Quiz Prelims from Autumn Muse 2014, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore.

1. Autumn Muse 2014
Quiz Prelims

2. RULES
25 questions
1-5 are **ed questions

3. 1.
There are two countries in Asia that have a
Catholic/Christian majority. Name both. (One point
for each answer)

4. ANSWER
The Philippines
East Timor/Timor Leste

5. 2. Cult Indian novel. Filmed in 1996 with
Rahul Bose in the lead role. Name the
book and the author. (1+1)

6. ANSWER
English, August
Upamanyu Chatterjee

7. 3.
In Latin, this term was originally used for
the spoke in a wheel. Its use in geometry
dates back to the 1600s. The Romans seem
to have also used the word for the shorter
bone in the fore-arm. What word are we
talking about?

8. ANSWER
Radius

9. 4. Complete and give source: (1+1)
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that
a _____in possession of brains must be in
want of more brains."

10. ANSWER
Zombie
Pride and Prejudice and
Zombies by Seth Grahame

11. 5. Tribute to whom/what?

12. ANSWER
J.R.R. Tolkien

13. 6.
Piscine Molitor is a swimming pool in Paris
that has lent its name to the hero of the book
The Life of Pi. In 1946, it was also the
location where a new creation made of 30
square inches of cloth in newspaper type
pattern was launched. What was this
creation?

14. ANSWER
Louis Reard’s Bikini

15. 7.
It comes from the Greek word for leaf. This word is
now applied to modified leaves that surround the
reproductive organs of flowers. What 5-(or 6)-letter
word?

16. ANSWER
Petal/s

17. 8.
Mangte Chungneijang is the usually
invisible part of which famous name?

18. ANSWER
The M.C. in M.C. Mary Kom

19. 9. This expressionist painter shares his name and appearance
with his son who went on to become a Hollywood star. Name
either.

20. ANSWER
Robert De Niro

21. 10.
Replicas of this Karnataka tourist attraction are to be
found in the towns of
Bettadoor (5m), Karkala (13m), and Dharmasthala (14m).
The Karkala and Bettadur versions go back to the 15th
century while the Dharmasthala version was completed in
1973 by Ranjan Gopal Shenoy. Replicas of what

22. ANSWER
The Gomateshwara statue
(Sravanabelagola)

23. 11. Q+A from an interview. Enjoy the immortal
response the interviewee makes, and identify him.
Q:You are the first Indian to be a part of the
Grammy (2012) jury... How does it feel?
A: I’m not proud. It is a proud of India because I am
a part of Indians. First-time Grammy member of the
jury they have accepted me because last year I have
done one album called World Peace Love & Harmony
with Gerald Albright. Big saxophone player from
USA.

24. ANSWER
Bappi Lahiri

25. 12.Identify this Indian sportsman of the 1980s in a
moment of triumph.

26. ANSWER
Prakash Padukone, in India
after the All-England
triumph in 1980.

27. 13.You see two participants out of the three in this
painting by Ravi Varma, based on a famous story.
Who is missing?

28. ANSWER
Nala

29. 14.What do the splashes of colour on this map
depict?

30. ANSWER
Grasslands

31. 15. Fan art in tribute to which film?

32. ANSWER
Gravity

33. 16.
Ella Yelich-O’Connor chose a certain stage name
because she was fascinated with aristocracy. She
later added an extra letter because she felt that it
was too masculine. What name?

34. ANSWER
Lorde

35. 17. This problem is known by the name of the
thinker who proposed it. Either name the thinker, or
the Greek hero who is inserted into this problem.

36. ANSWER
Zeno’s Paradox
Achilles

37. 18.
What 4-letter name for a musical instrument comes
from the Latin word for ‘pipe’?

38. ANSWER
The tuba

39. 19.
In which ‘sport’ would the key
equipment be a ‘marker’ that
comes with an inbuilt
compressed air tank or a
carbon dioxide tank?

40. ANSWER
Paintball

41. 20. Identify the 1990s Bollywood star in this Lux ad.

42. ANSWER
Meenakshi Seshadri

43. 21. First stage of what process?

44. ANSWER
The construction of the
Eiffel Tower

45. 22. Still from a movie that ran for months in
Bangalore in 1979. Name film, and director who
became famous in a different field. (1+1)

46. ANSWER
Coma
Michael Crichton

47. 23.
One theory is that this object takes its reassuring
name from the fact that it was originally used on
baby’s diapers, and was constructed to prevent
injuries to the child.
What object?

48. ANSWER
The Safety Pin

49. 24. From a publicity shoot in the 1950s. Identify the
gent in the suit, to the right.

50. ANSWER
Herge, the creator of Tintin.

51. 25. The surgical instrument shown here takes its
name from the Latin word for ‘to clear’ or to
‘cleanse’. What instrument is this?

52. ANSWER
A curette