K Circle Weekly Quiz - Jan 9 , 2016 by Lucky Kaul

WEEKLY – Jan 9, 2016
LUCKY KAUL
Moved my body out of Hyderabad. Not my heart. 

Disclaimer
 Any incidents of questions being or looking like “repeats” is purely co-
incidental. Apologies from my side for that.
Maker(s) of a few questions in this quiz that are not mine have been given
due credit.

Thanks
For reviews :
-> Sammit Jain
-> Roshan Dattatri (RJD)
For support :
-> BITS Goa Quiz Club
-> K-Circle (ob)
For coming : Everyone present here today. 

 Whew! After being a part of K-Circle for 2 years, seeing people way above and way
below my age host quizzes (Amazed to see 9th class guys hosting one! :D ) , and
removing my fear for not hosting one because of the exceptionally good quality of
quizzers here, finally, here I am, hosting my first ever K Circle quiz.
You might find this quiz extremely easy/stupid (and hence high-scoring) compared
to the awesome quality of quizzes K Circle has always been known to produce, but
hopefully you’ll like it as much as I enjoyed learning about a lot of things through this.

PS – First quiz Senpai. Plis be gentle.

SUMMARY
 5 Rounds. 24 Q’s + LVC + 3 written
 Written Round – 8 Questions.
 Infinite Bounce/Pounce I - 8 Questions.
 Written Round – When we get there.
 Infinite Bounce/Pounce II – 8 Questions.
 Written Round – 6 Questions.
 Infinite Bounce/Pounce III – 8 Questions
 Long Visual Connect
Liberalism will be followed only for the answers of this quiz.
Otherwise Bhakti is always supreme. #KBro

ROUND 1
 Internet trends go viral, and then are replaced by other trends.
8 Questions relating to everything that is/was trending/found on the
internet.
Written, +5/0 and bonus 10 on getting all right.

1
 A lot of nationalist organisations were in news in 2014-15 for telling people
to go to Pakistan if they “did not support Pro-India cultures/things.”
One of the mocktales (parodies) on the internet based on this principle
said –
One of these organisations decided to place a ban on _________, because
“We are absolutely free during this time of the year and have nothing to
protest against. So we decided on coming up with something new and called
for a ban on __________. In order to imbibe Indian values we need to
promote brands such as Haldirams, Bikaji, Sagar Ratna and Shiv Sagar. Those
who prefer _________ are probably against Indian heritage and culture.”
FITB

2
Why did a female British reporter named Sian Welby become a huge sensation
on all social media platforms in mid-December 2015?
#MaybeKolstylz

3
What viral thing on the internet resulted from Michael Jackson doing
something very elementary in one of his music videos from the album
“Thriller” , expressing his feeling of amusement while witnessing a drama or
a heavy argument unfold? Such an action (or the phrase related to it) would
also probably done by a general audience to express their feelings for the
same.

4
 What, on the internet, in 2011 had applied (by petition and not formally)
to hopefully become the world’s first digital World Heritage Site because it
claimed to have satisfied one of its conditions, being that the “the site
represents a masterpiece of human creative genius” ?

5
 The Z Effect is the tendency to autocorrect with incorrect words to
replace misspelt words, or words not in its dictionary. This term made its
way to the internet in 2007-08.
It came up essentially because of the word “cooperation” being changed
to Z , a similar sounding word which is also a town in the Silicon Valley and
the headquarters of a tech giant , since the dictionary had only the
hyphenated form, co-operation.
Z is also characterised by presence of prune, plum and cherry orchards on
its boundaries.

6
 Who, in April 2015 , along with fellow Britisher Brian Cox was found
singing his mash-up version of Monty Python’s Galaxy Song? In the video he
was also seen running over Cox before disappearing into the sunset.

