Quizzinga! - Asha Quiz 2012 Prelims
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1. The document appears to be about an event called Quizzinga! that involves 34 preliminary quiz questions across various topics and subjects. 2. The top 6 teams based on their performance in the prelims will advance to the finals round. 3. The document provides the 34 preliminary questions along with their answers. The questions cover topics in history, literature, movies, science and technology.
Quizzinga! - Asha Quiz 2012 Prelims
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- 4. PRELIMS • 34 questions • *ed questions will be used to resolve ties • 1 point per answer, part points where applicable • No negatives – take guesses! • Top 6 teams to the finals Quizzinga!
- 5. Prelims with Answers Quizzinga!
- 6. 1. The first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army, and the second Indian, after Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, to become Commander-in-Chief of the Indian armed forces, is a well known name in Bangalore. Who? Quizzinga!
- 7. •Rajendrasinhji - RSI Bangalore (the defence club) is named after him Quizzinga!
- 8. 2. This phrase comes from the 9th century when the Viking rulers of Ireland took a census of their subjects by counting a certain anatomical part, and imposing a tax on their victims. Those who refused to pay were threatened with this part being cut off, giving us this phrase that encapsulates the agony of parting with high sums of money. What phrase? Quizzinga!
- 9. •Pay through one’s nose Quizzinga!
- 10. 3. What long standing rule at Wimbledon will not be adhered to when the club plays host for the tennis competition at the 2012 London Olympics? Quizzinga!
- 11. •Players will not be required to wear all whites Quizzinga!
- 12. 4. In Robert Heinlein’s science fiction novel “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”, underground colonies are scattered across the moon commanded by a Lunar Authority, whose master computer is called High Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor. As the novel progresses, the computer achieves self- awareness and develops a sense of humor, prompting the technician to name it Mike. Why is it named Mike? Quizzinga!
- 13. •Short for Mycroft Holmes, who was the more humorous of the two brothers. •(The computer’s name abbreviates to HOLMES) Quizzinga!
- 14. *5. It started with X’s 1961 visit to Paris, when a meeting with writer and critic Andre Malraux, minister of culture of France, brought up the idea. When Malraux later visited Washington in 1962, X personally showed him around the city’s cultural highlights and at a dinner that night, he was seen whispering into X’s ear “Je vais vous envoyer ____ ____” (I will loan you the ____ ____” What loan and who was X? Quizzinga!
- 15. •Jackie Kennedy •Bringing the Mona Lisa to the National Gallery of Art, Washington Quizzinga!
- 16. 6. One of the theories behind his nickname speculates that he was the only pure vegetarian in the trinity of Sivaji, MGR and himself. Another theory is that he never signed on many action films and preferred soft, family persona driven roles, and was given this nickname by Sivaji and MGR themselves. Who (popular name) and what nickname? Quizzinga!
- 17. •Gemini Ganesan/Ramaswamy Ganesan •Sambar (nickname) Quizzinga!
- 18. 7. If you are in a building in which the rooms have names such as Hipster Kitty, Honey Badger, It’s a Trap, More Cowbell and Nyan Cat, where might you be? Quizzinga!
- 19. •YouTube Head Office – conference rooms are named after YouTube memes Quizzinga!
- 20. 8. A spoof ad with fairly exaggerated symptoms for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). In real life, RLS was observed prominently in drug addicts, giving us what commonly used phrase? <video removed> Quizzinga!
- 21. •Kicking the habit Quizzinga!
- 22. 9. A mock ad that parodies the UPA government’s troubles with the features of Apple’s iOS 6. Name the 2 politicians whose names have been blanked out. Image on next slide. Quizzinga!
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- 24. •Kapil Sibal •Abhishek Manu Singhvi Quizzinga!
- 25. *10. Started by artists Jon Rubin, Jon Pena and Dawn Weleski in Pittsburgh, Kubideh Kitchen or ____Kitchen is an experimental restaurant/public art work that serves cuisines from Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. The concept aims to merge food, while provoking interesting discussions during a takeaway. Fill in the blank, or tell us what is the name of this pioneering form of cuisine? Image on next slide Quizzinga!
