General Quiz

1. 1.What (seen in the pic) did Kiran Bedi distribute exactly 2 weeks
ago to people who have constructed toilets in their homes as part
of Swach Bharat Campaign?

2. Ans. Kabali Da!

3. 2.
• X is an extrajudicial punishment by an informal group. It is most often used to
characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged
transgressor, or to intimidate a minority group.
• It is an extreme form of informal group social control but with a drift toward the
public spectacle.
• One of the origins is traditionally attributed to a Virginia Quaker, Plantation
owner and American Revolutionary named Charles X.
• Give me the good word.

4. Ans.
• Lynch

5. 3.
• He was an Austro-Hungarian Navy officer. His naval exploits during World War I earned
him numerous decorations, including the prestigious Military Order of Maria Theresa.
• Following Austria-Hungary's defeat and subsequent collapse, he returned to his family
but lost his first wife to scarlet fever, in 1922. Five years later, he married his children's
tutor Maria Augusta Kutschera, who trained the children to perform at various events as
a way of earning a livelihood after most of the family's wealth was wiped out in a failed
banking venture. The family came under increasing persecution from the Nazis, when he
refused to serve in the German Navy.
• Fearing arrest, he fled with his family to Italy and then to the United States, where he set
up a farm and lived the remainder of his life there until his death in 1947.
• Id.

7. Ans.
• Captain Von Trapp from Sound Of Music.

8. 4.
• Tim Peake ran the London Marathon on 24 April 2016 in 3 hours 35 minutes and
21 seconds.
• “This morning was fantastic,” he said on the phone to his medical support crew.
• Moments earlier, he had completed the distance, thrown his hands in the air in
triumph and taken a long, hard drink from a water pouch he had velcroed to the
wall above his head. Then came the double thumbs up to the camera.
• What was special about his run?

9. Ans.
• Tim Peake ran on the International Space Station.

10. 5.
• X is a rare condition where hairballs are found in the digestive tract after a
person ingests their own hair.
• It is predominantly found in emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded
youngsters.
• A hairball - called a bezoar - extends from the stomach, with it's 'tail' in the small
intestine.
• X takes inspiration from a Popular German Fairy tale.

11. • Rapunzel Syndrome.

12. 6.
• The newly elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is a tough-
talking sexist who thrives off of hate speech and populist anger.
• What nickname has he been given by the Fillipino media?

14. • The Fillipino Trump!

15. 7.
• The origin of the phrase comes from the 1970s myth among college students that
soldiers in the Vietnam War followed this practice to “Increase Ventilation and
reduce Moisture”.
• The term gained currency in the popular vernacular after appearing in a 1996
episode of Friends, The One Where No One’s Ready.

16. • Going Commando

17. 8.
• The XY also known as the Cradle of Civilisation is a Y shaped region containing
a comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi arid Western
Asia, the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta.
• It saw the development of some of the earliest human civilisations which
flourished thanks to the water supplies and the agricultural resources.
• Y also is an important symbol of the predominant religion of the region.
• Put funda.

18. Ans. Fertile
Crescent

19. 9.
• This title comes from the 5:4 ratio meaning one quarter more than any other
man.
• The title is taken from the Maharaja of Jaipur.

20. Ans. Sawai

21. 10.
• The X Atoll is an atoll in the Marshall Islands where 23 nuclear devices were
detonated by the United States between 1946 and 1958.
• An item of clothing was named X because it was described as the “Atom Bomb
Of Fashion”.
• Id X.

22. Ans. Bikini

23. 11.
• The origin of this phrase comes from a children's story published by John
Newbery in London in 1765.
• It tells the story of a nice and lovable orphan girl Margery Meanwell, who goes
through life with only one shoe until a rich gentleman gives her a complete pair.
• What phrase?

24. Ans.
• Goody Two Shoes.

25. 12.
• David Moyes to be an X Factor judge: 2500/1
• Arsenal to sack Arsene Wenger and install Piers Morgan as boss: 2500/1
• David Cameron to replace Tim Sherwood as Aston Villa manager: 2500/1
• Hugh Hefner to admit he's a virgin: 1000/1
• _________ ____ ___ :5000-1

26. Ans. Leicester City wins EPL

27. 13.
• Luxuriously Flowing ____ Club for Scientists or the LFHfS was started by many
admirers of Steven Pinker, who went on to become the first member.
• Dr. Pinker is very proud of this distinction and has included it in his CV.
• FITB.

29. Ans.
• Hair

30. 14.
• In the recent movie Zootopia, what animals work at the Department of Motor
Vehicles as a sly take on its slow working.

31. • Sloths.

32. 15.
• National Parks across the United States saw an influx of visitors due to X with ‘
hundreds or thousands of people visiting the National Mall and Memorial Parks
in Washington DC on the weekend following a particular incident in the US last
month.
• Id X.

33. Ans. Pokemon Go

34. 16.
• The London Olympics were held with the promise of sustainable use of
infrastructure post the conduct of the games.
• The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park was the biggest stadium built as part of the
games.
• What use will it serve starting August 2016?

36. Ans.
• West Ham United’s new stadium.

37. 17.
• The Bikini was introduced by Louis Reard to the media and public on 5th July
1946 at Piscine Molitor, a public pool in Paris.
• Connect Piscine Molitor and Pondicherry.

38. • Piscine Molitor “pi” Patel.

39. 18.
• In the mid 19th century, as cities got denser, they got hotter.
• Endless lanes brick and concrete transformed urban blocks into kilns thanks to
the ‘Urban Heat Island Effect’.
• Which is when America’s swelling middle and upper class families started high
tailing to the cooler countryside.
• This caused a problem in schools and what was the solution?

40. Ans.
• Summer holidays in school!

41. 19.
• The ________ ___ Game is a baseball game played on June 21st every year at
Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska.
• The game starts at about 10.30pm and ends at around 1.30 am.
• What is special about this game?

42. Ans.
• Artificial lights have never been used in The Midnight Sun Game since its
inception in 1906.

43. 20.
• BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE Grifinória. Lufa-lufa. Corvinal,. Sonserina.
• Romanian Cercetaş. Astropuf. Ochi de Şoim, Viperin.
• Welsh Llereurol. Wfftiwff, Crafangfran. Slaffenog.
• ENGLISH ?????????????????????????????????

44. Ans.
• The 4 Hogwarts Houses.

45. 21.
• Apple last week changed their Gun Emoji resulting in widespread appreciation
from supporters of Gun Control organisations.
• What is the new Emoji?

46. Ans.
• Water Gun Emoji!