Scintillations General Quiz 2014-Prelims w/ answers

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3. • Born to a family of grocers , X was the third son of
Heeraben.His teacher described him as being an
average student, but a keen debater who had an interest
in theatre.X visited many places including Ramkrishna
Ashram of Belur in West Bengal. Finally, he reached
Himalayas and wandered aimlessly and stayed with
unknown but yogic Sadhus for months. Even after all this
X has a degree on political relations and Image
Management From the USA.
• ID X.

5. • . Knot theory is a branch of topology dealing with the
study of mathematical knots.
• The visual on the following slide shows an example of a
mathematical knot called tree-foil knot.
• It finds applications in a variety of areas. It is required to
explain sun's corona structure mathematically.
Interestingly it also explains the reason behind an
everyday nuisance.
• Which nuisance we are talking about?

8. • A joke-like setup is followed by a non-punchline.
• This forms a sort of meta-joke in which ironic humour is
found in the lack of any standard form of humour.
• One of the most well-known and the earliest version of
the above mentioned format of humour involves a certain
animal. All of us have heard the joke,but what online
trend/craze was a result of the association this animal
had with the joke.

9. • A CHICKEN WAS CHOSEN FOR THE
ANTI-JOKE MEME

10. • Silver nitrate, on exposure to NaCl and proteins
with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that are
largely pale.
• But light soon reacts with the silver and removes
it from its compounds, depositing it as a metal.
• What is the most common application of this
process?

12. • "Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole
Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put
out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On
the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early
morning country road, the kind you might find yourself
hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the
words: "_____ _______;______ ________" .It was their
farewell message as they signed off. "______
________;________ ________. And I have always wished
that for myself.“
• FITB

14. • "I chose it because it's a fresh animal, shy,
vivacious,and jumping.First it smells you
then it escapes, then it comes back, and
you feel like caressing it, playing with it.It is
Joyful, joking. happy."Whose words are
these and what is being described here?

16. • Spanish explorers arriving on the Gulf Coast of Mexico in
the early 16th century gave X its current name. Spanish
and Portuguese sailors and explorers brought X into
• Africa and Asia later that century. They called it X, or
"little pod". The word X entered the English language in
1754
• X is from the diminutive of 'vaina', from the Latin
for(sheath) to describe the shape of the pods.ID X

18. • On 6th February 1952, the following changes
took place.
• ‘Him’ became ‘her’.
• ‘He’ became ‘she’.
• The order of words in the penultimate line was
changed.
• What are we talking about?

20. • X is a severe deficiency in caloric energy
intake, and is the most extreme form of
malnutrition.
• The WHO describes it as the single
gravest threat to the world's public health.
• The Bhagavad Gita states that when a
person had died of X, he has experienced
what hell feels like.
• Id X.

22. • Make sure that your character's name is 'ASH'
• Go to Viridian City and talk to the old man located in the
north
• After watching the demonstration, immediately Fly to
Cinnabar Island
• Surf to the east coast of Cinnabar Island
• Once you get to the Cinnabar Island, Surf along the
coastlines.
• These are the rules for?

24. • The X defense is the term applied to several legal
cases of a defense based on the X films. In using
this defense, the defendant claims that he committed
a crime because he believed he was in X, and not in
the real world. The defense states that reality is
actually a computer simulism?and that the real world
is quite different from what reality is perceived to be.
This is a version of the insanity defense and this
defense has been used successfully to put users
inside of mental-care facilities instead of prisons.
• Id X

26. • "We believe passionately in the power of
ideas to change attitudes, lives and
ultimately, the world. So we're building
here a clearinghouse that offers free
knowledge and inspiration from the world's
most inspired thinkers, and also a
community of curious souls to engage with
ideas and each other"
• This is the mission statement of?

28. • The cicadas are tree bugs that spend most of their time
underground as larvae.
• They only pupate and then emerge from their burrows
after 7, 13 or 17 years, at which point they fly about,
breed, and then die after a few weeks.
• This is an extremely effective evolutionary strategy.
• What is the logic behind this specific pattern of
emergence?

30. • Started in October 2003, X was developed by The infinity
ward and published by Activision.
• Some of their cancelled titles include Combined Forces,
Vietnam and Devil's Brigade.
• The game has been played by 100 million people all over
the world.One of the game's unused missions is set
aboard the ISS.
• The very first game had The Transporter "Jason
Statham" himself. ID X

32. #15
WHAT HAS BEEN BLANKED OUT?

