The XXIX th  edition of the KQA Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz PRELIMS AUGUST 2011 Navin Rajaram
40 Questions Questions 11 – 20 are * questions +1 for correct, no negatives In the event of ties on stars, first question wrong will be used to break ties
The Bednore dynasty, under whose rule was much of the land area which we now identify as Southern Konkan, was also referred to by European traders by the name of the language the dynasty spoke. However, since the letter ‘d’ was always pronounced as ‘r’ by the Europeans, what did this name get modified to?  1
It comes from the Greek “dia+oikein” meaning “ keep house ” and was used in Roman Law to designate a territory dependent for its administration upon its city.  Since Christian bishops who also resided in the same administrative area and managed territories coterminus with this judicial territory, the word has now settled in church terminology to mean a territory administered by a Bishop. What word? 2
The Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) is a specific scheme used to separate inbound and outbound traffic to reduce the risk of collision here. At its widest, the traffic lane is 6 km wide, includes two 2-mile wide traffic lanes separated by a 2-mile separation median (all of which are not marked out but notional) The site where all this action takes place takes its name from the God Ahura Mazda  or from the local word for  date palm.  Where? 3
The cartoon below began appearing in trade magazines in the US around the mid 1970s and 80s. What short-lived cause did it espouse?  (Pic on next slide) 4
4
When this  war hero’s  documents came up for sale in February this year, it was feared they would end up in some Silicon Valley company’s hands where he is a bit of an icon.  A British journalist raised funds to buy the papers; Google’s staff joined in because they believed the author’s work was close to their heart.  The papers were eventually purchased jointly by Google &  the National Heritage Memorial fund.  Name the author and X, where they are on display (Picture of X follows) 5
5
This Ravi Shastri cliché, often used in the context of a Sehwag innings, was originally used in the 19 th  century to describe unfortunate victims who had been stripped of everything of value either through gambling or dishonest practices.  A more figurative sense would be to imagine giving your clothes for washing and seeing them come back spic and span.  What phrase? 6
This enduring ad campaign began with some casual questioning when Bob Townsend, the president of the company, was asked why his company was always #2 & behind Hertz inspite of having the same kind of cars, equal number of rental locations and the same rates.  Townsend is purported to have remarked “Well, _____ ______ _____” Which company and fill blanks for the slogan. 7
At the time of writing of this novel published in 1986, the writer who was at Stanford pursuing a dissertation in economics would divert himself with Charles Johnston’s translations of a Pushkin classic.  The 389 stanzas of iambic tetrameter and unusual rhyme scheme  ababccddeffegg  in Pushkin’s work inspired him to write a work that Gore Vidal went on to dub “The Great California Novel”.  What work? 8
An artist’s impression of a location which will be used for a purpose it is not often used for. Name the location and its purpose. 9
Sinologist Frances Wood’s sensationalist work  “Did Marco Polo Go to China?” is founded on the fact that Marco never mentions 3 things in his travelogue. Most historians now understand why Chinese tea, A & B  were never mentioned. The answers are: Tea: Mongols preferred fermented mare’s milk A: Because it was a muddy wreck B: Because it was a relatively new custom and was non-Mongol, hence not yet widespread during the time Mongols ruled much of China.  Give A & B.  10
Aldous Huxley who lived with this highly eccentric family of science behemoths ended up parodying both father and son in two of his novels In  “Point Counter Point”,  the father is mercilessly parodied as the scientist Edward Tantamount, whose wife and daughter are busy leading wanton lives while he personifies socially disengaged scientism. In  “Antic Hay” ,  the son, who also became an adopted son of India, is parodied as Shearwater – the biologist too absorbed in his experiments to notice his friends bedding his wife.  Name the father-son pair. 11*
Taking their name from a former province of France, wells such as the ones shown were originally drilled by Carthusian monks and contain water under positive pressure.  When the earth above is drilled, water which was under pressure tries to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and naturally rises to the top. Name the province/kind of well. (Pic on next slide) 12*
12*
This light Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet wine and sometimes whole eggs is said to have originated in Turin in the 9 th  century. It gives its name to a 2006 Linux distribution, created by an Italian team, that uses the hen’s foot as its logo and attempts to give users a more friendly workspace to work with. Name either dessert or Linux variant Pics on next slide 13*
13*
The introduction to this 2011 book, about an 18 th  century Presbyterian minister’s mathematical rule and its impact on diverse fields, begins with a remark by John Keynes “ When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir  ?” At its heart, this rule is built on 3 powerful questions: How confident am I in the truth of my initial belief?  Assuming my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate?  And whether or not my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate? Name the rule  Book cover on next slide 14*
14*
Earlier this month, Philip Levine, a beer drinking, brooding elitist, as many describe him, was elected to this less than powerful, yet somehow lofty position in the United States.  The position comes with a $35,000 stipend, funded by a private organization and little in the way of glory or perks. A few activities will involve being present at the Library of Congress occasionally and show up at events. As an aside, Amazon shows a six day backorder for Levine’s works.  What position? 15*
After the Bangladesh war of 1971, one of the many steps taken by India and Pakistan to ensure a lasting peace was to outline the Line of Control on the Kashmir side of the border.  One of the odd aspects of this process was that nothing had changed physically or geographically since the Jan 1, 1949 incident when the two sides had met at Karachi and drawn the line much earlier. The only change in the 1971 agreement was rechristening the line of 1949 to LoC from the earlier term that possibly lacked mastery and energy. What was the line called earlier? 16*