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- 27. •Conflict Cuisine – the restaurant only serves food of countries with which the USA has a conflict Quizzinga!
- 28. 11. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 64.89 points by the time it closed on June 4, 2012. Incidentally, it also opened at 2346.98 points. Why was this seen as a bizarre phenomenon? Quizzinga!
- 29. •6-4-89, or June 4, 1989 was the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protest Quizzinga!
- 30. 12. The two extremely talkative “Plentimaw” fish in Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie are named after two well-loved characters in a 1968 Indian children’s film by Satyajit Ray. Name them – no part points. Quizzinga!
- 31. •Goopy and Bagha Quizzinga!
- 32. 13. Uncontested elections are generally rare in the US. In 1820 when President James Monroe faced no opposition to election, one member of the electoral college cast a symbolic opposing vote to maintain a certain distinction/record. Why was this symbolic vote cast? Quizzinga!
- 33. •So that George Washington remained the only president to be elected uncontested Quizzinga!
- 34. 14. Among the 20 batsmen with more than 3 pairs in Test Cricket, three have scored test centuries. An Englishman, a Sri Lankan and an Indian. Name the Sri Lankan and the Englishman for full points. Quizzinga!
- 35. •Marvan Atapattu •Andrew Flintoff •The Indian was of course, Ajit Agarkar! Quizzinga!
- 36. *15. Founded in 1875 by a Czech immigrant in New York, the company started as a jewellery manufacturer, pioneered wristwatches over pocket watches, created the very first radio commercial, offered a $1,000 prize for the first non-stop Atlantic flight and introduced the first clock radios. The logo of the company is said to commemorate the precision micro tuning fork that vibrates at exactly 360 Hz in its 1960 Accutron series of watches. Which firm? Quizzinga!
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- 38. 16. Though his surname vaguely resembles one of Hispanic origin, this character's look and accent are loosely based on Gabor Csupo, the man in charge of Klasky-Csupo Animation. Another theory is that the character is based on the doctor who over-prescribed Elvis Presley into an early grave and became a symbol of bumbling, and criminal, medical incompetence. Which character? Quizzinga!
- 39. •Dr. Nick Riviera from The Simpsons Quizzinga!
- 40. 17. A slang / derogatory term, it is borrowed from the fauna world because plants lack a central nervous system. Plants can't think, so the term, while crude in many senses, has entered our parlance. Which term? Quizzinga!
- 41. •Vegetable Quizzinga!
- 42. 18. Roughly 135 chess players hailing from 27 countries began playing in the International Chess Olympiad on August 21, 1939. After just over a week of pool play, sixteen nations advanced to the finals, which began on the 1st of September. Which two teams came first and second? Quizzinga!
- 43. •Germany and Poland •On Sep 1, Germany invaded Poland! Quizzinga!
- 44. 19. When asked recently, “Which is the best cell phone ever?”, _______ replied with, “Nokia Lumia 900 Cyan (AT&T)”. _______came up with the answer by computing the average of all customer reviews till date. Naturally, __________’s response was perceived as ironic and created much amusement among analysts and others. Fill in the blank. Quizzinga!
- 45. •Siri – iPhone 4S Quizzinga!
- 46. *20. This kind of specially designed seat on airlines is used for mothers who do not have to hold their babies inflight. The seat takes its name from the French word for ‘a hemispherical helmet’, which is used for specially designed baby cradles small enough to provide a cocoon that small babies find comforting. What word? Image on next slide Quizzinga!
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- 48. •Bassinet seat Quizzinga!
- 49. 21. A character called Smokey Bear was created by a US govt. department in 1944 to educate the public about a certain topic, under the slogan of, “Only YOU can ______ ______ ______”. What does Smokey create awareness about? Image on next slide. Quizzinga!
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- 51. •Prevention of forest fires Quizzinga!
