Enigma 2015: General Quiz mains

ENIGMA’15
General Quiz
FINALS
Questions By: Kapish Malhotra, Nabilur
Rahaman ( IIT Delhi) & Sanket Sharma

1.
During Nadir Shah's invasion of India. His troops passed
through Punjab after plundering Delhi and killing
hundreds of thousands of Hindus and Muslims, and taking
hundreds of women as captive.The Sikhs decided to
attack Nadir Shah's camp and free the captive women.
Being outnumbered by Nadir Shah's huge army, they
could not afford to make a frontal attack. Instead, they
used to make midnight guerrilla raids on Nadir Shah's
camp, free as many captive women as possible, and
return them to their homes in order to "restore the dignity
of the Hindu community."This event gave rise to a very
popular reference.What?

X is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs,
whose worship spread throughout the Greco-
Roman world X was worshipped as the ideal mother
and wife as well as the patroness of nature and
magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners,
artisans and the downtrodden. Often depicted as
the mother of Horus, the falcon-headed deity
associated with king and kingship. She is also
known as protector of the dead and goddess of
children. Her name means “she of the kings'
throne.”
2.

3.
In aTest match played between theWest Indies
and England at OldTrafford, Manchester, in the
year 1933. Ellis Achong, was a left-arm orthodox
spinner, playing for theWest Indies at the time.
According to folklore, Achong is said to have had
Walter Robins stumped off a surprise delivery that
spun into the right-hander from outside the off
stump. As he walked back to the pavilion, Robins
said to the umpire, "fancy being done by a bloody
______________!", leading to the popularity of the
term in England, and subsequently, in the rest of
the world.

5.
This is a defensive business strategy used to stave off
a hostile takeover, in which a company that is
threatened with a hostile takeover "turns the tables"
by attempting to acquire its would-be buyer.
Internationally, perhaps the best-known case was that
of Porsche and theVolkswagen Group, in which
Porsche slowly acquired stake in the much larger
Volkswagen Group, eventually to the point of owning
over 50% of the company in 2009.
What is the name given to such a business strategy?

7.
This Indian organization has been a consultant for
Bosch and Airtel. It boasts of having been visited by
Prince Charles, who invited two of its members to his
wedding. In very recent times Flipkart has announced
its tie-up with this Organisation for last mile delivery to
customers.This association is an effort to explore newer
delivery channels and opportunities by partnering with
this unique community of experts.
Which Organisation ?

8.
An ad by
Douglas Adams
released in 2000
for Apple Inc.
What was its
subject?

The camouflage effect was designed by R/Greenberg
Associates, under the direction of Joel Hynek. There was a chrome
man who was inside a reflective sphere.The man blended in,
perfectly camouflaged, reflecting from all directions and only visible
when in motion. It took quite a while before they figured out how to
do it, which was basically an image repeated in a pattern of ripples in
the shape of the Antagonist’s body. It proved very effective and was
a new way of presenting an "invisible man." Before there was digital
rendering technology all of the camouflage was done optically using
photo-chemical means, so that one would never get the same result
twice from combining the same pieces of film.
The process in making of which movie that went on to achieve Cult
status?
9.

10.
X were Norse warriors who are primarily
reported in the Old Norse literature to have
fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-
like fury, a characteristic which later gave
rise to the English word ______________ .
Identify X and FIB.

11.
In March 2015 ,an innovative Salvation Army campaign in
South Africa to raise awareness of domestic abuse against
women took social media by storm.
Some of the taglines used were:
“Why is it so hard to see ______ and ________?”
“The only illusion is if you think it was her choice.”
Either give me the two blanks or tell me what was all the
hype for this campaign about.

12.
Identify both
these
“gentle”men !

13.
This is a snapshot of the
twitter account of Michael
DiVenuto, nicknamed “ the
diva "He made his debut
for Italy 2012 ICC World
Twenty20 Qualifier. He was
in news very recently for a
rather surprising
achievement for an Italian.
What is his claim to fame.

Batting Coach of the
2015World Cup winning
AustralianTeam

14.
The Kumars at No. 42 is an international Emmy
winning British television show. It ran for seven series
totalling 53 episodes. A Pakistani version of the show
called Ghaffar at Dhoraji featuring a Gujarati family
living in Karachi. SonyTelevision has produced an Indian
version of the show called Batliwalla House No. 43
featuring a Parsee family living in Mumbai. Another
Indian remake of this show made it very big in the
Entertainment Industry.
Name the show.

The recommendation of the 10 member-
Acworth Committee in 1920-21, headed by
British railway economistWilliamAcworth, let to
the reorganisation of railways in India.What was
the effect of those recommendations that exists
even today?
15.

16.
In early 2014. The review queue for Apple’s iTunes store
was flooded with numerous apps with similar names.
This was actually a protest against a company X’s move
towards copyrighting something.This was termed
_______ jam by the internet media.
Id the company and FIB.

CANDY JAM
Protesting King.com’s move to
copyright the word CANDY

LIST IT!
+5 for Every Correct answer
and +5 for full house.

List the Principal/Title
Sponsors of ALL 8 IPL
2015 franchises(each).