With a name meant to make the prudes blush, this long lounge chair goes by various popular names such as the aaram khursee, lambey haath or the Tall Dark and Handsome by different users.  It is said to have been introduced in India by the British and christened by the lounge lizards of the Raj. The 1st part of the name comes from the fact that it is a staple of many a Parsi/Gujju home and libraries such as the David Sassoon one. The 2 nd  part refers to the more pleasurable uses of the chair. Name? Pic on next slide 17*
17*
Charles Sherwood Stratton, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, weighed 9 pounds at birth and grew normally till 6 months, after which he stopped growing. P.T. Barnum heard of him and trained him, post which he became a popular act of the traveling circus, even meeting Queen Victoria and then 3 year old Prince of Wales. What popular name was he known by for the best part of his life?  Pic on the next slide 18*
18*
British curry (Indian curry made in the UK) is categorized based on the strength of the spice and the heat. The 2 nd  and 3 rd  in the scale are called Tindaloo and Madras respectively.  The hottest curry category is a simple Punjabi chicken with lots of Habaneras. The name  given to it is a joke referring to the manhood of one who can eat the curry. When the curry became popular, restaurants wrongly credited the name to a dish from Bangalore, except that the dish from Bangalore is a spiced Goat Kebab broiled over hot charcoal and not a curry. Name this curry/category. 19*
Portmanteau of the left person’s first name and the right person’s last name gives what epitome of condescension?  20*
White Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt & Master. Levels of proficiency with what technology of daily use ? 21
Earlier this month, David Mackay a 53 yr old Scotsman was chosen for a project that is expected to take off in 2013. What project? 22
If it is not manufactured by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries, it is simply called a personal watercraft. If it is indeed manufactured by the company, what is it called? 23
The near-destruction of this lonely oak tree in Mansfield, Ohio, courtesy a storm, made big news all over Hollywood, even reaching India where fans took notice. The tree, made popular in the last few minutes of a 1994  inspirational tearjerker,  was a tourist landmark. Having said that, fans remain hopeful of the tree’s fate since doing so is a good thing and good things never die.  Name the movie starring the tree. 24
Mount Sopris, a twin-summitted peak in the Elk mountains in the US, is named after the former mayor of Denver, Colorado who was part of the first European expedition to scale the peak. Lately, the peak has been the focus of a public petition in which thousands signed to rename the peak after someone who wrote a 1972 hit, that on the face of it seemed to be about drugs, but was actually about the destruction of the mountains by commercial tourism.  Name the artist and the song. 25
Santosh Sivan’s 2007 movie “Achtung Baby: In Search of ____” features the phenomenon of German women traveling to Indian villages by the LOC in Kashmir for a certain purpose. The subject of the travels are the males of a tribe called the Brokpas , who possibly arrived there from Gilgit, Pakistan and have lived isolated lives for centuries.  What supposedly unique claim to fame do the Brokpas hold? 26
After a traumatic separation beyond their control in 2008, Seetal Iyer and 4 others formed Timbre Media Private Ltd. with the aim of rectifying some of the shortcomings of their earlier (ad)venture. The new company is partly owned by Saregama, which will help ease out sourcing issues and aims to re-launch with its old name and its new avatar in September. What firm? 27
28 Connect
Situated on the northern margin of the Targus river estuary, this monument celebrates the Portugese Age of Discovery, which flourished along the same river. The monument features prominent agents of Portugese discovery, of which Vasco Da Gama and Bartholomew Dias are two.  Name the other 2 – one to whom the monument itself is dedicated, and the other who possibly has a school named after him in every other Indian city. Pic on next slide 29
29
Bengali cinema has been bifurcated into two categories vis a vis the zones it thrives in. One of the categories is Tollywood, in reference to Tollygunge. What is the other category? 30
Mandatory Yell Iruve question: Many plants in the genii  Amorphophallus, Rafflesia, Stapelia, Smilax  are known by this two word term.  The modus operandi involves attracting scavenging flies with an odor similar to that of rotting flesh; the flower traps the fly for a few days while still sustaining the fly with sufficient food. A few days later when the plant has enough pollen, which the fly is ready to transfer, the fly is released. The plant resumes the whole odor-trap insect-pollinate cycle. So what 2 word term are these plants known by? 31
Small Land Area No standing army since 1868 Uses the Swiss Franc and does not have its own monetary currency Taxes max out at 20% World’s leading manufacturer of sausage casings and exporter of false teeth A labor force that commutes in from Austria, Switzerland or Germany These are some of the reasons why the CIA (ironically in light of recent events) lists Liechtenstein as part of a unique category in which Brunei, Macau and Palau are also included. What category? 32
The profession shown in the picture started in England/Ireland and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution.  The job involved the individual carrying a truncheon or a short/heavy stick often made of bamboo to reach windows on higher floors. The job was generally carried out by elderly men/women or by police constables. The job itself was necessary for the time because a certain invention was yet to come in vogue.  What was the job about? What invention obviated the need for this position? Pic on next slide 33
33
34 Connect
Identify the band 35
This 2004 sculpture  Rabbit Eating Astronaut  by the artist Bill Reid is a humorous homage to what? 36
A mock ad for what? 37
What is this award called?  (please spell it right ) 38
The 1972 book  “The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise”  is a satirical take on life in the 1960s and takes its name from the standard size of a flagon of beer sold in the 1960s and the quarter acre is the ubiquitous suburban section of land on which most people built their homes. Which country does the book satirize? Pic on next slide 39
39
Name the actor venting out the mother of all rants. 40
ANSWERS FOLLOW….
