Inter IIIT General Quiz Finals, PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur

X-Quiz Me
INTER IIIT GenQuiz
FINALS
By
Ameya Datar
Anuj Tiwari

RULES!
Round Specific!
Will be told as we proceed
with the Rounds.
Total of 5 rounds
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“Again,
Quiz master is my lord and I shall
listen to him and him only and he
shall decide the fate of my answers

FINALS!
Let the game begin!
May the force be with you!
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RULES!
ROUND 1: Written Round
“Explain a movie plot badly”
- 6 questions.
- Each question carries 5 marks
- Extra 10 marks for answering
all the 6 questions.
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Example 1:
A lot of people took ice-bucket
challange. Didn't go too well in this
case.
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Example 2:
NASA's project manager comes back to
his village in India, and dies getting his
visa renewal.
10

1.
An uncle kills a child's father, so a pig
and a really big rat help him get his
revenge.
12

2.
A man gatecrashes weddings and
classrooms for free food and education.
Motivates his sidekicks to ditch college.
13

3.
Shh! I'm not supposed to talk about it.
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4.
A miserable billionaire terrorises
mentally ill man.
15

5.
A teen boy's body changes and he
discovers he can shoot a white sticky
liquid from his body. Then he takes
photograph of himself doing that.
16

6.
Teacher takes too much drugs and
starts seeing his dead girlfriend and
gets 3 students expelled.
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1.
An uncle kills a child's father, so a pig and a
really big rat help him get his revenge.
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2.
A man gatecrashes weddings and classrooms for
free food and education. Motivates his sidekicks to
ditch college.
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3.
Shh! I'm not supposed to talk about it
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4.
A miserable billionaire terrorises mentally ill man.
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5.
A teen boy's body changes and he discovers he can shoot a white
sticky liquid from his body. Then he takes photograph of himself doing
that
23

