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1. The document provides information about an inter-school quiz competition, including participation rules and cut-offs for advancing to the finals. 2. Questions 1-3 provide details about the autobiography of Khushwant Singh, a traditional Indian sweet, and the identity of Ram's sister in Hindu mythology. 3. Questions 5, 10, 15 and 20 are marked with a star and require more detailed answers about ICC rules regarding India and South Africa's cricket team status, and the name of a scripture outside the CIA headquarters.

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CONOSCENZA Inter School-College Quiz
KRIPYA DHYAN DEIN ! Participants can participate in a team of two or as lone tiger/tigeress 20 questions. 4 questions are star marked, i.e. Q5, 10,15, 20. Top 4 college teams and 2 school teams go to the finals. QM suggests not to waste time and energy while blocking or vetoing as she would give hints wherever and whenever she feels to do so.
Conoscenza Prelims
Conoscenza Prelims
College Cut Off 6 School Cut Off - 10
1. X (published in 2002) is the title of the autobiography of Khushwant Singh, a famous Indian writer, journalist and columnist. Apart from tracing his story and immediate family history, it deals in depth with his relations with political dignitaries. The name of the book itself was derived from a famous column that he wrote for the newspaper Hindustan Times. Some exclusive excerpts of the book detailing the relationship between the ex- Prime minister Indira Gandhi and her daughter-in-law Maneka Gandhi were published in India Today to generate publicity before publication of the book. The publication of the book was held up for more than five years after Maneka Gandhi filed a case against the release of the book.
Truth, Love & a Little Malice
2. X is the Marathi name of a sweet steamed pudding made out of milk given by a cow or buffalo within a day after she has calved. Steam cooked in a water bath, it has the consistency of cream caramel or flan without the addition of any external coagulant. Cheek (in Hindi), Junnu (in Telugu), Seem Paal (in Tamil), Geen (in Konkani), Bari (in Gujarati) or anything else you call it, it evokes great nostalgia among those who have had it before but cannot seem to find it now.
Kharwas
3. As Published in Devlok, Sunday Midday, April 07, 2013 Valmiki Ramayan does not mention Rams sister, however, in the Mahabharata we learn of King Lompada who adopts the daughter of Dashratha. In later literature, this daughter of Dashratha becomes Rams elder sister. According to the Oriya Ramayana or the Dandi Ramayana she was adopted by the King Lomapada and later given in marriage to Rishyashringa, a sage whose celibacy causes drought in Lompadas kingdom. Following the marriage, the rains come back. ID her.
Shanta
4.
Conoscenza Prelims
Conoscenza Prelims
5*. When India became independent in 1947, ICC invoked a certain Rule 5 and India's membership was reduced to a provisional status. It was likely that India would have lost the Test status but for a decision by the Indian government a few years later. The same Rule 5 came up for discussion regarding another country after a few years. It was decided the Test matches to be played by that team later that year would be treated as unofficial. But somebody conveniently forgot to mark them as such, and the team continued to play Tests. Which team was it?
South Africa The ICC which was the Imperial Cricket conference earlier had a rule for only commonwealth nations. India however became a republic in 1950 and under commonwealth rules would cease to be a member, but then there was a rule amendment in commonwealth of nations and India remained a member of commonwealth. South Africa was expelled from commonwealth in 1960 and hence not part of ICC. But then ICC got renamed to International Cricket Council in 1965. So rule 5 become redundant from 1965. The "unofficial" series was SA v NZ in 1961-62.
6. Which phrase does the value 1.16699016 10-8 hertz represent ? PS: Hertz is the unit of frequency - as in how frequently does something recur - how many times per second to be more precise.
Once In A Blue Moon
7. Connect
Uma Thurman Lead in Kill Bill Former spouse of Gary Oldman Tibet House was confounded in New York by her father and she serves there. Fall Out Boy released a song titled "Uma Thurman" in their album dedicated to her.
8. X was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. He served her during the final fifteen years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time. In 1887, Victoria's Golden Jubilee year, he was one of two Indians selected to become servants to the Queen. Victoria came to like him a great deal and gave him the title of Munshi. Victoria appointed him her Indian Secretary, showered him with honours, and obtained a land grant for him in India. The close platonic relationship between him and the Queen led to friction within the Royal Household, the other members of which felt themselves to be superior to him. Following Victoria's death in 1901, her successor, Edward VII, returned him to India and ordered the confiscation and destruction of the Munshi's correspondence with Victoria.
Abdul Karim
9. During her candid talk with Gayle King at TED2017, X talked about her engagement to Y. Sharing a photo of the pair with the crowd, she went on to talk about his proposal and how it made her angry. "I never felt pressure to get married, and I can't say I'm the marrying type. I love my life. I love my freedom," she said. "I hear that kind of changes. I love my career, and I didn't want anything to interfere with that. ... When he proposed, I was almost angry. Not almost -- I was angry because it was right in the middle of my training season and I thought, 'I have to win the Australian Open.' ... I really wanted to pass Steffi Graf's record."
