IIT BHU Lonewolf General Quiz 2014 Finals

QM: Mahendra Mohan Das
Sunday 6th April
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finals

The Taste of Assam
• +5/0
• Written round.
• Bonus 5 if all correct.
• All the answers are related to Assam somehow or the
other. Think of it as a big hint.

1)
• Hiteswar Saikia, former CM of Assam, rented out a
house in the 90’s. The address of the house, still in rent,
reads:
• House No. 3989, Nandan Nagar, Ward No. 51,
Sarumataria, Dispur, Guwahati, Distt. Kamrup, (Assam)
- 781006
• Who is(?) the famous resident?

2)
• His great-grandfather W. D. Smiles was a member of
the Assam Legislative Council. Though he was born
and brought up in UK, after leaving school, he
considered joining the Indian Army and spent a few
months hiking in the Himalayan mountains of Sikkim,
West Bengal, Assam.
• On 16 May 1998, he climbed to the summit of Mount
Everest, 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a
parachuting accident. At 23, he was at the time
among the youngest people to have achieved this
feat.
• In July 2009, he was appointed the youngest-ever
Chief Scout at the age of 35.
• Who?

3)
• The Scoville scale, used for the measurement of
something which is usually measured by a method
that uses high performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC). This identifies and measures the concentration
of chemicals necessary for the scaling.
• X topped the Scoville scale from 2007 until February
2012 with an average of 1 million SHU and an
individual highest of 1.5mn. It was surpassed in
February 2012 by Trinidad Moruga Scorpion with 2mn
SHU, which in turn was surpassed by Carolina Reaper
with 2.2mn SHU in 2013 and holds the record till date.
• What does Scoville scale measure? Also, id X.

4)
• In September 1898 he went to
southern Assam to study an
epidemic of kala azar. However,
he utterly failed as he believed
that the kala azar parasite was
transmitted by a mosquito, which
he refers to as Anopheles rossi.
• The book shown, a science
fiction for the most part set in
Calcutta at some unspecified
time in the future, is loosely
based on the life of this
personality.
• Which famous Indian-born
doctor?

5)
• Khagen Mahanta is a famous folk and traditional
music singer of Assam. He is a notable person in
Assamese folk music and known as the "King of Bihu".
His Bihu songs, Borgeet and other folk songs are ever
green to the assamese society. The artist along with
his wife Archana Mahanta and their son represent
one of the most influential families in Assamese music.
• Who is the famous son?

Bhut jolokia.
• The Scoville scale is the measurement of the
pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers or other spicy
foods.

Infinite bounce and pounce
• +10/0 on bounce
• +10/-10 on pounce
• Clockwise.

1)
• This is a sculpture in
bronze by Daniel Chester
French in Cambridge,
Massachusetts honoring
X, who had a big role in
establishing a famous
institute in that region.
• This statue is famously
known as “the statue of 3
lies”.
• Whose statue? And why
the statue of 3 lies?

John Harvard.
• The face of the plinth is inscribed “JOHN HARVARD
• FOUNDER • 1638” words make it a ‘Statue of the
Three Lies’” because:
• The statue is not a likeness of JOHN HARVARD;
• It was the Great and General Court of the Massachu-
setts Bay Colony, not John Harvard, which first voted
"to give 400£ towards a school or College",
preempting any claim for John Harvard as FOUNDER;
• The Court's vote came in 1636, not in the inscription's
1638—the latter being merely the year of John
Harvard's bequest to the school.

2)
• This famous diamond was originally owned by the
royal Gaekwad family, and was later sent to Empress
Maria Theresa of Austria. The diamond was returned
to the Gaekwad family later, and in 1860, it was fitted
to a necklace. The Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad sold
it to an unknown buyer in the early 1920s.
• In 1943, the diamond was purchased by Meyer
Rosenbaum of Detroit, President of the Meyer Jewelry
Company. Rosenbaum later gave the diamond to
Marilyn Monroe, who wore it for the shooting of the
song Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, and also in the
film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
• Which famous diamond?

3)
• Herzogenaurach is a town in the district of Erlangen-
Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. This town is
sometimes called “the town of bent necks”; owing to
a certain ‘practice’ by the residents of the town.
• What practice? Put funda.

Adidas & Puma.
• The town of Herzogenaurach was divided on the
rivalry between Adidas and Puma, leading to the
nickname “the town of bent necks” as people looked
down to see which shoes strangers wore, before
talking to them.

4)
• Erika “Aya” ___ is a former US military member and
archery world champion. She continues to compete
at an international level as an archer. She is the
founder of OS Internationale, and organization for
people of a specific sexual orientation and has been
featured as a spokesperson and advocate in a wide
variety of publications, and on radio talk shows and
television programs.
• She, however, became even more famous when she
married someone in a commitment ceremony in
2007.
• Whom did she famously marry?

6)
• A deer, a female deer.
• A drop of golden sun.
• A name I call myself.
• A long long way to run.
• A needle pulling thread.
• A note to follow so.
• A drink with jam and bread.
• Connect.

