General Quiz - Avensis 2014

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2. RULES
25 Questions
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3. Q1
According to Hindu Mythology , what was created when ‘Vayu’
the wind god broke the top of Mount Meru?

4. Q2
X were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse
literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-
like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English
word Y. (It is also the name of an Eminem song :P )
Give me X and Y??

5. *Q3
The people of the Yaohnanen tribe in Vanuatu revere X as a god,
and every year on his birthday they host a celebration in the
hope that he will visit them. They tell stories of his "exploits":
that X was a captain of a warship, a cowboy, a great sorcerer
who seduced a white queen.
The chief of the tribe Jack arranged for a traditional club to be
sent to X’s place as a gift. X responded by posing for a
photograph while holding the club, and signing the picture. Ever
since, it has been the centrepiece in a shrine in the simple village
on a mountainside. ID X

6. Q4
Zeus, Percival and Constance were some of the names
considered for this, but were eventually disregarded. On 14
March 1930, Falconer Madan, a former librarian at the
University of Oxford's Bodleian Library, read a bit of news in
The Times. During the course of a conversation with his
granddaughter Venetia Burney, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl
in Oxford, who was interested in classical mythology as well
as astronomy, she suggested a name. And it stuck. What did
Venetia name?

7. Q5
X is obsessed with Y. Over the years, his habit of using has
developed not only into a personal trademark, but also into an
industry cliché.
X gives three reasons for for using Y:-
He has a terrible memory and using the technique Y helps him in
remembering names. Y makes the names more memorable and
he really likes Y!.
ID X and Y

8. Q6
X reached a record of having won the maximum career prize
money of 80mn $. Y always has been living in his shadows
until recently when he overtook him and gained respect all
over the globe as a breakthrough of a lifetime. Critics believe
this rise has been because of constant support and guidance
of X.
Identify X, Y and the exact sport.

9. Q7
X and Y are arch nemesis of each other. X enlisted in the US
army at mere age of 16 lying about his age. It has been found
that he has the capability of using 90% of his brain at a time
which is 8 times higher than the average human brain can think
and process. He is considered to be a pioneer of modern warfare
tactics involving guns, swords you name it. On the contrary Y
believes in the old warfare tactics relying on his staple and clutch
weapon Z which has been found to serve a multitude of
functions and saving his arse from time to time. Y has been
found to be capable enough to use X’s weapons though he
prefers Z substantially over others.
Identify X, Y and Z

10. Q8
X began his career as a television artist playing minor roles till
1987 until he rose to prominence from his roles in television
series Tara in 1993. This person gained a lot of popularity of late
without any rhyme and reason and trended worldwide a lot all
over Facebook and Twitter? ID X

11. Q9
X is an internet slang term interpretted as a style or presence which excludes
confidence and sometimes may be taken as arrogance.
X was used in 1800s for stolen goods or booty. It was also used to describe the
way some Scots walked. The earliest documented use of X is in William
Shakespeare's
A Midsummer Night's Dream written in 1590s.
The modern day use of the word originated from Tumblr to describe someone
with
'class'. Since then, X has heavily been used in hip hop lyrics by rappers like
Jay-z and Will Ferell.
The following is a tweet by Ferell using the word X.(image Q1)
Identify X.

12. Q10
Which collection of people are described as
dense, super dense and hyper dense crush
loads?

13. *Q11
What’s her claim to fame?

14. Q12
X was a pitcher for the university's baseball team, and
he threw such a great curveball that Major League
Baseball teams began sending scouts to check him
out. The Pittsburgh Pirates even sent a few of their
players to test out the young pitcher. In 1949, the
then New York Giants even offered him a contract to
come play baseball in the United State with a signing
bonus of 5000 $.ID X.

15. Q13
In 390 BC, the Gauls launched a siege against Rome. The story
goes that a flock of Juno’s sacred geese began to make a racket as
the Gauls tried to sneak up on the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter,
warning the Romans and saving the day
The significance of this is that the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter,
which was dedicated to the Capitoline triad deities of Jupiter,
Juno and Minerva. Since the geese belonged to Juno the roman
gave her the epitaph of ‘juno who warns’or ‘juno who protects
funds’ as the temple was a place were gold, silver ,bronze coins
were kept. From this epitaph of hers we get a very commonly
word in day to day usage. ID the word.

