The Prelims for the General QUiz held at Vivekananda Hall as part of AFSU Sanskriti 2015.

1. JUdgement, the General Quiz of
AFSU Sanskriti 2015

2. • 26 questions in the A-Z format
• The letters S, A, N, K, R, I, T are starred questions and
will be used to break ties
• If a tie persist, the quizmasters damn the tying teams
to hell and use the first wrong answer format
• The quizmasters are invariably and indubitably right for
the duration of the quiz
• Feed the quizmasters at any point in the quiz
• No tech support to be used at any point. We’re not a
nation of call centres. Oh, wait…

3. *A
In 1900, when the club was founded, the emblem of A
was just a picture of a player. The crest was slightly
altered following the club's promotion to the top
division in 1911 to match the club's new outfits.
In 1928, the club logo was introduced with the head of
the Greek hero ____ with whom the club shares its
name. The logo was once again changed in 1990 into
an abstract version of the previous one. The new logo
still sports the portrait of ____, but drawn with just 11
lines, symbolizing the 11 players of a football team.
Which club’s logo?

4. B
“Unification or Death” unofficially known as the B was a
secret military society formed on 6 September , 1901.
Inspired by the unification of Italy in 1859-70 and that
of Germany in 1871, its main objective was to liberate
Serbs under Austro-Hungarian occupation and unite all
the territories with a South Slavic majority not ruled by
either Serbia or Montenegro.
A little more than a decade after its formation it would
be involved to an event that would change the world.
What was the unofficial (and more popular name) of
this organisation?

5. C
C (Latin for "Songs from Beuern“) is the name given to a
manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from
the 11th – 13th century.
Generally, the works can be arranged into four groups
according to theme:
• 55 songs of morals and mockery
• 131 love songs
• 40 drinking and gaming songs
• 2 longer spiritual theater pieces
Twenty-four poems were set to music in 1936 and became
extremely popular.
What is C?

6. D
Successful marketing campaigns of the De Beers group
include the 'eternity ring' (as a symbol of continuing
affection and appreciation), the 'trilogy ring'
(representing the past, present and future of a
relationship) and the 'right hand ring' (bought and
worn by women as a symbol of independence).
However, the most famous is the ‘__ _______ __
______’. The phrase was coined by a young copywriter
working for N. W. Ayer & Son, Frances Gerety in 1947.
In 2000, Advertising Age magazine named it the best
advertising slogan of the 20th century.
(The second word of the phrase starts with “D”, the
first word is an article)

7. E
“Well, I think it definitely involved a lot, my engagement
into what’s happening in Latin America and the rest of
the world, in a way. It really had a big impact, and it
reaffirmed many things. It surprised me in many ways
that I never thought it was gonna surprise me. What
was amazing was the experience of having traveled
there…. I had to live that journey to understand what
was happening and be able to portray it.”
--- actor Gael García Bernal on portraying an iconic
20th century figure. Incidentally he portrayed the figure
on-screen twice in his career.
Who?

8. F
When X was tripped inside the penalty box, referee Jack
Taylor immediately pointed to the spot. Never before
had a penalty been given in such an event.
F, the captain of the defending team walked up to him
and confronting him angrily said, “Taylor, you’re an
Englishman!”
Later in the match when he awarded another penalty
now to the other side, X suggested that Taylor was
merely balancing out his earlier decision. X was booked
for dissent.
Who are F and X?
What event was taking place?
(Half points for any of the two parts)

9. G
In 1903, X signed a treaty that leased G to the
United States for $ 2000 per month.
Initially a coaling station, it is now a full-fledged
naval base. G also houses the only McDonald’s
outlet in the country.
Presently, the United States pays $ 4085 a
month in rent for the lease but X has cashed
only one cheque since 1959.
What is G?

10. H
ID the person who makes a cameo in the film.

11. *I
Since antiquity, I has been identified as the home of the
mythological hero ______.
Homer describes I as:
“…dwell in shining I. There is a mountain there,
high Neriton, covered in forests. Many islands
lie around it, very close to each other,
Doulichion, Same, and wooded Zacynthos–
but low-lying I is farthest out to sea,
towards the sunset, and the others are apart, towards the
dawn and sun.
It is rough, but it raises good men.“
What is I? Fill in the blank.

12. J The picture is a
meme from a
Facebook
page “Marxist
Memes”.
Fill in with a
phrase that
was in the
news in
January of
this year.

