Qriosity 2020 (The Silhouettes General College Quiz)

Qriosity: The Silhouettes General
College Quiz.
Prelims
QMs: Dr. Anirudh Anilkumar
Dr. Arnabh Sengupta

1: A strange lecture?
• This profession pays okay, with an average of 26
USD/hour. On the bright side these people attend
concerts for free. They admit that rap concerts can be
a bit of a challenge, but there are a few of them who
specialise in rap concerts.
• A mountain of research, preparation and time goes
into each concert. What comes out is a more
accessible experience that allows everyone to partake
in the joy of live summer music.
• ID the profession.

2: ID the incidents and the brand.

3: Where’s my cow?
• This airline primarily came into existence so this
country’s capital could be linked with Moscow.
This is apparent from the fact its fleet has not a
single Boeing or Airbus, yet has Ilyushin IL 62s
and Tupolev TU 154s.
• This airline is on the prestigious EU No Fly list,
and so doesn’t have a single EU destination.
• More often than not, these days it’s just a
glorified ferry to Macau, for the ultra wealthy. Yet
on paper, it is the national carrier for its people.
• Identify the country and the airline.

4: U noe da way
• Brilliant red Fiesta (and indeed the red glazes produced
by all US potteries of that era) is known for having X in
its glaze. During WW-2, the company’s stocks of X was
commandeered by the US government. And so Fiesta
red was discontinued in 1944.
• It came back into vogue after the AEC relaxed its
restrictions on X, in 1959. In addition to pottery
glazing, it was also extensively used in the tiling
industry. What was the secret ingredient used in
getting this perfectly glazed red?

6: There Had To Be One Or Two.
• The Volfefe Index is a stock market
index of volatility in market sentiment for US
Treasury bonds caused by these.
• Bloomberg News observed Volfefe was created
due to the statistical significance of these on
bond prices. ABC News Online posited the Volfefe
Index could help analyze interest rate risk in the
face of a certain kind of "unpredictable activity“.
• Volfefe was launched by JPMorgan Chase on
September 9, 2019. So what is it that the volfefe
index algorithm uses at the core of it?

7: Charlie Puth starts singing.
• In late January 2020, teams across the NBA
traded fouls intentionally across various
matchups, specifically, 24 second violations
wherein a team has to attempt a shot 24
seconds after gaining posession, and also 8
second back court violations.
• Why were the teams intentionally taking these
fouls?

8: Indeed.
• This word meaning “innate”, “native” or
“natural”, itself derived, somewhat surprisingly,
from the Latin word “genu”, meaning “knee”.
• This unlikely origin arises from a Roman custom
in which a father would place a newborn child on
his knee in order to acknowledge his paternity of
the child, sort of declaring the child to be his true
heir.
• The good word, please.

9: Well
• Montezuma’s Revenge affects foreigners in South
American countries, and especially Mexico. However it is
not limited to South America.
• It is named so because of the atrocities committed by
Cortez and the inquisition, to the natives. In most cases it is
just acutely distressing, however it can result in Guillan
Barre Syndrome, which can be fatal in some cases.
• A similar curse afflicts foreigners in India as well, and it is
known by a 2 word rhyming phrase which everyone would
be familiar with due to po p culture. What is Montezuma’s
Revenge, and name the rhyming Indian equivalent too.

10: Zoomies.
Top Gear is known for many things: cars, comedy, racism,
sexism, homophobia etc.
But the most iconic character on the show is, of course,
The Stig, who always wears his helmet and is a race car
driver par excellence.
However in the first episode of season 13, after a
phenomenal lap in a Ferrari, the Stig’s identity is revealed
to the audience as a joke. Jeremy Clarkson says that it
could be a photocopier salesman from Cheltam, or a shoe
maker from Germany, or even Susan Boyle. Ultimately,
who was revealed to be the Stig, in that episode in 2009?

11: Harry Potter knew one level.
• Hollywood popularised this and said there were 35
levels of this, made a 36th one, etc.
• However there is really only one final test that one
must pass to be acknowledged as truly proficient. And
while there is a practical component, there is also a
scripture recital component, which is what most
people tend to fail. Once they fail, they must wait 3
years before taking the test again.
• The practical component also requires one to be
proficient in a weapon of their choice.
• What is this the final exam for?

