ximb quizzing league - round 4
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Round 4 of the XIMB Quizzing League - National and World Politics Quizmasters - Shriram Mishra and Sudipt MishraTRANSCRIPT
INFORMAL SESSION IV
NATIONAL AND WORLD
POLITICS
Round 1 ( 11 questions): Infinite bounce Rule: Correct : +10 Wrong on bounce: -10 Bounce time limit 10 secs.
International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV). What does it do?
Answer: Study of Flags
FIAV defines in its constitution as "the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions, and of scientific theories and principles based on that knowledge."
Identify the name
What's the name of the British political regime 1649-60 established by Oliver Cromwell?
ANSWER
Commonwealth
Id both the people.
Only two people have been recipients of both the Bharat Ratna and the Nishaan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian awards in India and Pakistan respectively. Name both of them.
ANSWER: Morarji Desai and Nelson Mandela
Id X.
According to Hindu mythology, when Kama, the god of love was burnt by the third eye of Shiva, Rati waited a long time for him. Then in her next birth, she assumed the name X and worked as a cook in the house of the asura Sambara. What name did she take in her rebirth, a name that is also now the name of a mammoth force in India?
ANSWER: Mayawati
Id. ( Person or Country)
Answer
Yingchuk Shingawatra
Prime Minister of Thailand.
Roshan Seth famous for his likeness to Nehru, potrayed Nehru 4 times in entertainment. Gandhi, Last days of Raj and Food for Ravens. Which was the other instance?
ANSWER
Bharat Ek Khoj
Id X.
X was originally issued in Latin in June 1215. It was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames near Windsor, England.
X is widely known throughout the English speaking world as an important part of the protracted historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law in England and beyond.
ANSWER: Magna Carta
Name the party
ANSWER
Telugu Desam Party
ID X.
X was born in Calcutta. She is the sister in law of Prannoy Roy. She went on to do her B.A. Degree at Miranda House. In 2005, she acted in Amu, a film made by her niece, Shonali Bose, on the Anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
ANSWER: Brinda karat
Which company supports the foundation?
Answer: United colors of Beneton
Id.
X was the 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. On October 1, 1949 X proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a one-party socialist state controlled by the CPC.
ANSWER
Mao Zedong
Round 2 ( 11 questions): Infinite bounce Rule: Correct : +10 Wrong on bounce: -10 Bounce Time Limit: 10 secs
ID.
‘Bundeskanzlerin’ is a term which had never been used before 2005. Which political leader’s ascension to office is connected with the use of this term?
ANSWER
German equivalent for Chancellor ( female):
When Angela Merkel assumed office in 2005
What is the occasion?
ANSWER
October Issue, 1947 Depicts kali as India with Freedom
and Death
Which national head of state is President Obama
hugging in the picture below?
ANSWER
Argentina : Prime minister: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
What is this
Washington, DC, 1/1/1942
Answer: UN Declaration
Identify the flag
ANSWER
NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Identify
ANSWER
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Identify the context of the photo
ANSWER: OSAMA BIN LANDEN OPERATION
Who said it
Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed anyway in their millions.
ANSWER
M. K. Gandhi
Sachin & Sara Pilot... Who is the father in law of Sachin Pilot
ANSWER
Identify
ANSWER: Suvra Mukherjee
Nationality?
Che Guevara
ANSWER
Argentina
Round 3 ( 11 questions): Infinite bounce Rule: Correct : +10 Wrong on bounce: -10 Bounce Time Limit: 10 secs
Id. X served as an economist with the
World Bank (1968–72 and 1975–77), a consultant to the Planning Commission, India, editor of the Indian Express and Times of India and a minister in the government of India (1998–2004).X was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982. X is an agnostic. X has authored the illustrated book below.
Answer: Arun Shourie
Cartoonist: Bal ThackerayOccasion?
ANSWER: Indira Gandhi’s Assassination.
Id X.
X is a prominent Indian politician has represented both the cola companies pepsico & coca cola in different cases as an advocate
ANSWER: ARUN JAITLEY
Id.
X attended St. Columba's School, Delhi before entering The Doon School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand).X worked at the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London, before establishing the Mumbai–based technology outsourcing firm, Backops Services Private Ltd. Currently he is a sitting MP.
ANSWER: Rahul Gandhi
What is the controversy about the photo
ANSWER: Vladimir Putin
What is blanked out in the photo?
ANSWER: Robert Vadra
Id X
X is an American political movement that is primarily known for advocating a reduction in the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing U.S. government spending and taxes. The movement has been called partly conservative, partly libertarian, and partly populist. It has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since 2009.
Answer: Tea Party Movement
WHAT IS BEING DEPICTED?
Answer
To kick off the census The census of India takes place
under the aegis of the home ministry. C. Chandramauli was the census
commissioner Census begins by noting down the
details of the first citizen of the country
Id.
J. Jayalalitha once abruptly ended their conversation by saying ,” I must say it was not a pleasure talking to you. Namaste.” The Indian equivalent of Tim Sebastian, he was president of the Cambridge union debating society in 1977. Who are we talking about?
Answer
Karan Thapar
Three intricately designed print ad illustrates the changing nature of global finance, culture and politics by creating one nation's flag out of another's iconic imagery. This execution fused India and China, with the former taking over for the latter as the _____________. "The world's is a hard place to understand," said the copy.
Answer: Top Weapons importer of world
Id the country
Answer
South Sudan
Round 4( 8 questions)- ConnectInfinite BounceCorrect +10Wrong -10Bounce time limit: 10 secs
Connect
Connect
European Union (EU)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
ANSWER
All agencies have received Nobel Peace Prize
Connect
ANSWER: All died in air crashes
Clockwise 1st: G. M. C. Balayogi 2nd:Dorjee Khandu 3rd : madhav Rao Scindia
Connect
ANSWER
All leaders are single
Connect
ANSWER
IMF
Connect
ANSWER
Secretary Generals of United Nation
Connect
Answer
All leaders were involved in shoe throwing incidents
Connect
Answer: Joined AAP recently Clockwise 1st: Asudosh
2nd: Adarsh Sashtri
3rd: V Balakrishnan
Connect
ANSWER : 11th Sept
1. 1906 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
2. 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund whose logo is Panda. (Kung fu Panda was just for confusing you!)
3. 2001 - Osama Bin Laden – was the hand behind the september 11 attacks on USA
4. 1893 – First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held where Swami Vivekananda gave his iconic speech.