13. K
K is an ancient prayer in Aramaic. The literal
translation of this word may be Holy/Holy
Praise /Divine Praise. This prayer is chanted
even today in the Syro-Malabar Catholic
Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church.
The song K, by band X, is in Aramaic-East
Syriac which is used in the liturgy of the St.
Thomas Christians of Kerala.
What is K? ID X.

14. L
L was a significant event in the “sexual revolution” in the
United States. In 1965, Tom Lehrer recorded a satirical
song, “Smut” in which he sings:
"Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?/I've got a
hobby: rereading ____ _____.”
British poet Philip Larkin’s poem, “Annus Mirabilis”
begins with:
“Sexual intercourse began
In nineteen sixty-three
(which was rather late for me) –
Between the end of the ‘______’ ban
And The Beatles' first LP.”
What is L?

15. M
M’s are used metaphorically, as a design paradigm,
known as the “M principle”.
It denotes a recognizable relationship of "object-
within-similar-object" that appears in the design
of many other natural and crafted objects.
Examples of this use include the M brain and the
M media-container format.
The onion metaphor is of similar character. If the
outer layer is peeled off an onion, a similar onion
exists within.
What are M’s?

16. N
The N is an Islamic religious movement founded in
Detroit, Michigan, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad
on July 4, 1930. Critics have labeled the
organization as being racially supremacist and
anti-Semitic.
The main belief of the N and its followers is that
there is no other God but Allah. They teach that
their founder, Master Fard Muhammad was both
the Messiah of Judaism and the Mahdi of Islam.
What is N?

17. O
Sufferers of O, are characterized by intense and
often delusional distrust of their partners.
This syndrome is also called morbid jealousy
and is often associated with alcoholism and
sexual dysfunction. It can also be found in the
context of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
What is O?

18. P
X had adopted the idea of a person abducted into a lost city from
Gaston Leroux's 1912 novel, The Bride of the Sun, in which the
idea of a solar eclipse also appeared. In turn, the idea of European
explorers discovering a lost city had been found in both H. Rider
Haggard's She: A History of Adventure (1887) and Edgar Rice
Burroughs' Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916).
His use of the eclipse may also have been influenced by accounts
claiming that Christopher Columbus subdued a revolt of
indigenous groups in Jamaica in 1503 using knowledge of a solar
eclipse that had been predicted by Giovanni Muller's 1474
calendar.
X's principal source of information about the Andes was Charles
Wiener's 1880 book Pérou et Bolivie ("Peru and Bolivia"), which
contained 1,100 engravings from which X could base his own
illustrations.
Which work?

19. Q
Q’s are classified by content into the following categories:
Hamd – praises Allah
Naat – praises Prophet Muhammad
Manqabat – praises Imam Ali or Sufi saints
Marsia – laments over the death of Imam Hussain’s family in
the Battle of Karbala
Ghazal – expresses soul’s longing for union with the divine
Kafi – dialogue between the Soul (disciple) and the Creator
(master)
Munadjaat – a night-time conversation with Allah or a prayer
What are Q’s?

20. *R
In 1906, Hakim Abdul Majeed, a physician of Unani herbal
medicine, founded his clinic in Old Delhi, the following year,
he launched R from an establishment at Lal Kuan in Old Delhi.
In 2010, chef Nita Mehta was roped in by Hamdard
Laboratories to create new mocktail and dessert recipes for R,
their all-season summer drink, which was used in a new
marketing campaign.
R is often made in preparation, part of Iftar, the evening
meals for breaking the fast , during Ramadan. Besides cold
milk and ice, the concentrate can also be mixed with water,
which is a common preparation in the hot Indian summer.
What is R?

21. *S
S played with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle
Big Band, and Last Exit. He gained his
nickname after his habit of wearing a black
and yellow sweater with hooped stripes with
the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon
Solomon thought he looked like a bee, which
prompted the name "S“.
Who is S?

22. *T
Posted in Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi
province, T’s purpose is to protect the
emperor for all eternity.
T comprised of more than 8000 soldiers, 130
chariats with 520 horses and 150 cavalry
horses. Other non-military figures are officials,
acrobats, strongmen and musicians.
Give the generic name for T.

23. U
The name U comes from the Irish Cúige Uladh
meaning "fifth of the Ulaidh". The Ulaidh were a
group of tribes who dwelt in the region, while
"fifth" refers to the five regions into which
ancient Ireland was divided.
In English, the first part of the name refers to the
Ulaidh. The latter part of the name comes either
from the Irish “tír” or the Old Norse “staðr”, both
of which mean “land” or “territory”.
What name?