6.
Teacher takes too much drugs and starts seeing his dead
girlfriend and gets 3 students expelled.
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AUDIENCE QUESTION -1
“ I've always liked penguins, and when I was in
Canberra a few years ago I went to the local zoo.
There they had a ferocious penguin that bit me and
infected me with a little known disease called
Penguinitis. Penguinitis makes you stay awake at
nights just thinking about penguins and feeling great
love towards them.” What resulted due to someone’s
Penguinitis?
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AUDIENCE QUESTION (ANSWER)
Linux OS Mascot
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RULES!
ROUND 2 : Differential Round
RULES:
- 5 Questions.
- All teams open to pounce.
- Marks : 60/N for Correct.
[N : Number of teams getting
the answer right.]
(No Negative Marking)
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1.
After leaving school at Eton, X, always looking for
adventure , briefly considered joining the Indian
Army . Eventually he joined the Territorial Army and
served as a reservist with the 21st SAS regiment till
1997 . In 1998, at the age of 23 , he climbed Mount
Everest .
Id X
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2.
X remained a prominent leader in his country until his death. He
is considered as a revolutionary for having brought many
political, medical and educational reforms to his country. X was
a lawyer by profession and rose to power by overthrowing the
government in a guerrilla war movement. However, X chose to
ban a house-hold favourite around the world Y in his country
calling it as a promoter of capitalism, hence warning the world
of Y’s dangers.
ID X and Y.
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2
X : Fidel Castro
Y : Monopoly.
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3.
Apart from her works based around the mysteries, X's most intriguing
mystery remains her unsolved disappearance in 1926. Fellow mystery
writers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L. Sayers joined in on the
hunt to find X. Former took one of X's gloves to a spirit medium to find
their location, while the latter used her observations as inspiration for
Unnatural Death. The Home Secretary of that time, William Joyson-
Hicks pressurized the police department to find X.
On December 14th, she was finally found at the Swan Hydropathic
Hotel in Harrogate, England. X also wrote 6 romances under the name
Mary Westmaccot.
Identify X
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4.
In the 1980s a group of scientists at CERN started working on what
was to become the WWW. Their aim was to create a database
infrastructure that offered open access to data in various formats. In an
office on the fourth floor, they placed the WWW.™s central database.
Any request for a file was routed to that office, where 2-3 people would
manually locate the requested files and transfer them, over the
network, to the person who made that request.When the database
started to grow, the number of requests grew and also the number of
requests that could not be fulfilled, usually because the person who
requested a file typed in the wrong name for that file. This led to the
coining of a phrase, commonly used on the internet. What phrase?
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5.
There were plans to host it in Calcutta as early as 1997. At that time, two 600-
acre sites in the vicinity of the Bangalore airport were also examined. However,
the Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu wanted his state to host it and
1,367 acres were reserved on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
In 2004, competition arose from Mumbai, to change the location from
Hyderabad. In the end these projects were never realized, possibly owing to
anti-tobacco legislation, and a change in government policy. Both projects then
were declared "dead" in the second half of 2004, when the Maharashtra
government decided "not to waste money on ___ _____ while there are more
serious issues", and the Hyderabad location was converted to an IT park for
technology companies.
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AUDIENCE QUESTION - 2
X was selected as one of 2011 Time 100 list of most
influential people.
X's work has been described by the Los Angeles
Times as having "complex story lines, fascinating
characters, great dialogue, perfect pacing ", while the
New York Times sees it as "fantasy for grown ups“
It goes beyond princely control.
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AUDIENCE QUESTION (ANSWER) -2
George R. R. Martin
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ROUND 3
POUNCE ROUND
(CLOCKWISE)
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RULES!
ROUND 3 : Dry Pounce
RULES:
- 6 Questions (Clockwise).
- +10/0 for Direct.
- +20/-10 for Pounce.
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1.
“X : The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy” is a compilation of
scientific texts edited with commentary by Stephan Hawking. The book
includes texts written by Issac Newton, Albert Einstein, Galileo, Kepler
and Nicolaus Copernicus, as well as some of their works and
achievements. It also includes five critical essays, and a biography of
easy featured physicist, written by Hawking himself.
The title of the book alludes to well known English phrase, attributed to
Bernard of Charles in the 12th century. But its best known usage was
in 1976.
What is the phrase/X which is the title of the book?
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On The Shoulders of the Giants.
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2.
About what did Mark Twain said the following ?
“It is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes
upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter
without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and
endure the resultant miseries without repining. It is done in love, or it is
done in fear; I do not know which it is. No matter what the impulse is,
the act born of it is beyond imagination, marvellous to our kind of
people, the cold whites.”
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3.
'This is spinal tap' is a documentary on the British band 'Spinal Tap',
which claims to be the loudest band in the world. A phrase X was
coined in the documentary, where the guitarist Nigel Tufnel proudly
demonstrates an amplifier whose volume knob goes higher than the
standard amplifier. In 2002 the phrase entered the Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary with the definition "up to maximum volume".
What is X and how did IMDb pay tribute to this documentary?
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3
X : Up to Eleven.
It is rated out of 11 in IMDb
