Prelims set from the General quiz at Exotica 2012.QM-Alekhya

1. General Quiz
Prelims
13/04/2012
QM-Alekhya

2. Rules of the Game
• The preliminary round consists of 30
questions
• Question no’s 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 are
starred and would be used to break a tie
• Top 8 teams make it to the final
• All the best 

3. Q1
• How do we better know
paraskevidekatriaphobia as?

4. • Fear of Friday the 13th

5. Q2
• Which Presidential hopeful in India has
Satyanarayan Gangaram as the first two
parts of his name?

6. • Sam Pitroda

7. Q3
• What’s the occasion for this logo?

8. • Brazil’s Independence Day

9. Q4
• Who is the Southern
Superstar being used as the
new face of Thums Up in its
campaign titled: Aaj kuch
tufaani karte hain?

10. • Mahesh Babu

11. *Q5
• A first of its kind in India, identify the
organisation from its logo.

12. • 1st ever Museum of Statistics

13. Q6
• This Japanese city noted in '06 that a certain
person had become very well known and
decided to use their common name for
publicity. It sent that person a set of the city’s
famous lacquer chopsticks, a DVD about the
city and a letter wishing him the best.
• As the person became even more popular in
early '08, it began to organize parties, posters
and T-shirts in support. Name the town

14. • Obama

15. Q7
• Name the Character
• Context won’t do- even Canine’s have names


16. • Uggie

17. Q8
• Significance:
• International year
of the ______.

18. • Child

19. Q9
• The name of the place literally translates to
"land of transhumance".Gao is its largest city
and 'temporary' capital.At various times in
history, it has been under the
Gao,Songhai,Pashalik and French empire.
Which place are we talking about?

20. • Azawad

21. *Q10
• During the 6 minute Prologue as released in
December 2011, there was a large spread
outcry that it was not possible to comprehend
the character's voice properly. The director
opted to ignore the outcry and use his
independence to alter the sound slightly, not
to rework it completely.
• Which character and which movie.

22. • Bane
• The Dark Knight
Rises

23. Q11
• Which personality's twitter handle is
@cricketwallah?

24. • Ayaz Memon

25. Q12
• Logo of..?

26. • Wiki Species

27. Q13
• It is a diagram used to represent
words,ideas,tasks or other items linked to and
arranged around a central key word or idea.
• In British English, the terms 'spidergram' or
'spidergraph'.
• What is the 2 word term used for these
diagrams?

28. • Mind maps

29. Q14
• It gets its name from a French word meaning "to
toss food". It originated in the area around
present day Nice.
• It was originally a poor farmer's dish, prepared in
the summer with fresh summer vegetables. The
original used only courgettes, tomatoes, bell
peppers, onion, and garlic. Nowadays aubergine
is added. Name the dish.
• Hint: in some other context : ‘He is dying to
become a chef’

30. • Ratatouille

31. *Q15
• It is a cultivar with red and green skin, a tart
flavor, and tender white flesh. It becomes ripe in
late September. It is traditionally the most
popular cultivar in New England and Eastern
Canada, well known for the pink sauce.
• Many consider it a superior eating variety and
well suited for cider, and pies. It is extremely
common to find this particular cultivar packed in
children's lunches across North America owing to
its small to medium size and longstanding
reputation as a healthy snack.

32. • Mcintosh

33. Q16
• A few from an exhaustive list of 370. What are
these:
• zzzzzz,yamaha,topgun,131313,arsenal,barney,
bigdaddy,blonde,gandalf,london,hardcore,ilov
eyou.

34. • Banned passwords on Twitter

35. Q17
• Map of?
• To correct

36. • Yellowstone National park

37. Q18
• Id the sportsperson.

38. • Bruno Senna

39. Q19
Barrels of What?

40. • Sake/ Nihonshu

41. *Q20
• The time was 1883, the year an Indonesian
volcano named Krakatoa exploded. Scientists
liken the blast to a 100-megaton nuclear
bomb. Fully 600 km away, people heard the
noise as loud as a cannon shot. Plumes of ash
rose to the very top of Earth's atmosphere.
• Something else happened-which arguably
gave rise to an idiom in the English language.

42. • Once in a Blue Moon

43. Q21
• 3 lettered term used for this group.

44. • Pod

45. Q22
• What has just happened?

46. • Head Crash/ hard Disk crash

47. Q23
• "That's the only game of cricket in my life, which I don't
enjoy. This is a game where I can't handle it. Otherwise
I would love this game. But this is what our job is. We
have to be honest to our teams and make sure we do
well for our teams. Hope a situation does not arise
where I'm bowling the last over to him with 10-15 runs
required. That's the only time when I think I would be
thinking negative. Otherwise I will always have a
challenge. I will be really happy if he scores a 50 or 100
and we go on to win the match."
• Who on whom?

48. • Irfan Pathan on Yusuf Pathan.
• Delhi Daredevils vs KKR-IPL 2012

49. Q24
• Equivalent of a Throw-In in Football, what is
this formation on Rugby known as? Two
Words.

50. • Line Out

51. *Q25
• X — which involves tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting —
has been named the most dangerous of all sports. Even though
through the years safety efforts have led to fewer mishaps, a new
report suggests that the sport still continues to cause more serious
and deadly injuries than other sports.
• The researchers behind this study have found from records
between 1982 and 2007, that there were 103 fatal, disabling or
serious injuries recorded among female athletes, with the vast
majority (67) occurring in X. The next most dangerous sports:
gymnastics (nine such injuries) and track (seven).
• The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill released its 26th annual
report on the topic.
• Id X.

52. • Cheerleading

53. Q26
Author of the book:

54. • Arnab Goswami

55. Q27
Whose Pic is depicted as Krishna in this ad?

56. • Narendra Modi

57. Q28
• Connect the visual to
the audio
• One word.

58. • Jim
• Jim Reeves and Jim Laker

59. Q29
• Id the singer

60. • Kelly Clarkson

61. *Q30
• Along with Usha Uthup and Shekhar Ravjiani,
identify the 3rd voice in the song.

62. • Vishwesh Krishnamurthy

63. • All the best!