Magister answers 2018

SJC Quizzers
&
Karnataka Quiz Association
present

SJC Quizzers
Nagarathna Patil
Prithwiraj Mukherjee
Avinash Thirumalai
Arul Mani

Section I
RULES
35 questions x 1 point
You can stake 1 point on a question if sure of the
answer
You can stake on a maximum of 10 questions
No negative
Max score: 45

Qn. 1 SJC Quizzers & KQA
The 2018 Edition
X is the son of an American anthropologist
who specialized in the economic anthropology
and rural development of Indonesia, and a
Kenyan senior governmental economist who
was the first Black student at University of
Hawaii (as per X himself).
Identify X who has something to do with the
number 44.

ANSWER
ANSWER SJC Quizzers & KQA
The 2018 Edition

Barack Obama
Mother – Stanley Ann Dunham
Father - Barack Obama Sr.
The 2018 Edition

What?
The 2018 Edition

Space shuttle Challenger explosion
The 2018 Edition

Give the two word alliterative name for
people who steal stuff like this.
The 2018 Edition

Porch Pirate
The 2018 Edition

______ is the anglicised name for China used
famously by Marco Polo. It originates from
word Khitan for the nomadic people of the
region.
What name?
The 2018 Edition

Cathay
The 2018 Edition

It is a venue of debates and discussions,
and has the entrance door from India,
furniture wood from Burma, the tables
from Canada and the leather seats from
Australia?
Which place is this?
The 2018 Edition

The House of Commons
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
Connect

Alsatian
The 2018 Edition

What colloquial portmanteau is used to
describe the set of social conventions that
facilitate interaction over the internet?
The 2018 Edition

Netiquette
The 2018 Edition

In 2014, X let people buy his album Animal
Ambition using bitcoin. He then let his
account lie unused for years, and only
recently discovered that he’s now a bitcoin
millionaire.
Who is X?
The 2018 Edition

50 Cent
The 2018 Edition

This ancient rock art found in Kashmir is
supposed to depict what celestial event?
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
A Supernova
Astrophysicist Mayank Vahia at the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research argues that this is the oldest record of a
supernova (~3600 B.C.) and likely the oldest sky chart ever
drawn.

The 2018 Edition
__ _____ ________ is a song by Elton John from his 1983 album,
Too Low for Zero. Elton said, “this was my reaction to still being
relevant and successful in the early 1980's, post-Punk and with
the New-Romantics creeping in”.
__ _____ ________ is also footballer Fabrice Muamba’s book co-
authored by Chris Brereton.
DESCRIPTION: “Fabrice Muamba has been there. He knows.
Muamba was the Bolton Wanderers player who collapsed during
a FA Cup match. After initial emergency treatment, he was
rushed to the coronary unit at the London Chest Hospital.
Muamba's heart stopped beating for 78 minutes. But amazingly
he survived. This is his story”.
Fill in the blanks.

I’m Still Standing
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
X is a German science fiction thriller web
series co-created by Baran bo Odar and
Jantje Friese. It is the first German-language
Netflix original series, and debuted on
Netflix's streaming service on December 1,
2017.
Identify.

Qn. SJC Quizzers & KQA
The 2018 Edition

Dark
The 2018 Edition

Hip-hop artist Open Eagle Mike once described them
as “The best band of all time. Better than the Stones,
better than the Beatles, better than Oasis, and better
better than Crosby, Stills & Nash”, even though one of
one of its founders said they were the “most stoppable
stoppable force in rock music.”
If you’ve read Don Quixote, you might need to
remember why he attacked windmills to name this
this band.
Identify this 36-year old alt-rock band.
The 2018 Edition

They Might Be Giants
The 2018 Edition

Salt/mineral mining and the diversion of the Jordan
river have caused fresh groundwater to well up &
create large underground cavities, above which ~6500
sinkholes have formed. This process has been blamed
for the rapid shrinking of an ancient tourist & pilgrim
hotspot.
What region/place is this?
The 2018 Edition