1
 A lot of nationalist organisations were in news in 2014-15 for telling people
to go to Pakistan if they “did not support Pro-India cultures/things.”
One of the mocktales (parodies) on the internet based on this principle
said –
One of these organisations decided to place a ban on _________, because
“We are absolutely free during this time of the year and have nothing to
protest against. So we decided on coming up with something new and called
for a ban on __________. In order to imbibe Indian values we need to
promote brands such as Haldirams, Bikanerwala, Sagar Ratna and Shiv Sagar.
Those who prefer _________ are probably against Indian heritage and
culture.”
FITB

Star Wars Puns
 She was the weather girl who dropped 12 Star Wars
puns in a 40-second weather report; a video which
went viral all over Facebook and Twitter.

3
What viral thing resulted on the internet resulted from Michael Jackson doing
something very elementary in one of his music videos from the album
“Thriller” , expressing his feeling of amusement while witnessing a drama or
a heavy argument unfold? Such an action (or the phrase related to it) would
also probably done by a general audience to express their feelings for the
same.

Popcorn meme
(Also accept *Grabs Popcorn*)
If you’ve taken pain to write “I just came
here to read the comments”, +Cookie

4
 What, on the internet, in 2011 had applied (by petition and not formally)
to hopefully become the world’s first digital World Heritage Site because it
claimed to have satisfied one of its conditions, being that the “the
(web)site represents a masterpiece of human creative genius” ?

5
 The Z Effect is the tendency to autocorrect with incorrect words to
replace misspelt words, or words not in its dictionary. This term made its
way to the internet in 2007-08.
It came up essentially because of the word “cooperation” being changed
to Z , a similar sounding word which is also a town in the Silicon Valley and
the headquarters of a tech giant, since the dictionary had only the
hyphenated form, co-operation.
Z is also characterised by presence of prune, plum and cherry orchards on
its boundaries.

The Cupertino Effect.
 Characterised not just by “Apple”. 

Stephen Hawking. Belated happy b’day.

 He runs over Cox using his
wheelchair.

Kony , 2012 video uploads on the
internet.

ROUND 2
 Clockwise Pounce/Bounce – 8 Questions.
+10/-5 on pounce, +10 on bounce for all questions except one, which is
for +20/-10 on pounce and +15 on bounce.

2
 The first recorded use of ______ (an animal) as a color in English was in
1776, probably because of its appearance or its flesh.
Its shades varied based on the levels of the carotenoid Astaxanthin found
in turn depended on the type of food it feeds on.
It is said that the use of the most popular shade of ____ was used in the
publishing industry in as early as the 15th century (though the word wasn’t
used then) because it was cheap.
This shade continues to be in a few well-known publications even today.
What 6-letter word fills in the blank?

3 #NotAFamilyQuizOK
(This question is for +15/0 on the direct and +20/-10 on the pounce.)
 Some of the symptoms for a disease X that occurs in childhood, one of the
reasons being lack of a vitamin(needed to absorb calcium from the gut),
calcium or phosphorus in the diet, include Bone tenderness, dental
problems, muscle weaknesses and skeletal deformity across varied ages.
One of the skeletal deformities in older children known as Genu valgum is
characterised by them being able to touch their knees but not their feet
when the legs are straightened.
 Now Y , which has nothing to do with X, is the causative of a fever named
because of Y first being discovered in a major geographical feature of the
US. The disease also happens to the most widely reported one in US
caused due to Y. It is characterised by headache, muscle pain and
development of rash. Y is named after Howard Taylor Y, who undertook
research to find more about this disease.
a) Id X and Y.
b) By what term is the skeletal deformity commonly known to us?

X – Rickets
Y – Ricketts (or) Rickettsia

The deformity is known as being knock-
kneed(able to “touch” knees but not feet).

