Inter-Section General Quiz 2016

INTER SECTION QUIZ
(GENERAL)
PRELIMS
25/10/16

Q.1.
• “From what I remember, it's real name was Roosta's Cove or
something like that. Our Manipal folks from the 90s never saw
beyond the big _____ ice cream hoarding and named it so –
Roosta's corner/area. There used to be a graffiti wall and
classifieds board there. “
• When Cadburys launched _____ ice cream in the 90’s, this place
had a _______ outlet. The name somehow seemed to stick
around.
• What is being talked about? Or FITB.

Q.2.
• What has been blanked out?

Q.3.
• To show their support to the nation for its maiden European
championship this 2016, the Welsh town of Bala renamed itself
to______ after one of its most celebrated personalities.
• FITB

Q.4. Put Funda.
• Oh! The ruler of the minds of people, Victory be
to you, Dispenser of the destiny of India!
________ , ________ , ________ , ________ ,
________ , ________ , and ________ ,
________ , ________ , ________ , ________ ,
And the oceans with foaming waves all around.
Wake up listening to your auspicious name,
Ask for your auspicious blessings,
And sing to your glorious victory.
Oh! You who impart wellbeing to the people,
Victory be to you, dispenser of the destiny of
_______! Victory, victory, victory to you!

• Jana Gana Mana – The English version.

*Q.5.
• It is the distance travelled by light in 1/(299,792,458) of a second.
• What are we talking about?

Q.7.
• As the legend goes, as soon as Draupadi was married to the
Pandava brothers, Kunti decided to test Draupadi to see if she
would create a rift amongst her sons by showing extra affection
to one over the other.
• She gave her just enough dough (atta) to make one puri and told
her to satisfy the hunger of all five of her sons. There was also
some leftover potato masala from the previous night. It was then
that Draupadi came up with this dish.
• Name the iconic dish.

• ID the man on the
extreme right.
Q.8.

Q.9.
• The company X originated in Switzerland in 1885, when Julius X
took over his father's mill. He quickly became a pioneer of
industrial food production, aiming to improve the nutritional
intake of worker families.
• X was the first to bring protein-rich legume meals to the market,
and followed up with a ready-made soup based on legume meals
in 1886.
• In 1897, Julius X founded the company X in Singen, Germany.

*Q.10.
• The term comes from the printing trade and was first adopted in
1798 to describe a printing plate that duplicated any typography.
• The duplicate printing plate, or the ____ is used for printing
instead of the original. Outside of printing, the first reference to
the word was in 1850, as a noun that meant image perpetuated
without change.
• However , it was not until 1922 that it was first used in the
modern psychological sense by American journalist Walter
Lippmann in his work Public Opinion.
• ID the term?

Q.11.
• This image is the result of the 2014
Lok Sabha Elections.

Q.12.
• In 2012, a Chinese newspaper hailed an article by The Onion, not
knowing it was satire, in which X was named ‘The sexiest man alive’
for that year.
• The People's Daily cited the Onion as saying: "Blessed with an air of
power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, X made this
newspaper's editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion
sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile.
• "Photos with the story include X on horseback squinting into the
light, X waving towards a military parade, X wearing sunglasses and
smiling, and touring a facility with his wife.
• ID X.

Q.13.
• This is a scene from the
movie Octopussy (1983).
• Identify the man on the
left.

Q.14.
• X was born in 1957, and was a billionaire construction magnate
with close ties to the Saudi royal family.
• The X family made $5 billion in the construction industry.
• He studied economics and business administration at the King
Abdulaziz University. Sources say X also has a Civil Engineering
Degree.
• At university, X's interests include charity and poetry. He also
enjoyed playing football as a centre forward and followed
Arsenal FC.
• ID X.

*Q.15.
• If the eldest is Akshata and the youngest is Rohan, then
according to the father, who is the middle child?

• Infosys.
• Narayana Murthy.

Q.16.
• This image is a logo of the New
Zealand Air Force.
• The logo features something
quintessential to New Zealand.
• However, this would seem like
an ironic choice.

• Kiwi
• A flightless bird.

Q.17.
• This commonly used music related word comes from the fact that old
Greek poets used to recite poetry out loud to the listeners, with
accompaniment of a particular instrument.
• Which word?

• Lyrics
• The Greeks recited poetry while playing the lyre.

• Hindi versions of TinTin comics.

Q.19.
Reliance Jio has taken India by storm.
For decades, Reliance Industries has
made its money in ___, with significant
Interests in India and abroad.
“For Reliance… data is the new ___”,
Mukesh Ambani said in March.
Recently, Internet users have picked up
on the fact that the logo also relates to
this heritage of the
company.
Funda?

*Q.20.
• It is a small village south of Birmingham,
England. It was developed as a model
village by George _______ to give the
company’s workers improved working
conditions. While other suburban
Birmingham railway stations feature the
normal yellow and green, corporate
livery, this railway station is instead
painted ___________ purple.
Which village?

Q.21.
• X torpedoes are currently
manufactured by Mondial Defence
Systems, of Poole, UK for the UK and
US Armed Forces.
• They have recently been used in
operations in Afghanistan.
• The X torpedo was first deviced by
Capt. McClintock of the British Indian
Army Unit, Madras Sappers and
Miners.
• What is X?

Q.22.
• Investigators are exploring the theory that an equipment mounted on
X’s helmet caused the helmet to shatter, leading to serious head
injuries.
• The claim sparked a sharp fall in the equipment’s share price.
• The company manufacturing it came out with a statement saying that
the equipment was not made considering such extreme
circumstances and high impact damage in mind.
• Who is X? Which equipment?

