Atrium Quiz

#1
What is the name of
this building?

#2
Which country’s national flag is this? It is the only
country in the world to feature such a modern
rifle
(the AK-47) on its national flag.

#3
X was a member of a group of
provincial English Catholics
who planned the Gunpowder
Plot of 1605 which was a
failed assassination attempt
against King James I of
England.
A mask resembling X’s face
became popular on several
internet forums and has
become a well-known
symbol for the online
hacktivist group Anonymous.
Give us X’s name.

#5
In January 2002, after several years
of searching, a team from National
Geographic Television and Film
finally located this woman and met
her in a village in Afghanistan.
The 30 year old woman named
Sharbat Gula lived an ordinary life
in a remote region near the
mountains of Tora Bora.
In recognition of her, National
Geographic set up the Afghan Girls
Fund, a charitable organization
with the goal of educating Afghan
girls and young women.
In what other way is this woman
known to the rest of the world?

#6
________ is an economic
phenomenon which
struck Germany
between the years 1921
and 1923.
We can see in the picture
that the woman is
burning banknotes
because back then it
was much cheaper than
buying firewood.
What is this phenomenon
called?

#7
The title of a best selling book comes from a line in the
translated version of the poem titled ‘Kabul’ written
by a 17th century Iranian poet called Saib Tabrizi.
The lines are as follows:
"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye
Through the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass
One could not count the moons that shimmer on her
roofs
And _____________ that hide behind her walls“
Identify the book.

#8
In a village called Ytterby, the rare earth mineral Yttria was
discovered and was hence named after the village itself. This
crude mineral eventually proved to be the source of four new
elements that were in turn named after the mineral ore and the
village. These elements are Yttrium (Y), Erbium (Er), Terbium
(Tb) and Ytterbium (Yb).
In which country is this village situated?

#9
Find the connect between these two images.

The two most prestigious awards in Mathematics.
Fields Medal & Abel Prize.

(*) #10
There are currently 9 Kilo-class diesel electric submarines that
are in active service with the Indian Navy. X is a Sanskrit word
meaning ‘river’ or ‘ocean’ which when prefixed with the
following nine words would yield the names of all the nine
submarines. Identify X.
______ghosh
______dhvaj
______raj
______ vir
______ratna
______kesari
______kriti
______vijay
______shashtra

‘Sindhu’
INS Sindhughosh
INS Sindhudhvaj
INS Sindhuraj
INS Sindhuvir
INS Sindhuratna
INS Sindhukesari
INS Sindhukriti
INS Sindhuvijay
INS Sindhushashtra

(*) #11
This painting, titled ‘Sunset At Montmajour’ was recently
unveiled by a museum in Amsterdam and was declared
as an original work of art of a very popular artist X.
It was painted by X in 1888, purchased by a Norwegian
industrialist in 1908, had its authenticity questioned and
ever since it remained stored in the buyer’s attic until
now.
Scientific analysis shows that the pigments and canvas
correspond with those often used by X and the style and
brushwork is typical of X’s art.
Who is the artist behind this painting?

(*) #12
This rarely seen creature is
the first carnivorous
American mammal to be
discovered in 35 years.
After researchers spent
several years studying its
DNA & conducting tests,
its discovery was
announced earlier this
year by the Smithsonian
National Museum of
Natural History.
What is this little fellow
called?

(*) #13
These two images of a
very prominent building
represent a historic
transition.
Tell us what the transition
was.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The letters ‘CCPP’ from the Moscow Kremlin were
removed and replaced with the Phoenix Coat of
Arms.

(*) #14
The film Rasputin and the Empress released in 1932 which
inaccurately portrayed Princess Irina and her husband
Prince Felix of Russia. The two royalties then sued the
producers of the film, MGM, stating that they had been
defamed.
Irina and Felix won the lawsuit and were awarded over
$127,373 in damages and an additional $1 million in
an out-of-court settlement with MGM.
Prompted by the outcome of this case many studios began
to incorporate something in their films in order to try to
protect themselves from similar court action.
What?

The ‘All characters are
fictional…’ disclaimer

#15
This is the portrait of
which famous 19th
century Scottish
novelist?

#16
This desert is the world’s largest sand desert covering
almost 650,000 square kilometers and spanning across
Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and Yemen.
The city of Ubar, popularly known as the ‘Atlantis of the
Sands’, was a city that supposedly existed in this desert
around 1400 years ago. Legend has it that when the
people of the city defied their God, they were cursed with
a sand storm that drove the city deep into the sands. It is
said that the ruins of Ubar still lie buried within the sands
of this desert.
Which desert are we talking about?

The Rub’ al Khali a.k.a The Empty Quarter

#17
Sir Ian McKellen has signed on to
play the lead role in an
upcoming film which will be an
adaptation of the book ‘A Slight
Trick of the Mind’ written by
Mitch Cullin.
The story, which is set in 1947,
finds the lead character living in
retirement, grappling with
weakening powers of his mind
and being haunted by an
unsolved mystery from half a
century before.
Which character will he be
portraying?

#18
The word ‘hooah’ is a military slang used by the soldiers and the
airmen of U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force.
Thanks to the American pop culture for their excessively
incorrect usage of this word in films and T.V shows, many
actual soldiers find its use to be annoying. In the Canadian
armed forces, users of this word are perceived to be
unpatriotic and to be not taking their jobs seriously.
The word is said to have originated from the abbreviation HUA.
So, what does HUA stand for?

#19
First discovered in Canada in
1811, this apple is known for
having a vivid red colour
brushed with bright green. It
is also known for having a
very juicy and tender flesh
along with a strong sweet
tart like flavor.
Dubbed the most popular of all
the apples in the USA, The
State of New York produces
the largest number of these
apples every year.
What is this apple called?

McIntosh Apple
Or
McIntosh Red

#20
This dance form originated during the 1980s in the
suburbs of New York City, USA. Originally called
‘albee’ after the person who introduced it, this dance
is based on an Ethiopian dance form called Esksita.
Since its beginnings it has spread to other urban
localities and has become very much popular.
What is this dance form now popularly known as?
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