The Bednore dynasty, under whose rule was much of the land area which we now identify as Southern Konkan, was also referred to by European traders by the name of the language the dynasty spoke. However, since the letter ‘d’ was always pronounced as ‘r’ by the Europeans, what did this name get modified to?  1
ANSWER
CANARA 1
It comes from the Greek “dia+oikein” meaning “ keep house ” and was used in Roman Law to designate a territory dependent for its administration upon its city.  Since Christian bishops who also resided in the same administrative area and managed territories coterminus with this judicial territory, the word has now settled in church terminology to mean a territory administered by a Bishop. What word? 2
ANSWER
DIOCESE 2
The Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) is a specific scheme used to separate inbound and outbound traffic to reduce the risk of collision here. At its widest, the traffic lane is 6 km wide, includes two 2-mile wide traffic lanes separated by a 2-mile separation median (all of which are not marked out but notional) The site where all this action takes place takes its name from the God Ahura Mazda  or from the local word for  date palm.  Where? 3
ANSWER
Strait of Hormuz 3
The cartoon below began appearing in trade magazines in the US around the mid 1970s and 80s. What short-lived cause did it espouse?  (Pic on next slide) 4
4
ANSWER
Proposed shift to metric system in the USA. (Convert feet to metres) 4
When this  war hero’s  documents came up for sale in February this year, it was feared they would end up in some Silicon Valley company’s hands where he is a bit of an icon. A British journalist raised funds to buy the papers; Google’s staff joined in because they believed the author’s work was close to their heart. The papers were eventually purchased jointly by Google &  the National Heritage Memorial fund. Name the author and X, where they are on display (Picture of X follows) 5
5
ANSWER
Alan Turing’s papers, Bletchley Park 5
This Ravi Shastri cliché, often used in the context of a Sehwag innings, was originally used in the 19 th  century to describe unfortunate victims who had been stripped of everything of value either through gambling or dishonest practices.  A more figurative sense would be to imagine giving your clothes for washing and seeing them come back spic and span. What phrase? 6
ANSWER
Taken to the cleaners 6
This enduring ad campaign began with some casual questioning when Bob Townsend, the president of the company, was asked why his company was always #2 & behind Hertz inspite of having the same kind of cars, equal number of rental locations and the same rates.  Townsend is purported to have remarked “Well, _____ ______ _____” Which company and fill blanks for the slogan. 7
ANSWER
Avis, We Try Harder 7
At the time of writing of this novel published in 1986, the writer who was at Stanford pursuing a dissertation in economics would divert himself with Charles Johnston’s translations of a Pushkin classic.  The 389 stanzas of iambic tetrameter and unusual rhyme scheme  ababccddeffegg  in Pushkin’s work inspired him to write a work that Gore Vidal went on to dub “The Great California Novel”. What work? 8
ANSWER
The Golden Gate, Vikram Seth 8
An artist’s impression of a location which will be used for a purpose it is not often used for. Name the location and its purpose. 9
ANSWER
The Lord’s ground being used for archery for the 2012 Olympics 9
Sinologist Frances Wood’s sensationalist work  “Did Marco Polo Go to China?” is founded on the fact that Marco never mentions 3 things in his travelogue. Most historians now understand why Chinese tea, A & B  were never mentioned. The answers are: Tea: Mongols preferred fermented mare’s milk A: Because it was a muddy wreck B: Because it was a relatively new custom and was non-Mongol, hence not yet widespread during the time Mongols ruled much of China.  Give A & B.  10
ANSWER
A: The Great Wall B: Foot Binding 10
Aldous Huxley who lived with this highly eccentric family of science behemoths ended up parodying both father and son in two of his novels In  “Point Counter Point”,  the father is mercilessly parodied as the scientist Edward Tantamount, whose wife and daughter are busy leading wanton lives while he personifies socially disengaged scientism. In  “Antic Hay” ,  the son, who also became an adopted son of India, is parodied as Shearwater – the biologist too absorbed in his experiments to notice his friends bedding his wife.  Name the father-son pair. 11*
ANSWER
Father: Scott Haldane Son: J B S Haldane 11*
Taking their name from a former province of France, wells such as the ones shown were originally drilled by Carthusian monks and contain water under positive pressure. When the earth above is drilled, water which was under pressure tries to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and naturally rises to the top. Name the province/kind of well. (Pic on next slide) 12*
12*
ANSWER
Artesian Wells from Artois, France 12*
This light Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet wine and sometimes whole eggs is said to have originated in Turin in the 9 th  century. It gives its name to a 2006 Linux distribution, created by an Italian team, that uses the hen’s foot as its logo and attempts to give users a more friendly workspace to work with. Name either dessert or Linux variant Pics on next slide 13*
13*
ANSWER
Zabaiogne , the dish, that gives its name to Sabayon, the Linux variant 13*
The introduction to this 2011 book, about an 18 th  century Presbyterian minister’s mathematical rule and its impact on diverse fields, begins with a remark by John Keynes “ When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir  ?” At its heart, this rule is built on 3 powerful questions: How confident am I in the truth of my initial belief?  Assuming my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate?  And whether or not my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate? Name the rule  Book cover on next slide 14*
14*
ANSWER
Bayes’ Conditional Probability Rule/Theorem 13*
Earlier this month, Philip Levine, a beer drinking, brooding elitist, as many describe him, was elected to this less than powerful, yet somehow lofty position in the United States. The position comes with a $35,000 stipend, funded by a private organization and little in the way of glory or perks. A few activities will involve being present at the Library of Congress occasionally and show up at events. As an aside, Amazon shows a six day backorder for Levine’s works ever since news of the his election broke out.  What position? 15*
ANSWER
Poet Laureate of the United States 15*
After the Bangladesh war of 1971, one of the many steps taken by India and Pakistan to ensure a lasting peace was to outline the Line of Control on the Kashmir side of the border. One of the odd aspects of this process was that nothing had changed physically or geographically since the Jan 1, 1949 incident when the two sides had met at Karachi and drawn the line much earlier. The only change in the 1971 agreement was rechristening the line of 1949 to LoC from the earlier term that possibly lacked mastery and energy. What was the line called earlier? 16*
ANSWER
Cease Fire Line (CFL) 16*
