This quiz was held on 13th November 2021 as day event of Conoscenza, the annual quizzing fest of Quintessence. This Gen Quiz was hosted by Aishani &Nitesh. The set was meticulously prepared by the team of Conoscenza. Quintessence is the Quizzing Society of Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. The society has been active for 10 years and has been actively holding Intra quiz sessions and quizzes for both school and college students in the circuit.

2. RULES
● There are 20 questions in the Prelims, each question carries 1 mark.
● Questions 3, 5, 9 & 14 are star marked. They will be used in case of ties.
● There is no negative marking.
● QM will give hints when needed.
● Refrain from using search engines.
● QM’s decision will be final.

3. Q1
In the year 1972 company X, negotiated a trade deal for its product in the Soviet
market in exchange for the distribution rights of stolichnaya vodka in US.
X negotiated a beverage monopoly locking out their arch rivals out of market. It was a
coup: As the New York Times put it, the beverage was “the first capitalistic product”
available in the U.S.S.R.
The historical exchange caused X to become one of the most powerful military in the
world, for a moment, before they sold the fleet to a Swedish company for scrap
recycling. Russia is still X’s second biggest market outside of the United States.
Identify X.

4. Q2
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were childhood friends in Cleveland who shared a love
for science fiction and adventures. In 1933 they started developing a story about
a character X. This creation could leap long distances, run really fast and lift
heavy weights, but these powers increased greatly over time. Related to this
character is Y, which has recently been in news as the creators introduce this
character as a bisexual.
Id X.

5. *Q3
Remnants of a 1700s ship found buried in soil 20 feet under the X, a structure which is linked to
an incident that took place in the beginning of the 21st century known to have brought world
wide turmoil in world peace and integrity especially igniting religion based hatred.
The discovery of this shipwreck happened in 2010. The scientists say that the ship dates back to
1770s and was used for 20 to 30 years before sailing to what would become its final stop in
lower Manhattan.
This structure was opened almost at the end of the 3rd quarter of the 20th century and was
destroyed during the incident mentioned above. It had a New Formalism type of architectural
style which blended the architecture of the east with modern western concepts.
Id X.

6. Q4
The term __(4)__ __(4)__ from a certain sport has become part of the
English language now and means a ‘forceful, dramatic move, especially
against someone’ . In the sport, it refers to a forceful shot in which
player jumps right to the scoring area and forces the ball in. It has become
such an integral and entertaining part of the sport that separate
competitions are held only for this move.
ID the term/ FITB.

7. *Q5
Around 300 or 400 A.D, X is a fruit that travelled from Asia to the Middle East, East
Africa and finally to South America, is considered as one of the diverse fruit
species in the world as per research. It is the first food item that appeared on Indian
stamps in 1967.
In histories, it states that, while Babur had dismissed, Jahangir praised it, declaring
that “notwithstanding the sweetness of the Kabul fruits, not one of them has, to my
taste, the flavour of the X.”
This fruit is the most widely eaten fermented fruit in northern India.
ID X.

8. Q6
A Shudra critique of Hindutva philosophy, culture and political economy, ___ _ __
___ _ _____ is a most famous book by the author X (image on the next slide), was
listed as a millennium book along with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste, in
a way has become a weapon in the hands of Dalit Bahujan activists.
In this manifesto for the downtrodden, the author examines the socio-economic and
cultural differences between the so-called low-castes and other Hindus in the context of
childhood, power relation, family life, market relations, death, not at least Hindutva.
FITB.

10. Q7
___(7)____ is an ancient art form originating from an asian country. The earliest record of a piece of
this art is in a short poem by Ihara Saikaku in 1680. This form of art is very culturally attached to the
traditions of the country of its origin and are especially popular amongst kids. Already at this time,
there are probably millions of patented designs and new designs are very often patented. It is very
cheap to make these art pieces as you only need one piece of material but the difficulty level varies
a lot.
They have served as very important plot points in various entertainment pieces like in the 2010 video
game Heavy Rain, Blade Runner movie and in TV show House of Cards. But more recently, this art
form is finding its ways in the science and technology industry as it by nature reduce the size of the
material with certain folds and actions. You might have seen its application in science in deployment
of very neatly packed and folded solar panels in space crafts. Which art form?

