This is the preliminary round of the Aagman Quiz which was organized for the first-yearites. The highest was 15 and the cut-off was 11. The quiz was kept simple to allow freshers to have a taste of college quizzing.

1. AAGMAN QUIZ
Aditya Shekhar Acharya
Ashwini Kumar Sahay

2. A Big
Thanks To
Nishchal Kumar
Class of 2014

3. Rules
• A total of 25 questions
• 20-25 are starred questions
• In case we are still tied, sudden death will be
employed
• NO NEGATIVES, so feel free to take a shot at
everything (except the quizmaster)
• No animals were harmed in the making of this quiz
• QUIZMASTER PLAYS GOD

4. PRELIMS

5. 1.

6. 2.
• This is a neologism that refers to a
lifestyle associated with a certain
district of Seoul. Its signature moves
were attempted by many notable
political leaders such as the British
Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S.
President Barack Obama and United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
who hailed it as a "force for
world peace". What are we talking
about ?

7. 3.
• The molecule responsible for the action is
lawsone, otherwise known as henotannic acid
(2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone). The acidic
functionality of lemon juice serves to
destabilize the plant’s cellulose while allowing
the lawsone molecules to remain intact. The
lemon juice attacks the lawsone directly to
create a unified acidic substance. Lawsone, a
relatively small molecule, migrates to the site
of action and undergoes a Michaels’ reaction.
This reaction happens quite quickly.
• What is the chemical commonly known as in
India?

8. 4.
• Identify the company from its logo that
also highlights the "31 flavors" it
promised its customers - one variety
each day of the month.

10. 5.
• Originally, the structure was a dull copper
color, but shortly after 1900 a green patina,
caused by the oxidation of the copper skin,
began to spread. By 1906 it had entirely
covered the structure. Accepting a view that
the patina was evidence of corrosion, Congress
authorized to paint the structure both inside
and out. There was considerable public protest
against the proposed exterior
painting. The Army Corps of Engineers studied
the patina for any ill effects to the structure
and concluded that it protected the skin. The
structure was painted only on the inside. The
Corps of Engineers also installed an elevator to
take visitors from the base to the top of the
pedestal.
• Which structure?

11. 6.

12. 7.

13. 8.
• When the plague was claiming millions
of lives in Europe, the city of
Dubrovnik, Slovakia, made a rule as
per which any newcomer or ship to
the city were made to stay 40 days in
a restricted location waiting to see if
any symptoms of the plague would
develop. What one word term did this
give rise to?
• Question Courtesy: Deepanshu Pathak

14. 9.
• Promotion for which movie?

17. 11.
What am I talking about?
• Ukranian Ironbelly
• Swedish Short Snout
• Chinese Fireball
• Peruvian Vipertooth
• Romanian Longhorn
• Hebridean Black
• Norwegian Ridgeback
• Common Welsh Green
• Antipodean Opaleye
• Hungarian Horntail

18. 12.
• Connect:
• Bossa Nova : a distinctive style of
Brazilian music; influenced by both jazz
and samba music; known for distinctive
rhythms.
• Carnavalesca : an adjective meaning "of
or related to the carnival"
• Brazuca : an informal term for a Brazilian;
can be used to denote 'national pride in
the Brazilian way of life'.
• Brazuca won, by the way.

19. 13.
• X and Y, who have appeared in many
films over the years, are slated to
appear together in a non-animated
movie for the first time (based on an
announcement made in 2013). The
director and producer of this 2015
movie are the director & producer
respectively of the latest movie featuring
X. The producer has also directed
movies featuring Y. They never appear
together in comics and in this movie, Y
is portrayed as the nemesis of X. Name
X and Y.

20. 14.
• The pictures next slide are of US
patent 5255452. Identify the patent
holder.

22. 15.
• Native to Kenya, the lizard rock
agama (Agama mwanzae ) can change
colour quickly. The brightly coloured
males will change brown at night or if
frightened. They can also run on their
hind legs and scale vertical walls.
• What popular nickname has been
given to these?

24. 16.
• Since Adidas is an official sponsor for
the 2014 FIFA World Cup, rival shoe
makers have come up with several
ways to stand out at the World Cup
without violating any rules. Several
high profile footballers are wearing
shoes by the German footwear maker
Puma, which are under the
"evoPOWER Tricks" brand. What
difference do these pairs of shoes use
to get noticed, perhaps both equally
by girls and boys?

25. 17.
• In the 1963 film Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, Dev Anand
attempted to picturize the song Dil Ka Bhanwar
Kare Pukar inside a certain location, with the
cylindrical shafts and the balconies offering a
perfect setting for the same.
• However, the unwieldy and large size of the
cameras back then made shooting inside the
narrow staircase of the location a challenge. And
so, Dev Anand had to settle for a replica set.
• Where was the song originally supposed to be
shot?