24. V
The ancient Greeks called this gastromancy. The
noises produced by the stomach were thought to
be the voices of the unliving, who took up
residence in the stomach of the V. The V would
then interpret the sounds, as they were thought
to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell
the future.
One of the earliest recorded group of prophets to
utilise this technique was the Pythia, the
priestess at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, who
acted as the conduit for the Delphic Oracle.
Who/what is V?

25. W
A W is an application, typically a web application, which
allows collaborative modification, extension, or
deletion of its content and structure. In a typical W,
text is written using a simplified markup language
(known as “W markup") or a rich-text editor.
While a W is a type of content management system, it
differs from a blog or most other such systems in that
the content is created without any defined owner or
leader, and they have little implicit structure, allowing
structure to emerge according to the needs of the
users.
What is a W?

26. X
Black Hat Guy – wears a black hat and refers to himself as
“Classhole” (portmanteau of “classy” and “asshole”)
Megan – has short, dark hair
Beret Guy – existentialist eccentric who displays a
charming, childlike optimism
Eve – a psychotic female with a tendency towards
excessive violence
Fictionalised versions of well-known real-life figures from
the scientific community like Richard Stallman, Cory
Doctorow and Richard Feynman
Firefly characters and/or cast members
Connect.

27. Y
Y in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was a son of
Dhritrashtra with a Vaishya woman named Sughada.
Y played a major role as an informant among the
Kauravas. He assisted the Pandavas by providing critical
information about Kauravas' preparation and planning.
He also saved the life of Bhima by informing the
Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which
included poisoning water.
He was the only son of Dhritarashtra who survived the
Kurukshetra war. After the war, he took charge as the
King of Indraprastha.
Who was Y?

28. Z
The first products were created in 1618 by Avedis Z, an
Armenian alchemist who was looking for a way to turn base
metal into gold; he created an alloy combining tin, copper,
and silver into a sheet of metal that could make a noise
without shattering. These sheets were used by the Ottomans
to frighten enemy armies.
Avedis founded his company Z in Constantinople in 1623, the
details of whose main product remained secret for
generations. It became family tradition that only the
company's heirs would know the manufacturing process.
The company is presently based in Norwell, Massachusetts.
Which company?

29. SUBMIT YOUR SHEETS

30. ANSWERS

31. *A
In 1900, when the club was founded, the emblem of A
was just a picture of a player. The crest was slightly
altered following the club's promotion to the top
division in 1911 to match the club's new outfits.
In 1928, the club logo was introduced with the head of
the Greek hero ____ with whom the club shares its
name. The logo was once again changed in 1990 into
an abstract version of the previous one. The new logo
still sports the portrait of ____, but drawn with just 11
lines, symbolizing the 11 players of a football team.
Which club’s logo?

33. B
“Unification or Death” unofficially known as the B was a
secret military society formed on 6 September , 1901.
Inspired by the unification of Italy in 1859-70 and that
of Germany in 1871, its main objective was to liberate
Serbs under Austro-Hungarian occupation and unite all
the territories with a South Slavic majority not ruled by
either Serbia or Montenegro.
A little more than a decade after its formation it would
be involved to an event that would change the world.
What was the unofficial (and more popular name) of
this organisation?

35. C
C (Latin for "Songs from Beuern“) is the name given to a
manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from
the 11th – 13th century.
Generally, the works can be arranged into four groups
according to theme:
• 55 songs of morals and mockery
• 131 love songs
• 40 drinking and gaming songs
• 2 longer spiritual theater pieces
Twenty-four poems were set to music in 1936 and became
extremely popular.
What is C?

37. D
Successful marketing campaigns of the De Beers group
include the 'eternity ring' (as a symbol of continuing
affection and appreciation), the 'trilogy ring'
(representing the past, present and future of a
relationship) and the 'right hand ring' (bought and
worn by women as a symbol of independence).
However, the most famous is the ‘__ _______ __
______’. The phrase was coined by a young copywriter
working for N. W. Ayer & Son, Frances Gerety in 1947.
In 2000, Advertising Age magazine named it the best
advertising slogan of the 20th century.
(The second word of the phrase starts with “D”, the
first word is an article)

39. E
“Well, I think it definitely involved a lot, my engagement
into what’s happening in Latin America and the rest of
the world, in a way. It really had a big impact, and it
reaffirmed many things. It surprised me in many ways
that I never thought it was gonna surprise me. What
was amazing was the experience of having traveled
there…. I had to live that journey to understand what
was happening and be able to portray it.”
--- actor Gael García Bernal on portraying an iconic
20th century figure. Incidentally he portrayed the figure
on-screen twice in his career.
Who?