12
This is grotesque Graham. He is the
physical embodiment of an inconceivable
idea.
Patricia Piccinini, a leading trauma surgeon
and artist created this lifelike sculpture of
the ideal human body.
This is what human need to look like to
avoid what urban nuisance?

13
Atherosclerotic plaques are a problem that probably
plagues all of humanity. A considerable amount of
plaque material consist of dead and dying
macrophages, which become trapped and
overwhelmed while trying to remove debris and fatty
deposits. These dying cells attract more macrophages
which too get trapped.
researchers from Stanford and Michigan State
University have teamed up to create a nanoparticle
that enters these macrophages innocuously and
changes the cell signalling to allow them to engulf
the dying cells.
What 2 word epithet of yore has this nanoparticle
been given?

14
Founded in 1727, this city was constructed
over a period of four years. The chief
architect, Vidyadhar Bhattacharya was
lauded for his eminent designs and well
planned roads, offices and palaces,
something that is a marvel to this day.
This city underwent a makeover in 1876 to
welcome HRH Albert Edward, Prince of
Wales.
Which city is this?

15
Designed by a practising neurosurgeon, a high
fidelity product designed for navigating during
a neurosurgical procedure.
Biopsies are required to be taken from a hole
that must be drilled precisely into the ICSOL, a
3 dimensional representation of the
structures is a must.
What name has been given to this realistic
operative workstation for educating
neurosurgical apprentices that might remind
you a witch of Scottish descent?

16
The sense of smell of our canine friends is well
known but when it comes to searching for
truffles, they’re trumped by a different
mammal.
It is theorised that the truffles emit a similar
scent to the sex hormones of a male.
Moreover, these animals are well known to
root in search of food.
Which animals are we talking about?

17
Massoud Hassani, having studied Industrial
Design in Eindhoven, was inspired to create
a wind powered instrument to rid his
native country of a certain nuisance.
This unmanned drone is wind powered,
remote controlled and rolls over the
surface, keeping its operator at a safe
distance from its field of work.
What nuisance does it rid Afghanistan of?

18
2017, the NY Public Theatre hosted a vividly staged
production of Julius Caesar as part of of the Public
theatre’s ‘Shakespeare in the Park Festival’.
Its depiction of a petulant blond Caesar in blue
suit, accompanied by a gold bathtub and a pouty
Slavic actress essaying the role of Calpurnia
brought an element of satire in this classic.
Who was this portrayal directed as a jab against?

19
The name of this disease comes from the
Greek ‘to creep’ referring to the spreading
blisters.
While the name might remind zoologists of
things reptilian, it has been a disease
documented since the time of the Roman
emperor Tiberius.
What disease is this?

20
• The Japanese have very strong numerological
beliefs ingrained into their society, like the
association with shin (death), and shi (the
number 4).
• So the number 23 is always used by a certain
Japanese automobile manufacturer, in rally
races, endurance races, even bike races.
Which company does this?

1: A strange lecture?
• This profession pays okay, with an average of 26
USD/hour. On the bright side these people attend
concerts for free. They admit that rap concerts can be a
bit of a challenge, but there are a few of them who
specialise in rap concerts.
• A mountain of research, preparation and time goes
into each concert. What comes out is a more accessible
experience that allows everyone to partake in the joy
of live summer music.
• ID the profession.

• Tianenman Square tanks and Hong Kong
protests.
• Huawei.

• Uranium. Oxides of uranium are ‘brilliant red’

• Sharpiegate where Trump said Hurricane
Dorian would affect Alabama and showed an
official projection where someone literally
drew it over Alabama with a Sharpie.

• Trump Tweets. But of course they don’t know
yet what precisely is a covfefe.

7
• In late January 2020, teams across the NBA
traded fouls intentionally across various
matchups, specifically, 24 second violations
wherein a team has to attempt a shot 24
seconds after gaining posession, and also 8
second back court violations.
• Why were the teams intentionally taking these
fouls?

8
• This word meaning “innate”, “native” or
“natural”, itself derived, somewhat surprisingly,
from the Latin word “genu”, meaning “knee”.
• This unlikely origin arises from a Roman custom
in which a father would place a newborn child on
his knee in order to acknowledge his paternity of
the child, sort of declaring the child to be his true
heir.