The Dead Sea
The 2018 Edition

Diagnosed with astigmatism as a child, he took to
tennis as his family doctor advised him to “focus on
something green” to help manage the problem.
Nicknamed ‘The Professor’ for something distinct
about his attire, he impressed recently by “out-
Djokovicing Novack Djokovic”.
Who is this tennis player?
The 2018 Edition

Hyeon Chung
The 2018 Edition

It has nothing to do with the name of an ancient
port city in Kerala, but is related to the size – if the
cooked & dried unripe fruit is 4.25mm or larger, it
can be sold under this name.
What spice are we talking about?
The 2018 Edition

Tellicherry pepper
The 2018 Edition

The Sikkim Forest Tree (Amity and Reverence) Rules
2017 legally permits you to do what?
The 2018 Edition

SJC Quizzers & KQA
The 2018 Edition

Adopt a tree as a ‘sibling’
The 2018 Edition

Chile recently created 5 new national parks spanning
10.3 million acres, launching a 17-park route
stretching down its southern spine. This followed the
donation of 1 million acres of private land by Kristine
McDevitt Tompkins. Incidentally, Tompkins is the
former CEO of a company that shares its name with
the region Chile is trying to protect by creating this
route.
Identify the company/brand OR the region.
The 2018 Edition

Patagonia
The 2018 Edition

It primarily regulates energy balance by inhibiting
hunger, and gets its name from the Greek word for
“thin”.
Mice unable to make it, or which have mutated
receptors are constantly hungry & lethargic,
resulting in them becoming up to 3 times larger than
normal mice.
Name this hormone.
The 2018 Edition

Leptin
The 2018 Edition

It comes from the Greek words for ‘worst’ and ‘rule’,
and literally means ‘a government run by the worst
people in society’.
Much in favour these days, what’s the good word?
The 2018 Edition

Kakistokracy
The 2018 Edition

Manu Prakash once visited a field station in Thailand
and saw that it had a very expensive _______; however
people were afraid to use it as it was fragile & very
expensive. He felt that such an attitude was detrimental
to diagnosis, research and education – and so came up
with a DIY version that would cost < $1 to make.
Identify this poster child of the ‘frugal science’
movement, OR tell us what expensive instrument it
is a substitute for.
The 2018 Edition

Foldscope
or
Microscope
(A cardboard microscope that you can buy
& make yourself)
The 2018 Edition

Bangalore usually hosts two types of races – Homer
races in which the participants have to wing their
way to a designated place in the city starting
anywhere from 200 to 1,000 kms; and tests of
endurance called a Giribaz race. The 2005 Giribaz
record of 13 hrs 11 min remains unbroken.
Enthusiasts of this ‘sport’ are called Davadi, with
the honorific usually prefixed to their name.
What are we talking about?
The 2018 Edition

Pigeon racing
The 2018 Edition

The Contest between Harmony and Invention is a
set of 12 concertos for violin & strings composed
between 1723 – 1725. The first four concertos were
also accompanied by sonnets meant to evoke the
spirit of particular times.
By what name do we better know this hugely
popular quartet?
The 2018 Edition

The Four Seasons
(by Antonio Vivaldi)
The 2018 Edition

Letter written in 1989 in response to a request to
supply a blurb for the anthology Synergy: New Science
Fiction, Volume 1.
Who was the angry letter writer?
The 2018 Edition

Ursula K Le Guin
The 2018 Edition

She didn’t like her given name, which means “love”
in her native Albanian, but later came to enjoy it as it
eliminated the need for a stage name. The smash hit
from her eponymous debut album offered an action
plan for anyone tempted to rekindle things with a
dodgy ex, ending with the memorable line “If you’re
under him, you ain’t getting over him”.
Just identify this pop star.
The 2018 Edition

