Quizzinga finals.

Round 1
Direct questions.
Pounce allowed.
Pass – 5 points
Pounce - + 10/-5.
Direct - +10.
You can pounce for your own question.

1. Usually reserved for Nobel Laureates and other
distinguished academics and industrialists, the
Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Society of
Chemistry was awarded to X in 2002 and a silver
medal was struck in X‟s name.
The Secretary General of the Society had this to
say: “Now, ... we are stretching the rules slightly,
tongue very slightly in cheek, to say to the world,
here was a great man who,... using science, courage
and crystal clear thought processes achieved his
goals.” . Who ?

2. X is a proprietary software from Antares
Technologies.
X was initially created by Andy Hildebrand, an
engineer working for Exxon. He developed
methods for interpreting seismic data and
subsequently realized that the technology could
be used to detect, analyze, and modify pitch.
Last year, Time included X in their list of "The 50
Worst Inventions."

2. During the late 1880s, the X army decided to
purchase it for their soldiers. Itt was initially
used by for opening canned food and
disassembling service rifles. It later transitioned
from being used by the military to a sports tool.
Karl Elsener bought its manufacturing license.
He decided to name the Y after his mother. He
started using stainless steel to manufacture X.
He used the French word for stainless steel and
his mothers name and named his company Y. Y
acquired Wenger in 2005, becoming once again
the sole supplier of X to the armed forces

Ans. X – Swiss army knife.
Victoria + inox ( French for stainless steel)
= Victorinox.

3. Its affectionately called “9 eyes” by Jon
Rafman, a modern photo artist who along with
his peers has taken up photos produced from
this one of a kind camera for individual artwork.
Although the images may
be pixelated, the colors "muddy", and the
perspective "warped", the photographs have
been published in book form and exhibited in
art galleries. For what specifically is this device
employed for?

5. X Hopson is a supporting character in one of
the largest super hero titles. He served the
British RAF during WW2 and was its champion
boxer three years running. He later moved to US
where he became manservant to ( someone and
Maria) and watched over their mansion even
after their deaths. But in the film series he is
voiced by Paul Bettany and runs the main
characters home and helps him all the time.
When interviewed, Paul Bettany admitted that
he had little idea of what the role was, even as
he recorded it, simply doing it as a favor for his
friend Jon Favreau. What am I talking about ?

6. From Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.

What is so special about 555 ?

Ans. Only used fictionally or used in movies. If
one comes across a number beginning with 555,
it probably doesn’t exist.

7.It was one of the most influential cars of the
20th century. When it was released, it didn’t have
a specfic name and was sold with the same
name of the company. The model became
widely known in its home country as Käfer
( German for X) . It was more comfortable and
powerful than most European cars in its
segment. Which car am I talking about ?

8.X’s alternate mode for all installments of the
live-action Y film series is a Peterbilt Model-379.
Three modified 379s were used
interchangeably. There was much controversy
over this because in the comic series X is
portrayed as a flat nose over semi trailer truck
or as a fire engine.
The The filmmakers were pretty careful about
the technical stuff. X’s official height of 32
feet(9.8 m) in another mode would not have
been possible to allow for all mechanics of the
CGI if they had gone with a cab-over,

which would have dropped him instead to a
smaller 20 feet (6.1 m). The filmmakers
incorporated valid physics into their designs,
establishing the necessity for its size to
correspond to its disguise. Identify X and Y.

Ans. X- Optimus Prime
Y- Transformers.

9. Russeel Belk argues that, like a religion, the X of
something is a belief system that helps Xs followers
understand technology ad the world. The attitude
of X sympathizers and fans is viewed by man as
“cult-like”. According to a neurological research
cited by BBTC on their “Secrets of the Super
brands” documentary, the response suggested that
the brain of an X enthusiast when viewing X is
similar to the one of religious devotee. X founder is
compared to a god figure and savior. The founder is
viewed as a saintly figure to X users. When it
released one its products, people started called it
Jesus _____. What am I talking about ?

Ans. The cult of Apple. Apple is seen as a religion
to many. Jesus pad aka iPad.

