General Quiz, April'14, Prelims

1. Alok Singh
#APR’14
#BITSHydQuizClub

2.  30 Questions
 *-ed, Tie Breakers

5. X on his PhD dissertation:
"It's a study of dust. As simple as that. Dust, in this case, in the
solar system. We're actually surrounded by it. The earth
moves through a cloud of dust constantly and a lot of it comes
down to Earth. My experiment was trying to figure out the
motion of that dust. Where it's going, what it's doing, where it
came from and what it means in terms of the creation of the
solar system."
 This Newton lookalike scientist has followers all over the
world. Name him.

7.  Channel TV2 was forced to apologize
for using a screenshot of ______ as a
backdrop for a news report about the
fighting in Syria. A member of staff found
the image online and mistook it for a
photograph of the Damascus skyline.
Jacob Nybroe, head of news at TV2,
said it was a ‘reminder to us all of the
importance of verifying the sources of
pictures’.
 What was the source of this
controversial picture?
 Larger picture in next slide.

10.  _________ wanted to buy Rolls Royce but was refused. The car
is not sold just to those who wish to buy it. There is a process
where it is decided if the person wishing to buy it is fit enough to
be its owner or not and money is not just the criteria. The person's
entire profile, social standing for the past few years is put under
scanner and then decided. Even test drives are given to selected
people. ________ apparently tried to convince the brand by
saying she is a Hollywood actor et al but things didn't work out in
her favor.
Who is this unfortunate Bollywood actress? (April 2011)

12. According to Samosapedia:
“____ ____ is to the Indian working class what Castrol super
TT is to 4-stroke engines. The characteristic diminutive serving
size of the nation's most beloved beverage imparts upon it an
iconic status only rivaled by Madras coffee or dhabe ki lassi.”
What is being described here?

14.  The city of Cape Canaveral is located at the southern tip of a
barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida. It is due south
of the geographical feature Cape Canaveral (known as Cape
Kennedy from 1963 to 1973).
Area code of this place is of particular interest. It is a three
digit number which is very apt for this location.
What is the area code of Cape Canaveral?

16. ___ ___ is an electronic pop duo whose music and lyrics
focus on the hazards of the Internet age, in particular with
respect to user privacy and NSA surveillance. The band's
primary purpose and musical theme is to examine the
increasingly complex relationship between humans and
technology.
What is this band aptly called?

18. “We face ruin.”

20. Mort Crim is an author and
former broadcast journalist.
Crim was born July 31, 1935.
His sexist reactions towards
his female colleagues
became inspiration for an
iconic character.
What did Mort Crim inspire?

22. ___ ___ is the label given to an influential tactical theory of football
in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other
player in a team.
____ _____'s tactical success depends largely on the adaptability
of each footballer within the team, in particular the ability to quickly
switch positions depending on the on-field situation. The theory
requires players to be comfortable in multiple positions; hence, it
places high technical and physical demands on them.
What football theory?

24. Band’s bassist Tina Weymouth on the origin of the band’s name:
"A friend had found the name in the TV Guide, which explained the
term used by TV studios to describe a head-and-shoulder shot of a
person talking as 'all content, no action.' “
What band?

26.  In Jan 2014, New Zealand’s _X_ joined Sameer
Bandekar, Mark Hawthorne, Wynand Louw,
David Odhiambo, Buddhi Pradhan, Sarika Siva
Prasad, Richard Smith, Ian Ramage and
Courtney Young in the panel for 2014.
 _X_’s appointment is historic for the reasons
that this is the first time a female has been
appointed in the panel in the long history of this
game.
 Who is X and what is this panel?

28.  In order to utilize and harness the benefits of Cloud
Computing, Government of India has embarked upon a very
ambitious and important initiative – “GI Cloud” which has
been coined as ‘__X__’.
_X_ is a portmanteau of two words – one, a form of
Hindustani Classical Raga; two, royalty or kingdom in
Sanskrit.
What is X?

29. MEGH

30.  The Crunchies are an industry award
given out since 2008 by several
technology blogs to the Silicon Valley
companies and venture capitalists
they cover.
 Kickstarter beat out CloudFlare,
Snapchat, Twitter and Uber, and
walked away with the Crunchie for
Best Overall Startup. #Crunchies2014
 The award, a plastic sculpture of a
primate standing on top of a computer
with a bone in his hand is reference to
_X_. What is X?

32. The following is the reason for what?
Birds position themselves in “aerodynamically
optimum positions” whilst specifically timing the
flapping of their wings. Researchers established that
birds flap their wings at just the right time so as
maximize an updraft and minimize a downdraft. The
complex mechanisms involved specify extraordinary
consciousness and capability of birds to respond to the
wing path of close by flock-mates.

