Mixed Bag Quiz

1. Gaurav Kabra
ETC – 2nd Year

2. Mixed Bag Quiz (17 Questions)
+5 for correct answer (Direct)
+10/-5 for Pounce
No Hints

3. • The Canary Islands lie off the southwest coast of Spain. Though Spanish
has become the official language of the island, still some people on the
island of La Gomera still use Silbo Gomero, an ancient language that’s
“spoken” through an interesting method which is helpful in long
distance communications over the hills. With only four vowels and four
consonants, the key to understanding Silbo is understanding the
nuances and meanings of the method implied.
• According to researchers, Silbo was most likely first used as an
emergency signal, but over time, it developed into a full language.
Unfortunately the language has nearly come to a decline since it
requires the speakers to have a special skill to communicate.
What’s the method used in Silbo Gomero?
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5. The mode of communications was
WHISTLING.
In fact, Silbo is taken from the Spanish word
silbar, meaning “to whistle”

6. • He was an Indian character actor, born in Jammu. He is known for
his pivotal roles in films like Dil Daulat Duniya, Chupke Chupke,
Julie, Joroo Ka Gulam.
• Working in the All India Radio, he was known as “Fateh Din”, a
radio personality and his programmes made him popular all over
Lahore and Punjab. Soon after the Partition he came to Delhi and
then to Bombay (now Mumbai). It was Dr. BR Chopra who had
noticed his talent when he was a film journalist and critic, who
urged him to carry on with his acting career.
• He died due to a heart attack.
ID him.
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8. OM PRAKASH

9. • X was an American medical doctor with a particular focus on
nutrition, enemas and exercise. The good doctor was a bit
uncomfortable about sex, thinking it detrimental to physical,
emotional and spiritual well-being. He personally abstained from it,
and never consummated his marriage. He and his wife kept separate
bedrooms and adopted all of their children.
• He is known for inventing Y, originally called Granula/Granola,
which was invented as part of an Anti-Masturbation crusade.
X & Y?
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11. X- John Harvey Kellogg
Y- Corn Flakes

12. 4. Connect & Give Funda

14. All four films are based on Stockholm
syndrome, a psychological phenomenon in
which hostages express empathy and sympathy
and have positive feelings toward their captors,
sometimes to the point of defending and
identifying with the captors.

15. • The Washington Post described this dispute as "[the] drama
that divided a planet”. Some articles suggested that this
could prompt an "existential crisis" over the nature of sight
and reality, or that the debate could harm interpersonal
relationships.
• But Neuroscientists remarked saying-
‘Our visual system is supposed to throw away information
about the illuminant and extract information about the actual
reflectance.’
What is being talked about?
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17. The #dressgate

18. • Smoot is a nonstandard unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity
prank. It is named after Oliver R. Smoot, a fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi
Alpha.
• The unit have become very well accepted by the public, to the degree that the
Harvard Bridge (between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts)
implemented this marking scheme to measure its length. People walking
across the bridge today can see painted markings indicating how many
smoots there are from where the sidewalk begins on the Boston river bank.
• Google Calculator also incorporates smoots, which it reckons at exactly 67
inches.
Tell me the funda behind the usage of this shenanigan. ( How the unit was
defined?)
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21. One smoot is equal to Oliver Smoot's height at the time of
the prank, 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m).
To implement his use as a unit of measure, Oliver Smoot
repeatedly lay down on the bridge, let his companions
mark his new position in chalk or paint, and then got up
again. Eventually, he got tired from all this exercise and
was carried thereafter by the fraternity brothers to each
new position.

22. • X is a fundraising campaign thrown by the nonprofit
organization Comic Relief.
• This campaign is dedicated to raising money for children and
young people living in poverty by simply having fun and
making people laugh. The inaugural was held in the US on May
21st, 2015. People across the country came together to have fun
and raise funds and awareness. Comic Relief has raised over £1
billion to help children and young people in need around the
world
• Recently Y & Z penned a musical sketch in support of the
campaign.
Give X,Y & Z.
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24. X - Red Nose Day
Y - Coldplay
Z - Game of Thrones

25. A follower of Zoroastrianism, this
man was a famous theatre actor,
voice artist and photographer
before joining his current
profession.
This is a picture of him being cast
as
The Mahatma Gandhi in Feroze
Khan's ’Mahatma Vs. Gandhi’.
ID the man.
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27. Boman Irani

