why so Qrious?? AFMC intercollegiate general quiz

Dipak Jain Soumitra Dutta Indra Nooyi

Nitin Noharia Shantanu Narayan Sunil Kumar

• It started as an April Fool’s joke on April
1, 2008 with its motto being “Things will get
better. Eventually”
It is a mission to colonize the planet Mars to
make it suitable for human living. It lays out a
plan for colonizing _____ City on Mars over
the next century, or 100 years.
What am I talking about?

Abstruse Goose is a webcomic which came out with
this comic recently. What was the subject of this
particular comic?

Protest against SOPA/PIPA
Google/ wikipedia blackout

These are illustrations of “Alice In
Wonderland” by whom?
The frontpiece Mad tea party Down the rabbit hole

• ______: The program with a personality
• It will get on all your disks
It will infiltrate your chips
Yes, it's ______!
• It will stick to you like glue
It will modify RAM too

• Send in the______!

why so Qrious?? AFMC intercollegiate general quiz

X started in 1937 as a spinoff from the family
business. The former name of X was Y, named after
its founder, literally meaning “fertile rice paddies”.
But it was changed to X because
• it took eight brush strokes (a fortuitous number)
to write
• was visually simpler
• with a voiceless consonant instead of
a voiced one.
Give me X and Y.

X- Toyota
Y- Toyoda
started by Kiichiro Toyoda

Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

• _______ used to be a tradition in Fleet Street
newspapers. It involved an employee, on the day
he retired after a life-time's stalwart service to his
chosen rag, being walked by his colleagues
through the presses in the print room. As he
wandered towards his rendezvous with a carriage
clock, the printers serenaded him by banging the
metal benches with their hammers, beating out a
ceremonial slow-march to mark his departure.
• Fill the blank.

• Ashok Kumar – Kumud Ganguly
• Govinda – Govind Arun Ahuja
• John Abraham – Farhan Abraham
• Kamal Haasan- Alwarpettai Aandavar
• Manoj Kumar – Hare Krishna Goswami
• Raj Kumar – Kulbushan Pandit
• Woody Allen - Allen Konigsberg
• Tom Cruise - Thomas Mapother IV
• Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman
• Rita Hayworth - Margarita Cansino
• Ben Kingsley - Krishna Banji

The above scene from the The Great Train Robbery acted out by Justus D. Barnes
Is believed to be the inspiration behind what?

What is common to them?
David Prowse

Bob Anderson

James Earl Jones

Sebastian Shaw

Jake Lloyd

Hayden Christensen

David Prowse Bob Anderson James Earl jones

Sebastian Shaw Jake Lloyd Hayden Christensen

Born on Nov 10, 1923, and belonging to Akita Inu breed, ______’s
name literally translates to ‘eighth prince’ in the vernacular
language. During his owner's life, _______ greeted him at the end of
each day at the nearby station. The pair continued their daily
routine until May 1925, when hid owner did not return. He had
suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage and died, never returning to
the train station where ______ was waiting. Every day for the next
nine years he waited at the station. His faithfulness to his master's
memory became a legend and he was immortalized by bronze
statue erected at the entrance of that station, movies such as
_______- A dog’s tale (feat. Richard Gere). He is also the subject of a
2004 children's book entitled ______: The True Story of a Loyal
Dog, written by Pamela S. Turner, ______ Waits, written by Lesléa
Newman, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.

The flag of Mars is a tricolour used by the Mars Society and The
Planetary Society to represent the planet Mars. . The flag is designed to
portray the “future history” of Mars. The red bar, which lies closest to
the mast, symbolizes Mars as it is today. The green and blue symbolize
stages in the possible terraforming of Mars, should humanity ever have
the will and the ability to undertake such a task, the ethics of
terraforming remaining a matter of debate.

Whom does this plaque at Westminster
Abbey commemorate?

This commemorates Edmond Halley of the
Halley’s Comet fame.

J.B.S Haldane is known for his notable
work in genetics and evolutionary
science. In latter part of his life, he
moved to India and studied Indian
literature.
About what did he say- “ ___________
should be carved on the doors of every
lab of the world”

His origins are uncertain. Early writings about him suggest he was born
in 1696 in a village called "Lagon," in present day Eritrea, located "on
the northern side of the Mareb River..." (which serves as much of the
modern border between Ethiopia and Eritrea). He was brought to
Russia as a gift for Peter-The Great. He became a Major General,
military engineer and Governor of Reval, and a nobleman of Russia. He
was the great grandfather of Alexander Pushkin, who wrote an
unfinished novel about him, titled “Peter The Great’s Negro”

__________ were figures in an archaic stage of Greek mythology, three giants
of incredible strength and ferocity that surpassed that of all Titans whom they
helped overthrow. Their name derives from the Greek ,each of them having a
hundred hands and fifty heads“. According to Hesiod's Theogony, the three
___________ became the guards of the gates of Tartars.