10. It was first acclaimed that X began his during
the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. X was very
much succesfull in what he did. Xs apparent
success ws considered by some academic
commentators to be simply comparable to a run
of luck when tossing a coin. X was successful
100% during the world cup and 86% overall.
X had an unexpected death before the UEFA
world cup 2012. X died in Germany. On 20th
August 2010, X was given position as an official
ambassador to Englands 2018 World Cup bid.
What am I talking about or who is X ?

11. Gottfrid Svartholm alias anakata is a Swedish
computer specialist, former co owner of PRQ.
He was also featured in Good Copy Bad Copy
and Steal This Film. People whom one can relate
him are Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom. Their
company headquarters were raided by Swedish
Police, their servers were shut down. They were
subjected to millions of dollars in fines and 30
years in prison but they didn’t go to jail for long.
They were sued for millions by some of the big
bucks in the motion picture industry. What did
they do ?

Ans. They were all founders of The Pirate Bay.

12.In 2009, Google and a couple of other companies had a problem.
They wanted to digitize years of old newspapers and books, using
software that can "read" the print it's scanning and then convert it
into actual text. But even the most advanced computers had
problems reading some of the poor quality scans, because the text
was smudged or crooked, or in a font that has been out of use for
years.
What simple but brilliant “crowd sourcing” plan did they come up
with to counter this problem?

Ans.Re- CAPTCHA
The project is a huge success, managing to digitize 20 years of The New
York Times daily newspaper in just a few months, by letting Web surfers
decode the hard bits. It is estimated that websites display 200 million
reCAPTCHAs a day.

Round 2. Written round.
8 questions.
4 for each right answer.
No negatives. Yay.
Minimalist poster round.
Posters might be music albums or movies.

Round 3: Put funda
Pounce allowed.
Pounce +10/-5
Direct +10
Pass -5

1.“American President coming to India. If I had
known, I wouldn’t have gone looking for him all
over America & met him in Andheri or
Ghatkopar”.

Put Funda.

Ans.Shah Rukh Khan’s tweet on President
Obama’s visit to India referring to his character
in My Name is Khan

Ans. Conversation between Rakesh Sharma to
Indira Gandhi from space. Very famous words ‘
Saare jahan se aacha ‘.

3. It left the place where it belongs on 29
October 2009, travelling a lot of countries. It
was designed by Michael Foley, a graduate of
the National institute of Design. It is made from
Alumiunium and holds a message which is
printed on a 18 carat gold leaf. It also has a
video camera, LED lighting and a GPS tracking
design. What am I talking about ?

Ans. Google Maps 3D of Rome. 320 AD. 6700
building shown in 3D equipped with editorial
content detailing the history and significant use
of the building. Helps students learn.

6.The shape of this product is modeled after a
hyperbolic paraboloid.
This design characteristic is beneficial as it helps
keep the product from breaking during
distribution by eliminating lines of stress along
which a small crack may easily propagate.
Further, it keeps a stack of the product tightly
interlocked or nested during distribution.
The name of the product came from a street in
Cincinnati. The name was chosen simply for its
sound and appeal.

Round 4: Connects.
6 questions.
Pounce allowed.
Pounce +10/-5
Direct +10
Pass+5

Ans. Recursive acronyms.
Bing – Bing is not Google.
WINE – Wine is not emulator.
GNU – GNU is not UNIX.

• 2. Connect them all to a video game and
explain . Am pretty sure most of you have
played this game.

• Ans. Palace of the Popes :

Palace of the Vatican, Vatican City, the current
residence since 1870
Lateran Palace, Rome, Italy - used from 4th century
until 13thcentury.
Quirinal Palace, Rome, Italy - used from 1589 to
1870
Palais des Papes, Avignon, France - used from 1309
to 1377 Palazzo dei Papi, Viterbo, Italy - used
from 1257 to 1281
Palazzo dei Papi, Orvieto, Italy - used from 1262 to
1297

4. Only five tickets.
Psychedelic wonderland fill of chocolate rivers.
Giant edible mushrooms
Lick able wallpaper and other inventions
Small, orange skinned, green haired Oompa-Loompas
Multi dimensional glass elevator
Trained squirrels which can identify between a good and
a bad nut.

Ans. Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory.

Ans. Monopoly.
They are tokens in monopoly.

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