MinD PalacE GENERAL QUIZ - NIRMIT SHAH

MIND PALACE
INTERNAL QUIZZING SESSION
THE GENERAL QUIZ
BY
NIRMIT SHAH

GUIDELINES FOR THE QUIZ
• THE ANSWERS ARE OBVIOUS.
THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT.
• LOGICAL REASONING AND LATERAL THINKING
WILL HELP.
• THE DECISION OF THE QM IS FINAL.
• ARGUMENTS WITH THE QM SHOULD BE
POSTPONED TILL THE QUIZ ENDS.
• LET’S GET THIS STARTED.

THE PRELIMINARY HYPOTHESIS
+1 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

1. Based on this trolls, ID the product.

2.
• She was well known for her indulgence in good food and drink, as
well as a passion for "tip-top security", traits that her portrait
would later possess.
• She had a habit of listening to different words.
• Some of the words that she liked to hear were :
• Banana Fritters
• Fairy Lights
• Caput Draconis
• Little is known about her early life or what her name was when she
was alive.
• ID this famous lady that you definitely know about.

3. FITB
• "_____ ______ ___ ____." is a
metaphor used to warn of the dangers of
unnecessary investigation or experimentation.
A less frequently-seen rejoinder to the phrase
is "but, satisfaction brought it back".

4.
• "It would be hard for you to believe this, because I
seem so perfect: I have the worst memory in the
world," X said. "So I finally figured out a way to solve
this problem. Then if I could remember one name, it
gave me a clue as to what the other one was."
• X has said that he adores not only this sort of wordplay,
but the sound of words in general. His penchant for
flowery diction makes even more sense given the fact
that his favourite writer is Edgar Allan Poe.
• Identify X and what is he talking about?

5. Identify the product.
• The inside is mainly sugar, corn syrup, and hydrogenated palm
kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid, and natural and
artificial flavours.
• More than 200,000,000 individual X are produced each day!
• X has one of the most-"liked" brand pages on Facebook, with
over 25 million followers. The page's success may be due to its
eccentric posts, such as: "Most cacti are just looking for hugs.“
• According to Uncyclopedia- an encyclopedia full of
misinformation and utter lies ,
Germans believe that X are the droppings of Grogoth, an
alien-god creature composed entirely of rainbow.

6. Identify X
• Harald “X” Gormsson was the king of Denmark and Norway
during the late 10th century. In addition to passing down
significant historical artifacts and constructions , he also
passed down a nickname that, thanks to a technological twist,
we use today.
• Regardless how he came by the nickname, Gormsson did a
skillful job uniting various factions across regions and
language barriers.

7.
• George Edward Challenger, better known as Professor
Challenger, is a fictional character in a series of fantasy
and science fiction stories by X. Unlike X's laid-back,
analytical character, Y, Professor Challenger is an
aggressive, dominating figure.
• Like Y, Professor Challenger was based on a real person
— in this case, a professor of physiology named
William Rutherford, who had lectured at the University
of Edinburgh while X studied medicine there.
• ID X and Y

8.
• Following is the description for a particular smartphone.
• Powered by a 1.5 GHz Quad Core Processor and 1 GB of RAM, running
applications on this smartphone is a breeze. A 5 Inch IPS display offers crystal
clear display. For capturing your moments, the smartphones packs a massive
13 MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera for high quality online video
calling. 16 GB of Internal Storage will make sure that you never run out of
space.
• This particular phone has received some very critical reviews but it has also
been described as a phone of the next generation android mobile odyssey.
• ID this unique phone.

9.
• Identify the song.
• The lead singer of this band wrote this song about his father,
who died of cancer on 1-9-1982. At his father's funeral, he
cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his
mother got home and knocked on the door to his room, he
simply said something and hence the title.
• The song eventually became a tribute song to the victims of
Hurricane Katrina, and sound bites were added from various
news coverages to the song.

10. ID
• "I did an episode in the first season, but I had no idea whether they
would bring her back," she said during a telephone interview.
• "They said it was possible this would be a recurring character, but
you can't get hopeful. Then, when I did a second episode, the
executive producer said to me, 'Carlton the Doorman. That's the
kind of thing we're going for here.‘
• He said, 'You don't mind not seeing the hair and makeup people for
the next 10 years?' And I said, 'Not at all, as long as I get paid.'
• ID this person.