Dua Lipa
The 2018 Edition

Although they are similar to other raptors – are usually
solitary, are superlative fliers & predators, and have
plumage almost exclusively in earth tones – genomic
analysis showed that they were most closely related to
the parrot/passerine family of birds. A hint to this
ancestry is seen in the fact that kill their prey using their
beaks and not talons like raptors do, akin to parrots
pecking at their food.
Identify this group OR type of bird.
The 2018 Edition

Falconidae
(accept any of these - falcons, kestrels,
falconets, caracaras)
The 2018 Edition

For Atlanta, 15 December 1939 was a day like
no other. Georgia’s governor, Eurith Rivers had
proclaimed a public holiday and hundreds of
thousands of visitors had piled into Atlanta’s
hotels and guest houses. Everywhere you
looked, the Confederate flag fluttered from
balconies and flagposts. It was, the future
president Jimmy Carter later remarked, “the
biggest event to happen in the South in my
lifetime”.
What event?
The 2018 Edition

The premiere of Gone with the Wind.
The 2018 Edition

He became the court photographer to the 6th
Nizam of Hyderabad in 1885. He was
appointed as the photographer to the Viceroy
of India. The Nizam conferred the honorary
title of Raja upon him. It was at this time
that he created the firm Raja ____ _____ &
Sons in Hyderabad. He was appointed
photographer to Queen Victoria in 1887.
Which famous court photographer?
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition

Raja Deen Dayal
The 2018 Edition

Released by Apple on January 19, 1983, it
was one of the first personal computers to
offer a graphical user interface (GUI). Steve
Jobs named it after his first daughter.
What is the computer’s name?
The 2018 Edition

LISA
The 2018 Edition

In the 1940s to help sell their new drink,
they decided to name the drink after a slang
term for moonshine used in the American
South. This proved to be effective an
effective tactic and helped them grow.
Which drink?
The 2018 Edition

Mountain Dew
The 2018 Edition

Founded in Istanbul in 1623, it is one of the
oldest companies still in existence. The
________ Company moved from
manufacturing noisemakers that frightened
the enemies of the Ottoman Empire to
manufacturing its musical instruments in
the 19th century.
Which company?
The 2018 Edition

Zildjian
The 2018 Edition

This recent book contains the biographical
account of KG Satyamurthy, a renowned figure
in the Communist movement and a founder of
the People’s War Group. The title is a comment
that the author’s uncle Satyamurthy makes
when he is humiliated due to his origins. The
author despite her academic and professional
success seeks to go and work in the United
States, where she becomes aware of the
dehumanizing impact caste has.
Which book?
The 2018 Edition

Ants Among Elephants
by Sujatha Gidla
The 2018 Edition

It was first observed by the Jesuit priest
Francesco Grimaldi. The word is derived
from Latin where it means ‘to divide’.
Which physical phenomenon?
The 2018 Edition

Diffraction
The 2018 Edition

Thomas Woodrooffe was a commentator for
BBC radio. In 1937 he was asked to describe
the fleet review of his old battleship HMS
Nelson. However, he had a bit too much to
drink before the broadcast and often
repeated the phrase live "the fleet's ___ __.
When I say ‘___ __', I mean ___ __ by fairy
lamps”. ___ __ is a euphemism for
drunkenness that is still in use today.
What phrase?
The 2018 Edition

Lit up
The 2018 Edition

In mid-18th-century England, an __X__ was a
fashionable person who dressed and spoke in
an outlandishly affected manner. It
pejoratively referred to a man who "exceeded
the ordinary bounds of fashion" in terms of
clothes, fastidious eating, and gambling. It
arose because young men who had been to
Italy on the Grand Tour had developed a
liking for __X__ and would refer to anything
that was fashionable as "very __X__".
What’s the term?
The 2018 Edition

Macaroni
The 2018 Edition

Such rocky protrusions
can be found at the
Himalayan foothills, most
notably in Ladakh.
What caused such
features to form?
The 2018 Edition