11. Q8
In early 1990s, Shimizu corporation of Japan applied for patent for an architectural design for the biggest
architectural projects ever. According to an estimate, these would to be 2 km high if completely build. This
idea started when an employe of this company saw the Blade Runner (1982) and saw an architectural marvel in
it which he connected with an architectural marvel from the past which are from another part of the world
which did inspired the set design for that structure in the movie.
He told his idea to his colleagues and proposed how we could solve the overcrowding problem of the world with
these structures. Most people wondered how they are going to pull this impossible project off, which is the exact
same question that people have about those architectural marvels of the past, which gives rise to some of most
absurd conspiracy theories you may hear. In the end patent office found that the design was flawed and
rejected.
Which structures of past inspired this.

12. *Q9
X, born in Boston Massachusetts bay, British America in the beginning of the 1700s and lived till an age
of 84. He was active as a diplomat, political philosopher, etc and was one of the most popular
American political figure. A psychological phenomenon is named after him.
Accordingly to this if a person who has already performed a small favor for another person is more
likely to do another favor for the them if they had received a favor from that person. This creates a
cognitive bias in which people feel that if they have helped someone then the person they helped is
trustworthy.
X used it by asking his hater to lend him a book and returned with a thank you note. Soon the hater was
not mad at him. His name has been dropped in many hip hop songs.
Who is the American Political figure being mentioned here.

13. ● Connect (non exhaustive)
Q10

14. Q11
In 2001, when X, CEO and founder of Y was pursuing masters at MIT’s media lab; instead of
finishing off his thesis, he was busy exchanging emails with Nike. He heard about Nike’s shoe
customizing scheme and tried sending a four letter word but it was rejected. Later, he tried to
put the word ‘sweatshop’ in and it went through. Only to be later rejected after some time.
What followed through was a series of emails between X along with his friends and Nike.
Within 3 months he was debating labor practices on mainstream media. X was astonished to see
how a student can reach billions of people. Following that X started Y with a friend of his as a
side project because of their growing fascination about why people share content, what
gets them excited.
Id the company Y.

15. Q12
X is a two-player board game with characters like Alex, Alfred, Anne, Bernard where women are
outnumbered 5 to 19. In the United States, advertisements for the board game X, often showed
the characters on the cards coming to life, and making witty comments to each other. This caused
later editions of such ads to carry the spoken disclaimer line "game cards do not actually talk" in
order to meet Federal Trade Commission advertising guidelines requiring full disclosure of toy
features unable to be replicated with the actual product.
Popular belief is that a binary search is the most efficient approach to the game X, where each
question halves the number of possible identities. A planned unscripted television adaptation of
the board game X was in early development at NBC.
ID X.

16. Q13
In 1799 AD, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, who is known as the founder of an Indian
city erected a special monument on one of the places in the western part of the India,
with nearly 1000 windows (the wind to pass through). as a purpose to allow ladies
in the time to watch the local market activities in their city without being seen.
It is constructed and designed on the both styles adopted from Mughals and
Rajputs by Lal Chand Usthad has now considered as the tallest building in the world
without foundation.
Name the monument.

17. *Q14
There is a wild variety of mushroom that grows in the Himalayan mountain region that is one of
the most exotic and pricey food item. ___(6)___ is a wild mushroom that is grown in the
foothills of the Himalayas and is priced at around Rs 30,000 for a kg.
One of the reasons for its high price and demand is it's very less availability. Unlike other
mushrooms, ___(6)___ mushrooms cannot be cultivated commercially at a sustainable scale and
have to be collected from the wild in the old ways only. Considering its luxurious heritage, these
mushroom borrows there name from a certain luxurious fashion brand of Italian origin .
What is the name of this mushroom?

18. Q15
Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian mathematician and a specialist in theoretical physics. He is best
known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s and collaborating with an eminent
physicists (not from India) in developing the foundation for a theory which completely changed how we
looked at states of matter and their behaviour at absolute zero temperature.
In 1924, Bose wrote a letters describing his research to this noble prize winner. Bose's research impressed
him a lot and they both worked on the theory together and named it after both of their names.
This non Indian physicists gave 3 theories in the start of 20th century one of which is considered as the
most ground breaking theory of modern physics however, he didn't get a nobel prize for this but for
another theory of his.
Who was this eminent physicists with whom Bose collaborated?