11.
• A gambling firm in Sweden says it awarded a
Norwegian man nearly $1,000 for betting on
something that had odds of 175:1.
• “This is probably the sickest bet I’ve handed in,
not to mention the sickest bet I’ve won.
I woke up just before it happened, so I was not
awake. I saw the incident on replays.” Mr
Syversen told to the newspapers.
• ID the bet.

12. ID THE PHRASE.
• Centuries ago, some early clans of USA had a particular custom.
• There were some members of the clan who used up the resources
of the clan but did not contribute their fair share in the functioning
of the clan.
• So when these members were away, the other clan members wold
burn their dwelling place to the ground.
• When these members returned back, they saw what had been
done and would realize that they are no longer a part of the clan.
• This custom gave rise to a particular phrase which is used very
colloquially in quite a similar context.

13.
• Google is one company that takes the April Fool’s day very
seriously.
• It was a little past 12 pm on March 31, 2014 when the Google Maps
team posted its April Fools’ Day gag —
• The “ X Challenge,” a game/adventure where the users or the X
masters are tasked with using Google Maps to find game characters
out in the wild.
• Winners will (facetiously) have a chance to become Google
employees.
• So what is X in this?

14. ID X
• The Men’s X World Cup was first played in 2004 and then in
2007 and 2010. It has been an annual tournament since
2010.
• So far, India is the unbeaten champion in the X World Cup.
Pakistan and Iran are the next most successful nations, with
the former being runners-up thrice and the latter twice.
• The Women's X World Cup was first played in 2012 in
Punjab, India. India won the championship defeating Iran in
the finals. India retained the title in 2013 by defeating the
debutants New Zealand in the finals.

15.
• X welcomed it with a “Namaste”. X also
Congratulated Y for joining it.
• To this, Y replied: “Howdy X ? Keep in touch.
I’ll be around.”
• After a while Y also said that “I’ll be back after
breakfast. Good ol’ sunlight. It’s good for your
battery.”

16. Where would you find this?
• Like you, we are also Crazzy about TV Series,
Hollywood flicks and Spoofs. We aim to
provide you with the coolest X online.
• Our night job is to watch as many Movies and
TV Series as possible. Appraisal rating of our
team depends on the number of series they
have seen.

THE TOMBSTONE
TIE-BREAKER!
- Numbers 17 to 20 will be used to break
the ties.

17. ID X
• Never Born, Never Died.
Only visited this planet Earth between December 11, 1931 and
January 19, 1990.
• In 1991 an influential Indian newspaper counted X, Gautama
Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi among the ten people who had most
changed India's destiny; in X’s case, by "liberating the minds of
future generations from the shackles of religiosity and conformism“
• Over 650 books are credited to, expressing his views on all facets of
human existence virtually all are transcriptions of his taped
discourses. His books are available in 55 languages, and have
entered bestseller lists in Italy and South Korea.

18. Id the epitaph
• He is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. as
the voices of :
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester
the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the
Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, the
Tasmanian Devil and many of the other characters from the
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon short films,
during the golden age of American animation.
• A MAN OF THOUSAND VOICES.
• ID this person for extra point.

19.
• Considered to be one of the best-selling artists of all time, his last
words were “I am Losing.”
• Parallels have been drawn between X’s life and the portrayal of the
turbulent career of fictional singer Johnny Fontane, in the novel The
Godfather, and subsequent film.
• X himself later had an altercation with the author of The Godfather,
Mario Puzo, over the content of the book.
• The night after his death, the lights on the Empire State Building in
New York City were turned blue as a tribute.
• His epitaph read “ The best is yet to come.”

20.
• Upon his death, he was granted the honour of a state
funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of
world statesmen in history. He was the first person to
be made an honorary citizen of the United States. He
was known for his quick wit and bold statements.
• Professions: Member of Parliament, statesman, soldier,
journalist, historian, author, painter.
• “I am ready to meet my Maker.
Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of
meeting me is another matter.”

THE ANSWERING
JUXTAPOSITION
+1 FOR CORRECT ANSWER

• X= ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
• Y= SHERLOCK HOLMES

Next-gen Android Mobile Odyssey
NAMO smart phone.

WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
-GREEN DAY

CAROL ANN SUSANE
Mrs. Debbie Wolowitz

TWITTER EXCHANGE BETWEEN
NASA’S MARS CURIOSITY ROVER
AND ISRO’S MARS ORBITER.

THE TOMBSTONE
TIE-BREAKER!
-ANSWERS

THAT’S ALL FOLKS
Melvin Jerome “Mel” Blanc

FINALS COMING UP.
TO ALL THE FINALISTS

THE CLOCKWISE MANIPULATION
अनंत POUNCE
AND अनंत BOUNCE
+10 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CORRECT ANSWER ON
BOUNCE!
NO NEGATIVES ON BOUNCE!
+20 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER ON POUNCE!
-10 ON EACH INDIVIDUAL WRONG ANSWER
FOR POUNCE!

1.
• The Simmons Company is a major manufacturer of particular kind of
products, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The company was founded in 1870,
and is one of the oldest companies of its kind in the United States.
•
According to company records, by 1891 it was the largest company "of its
kind in the world". In 1958, the company became the first U.S. maker to
produce its product in X and Y, an innovation that was promoted as solving
the "space battle in the bedroom".
• Simmons promoted its products aggressively with ads that included
testimonials from famous people such as Eleanor Roosevelt in 1927 and
Henry Ford, H.G. Wells, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi and George
Bernard Shaw in 1929.
• ID X and Y or give the concept.

2.
• Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern
Nevada, in the United States. The event is described as an experiment in
community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.
• The day was August 30, 1998 - less than a week before X would officially
incorporate as a company.
• Despite and maybe because of all the chaos that would come with incorporation,
the founders spent the last week of August 1998 to go to the Burning Man festival.
• To let the users know that they were out of the office, they decided to send out a
message.
• This particular action was the beginning of a trend that goes on till this day and is
immensely popular.
• Identify the Company and what is being talked about here?

3.
• It has no single version draft, but is an amalgamation of
several drafts, and was originally called "Normalcy, Never
Again". Little of this, and another "Normalcy Speech",
ended up in the final draft.
• The focus on "X" comes through the speech's delivery.
Toward the end of its delivery, noted gospel singer Mahalia
Jackson shouted to Y from the crowd, "Tell them about the
X."
• After this, Y stopped delivering his prepared speech, and
started "preaching", punctuating his points with "X.“
• Identify X and Y

X= I HAVE A DREAM
Y= MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR

4.
• Philology means the love for language. X comprises the creation
and use of mnemonic techniques to remember a span of digits.
X is a play on Y and the word philology.
• There are many ways to memorize Y, including the use of
Z (a portmanteau, formed by combining Y and poem), which are
poems that represent Y in a way such that the length of each word
(in letters) represents a digit.
• Here is an example of a Y:
"How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature after the heavy lectures
involving quantum mechanics."
• Give me X, Y and Z.

X=PIPHILOLOGY
Y=PI
Z=PIEMS
• "How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature after
3 . 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5
the heavy lectures involving quantum
mechanics."

5.
• It’s been said that X was named after something at CERN.
However, Tom S. tells us:
• “Having visited CERN myself, I can tell you that X is not on
the fourth floor – the CERN office numbering system
doesn’t work like that – the first digit usually refers to the
*building* number , and the second two to the office
number.
• But, strangely, there is no X; don’t ask me why. Sorry to
disappoint you all, but there is no X in CERN – it simply
doesn’t exist. The whole “X″ thing is just a myth.”

ROOM 404.
ERROR: PAGE NOT FOUND
• In an office on the fourth floor (room 404), they placed
the World Wide Web's central database: any request
for a file was routed to that office, where two or three
people would manually locate the requested files and
transfer them, over the network, to the person who
made that request.
• When the requests increased, the manual errors
started taking place and since then the error message
has been the same.

6.
• Originally named The Poet, the X was initially a figure in a large
commission, begun in 1880, for a doorway surround called The
Gates of Hell. Y based this on The Divine Comedy of Dante, and
most of the many figures in the work represented the main
characters in the epic poem.
• Some critics believe X, at the centre of the composition over the
doorway and at about 70 cm high larger than most other figures,
was originally intended to depict Dante at The Gates of Hell,
pondering his great poem. However, there are questionable aspects
to this interpretation, including that the figure is naked, Dante is
fully clothed throughout his poem, and that the figure, as used, in
no way corresponds to Dante's effete figure.
• The sculpture is nude, as Y wanted a heroic figure in the tradition of
Michelangelo, to represent intellect as well as poetry.

