Inquizition 2017 [Prelims]

INQUIZITION 2017
The Annual Inter-College Freshers’ Quiz
WRITTEN PRELIMS: 30 questions
by
Ananyo, Pratyoy, Anik, Baidik, Aditya, Arunava, Balagopal
INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims]4th September, 2017

RULES and REGULATIONS
• Written preliminary round with 30 questions.
• Questions 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 are starred.
• Starred questions shall be reserved to break ties, if any.
• If a tie still persists between two teams, the team with
the longest streak of correctly answered questions from
question 1 will be chosen.
• Top 8 teams will qualify to the finals.
INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims]4th September, 2017

Question 1
What has been blanked out?
One word answer.
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Ananyo

Answer
Talaq

Question 2
The X dog is a large working dog.
They can be either black,
brown, or white-and-black.
They were originally bred and
used as a working dog for
fishermen in the Dominion of
X (which is now part
of Canada).
They are known for their giant
size, intelligence, tremendous
strength, calm dispositions, and
loyalty.
What is X?

Answer
Newfoundland

Question 3
A ____ ____ is made with a piece of paper and tape.
If an ant were to crawl along the length of this strip, it
would return to its starting point having traversed the
entire length of the strip (on both sides of the original
paper) without ever crossing an edge.
It is a surface with only one side and only one boundary.
It has the mathematical property of being non-orientable.
It can be realized as a ruled surface.
Fill in the blanks.

Answer
• Mobius Strip

Question 4
“I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but
China, having always lived there,” wrote X in humble
explanation of her masterpiece.
She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1938 “for her rich and truly epic
descriptions of peasant life in China and for her
biographical masterpieces”.
Identify X.

Answer
Pearl S. Buck

Question 5 [*]
According to a page on Facebook called Screen Rant, if the
Christopher Nolan movie Inception was made in 2017,
the totem would be a X instead of a spinning top.
Put funda. What is X?

Answer
Fidget Spinners

Question 6
Members of a fanatical Muslim sect during the Crusades
used to smoke hashish and then murder leaders on the
opposing side. After years of mispronunciation, which
English word originated?
INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims]4th September, 2017 Pratyoy

Answer
Assassin
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Pratyoy

Question 7
X received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a “half”
eponymous method. The food production for half the
world's current population depends on this method for
production of full scale fertilizers.
On the other hand, he is also considered the "father
of chemical warfare" for his years of pioneering work
developing and weaponizing chlorine and other poisonous
gases during World War I.
Identify the scientist X.

Answer
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims]
Fritz Haber
Pratyoy

Question 8
Minimalist poster of which
Bollywood movie?

Answer
Peepli Live

Question 9
This song came into being when a band member visited
the son of his band mate, Julian. He wrote it to comfort
Julian from the stress of his parents' separation.
The song has achieved cult status and has remained
relevant ever since.
Identify the song.

Answer
Hey Jude

Question 10 [*]
On 31st August, Shardul Thakur made his debut for India
against Sri Lanka in the 4th ODI. He had decent bowling
figures of 7-0-26-1.
However, he was criticized by many Indian fans on social
media, some of whom asked him to give up something he
doesn’t deserve.
What was the reason for the furore?
Tweets on the next slide.

Question 10 [*] (continued)

Answer
Wear Jersey No. 10
Pratyoy

Question 11
This house was built in 45 days and according to
architects, this could be set to lead a house-building
revolution.
It is a two-storey, 400-square metre home with walls as
thick as eight-feet.
What's so special about it?
[Picture on the next slide]
INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims]4th September, 2017 Anik

Question 11 (continued)

Answer
The world's first 3D-printed house
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Anik

Question 12
As a part of April Fool's prank, X added three new items to
their collection which were “Fish & Chips”, “Sunday
Roast” and “Chicken Tikka Masala”.
Give me X, which made the introduction of these 3 items a
hilarious act.

Answer
Durex

Question 13
Which artist was behind the
bizarre but very sensual
photoshoot for Playboy in
1973?
Bigger picture on the next slide.

Answer
Salvador Dali

Question 14
On 21
st
June this year, Queen was travelling to
Westminster for the State opening of Parliament.
One observer decided to report the Queen to the police
and hence made a complaint to the West Yorkshire
Police.
What was the complaint about?

Answer
The Queen wasn't wearing
a seatbelt.

Question 15 [*]
Published in the weekly newspaper Young India on
October 22, 1925, what exhaustive list is this?
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Religion without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims]4th September, 2017 Baidik

Answer
Gandhi’s Seven Social Sins
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Baidik

Question 16
In 1952, Wehrner von Braun wrote a book called Project
Mars which imagined that human colonists on Mars
would be led by a person named X.
Give me X.

Answer
Elon

Question 17
At the end of a long day in November 1989, a European
bureaucrat was due to appear at a televised press
conference to announce a new set of rules. He hadn’t
read the whole memo properly and when a journalist
asked him "so when does this take effect?", he
mumbled "as far as I know...right away.“
What unplanned event did this lead to?