4
 Other names for _____ day include Own Clothes Day, Casual Friday, etc.
Basically it is a day where staff and students in many countries like UK , SA
, Zimbabwe and NZ are free to wear what they want to wear that day.
Now in India most schools observe this on Children’s Day , so Children’s
Day could actually be cited of an example of ____ Day.
Urban Dictionary defines a similar sounding word as “Something that
doesn’t fit your amusement or irritates you.”
What word fits in the blank? #TCQ

Mufti (also accept “Muft”)

5
 One of the hands in Poker involves holding an ace and a king (irrespective
of the suit).
Its nicknames include “Big Slick”, “Walking Back to Houston” and
“______”, who is a real life person.
Now the hand was nicknamed _________ because according to a
commentator, Van Patton , the poker hand “looked better than it played.”
Who is the real life person in question?

6
 In the world of business, the term __________ refers to the most basic or
standard version of a financial instrument, with no additional features,
like those of options, bonds or futures. Hence , something extremely
simple.
It is also used to describe software which has not been customised.
Quizzers, and in this case a lot of non-quizzers too, might have heard this
term as the name of a company which changed the way information can be
circulated interactively through its creation in 2013.
What term, and what creation?

Plain Vanilla (or) Plain Vanilla Games
Quizup

7
 Excerpts from an October 1998 press release by L&T read as follows –
“L&T has joined hands with the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure
Corporation, Hyderabad to jointly promote _______.”
“The project will be completed in six phases and they will be done in such a
manner such that all facilities are provided over time without affecting the
main concept of _____.”
The proposed city was being planned as an integrated township with all
infrastructural facilities like housing , offices, banks, waste water treatment,
etc.
This was the planning behind the construction of which city in AP?

8
 In a 2012 interview to a newspaper, Rudra Brahmin said the following with
respect to one of the experiences of his father, Mitra Lal Brahmin in the
late 1960s –
“My father used to tell us that he had been strictly asked by the director
not to look back when driving the _____. One evening, on returning home
after a daylong shoot , he did tell us that he could not resist the temptation to
look back. However, my father could not see much except the fuming
director.”
This experience of his went a long way in the industry but sadly for Mitra Lal
we could just see his back.
How have we been an audience to this experience?

The train driver in Mere Sapnon Ki Rani.
Aradhana, 1969

ROUND 3
I mustache you a question!
Not because I have one, but because many
others also existed.
Match the given mustaches on the next slide with
the options on the right.
+5 for each correct. +10 bonus on getting all
correct.

1. Toothbrush
2. Mexican
3. Dali
4. Handlebar
5. Pencil
6. Chevron
7. Walrus
8. Horseshoe
9. Fu Manchu
10. Pancho Villa
11. Imperial
12. English

 1 – Horseshoe 7 - Pencil
 2 – Handlebar 8 - Chevron
 3 – Walrus 9 - Dali
 4 – Imperial 10 - Mexican
 5 – English 11 - Toothbrush
 6 – Fu Manchu 12 – Pancho Villa

ROUND 4
Infinite Bounce/Pounce II – 8 Questions
+10/-5 on Pounce, +10/0 on bounce.

1
 A certain mathematical observation on the Gregorian calendar is said to
occur nine times every century.
Come 2016, this observation will repeat itself after being last observed
seven years back. It will next be observed nine years from now(After 2016).
a) What mathematical observation? (Explain the math in it)
b) On what specific date in 2016 will this observation be made?

a) Square root day (Or square day)
b) 4th April

2 #NotsoLK #YeahScience
 While its early development took place in a Physical Lab in UK, today it is
being developed by Survey Nanosystems.
Some of its uses include, other than what I am looking for, are wiring in
microchips, enhancing the strength of components in aerospace industry,
touch screens etc.
It is said to be constructed from vertically aligned nano tube arrays.
According to a Ben Jensen, he says that “When you see this, three
dimensions seem to disappear. It looks like a flat, featureless void, even with
your eyes right up to it.”
a) What substance?
b) What is so special about it? (or state the use I am looking for)

Vantablack, the most Black substance
(Used in ultrablack coatings)NO IT IS NOT ASHISH SHAKYA