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4
One Piece’s tribute to Naruto.
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5.
____ is one of the two spices – the other being mace – derived
from several species of tree in the genus Myristica. A______ is
also a playing technique used chiefly in association football,
field hockey, ice hockey, and basketball. Peter Seddon, a
famous British writer wrote "Being ______ soon came to imply
stupidity on the part of the duped victim and cleverness on the
part of the trickster" . Fill in the blanks with one word.
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6.
“I Disappear” is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica.
The song was recorded as a contribution to the Mission Impossible 2
soundtrack. This song reached the #1 spot on the “Billboard Hot
Mainstream Rock Tracks”, and stayed there for seven consecutive
weeks in the summer of 2000. This song does not appear on any of
Metallica's studio albums, making it the band's only standalone single.
It also won a 2000 Metal Edge Readers Choice Award for "Song of the
Year From a Movie Soundtrack”. However, this song is famous for
some other reason. What reason?
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6
Metallica sued Napster for illegal release,
resulted in shutting down the company.
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AUD QUESTION - 3
X’s first words: "How are you? You have
been in Afghanistan, I perceive?“
'You see, but you do not observe. The
distinction is clear.'
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Aud (Answer) - 3
Sherlock Holmes to Watson .
Study in Scarlet
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Aud - 4
Identify the dancing guy!
(video)
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Aud (Answer) - 4
Baba Sehgal
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ROUND 4
POUNCE ROUND
(ANTI-CLOCKWISE)
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RULES!
ROUND 3 : Dry Pounce
RULES:
- 6 Questions
(Anti- Clockwise).
- +10/0 for Direct.
- +20/-10 for Pounce.
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1
Joint account in Union Bank of India
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2.
When asked who or what was the greatest love of her life, she
said : “What? Shoes. Who? My husband Philip.
When in October, her leopard print heels attracted scrutiny, she
said, “But look, do I regret the fact that people look at my
shoes? Hey – it gives me an excuse to go and buy new shoes.”
This self confessed obsession had led to comparisons with the
woman whose almost 3000 pair of footwear are now found in
Marikina Shoe Museum. Which two women?
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Theresa May and Imelda Marcos
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3.
ID this cameo which is supposed to
special in it's own accord.
(video)
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4.
In 1928, Cecil B. DeMille charged X with writing a script for what would
become the film Skyscraper. The original story, by Dudley Murphy,
was about two construction workers involved in building a New York
skyscraper who are rivals for a woman's love. X rewrote the story,
transforming the professions of the rivals .The film would have ended
with the protagonist throwing back his head in victory, standing atop
the completed skyscraper. In the end DeMille rejected X's script, and
the actual film followed Murphy's original idea, but X's version
contained elements she would later use in Y. Id X and Y.
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X : Ayn Rand
Y : The Fountainhead
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5.
In 1945, Muhammed Hashim incorporated Western Indian Vegetable Products Ltd, based
at Amalner, a small town in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. It used to manufacture
cooking oil under the brand name Sunflower Vanaspati, and a laundry soap called 787, a
byproduct of oil manufacture.[11] In 1966, on the news of his father's death, the then 21-
year-old X returned home from Stanford University, where he was studying engineering, to
take charge of the company. The company, which was called Western Indian Vegetable
Products at the time, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but X later diversified the
company to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries,
lighting products, and hydraulic cylinders. In the 1980s, the young entrepreneur,
recognising the importance of the emerging IT field, took advantage of the vacuum left
behind by the expulsion of IBM from India, changed the company name to Y and entered
the high-technology sector by manufacturing minicomputers under technological
collaboration with an American company Sentinel Computer Corporation.
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6.
X meaning "courageous” was first of a kind for India. It’s motto is
Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah meaning I defeat those who fight against
me".X was called “Hercules” before being renamed to X and served it’s
fair share in WW2.Afters years of service, In memory of X, the a
Memorial was unveiled by Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema,
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command at
K Subash Marg, Mumbai on 25 January 2016. The memorial is made
from metal recovered from the X. In February 2016, Y unveiled a new
motorbike made with metal from X scrap and named it Z in honour of
X. Id X,Y,Z.
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X : INS VIKRANT
Y : BAJAJ
Z : BAJAJ-V
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RULES!
ROUND 5
-Infinite Pounce with negatives
-4 succesive clues to each
question
-(+50/-25) if the answer is given
in 1 clue
-(+30/-15) for 2nd clue
-(+20/-10) for 3rd clue
-(+10/-5) for 4th clue
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1.
Clue 1: Rio a movie theatre,in Dalston,Slyly “committed a
mistake” which was later found to be deliberate.The audience
initially confused cheered lustily after getting to know about the
whole thing.The incident took place somewhere around
Feb,2017.
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1.
Clue 2: This incident that inspired the
above mishap was widely talked about
across the world as it was not the first
such incident to take place that year.
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1.
Clue 3:A prominent actress was chosen
to play the lead in one of the involved
parties but later chose to act in another
movie “Beauty and the beast”,the other
involved party however made history in
many terms.
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Keep calm and wait for the answer
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La La Land was shown instead of Moonlight

