QUIZFIESTAAn intra-college general

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PICT Quiz enthusiasts present

Special thanks to... Principal sir for letting us conduct this event in college

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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.

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.

Round 1Q1.ID.

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.

Round 1

Q.3. ID the guy with Mike Tyson

Q.3. ID the guy with Mike Tyson

Round 1Q.4. Put funda

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.

Round 1Q6. Flag of which state.

Round 1 Answers

Round 1Q1.ID.

ANSWER:

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.

ANSWER:

Round 1

Q.3. ID the guy with Mike Tyson

Q.3. ID the guy with Mike Tyson

ANSWER:

Round 1Q.4. Put funda

ANSWER:

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.

ANSWER:

Claire Underwood, played by Robin Wright

Round 1Q6. Flag of which state.

ANSWER:

ROUND 2 6 IR questions

+10/-10 on pounce

+10/0 for direct questions

Infinite pounce allowed

Round 2Q1. Recently, this “government” has launched it’s currency. Identify the “government” or put funda.

ANSWER: ISIS

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)

ANSWER: Inverted colours resembling Dutch flag

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?

ANSWER:

Twerp

Round 2Q4. Which phrase did this video give rise to? (Video follows)

ANSWER: To pull out all stops

Round 2Q5. 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

ANSWER:X- Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes fame

Round 2Q6. Identify the the guy making a guest appearence in the video

ANSWERNeil DeGrasse Tyson

Round 3 6 IR questions(anti-clockwise)

+10/-10 on pounce

+10/0 for direct questions

Infinite pounce allowed

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.

ANSWER

ANSWERQ8. Twitter handle of which entity

ANSWER

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.

ANSWER:

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

ANSWER:

IIN Guy

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

ANSWER:

Spoilers of Star Wars

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.

ANSWER:

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THANK YOU!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!Kudos to all the finalists!

That's all for today!Have a good day!