3
 Making his first appearance in 1986, his real name was Cooper MacBride, a Staff Sergeant
E-6 by rank. Born in Crosby, he was trained in Fort Benning and later inducted into the
US Army.
He had a terrible childhood. Darkness gave him nightmares. He feared creatures of the
dark; Loud noises startled him.
One day, Cooper went with his father for an expedition and in the process lost his way. He
was found three weeks later; In these three weeks Cooper got rid of his phobia for darkness.
Later , he turned out to be a very sneaky member of the Army, able to movie through
foliage and dead of the night for virtually hours.
Now because of this (transformed) ability, he was nicknamed ____-___ (Two words), showing
his ability to survive when it was not really there.
What was this nickname, a corruption of which might remind anime fans of an orphan who
spent most of his life trying to find someone insane, and having almost the same thinking
ability as him?

Low-Light (GI Joe Character)
Low-Light => Lowlight => Lawliet (Surname
of L from Death Note)

4
 “Hole in The Wall” was a concept initiated by NIIT , about which an Indian
author told the following to newspapers –
“I was inspired by the Hole in the Wall project, where a computer with an
internet connection was put in a Delhi slum. When the slum was revisited
after a month, the children of that area had learned how to use the internet.
That got me fascinated and I realised ‘there’s an innate ability in everyone to
do something extraordinary, provided they are given an opportunity.”
This caused our author to publish his first novel in 2005; however we got to
know about the ideas of this novel in a different form.
Name the author and the different form(specific).

Vikas Swarup
Slumdog Millionaire

5
 The official name of this institution is “The _____ College of St. Margaret
and St. Bernard, the University of Cambridge.”
It was founded by the Margaret, daughter of Duke Rene (and wife of Henry
VI) in 1448, and then refounded by Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward
IV in 1465.
a) What is this institution hence named?
b) How is this story immortalised by the institution?

Queens’ College
Apostrophe after the s and not the n.

6
Ivan Bunin was a Russian writer who was noted for the artistry shown in the
way he wrote his prose and poetry. Many of his fellow writers viewed him as a
true heir to the tradition of realism in Russian Literature which was started
by Chekhov.
Publishing his first poem “Village Paupers” in May 1887, he went on to write
more acclaimed works like “The Village” in 1910 and “Dry Valley” in 1912.
During the WW1, Ivan Bunin fleed to France and was issued a Nansen
passport, which was initially given to refugees from Russia.
In 1933 published his autobiographical novel “The Life of Arseniev” , which
won him the Nobel Prize in Literature. There was, however, something
strange about awarding this to him. What?

He was classified as stateless.
 Nansen passports, though initially given to Russian refugees, were actually
meant for stateless refugees; hence due to him being in possession of the
passport he is the only Nobel Laureate in Literature to not have a country
named against him.

7
 A viaduct is a bridge-like structure with its supports on the ground in such a way that a series of
arches are formed.
One of these bridges is the Chalfont Viaduct, which is located on the M25 motorway in
Buckinghamshire. This bridge, which was constructed between 1902 and 1906 is the only surviving
Edwardian brick bridge of that time.
Unaware of this history, an artist named Peas just went to the bridge and somehow painted his
name in graffiti form; Not to mention he painted his name in other locations of London as well.
Probably due to this, he used to get arrested frequently.
Many years later, another unknown set of graffiti artists came and painted something else on this
bridge along with the word Peas, when they learnt of him getting arrested. Now due to the history
of the bridge it earned a listed status and so all the graffiti couldn’t be erased.
Hence travellers see this everyday. As a result this place has kind of become a landmark for more
than just being a bridge.
What did the complete set read, after the artists painted their words in addition to Peas?

8
 In 2013, The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation(MRVC) signed a contract
with Bombardier to install electrical infrastructure for 72 local trains.
Now the exteriors of these trains were planned to have dark purple
exteriors, in addition to anti-graffiti coatings.
A design institute felt that the shades could have been lighter to make the
trains look more stylish, however a railway official said that, “We cannot
really stop this ;But we can hide it so that it doesn’t stand out; hence we
chose dark shades which would also take care of something our employees
wouldn’t probably volunteer to do. ”
What is the official describing/Why were the dark shades chosen?