The traditional and modern U.S. versions were compiled by librarians at the Chicago
Public Library. The origins of what is listed here as the "modern" date to 1937.

Year Traditional Modern

1st Paper Clocks

2nd Cotton China

3rd Crystal, glass

4th Linen, silk Appliances

5th Wood Silverware

10th Tin/Aluminium Diamond

15th Crystals Watches

20th China Platinum

25th Silver Silver

30th Pearl Diamond

50th Gold Gold

75th Diamond, gold Diamond, gold

100th ----- 10-carat diamond

Wedding Anniversary Gifts
by year

It is a type of food popular in Roman Cuisine. It is a
flat thick noodle made of egg and flour (usually one
egg each 100g flour) wider than but similar to the
tagliatelle typical of Bologna. They are eaten with
sugo d'umido (beef ragù) and ragù di pollo (chicken
ragù).

Born in 1890, in the village of Hadali in Khushab, Shahpur District, he
was a civil contractor and a prominent builder of Lutyens' Delhi and real
estate owner of Delhi.
bought as much land in Delhi as he could and came to be described
as adhi dilli da malik.
He also became the first Indian president of the New Delhi Municipal
Council and held the post four times.
Appointed an OBE in 1938, he was knighted by the government and
appointed a member of the Council of States.
He is most (in)famous for testifying against Bhagat Singh. He witnessed
Bhagat Singh throw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly and
identified him as the perpetrator.
Who’s he?

• The phenomenon of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine
goblet to produce tones is documented back to Renaissance
times; Galileo considered the phenomenon (in his Two New
Sciences), as did Athanasius Kircher. The Irish musician Richard
Poekrich is typically credited as the first to play it.
• Pink Floyd's 1975 track, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, opens using
it.
• David Gilmour's 2006 album, On An Island, features it on several
tracks. The subsequent tour featured it being played at two shows
to open "Shine On You Crazy Diamond.“
• What is being referred to here?

In the television programs The Weakest Link, Fear Factor and
Survivor, X is used to describe an eliminated contestant's
departure from the competition.
In association football (soccer), X refers to a player receiving
a red card and being sent off the field of play. The player
must return directly to the changing rooms for an early
bath, suffering the inevitable taunts from opposition
supporters.
In tournament poker, X refers to a player's elimination and
subsequent dismissal from the table.
What is the term I am looking for?

During the early days of Hollwood a certain word was used
to refer to people working in Film industry. What word?

A is a English-language thriller film directed by
David Fincher, with screenplay adapted by Steven
Zaillian.
The film stars Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and
Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander and tells the story
of a man's mission to find out what has happened
to a girl who has been missing for 40 years, and
who may have been murdered.
The film is nominated for five Academy
Awards, including one for Rooney Mara for Best
Actress.
A is based on the first book of a trilogy.
Give me the name of the third book.

Mazlan Othman is a renowned Malaysian
astrophysicist, being the first one in the country. She
has been an outstanding student and has worked for
propagation of public education, which led to her being
appointed as Incharge of the Planetarium Division of
the Prime Minister's Department, overseeing
development of Planetarium Negara, in Kuala Lumpur.
Later, she was made Director General of the
government's new Space Science Studies Division.
Now she holds a very important post concerning trans
planetary affairs.
Which post?

Director of the United Nations Office for
Outer Space Affairs in Vienna

30)

What novel concept floated recently by the religious
head of Dawoodi Bohra community of Rajkot, Dr
Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, has been widely
applauded because it provides for the upliftment of
the women of the community. The community high
priest promoted this idea so that women could be
unshackled from the hearth and devote time for
studies, religious activities, focus on children's
education or even start small businesses ????

1)
Born in 1986, He’s typically described as “Clad in a
red, skin-tight, rabbit-eared body suit with a black N
inscribed in a white circle”. He’s featured in commercials
that used the slogan “Avoid the _______”. A game has also
been released with the same name in addition to Capcom’s
“Yo _____!” and “The _______'s Super Pizza Shootout”.
He’s also made appearances in Family Guy , 30 Rock, in a
segment of Michael Jackson: Moonwalker and in two
episodes of The Simpsons.
Who is he?

2)What is the following study about?