Collision of India with Asia
(accept continental collision, colliding of tectonic
plates etc)
The 2018 Edition

Section II
RULES
30 questions x 1 point
These **ed questions will be counted to resolve ties
No negatives
Max score: 30

Senlin Ascends, Josiah Bancroft’s self-published
sleeper hit of 2017, is the story of teacher Thomas
Senlin & his wife Marya, who on their honeymoon
visit a “great refuge of learning, the source of many
wonders, and the very seat of civilization” in the heart
of Asia. On arrival here, they lose all their belongings
and are separated; the rest of the story is about Senlin
ascending the monolith in search of his wife.
What fabled monument does the story take place
in?
The 2018 Edition

The Tower of Babel
The 2018 Edition

What is this map showing?
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition

We use only 2 words for ‘tea’
The 2018 Edition

Sambhaji Bhosle, when visiting his cousin Shahji
Bhosle in Thanjavur, once had a craving for amti daal
(Maharashtrian daal). This used the dried &
powdered rind of a fruit of the mangosteen family as
a souring agent. As it wasn’t available, tamarind was
added instead – Sambhaji loved the dish, and this is
how sambar is supposed to have come about.
What fruit does amti daal make use of?
The 2018 Edition

Kokum fruit
The 2018 Edition

When two young females, Beryl the mole & her
friend Rabbit, move into a neighbourhood cottage,
the lives of our four bachelors are thrown into
confusion – misunderstandings, adventures and
kidnapping follow, until eventually a happy end is
reached.
Kij Johnson’s The River Bank is both a sequel &
response to which classic of children’s literature?
The 2018 Edition

The Wind in the Willows
The 2018 Edition

Southerners ascribe the second to the skylark, while
those in the North hold a cow separated from her calf
responsible. The peacock, goat, heron, koel, horse
and elephant are common to both traditions.
What are we talking about?
The 2018 Edition

Origin of the Saptaswara
Sound made by these animals is what gives Indian
music its seven notes
The 2018 Edition

The XFL was a short-lived professional football league
setup in the 2000s as a joint-venture between NBC & a
sports-entertainment promoter/group. Chicago
Enforcers, NY/NJ Hitmen, Las Vegas Outlaws, LA
Xtreme, Orlando Rage, and SF Demons were some of
the teams involved. On 25th January 2018, the promoter
announced that it would return, most likely by 2020.
Identify the promoter OR the sports-entertainment
group.
The 2018 Edition

Vince McMahon/WWE
The 2018 Edition

Photo from 1989 showing Norma McCorvey and her
lawyer Gloria Alred, after the US Supreme Court
decided not to overturn an earlier landmark decision in
which McCorvey was the plaintiff.
In the 1990s she had a change of heart and expressed
remorse for her role in all of this.
Explain, or tell us how we better know Norma
McCorvey?
The 2018 Edition

McCorvey was the “Jane Roe” in Roe v.
Wade
(that US State laws banning abortion were
unconstitutional)
The 2018 Edition

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ effect is a phenomenon in which ‘a
large number of people share false memories of past
events’, i.e., they remember an ‘alternate history’. It
gets its name after the blogger Fiona Broome wrote
about her experience meeting others who shared her
‘false memory’ of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dying in prison.
Fill in the blanks.
The 2018 Edition

The Mandela Effect
The 2018 Edition

It is called the mihoutau in China – macaque fruit –
after the monkeys’ love for it. It began to become
popular in the West in the 1970s, but China was then
busy with the Cultural Revolution to notice. Re-
branded after a similar furry, brown creature, it is now
indelibly associated with another country an ocean
away.
What fruit are we talking about?
The 2018 Edition

Kiwi fruit
(Chinese gooseberry)
The 2018 Edition

Ambikasutan Mangad’s
novel set in Kasargod
district, Kerala is based on
people’s struggles with
something that India is the
largest producer as well as
consumer of.
What?
The 2018 Edition

Endosulfan
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
__________: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial
Crime Unit is 1995 non-fiction crime book
written by retired FBI agent John E.
Douglas. It details Douglas's "criminal-
personality profiling" on serial killers and
mass murderers, which he developed over
decades of interviews with known killers.
The 2017 Netflix series __________ was
heavily based on the book.
Fill in the blank.