9
• Montezuma’s Revenge affects foreigners in South American
countries, and especially Mexico. However it is not limited
to South America.
• It is named so because of the atrocities committed by
Cortez and the inquisition, to the natives. In most cases it is
just acutely distressing, however it can result in Guillan
Barre Syndrome , which can be fatal in some cases.
• A similar curse afflicts foreigners in India as well, and it is
known by a 2 word rhyming phrase which everyone would
be familiar with due to pop culture. What is Montezuma’s
Revenge, and name the rhyming Indian equivalent too.

• Traveller’s Diarrhoea, Delhi Belly.

10
Top Gear is known for many things: cars, comedy, racism,
sexism, homophobia etc.
But the most iconic character on the show is, of course,
The Stig, who always wears his helmet and is a race car
driver par excellence.
However in the first episode of season 13, after a
phenomenal lap in a Ferrari, the Stig’s identity is revealed
to the audience as a joke. Jeremy Clarkson says that it
could be a photocopier salesman from Cheltam, or a shoe
maker from Germany, or even Susan Boyle. Ultimately,
who was revealed to be the Stig, in that episode in 2009?

• Shaolin Kung Fu/ Shaolin Warrior Monk

15
Designed by a practising neurosurgeon, a
high fidelity product designed for
navigating during a neurosurgical
procedure.
Biopsies are required to be taken from a
hole that must be drilled precisely into the
ICSOL, a 3 dimensional representation of
the structures is a must.
What name has been given to this realistic
operative workstation for educating
neurosurgical apprentices that might
remind you a witch of Scottish descent?

16
The sense of smell of our canine friends is well
known but when it comes to searching for
truffles, they’re trumped by a different mammal.
It is theorised that the truffles emit a similar
scent to the sex hormones of a male.
Moreover, these animals are well known to root
in search of food.
Which animals are we talking about?

• Nissan, because ni (2) san (3)
• LeBron James for ever.

Qriosity: The Silhouettes General
College Quiz.
Finals.
QMs: Dr. Anirudh Anilkumar
Dr. Arnabh Sengupta

Qriosity
The Qs are made
up and the points
don't matter.
With Ser Pounce’s
blessing here’s
hoping for an
ample number of
Pounces.

Rules
• 1 written round.
• 2 IR with 10 and -5.

a: Faux Pas (kistan)
• A Pakistani minister was in the news recently
after he congratulated the pilot of an aircraft
for narrowly avoiding what appeared to be an
inevitable collision on the runway. Why was he
in the news for this?

b: Faux Pas (kistan)
• Pakistani senator Rehman Malik decided to
tag the United Nations Organization in a few
tweets criticizing the state of affairs in Kashmir
post the abrogation of Article 370, however
things did not go as planned and he was in the
news for what he tried to do. Why?

c: Faux Pas (kistan)
• Abdul Basit, the former High Commissioner of Pakistan
to India, on Monday, made an embarrassing goof-up in
an attempt to convince the public that the Kashmiris
on the other side of the Line of Control were being
shot down by pellet guns, having shared an image of,
according to him, ‘Yousuf from Ananthnag’ who was
blinded by pellet guns.
• The image shows a bedridden, bald man with a buxom
tearful nurse, who appears to be mourning his
condition in v scandalous attire. Why was this a goof-
up?

• It was a GTA 5 video compilation.
• He tagged the Uno game account instead.
• He retweeted a picture of
Johnny Sins from one of his
Productions.

1: Petal Power
• Pornhub recently launched a new channel,
which aims to spread awareness about a
cause of global concern. They also promise to
donate some money made off this channel to
conservation efforts aimed at fighting this
issue.
• If you were to type in ‘Bisexual’, this category
would pop up as ‘Did you mean ________’?
• Identify the channel/category.

2. IGNOU
• In an episode of Elementary, Holmes and Watson come
across a pathological liar, who’s also an orphan who
goes by the name Cassie Ellenue for a while. Joan
Watson remarks it makes sense, given her court
records.
• A lot of immigrant Uber drivers in the USA have the
same name; Fnu, listed on the app, and they end up
sharing hilarious stories of their customers trying to
pronounce it.
• In the immortal words of desi quizzers, pUt fUnDa.

• Ellenue- LNU (Last Name Unknown)
• FNU- First Name Unknown.