3)

Ralph Legall Aasif Karim

Cota Ramaswami

What is common to them?

Cricketers who played in Davis
Cup too.

4) They occur as a series on the River Aar in Bern canton. Tourists visit
this place by climbing the path to the top and then crossing a bridge
and following a trail down the hill which leads to the actual ledge. The
actual place is marked by a plaque written in English, German and
French which explains the event that occurred there.
What happened here on 4 May 1891?

This is the Reichenbach Falls where Sherlock
Holmes fought Moriarty

5)
Gerald Rusgrove X and Charles Y started their partnership
in 1908. They noted the growing appetite for escapism
during the Depression years in Britain and focused on
developing products targeted towards that, achieving
great success. A change in distribution model helped
them prosper in the 1950s and in 1971 the company was
bought by its North American distributor, though the
brand name survived. Their products come in several
lines – Modern, Medical, Special Moments and Blaze
being a few of their product lines. Identify the company
(same as the names).

MILLS & BOONS

(image censored!!)

6)
X is one of the most popular science fiction writers
of all time. When talking about another (younger)
science fiction writer Y, X admitted he was jealous
earlier, but he acknowledged that Y had probably
broadened the scope of their craft, and publicly
commended him for it. He put this essay into a self-
edited anthology of stories and other thoughts.
Hint: X was most famously known for trying to
“build” the future, and Y was most famously known
for trying to rebuild the past.

Y- Michael Crichton

X- Isaac Asimov

7)
Created by Marcus Codrington, and considered to be the
most radical change that has happened to this ‘product’
since 1771, this can be found in the market in the price
range of 49 USD – 400 USD Out of the two variants
available “Cor3” and “M MI3” the second one is more
revolutionary. This underwent several tests in Imperial
College of Biomechanical Engineering for three months
and the specialists found nothing wrong with it. They’ve
been called “a half-brick on a stick” by a very eminent
personality associated with that field. What are we talking
about?

Mongoose Bats
Stuart Law, the former Australian Test player , called it "a half-brick on a stick.
The design is unusual in that the blade is 33% shorter than a conventional bat and
the handle is 43% longer.

8)
Born on a train between Mumbai and Kolkata, he was raised in the
Mumbai suburb of Santa Cruz. He holds a degree in painting
from Mithibai College. X wrote a book, Let’s Kill Gandhi, In which
he blames Brahmins for assassinating Mahatma. Critics have
claimed that the book defames all Brahmins.
In 1998, he joined Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. Asked
why he did not join the Congress , he replied. “What I saw in the
Samajwadi Party was a leader from the grassroots, something that
is absent in the Congress."
In March 2005, he led the 75th anniversary re-enactment of
the Dandi March.

Who?

9)
What interesting name is given to this molecule because of
it’s shape?
Clue: It may remind you of a certain Indian brand.

10) Who is the person of the year?

11)
The restaurant chain was founded by Alan
Stillman in 1965. The bachelor perfume salesman lived in a
neighbourhood with many airline stewardesses, fashion
models, secretaries, and other single people on the East Side
of Manhattan near the Queensboro Bridge, and hoped that
opening a bar would help him meet women. At the
time, Stillman's choices for socializing were non-public
cocktail parties, or "guys' beer-drinking hangout" bars that
women usually did not visit; he recalled that "there was no
public place for people between, say, twenty-three to thirty-
seven years old, to meet." He sought to recreate the
comfortable cocktail-party atmosphere in public despite
having no experience in the restaurant business. FITB

12)
In horology, a tourbillon is an addition to the mechanics of a watch
escapement. It was developed around 1795 by the watchmaker Abraham-Louis
X from an earlier idea by the English chronometer maker John Arnold. Identify
X, which is also the name of the company. Also, explain the function of the
tourbillon.

X- Breguet
A tourbillon aims to counter the effects of gravity
by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in
a rotating cage, when the timepiece (and thus the
escapement) is stuck in a certain position.

13)
IDENTIFY THE SCULPTURE AND THE ARTIST

UPSIDE DOWN WORLD, ANISH KAPOOR

14)
This tree served as an inspiration for which band that launched their
most popular album. Also name the album.

Band: U2
Album: The Joshua Tree

15)
This picture of Cameron Diaz created quite
a furore back in Peru. Funda??

The slogan on her bag reads “Serve the People”, a popular
Maoist slogan associated with the Shining Path guerillla
movement.