With a name meant to make the prudes blush, this long lounge chair goes by various popular names such as the aaram khursee, lambey haath or the Tall Dark and Handsome by different users.  It is said to have been introduced in India by the British and christened by the lounge lizards of the Raj. The 1st part of the name comes from the fact that it is a staple of many a Parsi/Gujju home and libraries such as the David Sassoon one. The 2 nd  part refers to the more pleasurable uses of the chair. Name? Pic on next slide 17*
17*
ANSWER
Bombay Fornicator 17*
Charles Sherwood Stratton, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, weighed 9 pounds at birth and grew normally till 6 months, after which he stopped growing. P.T. Barnum heard of him and trained him, post which he became a popular act of the traveling circus, even meeting Queen Victoria and then 3 year old Prince of Wales. What popular name was he known for the best part of his life?  Pic on the next slide 18*
18*
ANSWER
General Tom Thumb 18*
British curry (Indian curry made in the UK) is categorized based on the strength of the spice and the heat. The 2 nd  and 3 rd  in the scale are called Tindaloo and Madras respectively.  The hottest curry category is a simple Punjabi chicken with a lots of Habaneras. The name  given to it is a joke referring to the manhood of one who can eat the curry. When the curry became popular, restaurants wrongly credited the name to a dish from Bangalore, except that the dish from Bangalore is a spiced Goat Kebab broiled over hot charcoal and not a curry. Name this curry/category. 19*
ANSWER
Phall Curry 19*
Portmanteau of the left person’s first name and the right person’s last name gives what epitome of condescension?  20*
ANSWER
Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) Sheldon Leonard + Leon Cooper 20*
White Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt & Master. Levels of proficiency with what technology of daily use ? 21
ANSWER
Gmail 21
Earlier this month, David Mackay a 53 yr old Scotsman was chosen for a project that is expected to take off in 2013. What project? 22
ANSWER
Pilot the Virgin Galactic into space 22
If it is not manufactured by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries, it is simply called a personal watercraft. If it is indeed manufactured by the company, what is it called? 23
ANSWER
Jet Ski 23
The near-destruction of this lonely oak tree in Mansfield, Ohio, courtesy a storm, made big news all over Hollywood, even reaching India where fans took notice. The tree, made popular in the last few minutes of a 1994  inspirational tearjerker,  was a tourist landmark. Having said that, fans remain hopeful of the tree’s fate since doing so is a good thing and good things never die.  Name the movie starring the tree. 24
ANSWER
The Shawshank Redemption 24
Mount Sopris, a twin-summitted peak in the Elk mountains in the US, is named after the former mayor of Denver, Colorado who was part of the first European expedition to scale the peak. Lately, the peak has been the focus of a public petition in which thousands signed to rename the peak after someone who wrote a 1972 hit, that on the face of it seemed to be about drugs, but was actually about the destruction of the mountains by commercial tourism.  Name the artist and the song. 25
ANSWER
John Denver, Rocky Mountain High 25
Santosh Sivan’s 2007 movie “Achtung Baby: In Search of ____” features the phenomenon of German women traveling to Indian villages by the LOC in Kashmir for a certain purpose. The subject of the travels are the males of a tribe called the Brokpas , who possibly arrived there from Gilgit, Pakistan and have lived isolated lives for centuries.  What supposedly unique claim to fame do the Brokpas hold? 26
ANSWER
Pure Blood Aryans 26
After a traumatic separation beyond their control in 2008, Seetal Iyer and 4 others formed Timbre Media Private Ltd. with the aim of rectifying some of the shortcomings of their earlier (ad)venture. The new company is partly owned by Saregama, which will help ease out sourcing issues and aims to re-launch with its old name and its new avatar in September. What firm? 27
ANSWER
WorldSpace 27
28 Connect
ANSWER
Chelsea Girls – the song by Cohen about Janis Joplin, the movie by Warhol and Sid Vicious’ girlfriend Nancy Spudgen’s death at the hotel  28
Situated on the northern margin of the Targus river estuary, this monument celebrates the Portugese Age of Discovery, which flourished along the same river. The monument features prominent agents of Portugese discovery, of which Vasco Da Gama and Bartholomew Dias are two.  Name the other 2 – one to whom the monument itself is dedicated, and the other who possibly has a school named after him in every other Indian city. Pic on next slide 29
29
ANSWER
Henry the Navigator, St. Francis Xavier 29
Bengali cinema has been bifurcated into two categories vis a vis the zones it thrives in. One of the categories is Tollywood, in reference to Tollygunge. What is the other category? 30
ANSWER
Dhallywood – Dhaka + Tollywood 30
Mandatory Yell Iruve question: Many plants in the genii  Amorphophallus, Rafflesia, Stapelia, Smilax  are known by this two word term.  The modus operandi involves attracting scavenging flies with an odor similar to that of rotting flesh; the flower traps the fly for a few days while still sustaining the fly with sufficient food. A few days later when the plant has enough pollen, which the fly is ready to transfer and the fly is released. The plant resumes the whole odor-trap insect-pollinate cycle. So what 2 word term are these plants known by? 31
ANSWER
Carrion Flowers 31
Small Land Area No standing army since 1868 Uses the Swiss Franc and does not have its own monetary currency Taxes max out at 20% World’s leading manufacturer of sausage casings and exporter of false teeth A labor force that commutes in from Austria, Switzerland or Germany These are some of the reasons why the CIA Factbook (ironically) lists Liechtenstein as part of a unique category in which Brunei, Macau and Palau are also included. What category? 32
ANSWER
Debt Free Nations 32
The profession shown in the picture started in England/Ireland and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution.  The job involved the individual carrying a truncheon or a short/heavy stick often made of bamboo to reach windows on higher floors. The job was generally carried out by elderly men/women or by police constables. The job itself was necessary for the time because a certain invention was yet to come in vogue.  What was the job about? What invention obviated the need for this position? Pic on next slide 33
33
ANSWER
Waking People Up (Knocker Upper), Alarm Clock 33
34 Connect
ANSWER
Hindi Remakes of K. Balachander movies 34
Identify the band 35
ANSWER
Super Heavy 35
This 2004 sculpture  Rabbit Eating Astronaut  by the artist Bill Reid is a humorous homage to what? 36
ANSWER
Tipu’s Tiger 36
A mock ad for what? 37
ANSWER
Primordial Soup 37
What is this award called?  (please spell it right ) 38
ANSWER
Pwnie awards – for extreme excellence and incompetence in information security 38
The 1972 book  “The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise”  is a satirical take on life in a 1960s nation and takes its name from the standard size of a flagon of beer sold in the 1960s and the quarter acre is the ubiquitous suburban section of land on which most people built their homes. Which country does the book satirise? Pic on next slide 39
