G20 Quiz.pptx

Quiz conducted by Kaushik Saha at Dr. BR Ambedkar College, Delhi, on 13 Feb 2023

1. Prelims

2. Quiz rules 20 questions in prelims Questions 1,6,11,16 are starred questions Questions 4,8,12,16,20 are 2 pointer questions If 2 teams are tied on points, then team with more starred questions would go through. If still on same situation, 2 pointers would get preference . If still tied, tie breakers to separate. If still tied, first strike till one team qualifies Questions on each of the 19 G20 countries, with India getting 2 questions Tie breaker question on Spain, permanent invitee to G20

3. *Q1: India With 43, which state in India has the most Geographical Indicators?

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5. Karnataka

6. Q2: Australia If Robert Menzies was the first and the incumbent Anthony Albanese was the 16 th and the last, what is the fundae about?

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8. Australian PMs who have had Queen Elizabeth 2 as the Monarch

9. Q3: Canada A portion of a road, South Fraser Way, in Abbotsford in Canada’s British Columbia province will be renamed XY way in memory of the 376 Indians who sailed to Canada from India in 1914, but were denied entry in the dominion due to the prevalent racist policies. What is XY?

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11. Komagata Maru

12. (2 pointer)Q4: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia This Saudi entity’s logo represents the map of Arabia with yellow and blue colors. Yellow for the sand of the Arabian deserts, and blue for the water in the Arabian Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea surrounding the Arabian Peninsula . It means victory in Arabic. Which entity? 2 people associated with this entity have been honored with the unofficial tag of the best of their profession by a French entity. Name either

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14. Al Nassr Football Club (former logo shown below). They have had 2 Ballon D’ Or winners in their ranks – Christiano Ronaldo and Hristo Stoichkov

15. Q5: United States Citizens of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau  have been granted what rights by the USA? This is an exhaustive list Hint: think plastic money and biggest companies in that domain

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17. No visa required to work or stay in the US at any point of time

18. *Q6: Russia This building, Lakhta Center houses the Gazprom HQ in St. Petersburg, Russia. Other than being the HQ of the largest publicly listed company in terms of revenues, what other distinction this building holds?

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20. Tallest building in Russia and the whole of Europe

21. Q7: South Africa X is a paleoanthropological site located about 50 km northwest of Johannesburg. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999,the site is home to the largest concentration of human ancestral remains anywhere in the world. What is X?

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23. The cradle of humankind

24. (2 pointer) Q8: Turkey Identify the world record and the person who created this world record which still stands (Alan Davies of Canada came close in 2022 World Cup). This WR was created in the third place playoff match in 2002 world cup vs hosts South Korea

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26. Fastest goal in a world cup match (11 seconds) by Hakan Sukur

27. Q9: Argentina This gentleman in the portrait is Juan Peron. What is unique about this portrait?

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29. Only official portrait of an Argentine President to have the first lady in it

30. Q10: Brazil On 21 st December, 2022, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro signed a set of regulations which regularized (and thus somewhat legitimized) the usage of certain modes of payment. Mastercard latched onto it and entered into the same, given that Brazil has the third largest number of users of the same as per official numbers. What is this regulation about?

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32. Usage of cryptocurrency as a mode of payment

33. *Q11: Mexico This Mayan Pyramid at Chichen Itza in Mexico was the inspiration of the cover picture of an well known work of literature. Name the book

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35. (2 pointer) Q12: France X has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Id X and her monarchist equivalent

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37. Marianne, Joan of Arc

38. Q13: Germany Satyajit Ray , during his 1969 Germany trip to the Berlin film festival, had a stopover at this German city, and became so enamored with it that a number of characters in his novels/ books / stories stayed in this city. The region where this city is located has the largest concentration of Japanese anywhere in continental Europe, so this city celebrates a Japan day and all the street signs have both German and Japanese. Which city, whose literal meaning is a “a small village on the <river name>”?

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40. Dusseldorf

41. Q14: Italy Leave the Take the Just identify the speaker

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43. Leave the gun, take the Cannoli, by Clemenza in The Godfather

44. Q15: United Kingdom Its said that Theresa May, the former UK prime minister, and her husband Peter, met as undergraduates in a party at Oxford University. Which well known person apparently played cupid?

