The prelims questions for the annual EDSEM Quiz Fest 2016. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Host: Anindya Das
Research: Anindya Das and Md. Jasimuddin
EDSEM Open To All Quiz
(Prelims)

2. Rules of the Game
 25 Questions to warm up
 Most of them one word or two word answers
 Some of them are starred questions for tie breaks
Smartphones are great inventions but
detrimental during quizzes

3. 1. Identify the plot

4. 2. Identify the singer (Only Audio) (*)

5. 3. Identify X and Y
 X’s 4 year old son died after falling from the 53rd
floor. Stricken with grief X composed Y. Identify X
and Y.

6. 4. Texas School Book Depository. Significance

7. 5. Identify the book
While launching of which book did the author
made this statement:
“I dedicated my book to Ayn Rand, Bruce Lee, X,
Amitabh Bacchan, pornstar Tori Black and a few
gangsters”

8. 6. Identify the Poet
“
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
We have given each other
All that we have.
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I’ll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the game clock
Ball in my hands
5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1”

9. 7. Identify the AD

10. 8. Which incident am I talking about
"There was no question of feeling scared. I knew I
had to get that photo somehow . I hid behind the
wall of X and took the pictures. It was his gun
versus my camera,"

11. 9. Personality (*)
Whose last words were:
“Funny Guy ! Are you doing well”

12. 10. Identify
What was the Communist Party coffee workers’
initiative known as?

13. 11. Identify the group
This group has it’s headquarters in the city of
Maiduguri. The Hausa speaking native of the city
has named them X which literally translates to
“Western Education is a sin”

14. 12. Identify the legendary rivalry in
the movie – RUSH

15. 13. Identify the Band
X placed an ad on a wall, at school, when he was
looking for musicians . The ad was “If you too
have a great desire to make great music, join us”.

16. 14. What are these called

17. 15. Identify the personality

18. 16. Identify X (*)
“El Sari Rojo” by Javier Moro is a story of a native
young woman X confronted by the complicated and
dangerous world of politics. It tells the story of a X
whose dreams of home, hearth and anonymous
living were struck down by the hands of
fate. Demand was made for the book’s withdrawal as
some faction claimed of distorted facts and
misinterpreted details.

19. 17. Identify the three words
Word 1: Swahili word for peace
Word 2: Arabic for “handsome” or “good”
Word 3: Swahili for “to bend”, those who converted to
Islam

20. 18. Which age old practice is depicted
here

21. 19. What is promoted here

22. 20. What is discussed here
In 1301 Prince Edward II invented cricket. In
1752 Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity.
In 1835 two women set bails alight to make
ashes. In 2009 X connected the dots, forever
revolutionizing the way cricket runs. Identify X.

23. 21. What is referred here (*)
Edison’s first invention was never used for the
purpose it was made. The people were un-
impressed as they thought it would reduce the
time taken for performing a particular activity
which would reduce the time they had to convince
people.

24. 22. Identify the movie
Christiano Ronaldo bought a house in Trump Tower
in NYC for USD 18.5 million. This house was
supposed to be set as an inspiration to be the setting
for which movie

25. 23. Identify the Author

26. 24. What image is blanked out

27. 25. Identify
Who owns the Domain 466453.com

28. Answers

29. 1. Identify the plot

31. 2. Identify the singer (Only Audio) (*)

33. 3. Identify X and Y
 X’s 4 year old son died after falling from the 53rd
floor. Stricken with grief X composed Y. Identify X
and Y.

35. 4. Texas School Book Depository. Significance

36. JFK Assassination

37. 5. Identify the book
While launching of which book did the author
made this statement:
“I dedicated my book to Ayn Rand, Bruce Lee, X,
Amitabh Bacchan, pornstar Tori Black and a few
gangsters”

39. 6. Identify the Poet
“
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
We have given each other
All that we have.
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I’ll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the game clock
Ball in my hands
5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1”

41. 7. Identify the AD

43. 8. Which incident am I talking about
"There was no question of feeling scared. I knew I
had to get that photo somehow . I hid behind the
wall of X and took the pictures. It was his gun
versus my camera,"

45. 9. Personality (*)
Whose last words were:
“Funny Guy ! Are you doing well”

47. 10. Identify
What was the Communist Party coffee workers’
initiative known as?

48. Indian Coffee House

49. 11. Identify the group
This group has it’s headquarters in the city of
Maiduguri. The Hausa speaking native of the city
has named them X which literally translates to
“Western Education is a sin”

51. 12. Identify the legendary rivalry in
the movie – RUSH

52. Nikki Lauda and James Hunt

53. 13. Identify the Band
X placed an ad on a wall, at school, when he was
looking for musicians . The ad was “If you too
have a great desire to make great music, join us”.

55. 14. What are these called

57. 15. Identify the personality

58. Bruno Coutinho

59. 16. Identify X (*)
“El Sari Rojo” by Javier Moro is a story of a native
young woman X confronted by the complicated and
dangerous world of politics. It tells the story of a X
whose dreams of home, hearth and anonymous
living were struck down by the hands of
fate. Demand was made for the book’s withdrawal as
some faction claimed of distorted facts and
misinterpreted details.

61. 17. Identify the three words
Word 1: Swahili word for peace
Word 2: Arabic for “handsome” or “good”
Word 3: Swahili for “to bend”, those who converted to
Islam

63. 18. Which age old practice is depicted
here

64. Harakiri

65. 19. What is promoted here

67. 20. What is discussed here
In 1301 Prince Edward II invented cricket. In
1752 Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity.
In 1835 two women set bails alight to make
ashes. In 2009 X connected the dots, forever
revolutionizing the way cricket runs. Identify X.

68. Zings

69. 21. What is referred here (*)
Edison’s first invention was never used for the
purpose it was made. The people were un-
impressed as they thought it would reduce the
time taken for performing a particular activity
which would reduce the time they had to convince
people.

70. Electronic Voting Machines

71. 22. Identify the movie
Christiano Ronaldo bought a house in Trump Tower
in NYC for USD 18.5 million. This house was
supposed to be set as an inspiration to be the setting
for which movie

73. 23. Identify the Author

75. 24. What image is blanked out

77. 25. Identify
Who owns the Domain 466453.com