A General Quiz made by me for SUPW.

1. General Quiz
By- Pranava Dhar

2. Q1.
Name (in pic) this current winner of the boy’s doubles at Wimbledon.

3. Q2.
Name the album.(No points for the band)

4. Q3.
X was mined in the Golconda mines in Andhra Pradesh. It was originally owned
by the Kakatiya dynasty, later looted by Turkic Khilji dynasty and given to
Mughal emperors.
In 1739, Nader Shah of Iran invaded Northern India, occupied Delhi and then
massacred many of its inhabitants. He took X with him too.
X was later acquired by Ranjit Singh of Sikh Empire.
It finally came into the possession of East India Company when Punjab fell under
the British Rule in 1849.

5. Q4.
Design for Death was a 1948 American shockumentary film that won the
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
It was based on a shorter U.S. Army training film, Our Job in Japan, that had been
produced in 1945-1946 for the soldiers occupying Japan after World War II.
Both dealt with racketeering and corruption in Japan.
It was written by an unfamiliar face and his wife, with the duo writing the original
one too.
Who was this mystery writer, or how do we better know him?

6. Q5.
What unique gift did Ramachandra present to Akbar?

7. Q6.
This is the list of games developed by which game developer -
Gunshine.net (later known as Zombies Online) – Their first game and only non-mobile game, which was
released in 2011.
Pets vs Orcs – The company's first mobile game.. Battle
Buddies – The company's second mobile game, which was launched in 2012, but was discontinued later
in the same year.
Spooky Pop – Soft-launched in Canada in 2014 and cancelled in 2015.
Smash Land- Launched and discontinued in 2015 (April to July)
I have skipped three of their most popular games.
Identify this game developer who advertised at Super Bowl XLIX with Liam Neeson starring in it.

8. Q7.
X described London as a Magic lantern, a popular entertainment of the Victorian
era, which projected images from slides. Of all X' characters 'none played as
important a role in his work as that of London itself',it fired his imagination and
made him write.
In a letter to John Forster, in 1846, X wrote 'a day in London sets me up and
starts me', but outside of the city, 'the toil and labour of writing, day after day,
without that magic lantern is IMMENSE!!’

9. Q8.
Since 2010, the adverts of this company feature two bees named Jack and Mike
who are voiced by Karl Theobald and Dan Antopolski. Other adverts feature Star
Wars character Yoda. Idris Elba does voice over for adverts.
X is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in
London and with its registered office in Newbury, Berkshire.
The name X comes from the words voice data fone, chosen by the company to
"reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones."

10. Q9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1k7DGqRF5g

11. Q10.
Name the singer.

12. Q11
In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous yet beautiful
creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting
music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their
island.
Sirens also, funnily enough, feature on a very popular
Multinational Food Chain’s logo.
Which food chain?

13. Q12.
X is the Greek god of doctors, and is known to have been the first to lay down the
rules of medicine. Hence his staff is used as a symbol for medicine.
At least is should be, as the staff we mostly see at hospitals is actually Y, which
has two snakes entwined around it with wings sometimes surrounding it. The Y
also belongs to the patron of thieves and liars, something far from the proffesion
it is seen in.
X’s staff only has one snake entwined around it and no wings.
Name X, Y and Z.

14. Q13.
Which football team plays at the New York
Stadium?

15. Q14.
If,
Sri Lanka : Percy Abeysekera
and,
Pakistan : Chaudhry Abdul Jalil
then,
India: ? Funda gets you full points too.

16. Q15.
“Computers are like ACs. They become useless
as soon as you open Windows.”
Which famous personality quoted this? Or tell
me the thing he created.