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46. Benazir Bhutto

47. (2 pointer) *Q16: China This 2022 Bengali OTT series “ Byadh ” (“Hunter”), deals with a man who gets inspired by a program carried out by the Communist Party of China in the late 1950s. What was the program about? 1956-11957 saw something known as Hundred Flower Movement, which led to negative consequences for the CCP. What was it about? (keywords)

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49. Four Pests campaign, which included killing of sparrows Criticism of the CCP

50. Q17: Inodenesia This Indonesian island has a pink beach. It’s a designated national park and the population is largely descendants of ex convicts. The fame / infamy of the place comes from the main resident of the place, the largest of its kind in the world. Which place?

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52. Komodo and the Komodo Dragon

53. Q18: Japan A popular dish in Tokyo is “Indo Karii ” from Nakamuraya Bakery. This is nothing but a simple chicken curry and rice cooked in Indian style. Who introduced this dish to Tokyo?

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55. Rash Behari Bose

56. Q19: South Korea Kakao Entertainment, a Korean company working with a mobile gaming company, Netmarble , to create a K-pop band called Mave . What will be its USP (related to the world of technology)?

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58. It will be a fully virtual band and the entire shows, interaction, interviews etc. will be on the Metaverse

59. (2 pointer) Q20 : India Which recent high sporting event was held exclusively in these stadiums Kalinga stadium. Bhubaneshwar Pandit Jawaharlal Stadium, Goa DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Which team emerged champions?

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61. U17 women’s football world cup 2022 Spain

62. Tie Breaker questions

63. Q21: Spain What is Rafael Nadal inaugurating?

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65. The Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy at Anantpur , Andhra Pradesh

66. Finals

67. Onto the finals, Best of Luck

68. Finals – round 1 16 questions – dry – 8 clockwise and 8 anti clockwise 12 questions on 12 permanent invitees of G20 2 questions on European Union, 2 on India the host country Infinite bounce and pounce +10/0 on bounce, +15/-10 on pounce. You can pounce on your own question. Pounce will be active for 5 seconds after I stop reading the question and no further requests would be entertained For questions with more than 1 part, all parts needed on pounce Quizmaster decision is final and binding

69. Clockwise

70. Q1: India Man in the picture is Palwankar Baloo, one of the earliest Dalit cricketers to have played FC cricket. In the late 1930s, he contested Bombay Legislative Assembly elections on a Congress ticket against his friend turned mentor. Who was the friend turned mentor? A character in a popular Hindi movie which makes the rounds in public consciousness around this time of the year is allegedly based on his hardships. Character and movie?

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72. BR Ambedkar Kachra from Lagaan (Oscar season)

73. Q2: European Union Who is the current Chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB)? This person was a former Finance Minister of a G 20 country and also represented the country in synchronized swimming in various continental competitions

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75. Christine Lagarde , former FM of France

76. Q3: African Union In the 1980s, the African Union was stopped due to charges of dictatorship. It was restarted in the late 1990s and early 2000s, largely due to an initiative by X (this was very ironic). X also served as president of the AU between 2009 and 2010. Who is X, whose name can have 56 different spellings depending on your spoken language? X is said to have kept the photo of a former US Secretary of State Y in his purse as he had a crush on her, mainly due to her African origins and the power she yielded. Who was Y?

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78. Muammar Gaddafi Condoleezza Rice

79. Q4: ASEAN The ASEAN countries have a common road accident insurance scheme which ensures people traveling between these countries are eligible for a common insurance anywhere in ASEAN. What is the name of the scheme, which can remind one of Delhi to Noida journeys?

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81. Blue Line / Blue card scheme

82. Q5: Financial Stability Board The first chairman of the Financial S tability B oard is also a former head of the European Central bank and former head of a G20 state and a Governor of the Central Bank of the country. Who is he? He was known by which nickname when he handled the PIIGS economic crisis in the 2010s?

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84. Super Mario (Mario Draghi)

85. Q6: Food and Agriculture Organization The motto of the FAO is Fiat Panis (please, its not NSFW). What is it’s English meaning, which will not resonate well with Marie Antoinette?

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87. Let there be bread

88. Q7: International Labor Organization Among modern day usage, the Soviet Union was the first to introduce this concept, before it became one of ILO’s founding proposals. What concept, which was originally introduced in Spain Governed territories way back in 1593?