16. Q14
This team started making games for iOS and android
,but their first breakthrough came when they
developed the game angry Anna which went viral and
was played by a million people around the globe. They
moved on to a different field and now have a good
presence on Facebook and use incidents from day to
day life. what am i talking about??

17. Q15
X became estranged with his first wife as his successes and
world travel took a toll on their married life. He proposed a
contract in which they could continue to live together which
ran as:
"Conditions."
A. You will make sure
1. That my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. That I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. That my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially
that my desk is left for my use only.
B. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as
they are not completely necessary for social reasons...
X was a known womanizer who had several affairs, had a
child out of wedlock and even considered marrying his wife’s
daughter from a previous marriage! ID X.

18. Q16
X was one of the most influential designers of the 20th
century who's life has been the subject of many
biographies and is associated with one of the most
iconic products of the 20th century fashion industry.
But what many may don't know is that X was a Nazi spy
with the code name ‘westminister’ committing to the
German cause as early as 1941, becoming a paid agent
of General Walter Schellenberg, chief of SS intelligence.
ID X.

19. Q17
X was originally going to be called Pequod,
after the whaling ship in Herman Melville’s
classic novel Y. When that idea was rejected,
the company settled instead on X, the name of
the first mate on the Pequod.
ID X and Y

20. *Q18
W was developed by a group of pharmaceutical chemists
at Sandwich, a research facility of X in London. It was initially
formulated to treat hypertension angina pectoris (a symptom of
ischaemic heart disease) and chest pains caused from the
inadequacy of the blood circulation to the heart. when it was
tested on subjects it had very little effects on treating angina, but
marked significant changes in some other part of the body. After
the clinical trials and the discovery that W was good for patients
suffering from Y ,X decided to commercialise the drug and with
the market name Z. ID W,X,Y and Z

21. Q19
Which is the only brand Kishore Kumar ever
endorsed?

22. Q20. Who is this lady and what is her claim to fame ?

23. Q21
Where will u find a punchra,chir,kanihai ,patti,
aanchra, peta,dhadi and kinar?

24. Q22
Connect.

25. Q23
Identify the source:
Meera Jain: I’ve been in your shoes. i didn’t get a
scholarship like you but I am from a village near
amravati... mun used to drive me nuts with her
wear-a-salwar-kameez-because-its-tradition talk.
Pavitr Prabhakar(later): face it,Prabhakar. Shah
Rukh Khan you’re not.

26. *Q24
The poet W.H Auden described it thus:
shut up in a lonely mansion, with police night and day
patrolling the gardens to keep the assassins at away,
he got down to work, to the task of setting the fate,
of millions……..
who is being described here?

27. Q25
What is common between IOC, ONGC, SBI, Tata
motors, Tata steel, Reliance industries, Bharat
petroleum and Hindustan petroleum?

28. *Q26
He was a lover of literature and art. He ruled for four years until
he had a fatal accident while playing chaugan (polo). His horse fell
and he was impaled on the pommel of his saddle. His early death
prevented him completing his plans for organizing his kingdom
and establishing a sound administration. He built the Quwwat-ul-
Islam mosque in Delhi.

29. Q27
The origin of this phrase is attributed to the native
Americans as when negotiating peace, they buried all
their weapons; their tomahawks, scalping knives and
clubs. Apart from showing their good faith,
simultaneously it made it impossible for them to go
on fighting. ID the phrase

30. *Q28
This photo was taken by Thomas Hoepker , a German born
photographer.. The photograph shows a collection of
Americans relaxing and enjoying a conversation while X
incident happened in the background. Hoepker did not publish
the image for five years because he was concerned with the
message. In 2006, the picture caused controversy in the
American media. What is the incident X which is blanked out in
the pic?

32. Q29. The X (Arabic meaning Damascus Gate), the largest restaurant in the
world, is a family owned restaurant in Y, that opened in 2002. The structure
cost $40 million to construct and is owned by Muhannad Samman. The
restaurant has a 54,000 sq-m dining area, 2,500 sq-m kitchen, can serve
6,014 people, and during peak operation, 1,800 staff are employed. The
restaurant has features such as waterfalls, fountains and replicas of
archaeological ruins of Y, and six culinary themed sections for Indian,
Chinese, Arab, Iranian, Middle Eastern and Y Cuisine. The restaurant
received the title as the largest restaurant in the world by the Guinness
World Records on May 29, 2008, taking the title from the Mang Gorn Luang
or Royal Dragon restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, which caters to up to
5,000 diners.
Give X and Y.