2.
Clue 1:Cooked by baking,steaming or braising in
sauce,Meatball is ground or minced meat rolled into
a small ball sometimes along with other ingredients
such as bread crumbs,minced onions,eggs,butter
and seasoning.
An organization is also called “Meatball” due to the
similarity in the logo.
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2.
Clue 2: On May 8, 2003, Environmental Protection
Agency recognized ________ as the first federal
agency to directly use landfill gas to produce energy
at one of its facilities—the Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
Notably,this organization employs around 36%
Indians in its work force.
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2.
Clue 3:
Dr. T. Keith Glennan
James E. Webb
Dr. Thomas O. Paine
Dr. James C. Fletcher
Dr. Robert A. Frosch
James M. Beggs
Dr. James C. Fletcher
Daniel S. Goldin
Non exaustive list of previous administrators with Robert M. Lightfoot,
Jr. holding the postion as of 2017.
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2.
Clue 4: Previously knows as National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
with projects including
X-15 rocket plane
Project Mercury
Project Gemini
Skylab and many more
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3.
Clue 1:Jezil a simple and cost efficient gun was once
used in British India,Central Asia and parts of Middle
east.During one of the conflicts in middle east,a Jezil
bullet was said to be responsible for an injury which
resulted in an early retirement from army duties and
venture into something new. What is being talked
about?
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3.
Clue 2: One of the colleagues of the injured soldier describes
him as
"I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been
so good as to give of my own small achievements you have
habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are
not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some
people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of
stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in
your debt."
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3.
Clue 3:Born beginning of 1850. As a child he lived in Australia,
but soon moved to study in England.
In 1878, he took his degree of Doctor of Medicine of the
University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through
the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. He served in
the Second Afghan war in late 1800s and during this war
sustained the injury mentioned earlier.
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3.
Clue 4:
Microsoft named the debugger in Microsoft
Windows after this person .Amelia Watson and Violet
hunter were assumed to be the names of his second
wives,name of his first wife being Mary.
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4.
Clue 1: Belonging to a Jewish immigrant family,this
philanthropist built his 2nd breast cancer research
centre as a tribute to his old friend Nina Hyde who
died in 1990 after a long battle. He presently
contributes a large chunk of his income to the breast
cancer foundation.This gentleman is a brand in
himself.
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4.
Clue 2.From 1962 to 1964 he served in the United
States Army and left to work briefly for Brooks
Brothers as a sales assistant before becoming a
salesman for a tie company.At 28 years-old, he
worked for the tie manufacturer Beau Brummell,
where he convinced the company's president to let
him start his own line.
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4.
Clue 3: His alma matter corporation is
known for the clothing, marketing and
distribution of premium lifestyle
products in four categories: apparel,
home, accessories and fragrances.
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5.
Clue 1:After becoming the first woman prime minister of
UK,Margaret Thatcher quoted “Where there is discord,we bring
harmony,where there is error we bring truth,where there is
doubt,may we bring faith,where there is despair,may bring
hope”
Which pop culture phenomenon first experienced on 25th
May,1977 got huge impetus because of her speech and other
related events of the momentous day?
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5.
Clue 2:The phenomenon aimed to
"awaken a certain kind of spirituality" in
young, suggesting a belief in God
without endorsing any specific religion.
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5.
Clue 3: Narendra Modi had used this phenomenon in one his speeches on his
visit to the US but was trolled a lot for his actions by the American comedians
and the public in general.
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4.
Clue 4: The essence is described as "an energy field created
by all living things”.The Magic of Myth compares the sharp
distinction between the good "light side" and evil "dark side" of
the phenomenon to Zoroastrianism, which posits that "good
and evil, like light and darkness, are contrary realities".
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Keep Calm and Wait for the results
ALL HAIL THY LORDS.
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