A Thursday Afternoon. Quitzkrieg, LitFest Pulse'16 AIIMS, Prelims of the General Quiz. 22nd Sept 2016. Vasishta Polisetty.

2. Prelims

3. • 25 questions in prelims
• 6 teams to the final
• Multiples of 5 – starred questions

5. Prelims Answers

6. 1.
Some of the characters are doing curious things. The lady on the right
has a monkey on a leash. A lady on the left is fishing. The area was
known at the time as being a place to procure prostitutes among the
bourgeoisie, a likely allusion of the otherwise odd "fishing" rod. In the
center stands a little girl dressed in white (who is not in a shadow), who
stares directly at the viewer. This may be interpreted as someone who is
silently questioning: "What will become of these people and their
class?"

8. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

9. The ‘X’ is rendered in three dimensions as a
planet by Man Ray in this 1938 poster
Give ‘X’ or what’s hidden under the blue box
2.

11. Bar and circle/ London/ London tube logo/ London metro
logo/ London subway etc. etc.

12. Ad for which company??
3.

15. There’s an interesting theory for why X’s
penis is so small, apart from the Greek
influence (where small was considered
better). In 2005, two Florentine doctors
published a paper arguing that X’s penis
was shriveled by fear. When viewed from
the front, X’s face actually looks
frightened and concerned, because of his
impending fight with Y. The doctors argue
that every detail in X’s body was sculpted
to be consistent with symptoms of fear
and tension – including his genitals.
4.

17. X – David
Y – Goliath

18. What is the kid here
Being taught?
*5.

20. The Black stain. Alsace and Lorraine. The Kids were being taught
not to to forget the lost provinces

21. 6.

24. The colour scheme of which Indian movie was
inspired by the painting Pratima Visarjan by
Gaganendranath Tagore?
7.

27. ‘The Yes Men’ along with some help from London design firm Kennedy
Monk designed their own water bottle brand a few years ago taking a dig
at something.
Identify what is so special about this brand.
8.

29. Water from the Bhopal gas tragedy site

30. At which airport would you find this installation??9.

32. Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok

33. Which country has a part of its border called the Winston’s hiccup or the Churchill’s
sneeze due to its particularly zigzag shape? The border was supposedly created arbitrarily
following a particularly “liquid lunch”.
The legend arose after Churchill himself boasted in his later years that he had created
Jordan "with the stroke of a pen, one Sunday afternoon in Cairo”. Nevertheless, the
supposed involvement of alcohol in the drawing of the border as well as Churchill's
claimed sole responsibility over it are almost certainly apocryphal. There are also theories
on the possible logic behind this ‘acute angle’ border.
Which country?
*10.

35. Jordan

36. Advert for?
11.

38. Johnson & Johnson's baby products

39. _______ _______ (RUS)
Yamilet Peña (DOM)
Fadwa Mahmoud (EGY)
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)
______ __________ (IND)
12.

41. Yelena Produnova (RUS)
Yamilet Peña (DOM)
Fadwa Mahmoud (EGY)
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)
Dipa Karmakar (IND)
The only 5 ppl who have landed the Produnova vault

42. Attributes of??
Physical Attributes:
Wide and beautiful/lovely eyes
Like pearls
Hairless except the eye brows and the head
Beautiful
White skinned
60 cubits tall
7 cubits in width
Transparent to the marrow of their bones
Eternally young
Companions of equal age
13.
Sexual Attributes:
Untouched / with hymen unbroken by sexual
intercourse
Voluptuous/full-breasted
With large, round breasts which are not
inclined to hang
Appetizing vaginas

45. Blue Java, Gros Michel, Red Dacca, East African Highland, Cavendish, Lady finger
Dwarf red, Gold finger
Are all types of??
14.

47. Bananas

48. Y is a ‘promise’ made by X which has been in effect since 1984. It was first
made in the United States serving as the backbone of X’s rapid growth into the
largest one of its kind in the country.
However, due to the number of lawsuits arising out of Y, X had to discontinue
this in the United States in 1993. The ‘promise’ is still made in some parts of
the world, including India.
The final trigger (leading to it being discontinued in the US) was due to a jury
verdict in St. Louis that awarded more than $78 million to a woman who was
affected due to it.
X and Y?
*15.

50. X- Domino’s Pizza
Y- “30 minutes or it's free”
Pizza deliverers were seen to cause numerous accidents because they would often over speed
to deliver the pizza in less than 30 minutes.