34. 30.
The X originated in the Middle East (where it is known as
______) prior to the 10th century.
Abolfazl Beyhaqi (995-1077), an Iranian historian mentioned
it in his history, Tarikh-e Beyhaghi.It was introduced to the
Arabian subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders
from the region.Amir Khusro (1253–1325), a scholar and the
royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote in around 1300 that
the princes and nobles enjoyed the “X prepared from meat,
ghee, onion and so on".
Ibn Battuta, the 14th-century traveller and explorer, describes
a meal at the court of Muhammad bin Tughluq, where the
sambusak, a small pie stuffed with minced meat, almonds,
pistachio, walnuts and spices, was served before the third
course, of pulao.
Give me X

35. Answers follow
Cutoff : 14.5

36. Q1
According to Hindu Mythology , what was created when ‘Vayu’
the wind god broke the top of Mount Meru?

37. ANSWER
SRILANKA

38. Q2
X were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse
literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-
like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English
word Y. (It is also the name of an Eminem song :P )
Give me X and Y??

39. ANSWER
X=BERSERKER
Y=BERSERK

40. *Q3
The people of the Yaohnanen tribe in Vanuatu revere X
as a god, and every year on his birthday they host a
celebration in the hope that he will visit them. They tell
stories of his "exploits": that X was a captain of a
warship, a cowboy, a great sorcerer who seduced a
white queen.
The chief of the tribe Jack arranged for a traditional club
to be sent to X’s place as a gift. X responded by posing
for a photograph while holding the club, and signing the
picture. Ever since, it has been the centrepiece in a
shrine in the simple village on a mountainside. ID X

41. ANSWER
X=PRINCE PHILIPS

42. Q4
Zeus, Percival and Constance were some of the names
considered for this, but were eventually disregarded.
On 14 March 1930, Falconer Madan, a former librarian
at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library, read a bit
of news in The Times. During the course of a
conversation with his granddaughter Venetia Burney,
an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, who was
interested in classical mythology as well as astronomy,
she suggested a name. And it stuck. What did Venetia
name?

43. ANSWER
PLUTO

44. Q5
X is obsessed with Y. Over the years, his habit of using has
developed not only into a personal trademark, but also into
an industry cliché.
X gives three reasons for for using Y:-
He has a terrible memory and using the technique Y helps
him in remembering names. Y makes the names more
memorable and he really likes Y!.
ID X and Y

45. ANSWER
X= STAN LEE
Y=ALLITERATION

46. Q6
X reached a record of having won the maximum career
prize money of 80mn $. Y always has been living in his
shadows until recently when he overtook him and gained
respect all over the globe as a breakthrough of a lifetime.
Critics believe this rise has been because of constant
support and guidance of X.
Identify X, Y and the exact sport.

47. ANSWER
X= ROGER FEDERER
Y=STANISLAS WAWRINKA
SPORT= LAWN TENNIS

48. Q7
X and Y are arch nemesis of each other. X enlisted in the US
army at mere age of 16 lying about his age. It has been found
that he has the capability of using 90% of his brain at a time
which is 8 times higher than the average human brain can think
and process. He is considered to be a pioneer of modern warfare
tactics involving guns, swords you name it. On the contrary Y
believes in the old warfare tactics relying on his staple and clutch
weapon Z which has been found to serve a multitude of
functions and saving his arse from time to time. Y has been
found to be capable enough to use X’s weapons though he
prefers Z substantially over others.
Identify X, Y and Z

49. ANSWER
X= SLADE WILSON (DEATH STROKE)
Y=OLIVER QUEEN (GREEN ARROW)
Z= BOW AND ARROW

50. Q8
X began his career as a television artist playing minor roles till
1987 until he rose to prominence from his roles in television
series Tara in 1993. This person gained a lot of popularity of late
without any rhyme and reason and trended worldwide a lot all
over Facebook and Twitter? ID X