39
ANSWER
New Zealand 39
Name the actor venting out the mother of all rants. 40
ANSWER
Peter Finch 40
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  • 1. The XXIX th edition of the KQA Canara Union Lone Wolf Quiz PRELIMS AUGUST 2011 Navin Rajaram
  • 2. 40 Questions Questions 11 – 20 are * questions +1 for correct, no negatives In the event of ties on stars, first question wrong will be used to break ties
  • 3. The Bednore dynasty, under whose rule was much of the land area which we now identify as Southern Konkan, was also referred to by European traders by the name of the language the dynasty spoke. However, since the letter ‘d’ was always pronounced as ‘r’ by the Europeans, what did this name get modified to? 1
  • 4. It comes from the Greek “dia+oikein” meaning “ keep house ” and was used in Roman Law to designate a territory dependent for its administration upon its city. Since Christian bishops who also resided in the same administrative area and managed territories coterminus with this judicial territory, the word has now settled in church terminology to mean a territory administered by a Bishop. What word? 2
  • 5. The Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) is a specific scheme used to separate inbound and outbound traffic to reduce the risk of collision here. At its widest, the traffic lane is 6 km wide, includes two 2-mile wide traffic lanes separated by a 2-mile separation median (all of which are not marked out but notional) The site where all this action takes place takes its name from the God Ahura Mazda or from the local word for date palm. Where? 3
  • 6. The cartoon below began appearing in trade magazines in the US around the mid 1970s and 80s. What short-lived cause did it espouse? (Pic on next slide) 4
  • 7. 4
  • 8. When this war hero’s documents came up for sale in February this year, it was feared they would end up in some Silicon Valley company’s hands where he is a bit of an icon. A British journalist raised funds to buy the papers; Google’s staff joined in because they believed the author’s work was close to their heart. The papers were eventually purchased jointly by Google & the National Heritage Memorial fund. Name the author and X, where they are on display (Picture of X follows) 5
  • 9. 5
  • 10. This Ravi Shastri cliché, often used in the context of a Sehwag innings, was originally used in the 19 th century to describe unfortunate victims who had been stripped of everything of value either through gambling or dishonest practices. A more figurative sense would be to imagine giving your clothes for washing and seeing them come back spic and span. What phrase? 6
  • 11. This enduring ad campaign began with some casual questioning when Bob Townsend, the president of the company, was asked why his company was always #2 & behind Hertz inspite of having the same kind of cars, equal number of rental locations and the same rates. Townsend is purported to have remarked “Well, _____ ______ _____” Which company and fill blanks for the slogan. 7
  • 12. At the time of writing of this novel published in 1986, the writer who was at Stanford pursuing a dissertation in economics would divert himself with Charles Johnston’s translations of a Pushkin classic. The 389 stanzas of iambic tetrameter and unusual rhyme scheme ababccddeffegg in Pushkin’s work inspired him to write a work that Gore Vidal went on to dub “The Great California Novel”. What work? 8
  • 13. An artist’s impression of a location which will be used for a purpose it is not often used for. Name the location and its purpose. 9
  • 14. Sinologist Frances Wood’s sensationalist work “Did Marco Polo Go to China?” is founded on the fact that Marco never mentions 3 things in his travelogue. Most historians now understand why Chinese tea, A & B were never mentioned. The answers are: Tea: Mongols preferred fermented mare’s milk A: Because it was a muddy wreck B: Because it was a relatively new custom and was non-Mongol, hence not yet widespread during the time Mongols ruled much of China. Give A & B. 10
  • 15. Aldous Huxley who lived with this highly eccentric family of science behemoths ended up parodying both father and son in two of his novels In “Point Counter Point”, the father is mercilessly parodied as the scientist Edward Tantamount, whose wife and daughter are busy leading wanton lives while he personifies socially disengaged scientism. In “Antic Hay” , the son, who also became an adopted son of India, is parodied as Shearwater – the biologist too absorbed in his experiments to notice his friends bedding his wife. Name the father-son pair. 11*
  • 16. Taking their name from a former province of France, wells such as the ones shown were originally drilled by Carthusian monks and contain water under positive pressure. When the earth above is drilled, water which was under pressure tries to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and naturally rises to the top. Name the province/kind of well. (Pic on next slide) 12*
  • 17. 12*
  • 18. This light Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet wine and sometimes whole eggs is said to have originated in Turin in the 9 th century. It gives its name to a 2006 Linux distribution, created by an Italian team, that uses the hen’s foot as its logo and attempts to give users a more friendly workspace to work with. Name either dessert or Linux variant Pics on next slide 13*
  • 19. 13*
  • 20. The introduction to this 2011 book, about an 18 th century Presbyterian minister’s mathematical rule and its impact on diverse fields, begins with a remark by John Keynes “ When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir ?” At its heart, this rule is built on 3 powerful questions: How confident am I in the truth of my initial belief? Assuming my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate? And whether or not my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate? Name the rule Book cover on next slide 14*
  • 21. 14*
  • 22. Earlier this month, Philip Levine, a beer drinking, brooding elitist, as many describe him, was elected to this less than powerful, yet somehow lofty position in the United States. The position comes with a $35,000 stipend, funded by a private organization and little in the way of glory or perks. A few activities will involve being present at the Library of Congress occasionally and show up at events. As an aside, Amazon shows a six day backorder for Levine’s works. What position? 15*
  • 23. After the Bangladesh war of 1971, one of the many steps taken by India and Pakistan to ensure a lasting peace was to outline the Line of Control on the Kashmir side of the border. One of the odd aspects of this process was that nothing had changed physically or geographically since the Jan 1, 1949 incident when the two sides had met at Karachi and drawn the line much earlier. The only change in the 1971 agreement was rechristening the line of 1949 to LoC from the earlier term that possibly lacked mastery and energy. What was the line called earlier? 16*
