QRIOSITY Quiz Club Intra
1. Connect – Girish Wagh, 10^5, Greek for “dwarf”, Sanand (Gujarat).
2. Who has written the lyrics of the song “Jai Ho”?
3. In which city would you come across the Indira Gandhi International Airport?
4. The character of Noddy was created by which famous British children’s author?
5. In India, what is calculated on the basis of the 82.5° E longitude, which is just west of the
town of Mirzapur, near Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh?
6. Connect – Kiran Karnik, Hyderabad and Sanskrit for “truth”.
7. Which word was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Capek in his play R.U.R,
which premiered in 1921?
8. Which documentary, directed by Megan Mylan won the Academy Award for Best
Documentary (Short Subject) recently?
9. Which famous Indian is the author of the book “Glimpses of World History”?
10. Connect: The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Republican Party.
11. Who has won the Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook
versions of Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in
February 2008?
12. Adi Dassler and Rudolf Dassler set up a sports equipment company, but split after some
time. Adi Dassler founded _________ and Rudolf Dassler founded Ruda, better known as
Puma today. Simply fill in the blanks.
13. Who was Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1982? (It was the first ever non-human
chosen)
14. Connect – Little Boy and Fat Man.
15. Who was the last viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor General of
independent India?
16. If Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the solar system, then which is the closest star to
the earth?
17. Who is currently the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
18. What is the mascot of the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
19. Which is the largest mammal in the world?
20. Tux is the mascot of which software community?
21. Connect these places – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow, Kozhikdode and Shillong.
22. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of which famous online service?
23. Which Indian ruler is known as the “Napoleon of India”?
24. What are the SI Units of Time and Temperature?
25. The trophy awarded to the winners of the ongoing India – Australia Test Series is named
after which two legendary cricketers?
26. How do we better know the fictional character of – Peter Parker?
27. State True or False. And correct the statement IF false.
· Penguins are found on the Equator also.
· A group of owls is called a murder.
· At the request of Ved Vyasa, Lord Ganesha wrote down the text of the
Mahabharata.
· Deepika Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and her debut movie was
“Aishwarya”.
· The official state language of Nagaland is English.
· Guru Gobind Singh was the first Sikh Guru.
· There is no gravity on the moon.
28. Which Indian sport has the following forms: Amar, Gaminee, and Surjeevani? This sport is also the national sport of Bangladesh.
29. Which Formula-1 team was formed on 6 March 2009 after it was confirmed that, the extechnical director of the Honda Racing F1 Team had bought the team from Honda?
30. Where was the recent G-20 Summit held?
31. Which gas forms almost 95% of the Martian atmosphere?
32. This country measures its wealth in terms of the happiness of its people, as Gross National Happiness as opposed to the Gross National Product. Which country?
33. Which organization is the largest employer in the world?
34. Connect: The Red Devils, Malcolm Glazer, Newton Heath, and the Munich Air Disaster.
35. Which country’s king occupies the ‘Chrysanthemum Throne’?
36. According to Hindu Mythology, who was the first mortal to die?
37. _________ was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith in 1995 as the first Webmail,
and commercially launched on July 4, 1996, Independence Day in the United States.
38. What did Forbes describe as the world’s most efficient distribution system for a single
product? (Think Food!)
39. Which recent Bollywood movie, directed by AR Murugadoss, is inspired by the Hollywood
film Memento?
40. If it was Regis Philbin in the US and Amitabh Bachchan in India, who was it in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
41. Which is India’s largest freshwater lake?
42. In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, what is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of
Life, the Universe, and Everything?
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