identify the street

50. CLUE : 2
• It is one of the most famous streets in the world.
• Some even call it ‘the most beautiful avenue in the
world’.
• It has an Egyptian Obelisk on its east end and a
monument to commemorate Napoleon’s victories
on the west end.
• Since 1975, it has been the traditional end point of
the Tour de France.

51. ‘Le Champs Elysees’
• The French call it ‘la plus belle avenue du le
monde’ (the most beautiful avenue of the world).
• It has the Obelisk of Luxor on the east end and the
Arc de Triomphe on the west.

52. What is their claim to fame?
(audience)

53. Answer
• The Winklevoss twins (also known as the
Winklevii), along with Divya Narendra, hired Mark
Zuckerberg to help develop their social network,
the HarvardConnection. It is from them that
Zuckerberg stole the idea of Facebook.
• They are also professional rowers, who have
represented the USA at the Beijing Olympics.

54. ROUND THREE
RENEWED SHALL BE THE BLADE
THAT WAS BROKEN

55. Q. Connect them..

56. The winners of different categories of tour de France
GREEN
lantern
YELLOW flower
POLKA
WHITE
DOT
lion

58. Answer
• They all became political heads in countries
other than that of their birth.
• Hitler was from Austria
• Golda Meir (former Israeli PM) was a Ukrainian
immigrant.
• Julia Gillard (PM of Australia) is Welsh by
birth.

59. Q. Connect

60. ‘Cities in Germany’
• Clockwise:
• Hamburger- Hamburg
• Berliner (a doughnut like pastry from Berlin)
• Eau de Cologne (Fr: water of Cologne)
• Frankfurter (the sausage inside the bread)
• All these items originated from these cities and
took their names.

61. Q. Connect

62. NASA’s 5 original space shuttles which are retired
ENDEAVOUR ATLANTIS
DISCOVERY
COLUMBIA
CHALLENGER

63. Q. Connect
• A was to be named Brooke. But his parents thought
that it would be too girlish and thus modified his
name.
• B was named after a fictional character representing a
passionate male lover, as a symbol of his parents love.
• C’s name literally translates into the word ‘Cross’.
• It is said that D’s middle name represents her father’s
favorite number.

64. Answer: The Beckhams
• These are all names of David & Victoria Beckham’s
children.
• A- Brooklyn (12 yrs)
• B- Romeo (8 yrs)
• C- Cruz (6); It is Spanish for cross.
• D- Harper Seven (born 10th July 2011); She is
named after a character in the famous children’s
show ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’.

65. Q.

66. These are all the names of face cards most
precisely JACKS…
Lancelot Hector
La Hire
Ogier
the
Dane

67. Connect (audience)

68. Answer: KBC
• They all are or have been
hosts of some version of
KBC.
• SRK (the third season)
• Ganguly (the Bengali
version)
• Shatrughan Sinha (the
Bhojpuri version).

69. ROUND FOUR
THE CROWNLESS SHALL ONCE
AGAIN BECOME THE KING

70. Sports
India (audience 1)
Literature
Mythology
(audience 2)
Biz World
Entertainment

71. • This is a photo of a Thai
drink called ‘Krating
Daeng’. It is the
inspiration for a very
famous beverage brand.
Which one?
FORWARD

72. ‘Red Bull’
• ‘Krating Daeng’ was invented by
Chaleo Yoovidhya as a Thai energy
drink.
• It was then modified as per
western tastes by an Austrian
Dietrich Mateschitz in 1987.
• Krating Daeng is now sold in
Thailand and other parts of Asia as
‘Red Bull Classic’.
FORWARD

73. Identify the logo
FORWARD

74. This is the logo of HERO MOTORCORP.
The erstwhile HERO HONDA is now
HERO MOTORCORP
BACK

75. Identify
FORWARD

76. Answer: Anshu Jain
• He is currently on the
board of the Deutsche
Bank and is set to
become the CEO (joint
CEO) of the Bank. He
will be the 1st Indian to
do so.
FORWARD