26. 18.
• Gumnami Baba lived at Ram Bhavan in
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, at around 1985. He
was popularly perceived to be an alias for
someone else, who was assumed dead. The
Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry
was formed to look into the matter, and it
held that the Baba was not the person
people perceived him to be, for want of
clinching evidence. However, it did not
completely deny it either, saying there was
a similarity in the handwriting. Who is the
person who was assumed to be dead?

27. 19.
• Following a local referendum in the
province of Catalonia in Spain, a
famed national practice has come to
end in that state. The last of its kind
was held in Barcelona; Jose Tomas was
the key ringleader. This does not
affect the practice in the rest of the
country. What practice is being talked
about?

28. *20.
• As per one of the founders, the
inspiration for this venture first came
from Janet Jackson's role in the 2004
Super Bowl incident, when her breast
was exposed during her performance,
and later from the 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami.
• What am I talking about?

29. *21.
• The movie “Legend of Bagger Vance” is
based on the 1995 book of the same
title by Steven Pressfield, which in turn
is roughly based on X. The characters
“R. Junuh” played by Matt Damon and
Bagger Vance played by Will Smith
were also named after the
characters/role in X. Plot of the movie
is a down-and-out golfer attempts to
recover his game and his life with help
from a mystical caddie.

31. *22.
• The 'fixing' started on 12 September
1919 and takes place daily. These
days, the proceedings take place by
phone and the five participants are
Scotia-Mocatta, Barclays Capital,
Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Société
Générale. The chair always ends the
meeting with the phrase "There are no
flags, and we're fixed". What is being
'fixed'?

32. *23.
• The Church of Satan was established at the Black
House in San Francisco, California, by Anton
Szandor LaVey, who was the church's High Priest
until his death in 1997.
• Camarillo State Mental Hospital, also known as
Camarillo State Hospital, was a psychiatric hospital
for both developmentally disabled and mentally ill
patients in Camarillo, California. The hospital closed
in 1997. The site has been redeveloped as the
California State University, Channel Islands.
• Now connect the trivia provided above to pop
culture. Both of these places were rumored to be
underlying references of a cult hit musical
masterpiece.

33. *24.
• A popular origin of the term comes
from the opening bowler G. Corling of
NSW and Australia. Apparently his
wife was having an affair with another
of his team mate. So whenever he
came to bowl the opposite team used
to sing a 1966 #1 song by R&B singer
Percy ________.
• What term originated from his
surname?

34. *25.
• Connect: 17 Sep 2014

35. End Of Prelims
ANSWERS FOLLOW

36. 1.

38. 2.
• This is a neologism that refers to a
lifestyle associated with a certain
district of Seoul. Its signature moves
were attempted by many notable
political leaders such as the British
Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S.
President Barack Obama and United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
who hailed it as a "force for
world peace". What are we talking
about ?

39. Gangnam Style

40. 3.
• The molecule responsible for the action is
lawsone, otherwise known as henotannic acid
(2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone). The acidic
functionality of lemon juice serves to
destabilize the plant’s cellulose while allowing
the lawsone molecules to remain intact. The
lemon juice attacks the lawsone directly to
create a unified acidic substance. Lawsone, a
relatively small molecule, migrates to the site
of action and undergoes a Michaels’ reaction.
This reaction happens quite quickly.
• What is the chemical commonly known as in
India?

41. Mehendi/Henna

42. 4.
• Identify the company from its logo that
also highlights the "31 flavors" it
promised its customers - one variety
each day of the month.

45. 5.
• Originally, the structure was a dull copper
color, but shortly after 1900 a green patina,
caused by the oxidation of the copper skin,
began to spread. By 1906 it had entirely
covered the structure. Accepting a view that
the patina was evidence of corrosion, Congress
authorized to paint the structure both inside
and out. There was considerable public protest
against the proposed exterior
painting. The Army Corps of Engineers studied
the patina for any ill effects to the structure
and concluded that it protected the skin. The
structure was painted only on the inside. The
Corps of Engineers also installed an elevator to
take visitors from the base to the top of the
pedestal.
• Which structure?

47. 6.

49. 7.

51. 8.
• When the plague was claiming millions
of lives in Europe, the city of
Dubrovnik, Slovakia, made a rule as
per which any newcomer or ship to
the city were made to stay 40 days in
a restricted location waiting to see if
any symptoms of the plague would
develop. What one word term did this
give rise to?
• Question Courtesy: Deepanshu Pathak

52. Quarantine

53. 9.
• Promotion for which movie?