34. • Randolph Blake won the Ig Nobel Prize for his
research on why this sound is so unpleasant.
• To quote him, ”It turns out the sound waves
associated with primate warning cries,
particularly chimpanzee warning cries, are
remarkably similar in appearance to the aversive
, middle frequency sound waves produced by ‘X’.
• Id X.

38. • French/Spanish: lune de miel
• Romanian: luna de miere
• Nepali: Madhumas
• Arabic: shahr el 'assal
• Hebrew: yerach d'vash
• Bangla(Bengali): modhuchondrima
• What is the English equivalent?

40. • X, suffering from depression, is sitting on the railroad
tracks, bent on suicide. Watching from a bridge crossing
the tracks from above ,Y, the other main character, the
laments his old friend's state, but believes that "it's better
this way.“
• Y breaks from the sad story to think about his own faithful
girlfriend. Suddenly, Y’s world is shattered when he sees
her in a car with the words "Just Married" . The now-dejected
Y then joins X on the railroad tracks. They wait
for an oncoming train which draws near. The sound of the
whistle of the oncoming train turns louder as the episode
comes to a close. Their fates are left unknown.
• ID X&Y and also tell me what this is the plot for?

46. • To pull off the scenes, multiple hotel sets were
constructed in a converted airship hanger north of
London, most notably, a more than 100-foot hotel corridor
that was able to rotate 360 degrees with the help of eight
concentric rings, 30-feet in diameter, which surrounded
the set. Capable of spinning up to eight revolutions per
minute, the centripetal hallway was powered by two giant
225-kilowatt electric motors.
• To create the effect several other sets were constructed:
vertical sets; horizontal sets; upside down sets; at the
same time, the “weightless” actors were hung on wires,
or supported by rigid poles.
What iconic film scene was created using the above-mentioned
setup?

48. • The following picture shows a program tape for
the 1944Harvard Mark I, one of the first digital
computers.
• Here, tape was stuck on these sheets to correct
punched holes by covering them.
• This has lead to a very common software
terminology that all of us are familiar with.
• What?

51. • In ancient Rome , the royals had the habit of drinking
from goblets made of the substance that was the most
precious at that time, for example they drank from golden
goblets at the time gold was the most valuable
substance. Soon after, they found LEAD, it became the
most precious thing in their kingdom and they started
drinking from goblets made of LEAD, which ultimately
lead to their downfall.
• Hence we say that LEAD lead to the downfall of the
Roman Empire.
What specific effect did lead poisoning have on the
Romans, that led to the downfall of the entire empire?

53. • This is an ancient form of torture practiced by the
Chinese, in particular the courts of the Han Dynasty. It
was a punishment for nobility, since it left no marks and a
victim could recover relatively easily and quickly.
• Another example was used in ancient Rome, where a
person’s feet were dipped in a salt solution, and
a goat was brought in to lick the solution off.
• Although it seems harmless, it is capable of provoking
extreme physiological reactions in the victim, such
as vomiting and losing consciousness.
What am I talking about?

55. • The myth goes that X married 27 daughters of Daksha
but truly loved only one of them.
• His other wives complained about his negligent
behaviour to Daksha , who cursed him that he would
become ugly forever. as a penance X prayed to lord
Shiva to remove the curse. however lord Shiva said that
he could not completely remove the curse , but said that
whenever X lost his beauty completely , he would again
gradually gain his beauty and the cycle would go on.
• Who is X and what resulted thus?

57. • X launched Y in 2003, and was a runaway hit
• 250 million units were sold making it the world’s best-selling
mobile phone.
• Designed in X’s Design Centre in California by the
Bulgarian-American designer Miki Mehandjiysky
• Xs one billionth phone sold was a Y, 2005.
• ID Y.

59. • Hot Dog Vendor in X-Men (2000)
Man in Fair in Spider-Man (2002),
Old Man at Crossing in Daredevil (2003),
Security Guard in Hulk (2003),
Man Dodging Debris in Spider-Man 2 (2004),
Willie Lumpkin in Fantastic Four (2005),
Waterhose Man in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006),
Man in Times Square in Spider-Man 3 (2007),
Rejected Wedding Guest in Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007),
the man whom Tony Stark mistakes for Hugh Hefner in Iron Man (2008)
the man who drinks the soft drink contaminated with Bruce Banner's blood in The Incredible
Hulk (2008).
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) :a U.S. Army general.