This document describes a quiz competition held between colleges. It thanks various people for their support in organizing the event. It provides details of the competition format which involves three rounds of questions in various styles. Sample questions are provided for the first two rounds along with some answers. The third round details are also given. Finally, it congratulates the winners and participants.
2. Special thanks to...
Principal sir for letting us conduct this event in college
premises
Prof. Mukta Takalikar for extending her support from the
very beginning.
Anurag, Charles, Shubhankar and Ankit for setting up the
questions.
Chintan, Trupti, Rishika, Raj for helping us in designing
and organizing the event.
Mr. Gawli for his support and coordination.
3. FINALS
1st round will be a written wround with 6 questions
2nd and 3rd rounds will contain 6 questions each, to be
run in IR fashion
+5/0 for the written round
+10/0 for direct questions in IR.
+10/-10 for pounce. Infinite pounce allowed.
9. Round 1
Q5. Still from Forrest Gump. The lady
in the image has gained popularity
lately for portraying a character in a
very popular TV series. She even
won the Golden Globes for her
portrayal. ID her or the character of
the TV series.
14. Round 1
Q.2. ID the guy in the extreme left with the camera. He was a KGB spy,
disguised as a tourist and he was supposed to embarras Ronald
Regan.
20. Round 1
Q5. Still from Forrest Gump. The lady
in the image has gained popularity
lately for portraying a character in a
very popular TV series. She even
won the Golden Globes for her
portrayal. ID her or the character of
the TV series.
28. Round 2
Q2. To express it’s solidarity with the Paris attacks the
Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus was lit up in accordance with the
occassion.
Though the act was appreciated it caused a huge uproar in
social media due to a blunder. What is the blunder that was
the butt of many jokes? (Pic follows)
32. Round 2
Q3. This term was possibly coined by Tolkien to refer a
chap called T.W. Earp of Exeter college , Oxford . Earp
was an intellectual , who invited all kind of ridicule from
the jocks in his college . Tolkien often refers to him in
some of the letters as “ the original X “.
What’s X?
38. Round 2
Q5. Bill Waterson owned a pet cat named Sprite about
whom he once said “Sprite not only provided the long
body and facial characteristics for X, she was also
the model for his personality . She was good
natured , friendly , intelligent and enthusiastic in a
sneak up and pouncing sort of way. This is where
midair meeting at the door concept came from.
ID X
44. Round 3
6 IR questions(anti-clockwise)
+10/-10 on pounce
+10/0 for direct questions
Infinite pounce allowed
45. Q7. Moira Smith was an NYPD officer who was awrded the
“Woman of the year” award by Glamour Magazine
posthumously for her heroics in 9/11. Recently her
widower threatened to return the award because the
same magazine awarded the coveted award to X. Mr
Smith said “Moira didnt have the luxury of staying in
Kardashian circus..or own a house at Malibu beach. X
truly isn't a woman.."
Give me X.
51. Q9. Many people born in Brazil in the 1980’s were named X,
because of the popularity of a person Y in that period. X is
a variation of Y’s first name and is also the name of the
footballer in the picture. Give me Y.
53. Q10. The small kid in the video is Rohan Shah. He has
acted in about 300 ad films till now. He also has played
roles in serials like “Bade acche lagte hai”, “Humse hai
life”. He however shot to fame in the recent past due to a
specifi advertisement. He is known by a moniker, thanks
to that advertisement. (Video follows). Give me the
recent advertisement or the moniker
56. Q11. Quite recently, London Tube association came up
with an interesting “penalty” to prevent reuters from
travelling ticketless in tubes. What penalty is being
talked about
59. Q12. Project X has been a popular trend in 2015 and often
involves tattooing x on the body.
This trend states that X is an integral part of puntuation and
is used when the author could have ended the sentence;
but chose not to.
This tattoo is often sported by people who are looking to
move on from an addiction or a terrible incident in their
life.
Give me X.