Do re mi fa sol la ti.
• (video inserted)

7)
• Before becoming a ____ ____, the person (usually a
woman) is trained to lie down for hours without
moving. She or he must also be able to withstand the
prolonged exposure to the cold. Before service, the
individual is supposed to have taken a bath using a
special fragrance-free soap and then finished off with
a splash of cold water to chill the body down.
• What is being talked about?

8)
• “Why is that we have never heard voices in
connection with the freedom of people under the
suppression and tyranny of Pakistani authorities on the
other side of the cease-fire line? Why is it that we
have not heard here that in ten years these people
have not seen a ballot paper? With what voice can
either the Security Council or anyone coming before
it demand a plebiscite for a people on our side who
exercise franchise, who have freedom of speech,
who function under a hundred local bodies?”
• Excerpt from a speech on 23rd January, 1957, which
reportedly concluded with the speaker's collapse on
the floor.
• Why is this speech famous? Who is the speaker?

V K Krishna Menon.
• Longest speech in United Nations.

9)
• Who is the lyricist of the song?

10)
• “Forgiveness made me free from hatred. I still have
many scars on my body and severe pain most days
but my heart is cleansed. ______ is very powerful, but
faith, forgiveness, and love are much more powerful.
We would not have war at all if everyone could learn
how to live with true love, hope, and forgiveness. If
that little girl in the picture can do it, ask yourself: Can
you?”
• Part of a speech delivered by Kim Phuk on National
Public Radio in 2008. What was she talking about?

Infinite bounce and pounce
• +10/0 on bounce
• +10/-10 on pounce
• Anti-clockwise.

1)
• It was performed on Halloween October 30, 1938 and
aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio
network. Directed and narrated by Orson Wells, the
episode was an adaptation of science fiction novel
by the same name. This show was presented as a
series of simulated news bulletins with no commercial
breaks, which suggested that an actual Martian
Invasion was in progress. Mass hysteria ensued. It is
estimated that some six million heard the CBS
broadcast; 1.7 million believed it to be true, and 1.2
million were “genuinely frightened” prompting Hitler
to call it “evidence of the decadence and corrupt
condition of democracy."
• Which novel/ program?

War of The Worlds.
• H G Wells.

2)
• X is a fictional cosmic
entity who first appeared
in the short story "The Call
of X", published in the pulp
magazine Weird Tales in
1928. The character was
created by writer H. P.
Lovecraft. The issue is
shown on the right.

3)
• L. L. Zamenhof published the Unua Libro, the first book
detailing X, on July 26, 1887. He wrote this book under
the surname Doktoro X, X meaning “the one who
hopes”.
• Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy-to-learn,
politically neutral language that would transcend
nationality and foster peace and international
understanding between people with different
languages. Growing its popularity, it is now the most
widely spoken constructed international auxiliary
language.
• Which language?

4)
• Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, 86 year old at that time, did
something rare on 28th February 2013, which was last
done by Angelo Correr in 1415, about 600 years ago,
to end the famous Western Schism.
• What?

5)
• Name the TV show. Also, name the Hindi TV show that
has been inspired from this show.

Kumar’s at No.42
• Comedy Nights With Kapil.

6)
• This parody video game portrays a _____ floating on a
log down a river. The _____ presents with bangs, a
lance, and a purple sweater. It knocks 'Phot-Hogs'
that are attempting to take his photograph into the
river with his lance. The _____ also signs 'Otter-graphs.'
The _____ also must dodge the 'whirlpool of success,'
which will lead him out of control, while navigating
the river.“
• Name the video game. Or, who is it named after?
• (picture on the next slide)

7)
• ____ ____ appears in many legal cases as well as in
some hospital records all over the world, and is widely
famous especially in the United States and Canada.
• Joe Bloggs and John Smith works in the UK instead of
____ ____, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. In
India, Ashok Kumar is used as an alternative.
• In 1941, Frank Capra directed and produced an
American comedy drama film named “Meet ____
____”.
• Who/what is being talked about?

John Doe.
• The name is used as a placeholder name for a party
whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld in
a legal action, case, or discussion. The name is also
used to refer to a corpse or hospital patient whose
identity is unknown.

8)
• Some Google
streetview
images.
• Put funda.

Privacy policy.
• The privacy laws of UK require Google to blur faces of
people on Street View to protect them from
recognition and that led to the blurring of the logos of
KFC featuring Colonel Sanders.

9)
• Anya Major (born 1966, in the United Kingdom) is an
English athlete and actress who appeared as "Nikita"
in the 1985 video to Elton John's song of the same
name.
• It was, however, her discuss throwing experience that
she used somewhere else made her famous just after
half-time of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984.
• What happened?

10)
• Majdur paida huwe, majdur hi maroge
Vote na diya hamein, to zinda jaloge.
• Jal kar hum shola bane hai,
Kaun jalayega zinda aap ko, jab hum aap ke saath
khade hain.
• Slogans of which famous political rivalry?

