General QuizBy- Pranava Dhar

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

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

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.

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?

Q5.What unique gift did Ramachandra present to Akbar?

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.

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!!’

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."

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

Q10.Name the singer.

Q11In 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?

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.

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

Q14.If,Sri Lanka : Percy Abeysekeraand,Pakistan : Chaudhry Abdul Jalilthen,India: ? Funda gets you full points too.

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.

Answers.

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

AnswerSumit Nagal

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

AnswerAbbey Road

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.

AnswerDarya-e-noor

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?

AnswerThomas Geisel. Dr. Seuss

Q5.What unique gift did Ramachandra present to Akbar?

AnswerTansen

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.

AnswerSuperCell, the developers of Clash of Clans.

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!!’

AnswerCharles Dickens

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."

AnswerVodafone

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

AnswerCruyff Turn

Q10.Name the singer.

AnswerPriyanka Chopra

Q11In 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?

AnswerStarbucks

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.

AnswerX - AsclepiusY - CaduceusZ - Hermes

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

AnswerRotherham United

Q14.If,Sri Lanka : Percy Abeysekeraand,Pakistan : Chaudhry Abdul Jalilthen,India: ? Funda gets you full points too.

AnswerSudhir Kumar Chaudhary

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.

AnswerLinus Torvalds, the creator of Linux