Scinti11ations_Prelims

SCINTILLATIONS 2011 QUIZ
PRELIMS

Q2
• The main feature which distinguishes X artifacts from its
competitors is it’s formerly patented “burping seal”.
• X, which has been a pioneer in its field since 1946, was the main
forerunner to the direct marketing strategy(door-to-door
marketing).
• A technique called ‘carrot calling’ helped promote the sale of X
artifacts. Representatives would travel door to door in a
neighborhood and ask housewives to “run an experiment” in which
carrots would be placed in an X artifact and compared with
“anything that you would ordinarily leave in”, which would result in
people choosing X over the ordinary ones.
• If it helps you, know that the door to door marketing of X is still
carried out in many parts of the world, including our country, our
state, our city….

Q3
• There are some crazy inspirations for music band
names but the name of this band comes from an
unbelievable source for musical inspiration:
Cricket.
• Their only album shares the band’s name and
contains twelve songs about cricket.
• One of their songs Jiggery Pokery is inspired by
Shane Warne’s ball of the century.
• Up in the next slide is the album art of the band’s
only album, if that’s of any help to you.

A3
• The Duckworth-Lewis Method band
• (Note the large DLM in the album art)

Q4
• One of Ford’s cars is the Ford X which is not very popular, here
in India. However Y-X is well known amongst us! On
December 7, 2004, version 1.0 of X was released, and
received over 500,000 downloads in its first three days of
release, and 1,000,000 in 10 days. 2nd pic is the origin of X and
1st is the logo of Y . Find X,Y

A5
• This scene from “The Pursuit of Happyness”
has a cameo by the real Chris Gardner, on
whose life the movie is based. Will Smith looks
back towards the man as he passes.

Q7
• A logo was created on the basis of the
doodle made by William Wadsworth
Hodkinson. Some say the doodle was made on
Utah's Ben Lomond and that and that Peru's
Artesonraju is in the live logo. Some editions
of the logo bear a striking resemblance to the
Pfeifferhorn.
• Which company’s logo are we talking about?

Q8
14

Who was this letter
written to?

Q9
After being issued U.S. patent #6,281 on April 10,
1849Hunt sold the patent to W. R. Grace and
Company for $400 (roughly $10,000 in 2008
dollars). Using that money, Hunt then paid the $15
owed to a friend and kept the remaining amount of
$385 for himself. What Hunt failed to realize is that
in the years to follow, W.R. Grace and Company
would make millions of dollars in profits from his
invention.
WHAT ?

Q10
• Some say X was first created in the
kitchens by a palace cook named Kakasura
Madappa out of the above ingredients. The
cook simply made a concoction of besan, ghee
and sugar. The sweet that was formed
delighted the royalties so much that it became
a "Royal Sweet". When asked its name,
Madappa obviously didn't have its name, so
he simply called it the ‘X’

A10
• Mysore Pak from Mysore palace

Q11
The name of this Club gets it name from a
legendary Greek Hero.
It’s one of the most successful clubs in the
world.
It’s logo is just a picture of the Greek Hero’s
head.
It is how ever drawn of Just 11 strokes to
represent each of the 11 players.
What is the club??

Q12
Why the Paduang Women wear it is still a mystery.
Some say that these protected women from becoming
slaves by making them less attractive to other tribes.
It has also been suggested these give the women
resemblance to a dragon, an important figure in Paduang
folklore.
These might be meant to protect from tiger bites,
perhaps literally, but probably symbolically.
Enough Said.
What are we Talking about??

Q13
This Flower is called
Magnolia.
Having evolved before bees
appeared, the flowers
developed to encourage
pollination by beetles.
Hence the Petals are
extremely tough.
Also it produces _________ as
a repellant against "ants,
poisonous fungi and
nematode worms.
FITB.

Q 14
• Connect a town called Dubna in Russia, Ernest
Rutherford, Glenn Seaborg, Neils Bohr, and
Austrian physicist Lise Meitner.
• Note: Specific connect required.

A 14
• Trans actinium metal name inspirations.
• Part points for identifying element name
inspirations.
• Points given for artificially synthesised
elements, radioactive.