  • 24. With a name meant to make the prudes blush, this long lounge chair goes by various popular names such as the aaram khursee, lambey haath or the Tall Dark and Handsome by different users. It is said to have been introduced in India by the British and christened by the lounge lizards of the Raj. The 1st part of the name comes from the fact that it is a staple of many a Parsi/Gujju home and libraries such as the David Sassoon one. The 2 nd part refers to the more pleasurable uses of the chair. Name? Pic on next slide 17*
  • 25. 17*
  • 26. Charles Sherwood Stratton, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, weighed 9 pounds at birth and grew normally till 6 months, after which he stopped growing. P.T. Barnum heard of him and trained him, post which he became a popular act of the traveling circus, even meeting Queen Victoria and then 3 year old Prince of Wales. What popular name was he known by for the best part of his life? Pic on the next slide 18*
  • 27. 18*
  • 28. British curry (Indian curry made in the UK) is categorized based on the strength of the spice and the heat. The 2 nd and 3 rd in the scale are called Tindaloo and Madras respectively. The hottest curry category is a simple Punjabi chicken with lots of Habaneras. The name given to it is a joke referring to the manhood of one who can eat the curry. When the curry became popular, restaurants wrongly credited the name to a dish from Bangalore, except that the dish from Bangalore is a spiced Goat Kebab broiled over hot charcoal and not a curry. Name this curry/category. 19*
  • 29. Portmanteau of the left person’s first name and the right person’s last name gives what epitome of condescension? 20*
  • 30. White Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt & Master. Levels of proficiency with what technology of daily use ? 21
  • 31. Earlier this month, David Mackay a 53 yr old Scotsman was chosen for a project that is expected to take off in 2013. What project? 22
  • 32. If it is not manufactured by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries, it is simply called a personal watercraft. If it is indeed manufactured by the company, what is it called? 23
  • 33. The near-destruction of this lonely oak tree in Mansfield, Ohio, courtesy a storm, made big news all over Hollywood, even reaching India where fans took notice. The tree, made popular in the last few minutes of a 1994 inspirational tearjerker, was a tourist landmark. Having said that, fans remain hopeful of the tree’s fate since doing so is a good thing and good things never die. Name the movie starring the tree. 24
  • 34. Mount Sopris, a twin-summitted peak in the Elk mountains in the US, is named after the former mayor of Denver, Colorado who was part of the first European expedition to scale the peak. Lately, the peak has been the focus of a public petition in which thousands signed to rename the peak after someone who wrote a 1972 hit, that on the face of it seemed to be about drugs, but was actually about the destruction of the mountains by commercial tourism. Name the artist and the song. 25
  • 35. Santosh Sivan’s 2007 movie “Achtung Baby: In Search of ____” features the phenomenon of German women traveling to Indian villages by the LOC in Kashmir for a certain purpose. The subject of the travels are the males of a tribe called the Brokpas , who possibly arrived there from Gilgit, Pakistan and have lived isolated lives for centuries. What supposedly unique claim to fame do the Brokpas hold? 26
  • 36. After a traumatic separation beyond their control in 2008, Seetal Iyer and 4 others formed Timbre Media Private Ltd. with the aim of rectifying some of the shortcomings of their earlier (ad)venture. The new company is partly owned by Saregama, which will help ease out sourcing issues and aims to re-launch with its old name and its new avatar in September. What firm? 27
  • 38. Situated on the northern margin of the Targus river estuary, this monument celebrates the Portugese Age of Discovery, which flourished along the same river. The monument features prominent agents of Portugese discovery, of which Vasco Da Gama and Bartholomew Dias are two. Name the other 2 – one to whom the monument itself is dedicated, and the other who possibly has a school named after him in every other Indian city. Pic on next slide 29
  • 39. 29
  • 40. Bengali cinema has been bifurcated into two categories vis a vis the zones it thrives in. One of the categories is Tollywood, in reference to Tollygunge. What is the other category? 30
  • 41. Mandatory Yell Iruve question: Many plants in the genii Amorphophallus, Rafflesia, Stapelia, Smilax are known by this two word term. The modus operandi involves attracting scavenging flies with an odor similar to that of rotting flesh; the flower traps the fly for a few days while still sustaining the fly with sufficient food. A few days later when the plant has enough pollen, which the fly is ready to transfer, the fly is released. The plant resumes the whole odor-trap insect-pollinate cycle. So what 2 word term are these plants known by? 31
  • 42. Small Land Area No standing army since 1868 Uses the Swiss Franc and does not have its own monetary currency Taxes max out at 20% World’s leading manufacturer of sausage casings and exporter of false teeth A labor force that commutes in from Austria, Switzerland or Germany These are some of the reasons why the CIA (ironically in light of recent events) lists Liechtenstein as part of a unique category in which Brunei, Macau and Palau are also included. What category? 32
  • 43. The profession shown in the picture started in England/Ireland and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution. The job involved the individual carrying a truncheon or a short/heavy stick often made of bamboo to reach windows on higher floors. The job was generally carried out by elderly men/women or by police constables. The job itself was necessary for the time because a certain invention was yet to come in vogue. What was the job about? What invention obviated the need for this position? Pic on next slide 33
  • 44. 33
  • 47. This 2004 sculpture Rabbit Eating Astronaut by the artist Bill Reid is a humorous homage to what? 36
  • 48. A mock ad for what? 37
  • 49. What is this award called? (please spell it right ) 38
  • 50. The 1972 book “The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise” is a satirical take on life in the 1960s and takes its name from the standard size of a flagon of beer sold in the 1960s and the quarter acre is the ubiquitous suburban section of land on which most people built their homes. Which country does the book satirize? Pic on next slide 39
  • 51. 39
  • 52. Name the actor venting out the mother of all rants. 40
  • 54. The Bednore dynasty, under whose rule was much of the land area which we now identify as Southern Konkan, was also referred to by European traders by the name of the language the dynasty spoke. However, since the letter ‘d’ was always pronounced as ‘r’ by the Europeans, what did this name get modified to? 1
  • 57. It comes from the Greek “dia+oikein” meaning “ keep house ” and was used in Roman Law to designate a territory dependent for its administration upon its city. Since Christian bishops who also resided in the same administrative area and managed territories coterminus with this judicial territory, the word has now settled in church terminology to mean a territory administered by a Bishop. What word? 2
