GENERAL QUIZ PRELIMS | QUIZ CLUB OF PSGCAS | 4 MARCH 2025 .pdf

GENERAL QUIZ
THE QUIZ CLUB
OF PSGCAS

knowYour qm
Gowtham S
BCom (2022-25 batch)
the quiz club of psgcas

Rules:
Have fun.
There are 20 questions
Each contains 1 point, no negatives
QM will be the final decision maker.

1 Connect:
Jai Ho
Nenje Yezhu
Marakkuma Nenjam
(inexhaustive)

1 ANS: ARR Concerts named after his songs.

3
The Penny Black is the name of the
world’s first ever “X” which was issued
in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840.
During that period, then monarch Queen
Victoria’s face was present in the Penny
Black and in today’s world “X” has
various iterations with various faces and
places stuck to it. What is penny black or
ID X.

4 ANS: NFL Halftime show By Kendrick Lamar

5
This type of steak/beef originated in city “X” in the Hyogo
prefecture near Kyoto, Japan. It is a kind of Wagyu beef, a fat rich
variant, harvested from black skinned cattle in Japan.
Parallely, an 18 time NBA All-star player, and a 5 time NBA
Champion born in 1978 with the middle name “Bean” is said to
have his name inspired from the name of the above mentioned
city/beef name from Japan.
ID “X” and the All star.

6
On 26 Feb 2025, Indian Musician A.
R. Rahman unveiled a new series of
awards called the ______ _______
awards which focuses on honoring
the efforts put exclusively by the
Carnatic Musicians. This award
ceremony is set to happen in the mid
of 2025. What is the name of this
award which honors Indian music
Masters?

7 Connect:
"God Indicates"
"Where God Leads, Nothing Harms"

7 ANS: East India Company’s Logo

8
These are some designs proposed by various
architects for constructing something similar
to and taller than “X” during the 19th
century. These designs were the rejected
designs, and later on when a design was
selected, the construction of the structure
stopped as the company went bust, hence the
half built structure was demolished during the
early 20th century. What is the structure “X”
and for what structure these designs were
submitted?

8 ANS: Eiffel Tower and London Tower

9
These peculiarly designed tea
cups was invented in the 1870's
by a British potter Harvey
Adams. What were these cups
called or what purpose did it
serve in the Old British times?

10
While the archaeologists are still pondering over the exact
location of the happening of this event, information suggests that
this event had happened in the upper room also called the cenacle
in Mount Zion off Jerusalem. An imaginary depiction of this
location and the event is available, but still, the real location and
the accommodation facility for the depicted group of people still
remain as something which is a research feast for the
archaeologists and historians. What event am I referring to here?

11
Given here is a blueprint of a
special contraption used by a
special person to perform
something unique. For whom and
for what this contraption popped
into existence?

11 ANS: Michael Jackson and antigravity Tilt

12
When slavery was peaking, a lot of Africans were forced to
work in corn, cotton and sugarcane fields and were ripped of
their basic rights and were even restricted them from
communicating with each other. Despite these, they discovered
a discreet way of communication with their group without any
language which alerts their owner, they also used this kind of
communication to depict “maps” of the field to plot escapes.
This showcases their tightly knit bond despite them being
exploited. ID the way of communication or what is this the
origin of?

12 ANS: Cornrows, Braids, Dreadlocks

This phenomenon shown here where the
sunset perfectly aligns with the street,
occurs in the east-west streets of the main
street grid in an American borough. The
name of this phenomenon was coined by
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, taking inspiration
from a wonder of the world where the same
alignment of sun would happen during the
summer and the winter solstice in a year.
Now this phenomenon is named as a
portmanteau of the city and the wonder of
the world. Name this phenomenon.
13

The Old Norse compound word “X” can be split into two
parts, the first part meaning - “The ruling powers or gods”
and the second part which can be interpreted as - “doom,
destruction and fate”. Collectively the word “X” means “the
doom or destruction of gods” or “the twilight of gods”.
Notably, this word has been used popularly in a 2017
movie and a 2022 game series. Identify X.
14

Majority of American builders are attributed to a particular
phobia called the “Triskaidekaphobia” which leads to the
builders/construction company to remove a particular
feature present in skyscrapers and tall buildings because of
this widely present phobia. What is this phobia about/
what is the peculiar feature/thing which is removed from
an entity in tall rise buildings?
15

ANS: Fear of Number 13, hence Number 13 will not
be listed in the floor numbers in the elevators
15

The convexity of the mirror is important for any kind of
mirrors to increase the field of view. Consequently, the more
convex the mirrors are, it makes the elements reflected very
small. This convex mirrors are used in something extensively
with a statutory warning printed on it which tells people that
the relative distance between the reflection and the person
seeing it is not actually like it is reflected. What statutory
phrase/warning am I referring to here?
16

ANS: The objects in the mirror are closer than they
appear
16
END OF MY
COLLEGE LIFE

The day after Christmas, every year, i.e. 26th of December,
in the Victorian-era England, the servants present in the
Royal palaces and serving the royals were given Boxes of
Gifts, and this tradition were carried on in earlier British
colonies aswell. In a sporting context with respect to one of
the founding members of British Commonwealth countries,
Identify a sporting event named exclusively for the day after
Christmas.
17

ANS: Boxing Day test match in Australia.
17

As a plan proposed by China, it
aims to commercialize its nuclear
fusion power generation by 2025
and aims to go all clean on energy.
This project seeks to utilise the
nuclear fusion method to harness
high temperatures and produce
near-infinite amount of energy.
What is this project/device
called/nicknamed as?
18

Given here is a morse code
format of a certain phrase which
got into trend due to a certain
incident happening with the
inclusion of this morse code
phrase. Finally, Identify the
phrase, and the incident which
made this phrase gain attention.
19

ANS: One Last Time, MS Dhoni
19

20
The Etymology of the word “X” reads that, “God be with you”
was the initial phrase which people used whenever wishing for a
person who was going to pursue or seek something outside their
premise. Later, due to contraction, it was shortened to “God Be
with ‘ye” and was part of an English slang. With history rolling
down a lot of contractions of Phrase, we ended up with the word
“X” which we pretty much use in the same sense with a slight
variation in the modern world. ID X.

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