ROUND 5
 Airport Codes have always been fascinating people and have been matter
of discussion and humor.
6 Questions relating to airport codes.
Written, +5/0, +10/0 on getting all correct.

1
 The busiest airport in the world is Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
in Atlanta. However, another small airport serves the city, called the
Atlanta Beaver Ruin Airport.
What is its 3-letter airport code, that might remind Indians of a word that
is a signal for “going” ?

2
 Abu Simbel in Egypt, while famous for its two massive rock temples, might
also inspire trainers and gymmers because of having what 3-letter airport
code?

3
 Kinston (and not Kingston) Airport in North Carolina, USA has what 3-letter
airport code that is also the name of a quality control body in the world?

4
 Also one of the channels on the Sony Television network, what is the 3-
letter airport code for Osaka’s famous Kansai airport?

5
 Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Pakistan which is located just on
the outskirts of Rawalpindi, has what 3-letter airport code because of the
other city that it serves? All of us have heard this code, but for a
completely different reason.

6
 Thessaloniki Airport in Greece has what 3-letter airport code, that might
remind one of the founders of an American movie production company?

6
 Thessaloniki Airport in Greece has what 3-letter airport code, that might
remind one of the founders of a famous American movie production
company?

ROUND 6
 Clockwise Pounce/Bounce – 8 Questions.
+10/0 on bounce, +10/-5 on Pounce.

1
 In mid-2015 , a 10 person startup Wit.ai started an AI assistant called M ,
justifying its beginning because “You have lots of AIs like Siri and Cortana -
whose scope is quite limited. We wanted to start something really ambitious,
to give people what they want.”
Being tested on a trial basis “with a few thousand users from California”, one
of the users of M asked M to investigate about a refund he should have got from
Amazon due to a damaged delivery. Now M just asked for his email address. After
say 35 minutes, he received an email from Amazon stating the issue of his refund.
Then M chimed as a signal to tell him the same. “Welcome to the future!” , I
thought.
The user also went on to feel that M might just go on to become the personal
online butler for millions of people, if this works.
How was the user able to communicate with M , hence telling us about this
experience of his?

2
“_____ _____ _____ : The Key to Confident, Delicious
Cooking” is a 2009 cookery book by Marco Canora, which has
made it to several cookbook selections.
With respect to the title, Canora says “You never know how
much is enough. It depends on the recipe and ingredients
you use, so one has to take care about it while cooking the
dish.”
What phrase, known to all of us, fills in the blanks?

3 #NotsoLK
 As per official records, MUFC recorded its highest home attendance of
83,260 spectators in a First Division fixture against Arsenal, which took
place on 17th January, 1948.
However United fans do not really accept this, and discount this game
when considering this parameter. Why?

The match was played at Maine Road, which
is Manchester City’s home ground.
Old Trafford was affected by a March 1941(WW2) bombing and so the stadium
was under renovation. Hence the game wasn’t “really a home game”.

4
 Giulio Camillo describes this 1550 painting of his (next slide) as follows –
“The entire _____ rests on Solomon’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom. On the
Seven Pillars rest the planets, which govern, or administrate, ‘cause and
effect’. Arranged in an ascending order from the planets, and affected by
their influence, are a further six levels, which, broadly speaking, represent a
gradual development from nature to art. These upper levels are named: The
Banquet, The Cave, The Gorgons Pasiphae, The Sandals of Mercury
and Prometheus. The Banquet and the Cave, are the most ‘elemental’ of the
levels; these are the levels where creation first began…….” and so on.
Through the above description he also ends up communicating that
“scholars can become spectators.”
What two-word phrase that became a part of popular culture in 2010, could
be derived from this painting?