28. • The Ancient Celts used X as an animal aphrodisiac (a food or a drink
that stimulates sexual desire), or more specifically, to increase the
fertility of sheep. Such became the mythic power of X that in addition
to bringing a lamb-ful spring, it was hung over doorways to ward off
fire, lightning and evil spirits.
• But despite its protective properties, X couldn't shuck its fertile past,
and even though it was hung in people's doorways, it seemed as if
‘something’ should occur in its presence.
• There’s also a tradition being practiced when the power of X is
believed to run out.
What’s X and the tradition which is still in existence in some
places?
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30. X - MISTLETOE
Tradition - Every time a man steals
a kiss under the mistletoe, he must
pay by plucking one of its berries.
When the berries are gone, no
more smooching.

31. This is a cocktail named after a place
where the drink was developed. This
drink was developed sometime before
1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a bartender.
The name is composed of two words :
(The city name)+(term for an American
drink composed of spirit and water,
sweetened and flavored)
Name the drink.
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33. Singapore Sling

34. • X is an American comedy science fiction TV series.
• Voiced by two women, the protagonist in X speaks with a
Russian accent, although the rest of his family doesn't.
• In spite of its immense popularity, the segment "Dial M for
Monkey" aired as part of the fourth episode of the first
season was banned after a few years of being broadcast in
the United States.
Give me X and the reason of the episode ban.
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36. DEXTER’S LAB.
Reason for ban - The shot
featured a character named
the Silver Spooner (a spoof
of the Silver Surfer), which
was perceived by Cartoon
Network as a stereotype of
gay men.

37. • The inspiration for this game came to a man called Harold
Thornton from a box of matches: by laying the matches
across the box he had formed the basis of his game.
• The game was patented in 1923. There is a World Cup held
for this game as well. The professionals remain silent
during the matches and the act of ‘spinning’ is considered
illegal.
Which game is being talked about?
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39. FOOSBALL

40. What is
paraskevidekatriaphobia?
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42. It is the fear of Friday the 13th
(from the Greek words Paraskeví (meaning
"Friday"), and dekatreís (meaning "thirteen").

43. • The directors of X have stated that the characters Y were
written into the script to make the protagonist more likeable.
But Y became a huge sensational hit, so big that they are now
the official mascot of Illumination Entertainment.
• Y are a rambunctious bunch of simple-minded homunculi of
similar size and shape, but have unique features to tell them
apart, such as height, hair, eye/pupil size or clothing. They
speak a mixture of Spanish, English, French, and Italian, with
additional elements of Russian and Korean.
X & Y?
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45. X - DESPICABLE ME
Y - MINIONS

46. • X is a classic-type platform video game by Y that features a
two-dimensional platform world featuring a main character
at its focus and enemies roaming around. There are traps,
secret areas and treasure all over the game. Despite its
success, the game is known for its high difficulty.
• The game has 14 levels in which after every two levels X
has to defeat a boss. At the end of each level the player will
receive either a piece of the map or a gem.
What is X & Y?
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48. X - CAPTAIN CLAW
Y – MONOLITH PRODUCTIONS

49. 16
• X is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by
Takao Aoki to promote sales of a ‘toy’ developed and
manufactured by Takara Tomy, first released in 2000.
• An anime adaptation, also titled by the same name was
released in 2001 spanning 51 episodes followed by a
series of a couple of other seasons which was a huge hit.
• The toy usually included a ‘launcher’ for bringing it up
to speed, with a rip chord.
X?

51. X - BEYBLADE

52. 17
• Agloe, a place in New York (intersection between Rockland
and Beaver Kill) is very special to the General Drafting
Company founder Otto G. Lindberg and Ernest Alpers who
were the first to mark this place in their maps (picture in the
next slide).
• This place (which was also available in Google Maps) was
removed last year by Google for ‘some reason’ after 90 years of
its existence in the maps made by the cartographers of the
General Drafting Co.
Why was the place removed? Give complete Funda

55. Agloe is a paper town (fictional place) that was
created by The General Drafting to be conceived
as a 'copyright trap‘.
Fun Fact - Town's name is an anagram of
Lindberg and Alpers' initials - OGL and EA