20. Q16
The earliest version of X can be traced to several likely pre-17th century versions from
various European countries. Some of these are significantly different from the currently
known version of X where the little girl is saved by ______. Some of the versions include
La finta nonna (The False Grandmother), It has also been called "The Story of
Grandmother”.
The two best known versions of X were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers
Grimm. X is being narrated till date with different versions and morals.
ID X.

21. Q17
Dondurma is commonly sold from both street vendors' carts and store fronts, where the
mixture is churned regularly with long-handled paddles to keep it workable.
Vendors often tease the customer while serving and then taking away the dondurma
with the stick by rotating it around, before finally giving it to the customer. This sometimes
results in misunderstandings among customers unfamiliar with the practice. Vendors often
wear traditional clothing of the Ottoman period.
What is Dondurma commonly known as?

22. Q18
A shaggy dog story is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of
typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax.
“A brilliant example of this is Shah Guido G." is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac
Asimov which tells the story of Philo Plat is an aristocrat who secretly plots Shah Guido G.'s
downfall. He is a tyrant who rules the Earth from a levitating island called ____(8)____. Plat
convinces shah to order in a division of Waves which causes island to plummet down .
The story ends with the punning punchline: "Why, once more in history, ____(8)____ sank beneath
the Waves."
FITB.

23. Q19
At the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, nearly three decades ago, she finished first, doubled up, caught her
breath and then turned back. Her nearest rival was still metres away. But then, instead of an extended
jubilation at the 1986 Asian Games, Shiny Abraham confronted the most unfortunate day in her
athletics career.
When the results were declared, although her time was less than Lim Chun-ae from south korea, Lim
Chun-ae ended up winning gold whereas Shiny Abraham was disqualified even after having a lesser time.
Later she stated that she got confused with the red flag and broke a certain norm in Athletics.
What’s the norm that led her to the disqualification?

24. Q20
The video below is a shot from Ep01 S01 from Kumar’s at no. 42.
Name the Indian show inspired by it.

25. Answers

26. Q1
In the year 1972 company X, negotiated a trade deal for its product in the Soviet
market in exchange for the distribution rights of stolichnaya vodka in US.
X negotiated a beverage monopoly locking out their arch rivals out of market. It was a
coup: As the New York Times put it, the beverage was “the first capitalistic product”
available in the U.S.S.R.
The historical exchange caused X to become the one of the most powerful military in
the world, for a moment, before they sold the fleet to a Swedish company for scrap
recycling. Russia is still X’s second biggest market outside of the United States.
Identify X.

27. A1
Pepsi

28. Q2
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were childhood friends in Cleveland who shared a love
for science fiction and adventures. In 1933 they started developing a story about
a character X. This creation could leap long distances, run really fast and lift
heavy weights, but these powers increased greatly over time. Related to this
character is Y, which has recently been in news as the creators introduce this
character as a bisexual.
Id X.

29. A2
Superman

30. *Q3
Remnants of a 1700s ship found buried in soil 20 feet under the X, a structure which is linked to
an incident that took place in the beginning of the 21st century known to have brought world
wide turmoil in world peace and integrity especially igniting religion based hatred.
The discovery of this shipwreck happened in 2010. The scientists say that the ship dates back to
1770s and was used for 20 to 30 years before sailing to what would become its final stop in
lower Manhattan.
This structure was opened almost at the end of the 3rd quarter of the 20th century and was
destroyed during the incident mentioned above. It had a New Formalism type of architectural
style which blended the architecture of the east with modern western concepts.
Id X.

31. A3
World Trade Centre/ Twin Towers.

32. Q4
The term __(4)__ __(4)__ from a certain sport has become part of the
English language now and means a ‘forceful, dramatic move, especially
against someone’ . In the sport, it refers to a forceful shot in which
player jumps right to the scoring area and forces the ball in. It has become
such an integral and entertaining part of the sport that separate
competitions are held only for this move.
ID the term/ FITB.