17. Answers.

18. Q1.
Name (in pic) this current winner of the boy’s doubles at Wimbledon.

19. Answer
Sumit Nagal

20. Q2.
Name the album.(No points for the band)

21. Answer
Abbey Road

22. Q3.
X was mined in the Golconda mines in Andhra Pradesh. It was originally owned
by the Kakatiya dynasty, later looted by Turkic Khilji dynasty and given to
Mughal emperors.
In 1739, Nader Shah of Iran invaded Northern India, occupied Delhi and then
massacred many of its inhabitants. He took X with him too.
X was later acquired by Ranjit Singh of Sikh Empire.
It finally came into the possession of East India Company when Punjab fell under
the British Rule in 1849.

23. Answer
Darya-e-noor

24. Q4.
Design for Death was a 1948 American shockumentary film that won the
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
It was based on a shorter U.S. Army training film, Our Job in Japan, that had been
produced in 1945-1946 for the soldiers occupying Japan after World War II.
Both dealt with racketeering and corruption in Japan.
It was written by an unfamiliar face and his wife, with the duo writing the original
one too.
Who was this mystery writer, or how do we better know him?

25. Answer
Thomas Geisel. Dr. Seuss

26. Q5.
What unique gift did Ramachandra present to Akbar?

27. Answer
Tansen

28. Q6.
This is the list of games developed by which game developer -
Gunshine.net (later known as Zombies Online) – Their first game and only non-mobile game, which was
released in 2011.
Pets vs Orcs – The company's first mobile game.. Battle
Buddies – The company's second mobile game, which was launched in 2012, but was discontinued later
in the same year.
Spooky Pop – Soft-launched in Canada in 2014 and cancelled in 2015.
Smash Land- Launched and discontinued in 2015 (April to July)
I have skipped three of their most popular games.
Identify this game developer who advertised at Super Bowl XLIX with Liam Neeson starring in it.

29. Answer
SuperCell, the developers of Clash of Clans.

30. Q7.
X described London as a Magic lantern, a popular entertainment of the Victorian
era, which projected images from slides. Of all X' characters 'none played as
important a role in his work as that of London itself',it fired his imagination and
made him write.
In a letter to John Forster, in 1846, X wrote 'a day in London sets me up and
starts me', but outside of the city, 'the toil and labour of writing, day after day,
without that magic lantern is IMMENSE!!’

31. Answer
Charles Dickens

32. Q8.
Since 2010, the adverts of this company feature two bees named Jack and Mike
who are voiced by Karl Theobald and Dan Antopolski. Other adverts feature Star
Wars character Yoda. Idris Elba does voice over for adverts.
X is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in
London and with its registered office in Newbury, Berkshire.
The name X comes from the words voice data fone, chosen by the company to
"reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones."

33. Answer
Vodafone

34. Q9.
What player is this trick named after? Or what is the trick’s
name?

35. Answer
Cruyff Turn

36. Q10.
Name the singer.

37. Answer
Priyanka Chopra

38. Q11
In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous yet beautiful
creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting
music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their
island.
Sirens also, funnily enough, feature on a very popular
Multinational Food Chain’s logo.
Which food chain?

39. Answer
Starbucks

40. Q12.
X is the Greek god of doctors, and is known to have been the first to lay down the
rules of medicine. Hence his staff is used as a symbol for medicine.
At least is should be, as the staff we mostly see at hospitals is actually Y, which
has two snakes entwined around it with wings sometimes surrounding it. The Y
also belongs to the patron of thieves and liars, something far from the proffesion
it is seen in.
X’s staff only has one snake entwined around it and no wings.
Name X, Y and Z.

41. Answer
X - Asclepius
Y - Caduceus
Z - Hermes

42. Q13.
Which football team plays at the New York
Stadium?

43. Answer
Rotherham United

44. Q14.
If,
Sri Lanka : Percy Abeysekera
and,
Pakistan : Chaudhry Abdul Jalil
then,
India: ? Funda gets you full points too.

45. Answer
Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary

46. Q15.
“Computers are like ACs. They become useless
as soon as you open Windows.”
Which famous personality quoted this? Or tell
me the thing he created.

47. Answer
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux