General Quiz 13.7.23 at GMC Nizamabad.pptx

General Quiz conducted on July 13th 2023.

1. General QUIZ SRI SURYA B GVNZ Quiz Club(Fingers crossed) Thursday 13 th July 2023

2. RULES 23 questions in total to kick off the first quiz in 2023. Divided into two rounds: General round and Nizamabad round. All questions on pounce and bounce. Bounce: +10/0 Pounce:+10/-5 If there are two parts to a question:5+5. Need the whole answer on pounce. Check out the bolded words which give away clues. QM’s decision is final. Try guessing . The correct answer is mostly the wild guess.

3. 0. X and Y? This region was previously known as X as it was ruled by King Indradatta of the Traikutaka dynasty in the 5 th century. It was later renamed Y after ------ Ali Khan, the second  Nizam of Hyderabad state.

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5. X- Indur y- NIZAMABAD

6. 1. Where have you seen this? This is the Marinsky Presidential palace in Ukraine. It rose to cultural prominence in recent times. Where?

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8. RRR: Naatu Naatu

9. 2. Which festival? The festival reportedly began in 1813 when the twin cities were ravaged by cholera, which had claimed thousands of lives. Concerned about the deadly disease, an army battalion from Hyderabad then stationed at Ujjain offered prayers at the Goddess Mahakali Temple in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) that they would install an idol of Mahakali if people are saved from the epidemic.It’s believed the divine intervention of Mahakali stopped the spread of the disease, saving people from the epidemic. When the battalion came back from Ujjain, they installed an idol of Mahankali and offered an X to the Mother Goddess. X derives its name from the local word meaning ‘ meal ’ or feast.

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11. Bonalu

12. 3.FITB L ast year,Twitter announced that any account can get verified if they paid $8 every month . What resulted was ,unofficial and parody accounts bought a blue tick and tried to impersonate big companies and celebrities. One such incident was when an account impersonating the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced that one of their most valuable products is going to be free. The fake message hit more than 1,500 retweets and 11,000 likes in just a few hours. It also resulted in Eli Lilly’s share dropping.

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14. Insulin

15. 4. ID the missing person 6: 5:

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17. Ambati Rayudu, Most IPLs won

18. 5.Connect

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20. Movies adapted from Chetan Bhagat novels

21. 6. What activity ? According to a study , _________can be the cause of Alzheimer’s disease as it can damage the mucosa, and then the bacteria can enter the brain via the olfactory nerve . Furthermore, that once the bacteria enter the brain it can lead to the deposition of amyloid beta protein which is the potential factor behind Alzheimer’s disease . Amyloid beta later induces plaque-formation and one may have worrisome symptoms such as memory loss, language problems, and impulsive  behaviour . Which activity is this ,done by everyone but they would get conscious and stop the activity if you look at them ?

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23. Nose picking!

24. 7.X and Y? Theobromine is a principal alkaloid found in X, as well as in a number of other foods, including the leaves of the tea plant, and the kola nut. Theobromine is the reason X is poisonous to Y. Y and other animals that metabolize theobromine more slowly can succumb to theobromine poisoning from as little as 50 grams. The same risk is reported for cats as well, although cats are less likely to ingest sweet food, as cats lack sweet taste receptors.

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26. X- Chocolate Y- Dogs

27. 8. Titled what ? Ashneer Grover ,former CEO of BharatPe and judge of SharkTank season 1 released his autobiography recently. What was the title of the book ?

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29. Doglapan !

30. 9. X? To kick off the tour of an artist happening in the city, Glendale,Arizona changed the city name to X city . They put up in their website: “There is no need to calm down , we’re fearless and doing something highly unusual to celebrate the fact that X’s concerts start right here! We know all too well that she’s one of the most influential artists of her generation and we are writing our own love story for her and greeting every Xie  in  style !”

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32. Swift city

33. 10. Supporting whom? Weirdly, the SBI passbook became viral among Indians showing support to something in twitter during mid December last year.

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35. Argentina

36. 11. Process of what ? Lachrymatory-factor synthase is released into the air. The synthase enzyme converts the amino acids sulfoxides into sulfenic acid. The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges itself into syn- Propanethial -S-oxide. Syn- Propanethial -S-oxide gets into the air and comes in contact with the body part. The glands become irritated and produces the_______!

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38. Tears when cutting onions!

39. 12. Which is at top of the list of most followed Instagram Threads accounts?