33. A4
Slam Dunk

34. *Q5
Around 300 or 400 A.D, X is a fruit that travelled from Asia to the Middle East, East
Africa and finally to South America, is considered as one of the diverse fruit
species in the world as per research. It is the first food item that appeared on Indian
stamps in 1967.
In histories, it states that, while Babur had dismissed, Jahangir praised it, declaring
that “notwithstanding the sweetness of the Kabul fruits, not one of them has, to my
taste, the flavour of the X.”
This fruit is the most widely eaten fermented fruit in northern India.
ID X.

35. A5
Mangoes

36. Q6
A Shudra critique of Hindutva philosophy, culture and political economy, ___ _ __
___ _ _____ is a most famous book by the author X (image on the next slide), was
listed as a millennium book along with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste, in
a way has become a weapon in the hands of Dalit Bahujan activists.
In this manifesto for the downtrodden, the author examines the socio-economic and
cultural differences between the so-called low-castes and other Hindus in the context of
childhood, power relation, family life, market relations, death, not at least Hindutva.
FITB.

38. A6
Why I am not a Hindu.

39. Q7
___(7)____ is an ancient art form originating from an asian country. The earliest record of a piece of
this art is in a short poem by Ihara Saikaku in 1680. This form of art is very culturally attached to the
traditions of the country of its origin and are especially popular amongst kids. Already at this time,
there are probably millions of patented designs and new designs are very often patented. It is very
cheap to make these art pieces as you only need one piece of material but the difficulty level varies
a lot.
They have served as very important plot points in various entertainment pieces like in the 2010 video
game Heavy Rain, Blade Runner movie and in TV show House of Cards. But more recently, this art
form is finding its ways in the science and technology industry as it by nature reduce the size of the
material with certain folds and actions. You might have seen its application in science in deployment
of very neatly packed and folded solar panels in space crafts. Which art form?

40. A7
Origami

41. Q8
In early 1990s, Shimizu corporation of Japan applied for patent for an architectural design for the biggest
architectural projects ever. According to an estimate, these would to be 2 km high if completely build. This
idea started when an employe of this company saw the Blade Runner (1982) and saw an architectural marvel in
it which he connected with an architectural marvel from the past which are from another part of the world
which did inspired the set design for that structure in the movie.
He told his idea to his colleagues and proposed how we could solve the overcrowding problem of the world with
these structures. Most people wondered how they are going to pull this impossible project off, which is the exact
same question that people have about those architectural marvels of the past, which gives rise to some of most
absurd conspiracy theories you may hear. In the end patent office found that the design was flawed and
rejected.
Which structures of past inspired this.

42. A8
Pyramids Of Giza/Pyramids.

43. *Q9
X, born in Boston Massachusetts bay, British America in the beginning of the 1700s and lived till an age
of 84. He was active as a diplomat, political philosopher, etc and was one of the most popular
American political figure. A psychological phenomenon is named after him.
Accordingly to this if a person who has already performed a small favor for another person is more
likely to do another favor for the them if they had received a favor from that person. This creates a
cognitive bias in which people feel that if they have helped someone then the person they helped is
trustworthy.
X used it by asking his hater to lend him a book and returned with a thank you note. Soon the hater was
not mad at him. His name has been dropped in many hip hop songs.
Who is the American Political figure being mentioned here.

44. A9
Benjamin Franklin

45. ● Connect (non exhaustive)
Q10

46. A10
Meme stars of the past

47. Q11
In 2001, when X, CEO and founder of Y was pursuing masters at MIT’s media lab; instead of
finishing off his thesis, he was busy exchanging emails with Nike. He heard about Nike’s shoe
customizing scheme and tried sending a four letter word but it was rejected. Later, he tried to
put the word ‘sweatshop’ in and it went through. Only to be later rejected after some time.
What followed through was a series of emails between X along with his friends and Nike.
Within 3 months he was debating labor practices on mainstream media. X was astonished to see
how a student can reach billions of people. Following that X started Y with a friend of his as a
side project because of their growing fascination about why people share content, what
gets them excited.
Id the company Y.

48. A11

49. Q12
X is a two-player board game with characters like Alex, Alfred, Anne, Bernard where women are
outnumbered 5 to 19. In the United States, advertisements for the board game X, often showed
the characters on the cards coming to life, and making witty comments to each other. This caused
later editions of such ads to carry the spoken disclaimer line "game cards do not actually talk" in
order to meet Federal Trade Commission advertising guidelines requiring full disclosure of toy
features unable to be replicated with the actual product.
Popular belief is that a binary search is the most efficient approach to the game X, where each
question halves the number of possible identities. A planned unscripted television adaptation of
the board game X was in early development at NBC.
ID X.