58. 11.
What am I talking about?
• Ukranian Ironbelly
• Swedish Short Snout
• Chinese Fireball
• Peruvian Vipertooth
• Romanian Longhorn
• Hebridean Black
• Norwegian Ridgeback
• Common Welsh Green
• Antipodean Opaleye
• Hungarian Horntail

59. Dragons in the Harry Potter
universe

60. 12.
• Connect:
• Bossa Nova : a distinctive style of
Brazilian music; influenced by both jazz
and samba music; known for distinctive
rhythms.
• Carnavalesca : an adjective meaning "of
or related to the carnival"
• Brazuca : an informal term for a Brazilian;
can be used to denote 'national pride in
the Brazilian way of life'.
• Brazuca won, by the way.

61. Name of the football in FIFA
2014

62. 13.
• X and Y, who have appeared in many
films over the years, are slated to
appear together in a non-animated
movie for the first time (based on an
announcement made in 2013). The
director and producer of this 2015
movie are the director & producer
respectively of the latest movie featuring
X. The producer has also directed
movies featuring Y. They never appear
together in comics and in this movie, Y
is portrayed as the nemesis of X. Name
X and Y.

64. 14.
• The pictures next slide are of US
patent 5255452. Identify the patent
holder.

67. 15.
• Native to Kenya, the lizard rock
agama (Agama mwanzae ) can change
colour quickly. The brightly coloured
males will change brown at night or if
frightened. They can also run on their
hind legs and scale vertical walls.
• What popular nickname has been
given to these?

70. 16.
• Since Adidas is an official sponsor for
the 2014 FIFA World Cup, rival shoe
makers have come up with several
ways to stand out at the World Cup
without violating any rules. Several
high profile footballers are wearing
shoes by the German footwear maker
Puma, which are under the
"evoPOWER Tricks" brand. What
difference do these pairs of shoes use
to get noticed, perhaps both equally
by girls and boys?

72. 17.
• In the 1963 film Tere Ghar Ke Saamne, Dev Anand
attempted to picturize the song Dil Ka Bhanwar
Kare Pukar inside a certain location, with the
cylindrical shafts and the balconies offering a
perfect setting for the same.
• However, the unwieldy and large size of the
cameras back then made shooting inside the
narrow staircase of the location a challenge. And
so, Dev Anand had to settle for a replica set.
• Where was the song originally supposed to be
shot?

74. 18.
• Gumnami Baba lived at Ram Bhavan in
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, at around 1985. He
was popularly perceived to be an alias for
someone else, who was assumed dead. The
Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry
was formed to look into the matter, and it
held that the Baba was not the person
people perceived him to be, for want of
clinching evidence. However, it did not
completely deny it either, saying there was
a similarity in the handwriting. Who is the
person who was assumed to be dead?

76. 19.
• Following a local referendum in the
province of Catalonia in Spain, a
famed national practice has come to
end in that state. The last of its kind
was held in Barcelona; Jose Tomas was
the key ringleader. This does not
affect the practice in the rest of the
country. What practice is being talked
about?

78. *20.
• As per one of the founders, the
inspiration for this venture first came
from Janet Jackson's role in the 2004
Super Bowl incident, when her breast
was exposed during her performance,
and later from the 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami.
• What am I talking about?

80. *21.
• The movie “Legend of Bagger Vance” is
based on the 1995 book of the same
title by Steven Pressfield, which in turn
is roughly based on X. The characters
“R. Junuh” played by Matt Damon and
Bagger Vance played by Will Smith
were also named after the
characters/role in X. Plot of the movie
is a down-and-out golfer attempts to
recover his game and his life with help
from a mystical caddie.

83. *22.
• The 'fixing' started on 12 September
1919 and takes place daily. These
days, the proceedings take place by
phone and the five participants are
Scotia-Mocatta, Barclays Capital,
Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Société
Générale. The chair always ends the
meeting with the phrase "There are no
flags, and we're fixed". What is being
'fixed'?

84. Fixing of Gold Price

85. *23.
• The Church of Satan was established at the Black
House in San Francisco, California, by Anton
Szandor LaVey, who was the church's High Priest
until his death in 1997.
• Camarillo State Mental Hospital, also known as
Camarillo State Hospital, was a psychiatric hospital
for both developmentally disabled and mentally ill
patients in Camarillo, California. The hospital closed
in 1997. The site has been redeveloped as the
California State University, Channel Islands.
• Now connect the trivia provided above to pop
culture. Both of these places were rumored to be
underlying references of a cult hit musical
masterpiece.

87. • And I was thinking to myself,
"This could be Heaven or this could
be Hell “
• And she said "We are all just prisoners
here, of our own device “
• You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave ! "

88. *24.
• A popular origin of the term comes
from the opening bowler G. Corling of
NSW and Australia. Apparently his
wife was having an affair with another
of his team mate. So whenever he
came to bowl the opposite team used
to sing a 1966 #1 song by R&B singer
Percy ________.
• What term originated from his
surname?

89. Sledging from Percy Sledge

90. *25.
• Connect: 17 Sep 2014

91. Hostels of
IIT (BHU)