General Quiz at QI'20

1. General Quiz @ QI ‘20
Hosted by Ayush Malviya, Anish Bharatrajan, and
Sanchit Sahay

2. Prelims

3. Generic thank
yous ● Everyone

4. The general rules
● You will see 20 questions,
unless something has gone
wrong.
● Q1-Q13 are +1/0
● Q14-Q20 are +2/+1/0
● Out of these , , , are star
marked to resolve ties,
after which it’ll be down to
sudden death
● QMs are gods, and Malgawd

5. DON’T. GOOGLE.*
*BING, YAHOO, DUCKDUCKGO, ASK JEEVES, AND ALL OTHER SEARCH ENGINES, OTHER THAN YOUR
TEAMMATE ARE ILLEGAL.
NOT TO SOUND LIKE A BOOMER, BUT THIS QUIZ IS MORE ENJOYABLE WITH YOUR GADGETS AWAY.

6. Q1. What connects these?
1. A desire to know or learn.
2. A deep understanding of what somebody/something is like.
3. The part of a person that is not physical; your thoughts
and feelings, not your body.
4. A situation or a time in which it is possible to do
something that you would like to do.

7. Mars Rovers/Landers
1. Curiosity - A desire to know or learn.
2. InSight - A deep understanding of what somebody/something
is like.
3. Spirit - The part of a person that is not physical; your
thoughts and feelings, not your body.
4. Opportunity - A situation or a time in which it is
possible to do something that you would like to do.

8. Q2. What company?
On the next slide is the Hebrew letter "Pe" which is the 17th in
chronological order.
When it comes to foreign letters being used in English a lot of
ignorance is observed with users preferring looks over actual
pronunciation. Example being ß being pronounced as "B" instead of
"S".
A stylised version of this letter Pe is used twice in a logo for a
very famous internet platform, which subjected itself to
speculations of it being an easter egg - a joke on their own expense
owing to the fact that their CEO is Jewish.

10. Joke being it’s piscorp

11. Q3. ID the phrase
This is the English translation of an extremely popular phrase
The phrase is originally from a 1983 TV Series and was brought
into relevance in 2017 by a YouTuber, since then it has become
a staple in YouTube videos where it is used to portray moments
of shock.

13. Q4. What did the art designer create.
In 1967 a student at Cambridge University was surveying the sky with a
newly constructed radio telescope, after a few weeks of observation she
noticed something odd. The telescope had picked up on a radio signal
that seemed to be pulsating at an interval of exactly 1.33 seconds.
It was thought to be an otherworldly source and was named LGM-1(Little
green men) although soon it became known that these radio signals were
from Pulsars and not an alien world.
An art designer found this interesting and decided to use the images of
the radio signals to create something iconic, he reversed the image from
black-on-white to white-on-black to make it look sexier and printed it
on textured card for the original version of the _____.

16. Q5. What song?
Though this song, advocating the image of an ideal world, gained
immense popularity, some have often interpreted is as a Communist
anthem.
X, the singer himself, claimed that even though he wasn’t a
Communist, the song was ‘virtually the Communist Manifesto’, adding
that it was only accepted and celebrated because it was sugarcoated.
"Now I understand what you have to do," he continued.
"Put your political message across with a little honey."

17. Imagine by John Lennon

18. Q6. What practice, what movie?
The practice of ____ in India was abolished under an act passed in
1973. However it still takes place to resolve some sort of disputes
in the Parsi community.
It's said that a certain famous criminal case was a prominent
motivation to do away with this system, the case being popularised
by a 2016 Bollywood Movie.
All of this being said, this practice is prominent in a lot of
countries still, including the USA. It's often mocked as being an
inconvenience not liked by citizens, and has been seen in popular
culture including The Office.

19. Jury. Rustom

20. Q7. ID X & Y
X is a 1982 horror film and Y is an extremely popular 2018
released video game.
The creators of Y have cited X as one of their inspiration
for creating their game. Plot points like paranoia and
teamwork are one of the most important aspects of both X and
Y.

21. X- The Thing, Y-Among Us

22. Q8. What alphanumeric pattern connects these two?
An American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance
aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and
previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Which was once featured on MythBusters, testing the claim
that it's the hardest vehicle to pilot. It's also responsible
for a lot of UFO sightings.
A rock band formed in 1976 with album names often referencing
military/aero theme, with one of their recent albums being
distributed for free to users of Apple iTunes, in 2014.

23. U2

24. Q9. Who is X?
30 Rock was a Television Show that revolved around the happenings in and
around the NBC Headquarters in New York City which includes a lot of
meta references, including cameos by Conan and Aaron Sorkin.
In one such storyline NBC is accused of not meeting diversity standards
which prompts Jack Donaghy to say "Who's the black kid in Community?",
to which Liz Lemon Replies "X" however completely butchering the
pronunciation.
X was indeed an actor on Community as well as a writer on 30 Rock, who
has gone on to be perhaps one of the most prominent young stars, to the
extent which his escapes in the show Community and 30 Rock are eclipsed,
having found success in acting, comedy, directing as well as music.

25. Donald Glover

26. Q10. Name the mathematical problem.
Following is the solution for a mathematical problem that finds
its roots in a popular entertainment context. Despite the
solution being pretty clear it has been a subject to a lot of
confusions and controversies. This problem is also used in other
entertainment contexts where it's used as a tool to leverage
humour or to show someone flexing their brain muscles.

