2. THANKS TO
• Many thanks to CQC (Govind, Yogesh, Ashok, Priya,
Professor, Anu, Senthil)
• To Aditi Flippy and Srinath “Benjy” Bashyam for
some vital contributions
• Diwakar Pingle for reviewing it and giving valuable
feedback
4. QUESTION
• The following are pictures from a book called the Historia Piscium by John
Ray and Francis Willughby in 1686. During the release of the online
picture library in April 2012 the Royal Society. During the release Professor
Jonathan Ashmore FRS offered a “lame excuse” and a “semi apology”
quoted below ( need I add 300 odd years too late ) .
“…. Although the X may have gone on to achieve lasting fame and glory, we
hope that visitors to our new online picture resource will be able to appreciate
why early Fellows of the Royal Society were so impressed by Willughby‟s
stunning illustrations of piscine natural history.”
What is the claim to infamy of this book ?
Visual →
7. ANSWER
• The Royal Society, having spent a fortune in printing this book
refused to print Principia fearing another dud. Halley (who is
probably the proverbial apple) who had secured a job with
them and had inspired Newton to right Principia underwrote
its publication. Little did he know the The Royal Society was
going to pay him in copies of History of Fishes.
8. QUESTION
• “A” represents Khawarij
• “B” represents the Fatamid who took it up to show their alliegience to Ali,
the prophet's cousin
• “C” represents the Umayyad Dynasty, who adopted it as a reminder of the
prophets first battle in Badr
• “D” represents the Prophet Mohammed
• What are A B C D. where are do you find them today.
9.
10. ANSWER
• Pan Arab Colours.
• A : Red
• B: Green
• C: White
• D: Black
• Most flags of the middle east have a combination of these colours or all
four.
11. QUESTION
• 80 % of Venus is covered with volcanic plains with
two highland “continents”, named X terra and Y
terra. X and Y please
16. ANSWER
• The Movie is Ides of March and the Song Dogs of
War (Pink Floyd), both popular phrases from
Shakespeare‟s Julius Ceaser
17. QUESTION
• Perhaps one of the most famous binding “documents” in
history it has been modified many times and in several
countries to confirm to modern standards and to overcome
limitations presented in the original. The most famous of the
revision was the declaration of Geneva in 1948 in view of the
crimes committed by Nazi Germany. Another modern version
(used atleast in the USA) was drafted in 1964 by Lois Lasagna.
20. QUESTION
• 300g Hob Nobs
• 150g butter , melted
• 1 x 397g tin condensed milk
• 3 medium egg yolks
• finely grated zest and juice of 4 X
• 300ml double cream
• 1 tbsp icing sugar
• extra X zest, to decorate
X, cream and a buttery biscuit base -
this zesty oven-baked treat makes a
refreshing and indulgent end to a
meal
23. QUESTION
• There were atleast two similar incidents of this nature before
the much celebrated event which transpired on Dec 1, 1955.
• One involved Claudette Colvin barely nine months before the
above mentioned date and the other a Mary Louise Smith just
two months before the above events date
• Both of them however are relegated to the footnotes of
history probably due to the fact Colvin was a pregnant
unmarried teen and Smith‟s dad was a notorious drunk?
• So what did happen on December 1 st 1955 ?
26. QUESTION
• Identify the Movie and the invention which is the
bone of contention in the video
27.
28. ANSWER
• Flash of Genius (2008) a movie based on Robert Kearns fight
against auto majors to award royalty for his invention the
intermittent (variable speed) wiper.
29. QUESTION
Poe, E.
Near a Raven
Midnights so dreary, tired and weary,
Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.
During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap!
An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor.
"This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore".
Perfectly, the intellect remembers: the ghostly fires, a glittering ember.
Inflamed by lightning's outbursts, windows cast penumbras upon this
floor.
Sorrowful, as one mistreated, unhappy thoughts I heeded:
That inimitable lesson in elegance - Lenore -
Is delighting, exciting...nevermore.
• What is this form of Poetry called ?
30.
31. ANSWER
• Piphilology (the poem is a mnemonic for the digits of
pi) or Piem and an attempted retelling of The Raven
by Mike Keith.
32. QUESTION
• Developed by Jack Cover, a NASA researcher
he named it after his childhood hero Tom
Swift, a central character in series of books of
American juvenile science fiction and
adventure novels that emphasize science,
invention and technology.
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43. QUESTION
• The following samples were the first analysed to prove what ?
• A Douglas Fir from Red Rock Valley provided by Terah L.Smiley
• A Piece from a mummy coffin from the Ptolemy era provided by John
Wilson
• Fragments from the palace floor of the Syro-Hittite period provided by
Robert Braidwood
• Redwood furnished by Edmund Schulman
• Piece of the deckboard from funerary boat of the Egyptian Sesostris III
• Samples from the Tombs of Zoser at Sakkara and Sneferu of Meydum
50 / -30
46. QUESTION
• The “products” which come with this accompaniment are
labelled “Con Gusano”. The reason of it being a time
honoured tradition, an indicator of quality, or an aphrodisiac
are false and its only a recent marketing gimmick by one
Jacobo Lozano Paez dating back only to the 1950‟s. Usually
associated only with the mezcal it has gone on to be
fashionable with the product in question as well. Name the
product and the accompaniment.