X= THE THINKER
Y= AUGUSTE RODIN

7.
• The second week of September was a week of very high anticipations and
speculations. After all it was a new product category in 4 long years for a
company like X.
• X has a history of creating new and innovative products that become
trend-setters. While this product was not something as revolutionary since
it has been around in the market for quite some time but it carries the
trademark style of X.
• Now for this product, X did something unexpected. It broke its long lasting
tradition and this has surprised the ignorant and the enthusiast alike.
• According to the Daily Telegraph, this was because X is deliberately
targeting consumers more concerned with style than technology.
• ID X.
• ID the product.
• And give the change in tradition that is being talked bout.

X=APPLE
• The product was named APPLE WATCH and
not I-Watch as expected according to the
tradition.

8. What is being talked about?
• They're the squished-up, stretched and squiggled,
colour-blotched collections. Is that an "i" or an "l"? You
wonder. A zero or the letter "O"? Maybe you see three
letters where it seems there should only be two. You
tilt your head. You scoot your chair back and squint.
You wonder if you need new glasses.
• It has received many criticisms, especially from
disabled people, but also from other people who feel
that their everyday work is slowed down because of it.

THE ANTICLOCKWISE ALTERNATIVE
अनंत POUNCE
AND
अनंत BOUNCE
+10 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CORRECT ANSWER ON
BOUNCE!
NO NEGATIVES ON BOUNCE!
+20 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER ON POUNCE!
-10 ON EACH INDIVIDUAL WRONG ANSWER
FOR POUNCE!

1.
• X is one of the most amazing and one of the best inventions ever
made by man.
• An example that shows one of the applications of X and truly shows
the awesomeness of this technology:
• This is something that is supposed to help visually impaired
expectant parents actually feel and experience the growth of the
baby in the womb just like a sonogram is for normal people.
• Maybe the image in the next slide will help you.
• What is X?

X= 3D PRINTING
• The data from the sonogram is sent to the 3D
printer and it prints out the actual model of a
baby that is developing inside the womb of
the mother.

2. ID X
• X is a holistic training discipline using movement that developed
from military obstacle course training. They perform X using only
their bodies and their surroundings to propel them.
• Furthermore, they try to maintain as much momentum as is
possible in a safe manner. X can include obstacle courses, running,
climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, quadrupedal
movement, and the like, depending on what movement is deemed
most suitable for the given situation.
• Initially called Y, it was decided to change the "c" of "Y" to a "k"
because it was more dynamic and stronger, and to remove the
silent "s" for the same reason.

3.
• For this particular campaign, the television ad was the first
to be shot, a 60-second sequence in lush green Goa.
• The main role was played by Jayaram, an eight-year-old
who had already starred in four other ads. The other
protagonist of this advertisement was Cheeka. There was
something about Cheeka that was very enduring and the
rapport with Jayram was magical.
• The campaign was ranked the Top Print Ad of 2003 and
among the Top 10 TV Campaigns of 2003 in India by
Business Today.

4. CONNECT
• Kiran Bedi: Bringing peace within unrest.
• Nandan Nilekani: What an idea sir ji!
• Devadutt Pattanaik: Deciphering the war of
ideology.
• Shekhar Kapur: Panicking over creative juices.
• Shashi Tharoor: Go soft on hard power!
• Bunker Roy: Learning From A Barefoot
Movement!

5. ID Y AND Z
• The director, X, is an alumnus of Whistling Woods - a film, television and media
arts institute located in Mumbai . After finishing the course, he assisted Sanjay
Leela Bhansali and Subhash Ghai on Saawariya and Yuvvraaj respectively.
• His first film Y, though an unconventional one, was a major hit among a
particular group of people and had a successful run of more than 100 days.
This film is supposed to be a revolutionary one in a sense that it has set a new
benchmark for this kind of films and has revamped this particular industry.
• His second film Z also has received a tremendous response from the same
group of people and the title of this film is a regionally colloquially used term
among a group of friends and also as an informal beginning to a statement.
• EXTRA point for X.