Answer
The fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 18
The Chinese were technologically more advanced than
Europe pretty much all throughout the time between
the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance and
they invented porcelain, which was something Kings and
rich people sought to possess. So naturally a lot of
people tried recreating it. This led to the invention and
refining of the single most important material basically
all modern science is based on.
Which material?

Answer
Glass

Question 19
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy set up India's first pharma
company in Kolkata in 1901.
It is a PSU which produces a range of products from
Napthalene balls to antiseptics to Aluminium Sulphate.
Which company is being referred to here?
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Aditya

Answer
Bengal Chemical and
Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Question 20 [*]
Though origins of the “octothorpe” are disputed, one
commonly accepted version is that the derivation is a
portmanteau of octo- (“eight”) and thorpe (“field, hamlet or
small village”) since it resembled a village surrounded by 8
fields.
Another myth says that the second half of the word came into
being, because one of the proponents of the octothorpe
was a fan of Jim Thorpe (1887-1953), an olympic athlete.
What is octothorpe more commonly known as?

Answer
#
Hashtag

Question 21
“Who Moved My Interest Rate?: Leading the _______
____ __ _____ Through Five Turbulent Years”, published
in February 2016, was authored by whom?
Hint: Blanks are indicative. Give out the name of the
organization the author worked for.

Answer
Duvvuri Subbarao

Question 22
This is the design of a pizza box patented by X, a firm known for
innovation and design, in 2010.
The innovation here is placing a series of holes in the lid of the
container so that air can escape, helping avoid sogginess in the
crust.
It’s meant for letting employees take pizza from the cafeteria back
to their desks.
Identify X. [Pictures on the next slide.]

Answer
Apple Inc.

Question 23
This is the last page of writer Nick Spencer
and artist Jesus Saiz’s Captain America:
Steve Roger #1 (May, 2016) where a
certain ‘reversal’ of tremendous
importance takes place – one that has
changed the history of the character and
how it has been looked at since its
conception around the time of the
second world war.
It was also coincidentally topical
politically and sparked worldwide debate
and controversy.
What happens/what does he say?
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Arunava

Answer
Hail Hydra! (Steve’s entire life
and history is rewritten by a
cosmic entity to make it so
that he was secretly a Hydra
agent all along)
Arunava

Question 24
For those who have read the book X, a chaiti (semi-classical song) by
Hindustani classical legend Rasoolin Bai, that resonates through its
chapters, might be of significance.
Lisa Rath of ItuChaudhuri Design Studio (ICD) in Delhi have used
details and snippets like these to bring the book to life in a digital
space called the Re-Reader, one that the author Y likes to call the
‘Utmost Perennial’. It’s a new, fun way of introducing a book to
people who haven’t read it. And another way of enjoying it for
people who have. And it’ll be out there — everywhere — without
an expiry date, potentially increasing its shelf-life in a unique way.
Name this Booker prize longlisted book (X) and its author (Y).

Answer
The Ministry of Utmost
Happiness
Arundhati Roy

Question 25 [*]
Who? What?
You need to
answer both
the parts
correctly to
get the star.
Arunava

Answer
Scarlett
Johansson
modelling
as Buster
Keaton in
the silent
classic
Sherlock Jr.
Arunava

Question 26
In the late 13th century, Amir Khusro Dehlavi fused
Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Indian traditions to create
what we now know as X. Known as Sama in Central Asia
and Turkey, in religious terms, X is the result of repeating
a Qaul (‘an utterance of the prophet’). In India, X is
primarily composed in Urdu and Punjabi languages.
What is X?
4th September, 2017 INQUIZITION 2017 [Prelims] Balagopal

Answer
Qawwali

Question 27
Given alongside is the poster to
an upcoming Hindi film,
Haseena Parkar, directed by
Apoorva Lakhia and starring
Shraddha Kapoor in the lead
role. Initially titled, “Haseena:
The Queen of Mumbai”, the
movie is based on the life of
its eponymous character.
Who is Haseena’s more
famous elder brother?

Answer
Dawood Ibrahim

Question 28
Ranked 22 on Sports Illustrated’s “100 Greatest Moments
in Sports History” is the speech given by this individual
(picture on next slide) at the Yankee Stadium in Bronx on
the 4th of July, 1939. The speech, known as “The luckiest
man on the face of the earth”, was given as a farewell
address to his fans, following his retirement at the age
of 36 due to a particular reason --- a reason that caused
his death two years later. Either identify this individual
or give me the reason for his retirement.

Answer
Lou
Gehrig/ALS,
also known
as Lou
Gehrig’s
Disease
Balagopal

Question 29
The name of which Indian language originates from the
West Turkic word for army or camp, a root word
common to both its name and the English word horde?

Answer
Urdu

Question 30 [*]
Given below are three possible origin stories for an American English slang
that is widely used today.
(a) Derived from a Scottish term for clothes, it was first used in Putnam’s
Magazine in 1867 to mock how a woman was dressed.
(b) Used in the 1880s/1890s, as an alternative to dandy, to mean an
“extremely well-dressed man.” The best known example of the time
being Evander Berry Wall, who was called the “King of the _____”.
(c) Used by cowboys to derogatorily refer to city-dwellers, to mirror the
general sentiment of “an Easterner in the West.”
What is the word?

Answer
DUDE
Balagopal

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