Mind(Memory) Palace or Theatre
Sherlock, 2010

5
 It can be said that this Golf Course has never really seen its “Green Days”.
This is because the terrain there is brownish black due to a composition of
sand-oil mixtures, and irrigation is probably out of the question because of
lack of funds.
Given its history, it could also be called a Course which led a nomadic life.
Opened with six holes in 1967, relocated in 1973, closed in 1978. After a
series of these openings and closing, it is finally open since 2004.
Today, it is kind of branded for rich people to experience “desert golf”. For
a price of approx. $80,000, the person gets choppers to ride in and also a
decommissioned Soviet chopper for a getaway in case of emergency.
Where is this Golf Course located?

6
 When it was originally designed by Gilbert in 1978, the colours in it were
assigned specific meanings which included ______ (what we know it best
for) , Life, Healing, Sunlight, Nature, Magic, Harmony and Spirit.
It was very ironic that the colour for ________ was actually removed due
to fabric unavailability, and so only the colours for the remaining ones were
used.
Later in 1979 the colours for Magic and Harmony were merged, and then
the colour so produced along with the colours for the remaining meanings
became the basis for its design, which has continued ever since, the way it
has been known to all of us.
What am I talking about here?

LGBT Flag.
The topmost stripe shaded hot pink was
known for sexuality, which was removed.
Indigo and Turquoise were merged to give
royal blue and hence the six-colour version.

7 #NotSoLK
 Electric Soldier Porygon was a Pokemon episode aired in 1997 in which
Pikachu uses a heavy dose of thunderbolt to stop a “virus bomb” in a
computer center, which was accompanied by a series of dazzling lights.
All of this happened within 21 minutes of the airing of the show.
The next day it was reported that over 12000 children were affected by
this and over 700 were admitted in hospital. This episode (especially the
scene in question) was never shown again; a dark story in Japanese
broadcasting history.
What was done by the Japanese authorities after this, which is something
all of us must be aware of by now, especially children?

Issued Epilepsy/Strain warnings for future
episodes; later made its way in the world of
gaming.

8
 ______ is a town in the state of Missouri, US with a small population of around
5000. Its motto is “Where the ‘odds’ are with you.”
Now there have been two proposed theories as to how this town got its name.
One of them involves the community postmaster Thomson who felt the town
should be named “Excelsior”, but it got rejected. Following this, several other
choices also got rejected. This annoyed Thomson and he complained to higher
authorities saying “We don’t care what name you give to us as long it is sort of
_____.”
According to the other theory, when a few nomads were looking for a farm, one
of the nomads saw this terrain and exclaimed the name of the town as “ It is the
very same place I saw by my eyes back in Connecticut!”.
In 1968, the town celebrated its centenary with a lot of partying and playing
rodeo.
FITB

ROUND 7
 LVC.
 8 visuals to follow. Find the common theme.
 +48/-24 to +6/0.
 After the first four visuals, you are given a free
attempt to answer. At this attempt it is +16/0.

About the free attempt :
 You get your free attempt only after the +30/-15 slide.
 If you answer correctly on the free attempt, your team gets 16 points and
the quiz for your team will complete.
 However if the answer strikes to you during this time and you’re very sure
of it, then you can choose NOT to take the free attempt, and then go for it
at the next slide for a +24/-12.

 Ram Singh Yadav
 MS Dhoni
 Jitu Rai
 Vijay Kumar
 Sachin Tendulkar
 Abhinav Bindra
 Rajyavardhan Rathore
 Milkha Singh

Sportsmen having positions in the Indian
military
 Ram Singh Yadav – Havaldar
 MS Dhoni – Lt Colonel (Honorary)
 Jitu Rai – Naib-Subedar
 Vijay Kumar – Subedar Major
 SRT – Group Captain in IAF (Honorary)
 Abhinav Bindra – Lt Colonel (Honorary)
 RS Rathore – Lt Colonel
 Milkha Singh – Enrolled in Engg Dept. (later athlete for Army)

Shukriya Logaan!
Agle baar blanket hall ko zaroor jate.


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