Pick your pill
• Entertainment
• Geography
• Sports
• Science
• Art
• History
• Business
• Etymology

• It was while living with her mother that this famous
personality would embark on journey to become a
Canadian pop sensation. She began by starring on
the kids show Space Teens alongside Jessica and
Alan Thicke. Not long after Space Teens, she gained
notoriety with her first singles. The song was a minor hit
and she spent a year touring the Canada.
• This song was followed up with a second song,
Sandcastles in the Sand. The love ballad was a flop
but it did lead to a romance with her co-starrer in the
video. The song's lyrics in many ways mirrored the
short relationship she would have with him who she
dated for a week and a half.
• Which famous personality?

• Which two countries
are named after this
famous military and
political leader of the
early 19th century?

Bolivia and Venezuela.
• Simon Bolivar.
• Venezuela = Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

• This robot, exhibited at a university research exhibition
is named ____ in honor of a famous sportsperson.
Either FITB or identify the sportsperson.

• These creatures can withstand temperatures from just
above absolute zero to well above the boiling point
of water, pressures about six times stronger than
pressures found in the deepest ocean trenches,
ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher
than the lethal dose for a person, and the vacuum of
outer space. They can go without food or water for
more than 10 years, drying out to the point where
they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage,
and reproduce; and is often called the toughest
animal on the planet.
• Name the creature.
• (picture on the next slide)

• Which famous painting is being talked about?

• Who, presenting what, to
whom?

• She is the only fashion designer listed on Time
magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of
the 20th century.
• Monroe's unsolicited
endorsement provided
invaluable publicity to
the most iconic product
of this designer. In a 1954
interview, when asked
what she wore to bed,
the movie star
provocatively responded:
“___ ___ ___.“
• Identify the lady or the
product.

• The Indian currency when the British invaded was the
___. It was worth nothing compared with the pound
sterling. When someone tried to sell a shoddy product
to the soldiers they would sometimes respond that
they would not even pay a single ___ for it, kind of like
saying “I wouldn't give you two cents for that.”
• What did the corruption of the term lead to?

Megaconnect
• +10/0 for individual answers.
• Non-exhaustive list.
• For slides,
• 1: +60/-30
• 2: +60/-30
• 3: +50/-25
• 4: +40/-20
• 5: +30/-15
• 6: +20/-10
• 7: +10/0

1)
• Other than close human relatives such as chimps and
gorillas, X’s also have fingerprints. Though on the
evolutionary tree, primates and modern Xs‘ ancestors
branched apart 70 million years ago, the fingerprints
of X and a human being are eerily similar.
• Identify X.

2)
• Played by 2-4 or 6 players, this board game was
invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-
Halma" (Stern is the German for star) as a variation of
the older American game Halma. The current name
originated in the United States as a marketing scheme
by Bill and Jack Pressman in 1928. The Pressman
company's game was originally called "Hop Ching
____".
• Which game?

3)
• Founded by American copywriter and publicist John
J. B. Wilson in 1980, the 34th ceremony of this award
was held on March 1, 2014.
• The movies winning the top awards in recent years
are as follows:
• 2013: Movie 43
• 2012: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
• 2011: Jack and Jill
• 2010: The Last Airbender
• 2009: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• 2008: The Love Guru
• Which award is being talked about?

4)
• Lifespans of this species typically range from a few
hours (in the case of some very small hydromedusae)
to several months. Life generally ends after the
medusa has begun spawning. Life span varies by
species.
• One unusual species is reported to live as long as 30
years. Another unusual species, Turritopsis dohrnii,
might be effectively immortal because of its ability
under certain circumstances to transform from
medusa back to the polyp stage, thereby escaping
the death that typically awaits medusae post-
reproduction.
• What ‘immortal’ species if being talked about?

5)
• Its popularity was increased in the mid-nineteenth
century by the miners of the California Gold Rush,
who frequently traveled to California. In 1904,
President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States
visited a construction site of a famous entity, and was
photographed with it, which further increased its
popularity.
• The art of making this was added to the UNESCO
Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists on 6 December 2012.
• It has various types such as Monte Carlo, Optimo,
Fedora, Greenstreet, Baton etc.
• What?

6)
• Invented between the 1st and 4th centuries in
another country, this system was adopted, and
developed by some Persian Muslims (mentioned in Al-
Khwarizmi's Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala) and some
Arabs (mentioned in Al-Kindi's c. 830 Ketab fi Isti'mal
al-'Adad al-Hindi) by the 9th century. It later spread to
the western world by the High Middle Ages.
• What?

7)
• Also called the cavy, this animal plays an important
role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South
American groups, especially as a food source, but
also in folk medicine and in community religious
ceremonies. Since the 1960s, efforts have been made
to increase consumption of the animal outside South
America.
• In Western societies, it has enjoyed widespread
popularity as a household pet since its introduction by
European traders in the 16th century. Their docile
nature, their responsiveness to handling and feeding,
and the relative ease of caring for them, continue to
make the a popular pet.
• Which animal?

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

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