Mindhunter
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
After working with the Oxford University Press,
Chennai for seven years (1963–70), he resigned to take
to writing full-time. While in Madras he got involved
with local amateur theatre group, The Madras. He
played the role of Governor of Tamil Nadu, Kakarla
Sathyanarayana Moorthy in the Tamil movie
Kadhalan. He also acted in several other Tamil movies
like Naan Adimai Illai, Ratchagan (Rakshakudu in
Telugu), Kaadhal Mannan.
It must be noted that X is not from Tamil Nadu nor
does he write in Tamil.
Identify actor, director & writer X.

Girish Karnad
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
Urban dictionary definition of the word:
a.The fear of an empty glass; - manifests
itself in a number of circumstances and the
symptoms can be uncomfortable at best,
downright terrifying at worst.
b. The fear of wrestler John Cena being
covered in silicone in a wrestling match.
What word?

Cenosillicaphobia
The 2018 Edition

He wrote that he had been quite
naughty as a young boy, and was
definitely not considered to be as
smart as his sister, Caroline. He
did’nt like school very much and
found it boring, but really loved
nature and being outside – he
enjoyed collecting plants and dead
animals, and his family noticed
that he liked going for walks on his
own to find things that he could
add to his collection.
Who in the picture?
The 2018 Edition

Charles Darwin
The 2018 Edition

What are these places?
The 2018 Edition

Raj Bhavans
(official residences of State Governors)

Treading a fine line between Christianity &
paganism, and between religious principle and
economic pragmatism, he issued an edict declaring
that Sunday must be the day of rest . “On the
venerable day of the Sun,” he ordered, “let the
magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let
all workshops be closed. In the country however
persons engaged in agriculture may freely and
lawfully continue their pursuits because it often
happens that another day is not suitable for
grainsowing or vine planting.”
Who?
The 2018 Edition

Constantine
The 2018 Edition

Max Müller's books inspired in him a keen interest
in Sanskrit texts. Finding the existing English
translations unconvincing he enrolled in 1909 at
University College, to study Sanskrit & then make
his own translations. His works include Sita, a
three-act opera based on an episode in the
Ramayana; Savitri, a chamber opera based on a
tale from the Mahabharata; four groups of Hymns
from the Rig Veda; and two texts originally by
Kālidāsa: Two Eastern Pictures and The Cloud
Messenger.
Identify the composer.
The 2018 Edition

Gustav Holst
The 2018 Edition

On June 17, 1939, Weidmann was taken
out in front Saint-Pierre. Among the
attendees was future acting legend
Christopher Lee, then 17 years old. Rather
than react with solemn observance, the
crowd behaved rowdily, using
handkerchiefs to dab up blood as souvenirs.
Paris-Soir denounced the crowd as
“disgusting”, “unruly”.
What historically famous event?
The 2018 Edition

Last public execution by guillotine
The 2018 Edition

Qn. 54. SJC Quizzers & KQA
It is named after the Westernized name of its
Soviet inventor, Термéн, who patented the
device in 1928.
What instrument? (Block diagram in the pic)
The 2018 Edition

Theremin
The 2018 Edition

A phrase meaning “in a state of
uncomfortable suspense” is derived from the
objects seen in the picture.
What is the phrase?
The 2018 Edition

On Tenterhooks
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
This is a special kind of refrigerator made by
brands like Samsung and LG for people to
store a certain food in so that it can ferment
over time.
What food?