3. Drug Finances in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
• Funnily enough, the DEA is often involved in operations
that use the RICO Act, in fact that’s how they got Al
Capone in the end. So it’s funny that this phrase is used
to refer to their currency decontamination program
which they initiated due to fears of fentanyl and PCP
contaminated money affecting their agents.
• The DEA also has a Program B wherein they actually
have shut down more than a 100 high volume gangs
and tracked them by tracing the purchase of a
particular product throughout the States. What do they
trace the purchase of?

• ‘Money laundering’
• Money counting machines.

4. Mail and femail.
• In 1992 the Indian government issued a stamp to
celebrate the centenary of Stephen Smith's birth,
calling him "the originator of ________ mail in India.
• On 8 June 1959, Barbero, a US submarine, fired
a Regulus cruise missile targeted at the Naval Auxiliary
Air Station at Naval Station Mayport in Florida.
• Friedrich Schmeidl’s early experiments in the 1920s,
subsidised by wealthy philatelists.
• Connect.

5. STC
• The ‘Close Door’ button on American
elevators due to the Disabilities Act of 1990.

• Thermostat controls in offices around the
country, as per the Air Conditioning
Contractors of America.

• Pedestrian crossing buttons in the UK and
Hong Kong using the Split Cycle Offset
Optimisation Techniques, and those in Boston
due to modernisation.

• Door control buttons on the passenger side on
the 1992, 1995, and 1996 stock of the London
Underground.

6: The Devil’s Grass Is In The DEA-tails
• Responsible for the capture of at least 245 people and
the seizure of tons of cocaine from the powerful
Urabeños gang in Colombia, it shouldn’t have been a
surprise that the cartel put out a hit on the Colombian
Antinarcotics operative known by the codename
Sombra aka Shadow, who took point on these raids, all
of which occurred over 5 years.
• What did surprise people was the 70,000 USD bounty
offered for the hit. Why was this particular cartel
contract ordered last year, so unique or special?

Sombra is this good girl. Don’t worry,
she’s under protection at the
international airport these days.

7: Huh. All Bark and no Bite.
• Originally, these were made from a thin layer of cork,
effectively waterproofing the paper under it, and
helping to enhance grip. Of course, money is
important, which is why only the proximal portion was
coated with this substance.
• However, the cork coating went out of vogue, and the
last ones to be sold with this coating were in the early
2010s. However, even today, these products pay
homage to their cork coating, with some brands not
only attempting to mimic that colour, but also the
visual texture. What’s being discussed here?

Smoking causes cancer. Cancer Kills.

8: Hi 5
Developer Shachihata Inc., which makes
easy-to-use pre-inked seals, hopes the
product, priced at ¥2,500 before tax, will
help deter a common problem on Japan’s
crowded trains.
A limited trial run of 500 sets sold out in
less than an hour after sales began. The
stamp uses a special ink that only becomes
visible under ultraviolet light, but not under
sunlight or artificial light, according to the
company. The black light that comes with
the stamp can be used to illuminate the 9-
millimeter stamped mark. What is it used
for? This is an alternative to a solution that
was suggested using safety pins.

• Gropers. DTC mein bhi kaam aaega.

9: Really odd adaptive mechanism in
general.
• Russian researchers, who are volunteers at the Wild
Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Novosibirsk had a
crowdfunding appeal, which has paid off more than
100,000 roubles, called "Top up the eagle's mobile“.
• It ran in October 2019, since these researchers ran into
a bit of trouble while studying steppe eagles, who are
found throughout Central Asia, and Easter Europe. How
did the researchers run out of money, and have to rely
on crowdfunding until a telecom operator agreed to
waive off their bills?
• (Assume they did not function like AMC, and the
money went where it was supposed to.)

• The tracking devices on the eagles ran up
roaming charges, especially thanks to Min the
eagle.

10:o
• There are two accepted etymologies for this
medical word. The first being from the Latin for
‘red hot material’ in a forge as once this occurs, a
body part is supposed resemble a brightly
shining heart of a furnace.
• Another, more interesting etymology is thanks to
the invention of photography, which resulted in
people being able to better document a certain
phenomenon involving blood vessels that might
have given this medical word its name.

• Mydriasis. (If not pursuing MBBS, pupillary
dilation will be accepted.)