51. ANSWER
X= ALOK NATH

52. Q9
X is an internet slang term interpretted as a style or presence which excludes
confidence and sometimes may be taken as arrogance.
X was used in 1800s for stolen goods or booty. It was also used to describe the
way some Scots walked. The earliest documented use of X is in William
Shakespeare's
A Midsummer Night's Dream written in 1590s.
The modern day use of the word originated from Tumblr to describe someone
with
'class'. Since then, X has heavily been used in hip hop lyrics by rappers like
Jay-z and Will Ferell.
The following is a tweet by Ferell using the word X.(image Q1)
Identify X.

53. ANSWER
SWAG

54. Q10
Which collection of people are described as
dense, super dense and hyper dense crush
loads?

55. ANSWER
COMMUTERS IN
MUMBAI’S SUBURBAN
RAILWAYS

56. *Q11
What’s her claim to fame?

57. ANSWER
( SUSAN BENNETT )
VOICE ACTOR BEHIND APPLE’S
IPHONE’S SIRI

58. Q12
X was a pitcher for the university's baseball team,
and he threw such a great curveball that Major
League Baseball teams began sending scouts to
check him out. The Pittsburgh Pirates even sent a
few of their players to test out the young pitcher.
In 1949, the then New York Giants even offered
him a contract to come play baseball in the
United State with a signing bonus of 5000 $.ID X.

59. ANSWER
X= FIDEL CASTRO

60. Q13
In 390 BC, the Gauls launched a siege against Rome. The story
goes that a flock of Juno’s sacred geese began to make a racket as
the Gauls tried to sneak up on the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter,
warning the Romans and saving the day
The significance of this is that the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter,
which was dedicated to the Capitoline triad deities of Jupiter,
Juno and Minerva. Since the geese belonged to Juno the roman
gave her the epitaph of ‘juno who warns’or ‘juno who protects
funds’ as the temple was a place were gold, silver ,bronze coins
were kept. From this epitaph of hers we get a very commonly
word in day to day usage. ID the word.

61. ANSWER
MONEY

62. Q14
This team started making games for iOS and android
,but their first breakthrough came when they
developed the game angry Anna which went viral and
was played by a million people around the globe. They
moved on to a different field and now have a good
presence on Facebook and use incidents from day to
day life. what am i talking about??

63. ANSWER
GARBAGE BIN

64. Q15
X became estranged with his first wife as his successes and
world travel took a toll on their married life. He proposed a
contract in which they could continue to live together which
ran as:
"Conditions."
A. You will make sure
1. That my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. That I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. That my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially
that my desk is left for my use only.
B. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as
they are not completely necessary for social reasons...
X was a known womanizer who had several affairs, had a
child out of wedlock and even considered marrying his wife’s
daughter from a previous marriage! ID X.

65. ANSWER
X= ALBERT EINSTIEN

66. Q16
X was one of the most influential designers of the 20th
century who's life has been the subject of many
biographies and is associated with one of the most
iconic products of the 20th century fashion industry.
But what many may don't know is that X was a Nazi spy
with the code name ‘westminister’ committing to the
German cause as early as 1941, becoming a paid agent
of General Walter Schellenberg, chief of SS intelligence.
ID X.

67. ANSWER
X= COCO CHANEL

68. Q17
X was originally going to be called Pequod,
after the whaling ship in Herman Melville’s
classic novel Y. When that idea was rejected,
the company settled instead on X, the name of
the first mate on the Pequod.
ID X and Y

69. ANSWER
X=STARBUCKS
Y=MOBI DICK

70. *Q18
W was developed by a group of pharmaceutical chemists
at Sandwich, a research facility of X in London. It was initially
formulated to treat hypertension angina pectoris (a symptom of
ischaemic heart disease) and chest pains caused from the
inadequacy of the blood circulation to the heart. when it was
tested on subjects it had very little effects on treating angina, but
marked significant changes in some other part of the body. After
the clinical trials and the discovery that W was good for patients
suffering from Y ,X decided to commercialise the drug and with
the market name Z. ID W,X,Y and Z

