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Quiz Maester:
Ayush Singh

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? 20 questions.
? Questions are workout-able and easy.
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? No Google.

? X is a coupling reagent used in solid phase peptide
synthesis. It was introduced in 1978 and shows
resistance against racemization. It is used because
of its mild activating properties.
? How we do also know X which has been very
popular since September 2016.
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? X a gold badge chair umpire certified by the ITF, is the only
person to have chair umpired a singles finals match in all four of
the Grand Slam tournaments.
? X was in news recently when he imposed three code violations
on Serena Williams in her US Open finals against the eventual
winner, Y.
? Give me Y.
3

? X is a 1940s sociological coinage describing the
often very zealous fans of traditional pop
music and in particular the singer Frank
Sinatra. X were basically fashionable
adolescent girls who wore poodle skirts and
rolled down their socks to the ankle.
? In the schools, gymnasium was often used as
the dance floor, in which street shoes have to
be removed before performing hence to be
performed while wearing socks hence the
4

In October 2008,amidst a great financial crisis, one
seller put up X on ebay. The auction started with a bid
of 99 pence and reached 10 million pounds.
Bidders question included, “Do you offer
volcanic/earthquake insurances?” However singer
Bjork was not included for sale.
Identify X who was very popular all over the world in
the June of 2018.
5.

? The St. Martin’s Theatre is a West End Theatre in London, which was
designed by WGR Sprague along with its Sister Theatre,the Ambassador
Theatre.
? This pair of theaters’ claim their fame thanks to a play that started its
performance /display in Ambassador Theatre from 1952 to 1974, after
which it got shifted to St.Martin’s, and still runs today. By tradition, the
audience is requested not to reveal the identity of the murderer in the
play as it could spoil the same for future audiences.
? Which play is this that finished 65 years of its running in 2017?
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The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

? Igor Yevgenyevich was born to a family of servants in Russia in
1923. By 1931 his family had moved to Moscow and by 1941,
Igor was admitted to the Soviet Army to fight World War II where
he earned many medals for his efforts.
? In 1945, when he was demobilized due to health issues, he
decided to take up science and take it to the new level.
? He graduated in physical and mathematical sciences from the
Moscow Engineering Institute and then he inspired millions to
think smart and most of us may have encountered his problems.
? How do we know him better?
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8.Identify the instruction that resulted in a meme.

“Chala Murari Hero banne” is a 1977
Bollywood movie directed by G Asrani. The
movie had many superstars such as
Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema
Malini made guest appearences. In this
video, a former PM of India played himself.
Who?
9.

Late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

10.According to news reports as early as 2004,
farmers in India have been reported to have used X
and Y as pesticides. Though the manufacturers of X
and Y strongly disagree that their products can be
used to combat pests, the news reports suggest
that the presence of carbohydrates and sugars in X
and Y are provided to the plants in direct supply,
thus boosting their immunity. Identify X and Y

11
In the list highest grossing R-rated movies worldwide
,The Matrix Reloaded comes at second place &
IT(2017) finishes fourth. Which movies fill the first
and third spot, respectively?

12. Give X and Y.
It began in September 2015, when the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of
violation of the Clean Air Act to automaker giant X. The
agency had found that X had intentionally
programmed turbocharged direct injection (TDI) diesel
engines to activate their emissions controls only during
laboratory emissions testing which caused the
vehicles' NOx output to meet US standards during regulatory
testing, but emit up to 40 times more NOx in real-world
driving.This came to be popularly known as The Y scandal.

In 2008, British professional service provider firm Ernst and
Young conducted a study in Indian cities on parameters of
affluence index, population size and growth potential.
The report identifies a phenomenon where rapidly growing
smaller towns are taking centre stage.
What was the name given to the phenomenon which was also
the title of this report?
13.

Ship of Theseus is a 2012 Indian Drama film written and
directed by Anand Gandhi
Dialogues of the movie are in English, Hindi, Arabic and
Swedish.
What is the language for which the film got certification
from CBFC?
14.

15
This brand was launched in 1971 coinciding with the release of a
film adaptation of a novel. This brand was sold to Nestlé in 1988
and the products such as Bottle Caps, Nerds, Spree, Runts are
produced. In 2015 the brand was retired and the products were
brought under Nestlé’s brand naming. Identify the brand.

16 Give X
PUBG is an online multiplayer battle royale game developed and
published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video
game company Bluehole. The game is based on previous mods that
were created by Brendan “X" Greene for other games using the
film Battle Royale for inspiration, and expanded into a standalone
game under Greene's creative direction. X is the name by which
Brendan used to play other games.

17
To pay tribute to the Christian deaths during the
uprising of 1857, this institution in the national
capital was aptly named after X, the first martyr or
protomartyr of Christianity, who died in a similar
fashion i.e. stoned to death.
Give X.

Salvador Dali
?The Persistance of Memory
?Salvador Dali Desert
?Chupa Chups logo designed by Salvador Dali

People who won FIFA World Cup both as a player and a coach.

20.
Charles Henry X an American journalist who co-founded X
Y & Company with Edward Y and Charles Bergstresser.
X also founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become
one of the most respected financial publications in the
world. He also invented the X Y Industrial Average as part
of his research into market movements. He developed a
series of principles for understanding and analyzing market
behaviour which later became known as X theory, the
groundwork for technical analysis.

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