16)
This is the list of ingredients of a famous Indian curry:
500 gms Lamb (cut into 2" cubes)
• 100 gms Onions (chopped)
• 10 gms Coriander Leaves (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• Water as required
• 2 tsp Garlic Paste
• 100 gms Oil
• For Marinade:

• 3 tbsp Onion Paste
• 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds (grounded)
• 100 gms Curd
• 10-15 Red chillli (powdered)
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste…………..Identify

17)
In response to problems encountered by American units fighting
Moro guerrillas during the Philippine-American War, the then-
standard Colt M1892 revolver, in .38 Long Colt, was found to be
unsuitable for the rigors of jungle warfare, particularly in terms of
stopping power, as the Moros had very high battle morale and
frequently used drugs to inhibit the sensation of pain. The U.S.
Army briefly reverted to using the M1873 single-action revolver in
.45 Colt caliber, which had been standard during the last decades of
the 19th century; the heavier bullet was found to be more effective
against charging tribesmen. This led Colt to design a pistol that
became an American legend and was the standard U.S. Army
sidearm until it was replaced by the M9 Beretta. Name the pistol in
question…

18)
It is not a true mineral as it not crystalline in structure but a
mineraloid. It has been used since antiquity as a cutting tool due to
its flint like nature. _____________ has been used for blades in
surgery, as well-crafted___________ blades have a cutting edge
many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels, the
cutting edge of the blade being only about 3 nanometers thick. Even
the sharpest metal knife has a jagged, irregular blade when viewed
under a strong enough microscope; when examined even under an
electron microscope an __________blade is still smooth and even.
Name the material.

19)

For men, it is measured on the Hamilton-Norwood
scale. For women, where it is much less
common, it is measured on the Ludwig scale.


20)
On any trip across the plains, the driver of a wagon would
hold the reins of his horse team and concentrate on
driving. This usually left him, the occupants and the
contents of the wagon susceptible to sneak attacks from
bandits and thieves. To avoid this sort of circumstances, it
became necessary for one person to sit in the wagon with
a ___________ and fend off the enemy.

Which commonly used phrase is derived from this?

21)
Leon Lederman’s book “The ___ _______ : If Universe Is
The Answer, What’s The Question?” gave rise to this
alternate name used by the media to refer to something.
It was first hypothesized in 1964 and named after Sir Peter
_____.
What entity? What other name is used to refer to it?

Higgs Boson particle/ God particle

22)
The Operation____________________was the largest and most expensive Portuguese
military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique, East Africa. It
was performed in 1970, during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974). The
objectives of the campaign were to seal off the communist guerrillas' infiltration routes
across the Tanzanian border and to destroy permanent guerrilla bases in Mozambique.
_________ was a seven month campaign employing ultimately thirty-five thousand
men, and was almost successful since it destroyed most guerrilla camps located in
northern Mozambique's countryside and captured large numbers of rebels and
armament.

23)
_ _ _ is a dance-punk band that was formed in
Sacramento, California in 1996.

The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The
Gods Must Be Crazy in which the clicking sounds of the
Bushmens' Khoisan language were represented as “_".

However, as the band members themselves say, _ _ _ is
pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound. Chk
Chk Chk is the most common pronunciation, but they could just
as easily be called Pow Pow Pow, Bam Bam Bam, Uh Uh
Uh….you get the drift…The URL of their official website and the
title of their MySpace page, however, suggests that "Chk Chk
Chk" is the preferred pronunciation.

Which band is _ _ _ making them perhaps the least googled or
youtubed band on the web ?

24) A minimalistic poster of????

Short theme connect round
Total 6 slides. Whole answer or
a part of the answer goes into
the final connect.
Written round
+5 for every individual answer.

• The word comes from the name of a sturdy
fabric called serge, originally made in
Nîmes, France, by the André family. What
word am I looking for?

Identify the common name of the
aircraft below. Shares its name with a
hendrix song.

A = Alpha
B = Bravo
C = Charlie
D = Delta
E = Echo
.
.
.
K = ?????

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus gave the following account of
the ______:
Another sacred bird is the one called the _______. Now, I have not
actually seen a _______, except in a painting, because they are quite
infrequent visitors to the country; in fact, I was told in Heliopolis that
they appear only at 500-year intervals. They say that it is the death
of a ________'s father which prompts its visit to Egypt. Anyway, if
the painting was reliable, I can tell you something about the
_________'s size and qualities, namely that its feathers are partly
gold but mostly red, and that in appearance and size it is most like
an eagle. There is a particular feat they say the _______ performs; I
do not believe it myself, but they say that the bird sets out from its
homeland in Arabia on a journey to the sanctuary of the
sun, bringing its father sealed in myrrh, and buries its father there.

