12.01.13 Quiz prelims answers
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The document contains a series of clues related to famous people, companies, movies, inventions and more. The reader is prompted to identify specific entities based on contextual clues and hints provided. Some examples include identifying Bal Thackerey from clues about his career as a political cartoonist and the newspaper he founded, identifying QR codes from its origins and popularity, and identifying Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse from details about Disney's early attempts to become a cartoonist.
12.01.13 Quiz prelims answers
- 1. Prelims By Aditya Jayaprakash
- 2. • 1. He started his career as a political cartoonist. But he left in 1960 to form his own weekly known as the “Marmik”. He later started a newspaper Y. Y’s meaning translates to “ to face” . He was satirised in Salman Rushdie’s novel The Moor’s last Sigh as “Raman Fielding”. Who am I talking about ?
- 3. 2. X entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotes of 2012. Y should be credited for X. It was reported that Y made 8.1 Million US in 2012 because of X. X was one of its kind to reach a milestone on something extremely popular among the current generation. Identify X and Y. Clue : Keep Calm and I don’t know.
- 4. 3. X was invented in Japan by the Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process, and originally designed to allow components to be scanned at high speed. It has since become one of the most popular types of two dimensional barcodes. Identify X.
- 5. 4. Google Doodle for whose 125th birthday ?
- 6. 5. Jacob Davis was a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth made from hemp from X. After one customer kept purchasing cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain such as on the points on the pocket corners and at the base of the button fly. He partnered with X and it was patented. X sold the first of its kind to gold miners during the California Gold Rush, the manufacturing of denim overalls began in the 1870’s. The company then created their first pair of Y in the 1890’s, a style that went on to become the worlds best selling item of cloth. Identify X and Y.
- 7. 6. X are advertisements promoted by a company since IPL Season 2. The ads were created by Oglivy & Mather, an ad agency in Banglore. The idea was convinced by Rajiv Rao. X are small- bodied, thin woman covered in layers of white. The Ads are shot at lower frame rates and keeping background simple in terms and the use of neutral tone of grey. The Ads were a huge hit. The company received the first People for Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) 2009 Glitterbox Award for replacing the something with a more humane alternative.
- 8. 7. X is a fictional character in a popular movie series, it is a job title rather than a name. X heads the fictional R&D Division of an organisation. 5 people played the role on X in the movie series. 4 of them were old. In the latest installement of the series, Ben Wishaw played the role of X. He was the youngest actor to play the role of X. X usually provides the main character with a set of sophisticated weapons, flying cars, modified Rolex/Omega watches. This time X provided just a gun which could only be fired by the main character and a miniaturised radio. Convo between X and the Main character on the next slide.
- 9. X: I am your new X. Main: You must be joking X: Why? Because I’m not wearing a lab coat ? Main: Because you still have spots. X: My complexion is hardly relevant. Main: Your incompetence is. X: Age is no guarantee of efficiency. Main: And youth is no guarantee of innovation. Pic on the next slide
- 10. 4 actors who previously played the role of X in the movie series.
- 11. • 8. Headquarters of which organization ?
- 12. 9. Identify the person on the left.
- 13. 10. Illustrator, Light Room, Dreamweaver, Elements etc. are software's from which software company ?
- 14. 11. 336 ppi ( pixels per inch) . What am I talking about ?
- 15. 12. X was proposed it in 1842 in Prague by physicist Christian X. X is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source. It is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes from an observer. Name the effect.
- 16. 13. X was a propaganda poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of a Nazi invasion of Great Britain. It had only limited distribution with no public display, and thus was little known. The poster was rediscovered in 2000 and has been re-issued by a number of private companies and used as the decorative theme for a range of products. X is very common on Facebook these days.
- 17. 14. Identify the game and the aircraft featured.
- 18. 15. X became a cartoonist for his school newspaper. He dropped out from school and was rejected by the army. He and his friend decided to join the Red Cross and was sent to France where he drove an ambulance for a year. X, when he approached a few people and showed him his cartoon creation, they said that it was unimaginative and stupid. That cartoon is the most famous cartoon character in this world today. X started a company which ventured into movies, animation, cartoons etc. The name of the company is X. Pictures on the next slide.
- 20. 16. Quote from which movie ? “I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse”.