34. What is the following list about? Fill in the blanks.
1. __________, India - 4,483 ft #LatestEntryOct13
2. _____K_____, India – 3873 ft
3. _____K____, India - 3,519 ft
4. State Street Center, USA - 3,501 ft
5. Bilaspur, India - 2,631 ft
6. Cheriton Shuttle, United Kingdom - 2,595 ft
7. Jhansi, India - 2,526 ft
8. East Perth, Australia - 2,526 ft
9. Kalgoorlie, Australia - 2,493 ft
10.Sonepur, India - 2,421 ft
11.Flinders Street, Australia - 2,323 ft

35. 1. GORAKHPUR
2. KOLLAM
3. KHARAGPUR

36.  University of Cumbria is offering two courses from this summer,
“Certificate of Achievement in Sustainable Exchange”, to be taught at
Cumbria’s London campus, and the “Postgraduate Certificate in
Sustainable Leadership”, which will be taught at the Lake District
campus.
 The courses are to be run by the university's new Institute for
Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS), in an effort to “study the
experience of facilitating payments by one complementary currency
system”.
 What makes these courses unique? (And maybe outrageous)

38. The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was a Red-
Eye flight. What is a Red- Eye flight ?

39. The flight which departs late in the night and
reaches early morning. This causes sleep
deprivation hence red-eye.

42.  Dumbo the Flying Elephant is an aerial
carousel-style ride located in
Fantasyland at five Disney parks around
the world. The original attraction opened
at Disneyland in October 1955, three
months after the park opened.
 During his 1957 visit to Disneyland,
former United States President Harry S.
Truman politely declined a ride on
Dumbo.
 Why did he skip this world famous ride?

44. Picture on the right
depicts one of Dali’s
many works.
This picture depicts an
ancient story, which
has been asked again
and again in quizzing
circuits.
What story does this
picture depict? (name
of painting)

46.  In S3E13B of Powerpuff Girls Mojo
Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, HIM, and
Princess Morbucks join together to
form a super villain team called
____ ___ ___, which is a pun on a
famous music band and its album.
 This episode has many references
to the band. The picture on the right
is captures on such moment where
these super villians pose as cover
picture of band’s album.
 Name the band.
(* for naming the album/pun)

48. _X_ is the term coined by 20th Century Artist Thomas Wilfred
to refer to art created from light. _X_ as conceived, was a
self-contained and silent art, not to be combined with music
or dance. Though Wilfred intended the term to refer to any art
created using light, its use was never widely adopted.
Contemporary use of the term by artists is mostly artists
creating works utilizing Wilfred's visual vocabulary.
 As of today, we know _X_ as a flagship product of a company
_Y_.
X and Y?

50. “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was
six. Mother took me to see him in a department
store and he asked for my autograph”
Who was this entertainer?

52. _X_ on _Y_:
"It was the girls on the King's Road
who invented the _Y_. I was making
easy, youthful, simple clothes, in
which you could move, in which you
could run and jump and we would
make them the length the customer
wanted.
_X_ named _Y_ after her favorite car.
What is Y?
( * for both X and Y)

53. MINI

54. According to newly released __X__: The Official Photo
Book, published to mark 40 years since __X__ won
Eurovision, the band's style was influenced in part by laws
that allowed the cost of outfits to be deducted against tax –
so long as the costumes were so outrageous they could not
possibly be worn on the street.
 So the credit for the glittering hot-pants, sequined jumpsuits
and platform heels that _X_ wore at the peak of their fame is
now being given to the Swedish Tax laws.
What band is _X_?

56. ______ ______ are a type of
hair style. Associated with the
underground punk movement of
the 1980s, it brings up
questions such as “How does
he keep them that way?” or
“How many people’s eyes has
she poked out?”.
What is this bizarre hairstyle
called?
(* for exact term)

58. The initial idea that came to JWT was ‘Blood, sweat and _Y_’. From this
concept of giving your blood for the game, came the term and concept of
‘_X_Y_’.
_X_ _Y_ campaign can be interpreted for four sets of people:
 First are the aspiring players across the nation who are not only
passionate about the game but play it too.
 Second are those that watch the game and cheer for the team
 Third are those who may not play or watch the game but are patriotic
and thus support the national team.
 Fourth is the team itself, the players on the field and the rest of the
team.
What is this XY campaign?

60. According to the legend, a knight and his lady were walking along
the side of a river. He picked a posy of flowers, but because of
the weight of his armor he fell into the river. As he was drowning
he threw the posy to his loved one and shouted “____ ____
____".
What did the knight shout?

62. Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio ranked this song at No. 52
on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, asking, "How could
such an inoffensive condiment inspire a song that unfolds in
so many different, annoying ways?”
What song is this?