Freshers quiz IITG
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I apologize, I do not have enough context to identify X based on the description of its logo. Could you please provide some additional clues?
Freshers quiz IITG
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- 3. Let’s Take a Little Detour, Shall We ?
- 4. • Who was the first man on moon ? • Who was the first woman to go to space ? QUIZZING 101 A general School Quizzing question
- 5. • Who is welcoming whom during the latter’s visit to Yuri Gagarin centre in Russia ? ( Source – J.Ramanand) A proper College Quizzing Level Question
- 8. Enough lecture . Now let’s start :D
- 9. 1. A 2014 mobile game app is built by Glu Mobile and became instantly popular. Set in Hollywood, the game's 'currency' is various forms of 'energy' such as K-stars and energy bolts. Using that, players can try to become 'famous' and try to become A-listers in Hollywood. Which socialite-star (image on left) lends her name and much of her life & personality to this game?
- 10. • X was first held in 1960. • Since then it has undergone major changes, the most recent being in 2013. • In 1997 , it suffered a minor setback. • Political parties in various states have raised objections to X based on language issues. • While it was initially an only-Indian affair, it had its first overseas version in 2008. • All of us sitting here have been a part of X, at some point in our lifetime. • Identify X . 2. Another easy one
- 11. • Decades before India embarked on its quest for superpower status, the tiny princely state of Travancore had aimed it high in 1937 when it made a bid to enlist whom, as vice- chancellor of its fledgling university for a monthly pay of Rs 6,000? • Hint!? 3.Identify
- 12. Hint: The blanked out face in this famous
- 13. • In April 1934, a bronze likeness statue of X, was erected at Shibuya Station and X himself was present there. The statue was recycled for the war effort during the Second WW. In 1948, Takeshi Ando, son of the original creator was commissioned to make another version of the statue. The station entrance to Shibuya near this statue is called X- guchi, meaning the X-Entrance/Exit. A similar statue of X stands at his home town of Odate, in the railway station. Who is X, immortalized and admired for unfailing loyalty and subject of a famous movie in USA ? Q4
- 14. 5. These indentations are actually muscle deformities resulting from variation in the structure of 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 it is classified as a simple dominant trait. (It is usually considered a desirable trait) What are we talking about?
- 15. 6. Silver nitrate, on exposure to NaCl and proteins with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that are largely pale. But light soon reacts with the silver and removes it from its compounds, depositing it as a metal giving a purplish colour. What is the most common application of this process?
- 16. • The Swedish Language Council has included the verb “X" - meaning "to dominate" - in its list of new words from 2012, it said on its website. • The verb "to X" was originally coined by a satirical TV show in France • The word or the person on whom it is based 7.
- 17. • In essence, X is a tribute to native genius, and lateral thinking. It means "can do." It means where there's a will, there's a way. • X is also a locally-made motor vehicle used in small villages as a means of low cost transportation in rural India. X literally means an improvised arrangement or work-around, which has to be used because of lack of resources. • X can mean an innovative fix, sometimes pejoratively used for solutions that bend rules, or a resource that can be used as such or a person who can solve a vexatious issue. It is used as much for enterprising street mechanics as for political fixers. 8. This is how Samosapedia defines X . What is X here ?
- 18. 9. 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 .
- 19. 10. In Chattisgarh, Chaprah is regular chutney which is prepared by the locals. What’s this special chutney made of ? Most of you would never ever try this chutney after knowing the answer :D
- 20. 11. What is SPERMOLOGY ? ”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P
- 21. 12. Minimalist poster round
- 22. 12a.
- 23. 12b
- 24. 13. Identify
- 25. 14. Tribute to whom
- 26. 15. He was a successful French scrivener and manuscript-seller. By all accounts, his legendary reputation only appeared in the seventeenth century, apparently having learned secrets from a Jewish converso on the road to Santiago de Compostela. He has had legendary references in books like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Foucault’s Pendulum and even recently in manga like Fullmetal Alchemist, not to mention the more obvious ones( a novel about a certain British boy). Whom? (picture on next slide)
- 28. 16. X is word that shall always be associated with a certain TV series, an essential part of our childhood, which has started airing new episodes once again :D. Although to the minority of scholars, X is actually a certain Hawaiian King who was the first to unite the islands of Hawaii and laid down a set of laws. How Akira Toriyama decided to use this name to describe the release of latent energy all at once from the protagonists body is for us to speculate. The word X please.
