2. 37 questions
11-20 are starred and will be used to resolve ties
All the best!
3. Cenosillicaphobia is something many of you attempting this
quiz might possibly have.
So, what exactly is Cenosillicaphobia?
4.
5. X, Y and The Mirror and the
Light are 3 entities in news
which involve an ancestor of
this Englishman whose body
was subjected to a symbolic
posthumous execution in
1661.
What are X and Y?
6.
7. From the sets of a movie.
Just name the character.
8.
9. There are four mandatory constitutional duties in South Korea
– taxes, education, labor and military service. The only
exemptions to the military service being Olympic Medal
winners or Gold Medallists in the Asian Games.
X supposedly performed his military service from 2003-2005,
but was later accused of not doing it properly. X filed a
litigation against the military authorities in an effort to block
his re-conscription. However, he lost his appeal and was
eventually re-drafted into the military in Dec 2007. This was
supposedly the first such incident in Korean history.
Who is X?
10.
11. Pictured is an aerial photo of the Aristotle Square, the main
city square located on the city's waterfront, in Thessaloniki,
Greece. A few years back, a snap of the location by
photographer Andy Glass was used to great success for a
specific purpose.
What purpose?
Image in the next slide.
12.
13.
14. September 2, 1945 is an important date concerning United
States because of 2 important events that occurred on that
day. One lasted twenty-three minutes and marked an end.
The other marked a new beginning, one that would come to
haunt the US in a couple of decades’ time.
Name both events.
15.
16. The large open space within a building, often many stories
high and located immediately beyond the main entrance
doors, shares its name with a structure in the human body.
Just gimme the name.
Image in the next slide.
17.
18.
19. The logo combines two recognizable images to convey
complex notions:
- Barbed wire communicates oppression
- A burning candle evokes hope
The logo was inspired by the Chinese proverb, “Better to light
a candle than curse the darkness”. It was meant for
something that came into existence in 1961, as a result of an
act of the oppressive regime of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar in
Portugal.
Whose logo?
20.
21. It was made by a US Company called David Clark and
consisted of 4 layers:
- An internal “comfort liner”
- A gas membrane
- A restraint layer then helped to maintain shape
- External layer of Nomex to protect from fire and
extremes of temperature
Its primary purpose was to prevent a condition called
‘ebullism’.
What are we talking about?
25. Although dismissed as a coincidence, one of the theories
behind the origin of the logo of X is that it was inspired by
the game Pac-man. This is because if you rotate X’s logo a
few degrees to the right and then move the nose upwards so
that it connects to the edge, you have the Pac-man.
Just identify X.
26.
27. X : “I fear, I can't make it. This is such a wonderful, soulful tune. Why should
I spoil it?”
Y : “Sir, you can do it. In fact, am a fan of all songs you have sung.”
X : “Don't call me Sir, please. It’s X….X yettan. That’s it.”
X and Y started practicing the very next day. Their song, as per an update
by Y on Facebook, went on to break the record held by “Kolaveri” in the
most viewed video in the first 48 hours (music category) on YouTube. Y
also went on to say that the movie featuring the song was the first time
international musicians worked on a Malayalam movie.
X and the song please. For the star, identify Y as well.
29. The brand X is named after the purpose Y, the memory of
which is preserved in the Russian word ‘zeka’, literally
“incarcerated canal-army-man”.
Identify X or Y.
Image follows.
30.
31.
32. It is a term coined in the late 1940s by the Hungarian
communist leader Matyas Rakosi to refer to a divide and
conquer process used to overcome political opposition. The
communists were masters of this tactic - first they bullied
centrists into slicing off right-wing colleagues, then they
allied with socialists to slice off the centre and finally the
more courageous left wingers, until only those willing to
collaborate with the Communists remained in power.
The term is also used in business, where it refers to problems
or solutions in pieces, making it hard to see the big picture.
What tactic, named after its similarity to the consumption of
a food item?
33.
34. Also known as Manicule, its typical use is as a bullet-like
symbol to direct the reader’s attention to important text.
Kurt Vonnegut used it as a form of margin on the first line of
every paragraph in his novel Breakfast Of Champions. The
intended literary effect was to create separation between
each paragraph, reinforcing the stream of consciousness
style nature of the text.
Which symbol?
35.
36. At the same time, X was an almost entirely mannered and
theatrical painter. But all his affectations seem at one with X's
personality: his stylistic and technical tics are at one with
brushing his teeth with Y and dyeing his hair with shoe polish.
Excerpt from a 2008 Guardian article about a Protestant Irish-
born painter X, arguably the greatest British painter of the
latter half of the 20th century, famously described by Margaret
Thatcher as "that man who paints those dreadful pictures". Y is
a popular product in India, owned by (the appropriately
named) Spotless Group and is supposed to have been named
after a Latin word meaning ‘force’.
Identify X and Y. Image in the next slide.
37.
38.
39. In Canadian sci-fi author Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal
Parallax trilogy, the DNA sequence for a deadly virus is saved
on a computer folder entitled "Surfaris". This is interpreted
by one of the characters as a reference to “X” and
determines that the virus will X all of the Neanderthals on a
parallel universe's Earth. The character then rewrites the
DNA code to a non-lethal version and calls the file “Y” in
reference to the opposite side of the one featuring X.
Just identify X and Y.
40.