77. This website was launched by an Indian
named Puneet Agarwal but was banned by
the Indian government . The website is
among the top 100 sites visited in India
and 80% of the traffic is from
Indians…Name the site…….
FORWARD

78. ANSWER
Savita Bhabhi
BACK

79. X is an Indian author who's debut work was a
surprise bestseller, breaking into the top seller
charts within a week of its launch.
He holds a management degree from the Indian
Institute of Management Calcutta. The first
volume of the trilogy, had sold 175,000 copies by
August 2011, when the sequel was released with
100,000 copies out of which 80,000 copies were
pre-ordered. The second edition of the book was
already in print, even before the first edition was
released. Identify X.
FORWARD

80. Answer: AMISH TRIPATHI
FORWARD

81. • Vampires are quite famously associated
with bats.
• But as per the original novel by Bram
Stoker, into which animal does County
Dracula turn into when he lands at Whitby,
England?
FORWARD

82. Answer
• A big black Dog.
• In Bram Stoker’s novel it was said that
Count Dracula had transformed into a
creature with an evil aura which resembled
a big black dog.
• There also instances of characters being
attacked by a wolf, which is also presumed
to be the Count.
BACK

83. • As per Greek legend, he was born when his
mother was impregnated by the Cretan bull.
To keep him away from civilization his step-
father, the King of Crete, commissioned a
labyrinth for him.
• Who or What??
FORWARD

84. Answer: Minotaur
• The Minotaur had
the body of a man
but the head of a
bull.
• He fed on humans
and hence his step-
father Minos
commissioned a
Labyrinth for him.
FORWARD

85. • ‘A’ is the God of thunder, lightning,
storms, oak trees, strength, destruction,
fertility, healing, and the protection of
mankind.
• His primary weapon, the Mjöllnir, was the
indirect inspiration for the title of British
band ‘B’s biography.
• Name A, B and the biography
FORWARD

86. ‘Thor (A), Led Zeppelin (B) & the Hammer
of the Gods’
• Hammer of the Gods, written by Stephen Davis, is
the best known biography of the English rock band
Led Zeppelin.
• The title of the book is taken from the band’s song
‘Immigrant Song’.
• The hammer in the song is a reference to the
Mjöllnir, the Norse god Thor’s hammer.
BACK

87. Identify
Hint: They promised they would unite the weight division within the
family FORWARD

88. Answer
• The Klitschkos; Vitali (left) & Wladimir
• They are the Ukrainian boxing champions who
currently hold all the belts in the Heavyweight
division.
• Vitali is the current WBC champion
• Wladimir is the reigning WBA, IBF, IBO, WBO &
Ring magazine champion.
FORWARD

89. What?
• Last year, during the Men’s FIFA World Cup, they
had only one of them stationed at Oberhausen.
• This year, during the Women’s FIFA World Cup,
there are 8 of them stationed at various German
towns. (Germany is hosting this event)
FORWARD

90. Answer: Oracle Octopus
• Last year there was Paul, the psychic octopus.
• This year, due to his death, Sea Life aquarium
organised a competition to select his successor.
• They chose 8 octopi at different Sea Life Centres
across Germany. BACK

91. X?
• ‘X’ on being offered a professional contract by Sir
Matt Busby
"I realised that a top-class footballer could be
over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already
23. I decided to become an actor and it turned
out to be one of my more intelligent moves.”
• Also ‘X’ turned down the role of Gandalf in the
Lord of the Rings, because he couldn’t understand
the script.
FORWARD

92. Answer: (Sir) Sean Connery
• He considered the first instance one of the most intelligent
decisions of his career.
• Where as the second one was one of the stupidest as per
him. FORWARD

93. FORWARD

94. ANSWER
FORREST GUMP
BACK

95. • Whose flag is this?
FORWARD

96. The LGBT Pride flag
• It is the symbol of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender) community.
• The set of colours in flag (which are designed as in
a rainbow) are the official colours of the
community.
BACK

97. Which famous institution’s motto literally
translates to ‘Never tickle a sleeping drago
FORWARD

98. 10 Answer
Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry
• ‘Never tickle a sleeping dragon’ is the English
equivalent of ‘Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus’.
BACK