Fresher's quiz '18

Fresher’s Quiz ‘18
Shubhang Shukla

Who are we and what we do?
We are just a bunch of like minded people who love facts and trivia and
reading and music and movies and etc etc.
We have quizzes, discussions, drills, book discussions and lots of things.
Let’s get started.

QUIZZING 101
Typical school quiz questions:
Q1. Who was the first man on the moon?
Q2. Who was the first woman to go to space?

A Proper College-Level
Quizzing Question
Who is welcoming whom during latter’s visit to
Yuri Gagarin centre in Russia?

How to attempt solving this?
Clearly something to do with space, given
the man in the back. You need to identify a
gentleman and a lady.
Here where the GK helps. The lady, a very
few of them would fit the timeline, would be
easy to guess, due to lack of choices. The
gentleman, 1970? Famous? What would
make the answer really cool?

Answer:
Valentina Tereshkova
Neil Armstrong

ANOTHER EXAMPLE
In the IPO filing for Google in 2004, rather than a typical round-number
amount of money, the company announced its intention to raise
$2,718,281,828.
What is the significance of this number?

How to approach?
So, Google is a technical giant. Hence, the number has something to do with
technology or it’s core i.e. mathematics. Now look closely at the number.
Does it remind you of something? Specifically the most famous number in all
of mathematics.

Ans- It is 1 billion times e (Euler’s
Number).

Enough of the lectures, let the fun begin !!

RULES
• There are 15 questions in the prelims.
• Each question carries 1 mark.
• Give your team a cool name, and write your team members name
and write your phone numbers.
•Question Numbers 1 and multiples of 5 are star marked, to be
used as tie-breakers.
• Eight teams in the Finals. (Flexible)
•Hints on my discretion.

1. * Which logo?
The logo based on the concept of sound connection between the mind, body
and soul. The concept underlines the deep philosophy of cosmic beliefs in
the field of Yoga (a philosophy practice in India since the Vedic times). The
triad connected with sound training and education creates a unified
assimilation of true Indian values of education.

2. Which item?
When Mughals invaded India, they brought along their own cuisine. They did
not take to any Indian food items except one item. They adopted the Indian
tradition with respect to this item and decided that no feast is complete
without this item. Which item that is an integral component of any feast in
India am I talking about?

3.
For a certain role, of an NRI, it is rumored that Saif Ali Khan, and even Tom
Cruise were considered (eventually played by SRK). This role was named
after a legendary movie actor, suggested by Aditya Chopra. Identify this
character.

4.
The first convincing evidence of use of this ‘wearable’ dates back to 500 A.D.
in caves of France. It was made out of animal intestines, linen, silk and
questionably leather.
They may have been reportedly used to protect guns from damage and water
transportation, none of which was it’s primary purpose.

5.*
Abraham Lincoln authorised the establishment of X on the same day as he
died (which is IRONIC). Initially, X was only established to keep a check on
financial crimes , but today X is generally known for a very different job
(which makes the aforementioned ironic).
• Identify X.

6.This painting is “The Adoration of Magi” by Giotto. Why is this painting very important
scientifically” ?

7.
V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) is a red variable star in the constellation
Monoceros about 20,000 light years from the Sun, and possibly one of the
largest known stars for a short period following the outburst. Recently some
of its images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope went viral due to the
similarity in its appearance to the logo of X, a popular free and open source
software which is used in conjunction with a system of interlinked hypertext
documents which was the brainchild of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. What?

8.
X is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek
and Roman Mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), X
has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing,
the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more.
But due to the fact that X was very a prodigal archer, a very revolutionary
sequence of expeditionary missions were named after him.
Who is X?

9.
X is a large dark area about 475 km in diameter near the north pole
of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. It is named after the X(black land in
Sindarin) place from the epic fantasy novel series Y, which it strongly
resembles in shape. The name is not official; the discovery team has been
using the name informally and may submit it to the IAU.
What is X?

10.* Connect (Extra point for the blank)
Heartsbane.
Ice
Oathkeeper
Widow’s Wail
Lady Forlorn
________
Brightroar
Blackfyre
Dark Sister

11.
X is derived from greek words Ou and Topos , which literally mean
‘Impossible place’.
However , in modern literature X is used to denote an ironically different
meaning.
What is X?

12.
The term X was a added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary database in
2017 which defines it as a favourite pastime of millennials(although this is
not it’s main definition).
What is X with which all of us are familiar now because all of us do it,
especially after the advent of Netflix.

13. Connect. A point extra for filling the
blank.
Cornelius Fudge
Rufus Scrimgeour
Pius Thicknese
Kingsley Shacklebolt
____________________________

14. ID the blanked out portion.

15. *
What do you mean by Spermology?
”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P

2.
When Mughals invaded India, they brought along their own cuisine. They did
not take to any Indian food items except one item. They adopted the Indian
tradition with respect to this item and decided that no feast is complete
without this item. Which item that is an integral component of any feast in
India am I talking about?

4.
The first convincing evidence of use of this ‘wearable’ dates back to 500 A.D.
in caves of France. It was made out of animal intestines, linen, silk and
questionably leather. There have been reportedly used in road building and
to protect guns from damage and water transportation, none of which was
it’s primary purpose.

6.This painting is “The Adoration of Magi” by Giotto painted in 1301. Why is this painting
very important scientifically” ?