A15
• (answer: different fonts)
• Gothic, Franklin, cooper, Algerian, Arial,
centaur, courier, Bernard, bell, gill, Georgia,
broad, Baskerville, trebuchet, comic sans

Q16.
How did this guy gain
popularity in 2009?

A16
• Bus driver for Sri Lankan Cricket team

Q 17
• X was sued in 1986 for violations of the Gold
Control Act, for illegal production of Gold.
• However he wasn’t sued because the court was
afraid as to how the public would react to it.
• Later in December 2000, the magazine India
Today published a cover story about X with
allegations of fakery made by the magician P. C.
Sorcar, Jr.

• ID X

A 17
Puttaparthi Sai Baba
And his famous Gold Lingams.

Q18.
Parody of who/ what event?

A18
• Steve Jobs/ iPhone launch

Q19
• This picture is from a photo-call for a film that
has been in the works for a while now, and is
set for release in late 2011. You can see Peter
Jackson and Steven Spielberg here.
• Which film?

A19
• The Adventures of Tintin based on the Tintin
stories "The Crab with the Golden Claws",
"The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red
Rackham's Treasure". Peter Jackson is one of
the co-producers, while Spielberg is the
director.

Q20
• The English cricket season typically opens with the
"Champion County" match, in which a team
representing the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
plays the current English county champions. In 2010,
the match was held at Abu Dhabi in March, and was
a four day match played in day-night fashion. Rahul
Dravid was part of the MCC team, and starred,
scoring a century to help them win. He was
reportedly happy with an experimental addition to
the match. What significant change to cricketing
equipment was made in this match?

A20
• First ever use of the Pink Ball

Q21
• This place in Delhi used to be a large pond in the old
walled city area. Some time during the decade of the
1930s, the pond was filled up so that an annual
event could be shifted to that place (from which it
gets its name; this year's event is around the corner).
Over the decades, the place has also been used for
other reasons; the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
isn't very happy about all this and wants to turn it
into a green area where people can relax, instead of
being agitated.
• Which place?

Q22
• What business entity connects the following set of people:
• Manas Sarkar, a 17 year 'cadet' footballer
• Pawan Kumar, a senior associate for quality control
• A tribal beneficiary of the "Tejaswini" Project
• A Commonwealth Games Gold medallist in Archery
• Jyoti Pandey, A Departmental Ethics coordinator
• A Dutch researcher, formerly an employee of Corus
• Sadhan Baske, a tomato farmer
• The fifth woman to scale Mt. Everest

A22
• These people are featured in the Tata Steel
"Values Stronger Than Steel" ad campaign

Q23
• The unnamed character made his first
appearance within the Parker Brothers'
game Dig, released before the U.S. entered
World War II. The identity of the artist who
designed the character has remained a
mystery. He is the round old man who is in a
top hat currently ranked 9th in the list. Identify
him.

A23
• Rich Uncle Pennybags/ Mr.Monopoly

Q24
• This company came into existence in the year 1884. This multipurpose product
made by this company is world renowned solely because of the fact that it is
associated with __X__ and derives its name from them. It was originally the sole
supplier of the product and regained this position when it acquired the rival
supplier of the product in 2005.
In 1909, the mother of the company's founder passed away and he decided to
name the company in memory of her. The company started using __Y__ in their
products in the year 1921 and as a result, the name of the company was altered to
accommodate this inclusion.
Though this product was originally created to serve the requirements of __X__, it
is widely used by the rest of the world, simply because it's so handy and compact.

It is even part of the standard equipment used by NASA astronauts.

A27
• 7 wonders of the world.

Q28
• The poem The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus has a place of importance in
__X__.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty _________, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

ID the "brazen giant of Greece" being referred to and what the subject of
the poem is.

29.Id X
• On March 24, 1958 ___X__ accompanied by his parents and a group of
family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board. From there, he
and twelve other recruits were bused to Kennedy Veterans Memorial
Hospital. There, ___X__ was assigned army serial number 53 310 761.
After being processed and sworn in,__X___ said his good-byes and was
bused with the others from Memphis to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for further
processing. There, he received his famous G.I. haircut and coined the
phrase 'Hair today, gone tomorrow', in a comment to the news media. He
was assigned to the Second Armored Division's 'Hell On Wheels' unit
(formerly led by General George Patton) and was stationed at Fort Hood,
Texas.

