General quiz

2.  There will be 20 questions in total.
 Each right answer will fetch you 10 points.
 There are NO NEGATIVES. Please guess
freely.
 Pounce : 10 / -5
 Questions move on to the next team if
unanswered.

4.  “Cohn-Brandt-Cohn-Film Sales” was
founded in 1918 by brothers Harry and Jack
Cohn, and Joe Brandt.
 In 1982, the studio was purchased by Coca
Cola.
 After 5 years, the studio was acquired by a
Japanese company.
 How do we know this company now?

5.  COLUMBIA PICTURES

6.  What was designed to depict a winged
woman holding an atom and this statuette
has become the symbol of the TV
Academy’s goal of supporting and uplifting
the art and science of television?
 The wings represent the muse of art; the
atom represents the electron of science.

7.  EMMY AWARDS

8.  Connect:

9.  CHISEL (A branch of gym and fitness
centers started by Virat kohli in association
with Franchise India)

10.  X is a reality TV star of a show that is the
origin of the latest trending meme.
 X was arrested in 2016 for the possession of
drugs and weapons.
 Identify X.

11.  Chumlee ( From Pawn Star)

12.  Anthony Hopkins has immortalised the
character of Hannibal Lecter but he wasn’t
the first person to play Hannibal Lecter.
 Who played Hannibal first and in which
movie?

13.  Brian Cox
 Manhunter (1984)

14.  Chris Roberts, the creator of the Wing
Commander Game series has created a
project that has raised the most amount of
money by a Kickstarter campaign.
 What is the project that we are talking
about?

15.  Star Citizen

16. X is a TV show that ran from 1974-84. This
show was particularly famous for Henry
Wrinkler’s portrayal of a beloved character Y
who is particularly considered to be “cool”.
Name X and Y.
(HINT : Catchphrase of Y is “Ayyy”)

17.  X- Happy Days
 Y- Fonzie

18.  X is a song which was first recorded in
English by Hal Kemp in 1936. According to
the New York Times X has caused more
deaths than any other song- over a hundred
suicides- leading to the song being banned
in the US, the UK and France.
 Name X

19.  Gloomy Sunday ( a.k.a. The Hungarian
Suicide Song)

20.  X is a male Tennis Player who lost 4 US
Open Finals in 1976,78,80 & 81.
 He is also famous for not shaving his beard
at Wimbledon as he was superstitious.
 Identify X.

21.  Bjorn Borg

22.  X was established as an arms manufacturing
company in 1859.
 This company has its founders with same first
names.
 It is now one of the oldest automobile company.
 Identify X.

23.  Skoda

24.  This song is the longest consecutive UK
singles chart topper with a total of 16
consecutive weeks in 1991.
 Name this song and the singer.

25.  SONG – Everything I Do
 SINGER – Bryan Adams

26.  This RPG was created by individual Toby
Fox.
 After uploading the demo for the game in
2013, he started a Kickstarter campaign for
full development of the game which ended
up raising $51,124 (10 times the
expectations).
 The game was released in 2015.
 Name the game.

27.  Undertale

28.  In 1910, he published his work in UK and
USA under the pseudonym, HA Largelamb,
so that people would read his article for the
value of its content and not only because it
was written by a famous person.
 Who is this, the pseudonym being an
anagram of his name.

29.  A Graham Bell

30.  X was basically used in the mid 18th century
to treat people who were addicted to
morphine, and its early use also included
treating people who were addicted to less
addictive Opium.
 Identify X

31.  Cocaine

32.  X is a TV show on BBC which was first aired
in 1977 and was continued till 2003 but went
through a cast change during 2003, and also
again in 2015 and have been relaunched in
2016 with a new cast.
 Identify X.

33.  Top Gear

34.  Krishna
 Satyaki
 Ashwatthama
 Yuyutsu
 Vriahaketu (son of Karna)
 Kritvarma
 Some persons are missing on the list.
 Who are they and give the Funda!!

35.  The Pandavas (Survivors of Mahabharat)

36.  During the 1950’s he was considered the most
handsome man in India, so uch that for one of
his films- Dil-e-Nadan, producer director
A.R.Kadar launched a Beauty Contest to hunt
for a beautiful girl who would play the heroine
opposite him. The winner was Peace Kanwal
and she played the romantic lead opposite him.
He was to finally accept 13 films with top
heroines before he decided that acting wasn’t
his forte.
 Name the actor.

37.  Talat Mehmood

38.  Identify the member of parliament who
brought up the Coleman issue in the
parliament and fought for regulation of
insurance sector and formation of LIC.
 Ironically both his sons were involved in
some of the biggest financial scandals in
India.
 Name the Person.
 Also name both his sons and the scandals
they were involved in.

39.  Feroze Gandhi
 Sons:-
Rajeev Gandhi – Maruti Scandal
Sanjay Gandhi – Bofors Scandal

40.  When basketball great Michael Jordan,
member of the USA Olympic team in 1992,
went to receive his gold medal he wrapped
the national flag around his torso.
 Patriotism may have been an issue but so
was sponsorship.
 What had happened?

41.  Jordan, the centrepiece of
Nike's promotional efforts,
had balked at wearing the
official United States Olympic
Committee awards-ceremony
uniform, which was made by
Reebok and featured a
Reebok patch on the right
shoulder.

42.  Now known worldwide for reasons that are
completely different, X was an art enthusiast during
his younger years and aspired to become a painter.
 He sold water colours and worked as a casual
labourer to earn his living. He was rejected twice by
the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1907 & 08
before he went bankrupt and lead himself on a
different career path.
 It won’t be wrong to say that X becoming a painter
would have done the world a lot of good.
 Identify X.

43.  Adolf Hitler