One of the earliest depictions of Halley’s
Comet.

Valyrian Steel Swords.
Longclaw (Jon Snow’s)

Ministers of Magic.
Hermoine Granger.

15.
What do you mean by Spermology?
”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P

The study of Trivia. ( Literally quizzers )

FINALS
• There are three rounds in the Finals
•ROUND 1 : 5 Questions, clockwise +20/-10 on pounce and +10/0 on direct.
•ROUND 2 : Written Round
•ROUND 3 : 5 Questions, anticlockwise +20/-10 on pounce and +10/0 on
direct.

ROUND 1
• 5 Questions
• Clockwise
•+20/-10 on pounce
•+10/0 on bounce

1.
Julius Michael Johannes X (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, 9 October 1846 –
Küsnacht, 19 October 1912) was a Swiss entrepreneur, inventor of
precooked soups and X sauce.
The company originally started in Switzerland in 1885, when Julius X took
over his father's mill. He quickly became a pioneer of industrial food
production, aiming to improve the nutritional intake of worker families. X
was the first to bring protein-rich legume meals to the market, and followed
up with a ready-made soup based on legume meals in 1886. In 1897, Julius X
founded the company X GmbH in Singen, Germany where it is still based
today.
What is X?

Maggi – your staple diet for the next
four years :P

All share their name with cities around
the world
Washington, Phoenix, Paris and Orlando.

3.
The word X is drawn from the French language. In printing, X came to mean
a stereotype, electrotype or cast plate or block reproducing words or images
that would be used repeatedly; the word is believed to have derived from the
clicking sound made when blocks were polytyped (a particular form of
typing in which the block was impressed into a bath of molten type-metal to
form a matrix). Through this onomatopoeia, X came to mean a ready-made,
oft-repeated phrase. ID X.

4.
Last Year Google and Nintendo came to an agreement to celebrate Mario Day
on the 10th of March.
Mario promotionals were seen on almost all google products such as maps
etc.
Why did they specifically chose 10th March as Mario Day?

Because 10th March = Mar 10 = MarIO

5.
The Tejas Express is India’s first semi-high speed full Air-Conditioned train
fleet introduced by Indian Railways, featuring newer modern on-board
facilities such as automatic doors, LCD screens and headphones for
passenger entertainment. Tejas Express embarked on its first journey last
year.
However, just after it’s first run, the Indian Railways replaced all the 200 rs
headphones with 30 rs headphones. Why?

Passengers stole the expensive
headphones.

Round 2 :
Written Round- FIFA World Cup ‘18
Five Questions
Marking Scheme - +10/0 (without stake)
+20/-10 (with stake)
Write in your sheets, then exchange.

2.
Who was the most ‘Fouled upon’ player in the FIFA 2018 World Cup?

3.
During the course of the FIFA World Cup 2018, Marks and Spencer saw a 35
percent increase in the sales of their Waistcoats.
The navy wool waistcoat is part of the official three-piece suit designed for this
year’s team by Marks and Spencer in collaboration with the Football Association.
Marks and Spencer attributed this upsurge to the “_________ Effect”, who
made them popular and ripe material for internet.

4.
In the 2018 WC, Mexican legend Rafael Marquez joined fellow countryman
Antonia Carbajal, German Lothar Matthaus and Italian Jianluigi Buffon in
which exclusive club?

5.
In the group H of the FIFA WC, Japan and Senegal both had 4 points after the scheduled three
matches.
Both had same no of goals scored, same no of goals conceded.
They also had same goal difference, goals scored and goals conceded against each other.
However Japan went through. What was the ultimate tiebraker?

Only people to win the FIFA World Cup
both as a player and a manager.

The Southgate Effect.
England’s Manager Gareth Southgate popularized the waistcoats by frequently wearing them to
the games.

The players who’ve played 5 Worldcups.

Fairplay Points (Decided by no.of yellow
and red cards received).

ROUND 3
• 5 Questions
• Counter-Clockwise
•+20/-10 on pounce
•+10/0 on bounce

1.This is an image of Mimas, one of the Saturn’s moon, taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
What is Mimas colloquially referred to as due to its similarity in appearance to a certain
fictional entity?

7.
Long ago, in the villages of Germany, lovers whose families opposed their
marriage would jump off a cliff to prove their love. But women, when their
turn came after seeing their men jump off, would get cold feet and return
home, and marry someone else. Which famous phrase came into existence
due to this ?
Hint: It is used nowadays to accord respect .

8. This is an image of a beach in Andaman. Where else have you seen this image?

On the back of the 20 Rs. Currency note.

9. What picture ? Give Y.
Wilson, however, had simply been enlisted to cover up an earlier fraud by
wild-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell, who had been sent to Scotland by
London’s Daily Mail to bag Y’s picture. There being no Y to picture, Wetherell
brought home photos of hippo prints that he said belonged to Y. The Mail
caught wise and discredited Wetherell, who then returned to the lake with
Y’s shape made out of a toy submarine and took a picture. He and his son
used Wilson, a respected physician, to lend the hoax picture credibility. The
Mail endures; Wilson’s reputation doesn’t.

The Loch Ness Monster Picture.

10. Who said this and when?
Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when
we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very
substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps,
India will awake to life and _____. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in
history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and
when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that
at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of
India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity..………

Jawaharlal Nehru
On the Eve of 14th of August 1947
Happy Independence Day!

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