Inspite of the fact that there was no war, the army navy and air force vied
to get __X__'s attention to join them. (Pic in Next Slide)

Q30.Stamp issued to commomerate what?
which country?

A30
• 1936 berlin olympics, germany.

Q.31.Connect.
• The Eye in the Sky
The Pro
The Rookie
The Ringleader
The Inside Man
The Grease Man
The Fuse
The Getaway
The High Roller
The Bankroll

A31
• Job designations for each person in ocean’s
11.

Q32.
• Statistically, X is the world's most popular
transportation company. It is estimated that
the equivalent of the world's population travel
in X every three days. According to United
Technologies, X carry the equivalent of the
world's population every nine days.

What are we talking about?

A 33
Monster.com ("Stuck in the wrong job?"
Campaign)

Q 34
Statue of who and who at at the Plaza de
Españain Madrid ??(Pic in next slide)

A 34
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

Q35
• In Tamil, it literally means “Tied Wood”, but
the British couldn’t pronounce it and hence
derived an anglicized term for it. They are
stream-lined boats found on both coasts of
India.

A35
• Catamaran(Kattu-Maram)

Q 36
Jacob Bernoulli discovered this constant , X by studying a question about
compound interest . One example is an account that starts with $1.00 and
pays 100 percent interest per year. If the interest is credited once, at the end
of the year, the value is $2.00; but if the interest is
computed and added twice in the year,
the $1 is multiplied by 1.5 twice, yielding
$1.00×1.5² = $2.25. Compounding quarterly
yields $1.00×1.254 = $2.4414..., and
compounding monthly yields
$1.00×(1.0833...)12 = $2.613035....
Bernoulli noticed that this sequence approaches
a limit , X.
NOW WHAT IS X??

Q 37
Possibly through his military background, X is portrayed
as having expertise with explosives, surveillance, hand to
hand combat and evasive driving.
X often engages in hand-to-hand combat, having to
improvise using unconventional weapons against his
opponents. X is also an accomplished sharpshooter.
X carries out his business according to strict rules, which
he is loath to break, and expects his clients to adhere to
them or face a breach of contract.
X maintains a uniform of sorts, consisting of a black suit,
white shirt, and a black tie. X also puts great emphasis on
precise timing and punctuality. He regularly maintains
anonymity from his clients, going by the aliases.

A 37
Frank Martin Transporter.

Q38
Where would you find all these:
2 tusked elephants
An old map of the Indian peninsula
4 water lilies
A rising sun
An open book containing the name I want.

Q 39
It is among the very few words in English of
Japanese origin.
It literally translates to Great – lord.
In English it means someone who is extremely
successful in business or someone who is
ultra rich…
Give me the word…

Q40
• This Doc born in Mylapore, Chennai has
attended Hindu College, University of Delhi, from
where he earned his Bachelor Honours degree in
Mathematics. He studied for his Masters degree
in Statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute. He
then went to study at Harvard University on a full
Rockefeller scholarship. He was awarded
a Ph.D. in Economics by Harvard University (Class
of 1965). He has pointed out that Sonia is none
other than a 5th standard pass and was the main
reason for the 2G scam to come to light! Who is
he?

Q41
• X was created by Leslie Scott, the co-founder of Oxford
Games Ltd, based on a game that evolved within her
family in the early 1970s using something the family
purchased from a sawmill in Takoradi, Ghana. Scott
launched the game she named and trademarked as ‘X'
at the London Toy Fair in January 1983 and sold it
through her own company, Leslie Scott Associates. The
first set of X were manufactured for Scott by the Camp
hill Village Trust in Botton, Yorkshire. The V&A Museum
of Childhood has exhibited one of the original sets of X
since 1982. X actually denotes the swahili word “to
build”. Identify X

Q42
X is derived from the French word for ‘Little
shoulder.’
It’s color length and diameter
often signify rank.
ID X.
Take clues from the pictures.

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