- 29. 17. ‘Sudharma’ is a daily newspaper published from Mysore. It was started by Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar in 1970. It has a daily circulation of about 2000 copies. This newspaper is even subscribed in countries like Japan, USA etc. and is available online as well. What is the specialty of this newspaper?
- 30. 18. • A situation in which further action is blocked. • A situation in which two opposing forces find that further action is impossible or futile. • A deadlock • A situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move, resulting in a draw. The good word, please.
- 31. 19. Identify the subject of this joke
- 32. 20. This time for a sucky movie. United Passions a film starring Tim Roth and Gerard Depardieu among others dealing with the history of a particular organization. The organization in question itself funded the film with a massive 16 billion outlay. Currently rated 3/10 on ImDb, John Oliver lampooned the show on Last Week Tonight, stating that the “the movie, like ____ itself looks terrible”. Which organization which recently came under scrutiny ?
- 33. 21. Such bad asses you are. In a popular Superman comic, which astrophysicist, who also irked Sheldon Cooper;s wrath for his role in demoting Pluto from planet status, actually comes to superman’s aid and finds the planet Krypton?
- 34. 22.Identify the sountrack • 22.a • 22.b
- 35. Identify • This is how the official site of X tells about it’s logo: • There are seven yogic symbols out of which three have been chosen for symbol • These are chosen to represent dynamics of aspiration • The colours are defined as such: • Mind: Perceptivity and Research (Prussian Blue) • Heart: Creativity and development (Indian Red) • Body: Qualitative productivity (White) • Purusha: Generative Technology (Yellow Ochre)
- 37. Safety Slide
- 39. 1. A 2014 mobile game app is built by Glu Mobile and became instantly popular. Set in Hollywood, the game's 'currency' is various forms of 'energy' such as K-stars and energy bolts. Using that, players can try to become 'famous' and try to become A-listers in Hollywood. Which socialite-star (image on left) lends her name and much of her life & personality to this game?
- 41. • X was first held in 1960. • Since then it has undergone major changes, the most recent being in 2013. • In 1997 , it suffered a minor setback. • Political parties in various states have raised objections to X based on language issues. • While it was initially an only-Indian affair, it had its first overseas version in 2008. • All of us sitting here have been a part of X, at some point in our lifetime. • Identify X . 2. Another easy one
- 42. आईआईटी जेईई :P
- 43. • Decades before India embarked on its quest for superpower status, the tiny princely state of Travancore had aimed it high in 1937 when it made a bid to enlist whom, as vice- chancellor of its fledgling university for a monthly pay of Rs 6,000? • Hint!? 3.Identify
- 44. Hint: The blanked out face in this famous
- 45. Albert Einstein
- 46. • In April 1934, a bronze likeness statue of X, was erected at Shibuya Station and X himself was present there. The statue was recycled for the war effort during the Second WW. In 1948, Takeshi Ando, son of the original creator was commissioned to make another version of the statue. The station entrance to Shibuya near this statue is called X- guchi, meaning the X-Entrance/Exit. A similar statue of X stands at his home town of Odate, in the railway station. Who is X, immortalized and admired for unfailing loyalty and subject of a famous movie in USA ? Q4
- 47. Hachiko
- 48. 5. These indentations are actually muscle deformities resulting from variation in the structure of 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 it is classified as a simple dominant trait. (It is usually considered a desirable trait) What are we talking about?
- 49. • Dimples
- 50. 6. Silver nitrate, on exposure to NaCl and proteins with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that are largely pale. But light soon reacts with the silver and removes it from its compounds, depositing it as a metal giving a purplish colour. What is the most common application of this process?