Kimchi
The 2018 Edition

If this is the biologist’s answer, what is the
philosophical question?
The 2018 Edition

What came first?
The Chicken or the Egg?
The 2018 Edition

In 1904, Thomas Sullivan decided to send
out samples of his product in silk pouches
instead of in boxes. Customers did not know
that the pouches had to be removed and used
the product with it contained inside the silk.
Thus, X Y’s were accidentally invented.
Give X Y’s, X being the product he was
trying to ship.
The 2018 Edition

Tea Bags
The 2018 Edition

According to Greek mythology, while __X__
was known to be peaceful, if accidentally
awakened from his noontime nap his
shouting would cause flocks to stampede.
This gave rise to a word that is used in
English.
X and the word?
The 2018 Edition

Pan and Panic
The 2018 Edition

Graecum est; non legitur is a phrase that
was increasingly used by monk scribes in
the Middle Ages who were tasked with
copying manuscripts in monastic libraries.
The phrase __X__ is likely a direct
translation of this phrase.
What phrase?
The 2018 Edition

It’s all Greek to me
The 2018 Edition

Cards Against Humanity is a party game in
which players complete fill-in-the-blank
statements using words or phrases typically
deemed as offensive, risqué or politically
incorrect printed on playing cards. It was
initially named __X__, where X was a play on a
term that is used for pleasure derived from
another person's misfortune.
What is X?
The 2018 Edition

Cardenfreude
The 2018 Edition

The __X__ __Y__ Marathon is an annual race,
traditionally held on the third Saturday of May, along
one stretch of the __X__ __Y__. Containing more than
20,000 unrelenting stone steps – many vary in height
from a few centimeters to over 40 cm in height – it is
considered to be one of the most challenging adventure
marathons. While a small portion of the __X__ __Y__ on
the course has been restored, most of it is still in ruins
and runners are likely to encounter loose stones, gravel,
missing steps, and crumbling walls along with sections
taken over by nature with trees and plant life.
Where does this marathon take place?
The 2018 Edition

Great Wall Marathon
The 2018 Edition

The circumstellar habitable zone is the
range of orbits around a star within which a
planetary surface can support liquid water
given sufficient atmospheric pressure.
Because such regions are neither too hot nor
too cold, it is also called the __________ zone.
Fill in the blank.
The 2018 Edition

Goldilocks
The 2018 Edition

Alexander Laing, one of __X’s__ collaborators
on the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, wrote this
about the pronunciation of X’s name:
You're wrong as the deuce
And you shouldn't rejoice
If you're calling him __X__.
He pronounces it Soice
Who?
The 2018 Edition

Theodore Giesel aka Dr. Seuss
The 2018 Edition

Czech musician Walter
Kaufmann was one of the
many Jewish refugees who
found a haven in India
during World War II.
What composition of his,
based on Raga
Shivaranjini, are we all
familiar with?
The 2018 Edition

All India Radio’s caller tune
The 2018 Edition

Section III
RULES
20 questions x 2 points
No negatives
Max score: 40

X thought his bowling action was similar to his idol Y,
but realised he was wrong after some video analysis.
Thankfully, he had better role models in Alan Donald,
Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini.
A gentle man otherwise, Y blamed his on-field antics to
his “inner Gunther - a guy who lived in the mountains
& didn’t get enough oxygen to the brain, and that
makes him crazy”.
Identify both X and Y.
The 2018 Edition

Lungi Ngidi
AND
Andre Nel
The 2018 Edition

From X’s poem, In Memory of Y.
One rational voice is dumb. Over his grave
the household of Impulse mourns one dearly
loved:
sad is Eros, builder of cities,
and weeping anarchic Aphrodite.
Identify both X & Y.
The 2018 Edition

SJC Quizzers & KQA
The 2018 Edition
X Y

X - W.H. Auden
AND
Y - Sigmund Freud
The 2018

The 2018 Edition
The claim that X, a female French figure
skater who rose to prominence in the early-
mid 90s, was the reason the backflip was
banned from figure skating is false. The
backflip, which has been a mainstay of show
skating for decades—exhibitions, Stars on Ice,
that kind of thing—was banned in 1976 (X did
it in 1998), when X was just three years old.
The first and last skater to legally perform it
in Olympic competition was the American Y.
Identify both X and Y.

