Answers to the Prelim round of the General quiz held in Hansraj

1. PRELIMS ANSWERS

2. Who is the above doodle
dedicated to?

4. Fermat‟s Last Theorem

5. Connect.

7. Delhi Metro Announcers!
“Agla station
Vishwavidyalaya…………H
AI!”

8. *
The effect of too many blows could explain his
delay of growth, lack of libido and delay in
onset of puberty.” Reads the study, published
in the latest issue of the Canadian Medical
Association Journal. "We hypothesise that X
has growth hormone deficiency and
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism from
repeated trauma," the study reads. The
researchers identified 50 significant losses of
consciousness during his „lifetime.‟ X?

11. X is not garage
X is not jungle
X is not hip-hop and X is not ragga.
X is a mix between all of these with
strong, hard hitting lyrics. It's the
inner city music scene of London.
And is also alot to do with
representing the place you live or
have grown up in. X?

14. Dylan Colaci is a 14 year old boy.
He was in the limelight a few weeks
back. The only thing he had to say
about the incident was "I didn't
have much time to think about it."
Funda?

17. What is
happening in
these slides?
A specific
connect.

19. „Straight Six‟ Cricket- Top Gear
India episode

20. *
Identify the Advertisement.

23. X and X‟s family lived in Y‟s garage when X
moved to Mumbai. X is credited with the song
“Tere bina mein nahin, Mere bina tu nahin. Also,
X has starred in the films “Pallavi Anu Pallavi”
and “Ek bar kaho.” X also starred in the hit film
Z which is a liftoff from Hollywood‟s Nutty
Professor. Give X?

26. Delphine Chaneac played the character X in
the film Y. X is a product of “Y”ing two different
DNA. Adrien Brody plays the lead along with
Sarah Polly. The term X, comes from “Nuclear
Exchange Research and Development.”
Initially, in the film, X was referred to as a
“Specimen”.

28. X-Dren
Y-Splice

29. X is the only main character in the series Y that
is an animal. Like many dogs, X is very
protective and jealous of his master, especially
when he falls for, or is shown affection by,
beautiful young women. In one of the books, he
makes very clear his loathing for Panacea with
whom his master had fallen in love. Id X and Y

32. This is a quote from Gulzaar from 2004 about X.
X, asserts Gulzar, is still as topical as ever.
"The state of our villages has only worsened.
Farmers still commit suicide and starving women
are forced to sell their children for a pittance. We
must, therefore, listen to Y‟s timeless voice. It is
still relevant."
X, an episode, in a 26 episode series
commissioned by Doordarshan for Gulzar to
direct starred Pankaj Kapur and Surekha Sikri in
the pivotal roles.

35. X got the idea for Y when X‟s wife drove off with
their dog, Indiana, and X like the way the large
shaggy dog looked like, at the backseat. Hence,
X decided to create a character in his film which
was a cross between Indiana and 2 other
animals. X and Y. No part points.

37. X-George Lucas
Y-Chewbacca

38. *
Mary Anning‟s father was a cabinet maker and had this
hobby of collecting foils from the sea shore. When her
father died, leaving the family in distress, Mary took up the
fossil collection and selling as her primary job. She used to
go around the seashores of Lyme Regis in England and
collect seas shells and fossils. This she used to sell to the
tourists and make money.
She rose to fame when she discovered in 1811 a skeleton
of ichthyosaur , a giant marine reptile of yester years. This
was the first complete skeleton of an ichthyosaur ever
discovered proving its existence.
But she is immortalized in an entirely different way. Why
do we still remember her?

40. “She sells she sells on
the sea shore”

41. First the dress was changed to a blue drape.
In 1936 a shimmering light was placed
behind in place of the more artificial-looking
rays of light projecting from the handheld. In
1993 she was repainted digitally by New
Orleans artist Michael Deas. Although it very
nearly resembling Dorothy Kilgallen and it
has been rumoured that Annette Benning
was the model, in fact, Deas used a model
name Jenny Joseph and said, he used a
composite for the face.

44. What idea originated to Kiran Seth, a young
graduate from IIT Kharagpur, studying for his
doctorate at the Columbia University, New York,
chanced to attend a Dhrupad concert by Ustad
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia
Fariddudin Dagar at the Brookyln Academy of
Music, New York?

47. X has worked with many artists and is famous for
giving breaks to new artists. He was the first to
give a break to Canadian actor Remi Clair during
his struggling days in Mumbai as main lead
in Y and police inspector in Z. The X film is still in
the writing and pre-production stage, and is
planned for release in 2012. He started a silent
comedy called Gutur Gu in 2010.

49. X-B.P. Singh
Y-CID
Z- Aahat

50. *
Album cover dedication to which album?

53. *
An old English chestnut says that an English
king loved this particular cut of beef so much
that he knighted it-“Arise, Sir X.” Turns out the
king in question was the obese King Henry
VIII. The true etymology of the word however
comes from the Old French word sur___. „Sur‟
translates to „above.‟ What‟s the good word?

55. Loin

56. The botanical name of this plant is humlus luplus.
It belongs to the same family as hemp. It has
scaly and conical shaped fruits. It has glandular
hairs which contain a bitter resinous principle.
The resin is in much demand in medicine,
especially in the treatment of tension. It is valued
for its bitter taste and preservative action. Name
the industry which is the biggest user of this
plant.

58. Beer-The bitterness of the
beer comes from this plant.

59. X is a humanoid robot that we first saw in the
1960‟s. X is depicted as wearing a frilly apron,
and was often seen using a separate vacuum
cleaner. Her torso is mounted atop a single leg
and she rolls about on a set of caster wheels. As
of 2009, X has been used in an Australian TV
commercial; the commercial is for capes and
other superhero clothing. X appears as a super-
robot wearing a bright red cape. X also
appeared on a Kanye West music video.