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gionee
Kings XI Punjab: Tata Motors Prima
Delhi Dredevils: Daikin
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 93.5 Red FM
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Huawei
Rajasthan Royals: UltraTech Cement
Mumbai Indians: Videocon D2H
Chennai Super Kings: Aircel

17.
Catull BQ, a variant of Catull an old style serif
typeface designed by Gustav Jaeger for the
BertholdType Foundry in 1982 is one of the
most viewed fonts in the world.What accounts
for its high viewership?

18.
Hemagglutinin is a glycoprotein that causes red
blood cells to agglutinate/clump together
Neuraminidases, also called sialidases, catalyze the
hydrolysis of terminal sialic acid residues from the
newly formed virions and from the host cell
receptors.
What do the first variants of these combine to give ?

19.
A family tree showing relationship
between Richard III, King of
England ( 1483-1485) and whom?
(Image on next slide)

20. 190 reasons to answer this question
What are these
known as?

Richie’s Rules of Commentary

21. Whose interpretation and where will you be
seeing these symbols?

22.
In Marvel continuity, Mjolnir is forged by Dwarven
blacksmiths, and is composed of the fictional Asgardian
metal "uru".The side of the hammer carries the
inscription "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be
worthy, shall possess the power ofThor.“
The inscription was true until recent times when a small
part of it had to be altered.
PUT FUNDA

23. What is being shown in this map?

Identify the missing person (Most Famous person of the group).
Robert Catesby
JohnWright
ThomasWintour
Thomas Percy
___________
Robert Keyes
RobertWintour
Thomas Bates
ChristopherWright
John GrantAmbrose Rookwood
Sir Everard Digby
FrancisTresham
24.

25.
He was the founder and chairman of “Internet
User’s Society of India” which was established in
1995.Though the world wide web was introduced
in 1990, he was online way before that through a
telecom service connection established with the
help of Steve Jobs.
He even had his own website
www.junglee.org.in.
Identify!

26.
The Khasi tribe of Meghalaya are very famous for their
archery skills. However their archery is very peculiar
because of the technique used in shooting the arrow.
The reason for this peculiarity lies in their folklore that
mentions an ancestor who had done something, as a
result of which the tribe adopted this style of archery.
Who is their “ancestor” and how is their archery
peculiar ?

EKLAVYA
They shoot the arrows
without using their thumbs

27.
Connect
King GeorgeVI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse
Test Match at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sydney to HobartYacht Race
IIHFWorld U20 Championship
Spengler Cup
Annandagsbandy

28.
Project X was started in 1994 and has since then
be subject to heavy criticism, though the statistics
reveal that 50% of the world still uses it.
It is also argued that X was not created byY rather
Y used the source code off Spyglass Inc’s project
Mosaic to develop X.
On March 17th 2015,Y announced that it was
replacing X with Z as the default.Thus “killing”
the X brand forever.
Id X,Y,Z
+5 for 2 correct & +10 for all 3

X- Internet Explorer
Y- Microsoft
Z- Spartan

29.
Question courtesy: Shreya Pandey
The circle topped with a two-bar cross in which the
word “X” resides is a variant of the ______ logo, and
is either “an early European symbol for quality” or a
Cross of Lorraine, as carried by the KnightsTemplar
into the Crusades.
Continuing the DaVinci Code-theme, the X’s
geometric pattern of a dot with four triangles
radiating outward is either a schematic drawing of a
four-leaf clover or — cue the cliff-hanger music from
Jaws - the cross pattée, associated with knights
templar and free masons.
Id X !

30.
Identify the Singer, who in recent times has
shot to immense fame and now enjoys a
huge fan following.
(The Girls can’t seem to have enough of him)

31.
SBS Prince Beverages Pvt. Ltd. seeking to cash in
on the popularity of X launched the product "X
Cola" earlier in February this year.
With the slogan, "Drink and fight for your right",
Mr.Kailash Kesarwani, the owner, claims that the
product is intended for the "common man".
Id X !

32.
This name is Scandinavian, a short form
of a very common Norse name meaning
"beautiful victory", and comes from the
intended name for the original
developer's first child.Though the
company describes it as an acronym.
Which very famous application, used
worldwide, is being talked about ?

33.
The Indian epics describe this region as lavanasagara (salt ocean).
The story from Ramayana goes that when Lord Rama had to cross
the ocean with his army to Lanka, he decided to use a fire-weapon
and dry up the ocean. All the living creatures of the ocean were
much frightened for their lives and started pleading him not to do
so. But as it was impossible to dismount the arrow-weapon, once
it was drawn, he decided to point it to a distant sea drumakulya
situated on north of Lavanasagara and released it.
This is the theory attributed to the formation ofWhat?
Or
Simply Give me the present names of Lavanasagara and
Drumakulya.

34.
Daniel Jacob Haugaard is a Danish comedian. He
ran for every parliamentary election as a joke
from 1979 onwards. Among his outrageous
campaign promises were:
•8 hours of free time, 8 hours of rest and 8 hours
of sleep
•More tailwind on bicycle paths
•Promises of better weather, and
•_______ in field rations (was actually implemented)
FIB (Eagerly waiting to give away hints) :P

35. A snapshot of a news article from the Guardian FB
page.What was the caption with which they shared
the link, (3 word answer)?

36.
What is the name for the ecommerce business
model in which a website offers a single
product for sale for a period of 24 to 36 hours?
Potential
customers register as members of the deal-a-
day websites and receive online offers and
invitations by email or social networks. Also
associate the brand which has recently made
this popular in India.

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+5 for every correct
answer & +5 for full house

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