Quiz Master: Sudev

1. GENERALISH MYOOJIK
QUIZ

2. 1
This five-letter word has an unexpected etymology.
Its effect upon us is annoyance, discomfort and
perhaps even disgust—very similar to the effect of
seasickness upon us. As a result, the word descends
from the Greek root for ship. Which word?

3. Noise (from “nausea”)

4. 2.
After appearing on the cover of TIME and New Week in 1975, billed as
the future of rock and pop music, which rockstar’s persona inspired the
visual style of the performer in this 1977 film?

6. Bruce Springsteen

7. 3
●Belphegor's prime is the palindromic prime number
1000000000000066600000000000001, a number which reads the same both
backwards and forwards and is only divisible by itself and one.
●The name Belphegor refers to one of the Seven Princes of Hell, who was charged
with helping people make ingenious inventions and discoveries. The number itself
contains superstitious elements that have given it its name: the number 666 at the
heart of Belphegor's Prime is widely associated as being the _ _ _ _, used in
symbolism to represent one of the creatures in the Apocalypse or, more
commonly, the Devil.
●This number is surrounded on either side by thirteen zeroes, with thirteen itself
long regarded superstitiously as an unlucky number. Also, it in total has 31 digits,
which is thirteen backwards.FITB

8. Number Of The Beast

9. 4
● The video below shows a form of scratching in
Turntablism. This technique takes its name
from how the movement of multiple fingers on
the crossfader makes the DJ’s hand resemble a
kind of amphibious fauna.

10. Crab scratching

11. 5.
This agreeable primate, native to madagascar,combines rodent like teeth
and a special thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche as a
woodpecker. It’s the worlds largest nocturnal primate, and is characterized
by its unusual method of finding food- it taps on trees to find larvae ,then
gnaws holes in the wood and inserts its narrow middle finger to pull the
larvae out. One of the journeys undertaken in the Last Chance to See was to
see this species.
Id this primate.

13. The Aye-Aye

14. 6.
Last year, the Travancore Royal Family filed suit against the
Padmanabhaswamy Temple officials, arguing that a particular practice
went against the very nature of the temple’s deity. The practice was
newly introduced into the temple, but it is, in itself, not new in India; at
its core, after all, is a 15th century hymn, and the practice has been
avidly followed across South India since the late 1960s. Still, the family
said, it is not appropriate to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple deity’s “yoga
nidra,” even if it is appropriate in other temples.
What was the family’s objection? What happened in the late 1960s to
propel this practice into such popularity?

15. Playing the Venkatesha Suprabhatham is
not appropriate because the deity is
supposed to be in a state of deep sleep
from which he should not be awoken.
In 1967, HMV made MS Subbulakshmi’s
recording of the Venkatesha
Suprabhatham.

16. 7.
Shown here is a clip from the popular web series TVF Pitchers. ID the
reference to the music world in this clip

19. 8.
The 1954 movie – The barefoot contessa – was supposed to
have been inspired by the life of Rita Hayworth. In the
movie, the lead character marries an Italian count from
ancient Italian family. This family had this slogan as it’s
family motto. In real world, this slogan in it’s variousforms
is common among many Eu old families. Back to the
movie...composer Jay Livingston & Ray Evans saw the movie
& from the slogan, wrote a song which won them an Oscar
in 1956. This song in some shape & form has been covered
a wide range of artists like Sly & Family stone and A.R.
Rahman. Which song?

20. Que Sera Que Sera

21. 9.
Shown is the cover for the OST of a popular movie. ID the movie

24. 10.
In Kerala, local toddy is sold under many
“brand” names. One of the most popular
such brand is Yeshu. Why is it named as
Yeshu?

25. Anyone who drinks
it, like Jesus, gets up
only after the 3 rd
day.

26. 11.
Practo, an Indian company founded in 2009, is one of the fastest growing
web and mobile based healthcare platforms in the world, and allows users to
discover a doctor and book an appointment in his/her vicinity based on
distance, availability, consultation, gender and recommendation. In 2015, the
company launched a campaign to remove the fear and anxiety faced by
patients while conveying their issues to doctors, by using songs to humorous
effect to depict the situation. The song used for urology consultations, very
aptly, conveyed common symptoms in the field, like dribbling of urine and
the burning sensation felt during UTIs.
Which 1994 song did Practo use?

28. 12.
This is a recording of Pink Floyd’s “Wish you were here”. In it is an
irregularity committed by lead vocalist David Gilmour. According to fan
theory, this irregularity was the reason for something he did later,
which when questioned about he denied as being the actual reason.
What?

29. He gave up smoking as he was unhappy with the glitch in the recording

30. 13.
Farmers in Nainital district have found an effective way to drive away
wild boars which wreck havoc on their crops.
Whatever they do is driving not just the boars but other wild animals
such as the bears( how ironic!) away too. The neighbours of these
farmers aren’t really complaining though; they seem to be enjoying this
innovative approach.
What do these farmers do to drive these boars away?

31. • Play Yo Yo Honey Singh’s songs

32. 14.
The video shows the Indianized version of the theme song of a popular
web series
ID

35. 15.
Song from the 1943 film Kismet.
Why did the British censors allow this song
to be passed inspite of its distinct
nationalistic fervor?

37. In the context of WW2, the censors
felt the song would be a message to
the Japanese to leave India alone, as
opposed to the British Raj