X-Serena Williams Y-Alexis Ohanian
10*. ID X and Y X was a Co-founder and Chairman of Y and served as its Whole Time Director since December 19, 1994 until October 27, 2017. He had more than 30 years of experience in M&E industry. He started his career as visualizer in an advertising agency and also served as Art Director. He served as the Chairman of TV Vision Limited until October 27, 2017 and as its Whole Time Director from August 22, 2017 to October 27, 2017. His name was listed in the Limca Books of records in the year 1999 as having directed maximum number of episodes. X had a Graduation in Commercial Arts/was a diploma holder in Applied Arts from J.J.School of Arts, Mumbai, Government of Maharashtra, Higher Art Examinations. He passed away on October 27, 2017.
X- Mr. Gautam Adhikari Y- Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd
11. This is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Services after April 5, 1917, has been wounded or killed.
The Purple Heart
12. The festival's origins are somewhat unclear. A popular account has it that it commemorates the city's defiance against the city's tyrant, who is a member of the Ranieri family. This tyrant attempted to rape a young commoner (often specified as a miller's daughter) on the eve of her wedding, supposedly exercising the droit du seigneur. The tyrant's plan backfired when the young woman instead decapitated him, after which the populace stormed and burned the palace. Each year, a young girl is chosen to play the part of Violetta, the defiant young woman. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the X that involves some thousands of towns people, divided into nine combat teams, who throw X at each other with considerable violence during the traditional carnival days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Battle of the Oranges
13. Connect Steve Allen Ernie Kovacs Jack Lescoulie Jack Paar Johnny Carson Conan O'brien (In exhaustive List)
The Tonight Show
14.
China National Space Administration
15*.
The Temple of All Religions or the Universal Temple
16. What did Musk do after being caught in a traffic jam ?
Founded the Boring Company
17.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
18. X is an English word frequently used as a loanword in other languages. As an adjective, it principally means "adequate" or "acceptable ; it can also mean "mediocre" . It fulfils a similar role as an adverb. As an interjection, it can denote compliance, or agreement. It can mean "assent" when it is used as a noun. As an adjective, can express acknowledgment without approval. As a versatile discourse marker or back-channeling item, it can also be used with appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation.
Okay
19. What is being blanked out from the movie poster
Conoscenza Prelims
Conoscenza Prelims
20*. Just outside the CIA HQ in Langley, Virginia. There is this captivating scripture created by Karl Sanborn to show that everything can be resolved in numbers and patterns. Name the scripture.
Kryptos

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Conoscenza Prelims

  • 2. KRIPYA DHYAN DEIN ! Participants can participate in a team of two or as lone tiger/tigeress 20 questions. 4 questions are star marked, i.e. Q5, 10,15, 20. Top 4 college teams and 2 school teams go to the finals. QM suggests not to waste time and energy while blocking or vetoing as she would give hints wherever and whenever she feels to do so.
  • 5. College Cut Off 6 School Cut Off - 10
  • 6. 1. X (published in 2002) is the title of the autobiography of Khushwant Singh, a famous Indian writer, journalist and columnist. Apart from tracing his story and immediate family history, it deals in depth with his relations with political dignitaries. The name of the book itself was derived from a famous column that he wrote for the newspaper Hindustan Times. Some exclusive excerpts of the book detailing the relationship between the ex- Prime minister Indira Gandhi and her daughter-in-law Maneka Gandhi were published in India Today to generate publicity before publication of the book. The publication of the book was held up for more than five years after Maneka Gandhi filed a case against the release of the book.
  • 7. Truth, Love & a Little Malice
  • 8. 2. X is the Marathi name of a sweet steamed pudding made out of milk given by a cow or buffalo within a day after she has calved. Steam cooked in a water bath, it has the consistency of cream caramel or flan without the addition of any external coagulant. Cheek (in Hindi), Junnu (in Telugu), Seem Paal (in Tamil), Geen (in Konkani), Bari (in Gujarati) or anything else you call it, it evokes great nostalgia among those who have had it before but cannot seem to find it now.
  • 10. 3. As Published in Devlok, Sunday Midday, April 07, 2013 Valmiki Ramayan does not mention Rams sister, however, in the Mahabharata we learn of King Lompada who adopts the daughter of Dashratha. In later literature, this daughter of Dashratha becomes Rams elder sister. According to the Oriya Ramayana or the Dandi Ramayana she was adopted by the King Lomapada and later given in marriage to Rishyashringa, a sage whose celibacy causes drought in Lompadas kingdom. Following the marriage, the rains come back. ID her.
  • 12. 4.
