2011 Freshers' general quiz prelims by Rohit Gupta, Vivek Gupta and Rahul Bhattacharyya

1. Freshers' Quiz
Rohit Gupta
Vivek Gupta
Rahul Bhattacharyya

2. Rules
Three or less people per team.
Most innovative team name gets a prize.
Written prelims and six teams in the finals.
Starred questions are tie-breakers
Quiz-master is GOD.

3. Prelims

4. Q1.Name this ingenious device

5. Q2.Identify this company
Founded in 1889 in Kyoto,Japan as a maker
of handmade playing cards,which till the
1960's remained its sole business .
Later it tried its luck at a taxi service,a Hotel
chain,a TV network,instant rice,all of which
failed.
In 1974,it entered the video game business of
which it is a major player today.

6. Q3.Name this famous personality
Controversial for his Anti-Semitic views he
was a highly respected Industrialist and pro-
ponent of welfare capitalism.
He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Ger-
man Eagle(the highest award of Nazi Ger-
th
many given to a foreigner) in 1927 on his 75
birthday.
His company was a major contributor to the
US war effort in both world wars.
His most famous words were:
“Whether you think that you can, or that you
can't,you are usually right...”

7. Q4.Name the building

8. Q5.Name the country which used
this flag in the past

9. Q6.
It is called "Montezuma's Revenge", "Turistas"
or "Aztec Two-Step" in Mexico, "Pharaoh's
Revenge" or "Cairo Two-Step" in Egypt,
"Kurtz Hurtz" in Uzbekistan, and "Kabulitis" in
Afghanistan. The Canadians call it "Beaver
Fever". A recent local term in Thailand is
"Thai-dal Wave”. It was in the news recently.
What is the local
rhyming phrase for this?

10. Q7.
This football club was founded in 1899 as a
cricket club by English lace-maker Herbert
Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards.
Its name till today retains the English spelling
of the name of its home city, though during
fascist rule it was forced to use the local
language spelling.
It was acquired in 1986 by Silvio Berlusconi.

11. Q8.
During a total solar eclipse visible in India, in
1868, a French scientist named Pierre Jansen
traveled to a tobacco field just outside Guntur
to observe the spectrum. A resultant yellow
line in the spectrum was a pointer to which
new element, which was the first-ever ele-
ment to be discovered outside Earth before it
was found on Earth?

12. Q9.Give Funda

13. Q10. Connect.

14. Q11. Connect
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15. Q12. What is X???
On a dark office evening, This could be Heaven or this could be Hell!
Sat down in my chair Then it lit up the quickbar
Sharp smell of stale coffee And it showed me the way.
Circling round in the air. There were pages begging for clean-up;
Suddenly on the web page I thought I heard them say:
There came a flickering light. Welcome to the Hotel X
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim; Such a lovely place
I had to stop for the night. So much empty space
There it was in the link list: Plenty of work at the Hotel X
"Edit page; you'll do well" Any time of year
And I was thinking to myself You can find us here...

16. Q13. What is this alleged to be a pho-
tograph of???
Supposedly taken by a Lon-
don gynecologist, this pho-
tography was published in
the Daily Mail on April 21,
1934. Initially claimed to be
the first photographic evi-
dence of the subject in dis-
play, it was later claimed to
be a hoax in 1994. A 1999
book, that was titled after the
nickname of the subject, de-
scribed how the photo was
manipulated.

17. Q14. This ad is for which company?

18. Q15.
In 1988, to commemorate the 100th year of the
birth of Jawaharlal Nehru, what was intro-
duced with the name being a Hindi translation
of "100 years"?

19. Q16. Id X.
X was founded in 1964 by Y, then professor of
electrical engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
He first set out to deliver better sound after
being disappointed by the quality of a high end
music system he brought as a graduate
student at MIT in 1956.
The field of Psychoacoustics was based on his
research.
Most of his initial capital was provided by small
investors like his former professor Y.W. Lee,
who invested all of his life's savings.

20. Q17.
Viagra was invented and designed
here; new drugs will not be made
in
this city as Pfizer is closing down
its plant. Which historic city, that
gave the greatest use for sliced
bread?

21. Q18.
X is a ghost or witch featured in Western folklore. She
is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called
three times or sometimes more while in a dark room,
depending upon the version of the story, often as
part of a game or dare.
X is also the name of a popular cocktail.
Id X.

22. Q19. Id.
“Today, whenever you
use a piece of tech-
nology, there is a
good chance a little
bit of ____ _____ is
behind it.”
He is an alumnus of IIT
Kanpur from 1983

23. Q20. Id X.
X is known as the father of modern chemistry.
He found and termed both oxygen (1778) and
hydrogen (1783), helped construct the metric
system.
At the height of the French Revolution he was
accused by Jean-Paul Marat of selling watered-
down tobacco, and of other crimes, and was
guillotined.

24. Q21. Connect

25. Q22. Identify
In 1974, he was granted honorary citizenship of ev-
ery country that is a member of the United Na-
tions. However, recently, he announced his desire
to give up the citizenship of the country he be-
longs to. This is after he attended protests in a
country which is politically very opposed to his
own.

26. Q23. Identify the movie from the still.

27. Q24. Name the founder of apple
computers pictured below
*Name his autobiography for bonus
points

28. Q25. Identify the logo

29. Q26. Id. X & Y
X's original name was Abdul Hasan and he lived around the period
1540 to 1600. X returned to India along with Humayun and later on
became a favourite of Akbar because of his wit and humour(some
also say that his wit was a competition to Birbal).It is said that when
Akbar landed in India he tasted Y and liked it very much. He called
the dish “Syed ul Twam” which literally means the king of dishes. Ab-
dul Hasan became known by his now popular name X because he re-
fused to go to any banquets or dinners where Y was not being
served.

30. Q27. Revisit the Arcade
The gluttonous legend called Paku along with
the sight of a partly eaten pizza inspired one
of the biggest cult game of all times. Name
the game.

31. Q28. What are Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu talking
about?
'A traveller through a country would stop at a village and he
didn't have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the
people give him food, entertain him. That is one aspect of X,
but it will have various aspects. X does not mean that peo-
ple should not enrich themselves. The question therefore is:
Are you going to do so in order to enable the community
around you to be able to improve?'
-Nelson Mandela
'One of the sayings in our country is X – the essence of be-
ing human. X speaks particularly about the fact that you
can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our
interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and
when you have this quality – X – you are known for your
generosity.'
-Desmond Tutu

32. Q29.
ch former Aussie bowler is the Founder of this charity organiza

33. Q30. Name the city
It is believed to have been founded by Chandel,
king of the state of Sachendi.
In the 19th century, this city was an important
British garrison with barracks for 7,000 soldiers.
This city was known as the "Manchester of India"
th
during the 20 century