50. A12
Guess Who

51. Q13
In 1799 AD, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, who is known as the founder of an Indian
city erected a special monument on one of the places in the western part of the India,
with nearly 1000 windows (the wind to pass through). as a purpose to allow ladies
in the time to watch the local market activities in their city without being seen.
It is constructed and designed on the both styles adopted from Mughals and
Rajputs by Lal Chand Usthad has now considered as the tallest building in the world
without foundation.
Name the monument.

52. A13
Hawa Mahal

53. *Q14
There is a wild variety of mushroom that grows in the Himalayan mountain region that is one of
the most exotic and pricey food item. ___(6)___ is a wild mushroom that is grown in the
foothills of the Himalayas and is priced at around Rs 30,000 for a kg.
One of the reasons for its high price and demand is it's very less availability. Unlike other
mushrooms, ___(6)___ mushrooms cannot be cultivated commercially at a sustainable scale and
have to be collected from the wild in the old ways only. Considering its luxurious heritage, these
mushroom borrows there name from a certain luxurious fashion brand of Italian origin .
What is the name of this mushroom?

54. A14
Gucchi Mushroom

55. Q15
Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian mathematician and a specialist in theoretical physics. He is best
known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s and collaborating with an eminent
physicists (not from India) in developing the foundation for a theory which completely changed how we
looked at states of matter and their behaviour at absolute zero temperature.
In 1924, Bose wrote a letters describing his research to this noble prize winner. Bose's research impressed
him a lot and they both worked on the theory together and named it after both of their names.
This non Indian physicists gave 3 theories in the start of 20th century one of which is considered as the
most ground breaking theory of modern physics however, he didn't get a nobel prize for this but for
another theory of his.
Who was this eminent physicists with whom Bose collaborated?

57. A15
Albert Einstein

58. Q16
The earliest version of X can be traced to several likely pre-17th century versions from
various European countries. Some of these are significantly different from the currently
known version of X where the little girl is saved by ______. Some of the versions include
La finta nonna (The False Grandmother), It has also been called "The Story of
Grandmother”.
The two best known versions of X were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers
Grimm. X is being narrated till date with different versions and morals.
ID X.

59. A16
Red Riding Hood

60. Q17
Dondurma is commonly sold from both street vendors' carts and store fronts, where the
mixture is churned regularly with long-handled paddles to keep it workable.
Vendors often tease the customer while serving and then taking away the dondurma
with the stick by rotating it around, before finally giving it to the customer. This sometimes
results in misunderstandings among customers unfamiliar with the practice. Vendors often
wear traditional clothing of the Ottoman period.
What is Dondurma commonly known as?

61. A17
Turkish Ice Cream

62. Q18
A shaggy dog story is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of
typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax.
“A brilliant example of this is Shah Guido G." is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac
Asimov which tells the story of Philo Plat is an aristocrat who secretly plots Shah Guido G.'s
downfall. He is a tyrant who rules the Earth from a levitating island called ____(8)____. Plat
convinces shah to order in a division of Waves which causes island to plummet down .
The story ends with the punning punchline: "Why, once more in history, ____(8)____ sank beneath
the Waves."
FITB.

63. A18
Atlantis

64. Q19
At the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, nearly three decades ago, she finished first, doubled up, caught her
breath and then turned back. Her nearest rival was still metres away. But then, instead of an extended
jubilation at the 1986 Asian Games, Shiny Abraham confronted the most unfortunate day in her
athletics career.
When the results were declared, although her time was less than Lim Chun-ae from south korea, Lim
Chun-ae ended up winning gold whereas Shiny Abraham was disqualified even after having a lesser time.
Later she stated that she got confused with the red flag and broke a certain norm in Athletics.
What’s the norm that led her to the disqualification?

65. A19
She changed her track before the 200 meter flag

66. Q20
The video below is a shot from Ep01 S01 from Kumar’s at no. 42.
Name the Indian show inspired by it.

67. A20
Comedy Nights with Kapil

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