Y= KEVI RITE JAISH
Z= BEY YAAR
X= ABHISHEK JAIN

6.
• Through the decades, many cultural historians have analysed their
enduring appeal to the public imagination. E.R. Milner, a historian, writer,
and expert on them and their era, put the duo's enduring appeal to the
public, both during the Depression and continuing on through the
decades, into historical and cultural perspective.
• To those people who, as Milner says, "consider themselves outsiders, or
oppose the existing system," they represent the ultimate outsiders,
revolting against an uncaring system.
• A 2005 Bollywood movie is based on this gangster duo; however there are
no dark elements to the film and the lead characters do not die a bloody
death, unlike their American counterparts.
• Give me the bollywood movie as well as the original duo.
• IMAGE in the next slide.

• Bonny and Clyde
• Bunty and Bubbly

7. ID X
• X has successfully portrayed a similar fictional character in the film
adaptions of two very famous novels. But this particular character has
been present only in four of the seven novels published by the author.
• The first movie was in 2006.
• The second movie was in 2009.
• X is playing the same character again in the third movie adaption in 2015.
• Apart from this, this academy award winning actor's latest side project
stems from his long-time fascination with typewriters.
• Name the novels for extra point.
• Name the app for another extra point.

TOM HANKS
• IPAD APP HANX WRITER.
• ANGELS AND DEMONS
• DA VINCI CODE
• INFERNO

8.
• THE Time Magazine administration says that it is
just a co-incidence and it isn't done purposefully.
• But since this particular thing is observed in 33
Time Covers, many have believed that it cant be a
coincidence.
• Some say that it is because of some bad things
done by the people on the cover.
• What is this particular common characteristic
among the 33 covers?

THE DEVIL HORNS
• Some people have believed that since these
personalities have acted in bad faith in that
year, the TIME MAGAZINE has arranged their
photos in such a way that the LETTER M acts
like the Devil’s Horns.

A COMPLEX CONUNDRUM
- But an Easy Solution!
- WRITTEN ROUND.

“The gyaan vala part”
• Here “M, J, N,O, E” are a part of the first
collection.
• Also “H, Z, P and S ” are a part of a second
collection.
• Both collections are related to each other.

“The clues vala part”
• “M” probably received its name because “H“ was supposed to be swift on
foot and this quality is also represented by M in what it does.
• “J” is the biggest amongst all and aptly it was named after “Z”, since Z was
considered to be the most important and the ruling member of the
collection.
• “N” is blue. So it was named after “P”, considering that P has to deal with
blue a lot and P also has to deal with horses.
• “O” is something that is now not a part of this collection. Before being
removed, it was named after “S” who had to deal with darkness and was
“far away” or “detached” from his group.
• “E”, unlike other members of its collection, is not derived from the
collection 2.

What you need to identify?
• COLLECTION 1 ( 10 points)
• COLLECTION 2 (10 points)
• M, J, N, O and E. (5 INDIVIDUAL POINTS)
• H, Z, P, S (5 INDIVIDUAL POINTS)

• COLLECTION 1 = NAMES OF THE PLANETS OF THE
SOLAR SYSTEM IN THE ROMAN FORM.
• COLLECTION 2 = THE GREEK EQUIVALENT OF ROMAN
NAMES.
• M = MERCURY H= HERMES
• J = JUPITER Z = ZEUS
• N = NEPTUNE P= POSEIDON
• O = PLUTO S= HADES
• E= EARTH is the only planet not named after a GOD.

THE EASY CONNECT
PARADIGM!
10 points for each individual slide.
POINTS FOR THE THEME AS PER
MARKS MENTIONED ON EACH SLIDE.

1. ID X (50)
• A dual mandate is the practice in which elected
officials serve in more than one elected or other
public position simultaneously. It is also known as
X.
• To put a food item (like a vegetable or tortilla
chip) into a sauce (food), take a bite and put it
back in. This action is also known as X.
• But X is most commonly used somewhere in the
world of television.

3. (30)
• X is a Sanskrit word which means the three
dimensions.
• In a literal sense this word means three qualities.
• More recently, X has been used for the first time in
something which has gained phenomenal success in
India.
• X was inspired from Y. Y had a similar concept. The only
difference between X and Y is a numerical one.

THE SOLUTION PERMEABILITY
ANSWERS

KBC LIFELINES
• DOUBLE DIP
• AUDIENCE POLL
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• 50-50

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