The Quizzzically Challenged quiz. Prelims.
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This document outlines the rules and questions for a quiz competition hosted by The Club. It provides 20 multiple choice or short answer questions on various topics, with 3 starred questions. The top 6-7 teams will qualify for the finals on Friday. Plagiarism is not allowed and the quizmaster's decisions are final.
The Quizzzically Challenged quiz. Prelims.
- 2. Hima miss THE QUESTION CONTRIBUTORS! Bharath Nair Achyuth J
- 3. 20 Questions.15 worded ( blog type as I call ) and 5 visual questions. Plagiarism shall not be encouraged. 3 starred questions. Question’s 1,4 and 9. Top 6/7* teams to qualify for the awesome finals! Very important rule. QUIZMASTER IS GOD. His decision is always final. *- specified on last slide.
- 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. What is the most common application of this process ?
- 7. X a company, adopted the ancient chemical symbol for iron as its logo as soon as it was reactivated.This is one of the oldest and most common ideograms inWestern culture and originally stood for the planet Mars in the Roman Empire. Identify the company on the basis of the description of its logo.
- 8. Ravish Malhotra is a retired Air Commodore of the IAF. He was famous for being the backup of someone that made India really famous! What orWho was he the backup for ?
- 9. PUT FUNDA. 1. Jimi Hendrix. 2. Jim Morrison 3. Kurt Cobain 4. AmyWinehouse 5. Brian Jones. This is an non-exhaustive list for members of what famous club ?
- 10. “Mick had a picture of Kali, the Hindu goddess, which he was very keen on. India was very much in fashion at the time, but I thought something like that might go out of date.” This inspired a certain John Pasche to create which very famous logo ?
- 11. Whilst facing the wrist-spin of Eric Hollies, Bradman pushed forward to the second ball that he faced, was deceived by a googly, and bowled between bat and pad for a duck. What did this incident lead to ?
- 12. Robert Bristow was having a hard time to find a way to not allow water-logging to take place when it is the monsoon season at Willington Island while drawing up its initial plans. A certain object ‘X’ helped him overnight to solve this issue. Identify ‘X’.
- 13. Mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Give FUNDA.
- 14. Coming up with _________ is a yearlong process.While there are weekly, formal meetings with fellow ____ers to discuss new ideas, a spokesperson says that just as many ideas come from casual conversation around the office or are thrown around via e-mail. Users can also submit proposals, or even finished ______, to the company via a dedicated e-mail address. FITB
- 15. ‘X’ is a Malayalam film movement developed in the early 2010s, characterized by fresh and unusual themes and new narrative techniques. Films of the new wave differ from conventional themes of the past two decades (1990s and 2000s) and introduced several new trends to the Malayalam industry.While the ‘X’ formats and styles are deeply influenced by global and Indian trends, their thematics are firmly rooted in Malayalee life and mindscapes. What is ‘X’ ?
- 16. One of the greatest moments for Cristiano Ronaldo according to his fans (and Goal.com) is when he scored a goal through a freekick from about 23 yards away againt Portsmouth FC. Who was the goalkeeper ?
- 17. Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway).-Howard Davies-Carr, father of the ‘boys’. Identify the 2 boys mentioned.
- 18. Name Collin-Websterr dictionary word of the year for 2015.
- 19. Marc Pincus owned an American bulldog. Name it, which now is the name of a very famous game developer.
- 20. X is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, who are the only permanent members of the band, though Homme rarely plays live shows because of commitments to other bands. DISCOGRAPHY – Peace, Love, Death Metal. Identify the band. ( Currently relevant question)
- 28. RULES I swear that if you scream the answers I will kick you out! Don’t expect anything from me for answering.
- 29. 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. What is the most common application of this process ?
- 31. X a company, adopted the ancient chemical symbol for iron as its logo as soon as it was reactivated.This is one of the oldest and most common ideograms inWestern culture and originally stood for the planet Mars in the Roman Empire. Identify the company on the basis of the description of its logo.
- 33. Ravish Malhotra is a retired Air Commodore of the IAF. He was famous for being the backup of someone that made India really famous! What orWho was he the backup for ?
- 34. He was the backup for Rakesh Sharma for the SoyuzT-11 program.
- 35. PUT FUNDA. 1. Jimi Hendrix. 2. Jim Morrison 3. Kurt Cobain 4. AmyWinehouse 5. Brian Jones. This is an non-exhaustive list for members of what famous club ?
- 36. THE 27 CLUB People/Musicians who died in unfortunate circumstances at the age of 27.
- 37. “Mick had a picture of Kali, the Hindu goddess, which he was very keen on. India was very much in fashion at the time, but I thought something like that might go out of date.” This inspired a certain John Pasche to create which very famous logo ?
- 39. Whilst facing the wrist-spin of Eric Hollies, Bradman pushed forward to the second ball that he faced, was deceived by a googly, and bowled between bat and pad for a duck. What did this incident lead to ?
- 40. Don Bradman’s test average falling from 101.63 to 99.94 in his last test.
- 41. Robert Bristow was having a hard time to find a way to not allow water-logging to take place when it is the monsoon season at Willington Island while drawing up its initial plans. A certain object ‘X’ helped him overnight to solve this issue. Identify ‘X’.
- 42. THE MONKEY PEN
- 43. Mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Give FUNDA.
- 44. Nobel Prize for Chemistry went toTomas Lindahl, Paul L. Modrich and Aziz Sancar for the study of this subject.
- 45. Coming up with _________ is a yearlong process.While there are weekly, formal meetings with fellow ____ers to discuss new ideas, a spokesperson says that just as many ideas come from casual conversation around the office or are thrown around via e-mail. Users can also submit proposals, or even finished ______, to the company via a dedicated e-mail address. FITB
- 47. ‘X’ is a Malayalam film movement developed in the early 2010s, characterized by fresh and unusual themes and new narrative techniques. Films of the new wave differ from conventional themes of the past two decades (1990s and 2000s) and introduced several new trends to the Malayalam industry.While the ‘X’ formats and styles are deeply influenced by global and Indian trends, their thematics are firmly rooted in Malayalee life and mindscapes. What is ‘X’ ?
- 49. One of the greatest moments for Cristiano Ronaldo according to his fans (and Goal.com) is when he scored a goal through a freekick from about 23 yards away againt Portsmouth FC. Who was the goalkeeper ?
- 50. David James
- 51. Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway).-Howard Davies-Carr, father of the ‘boys’. Identify the 2 boys mentioned.
- 52. Charlie – bit my finger.
- 53. Name Collin-Websterr dictionary word of the year for 2015.
- 54. BINGE-WATCH
- 55. Marc Pincus owned an American bulldog. Name it, which now is the name of a very famous game developer.
- 56. Zynga ( Name beingZinga )
- 57. X is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, who are the only permanent members of the band, though Homme rarely plays live shows because of commitments to other bands. DISCOGRAPHY – Peace, Love, Death Metal. Identify the band. ( Currently relevant question)
- 58. Eagles Of Death Metal ( Band that was performing at Bataclan concert hall at time of attack )
- 60. Cricket All-StarsTeams :- Sachins Blasters ( left ) ,Warne’sWarrriors (right)
- 62. Mars Orbiter Mission
- 64. He voiced JARVIS.
- 66. George Boole. Boolean Algebra.
- 68. First recorded selfie.
- 69. Finals on Friday if possible. Top 6/7(depending on participation) qualify.