  • 60. The Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) is a specific scheme used to separate inbound and outbound traffic to reduce the risk of collision here. At its widest, the traffic lane is 6 km wide, includes two 2-mile wide traffic lanes separated by a 2-mile separation median (all of which are not marked out but notional) The site where all this action takes place takes its name from the God Ahura Mazda or from the local word for date palm. Where? 3
  • 63. The cartoon below began appearing in trade magazines in the US around the mid 1970s and 80s. What short-lived cause did it espouse? (Pic on next slide) 4
  • 64. 4
  • 66. Proposed shift to metric system in the USA. (Convert feet to metres) 4
  • 67. When this war hero’s documents came up for sale in February this year, it was feared they would end up in some Silicon Valley company’s hands where he is a bit of an icon. A British journalist raised funds to buy the papers; Google’s staff joined in because they believed the author’s work was close to their heart. The papers were eventually purchased jointly by Google & the National Heritage Memorial fund. Name the author and X, where they are on display (Picture of X follows) 5
  • 68. 5
  • 70. Alan Turing’s papers, Bletchley Park 5
  • 71. This Ravi Shastri cliché, often used in the context of a Sehwag innings, was originally used in the 19 th century to describe unfortunate victims who had been stripped of everything of value either through gambling or dishonest practices. A more figurative sense would be to imagine giving your clothes for washing and seeing them come back spic and span. What phrase? 6
  • 73. Taken to the cleaners 6
  • 74. This enduring ad campaign began with some casual questioning when Bob Townsend, the president of the company, was asked why his company was always #2 & behind Hertz inspite of having the same kind of cars, equal number of rental locations and the same rates. Townsend is purported to have remarked “Well, _____ ______ _____” Which company and fill blanks for the slogan. 7
  • 76. Avis, We Try Harder 7
  • 77. At the time of writing of this novel published in 1986, the writer who was at Stanford pursuing a dissertation in economics would divert himself with Charles Johnston’s translations of a Pushkin classic. The 389 stanzas of iambic tetrameter and unusual rhyme scheme ababccddeffegg in Pushkin’s work inspired him to write a work that Gore Vidal went on to dub “The Great California Novel”. What work? 8
  • 79. The Golden Gate, Vikram Seth 8
  • 80. An artist’s impression of a location which will be used for a purpose it is not often used for. Name the location and its purpose. 9
  • 82. The Lord’s ground being used for archery for the 2012 Olympics 9
  • 83. Sinologist Frances Wood’s sensationalist work “Did Marco Polo Go to China?” is founded on the fact that Marco never mentions 3 things in his travelogue. Most historians now understand why Chinese tea, A & B were never mentioned. The answers are: Tea: Mongols preferred fermented mare’s milk A: Because it was a muddy wreck B: Because it was a relatively new custom and was non-Mongol, hence not yet widespread during the time Mongols ruled much of China. Give A & B. 10
  • 85. A: The Great Wall B: Foot Binding 10
  • 86. Aldous Huxley who lived with this highly eccentric family of science behemoths ended up parodying both father and son in two of his novels In “Point Counter Point”, the father is mercilessly parodied as the scientist Edward Tantamount, whose wife and daughter are busy leading wanton lives while he personifies socially disengaged scientism. In “Antic Hay” , the son, who also became an adopted son of India, is parodied as Shearwater – the biologist too absorbed in his experiments to notice his friends bedding his wife. Name the father-son pair. 11*
  • 88. Father: Scott Haldane Son: J B S Haldane 11*
  • 89. Taking their name from a former province of France, wells such as the ones shown were originally drilled by Carthusian monks and contain water under positive pressure. When the earth above is drilled, water which was under pressure tries to reach hydrostatic equilibrium and naturally rises to the top. Name the province/kind of well. (Pic on next slide) 12*
  • 90. 12*
  • 92. Artesian Wells from Artois, France 12*
  • 93. This light Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet wine and sometimes whole eggs is said to have originated in Turin in the 9 th century. It gives its name to a 2006 Linux distribution, created by an Italian team, that uses the hen’s foot as its logo and attempts to give users a more friendly workspace to work with. Name either dessert or Linux variant Pics on next slide 13*
  • 94. 13*
  • 96. Zabaiogne , the dish, that gives its name to Sabayon, the Linux variant 13*
  • 97. The introduction to this 2011 book, about an 18 th century Presbyterian minister’s mathematical rule and its impact on diverse fields, begins with a remark by John Keynes “ When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir ?” At its heart, this rule is built on 3 powerful questions: How confident am I in the truth of my initial belief? Assuming my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate? And whether or not my original belief is true, how confident am I that the new evidence is accurate? Name the rule Book cover on next slide 14*
  • 98. 14*
  • 100. Bayes’ Conditional Probability Rule/Theorem 13*
  • 101. Earlier this month, Philip Levine, a beer drinking, brooding elitist, as many describe him, was elected to this less than powerful, yet somehow lofty position in the United States. The position comes with a $35,000 stipend, funded by a private organization and little in the way of glory or perks. A few activities will involve being present at the Library of Congress occasionally and show up at events. As an aside, Amazon shows a six day backorder for Levine’s works ever since news of the his election broke out. What position? 15*
  • 102. ANSWER
  • 103. Poet Laureate of the United States 15*
  • 104. After the Bangladesh war of 1971, one of the many steps taken by India and Pakistan to ensure a lasting peace was to outline the Line of Control on the Kashmir side of the border. One of the odd aspects of this process was that nothing had changed physically or geographically since the Jan 1, 1949 incident when the two sides had met at Karachi and drawn the line much earlier. The only change in the 1971 agreement was rechristening the line of 1949 to LoC from the earlier term that possibly lacked mastery and energy. What was the line called earlier? 16*
  • 105. ANSWER
  • 106. Cease Fire Line (CFL) 16*
  • 107. With a name meant to make the prudes blush, this long lounge chair goes by various popular names such as the aaram khursee, lambey haath or the Tall Dark and Handsome by different users. It is said to have been introduced in India by the British and christened by the lounge lizards of the Raj. The 1st part of the name comes from the fact that it is a staple of many a Parsi/Gujju home and libraries such as the David Sassoon one. The 2 nd part refers to the more pleasurable uses of the chair. Name? Pic on next slide 17*