27. Monty Hall!

28. Q11. Name the original context and the subject
In the novel A Clockwork Orange, a rather severe rendition of
a particular commonly known experiment is shown, where a
subject is made to undergo a particular procedure which
ensures that everytime he tries to commit a violent act, he
feels nauseated.
The concept and the original experiment behind this is way
more popular in a general context.

29. Pavlov’s Dog

30. Q.12 ID these two functions.
These two functions on a modern day computer are probably
amongst the most commonly used.
While access to one of these functions is easier to memorise
because of mnemonics, that of the other function seems somewhat
random. Although anyone even mildly experienced with computers
knows them like second nature.
The reason for the seemingly random access method is allegedly
because of a UX reason, keeping both access methods as similar
as possible since they are used together more often than not.

31. Ctrl C, Ctrl V

32. Q13. ID X
X is an American writer, producer, director, voice actor, and
radio personality.
Given below is a list of things which you probably might know
him from
● Host of Chatterbox FM(2001)
● Host of V-Rock(2002)
● Host of Entertaining America at WCTR(2004)
● Intern at V-Rock(2006)
● Host of Integrity 2.0(2008)
● Co-host of Chattersphere(2013)
● Host of Fame or Shame(2013)

33. X-Lazlow Jones

34. 2 Pointers Start

35. Q14.ID Y and what ordeal is being talked about.
X is a footballer from Ghana who plays for the ORPC Sports Club, in
a 7-a-side tournament.
He was planning to make some quick money over the summer but
unfortunately the CoronaVirus Pandemic brought the entire tournament
to a standstill.
X was then unable to find a dormitory to stay in and approached the
Mumbai Police for help, the Mumbai Police suggested that he do a
certain something and he ended up taking their advice.
X said that his inspiration throughout his ordeal was Y, who had
also suffered a similar sort of ordeal in 2004 due to political
tensions in Eastern Europe.

36. Y-Tom Hanks/Viktor Navorski
Stayed at Mumbai Airport for over two months

37. Q15. ID X & Y
X was a leader of a native American nation who defied the
U.S. government and eluded capture for many years, X was
supposedly used as a codename for a certain operation and it
drew the ire of the Native American community who said that X
was being maligned and they requested for a name change.
However later press releases revealed that the actual name of
the Operation was Y(named with reference to the insignia of
the organisation which carried out the operation) and not X.

38. X-Geronimo Y-Neptune Spear

39. Q16. ID Y, and also give relevance of this entire thing.
The following are descriptions of excerpts from the "about the author" section of
the author X.
born in New York, served a four-year stint in the Coast Guard, which he then
followed with ten years in the Merchant Marine
His fifth novel was dedicated to his wife, who also received credit for the author
photo on the book jacket.
X had one child, a boy, who died in an unfortunate, Y-esque (Y being a more popular
author) accident at the age of six, when he fell through a well and drowned. In
1982, a brain tumour was discovered near the base of X's brain; tricky surgery
removed it.
It was revealed that he died in 1985 owing to a special sort of cancer, a rare form
of schizonomia

40. Y - Stephen King. Richard Bachman (pseudonym)

41. Q17.ID X or Y and what is this a list of
● William Bragg
● Niels Bohr
● Hans von Euler-Chelpin
● Arthur Kornberg
● Manne Siegbhan
● J.J Thompson
● X and Y

42. X/Y-Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
List of people who have won a Nobel Prize and then their
child also has won it

43. Q18. Who is X? Put funda wrt the beat?
X is one of the most popular artists of this century, X puts their
heart and soul into their music and has had many record albums and
singles.
One of X’s favorite songs is Y which was released in 2015. X
contributed to the beat of the song in a very unique and personal
manner,something which is quite clear when you listen to the song.
In an interview X said that they took inspiration from Michael
Jackson for this, since he had also done something similar for his
1987 hit ‘Smooth Criminal’.

45. X-Taylor Swift,User her heartbeat in Wildest Dreams

46. Q19.What product is he talking about, put funda
A neuroscientist from Brandeis University published a research paper
which says that there is a difference between taste, smell and
flavour.
Taste is what our tongue tells our brain, smell is the message from
our nose to our brain and flavour is a combination of signals
between the tongue, nose, eyes, and ears. Our brains fools us into
thinking that this combined signal is actually coming from only the
tongue.
He also claimed that a very popular product used this loophole to
sell their products.

47. Skittles, He claimed that all Skittles are actually same with
just a different colour and all of the colours taste the same

48. Q20. ID the incident and what certain tech development
took off
Ever since the Internet Boom of the 1990’s people hadn't imagined entire
computing systems being destroyed without warning.
This was until a very infamous incident which had repercussions on the tech
world. During this incident phone lines were down and everyone rushed to the
Web and tried to access a certain type of website.
This led to the websites being choked up and were ground to a halt. Up until
then the daily peak traffic witnessed had been 6 gigabits, but it reached 12.5
Gigabits that day. A lot of websites had to put a single static web page
explaining the event and the web issues.
This incident led to a certain development in tech taking off, with the
pioneer being Akamai Technologies.

49. 9/11,Cloud Computing