- 52. • The Swedish Language Council has included the verb “X" - meaning "to dominate" - in its list of new words from 2012, it said on its website. • The verb "to X" was originally coined by a satirical TV show in France • The word or the person on whom it is based 7.
- 54. • In essence, X is a tribute to native genius, and lateral thinking. It means "can do." It means where there's a will, there's a way. • X is also a locally-made motor vehicle used in small villages as a means of low cost transportation in rural India. X literally means an improvised arrangement or work-around, which has to be used because of lack of resources. • X can mean an innovative fix, sometimes pejoratively used for solutions that bend rules, or a resource that can be used as such or a person who can solve a vexatious issue. It is used as much for enterprising street mechanics as for political fixers. 8. This is how Samosapedia defines X . What is X here ?
- 56. 9. 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 .
- 57. Ladies First
- 58. 10. In Chattisgarh, Chaprah is regular chutney which is prepared by the locals. What’s this special chutney made of ? Most of you would never ever try this chutney after knowing the answer :D
- 59. Red ants
- 60. 11. What is SPERMOLOGY ? ”Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many” :P
- 61. • We are expecting a lot of ‘dirty’ answers on this one :D Study of trivia :P
- 62. 12. Minimalist poster round
- 63. Example
- 64. 12a.
- 66. 12b
- 68. 13. Identify
- 69. Sumit Nagal, wimbledon junior doubles winner
- 70. 14. Tribute to whom
- 71. Rahul Dravid
- 72. 15. He was a successful French scrivener and manuscript-seller. By all accounts, his legendary reputation only appeared in the seventeenth century, apparently having learned secrets from a Jewish converso on the road to Santiago de Compostela. He has had legendary references in books like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Foucault’s Pendulum and even recently in manga like Fullmetal Alchemist, not to mention the more obvious ones( a novel about a certain British boy). Whom? (picture on next slide)
- 74. Nicolas Flamel
- 75. 16. X is word that shall always be associated with a certain TV series, an essential part of our childhood, which has started airing new episodes once again :D. Although to the minority of scholars, X is actually a certain Hawaiian King who was the first to unite the islands of Hawaii and laid down a set of laws. How Akira Toriyama decided to use this name to describe the release of latent energy all at once from the protagonists body is for us to speculate. The word X please.
- 76. Kamehameha
- 77. 17. ‘Sudharma’ is a daily newspaper published from Mysore. It was started by Kalale Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar in 1970. It has a daily circulation of about 2000 copies. This newspaper is even subscribed in countries like Japan, USA etc. and is available online as well. What is the specialty of this newspaper?
- 78. Only Sanskrit daily in the world.
- 79. 18. • A situation in which further action is blocked. • A situation in which two opposing forces find that further action is impossible or futile. • A deadlock • A situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move, resulting in a draw. The good word, please.
- 80. Stalemate
- 81. 19. Identify the subject of this joke
- 82. Someone accidentally purchased Winzip
- 83. 20. This time for a sucky movie. United Passions a film starring Tim Roth and Gerard Depardieu among others dealing with the history of a particular organization. The organization in question itself funded the film with a massive 16 billion outlay. Currently rated 3/10 on ImDb, John Oliver lampooned the show on Last Week Tonight, stating that the “the movie, like ____ itself looks terrible”. Which organization which recently came under scrutiny ?
- 84. FIFA
- 85. 21. Such bad asses you are. In a popular Superman comic, which astrophysicist, who also irked Sheldon Cooper;s wrath for his role in demoting Pluto from planet status, actually comes to superman’s aid and finds the planet Krypton?
- 86. HH Neil deGrasse Tyson.
- 87. 22.Identify the sountrack • 22.a • 22.b
- 88. • 22a) Jurassic Park • 22b) Harry Potter
- 89. Next question for 2 points
- 90. Identify • This is how the official site of X tells about it’s logo: • There are seven yogic symbols out of which three have been chosen for symbol • These are chosen to represent dynamics of aspiration • The colours are defined as such: • Mind: Perceptivity and Research (Prussian Blue) • Heart: Creativity and development (Indian Red) • Body: Qualitative productivity (White) • Purusha: Generative Technology (Yellow Ochre)