41. Many rooms in this building are named after battles, for e.g.
Ayacucho, Boyaca, Vargas Swamp etc. The current tenant
entered this building in the late 90s. This also featured him in
what was termed as a contest between ‘The Beauty and the
Beast’, the beauty being the 1981 Miss Universe, who in 1997
formed the Integrated Representation of New Hope party.
Name the building, the current tenant and for the star, also
name the beauty.
Images in the next 2 slides.
42.
43.
44.
45. The name by which we know this place is probably a result of
erroneous translation of the original Spanish name Bahia de
Cochinos. ‘Cochino’ here refers to Orangeside Triggerfish
(Sufflamen verres) inhabiting the local coral reefs and not Sus
Scrofa.
Which place, most famous for the events of 17–19 April 1961?
46.
47. X is a generic term used to refer to flat, wide open rural
spaces covered in grass or low scrub in the Southern part of
Africa. Y is a subdivision of X and comprises of high plateau
(1500m - 2100m), stretching from the Drakensberg
mountains in the east and sloping gradually downwards to
the west and south west, as well as to the north into
Limpopo Province.
Just name X and Y.
Y is in news for sporting reasons.
48.
49. “It goes against the tradition of honoring certain victories. It is
an ode to defeat,” said organizer Alain Michaud about an
exhibit unveiled during a Sept 2012 exhibition at the Georges
Pompidou Center in Paris. A smaller version was previously
on exhibition at New York’s David Zwirner Gallery in March
2012.
Which exhibit?
50.
51. Businessman X is unlikely to figure anywhere among the
country's 1,000 most eligible bachelors. The 28-year-old is
short, fair, rather stocky and only moderately well-to-do. An
unremarkable young man, until he begins to speak—extremely
charming, soft-spoken and poised, without the slightest hint of
pretension. Mr. Nice Guy in person.
So begins a 1997 Outlook article about a (then) brass trader
from Moradabad.
Who is X?
52.
53. Featured are microscopic images of bacteria belonging to
the genus Staphylococcus. The prefix Staphylo- denotes the
resemblance of clusters of the organism to something.
What?
Images in the next slide.
54.
55.
56. Only one book series has had two installments winning the
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, in 1982 and 1991. The series and the
principal protagonist are both nicknamed for an animal.
Which animal?
57.
58. The man on the right had no
sense of taste and hence
had to rely on what he called
‘mouth feel’. The solution to
the problem has become
their brand’s signature
today. The brand is also the
first one of its kind to be
taken into space aboard the
Space Shuttle.
What are we talking about?
59.
60. He always starts with the
title and had the first
installment of his most
famous work released in
1992. This is him with his
new novel (set for release in
Oct 2012) for grown-ups,
which is his first in several
years.
Who?
61.
62. Although not an official gadget, in the movie Live and Let Die,
Roger Moore improvises a small flamethrower using a brand X
(the best selling variety of its kind in the world at that time)
and a lit cigar. This was because he was appointed a board
member of the parent company (named after an illustrious
Russian family famous for the creation of gifts that Tsar
Alexander III gave his wife Empress Maria Fedorovna) in 1970.
Just identify the brand and the company.
63.
64. Sets of “personality identification playing cards” were issued
to American troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a
reminder of key Iraqi personnel of interest and also to
provide a recreational resource for troops in the field. Each of
the 52 cards contained the wanted person's name, a picture
if available, and the job performed by that individual.
What card was assigned to Saddam Hussein?
70. Pictured is the airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu,
eastern Nepal. The History Channel in 2010, rated the airport
as the most dangerous airport in the world.
What is the name of this airport?
Image in the next slide.
71.
72.
73. The Fafo Research Foundation was founded by
the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in 1982.
Under the guidance of its first director Terje Rod
Larsen (1982–1993), Fafo played an important role in
international peace research and politics. Fafo is
internationally known primarily for a research project that it
initiated in the early 90s, culminating in the events of 20
August 1993. This also resulted in the involved parties being
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the next year.
What did Fafo’s research result in?
74.
75. What 2002 marketing campaign is referenced on this
merchandise item?
76.
77. Hashima Island is an uninhabited island in the Nagasaki
prefecture and is known for its coal mines and their
operation during the industrialization of Japan. The island
houses Japan's first large concrete building (9 stories high)
built to protect the ranks of workers against typhoon
destruction. The island reportedly has featured in numerous
movies including Skyfall.
By what name is this island commonly known?
Image in the next slide.
78.
79.
80. It literally means “pile of corpses” in Tibetan, a pointer
towards the multitude of people who die every year due to
bad weather while trying to cross it. Its operational viability
is limited to a few months a year and hence a tunnel is under
construction to bypass it.
Identify this subset of NH-21.
81.
82. X is a word which is Goidelic in origin and refers to bodies of
water like lakes/sea inlets. Y is the largest of these and is
immortalized as a famous fictional brand. Z is the second
largest and became famous thanks to a 1934 photograph
that a gynecologist named Robert Wilson's refused to have
his name associated with.
Solve for X, Y and Z.
83.
84. These indentations are actually muscle deformities resulting
from variations in the structure the zygomaticus major
muscle, usually due to the presence of a double or bifid
zygomaticus major. There is evidence of it being genetically
inherited and has been classified as a simple dominant trait.
What are we talking about?