41. F
When X was tripped inside the penalty box, referee Jack
Taylor immediately pointed to the spot. Never before
had a penalty been given in such an event.
F, the captain of the defending team walked up to him
and confronting him angrily said, “Taylor, you’re an
Englishman!”
Later in the match when he awarded another penalty
now to the other side, X suggested that Taylor was
merely balancing out his earlier decision. X was booked
for dissent.
Who are F and X?
What event was taking place?
(Half points for any two parts)

43. G
In 1903, X signed a treaty that leased G to the
United States for $ 2000 per month.
Initially a coaling station, it is now a full-fledged
naval base. G also houses the only McDonald’s
outlet in the country.
Presently, the United States pays $ 4085 a
month in rent for the lease but X has cashed
only one cheque since 1959.
What is G?

45. H
ID the person who makes a cameo in the film.

47. *I
Since antiquity, I has been identified as the home of the
mythological hero ______.
Homer describes I as:
“…dwell in shining I. There is a mountain there,
high Neriton, covered in forests. Many islands
lie around it, very close to each other,
Doulichion, Same, and wooded Zacynthos–
but low-lying I is farthest out to sea,
towards the sunset, and the others are apart, towards the
dawn and sun.
It is rough, but it raises good men.“
What is I? Fill in the blank.

49. J The picture is a
meme from a
Facebook
page “Marxist
Memes”.
Fill in with a
phrase that
was in the
news in
January of
this year.

51. K
K is an ancient prayer in Aramaic. The literal
translation of this word may be Holy/Holy
Praise /Divine Praise. This prayer is chanted
even today in the Syro-Malabar Catholic
Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church.
The song K, by band X, is in Aramaic-East
Syriac which is used in the liturgy of the St.
Thomas Christians of Kerala.
What is K? ID X.

53. L
L was a significant event in the “sexual revolution” in the
United States. In 1965, Tom Lehrer recorded a satirical
song, “Smut” in which he sings:
"Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?/I've got a
hobby: rereading ____ _____.”
British poet Philip Larkin’s poem, “Annus Mirabilis”
begins with:
“Sexual intercourse began
In nineteen sixty-three
(which was rather late for me) –
Between the end of the ‘______’ ban
And The Beatles' first LP.”
What is L?

55. M
M’s are used metaphorically, as a design paradigm,
known as the “M principle”.
It denotes a recognizable relationship of "object-
within-similar-object" that appears in the design
of many other natural and crafted objects.
Examples of this use include the M brain and the
M media-container format.
The onion metaphor is of similar character. If the
outer layer is peeled off an onion, a similar onion
exists within.
What are M’s?

57. N
The N is an Islamic religious movement founded in
Detroit, Michigan, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad
on July 4, 1930. Critics have labeled the
organization as being racially supremacist and
anti-Semitic.
The main belief of the N and its followers is that
there is no other God but Allah. They teach that
their founder, Master Fard Muhammad was both
the Messiah of Judaism and the Mahdi of Islam.
What is N?

59. O
Sufferers of O, are characterized by intense and
often delusional distrust of their partners.
This syndrome is also called morbid jealousy
and is often associated with alcoholism and
sexual dysfunction. It can also be found in the
context of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
What is O?

61. P
X had adopted the idea of a person abducted into a lost city from
Gaston Leroux's 1912 novel, The Bride of the Sun, in which the
idea of a solar eclipse also appeared. In turn, the idea of European
explorers discovering a lost city had been found in both H. Rider
Haggard's She: A History of Adventure (1887) and Edgar Rice
Burroughs' Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1916).
His use of the eclipse may also have been influenced by accounts
claiming that Christopher Columbus subdued a revolt of
indigenous groups in Jamaica in 1503 using knowledge of a solar
eclipse that had been predicted by Giovanni Muller's 1474
calendar.
X's principal source of information about the Andes was Charles
Wiener's 1880 book Pérou et Bolivie ("Peru and Bolivia"), which
contained 1,100 engravings from which X could base his own
illustrations.
Which work?