ID the missing word of this megadeth song…..it also shares the title with a sex pistols
single

• The word comes from the name of a sturdy
fabric called serge, originally made in Nîmes,
France, by the André family. What word am I
looking for?

Aircraft- Voodoo
Song- Voodoo child

Axe deodorants:
Denim
Voodoo
Kilo
Phoenix
Anarchy
Chocolate

Long theme connect round
12 slides. Each correct answer fetches you
10 points.
Part or whole answer of each slide refers
to the theme.
The word that goes into the theme can
also be a phonetic equivalent of the
answers for the slides.
Going for theme after 3 slides- +30/-20
6 slides- +20/-10
9 slides- +10/-5
12 slides- +5/0

__________ are commonly deployed either by a canister or
generated by a vehicle. For the crossing of the Dnieper river in
October 1943, the Red Army laid _________30 kilometres (19 mi)
long. At the Anzio beachhead in 1944, US Chemical Corps troops
maintained a 25 km _________ around the harbour throughout
daylight hours, for two months. In the Vietnam War _________ were
introduced as part of a new Air Mobile Concept to protect crew and
man on the ground from small arms fire.

Excerpts from a poem by a very famous author. ID him.

I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
And held against the world of hoary grass.
It melted, and I let it fall and break.
But I was well
Upon my way to sleep before it fell,
And I could tell
What form my dreaming was about to take.
Magnified apples appear and disappear

________ is the week-long mourning period in Judaism for
first-degree
relatives: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, and s
pouse. Immediately after burial, first-degree relatives
assume the halakhic status of "avel“. This state lasts for
seven days, during which family members traditionally
gather in one home (preferably the home of the deceased)
and receive visitors. At the funeral, mourners traditionally
rend an outer garment, a ritual known as keriah. This
garment is worn throughout the period.
FITB

Name the literary inspiration behind this movie?

A _______ is a group of people united in some close design
together, usually to promote their private views and/or interests in a
church, state, or other community, often by intrigue. ________ are
sometimes secret societies composed of a few designing
persons, and at other times are manifestations of emergent behavior
in society or governance on the part of a community of persons who
have well established public affiliation or kinship. The use of this term
usually carries strong connotations of shadowy corners, back rooms
and insidious influence;
A ________ is more evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is
simply selfish; because of this negative connotation, few
organizations use the term to refer to themselves or their internal
subdivisions.
The term _______ derives from Kabbalah, the mystical interpretation
of the Hebrew scripture, and originally meant either
an occult doctrine or a secret.

____________is a specialized unit of the CRPF created to
counter the Naxalite problem in India. This specialized
CRPF unit is one of the only units of the Central Armed
Police Forces in the country who are specifically trained in
guerilla warfare.
This elite fighting unit has been trained to track, hunt and
eliminate small Naxalite groups.
_______ are trained in the Army’s elite Counter
Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Mizoram and
CRPF’s anti terrorist school in Silchar. They are adept in
the art of camouflage and jungle warfare. Their role is to
carry out reconnaissance and long range patrols, gather
intelligence on the whereabouts of the insurgents, and
also carry out ambushes and precision strikes when
required. FITB.

This fictional character appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Originally, he had no superhuman powers and simply used makeup and elaborate
costuming to impersonate his targets. In order to do this, he implemented a device
in a belt buckle that emitted a gas that helped him mold his features. Later, he
obtained a microcomputer for his belt buckle that could be programmed with the
facial features of hundreds of people. ID him.

What is goalkeeper’s move known as?

This is an exhaustive list of what?
• Grannie's Blackie
• How the Turtle Saved His Own Life
• The Banyan Deer
• The Crab and the Crane
• The Elephant Girly-Face
• The Foolish, Timid Rabbit
• The Great Ape
• The King's White Elephant
• The Measure of Rice
• The Merchant of Seri
• The Monkey and the Crocodile
• The Ox Who Envied the Pig
• The Ox Who Won the Forfeit
• The Princes and the Water-Sprite
• The Quarrel of the Quails
• The Sandy Road
• The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking
• The Wise and the Foolish Merchant
• Why the Owl Is Not King of the Birds

________ is the week-long mourning period in Judaism for
first-degree
relatives: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister,
and spouse. Immediately after burial, first-degree relatives
assume the halakhic status of "avel“. This state lasts for
seven days, during which family members traditionally
gather in one home (preferably the home of the deceased)
and receive visitors. At the funeral, mourners traditionally
rend an outer garment, a ritual known as keriah. This
garment is worn throughout the period.
FITB

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