current affairs quiz

Screening

Eliminator 1

Rule

• 10 Questions on screen• Write down the answers on your sheet• Odd questions will be star marked.• Elimination round.

Question 1

Who won Ballon d’or in 2016?

Question 2

Which company made a partnership with Raees to make an ad campaign out of a famous dialouge from the film.

Question 3

Who succeeded Raghuram Rajan as the RBI Governor of India?

Question 4

The origin of the word “X” is the Latin bulga, a little pouch or knapsack, which may have come from a Gaulish source that’s related to the Irish bolg, “bag”. The word turned up in English in the fifteenth century, having travelled via the French Bougette, a diminitive form of ‘leather bag’.

“X” is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a X line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods.

Identify “X”

Question 5Identify the food item and why was it in news recently?

Question 6Amul ad for which incident? (Both incidents required)

Question 7Amul ad for which incident?

Question 10Identify

Answers!

Question 1

Who won Ballon d’or in 2016?

and the answer is…

Cristiano Ronaldo

Question 2

Which company made a partnership with Raees to make an ad campaign out of a famous dialouge from the film.

Question 3

Who succeeded Raghuram Rajan as the RBI Governor of India?

Urjit Patel

Question 4

The origin of the word “X” is the Latin bulga, a little pouch or knapsack, which may have come from a Gaulish source that’s related to the Irish bolg, “bag”. The word turned up in English in the fifteenth century, having travelled via the French Bougette, a diminitive form of ‘leather bag’.

“X” is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a X line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods.

Identify “X”

Budget

Question 5

Android’s latest update.

Question 6

Mohd. Shammi and Saif Ali Khan picked by Radicals

Question 7

George Clooney Divorce

Question 8

Fidel Castro’s Demise

Question 9

Verghese Kurien

Question 10

Vijay Shekhar Sharma- Paytm Founder

Round 1

Pounce

Rules

• 10 Questions on screen.• Infinite Pounce on all questions.• +15/-10 on each pounce.• Elimination Round.

Question 1

Which cricketer recently celebrated his century at Lord’s by performing pushups?

Misbah Ul Haq

Question 2Why was this picture in news recently?

Most liked picture on Instagram

Question 3What idea originally presented by him was implemented recently?

Arun Bokil- Demonetization

Question 4“X” jumped from the top of the NRG stadium recently during her stunning Superbowl halftime show. Identify X.

Lady Gaga

Question 5Who recently released a biography called “An unsuitable boy”?

Karan Johar

Question 6This is a game, somewhat like Pokemon Go! Where you catch cats. Inspired by a very famous person’s statement. Who and what?

Donald Trump’s Line “Grab ‘em by pussies”

Question 7Identify the film which is nominated for the Oscars 2017.

La La Land

Question 8What was unique about this flight?

The Flight that went back in time.

Question 9Where was this match recently recreated?

Dangal Final Fight

Question 10Identify the recent newsmaker.

Cyrus Mistry

Round 2

High Jump

Rules

• 2 Direct Questions to each team.• Bounce allowed.• 20 points for each correct answer.• +5 for passed question.• No negative marks

Question 1Who is the director of the highly anticipated upcoming movie Dunkirk?

Christopher Nolan

Question 2In August 2016 Google started Google Doodle Fruit Games. Where the user could play games such as Swimming, Tennis, Hurdle Race etc on it’s logo.

For what occasion?

2016 Rio Olympics

Question 3Identify the queen who has been a lot in news recently.

Rani Padmavati

Question 4Coldplay and Jay Z along with Bollywood Celebrities Shah Rukh Khan, A.R. Rahman, Alia Bhatt, Freida Pinto and Political celebrities Narendra Modi and Amit Shah and Comedy group East India Comedy shared a stage in Mumbai for which event recently?

Global Citizen

Question 5What is Priyanka Chopra’s debut movie in Hollywood?

Baywatch

Question 6With this ad which company has Idea taken a dig at?