63. Q
Q’s are classified by content into the following categories:
Hamd – praises Allah
Naat – praises Prophet Muhammad
Manqabat – praises Imam Ali or Sufi saints
Marsia – laments over the death of Imam Hussain’s family in
the Battle of Karbala
Ghazal – expresses soul’s longing for union with the divine
Kafi – dialogue between the Soul (disciple) and the Creator
(master)
Munadjaat – a night-time conversation with Allah or a prayer
What are Q’s?

65. *R
In 1906, Hakim Abdul Majeed, a physician of Unani herbal
medicine, founded his clinic in Old Delhi, the following year,
he launched R from an establishment at Lal Kuan in Old Delhi.
In 2010, chef Nita Mehta was roped in by Hamdard
Laboratories to create new mocktail and dessert recipes for R,
their all-season summer drink, which was used in a new
marketing campaign.
R is often made in preparation, part of Iftar, the evening
meals for breaking the fast , during Ramadan. Besides cold
milk and ice, the concentrate can also be mixed with water,
which is a common preparation in the hot Indian summer.
What is R?

67. *S
S played with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle
Big Band, and Last Exit. He gained his
nickname after his habit of wearing a black
and yellow sweater with hooped stripes with
the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon
Solomon thought he looked like a bee, which
prompted the name "S“.
Who is S?

69. *T
Posted in Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi
province, T’s purpose is to protect the
emperor for all eternity.
T comprised of more than 8000 soldiers, 130
chariats with 520 horses and 150 cavalry
horses. Other non-military figures are officials,
acrobats, strongmen and musicians.
Give the generic name for T.

70. The Terracotta Army

71. U
The name U comes from the Irish Cúige Uladh
meaning "fifth of the Ulaidh". The Ulaidh were a
group of tribes who dwelt in the region, while
"fifth" refers to the five regions into which
ancient Ireland was divided.
In English, the first part of the name refers to the
Ulaidh. The latter part of the name comes either
from the Irish “tír” or the Old Norse “staðr”, both
of which mean “land” or “territory”.
What name?

73. V
The ancient Greeks called this gastromancy. The
noises produced by the stomach were thought to
be the voices of the unliving, who took up
residence in the stomach of the V. The V would
then interpret the sounds, as they were thought
to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell
the future.
One of the earliest recorded group of prophets to
utilise this technique was the Pythia, the
priestess at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, who
acted as the conduit for the Delphic Oracle.
Who/what is V?

75. W
A W is an application, typically a web application, which
allows collaborative modification, extension, or
deletion of its content and structure. In a typical W,
text is written using a simplified markup language
(known as “W markup") or a rich-text editor.
While a W is a type of content management system, it
differs from a blog or most other such systems in that
the content is created without any defined owner or
leader, and they have little implicit structure, allowing
structure to emerge according to the needs of the
users.
What is a W?

77. X
Black Hat Guy – wears a black hat and refers to himself as
“Classhole” (portmanteau of “classy” and “asshole”)
Megan – has short, dark hair
Beret Guy – existentialist eccentric who displays a
charming, childlike optimism
Eve – a psychotic female with a tendency towards
excessive violence
Fictionalised versions of well-known real-life figures from
the scientific community like Richard Stallman, Cory
Doctorow and Richard Feynman
Firefly characters and/or cast members
Connect.

78. Recurring characters on

79. Y
Y in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was a son of
Dhritrashtra with a Vaishya woman named Sughada.
Y played a major role as an informant among the
Kauravas. He assisted the Pandavas by providing critical
information about Kauravas' preparation and planning.
He also saved the life of Bhima by informing the
Pandavas about Duryodhana's cunning schemes, which
included poisoning water.
He was the only son of Dhritarashtra who survived the
Kurukshetra war. After the war, he took charge as the
King of Indraprastha.
Who was Y?

81. Z
The first products were created in 1618 by Avedis Z, an
Armenian alchemist who was looking for a way to turn base
metal into gold; he created an alloy combining tin, copper,
and silver into a sheet of metal that could make a noise
without shattering. These sheets were used by the Ottomans
to frighten enemy armies.
Avedis founded his company Z in Constantinople in 1623, the
details of whose main product remained secret for
generations. It became family tradition that only the
company's heirs would know the manufacturing process.
The company is presently based in Norwell, Massachusetts.
Which company?