54. ANSWER
• It references the Doomsday Clock at the University of
Chicago. The closer the clock is to midnight, the closer the
world is estimated to be to global disaster.
71. ANSWER
• Time Woman of the Year (As individuals, there have been women who
have been declared jointly or a group of women declared as person of the
year)
72. • The excerpts from the many papers the following the event was hardly all
positive. What & Who are these papers lambasting ?
• Chicago Times : “The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as
he reads the silly, flat and dishwatery utterances of the man who has to be
pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the ________.”
• London Times : “Anything more dull and commonplace it would not be
easy to produce.”
• Harrisburg Patriot and Union: “..for the credit of the Nation we are willing
that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no
more be repeated or thought of.”
81. QUESTION
• Located in Scottsboro, Alabama is a huge warehouse
mall with the tagline “You Never know what you‟ll
find” and is pitched for bargain & “treasure?”
Hunters and could pass for another mundane mall.
Also attached is a museum featuring some of its rarer
merchandise. Where does the mall source its
merchandise from ?
Visual →
88. QUESTION
A hard, howling, tossing water scene.
Strong tide was washing hero clean.
"How cold!" Weather stings as in anger.
O Silent night shows war ace danger!
The cold waters swashing on in rage.
Redcoats warn slow his hint engage.
When star general's action wish'd "Go!"
He saw his ragged continentals row.
Ah, he stands – sailor crew went going.
And so this general watches rowing.
He hastens – winter again grows cold.
A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold.
George can't lose war with's hands in;
He's astern – so go alight, crew, and win!
• This is a sonnet written by David Shulman. What is its title and what is special
about the sonnet ?
98. QUESTION
• X is the attempt to create an impression of
widespread grassroots support for a policy, individual,
or product, where little such support exists by
masking the sponsors of the message to give the
appearance of coming from a disinterested groups.
(Hint : if required)
101. QUESTION
• Before the advent of Engineering techniques and the
materials required to build tall skyscrapers. What were
the tallest buildings used for?
• They used to make a specific product which needed
heights to produce it.
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104. ANSWER
• Ball Bearings and Leadshots.
• These towers were used to drop molten lead and they
used to become spherical on falling till they hit the
water to condense.
105. QUESTION
• In his search for India. Columbus stumbled upon America. To
cover up his blunder he declared that this was India and that‟s
how the Americans came to be known as Indians. In a
vegetable he made a similar blunder. He renamed a vegetable
to a plant native to India and thence the name has stuck
119. LVC ANSWERS
• Edvard MUNCH
• “The KISS”(ES)
• Central PERK
• Big CRUNCH
• MARS
• HMS BOUNTY
• TOBLERONE
• MILKY WAY / GALAXY
• CADBURY
• LADY GODIVA
121. QUESTION
• This is an atempt by Robert Scott‟s photographer Herbert
Ponting‟s attempt to recreate what by replacing the bull
terrier(?) with a husky
124. QUESTION
• Many people managed to capture this much celebrated
moment, the most famous of which was Jeff
Widener‟s.
• Other surviving versions were those of Stuart
Franklin, Charlie Cole and Arthur Tsang Hin Wah and
the one shot by BBC
• 20 years past the event in 2009 Terril Jones released a
whole new perspective to this event.
129. ANSWER
• The Prince of Persia
The footage of Jordan Mechners brother in the parking lot from
which he modelled the movements in the original Prince of
Persia game.
135. • Situated in Austin, Texas its owned by Lance
Armstrong, Juan Pelota in Spanish is one ball.
136. QUESTION
• There have been now six instances of this happening
in ODI/LOI cricket. The first (and perhaps the most
famous) happened 1986 in Sharjah and was not
replicated for the next 13 years until Lance Kluesner
repeated the feat against New Zealand. The most
recent instance involved South African Ryan Mclaren
barely a week ago. What am I talking about ?
138. ANSWER
• Six of the last ball to win a match
• Miandad of Chetan Sharma
• Lance Kluesner of Dion Nash
• Bredon Taylor of Mashrafe Mortaza
• Chanderpaul of Chaminda Vaas
• Ed Rainsford of Kevin O‟Brein
• And most recently Mclaren of Franklin
139. QUESTION
• Which nineteenth century
English astromomer gave
his name To the brilliant
spots of sunlight ( beads )
which appear Briefly
around the moon just
before and after a total
solar eclipse ?
142. QUESTION
• What is the common
name of this tropical
evergreen tree of the
myrtle family comes
from the flavour of its
aromatic dried berries,
which resembles a
combination of cloves,
cinnamon and nutmeg?
145. QUESTION
• What was the name of the fine wire which was moved
to make contact with a crystal in order to receive
broadcasts on early „wireless‟ sets or radio?
148. QUESTION 13
• This work was donated for
auction in April 2011 for raising
money for Parkinson‟s Disease
and was the artists first known
public art in more than 16 years
at that point in time. Identify the
artist ?
152. SPORTS
• One of the earliest mention of this sport was in Jane Austen‟s
“Northhanger Abbey” published in 1803. Since then the game
has caught on strangely not in Britain but in another country?