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90. Eight Hour work day

91. Q8: International Monetary Fund In the 2011 movie Desi Boyz , the character played by Chitrangada Singh (pic below) was inspired by someone. That someone was the first to hold which designation in IMF? (want both person and exact designation)

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93. Gita Gopinath , First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF

94. List it List all the host cities / locations of G20 meet 2023 (25 host cities / locations including Delhi). Also, Delhi NCR is not one city 1 point for each city / location. 1 extra point for getting at least 4 cities /locations. 3 extra points for getting at least 12 cities / locations, 5 extra points for getting at least 20 cities / locations. Maximum points to be won is 30

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96. Amritsar, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Khajuraho , Siliguri , Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Goa, Pune, Mumbai, Surat, Indore, Gandhinagar, Rann of Kutch, Udaipur, Jodhpur

97. Scores please

98. Anticlockwise

99. Q9: New Partnership for Africa's Development One of the projects NEPAD took up in the 2010s was the preservation of historically important manuscripts, including copies of Quran and ancient mathematics which were lying in an African city. This African city was / is the symbol of a faraway place in Western Literature. Which city? Which town in Jharkhand is considered as an Indian equivalent?

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101. Timbuktu (The Timbuktu manuscripts) Jhumritalaiya

102. Q10: OECD FATF (Financial Action Task Force) was founded by OECD countries in 1989 to combat financial crimes including money laundering. A new category was introduced in the early 2000s to combat a new form of financial crime. What incident triggered the same and what was the crime?

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104. 9/11, terrorism financing

105. Q11: United Nations Between 1991 and 2002, a large number of peacekeeping forces from an Asian country was stationed in this West African country. A fter peace was restored in 2002, the country’s president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah announced that the lingua franca of the Asian country would henceforth be considered an official language of the African country in recognition of the work done by their troops in restoring peace What is the language / Asian Country? What is the West African Country?

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107. Bengali / Bangladesh Sierra Leone

108. Q12: World Bank Group The second longest serving President of the WBG, a former and longest serving US secretary of Defense is said to be the first person who achieve a perfect distinction in the world of academics, something that Muthaiah Muralitharan would resonate with. Who and what academic distinction?

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110. Robert McNamara, (as per records) first person to score a perfect 800 in GMAT

111. Q13: World Health Organization The WHO has several “observers”, who act as advisors or give additional views for implementation of various WHO programs like Palestine and Malta. One of the observers is “Holy See”. Who is the head of this “nation”?

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113. The Pope (Holy See is one of the names of The Vatican City)

114. Q14: World Trade Organization The precursor to the WTO was known as GATT. The last conference GATT had was in a capital city, which was in news in November-December 2022. This was at a time when WTO was already in place. Which city, which unofficially marked the end of GATT?

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116. Doha, Qatar

117. Q15: European Union Who was the latest member to join the European Union (on July 1, 2013)? Hint: One of the most famous citizens of the country is considered an arch rival of La Pulga and shares the same initials and another number. Name this citizen as well

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119. Croatia Luka Modric (the other LM10)

120. Q16: India In December 2019, noting the success of X,  Google suggested Federal Reserve Board to follow X as an example in developing  FedNow . What is X, which has become the largest of its kind in the world?

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122. UPI

123. Tie Breaker question - Netherlands Netherlands was the first country to legalize what in 2001? (it was considered to be April Fool’s Joke initially)

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125. Same Sex marriage

126. Scores Please?

127. Short Visual Connect 4 slides – each having 2 pictures Exhaustive list as of now Points: +20/-10, +15/-6, +10/-2, +5/0 Each of the 8 unique pics identification will earn you 1 point. If you get all 8, you get +2. Total of 30 points to be won Only one attempt per team The answer is connected to a popular summer pastime in India for the last 15 years

128. +20/-10

129. +15/-6

130. +10/-2

131. +5/0

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133. Answer Palacio De Bellas Artes - Mexico City St. Basil’s cathedral, Moscow Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Buenos Aires Obelisk Tokyo Tower Riyadh Kingdom Tower The Arco Della Pace, Milan Besakih Temple, Bali 8 cities where the T20 summit has been held (think tank summits)

134. Final scores please?