- 21. 17. X was invented by Ermo X who worked at the Dept. of interior Design art at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. It is believed that he invented it to help his students understand 3D objects, his actual purpose was solving the structural problem to moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. He didn’t realize that he had created a puzzle until the first time he scrambled it. It was first called the Magic X. 350 Million of it has been sold so far making it the world’s top selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world’s best selling toy. What am I talking about ?
- 23. 4. 5. 1 Hackerway, Menlo Park, Cupertino. 6. 18th May 2012.
- 24. 19. Filming or shooting what ?
- 25. 20. Maurice Tillet was a Russia Born French professional wrestler known as The French Angel. He was the World Heavyweight champion twice. During his teens he was diagnosed with acromegaly – a condition usually caused by benign tumor on the pituitary gland, resulting in bone overgrowth and thickening. He looked a lot like a monster. His physique was the inspiration for an animated grouchy, terrifying monster. This monster X is extremely famous and a movie series X exists. Pic of Maurice Tillet on the next slide.
- 27. 21. Who ?
- 28. 22. X is a symbol which translates to snail in Italian, spider monkey in German, called a monkey tail in French, elephants trunk in Swedish. Today it has a relatively different meaning. What am I talking about ? It is used by all of us.
- 29. 23. The name X comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of X to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of X which took part in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming “We Won”, before collapsing and dying. When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece. What is X ?
- 30. 24. X was once nominated for Nobel Prize for Peace. He wrote an autobiography called Y. Y translates to “My Struggle or My Battle”. Outside the place where he was born. He wanted to be an artist first, but the art school didn’t accept him, so he chose another path. The world would be a lot different if the art school had accepted him. Identify X and Y.
- 31. 25. Who is the man on the right ?
- 32. Prelims Answers
- 33. • 1. He started his career as a political cartoonist. But he left in 1960 to form his own weekly known as the “Marmik”. He later started a newspaper Y. Y’s meaning translates to “ to face” . He was satirised in Salman Rushdie’s novel The Moor’s last Sigh as “Raman Fielding”. Who am I talking about ?
- 34. Ans. Bal Thackerey. The newspaper Y is Saamana.
- 35. 2. X entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotes of 2012. Y should be credited for X. It was reported that Y made 8.1 Million US in 2012 because of X. X was one of its kind to reach a milestone on something extremely popular among the current generation. Identify X and Y. Clue : Keep Calm and I don’t know.
- 36. X – Oppan Gangnam Style Y – PSY
- 37. 3. X was invented in Japan by the Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process, and originally designed to allow components to be scanned at high speed. It has since become one of the most popular types of two dimensional barcodes. Identify X.
- 38. • X – QR or Quick Response code
- 39. 4. Google Doodle for whose 125th birthday ?
- 41. 5. Jacob Davis was a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth made from hemp from X. After one customer kept purchasing cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain such as on the points on the pocket corners and at the base of the button fly. He partnered with X and it was patented. X sold the first of its kind to gold miners during the California Gold Rush, the manufacturing of denim overalls began in the 1870’s. The company then created their first pair of Y in the 1890’s, a style that went on to become the worlds best selling item of cloth. Identify X and Y.
- 42. X – Levi Strauss and Co. or Levi’s. Y – Jeans.
- 43. 6. X are advertisements promoted by a company since IPL Season 2. The ads were created by Oglivy & Mather, an ad agency in Banglore. The idea was convinced by Rajiv Rao. X are small- bodied, thin woman covered in layers of white. The Ads are shot at lower frame rates and keeping background simple in terms and the use of neutral tone of grey. The Ads were a huge hit. The company received the first People for Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) 2009 Glitterbox Award for replacing the something with a more humane alternative.
- 44. • Ans. Vodafone ZooZoo, they replaced the pug with ZooZoo’s.
- 45. 7. X is a fictional character in a popular movie series, it is a job title rather than a name. X heads the fictional R&D Division of an organisation. 5 people played the role on X in the movie series. 4 of them were old. In the latest installement of the series, Ben Wishaw played the role of X. He was the youngest actor to play the role of X. X usually provides the main character with a set of sophisticated weapons, flying cars, modified Rolex/Omega watches. This time X provided just a gun which could only be fired by the main character and a miniaturised radio. Convo between X and the Main character on the next slide.