  • 15. 5*. When India became independent in 1947, ICC invoked a certain Rule 5 and India's membership was reduced to a provisional status. It was likely that India would have lost the Test status but for a decision by the Indian government a few years later. The same Rule 5 came up for discussion regarding another country after a few years. It was decided the Test matches to be played by that team later that year would be treated as unofficial. But somebody conveniently forgot to mark them as such, and the team continued to play Tests. Which team was it?
  • 16. South Africa The ICC which was the Imperial Cricket conference earlier had a rule for only commonwealth nations. India however became a republic in 1950 and under commonwealth rules would cease to be a member, but then there was a rule amendment in commonwealth of nations and India remained a member of commonwealth. South Africa was expelled from commonwealth in 1960 and hence not part of ICC. But then ICC got renamed to International Cricket Council in 1965. So rule 5 become redundant from 1965. The "unofficial" series was SA v NZ in 1961-62.
  • 17. 6. Which phrase does the value 1.16699016 10-8 hertz represent ? PS: Hertz is the unit of frequency - as in how frequently does something recur - how many times per second to be more precise.
  • 18. Once In A Blue Moon
  • 20. Uma Thurman Lead in Kill Bill Former spouse of Gary Oldman Tibet House was confounded in New York by her father and she serves there. Fall Out Boy released a song titled "Uma Thurman" in their album dedicated to her.
  • 21. 8. X was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. He served her during the final fifteen years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time. In 1887, Victoria's Golden Jubilee year, he was one of two Indians selected to become servants to the Queen. Victoria came to like him a great deal and gave him the title of Munshi. Victoria appointed him her Indian Secretary, showered him with honours, and obtained a land grant for him in India. The close platonic relationship between him and the Queen led to friction within the Royal Household, the other members of which felt themselves to be superior to him. Following Victoria's death in 1901, her successor, Edward VII, returned him to India and ordered the confiscation and destruction of the Munshi's correspondence with Victoria.
  • 23. 9. During her candid talk with Gayle King at TED2017, X talked about her engagement to Y. Sharing a photo of the pair with the crowd, she went on to talk about his proposal and how it made her angry. "I never felt pressure to get married, and I can't say I'm the marrying type. I love my life. I love my freedom," she said. "I hear that kind of changes. I love my career, and I didn't want anything to interfere with that. ... When he proposed, I was almost angry. Not almost -- I was angry because it was right in the middle of my training season and I thought, 'I have to win the Australian Open.' ... I really wanted to pass Steffi Graf's record."
  • 25. 10*. ID X and Y X was a Co-founder and Chairman of Y and served as its Whole Time Director since December 19, 1994 until October 27, 2017. He had more than 30 years of experience in M&E industry. He started his career as visualizer in an advertising agency and also served as Art Director. He served as the Chairman of TV Vision Limited until October 27, 2017 and as its Whole Time Director from August 22, 2017 to October 27, 2017. His name was listed in the Limca Books of records in the year 1999 as having directed maximum number of episodes. X had a Graduation in Commercial Arts/was a diploma holder in Applied Arts from J.J.School of Arts, Mumbai, Government of Maharashtra, Higher Art Examinations. He passed away on October 27, 2017.
  • 26. X- Mr. Gautam Adhikari Y- Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd
  • 27. 11. This is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Services after April 5, 1917, has been wounded or killed.
  • 29. 12. The festival's origins are somewhat unclear. A popular account has it that it commemorates the city's defiance against the city's tyrant, who is a member of the Ranieri family. This tyrant attempted to rape a young commoner (often specified as a miller's daughter) on the eve of her wedding, supposedly exercising the droit du seigneur. The tyrant's plan backfired when the young woman instead decapitated him, after which the populace stormed and burned the palace. Each year, a young girl is chosen to play the part of Violetta, the defiant young woman. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the X that involves some thousands of towns people, divided into nine combat teams, who throw X at each other with considerable violence during the traditional carnival days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
  • 30. Battle of the Oranges
  • 31. 13. Connect Steve Allen Ernie Kovacs Jack Lescoulie Jack Paar Johnny Carson Conan O'brien (In exhaustive List)
  • 33. 14.
  • 34. China National Space Administration
  • 35. 15*.
  • 36. The Temple of All Religions or the Universal Temple
  • 37. 16. What did Musk do after being caught in a traffic jam ?
  • 39. 17.
  • 41. 18. X is an English word frequently used as a loanword in other languages. As an adjective, it principally means "adequate" or "acceptable ; it can also mean "mediocre" . It fulfils a similar role as an adverb. As an interjection, it can denote compliance, or agreement. It can mean "assent" when it is used as a noun. As an adjective, can express acknowledgment without approval. As a versatile discourse marker or back-channeling item, it can also be used with appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation.
  • 42. Okay
  • 43. 19. What is being blanked out from the movie poster
  • 46. 20*. Just outside the CIA HQ in Langley, Virginia. There is this captivating scripture created by Karl Sanborn to show that everything can be resolved in numbers and patterns. Name the scripture.