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Quantum Quiz
Prelims with Answers

1.
The Fourth World is the only professionally-released album by the Los
Angeles band Kara's Flowers, who later achieved greater success under the
name X. X won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005.
The band has managed to remain relevant till today and have released six
studio albums till date.
ID X.

*2.
He made his first-class debut for Bombay in 1958–59, before making his
international debut in Test in December 1966, against the West Indies at
the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
He served as the manager of the Indian cricket team in the 1990s, alongside
captain Mohammad Azharuddin. He is one of the few Indians to represent
the country as Test player, captain, coach/manager and the chairman of
selectors. Lala Amarnath and Chandu Borde are the only other players to
achieve this distinction.
Most famous for being the first ODI captain of India.

3.
A No-Confidence motion was recently introduced against Narendra Modi’s
government in the Lok Sabha.
As of August 2018, 27 no-confidence motions have been moved. Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi faced the most number of no-confidence motions – 15
times.
All the no-confidence motions have been defeated except once when the
Prime Minister himself resigned during the discussions, and the motion didn’t
even have to go to voting.
Who was this Prime Minister?

4.
This young icon recently graced the cover of Forbes where she was
celebrated as being a part of "America's Women Billionaires“ club.
In this issue of Forbes, they predicted that she will become the youngest self-
made billionaire ever, however others disputed the designation "self-made".
To help her achieve the status, fans have decided to donate money to her
cause thereby causing outrage among several people.

5.
Carter Wilkerson tweeted X, asking them how many retweets he needed for a
year of free chicken nuggets. When X replied with "18 Million", he accepted
the challenge.
The tweet received unlikely support from several major companies
including Microsoft, Amazon and Google, prompting the hashtag
#NuggsForCarter and propelling the tweet to become the most retweeted of
all time within 34 days, at which point X gave him a year of free nuggets.
Id X.

6.
“In the two hours break, we did about 15 minutes of debrief and then we
just put on X for one hour. This whole week we have been watching it
daily. Sometimes you don’t need to learn anything, all that you need to
do is unclutter your mind,” said Ronak Pandit (Heena Sidhu’s coach and
husband)
X among other things helped Heena Sidhu clinch a bronze medal at the 2018
Asian Games, as has been said by her and her coach.

Stand Up Comedy (Comicstaan in
particular)

007.
This is the Khao
Phing Kan island.
How is it better
known as?

8.
In June 2018, a startup named Casper launched a store where customers can
do what for $25 in 45 minutes?

*9.
Who can be credited for the
design of this sculptor?

*11.
Had the actress Sridevi said 'yes' to a film in the 90s, actor Irrfan Khan
would have been the 2nd Indian star to be part of which movie franchise?
She refused citing the short length of her role.
Which iconic movie?

12.
In 2018, Government of India launched the new 100 rupee note.
The illustration of which UNESCO World Heritage Site adorns the back of the
note?

13.
Flag of
which
erstwhile
nation?

Flag of Sikkim during its independent
monarchy

15.
Although it lost the major Grammys to a lesser acclaimed 24K Magic by
Bruno Mars, it received enough compensation when it became the first
Rap Album to win a Pulitzer Prize in 2018.
Id the artist behind this path breaking album.

16.
In a novel move, IIT Bhubaneswar had inducted a course on a dance form in
B.Tech syllabus, thereby becoming the first IIT in the country to introduce any
dance form in its curriculum in the year 2015.
This classical dance is one of the 'breadth' courses of 12 credits in the four-
year B.Tech programme.

*17.
X is a popular web-comic created by American
cartoonist, engineer & author Randall Munroe.
X is described with the tagline “A web-comic of
romance, sarcasm, math, and language".
Having the cast of stick figures, subject matter of the
comic varies from statements on life and love to
mathematical, programming, and scientific in-jokes.
Name X.

18.
The music was written by the Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie, with comedians
David Baddiel and Frank Skinner—presenters of football-themed comedy
show Fantasy Football League—providing the lyrics.
The title comes from the emblem of the _______, which is in turn derived from
the Royal Arms of England. This song is one of only three songs to top the
British charts more than once with lyric variants, the others being "Mambo
No. 5” and "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
This song recently became very popular all over again, and yet again, ended
up becoming a joke.
ID the song.

Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)

*19.
From the about section of a company :-
Devika Narain and Company was born on the dining table of a small rented
apartment with the simple goal of creating spaces that were personal and
uniquely Indian.
Today our team of young designers work with local artisans and craftsmen to
tell personal histories through spaces and celebrate the heritage of the Indian
subcontinent with a modern sensibility.
What did the company do in 2017 that led to a huge media coverage?

Virat-Anushka’s wedding planning

20.
This is the Octocat.
What is it the logo of?

21.
Navlekha is a new initiative which plans to take Indian regional content online
and help regional language publishers to bring their content to the internet.
Putting up regional content online is tough and the process is very
complicated when it comes to uploading such content
Which company is behind this initiative?

22.
Who was the last player to have beaten Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo
to the Ballon d’Or?

*23.
How do we better know #dotheshiggy?
The comedian Shiggy, who started this hashtag is shown below.

24.
X is a messaging application by a Haridwar- based firm which had put it’s trial
version on Google Play Store on 15-8-2018 for downloads, almost 2 months
after it was taken down hastily.
The firm, alleged that it was a conspiracy by multinational companies against
the Swadeshi firm and said the app will be back soon.
Identify .

25.
In an interview appearing on May 4, 2017 on NPR, Scott McCoskery described
how he invented a device in 2014 to cope with his own twitching in IT
meetings and conference calls.
In response to requests from an online community, he began selling the
device he called the Torqbar online. What is the device more popularly known
as?

Answers
1. Maroon 5
2. * Ajit Wadekar
3. Morarji Desai
4. Kylie Jenner
5. �±�Ի��’s
6. Standup Comedy/Comicstaan
7. James Bond Island
8. Take a nap
9. *Mamata Banerjee
10. Cambridge Analytica
11. *Jurassic Park
12. Rani Ki Vav
13. Sikkim
14. Anthony Bourdain
15. Kendrick Lamar for DAMN
16. Odissi
17. * Xkcd
18. Three Lions (It’s coming home)
19. Virat-Anushka’s wedding planning
20. Github
21. Google
22. Ricardo Kaka
23. *Kiki Challenge
24. Kimbho
25. Fidget Spinner

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