- 46. X: I am your new X. Main: You must be joking X: Why? Because I’m not wearing a lab coat ? Main: Because you still have spots. X: My complexion is hardly relevant. Main: Your incompetence is. X: Age is no guarantee of efficiency. Main: And youth is no guarantee of innovation. Pic on the next slide
- 47. 4 actors who previously played the role of X in the movie series.
- 48. Ans. X – Q or Quartermaster and Q is from the movie series James Bond.
- 49. • 8. Headquarters of which organization ?
- 50. Ans. Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) or MI6.
- 51. 9. Identify the person on the left.
- 53. 10. Illustrator, Light Room, Dreamweaver, Elements etc. are software's from which software company ?
- 54. Ans. Adobe
- 55. 11. 336 ppi ( pixels per inch) . What am I talking about ?
- 57. 12. X was proposed it in 1842 in Prague by physicist Christian X. X is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source. It is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes from an observer. Name the effect.
- 59. 13. X was a propaganda poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of a Nazi invasion of Great Britain. It had only limited distribution with no public display, and thus was little known. The poster was rediscovered in 2000 and has been re-issued by a number of private companies and used as the decorative theme for a range of products. X is very common on Facebook these days.
- 60. Ans. Keep Calm and Carry On.
- 61. 14. Identify the game and the aircraft featured.
- 62. Ans. The aircraft is called Dragon Fire.
- 63. 15. X became a cartoonist for his school newspaper. He dropped out from school and was rejected by the army. He and his friend decided to join the Red Cross and was sent to France where he drove an ambulance for a year. X, when he approached a few people and showed him his cartoon creation, they said that it was unimaginative and stupid. That cartoon is the most famous cartoon character in this world today. X started a company which ventured into movies, animation, cartoons etc. The name of the company is X. Pictures on the next slide.
- 65. Ans. Walt Disney and the character which they called unimaginative was Mickey Mouse.
- 66. 16. Quote from which movie ? “I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse”.
- 67. • Ans. The Godfather
- 68. 17. X was invented by Ermo X who worked at the Dept. of interior Design art the academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. It is believed that he invented it to help his students understand 3D objects, his actual purpose was solving the structural problem to moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. He didn’t realize that he had created a puzzle until the first time he scrambled it. It was first called the Magic X. 350 Million of it has been sold so far making it the world’s top selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world’s best selling toy. What am I talking about ?
- 71. 4. 5. 1 Hackerway, Menlo Park, Cupertino. 6. 18th May 2012.
- 72. Ans. Facebook 1.EdgeRank – Algorithm which decides your newsfeed. 2. It was created. 3. Original idea – Harvard Connection
- 73. 4. Peter Thiel – Its first investor. 5. 1 Hackerway, Menlo Park, Cupertino. – Its headquarters. 6. 18th May 2012. – The day FB went public aka IPO.
- 74. 19. Filming or shooting what ?
- 75. Ans. Leo the Lion or MGM should do. This appears before every MGM product.
- 76. 20. Maurice Tillet was a Russia Born French professional wrestler known as The French Angel. He was the World Heavyweight champion twice. During his teens he was diagnosed with acromegaly – a condition usually caused by benign tumor on the pituitary gland, resulting in bone overgrowth and thickening. He looked a lot like a monster. His physique was the inspiration for an animated grouchy, terrifying monster. This monster X is extremely famous and a movie series X exists. Pic of Maurice Tillet on the next slide.
- 78. Ans. X – Shrek.
- 79. 21. Who ?
- 81. 22. X is a symbol which translates to snail in Italian, spider monkey in German, called a monkey tail in French, elephants trunk in Swedish. Today it has a relatively different meaning. What am I talking about ? It is used by all of us.
- 82. Ans. The “@” symbol mostly used in emails.
- 83. 23. The name X comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of X to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of X which took part in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming “We Won”, before collapsing and dying. When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece. What is X ?
- 84. Ans. X – Marathon.
- 85. 24. X was once nominated for Nobel Prize for Peace. He wrote an autobiography called Y. Y translates to “My Struggle or My Battle”. Outside the place where he was born. He wanted to be an artist first, but the art school didn’t accept him, so he chose another path. The world would be a lot different if the art school had accepted him. Identify X and Y.
- 86. X – Adolf Hitler Y – Mein Kamph
- 87. 25. Who is the man on the right ?
- 88. Ans. John Lennon ( Beatles ).