11: The Holy Month
• During Ramadan, Muslims are supposed to not eat or drink
between dawn and dusk.
• As per Ahmed Abdul Aziz al-Haddad, a Dubai cleric, said
that a certain group of Muslims should break their fast two
minutes later than the rest.
• Another Dubai cleric, Mohammed al-Qubaisi, has been
quoted as saying that people beyond a certain cutoff
should fast for an extra two minutes, while those facing an
even higher cutoff should wait for three more minutes
before eating or drinking.
• The clerics say there are ancient precedents in Islamic law,
even though the people affected are actually affected by a
21st century phenomenon. What is being discussed here?

• Burj Khalifa et al.
• Skyscrapers are so tall now that there’s a
longer period of time for which the sun is
visible from the upper floors.

12: Huh?
In sports, a false start is a movement by a participant
before (or in some cases after) being signaled or
otherwise permitted by the rules to start.
In track and field events wherein the start is being
signaled by a gunshot, participants are penalised for a
false start even if they start moving 0.1s after the shot is
fired.
What is the logic behind this being labelled a false start
even though the athlete is moving after the shot is fired?

• Gunshot  travels to ear  Ear converts
sound to signals  Signals carried to brain 
Brain converts signals to input  Processed by
auditory cortex, compared with memory
Interpreted as start  You start.
• This takes at least 0.1s, which means you will
have started before the shot, if you’re moving
before 0.1s elapsed from the shot.

13: Expensive.
• As per guidelines issued by the Nepali government and
verified by an official State Department memorandum
as well as a US foreign services dispatch in 1959, there
are a few rules regarding indulging in a particular
pastime in the Nepalese mountains:
• 1. No killing or maiming, no shooting except in self
defence.
• 2. A government permit must be obtained, for 5,000
rupees.
• 3. If you are successful in your endeavours, then you
must turn over what you find to the government.
• What is being discussed here?

14:
• Armalcolite is a titanium-rich mineral with the
chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5.
• It is a very rare element, however it can be found in
various locations and also synthesised artificially.
However it reflects the partial pressure of oxygen
during its formations, that is, the concentration of
oxygen during its formation, and thus can be used to
differentiate between terrestrial and non terrestrial
forms.
• Either give the etymology of Amalcolite, formed from
an amalgamation of 3 metals, and also 3 men, or what
this difference can be used to verify.

• Arm(strong),Al(drin),Co(llins)ite.
• It was used to establish the veracity of so
called Moon rock samples.

15: Cutting Edge Stuff
• Today, this particular type of tourism deals with visitors
travelling to the Genbaku Dome, or the city of Pripyat,
among others. China too wants to open a tourist hotel
at Malan Base in its Uighur region.
• However far from being a recent fad, it originated in
the 1940s and 50s in Las Vegas. Actively bubbling
cocktails were served in the panoramic Sky Room of
the Desert Inn, which had the highest view in the city
at the time, allowing the tourists who came to enjoy
the sight of something to have the best possible view.
• What tourism is being discussed here?

16
• UVF=Ultraviolet Fluorescence (Schott KV 418)
UVR=Ultraviolet Reflectography(Schott UG1 or Schott BG12)
VIL=Infrared Fluorescence (Schott RG830, ARRI LoCoster)
VM=Visual Light Stereo Microscopy (10-50x, Zeiss & Olympus)
DM=Digital Microscopy
FM=Fluorescence Microscopy
RL=Raking Light (Schott KL1500 & others)
NLBW=Photography in visible light, black & white
NLORTHO=Photography in visible light, black & white on orthochromatic
negative film
NLCOLOR=Photography in visible light, full color
REFLCOLOR=Photography in visible reflecting light, full color
MPH=Macro Photography (via Microscope or Macro lenses)
3DSCAN=Structured Light Scanning
μ-XRF=Micro X-ray Fluorescence Analysis
μ-XRD=Micro X-Ray Diffraction
Slcam=X-Ray Colour Camera

• The various techniques you saw were all used by an
research organisation called the Polychromy Research
Project. It was set up in the 1970s by scholars,
archaeologists, and historians who came to a startling
realisation about something commonly seen in
museums, private collections, and in movies across
the world.
• They aim to rectify this misconception and restore
pieces across the world to their former glory. Exactly
what misconception, or what do they restore in
museums, ancient art galleries, or private collections?

Ancient Greco Roman statues were
actually really colourful, not plain
white.