X – Surya Bonaly
AND
Y- Terry Kubicka
The 2018 Edition

Identify. Also tell us why its creators strongly
discourage it being called a ‘drum’.
The 2018 Edition

The Hang
AND
It is an idiophone
(The whole instrument vibrates to produce sound;
drums produce sound by vibration of a membrane,
similar to strings)
The 2018 Edition

The national U-19 cricket tournament is named after a
princely state whose rajas were major patrons of the
sport.
Identify this princely state, whose coat of arms is
shown in the next slide.
Also tell us how this is different from the other
tournaments in India’s domestic cricket calendar.
The 2018 Edition

Cooch Behar Tournament/Trophy
AND
Only trophy named after a place; all
other domestic tournaments are named
after people
The 2018 Edition

X gained the international spotlight in 1972
when he publicly challenged the claims of Y.
X accused Y of being nothing more than a
charlatan and a fraud who used standard
magic tricks to accomplish his allegedly
paranormal feats; X presented his claims in
the 1982 book The Truth About Y.
Identify X & Y.
The 2018 Edition

X - James Randi
AND
Y - Uri Geller
The 2018 Edition

X (in this photograph taken by Y) was the
2nd Governor-General of Australia. He
was the son of a famous poet and had
been named in tribute to friend who died
young and inspired much poetry.
Name both.
The 2018 Edition

X - Hallam Tennyson
AND
Y - Lewis Carroll
The 2018 Edition

Talitha cumi (Rise, damsel), ephaphatha (be
opened) and Eli eli lama sabacthani (Lord,
why have you forsaken me) are some of the
phrases from a now defunct language that
you will find floating around in a sea of
English in a specific 1611 translation.
What language? Also name the translation.
The 2018 Edition

Aramaic
AND
King James Bible
The 2018 Edition

Two features in Bhasa’s plays, in particular
Karnabharam (Karna’s Burden) and Urubhangham
(The Broken Thigh), support the idea that he wrote
much before the rules of drama were laid down in
the Natyasashtra.
What 2 features? OR tell us what the
Natyasashtra prohibits.
The 2018 Edition

The plays end in tragedy
AND
Violence is depicted on stage
(both are prohibited in the Natyasastra)
The 2018 Edition

The Financial Times has a 404 page describing
the many reasons you didn’t get to where you
wanted.
Give us both the 2-word hypothesis AND the
4-word phrase blanked out here.
The 2018 Edition

Efficient Markets hypothesis
AND
Tragedy of the Commons
The 2018 Edition

This writer of speculative fiction choose a nom de
plume as he felt his own name would ‘get lost among
all the Patricias and Bernards’. He browsed Brewer’s
Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, and ended up with the
name of a fictional hero of a Boy’s Own tales of
derring-do mentioned here. Incidentally, his more
famous father known for writing spy thrillers, also uses
a pseudonym.
Identify the writer his father; their pseudonyms are
sufficient.
The 2018 Edition

Nick Harkaway (Nicholas Cornwell)
OR
John le Carre (David Cornwell)
The 2018 Edition

Photos from a recent protest against a head
of state. Identify both A and B.
A
B
The 2018 Edition

SJC Quizzers & KQA
The 2018 Edition
A
B

The 2018 Edition
Anil Gupta
AND
Jacob Zuma

Identify these former Indian cricketers who
later became elected politicians.
a) A three-time MP, he was suspended from
the BJP in 2016 after the following comments,
“It is Arun Jaitley who is bringing disrepute to
the government... It is he who is responsible for
the hardships faced by the common people post
demonetisation. The Finance Minister is an
inefficient person and is also not an economist.
He should resign.”
The 2018 Edition

b) This stylish cricketer has served 2 terms as
Lok Sabha MP from Amroha, and briefly as
the chairman of the National Institute of
Fashion Technology. He is now Minister of
Sports and Youth Welfare in the Yogi
Adityanath-led UP government
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
Kirti Azad
AND
Chetan Chauhan