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41. Instagram itself!

42. 13.X? X syndrome is an extremely rare intestinal condition in humans resulting from ingesting hair (trichophagia. Trichophagia is sometimes associated with the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania. This syndrome is a rare and unusual form of trichobezoar. Since 1968, there have been fewer than 40 documented cases in the literature. This syndrome occurs when the trichobezoar (hairball) reaches past the small intestine, and sometimes even into the colon producing a long tail-like extension of hair . The syndrome is named after the long-haired girl X in the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

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44. Rapunzel syndrome

45. 14.Who is this who passed away recently? He was born as S. Rami Reddy in  Tirupati  . He choreographed about 300 films.  Actors like  Venu ,  Manichandana ,  Prabhas ,  Pratyusha  etc. trained under him. I n the year 2020, Global Human Peace University announced a doctorate for him in the field of service. He rose back to prominence in lockdown period when he posted interviews and became viral meme sensation .

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47. Rakesh Master #rip

48. SCORES PLEASE

49. Round 2: IN AND AROUND NIZAMABAD

50. 15. Which temple? Responding to allegations from the opposition that the new Secretariat building were inspired from Nizam architecture the BRS government issued a notice that the ideas and inspiration of the domes of the imposing new complex are drawn from major temples — the X temple ,Hanuman temple at Sarangapur,the thousand pillar temple at Hanamkonda and the Wanaparthy Palace.

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52. Sri Neela Kanteshwara Devaalayam

53. 16.Preparation of what? The country chicken sourced from _______ village that is lean, and feeds on freely-found grains and insects is key to the taste. The ingredients are all locally sourced including country chicken which is marinated and then cooked with onions, curry leaves, chili powder, freshly minced ginger, garlic, coconut powder, and blending Indian spices in a certain way. The chicken is burnt on a low flame and cooked in an aluminum utensil. The popularity is because of its special recipe and prepared with country hen giving it a unique taste.The order for a whole chicken is served with the curry along with a kilo of white rice, sliced onions and lemon.

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55. Ankapur Chicken

56. 17.What? The colourful and beautiful garden near the reservoir was actually developed by the second Nizam of Hyderabad, and hence the reservoir is named after him, who ruled the city back then and now, the local irrigation department of the town is taking care and maintaining this garden. This garden is spread over a total area of 33 acres land and is very popular for its tree house, and a deer park and a flower garden which is loaded with variety of flowers.

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58. Ali Sagar Reservoir

59. 18.List of what? Which one is missing? X Prasads Multiplex,Hyderabad Mamatha Cinemas,Karimnagar AMB Cinemas,AAA Cinemas,Hyderabad PVR: Next Galleria,RK Cineplex,Atrium Mall etc in Hyderabad INOX: Necklace,GVK,GSM Mall etc in Hyderabad Sudarshan,Sandhya,Devi,Vijetha in Hyderabad. There are few more in this list…

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61. List of Dolby Atmos Screens in Telangana X: PVR Venu Mall

62. 19. x? X is a sacred grove with five trees — banyan, bael , amalaki , ashoka and peepul. The Prime Minister's residential complex at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, India is also known also known as X.

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64. Panchavati

65. 20. As a competition to this,what came up ?

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67. Amul Girl

68. 21.ID the person from the audio

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70. Nikhat Zareen

71. 22. What? The fort has a large area surrounded by masonry walls which has huge bastions at the corners which resembles Muslim architecture. There is a huge compound inside the walls of the fort which houses a mosque, a school and on the way up to the fort there is a jail which was used by the Asaf Jahi's dynasty. As visitors go up, they can get a glimpse of the scenery around and a view of the entire city . The Jagannath Temple, is on top of the fort and is a tourist attraction and religious place for Hindu devotees. The temple has spacious halls.

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73. Nizamabad Fort

74. 23. Which place? Director of the film in an interview: “It’s a love story between Telugu girl from a village and a Telugu guy from USA. My team member suggested that we should have girl’s backdrop as Telangana. Then I realised that we didn’t have any romantic film made in Telangana rural backdrop and it serves as a refreshing factor. There is a stereotype that village means mostly Konaseema villages in Telugu films. By taking X (Telangana) as the village, we created an interesting backdrop to the story.” X?

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76. Banswada

77. SCORES…

78. ….And prizes!

79. THANK YOU ,UNTIL NEXT TIME SURYA BYE