17
• The Lazarus reflex, is sometimes observed in
brain dead patients, since it is a reflex arc that
doesn’t involve the brain itself. Hence the name,
after Lazarus of Bethany who Jesus of Nazareth
revived from the dead. It consists of the patient
slowly and briefly raising their arms, and then it
falling back to resemble the folded arms of a
mummy.
• What did this inspire in pop culture, that is now
considered almost cliche?

Why zombies usually have their arms
raised.

18
• Utah Governor Gary Herbert halted the
distribution of 100,000 free condoms in the US
state because of racy slogans on the packaging.
• It features phrases like "Enjoy Your Mountin" and
"Explore Utah's caves“.
• However perhaps the best one featured wordplay
was on Utah and its capital, Salt Lake City, to
create an offensive word. Give the bad word,
please.

19: Widderschynnes now.
• A security researcher going by the name of
Droogie attempted to mess with Automated License Plate
Reader (ALPR) systems by customizing a vanity California
license plate with the word “NULL.” The word is used in
programming to indicate no value, and Droogie hoped that
it would mess with the systems, resulting in him escaping
fines.
• However the plan backfired, and he ended up getting fined
more than 12,000 USD, through no fault of his own. Why?
• “I was like, ‘I’m the shit, I’m gonna be invisible,’” Droogie
told the crowd at DEF CON, Mashable reported. “Instead, I
got all the tickets.”

• All vehicles that were fined for various
reasons, and didn’t have detectable number
plates, were assigned the number plate NULL.

20
• Belgium’s biggest Telecom operator VOO,
created posters that look like modern art, as
part of a supremacy establishing ad campaign,
where they made their competitors look bad.
• Look at a few of the posters, and please
identify the source material of these
Mondrianesque Monstrosities.

Video calls on their competitor’s
network.

21
• Saudi Arabia advertised for eight new religious
functionaries in 2015, recruiting extra staff on
the lower end of the civil service scale.
• No special qualifications are needed for the jobs,
as per the advert, posted on the civil service jobs
portal.
• The country’s modernity is reflected in the
downloadable pdf application form available for
the job.
• What was religious functionary a euphemism for?

22
• Alfred Levy was an inventor, factory owner, and
entrepreneur. In 1962, Levy discovered a problem with the
phone lines at his factory : a loose wire was touching a
metal girder on the building. This made the building a giant
receiver so that the audio broadcast signal from a radio
station next door would transmit through the loose wire
and could be heard during calls, which was really
annoying, to be sure.
• But like all great inventors, he took this in his stride, and
was inspired to create something, for which he filed a
patent the very same year. What did he create, which most
of us must have experienced and also been annoyed by?

23
• We’ve all felt this, and claimed to have experienced
this. However research by Professor Barbara Rolls into
Sensory Specific Satiety showed that this is indeed
true.
• As per her research, satiety is not induced by the
mechanical stretch of muscle fibres, rather it is
intimately linked to the brain’s perception of sources
of nutrition which are to be ingested, making it a
variable construct, rather than a fixed one.
• Which phrase, often heard during dining out, or at
buffets, is this the scientific backing for?

• Always got room for dessert .
• AKA The Dessert Stomach.

24
Also known as ‘The Good Samaritan’ this
statue depicts a doctor in medieval
Moorish-Spanish robe, holding the
drooping body of an almost naked man on
his left knee.
It commemorates the first use of a certain
thing in medical science, 15 mins way in
Massachusetts General Hospital.

25
This is Jim Burke, an Australian cricketer who
holds the record for the most innings in a
complete career without scoring a duck(44).
However, cricket statisticians would
remember him for a certain test of 27-31 July
1956 where he was caught by Colin Cowdrey
off GAR Lock of England.
This incident kept a certain player from
achieving a picture perfect record. What was
it?

26
Manipur, some call it the Switzerland of the East is a
sporting powerhouse.
Interestingly, they have their own versions of sports that
we might today consider occidental in origin.
Kagol Sangjei: 7 players on each side mounted on ponies
Yubi Lakpi: Where Yubi is a Coconut and Lakpi means
‘snatching’ in Manipuri.
How do we know these sports better?
No part points.

Answer
• Yupi Lakpi is Rugby
• Kagol Sangjei is Polo

27
The bathroom at one popular Starbucks in Centre
City, Philadelphia feels a little more like the inside
of a lava lamp.
The entire room is bathed in blue light.
A number of other popular eating joints in the area
have followed suit, what’s more many residents
have installed blue lightbulbs on their front
porches.
What public nuisance and health problem are they
tackling through this change of illumination?