Reliance Jio

Question 7This is a list about what?•Olympic Games Rio 2016•Pokemon Go•Euro 2016•Sultan•Kabali•iPhone 7•IPL 2016•Donald Trump•Udta Punjab•PV Sindhu

Most searched terms on Google in 2016 in India

Question 8Where will you find these teams?

Pokemon Go!

Round 3

Now tell me

Rules

• A Direct Question to each team.• 3 Hints per question• +15 if answered the question in the first hint.• +10 if answered in the second hint.• +5 if answered in the third hint.• No negative marks.• Questions don’t Bounce.

Question 1

His real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman.

Question 1


He has been described as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, musically and culturally. He was included in the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century where he was called "master poet, caustic social critic and intrepid, guiding spirit of the counterculture generation"

Question 1


He has been described as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, musically and culturally. He was included in the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century where he was called "master poet, caustic social critic and intrepid, guiding spirit of the counterculture generation"

He was recently became the first musician to win a Nobel Prize

Bob Dylan

Question 2

“X” and “Y”’s 13-year old rivalry is widely considered as ‘one of the greatest rivalries in tennis’.

Question 2


The two have played 35 times with “Y” leading in number of victories by 23-12. They also hold the record of sharing the top 2 spots in the ranking for 211 consecutive weeks.

Question 2


The two have played 35 times with “Y” leading in number of victories by 23-12. They also hold the record of sharing the top 2 spots in the ranking for 211 consecutive weeks.

They last played in the 2017 Australian Open Finals.

Nadal- Federer

Question 3

“X” is a political “troll” twitter handle which caused an uproar because it was followed by Narendra Modi.

Question 3


Its name was recently brought up in the Parliament by Derek O’ Brian.

Question 3


Its name was recently brought up in the Parliament by Derek O’ Brian.

It is owned by Rahul Raj. And has more than 6 lakh followers.

Bhak Sala

Question 4

“X” was a warrior king from the Bhonsle Clan.

Question 4

He innovated military tactics, pioneering non-conventional methods which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed, and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and more powerful enemies.


Question 4


He innovated military tactics, pioneering non-conventional methods which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed, and surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and more powerful enemies.

Maharashtra Government has reccently committed to spend 3600 Crores on his statue.

Chhatrapati Shivaji

Round 4

Long Visual Connect

Rules

• 8 Questions will come on screen.• All of them have a connection to a theme.• If you get the theme in the first question you

get a +80/-40, in the second question you get a +70/-35 and so on so forth.

• For individual questions you get a +10 and no negatives.

Question 1+80/-40

Who is blanked out?

Question 2+70/-35

Website for whose alter ego?

Question 3+60/-30

The series Maigret has been rebooted in 2017. Which very famous English actor plays Maigret in the reboot?

Question 4+50/-25

Which franchise’s latest film released in 2016 was called “X” Beyond.

Question 5+40/-20

In the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War. Tom Holland played an important character. Which actor played the same character the first time it was showcased in screen?

Question 6+30/-15

“It's been the honor of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.”

Read a tweet on January 20, 2017. Put Funda.

Question 7+20/-10

Identify the actor.

Question 8+10/-5

Yao Ming is a Chinese NBA player. Claim to fame?

Question 1+80/-40

Question 2+70/-35

Question 3+60/-30

The series Maigret has been rebooted in 2017. Which very famous English actor plays Maigret in the reboot?

Question 3+60/-30

Question 4+50/-25

Which franchise’s latest film released in 2016 was called “X” Beyond.

Question 4+50/-25

Question 5+40/-20

In the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War. Tom Holland played an important character. Which actor played the same character the first time it was showcased in screen?

Question 5+40/-20

Question 6+30/-15

“I'm still asking you to believe - not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. I believe in change because I believe in you.”

Read a tweet on January 20, 2017. Put Funda.

Question 6+30/-15

Question 7+20/-10

Identify the actor.

Question 7+20/-10

Question 8+10/-5

Yao Ming is a Chinese NBA player. Claim to fame?

Question 8+10/-5

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