Cronopio dentiacutus, an extinct early
mammal was named after a type of character
in the works of an Argentinian writer. In his
works cronopios are naive & idealistic,
disorganized, unconventional and sensitive
creatures, who stand in contrast or opposition
to famas (who are rigid, organized and
judgmental if well-intentioned) and
esperanzas (who are plain, indolent,
unimaginative and dull).
Who is the writer? In which movie franchise
does the animal play a prominent role?The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
Julio Cortazar
AND
Ice Age

The Gallette des Rois is a French confection
made to celebrate Epiphany. At a ceremony it is
divided among all guests, with one piece kept
for a poor person who may be wandering by. An
additional ritual, not followed in the President’s
gallette ceremony, involves baking in a small
porcelain figure called the fève, and allowing
one person to bite into it.
What happened to the person biting the fève?
Why is it not followed in the President’s
ceremony?
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
She/he is crowned queen/king
AND
France is now a Republic; no royalty
is allowed at the Presidential palace.

The Redemption of General ____ _____ is a 2011
documentary about African warlord Joshua
Milton Blahyi, who earned his nickname from
the manner in which he lead his troops. Blahyi
believed that the nickname also protected him
from bullets. Cannibalism and child sacrifice
were amongst his many brutal atrocities; he has
apparently given up his ways and become a
Christian preacher today.
What is his nickname? What country did he
terrorise?
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
General Butt Naked
AND
Liberia

Which brand made the following statements?
What incident in August 2017 provoked this?
“We do not support their message or the use of our
products in this way. Our products are designed to enhance
backyard gatherings and to help family and friends connect
with each other at home in their yard.” “
“The feedback that we have received from the public
regarding our earlier statement has been very positive. We
will continue to reinforce that ____ brand products are to
be enjoyed by friends and family outdoors in a loving
environment.”
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
Tiki torches
AND
Charlottesville white supremacist
rally

What raga does Tansen sing? And what raga do his
daughter & disciple sing?
The 2018 Edition

Raga Deepak
AND
Raga Megh
The 2018 Edition

Identify both dishes from their descriptions
found in the actual restaurant menus
a) Fried lentil doughnut immersed in regional
lentil gravy, garnished with onion and coriander
(Saravana Bhavan, London)
b) Combination of: sweet semolina pudding
served with jaggery butter sauce, forest berry
compote and pineapple relish AND savory
semolina pudding served with sambar, coconut
chutney and masala peanuts (Raj Pavilion, ITC
Windsor, Bangalore)
The 2018 Edition

The 2018 Edition
Sambar Vada
AND
Chow-chow bath

X was the first major US brand in the USSR after Nixon
signed a trade deal in 1972. However, USSR had no access
to foreign currency, and it was agreed that they would pay
through the Soviet brand Y instead. X thus became Y’s
exclusive importer to America.
However, in 1989, the contract had to be renewed for almost
USD 3 billion; exclusive import rights of Y were no longer
sufficient. The new agreement included 17 submarines, a
cruiser, a frigate and a destroyer which were sold to a
Swedish company for scrap recycling. This deal also
temporarily made X the 6th largest military power in the
world.
Identify brands X and Y.
The 2018 Edition

X – Pepsi
Y -- Stolichnaya
The 2018 Edition

Magister answers 2018

Recommandé

Recommandé

Contenu connexe

Tendances

Tendances (20)

Similaire à Magister answers 2018

Similaire à Magister answers 2018 (7)

Plus de Arul Mani

Plus de Arul Mani (20)

Dernier

Dernier (20)

Magister answers 2018