• The blue light doesn’t allow IV Drug abusers to
see their veins and they can’t shoot ‘em up
into their system.

28
Albert Alexander was a constable in the police
force of Oxford. In Dec 1940, he was scratched by a
rose thorn on his face.
By the end of the month, his wounds were badly
infected. Despite various treatments, he wasn’t
recovering and had developed multiple abscesses
and also lost an eye.
Albert Alexander has now entered the annals of
medical history as he made his miraculous
recovery in Jan 1941.
Why is he known to medical historians?

Answer
• First patient to have received a dose of
Penicillin.

29
Shetland islands, the northernmost of the UK are
over 200 km from the Northern Coast of Scotland.
Cartographers, world over would often represent
the islands in away that irked its residents and
made them feel quite hemmed in and neglected.
2018 saw them successfully petition against their
representation and finally cartographers had to
think outside regular geometric constraints.
What were they petitioning against?

Shetland was represented in a box

30
Egyptian Revival architecture is a style that uses the
motifs and imagery of ancient Egypt.
It saw a few spikes in demand after certain events
had come to pass.
a) 1790s and spilled over into the early 1800s
b) 1920’s which eventually gave birth to the
Egyptian theatre movement in the USA.
Which events in 1790s and 1920s sparked this
revival?

• 1790s: Napoleon’s campaign into the Ottoman
territories of Egypt and Syria
• 1920s-The discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb

31
Professor X and Magneto, both powerful mutants
were created in the 1960s from the Marvel
powerhouse.
From a social and philosophical perspective,
Professor X deeply resents violence and believes
in a pacifist approach towards mutant-human
coexistence.
However, Magneto has been represented in a more
militant perspective, a lack of belief in the human
race with a penchant for vengeance.
Considering the political climate in the decade of
their creation, who were these characters based
on?

• Prof. Charles Xavier was based on Martin
Luther King Jr. while Magneto was based on
Malcolm X

32
Apollo 15 carried onboard an unusual set of cargo:
a geologic hammer weighing 1.3 kg and a Falcon
feather weighing 0.003 kg.
During the final minutes of the third extravehicular
activity, this cargo was brought out to confirm a
well established theory.
"It was poetic since the homeward journey was
based critically on the validity of the theory being
tested”
What were they thus replicating?

• They replicated Galileo’s experiment from the
top of leaning Tower of Pisa where he
dropped a feather and a hammer at the same
time and they reached the ground at the same
time

33
Japan is an island nation that did very well for itself
after the war.
However, in the Japanese market, one finds many
products that may not be found anywhere else in
the world.
Whether it was the Japanese feature phones, or
their lightweight Kei cars or the various little
gadgets one finds on a leisurely stroll through its
streets.
This development of goods in relative isolation
from the rest of the world with a focus on the local
market takes it’s name from a place on the
opposite end of the world.
What is it?

34
June 8, 1783 saw an eruption in Iceland that went
on for 8 months, killing cattle and making life
inhospitable in the sea due to the 3.7 quadrillion
gallons of lava and immense amount of ash.
While America and Japan suffered terrible droughts
and exceptionally cold winters, Europe was faced
with an exceptionally hot summer of 1783
followed by an exceptionally long winter leading to
crop failures.
Environmental historians have deduced that this
might have been the trigger to a world changing
event roughly half a decade later. What?

35
April 2019, the Afghan Defense Minister
chose the proprietary camouflage
Hyperstealth Spec4d Forest.
The choice was a poor one not only since it
was the most expensive of the lot but due
to another reason as well.
Take a look at the topography of the
region, the camouflage pattern and tell us
why the choice was an especially poor one.

• Most of Afghanistan is Desert terrain and this
forest based camo pattern only worsened the
fate of the Afghan troops.

36
Born on 23 October 1940 in Tres Coracoes,
Minas Gerais, he was the elder of two siblings.
His parents named him after Thomas Alva
Edison but without a vowel.
The name he is popularly known by came
about due to his mispronunciation of the
name of his favourite goalkeeper of FC Vasco
Da Gama.
Meaning miracle in Hebrew, who is this pearl
of a person?

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