- 52. 22. This is the actress Madhabi Mukherjee, playing a lonely wife who enjoys glimpses of the outside world through the blinds of windows. Which 1964 film, and which recent film pays tribute to this scene? (Image on next slide) Quizzinga!
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- 55. 23. Identify the person in this video clip <video removed> Quizzinga!
- 56. •Arthur C. Clarke Quizzinga!
- 57. 24. If you are a vexillologist, you would know that the Danish have the oldest and the Dutch have the oldest with three colours. You would know that the Nepalese are the only ones to have one that is not quadrilateral, and that the folks in Kiribati have one that displays a gold frigatebird flying over a gold rising sun. What is your interest? Quizzinga!
- 58. •You study flags Quizzinga!
- 59. *25. It was the name for a region in the far north, often referred to in classical European literature and maps (pictured). Though modern interpretations of where it lies today converge on Norway, other interpretations include Shetland, Orkney and Scandinavia in general. What region, that also lends its name to element with atomic number 69? Image on next slide. Quizzinga!
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- 61. •Thule, that gives Thulium Quizzinga!
- 62. 26. Identify this Karnataka city. Quizzinga!
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- 65. 27. In the second of the set of three works (part of an extended series), hostiles led by Kruge are bent on stealing a terraforming device. The title refers to the quest for one of the main characters. If the first was “The Wrath of Khan” and the third was the one was “The Voyage Home,” what was the second one? Quizzinga!
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- 67. 28. A total of 16 Nobel prize winners have been either ______ staff or alumni. The first was George Bernard Shaw, one of the founders of ______ , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. The most recent was Professor Christopher Pissarides, holder of the Norman Sosnow Chair. Bertrand Russell is another well-known winner. Fill in the blank. Quizzinga!
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- 69. 29. •For Sambalpuri sarees and Kotki prints you need to visit Utkalika •For Kutch mirror work, you need to visit Gurjari Where should you shop for Chanderi sarees, Maheswari silk material and Bastar metal craft? Quizzinga!
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- 71. *30 Its decline began in the 16th century when the king Yusuf Shah Chak was deposed by Akbar. Today, the Sarada script -which was the enabler in written communication- is primarily seen only in museums and archives. Bakawali, Bunjwali, Kishtwari, Shah-Mansuri, Siraji of Doda and Zirak-Boli are some of the dialects. What are we talking about? Quizzinga!
- 72. •Kashmiri Quizzinga!
- 73. 31. The modern X was invented by Harvard medical researchers Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw in 1927. They used an iron box and two vacuum cleaners to build their prototype. Almost the length of a subcompact car, it exerted a push-pull motion on the chest. The first one was installed at Bellevue hospital in New York City. The first patients to use them were polio sufferers with chest paralysis. What is X? Quizzinga!
- 74. •Artificial Respirators Quizzinga!
- 75. 32. The statue in the cupola moved home to Burari Road, to a place that got its name by being the venue of the Durbar of 1877 chaired by the person’s (in the statue) grandmother. 3 parts - Whose statue was it? Where was it moved to? Who is the photographer? Quizzinga!
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- 77. •George V’s statue was moved to Coronation Park. •The photographer is Homai Vyarawalla Quizzinga!
- 78. 33. Created in 1886, and sharing its name with the official “punch” of a city (pic on the left), it is awarded to manufacturers if they conform to certain specifications. An example spec is: Steel parts must have polished angles and their visible surfaces smoothed down. Screw heads have to be polished, with their slots and rims chamfered. By what name do we know it, and what is it used for? Quizzinga!
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- 80. •The Geneva Seal awarded to watchmakers from Geneva who conform to the specifications Quizzinga!
- 81. 34. The brothers William and Robert were born into a well-to-do family, but their fortunes declined. They started a printing business, publishing a weekly magazine that reached a circulation of 84,000. The main publication for which they are well known, first came out in 1861. Compared to some other publications of similar nature, it does not use any special phonetic alphabet to represent pronunciation. What venture did the brothers begin? Quizzinga!
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- 83. Finals in a few minutes… Quizzinga!