51. A brewery located in Bruges, Belgium called De Halve Maan has done
something first of its kind.
According to Xavier Vanneste, the owner of De Halve Maan brewery, this
will help in reducing the number of beer trucks driving in and out of the
city.. Bruges, with its impossibly quaint, cobblestoned, and tiny streets, is
home to some of the western world’s worst traffic. Using trucks to move
a million gallons of beer every year is bad for Bruges congestion, bad for
Bruges pollution, bad for Bruges.. Vanneste’s $4.5 million infrastructure
gambit is partially funded by the fermented yeast lovers of the Internet,
who pitched in a collective $335,000 to build it.
What has this company done?
16.

53. Worlds first
underground beer
pipeline

54. _____ there's no brand names
It's easy if you try,
No "Gucci" or "Armani"
And no jeans from "Levi"
_______ all the people
Living life in grey
_______ there's no adverts
Examining your psyche
All you'd wear is "trainers"
Not "Reebok" or "Nike"
_______ all the people
With unbranded shoes
Contd…
Contd..
Brands tattoo'd on your femur
And you're not the only one,
Wonder how they earned such loyalty
And can it all be undone?
_______ no "Macdonalds"
We'd get some real food
No more "Coke" or "Pepsi"
Or "Dr Pepper", too
_______ all the people
With just what they need
You may drive in a Beamer,
Or figure your Ferrari's fun
I hope some day we'll wake up
And their world will be undone
Lyrics of a parody of a famous song. Fill in the blank
17.

57. Cricket sadly doesn’t feature in the Olympic games. In
the 2012 London Olympics, which sporting event was
conducted in the Lord’s Stadium?
18.

59. Archery

60. 19.

62. Aerodynamic umbrellas. Storm/wind proof

63. Ravi Shankar about whom?
“…. I had heard so much about X. Everyone was talking
about him. When he started playing...I was amazed...the
dexterity in his guitar playing. But after two, three items,
he started his antics. Making love to the guitar, I felt that
was quite enough. Then, all of a sudden he puts petrol on
his guitar and burns it. That was the leaving point.
Sacrilegious. I knew it was a gimmick...”
*20.

65. Jimmy Hendrix

66. Suvarnadwipa --- X
Yawadwipa --- Y
are older names of?
21.

68. Sumatra --- X --- Suvarnadvipa
Java --- Y --- Yavadwipa

69. 22.
This song was sung by Jai Uttal, an American
musician who sings fusion of sacred Indian
songs with American jazz. This one is from his
album Mondo Rama (2002).
It is mistakenly thought to be sung by Bob
Marley - which is popular online. Anyway, Bob
has never sung in an Indian language.

72. 1
2
3
4
Match 1,2,3,4 with
a. Atom
b. Proton
c. Electron
d. Neutron
0.5 for each
23.

75. 24.
• “X” is a folksong that first appeared in print in 1881,
and is one of the most famous songs in it’s category.
According to an Urban Legend, the song describes the
Great Plague of London in the following manner:
A rosy rash, was a symptom of the plague, and posies of
herbs were carried as protection and to ward off the smell
of the disease. Sneezing or coughing was a final fatal
symptom, and was ultimately followed by death.
• What folksong?

76. Answer follows

77. Answer
• Ring-a-ring o' roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down.

78. *25.
• Feyisa Lelisa is a male long-distance runner from
Ethiopia. His personal best of 2:04:52 (set in
2012) ranks him in the top ten fastest
marathoners ever.
After a “stunt” at Rio Olypmics while finishing
second, he fears returning back to his country
and is seeking asylum.
Why?

79. Answer follows

80. • He raised his arms in a gesture of solidarity
with protestors against the killing of the
Oromo people in his home country of
Ethiopia.

82. 1. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Full/complete name. Just sunday afternoon won’t do)
2. Bar and circle/ London/ London tube logo/ London metro logo/ London subway etc. etc.
3. Cycle/ Cycle Aggarbattis
4. X = David, Y = Goliath (part points)
5. Black Stain/ Alsace-Lorraine - Either one
6. Life of Pi chart.
7. Kahaani
8. Bhopal Gas Tragedy water
9. Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi (part points)
10. Jordan
11. Johnson & Johnson’s baby products
12. Yelena Produnova/ Dipa Karmakar (Part points. No points for jus Produnova)
13. 72 Virgins/ Huri
14. Bananas
15. X = Domino’s Pizza, Y = 30 mins or free (part points)
16. World’s first underground beer pipeline. (no points if underground not mentioned)
17. Imagine
18. Archery
19. Storm proof/ Aerodynamic umbrellas
20. Jimmy Hendrix
21. X = Sumatra, Y = Java (Part points)
22. Bum Bhole Nath
23. 1 = electron©, 2 = atom(A), 3 = proton(B), 4 = neutron(D) (0.5 for each)
24. Ringa ringa
25. Raised arms/otromo/ethiopia