71. ANSWER
W= SIDENAFIL
X=PFIZER
Y=ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Z=VIAGRA

72. Q19
Which is the only brand Kishore Kumar ever
endorsed?

73. ANSWER
BRYLCREAM

74. Q20. Who is this lady and what is her claim to fame ?

75. MEGNA PATEL,PROMISED TO STRIP IF BJP WINS THE
ELECTIONS OF 2014

76. Q21
Where will u find a punchra,chir,kanihai ,patti,
aanchra, peta,dhadi and kinar?

77. ANSWER
SARI

78. Q22
Connect.

79. ANSWER
VARIOUS CRICKET
DELIVERIES
Beamer
Flipper
Carom Ball

80. Q23
Identify the source:
Meera Jain: I’ve been in your shoes. i didn’t get a
scholarship like you but I am from a village near
amravati... mun used to drive me nuts with her
wear-a-salwar-kameez-because-its-tradition talk.
Pavitr Prabhakar(later): face it,Prabhakar. Shah
Rukh Khan you’re not.

81. ANSWER
INDIAN SPIDERMAN

82. *Q24
The poet W.H Auden described it thus:
shut up in a lonely mansion, with police night and day
patrolling the gardens to keep the assassins at away,
he got down to work, to the task of setting the fate,
of millions……..
who is being described here?

83. ANSWER
SIR CYRIL RADCLIFFE
( Drew the map of divided India )

84. Q25
What is common between IOC, ONGC, SBI, Tata
motors, Tata steel, Reliance industries, Bharat
petroleum and Hindustan petroleum?

85. ANSWER
THEY ARE THE ONLY INDIAN COMPANIES
IN FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 LIST

86. *Q26
He was a lover of literature and art. He ruled for four years until
he had a fatal accident while playing chaugan (polo). His horse fell
and he was impaled on the pommel of his saddle. His early death
prevented him completing his plans for organizing his kingdom
and establishing a sound administration. He built the Quwwat-ul-
Islam mosque in Delhi.

87. ANSWER
Qutubudin Aibak

88. Q27
The origin of this phrase is attributed to the native
Americans as when negotiating peace, they buried all
their weapons; their tomahawks, scalping knives and
clubs. Apart from showing their good faith,
simultaneously it made it impossible for them to go
on fighting. ID the phrase

89. ANSWER
BURY THE HATCHET

90. *Q28
This photo was taken by Thomas Hoepker , a German born
photographer.. The photograph shows a collection of
Americans relaxing and enjoying a conversation while X
incident happened in the background. Hoepker did not publish
the image for five years because he was concerned with the
message. In 2006, the picture caused controversy in the
American media. What is the incident X which is blanked out in
the pic?

92. ANSWER
X=9/11 ATTACKS

93. Q29. The X (Arabic meaning Damascus Gate), the largest restaurant in the
world, is a family owned restaurant in Y, that opened in 2002. The structure
cost $40 million to construct and is owned by Muhannad Samman. The
restaurant has a 54,000 sq-m dining area, 2,500 sq-m kitchen, can serve
6,014 people, and during peak operation, 1,800 staff are employed. The
restaurant has features such as waterfalls, fountains and replicas of
archaeological ruins of Y, and six culinary themed sections for Indian,
Chinese, Arab, Iranian, Middle Eastern and Y Cuisine. The restaurant
received the title as the largest restaurant in the world by the Guinness
World Records on May 29, 2008, taking the title from the Mang Gorn Luang
or Royal Dragon restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, which caters to up to
5,000 diners.
Give X and Y.

95. X - Bawabet Dimashq
Y – Syria (Damascus)

96. 30.
The X originated in the Middle East (where it is known as
______) prior to the 10th century.
Abolfazl Beyhaqi (995-1077), an Iranian historian mentioned
it in his history, Tarikh-e Beyhaghi.It was introduced to the
Arabian subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders
from the region.Amir Khusro (1253–1325), a scholar and the
royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote in around 1300 that
the princes and nobles enjoyed the “X prepared from meat,
ghee, onion and so on".
Ibn Battuta, the 14th-century traveller and explorer, describes
a meal at the court of Muhammad bin Tughluq, where the
sambusak, a small pie stuffed with minced meat, almonds,
pistachio, walnuts and spices, was served before the third
course, of pulao.
Give me X

97. Samosa

98. THANK YOU
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