  • 108. 17*
  • 109. ANSWER
  • 111. Charles Sherwood Stratton, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, weighed 9 pounds at birth and grew normally till 6 months, after which he stopped growing. P.T. Barnum heard of him and trained him, post which he became a popular act of the traveling circus, even meeting Queen Victoria and then 3 year old Prince of Wales. What popular name was he known for the best part of his life? Pic on the next slide 18*
  • 112. 18*
  • 113. ANSWER
  • 115. British curry (Indian curry made in the UK) is categorized based on the strength of the spice and the heat. The 2 nd and 3 rd in the scale are called Tindaloo and Madras respectively. The hottest curry category is a simple Punjabi chicken with a lots of Habaneras. The name given to it is a joke referring to the manhood of one who can eat the curry. When the curry became popular, restaurants wrongly credited the name to a dish from Bangalore, except that the dish from Bangalore is a spiced Goat Kebab broiled over hot charcoal and not a curry. Name this curry/category. 19*
  • 116. ANSWER
  • 118. Portmanteau of the left person’s first name and the right person’s last name gives what epitome of condescension? 20*
  • 119. ANSWER
  • 120. Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) Sheldon Leonard + Leon Cooper 20*
  • 121. White Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt & Master. Levels of proficiency with what technology of daily use ? 21
  • 122. ANSWER
  • 124. Earlier this month, David Mackay a 53 yr old Scotsman was chosen for a project that is expected to take off in 2013. What project? 22
  • 125. ANSWER
  • 126. Pilot the Virgin Galactic into space 22
  • 127. If it is not manufactured by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries, it is simply called a personal watercraft. If it is indeed manufactured by the company, what is it called? 23
  • 128. ANSWER
  • 130. The near-destruction of this lonely oak tree in Mansfield, Ohio, courtesy a storm, made big news all over Hollywood, even reaching India where fans took notice. The tree, made popular in the last few minutes of a 1994 inspirational tearjerker, was a tourist landmark. Having said that, fans remain hopeful of the tree’s fate since doing so is a good thing and good things never die. Name the movie starring the tree. 24
  • 131. ANSWER
  • 133. Mount Sopris, a twin-summitted peak in the Elk mountains in the US, is named after the former mayor of Denver, Colorado who was part of the first European expedition to scale the peak. Lately, the peak has been the focus of a public petition in which thousands signed to rename the peak after someone who wrote a 1972 hit, that on the face of it seemed to be about drugs, but was actually about the destruction of the mountains by commercial tourism. Name the artist and the song. 25
  • 134. ANSWER
  • 135. John Denver, Rocky Mountain High 25
  • 136. Santosh Sivan’s 2007 movie “Achtung Baby: In Search of ____” features the phenomenon of German women traveling to Indian villages by the LOC in Kashmir for a certain purpose. The subject of the travels are the males of a tribe called the Brokpas , who possibly arrived there from Gilgit, Pakistan and have lived isolated lives for centuries. What supposedly unique claim to fame do the Brokpas hold? 26
  • 137. ANSWER
  • 139. After a traumatic separation beyond their control in 2008, Seetal Iyer and 4 others formed Timbre Media Private Ltd. with the aim of rectifying some of the shortcomings of their earlier (ad)venture. The new company is partly owned by Saregama, which will help ease out sourcing issues and aims to re-launch with its old name and its new avatar in September. What firm? 27
  • 140. ANSWER
  • 143. ANSWER
  • 144. Chelsea Girls – the song by Cohen about Janis Joplin, the movie by Warhol and Sid Vicious’ girlfriend Nancy Spudgen’s death at the hotel 28
  • 145. Situated on the northern margin of the Targus river estuary, this monument celebrates the Portugese Age of Discovery, which flourished along the same river. The monument features prominent agents of Portugese discovery, of which Vasco Da Gama and Bartholomew Dias are two. Name the other 2 – one to whom the monument itself is dedicated, and the other who possibly has a school named after him in every other Indian city. Pic on next slide 29
  • 146. 29
  • 147. ANSWER
  • 148. Henry the Navigator, St. Francis Xavier 29
  • 149. Bengali cinema has been bifurcated into two categories vis a vis the zones it thrives in. One of the categories is Tollywood, in reference to Tollygunge. What is the other category? 30
  • 150. ANSWER
  • 151. Dhallywood – Dhaka + Tollywood 30
  • 152. Mandatory Yell Iruve question: Many plants in the genii Amorphophallus, Rafflesia, Stapelia, Smilax are known by this two word term. The modus operandi involves attracting scavenging flies with an odor similar to that of rotting flesh; the flower traps the fly for a few days while still sustaining the fly with sufficient food. A few days later when the plant has enough pollen, which the fly is ready to transfer and the fly is released. The plant resumes the whole odor-trap insect-pollinate cycle. So what 2 word term are these plants known by? 31
  • 153. ANSWER
  • 155. Small Land Area No standing army since 1868 Uses the Swiss Franc and does not have its own monetary currency Taxes max out at 20% World’s leading manufacturer of sausage casings and exporter of false teeth A labor force that commutes in from Austria, Switzerland or Germany These are some of the reasons why the CIA Factbook (ironically) lists Liechtenstein as part of a unique category in which Brunei, Macau and Palau are also included. What category? 32
  • 156. ANSWER
  • 158. The profession shown in the picture started in England/Ireland and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution. The job involved the individual carrying a truncheon or a short/heavy stick often made of bamboo to reach windows on higher floors. The job was generally carried out by elderly men/women or by police constables. The job itself was necessary for the time because a certain invention was yet to come in vogue. What was the job about? What invention obviated the need for this position? Pic on next slide 33
  • 159. 33
  • 160. ANSWER
  • 161. Waking People Up (Knocker Upper), Alarm Clock 33
  • 163. ANSWER
  • 164. Hindi Remakes of K. Balachander movies 34
  • 166. ANSWER
  • 168. This 2004 sculpture Rabbit Eating Astronaut by the artist Bill Reid is a humorous homage to what? 36
  • 169. ANSWER
  • 171. A mock ad for what? 37
  • 172. ANSWER
  • 174. What is this award called? (please spell it right ) 38
  • 175. ANSWER
  • 176. Pwnie awards – for extreme excellence and incompetence in information security 38
  • 177. The 1972 book “The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise” is a satirical take on life in a 1960s nation and takes its name from the standard size of a flagon of beer sold in the 1960s and the quarter acre is the ubiquitous suburban section of land on which most people built their homes. Which country does the book satirise? Pic on next slide 39
  • 178. 39
  • 179. ANSWER
  • 181. Name the actor venting out the mother of all rants. 40
  • 182. ANSWER
  • 184. SCORES & FINALS… IN A WHILE