Quiz conducted as a part of the Gnosis Quiz League 2017.

2. GNOSIS QUIZ LEAGUE 2017
THE GENERAL QUIZ
PRELIMS
Conducted By:
Nitin Bansal
Rishabh Guha

4. Rules
20 Questions in Prelims
No Negative marking
Star Marked Questions would be used to resolve
ties.
Top 8 teams to make it to the finals.
Quizmaster is GOD.

5. Views about Googling

6. Q1:
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What is his biography aptly titled as?

8. Q2*:
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' Plate of Hope' is a digital campaign by X where
visitors could create a plate online and the same
food would be fed to a hungry child by the same
company.
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ID 'X'

9. KFC

10. Q3:
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On March 6,2015 the stock of Sun Pharma went up
by 22% while RIL slumped 7.5% following the drop
in global crude oil prices.
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This incident led to which unprecedented result for
the first time in 8 years before the balance of the
universe was restored?

11. Dilip Sanghavi taking over Mukesh Ambani as the
richest Indian.

12. Q4:
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In a recent interview with The Telegraph X said on
her separation with Y that the co-incidence was “so
weird” :- “Especially playing new parents again, up
all night feeding and things, because we were
effectively revisiting how it was when we first got
together.”
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ID X and Y or put FUNDA!!

13. X- Amanda Abbington Y-Martin Freeman
The Watson’s real life separation

14. Q5:
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EGIS India is a part of French group which
provided consultancy for building five flood-
protection dams in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.
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The group is looking after a container terminal at
Jawaharlal Nehru Port trust at Raigad and is also
responsible for the maintenance of Eiffel Tower.
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Which project of 'National Importance' has this
company been appointed to provide consultancy
for?

15. The Shivaji Memorial

16. Q6*:
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In an interview with Huffington Post , Janet
Hireshenson , the casting director has revealed that
X was gunning to play the friendly half-giant
Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, he did indeed
reach out to the team but was rejected because of
the producers’ self-imposed Brits only rule.
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Who was this famous actor ?

17. Robin Williams

18. Q7*:
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In 1983, a Korean Airlines plane was shot down by
the USSR for violating its airspace. The event led to
Ronald Reagan releasing which technological
facility for civilian use?

19. GPS

20. Q8:
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In 2010 , Rahul Ram of Indian Ocean dedicated a
song in one concert to his very famous friend from
college whom he fondly called ‘Budha Sadhu’.
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Who is this extremely famous friend of his?

21. Old Monk

22. Q9*:
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Medal Table for which discontinued Olympic sport?

23. Tug of War

24. Q10
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Whose letter of
recommendation?

25. John Nash

26. Q11:
Id the blanked out name.

28. Q12:
Id?

30. Q13*:
While looking for a name for a particular thing , on a
walk in the New Jersey Palisades with his nephews ,
Milton and Edwin , the author of Mathematics and
the Imagination asked for their ideas. One of them
suggested ‘X’. Inspired from the word ‘X’ is
something hugely popular today.
Give me X.

31. Googol (10 raised to the power 100)

32. Q14:
Id the movie.

33. Andaz Apna Apna

34. Q15:
Put Funda?

35. Hollyweed

36. Q16:
Whose latest venture is this ?

37. Orkut Büyükkökten

38. Q17:
The production of what once popular household
electronic device was stopped by its last maker
Funai Electronics in 2016?

39. VCR

40. Q18:
What is the funda behind this logo?

41. Expansion of London over time

42. Q19:
Sachin Tendulkar has always been revered , not just
as a cricketer but as a role model. However in 1990 ,
he was issued a formal warning by the Manchester
Police authorities.
What was the reason for which this warning was
issued?

43. Sachin was awarded a Champagne as MoM .
However , he was underage at that time and it was
legally forbidden for an underage to consume
alcohol.

44. Q20:
Ad by?

45. Johnsons Baby

46. FINALS