• X- Michael Schumacher
• GoPro

Q.23.
• This word, although most commonly used in a different context, is
also used to mean the very first occurrence of something.
• A _____ reading in chemistry is the first reading that you take while
conducting an experiment.
• _____ holes are small holes drilled in woodworking to ease the job of
a larger drill which will come later.
• How is this used in the context of TV/ TV shows?

• Pilot.
• A pilot episode is the first episode of a TV show.

Q.24.
• Answering a query from a student on why he does
something, X said “ It is a universal colour, especially worn by
the army. They have to go through a lot and whenever we
meet them, they still have a big smile on their faces. Imagine
at one time they are in Siachen’s -50 degrees and in another ,
they are in Rajasthan’s 50+ degree weather and they still
greet you with a smile. I feel this is a very tough life that
they live and there is a lot to be learnt from them.”
• Who on what?

•MS Dhoni on why he wears the camouflage coloured
army gloves so often.

*Q.25.
• The phrase comes from the French for "Red Lantern" and refers to the
red lantern hung on the rear vehicle of a passenger railway train or
the brake van of a railway freight (goods) train, which signalmen
would look for in order to make sure none of the couplings had
become disconnected.
This makes it relevant to its use in a particular sport.
Which phrase?

• Lanterne Rouge
• The competitor in last place
in a cycling race such as Tour
De France

INTER-SECTION QUIZ
FINALS
26/10/16

FORMAT
• 8 Dries
• Theme Round – 1
• Theme Round – 2
• Long Visual Connect
• 8 Dries

RULES
• 8 dries
• 1 direct for each team
• Clockwise
• +10/-10 on Pounce
• Exact answer on a pounce
• Question are passable.
• No negatives on a pass.
• Quiz Master’s decision is Final.

Q.1.
• In the opinion of some scholars , the name X is derived from the
Sanskrit words that means star and lord. Taken together , it means
the Lord of the stars which is the moon. There are other theories
regarding the origin of name X.
• X is also known as Rajathapeetha. Legend has it that Lord Shiva was
dwelling on a silver hill here. Hence, this name came into being.
• Identify X.

• Udupi
• Udu = star.
• Pa = lord.

Q.2.
• X is a trademarked brand of Sealed Air Corporation that includes numerous
cushioning products. X was invented in 1957 by engineers Alfred Fielding
and Marc Chavannes in Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA.
• Fielding and Chavannes sealed two shower curtains together, creating a
smattering of air bubbles, which they originally tried to sell as wallpaper.
• When the product turned out to be unsuccessful as wallpaper, the team
marketed it as greenhouse insulation. Although X was branded by Sealed
Air Corporation (founded by Fielding and Chavannes) in 1960, it was not
until a year later that its use in protective usage packaging was discovered.
• X's first client was IBM, which used the product to protect the IBM 1401
computer during shipment.
• ID X.

Q.3.
• Rev. Edward Terry, chaplain to Thomas Roe who was an ambassador
at the court of Emperor Jahangir provides a detailed account of the
usage of this product (1616).
• “Many people there (in India) who are strict in their religion, drink no
wine at all, but they use a liquor more wholesome than pleasant, they
call ______, made by a black seed boiled in water, which turns it
almost into the same colour but doth very little alter the state of
water. Notwithstanding, it is very good to help digestion, to quicken
the spirits, and to cleanse the blood.”
• FITB.

Q.4.
• Chemist and physicist Sir James Dewar invented the vacuum flask in
1892, which keeps liquids hot or cold longer.
• Unfortunately, Dewar never patented his invention, and a German
company, X GmbH, ended up manufacturing it in 1904, subsequently
patenting the design and leaving Dewar with no rights to the product.
• ID X?

Q.5.
• This product, whose invention is credited to
3M and Johnson & Johnson among others,
has two names that are used inter-
changeably. And there are a number of
explanations given for this. But, the most
likely one seems to be based on the fact
that the brand with the above mascot
became the leading supplier of this product
in the 1980s, and the brand name gradually
started being used for the product itself.
What are we talking about?

Q.6.
• Given (pic on next slide) is the soundtrack of a very popular movie.
• A) Which Movie ?
B) How are the names significant to the movie ?
C) Give me a hidden Easter egg.

• A) soundtrack of Batman Begins
• B) Names of different species of Bats
• C) First letters of tracks 4 to 9 spell BATMAN

Q.7.
• The picture on the next slide was posted by the official White House
Tumblr account.
• This was their take on a popular internet debate raging on about a
particular thing.
• Which popular internet conundrum are they talking about ?

• Two different pronunciations of GIF.

Q.8.
• On asked why all the names end with the letter ‘O’, Executive
Director, Pawan Goenka of X said “It was lucky and they decided to
stick with it. You can call it a bit of superstition, but it has worked for
us. It has become a tradition for us and it is now an expectation from
X to follow that practice. Thanks to this, people easily identify an X
product”.

• Mahindra ending their car names with ‘O’.
• e.g. Bolero, Scorpio, Xylo, Verito, Quanto, e2o etc.

RULES
• 5 ads
• Points for funda behind the ad
• +5 for each correct answer
• +10 Bonus for all correct
• No Negatives

• On Messi becoming the Brand Ambassador of Tata Motors.

• On flight attendants of Jet Airways being suspended after allowing
Sonu Nigam a mid-flight performance after requests by passengers
on-board.

• Bob Dylan winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

• On Subramaniam Swamy’s slam against RBI Governor Raghuram
Rajan for increasing the interest rates and also whether he deserves a
second term in the panel or not.

• On Salman Khan appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian
Team for Rio 2016.

RULES
• Origin of words
• +5 for each correct answer
• +10 Bonus for all correct answers
• No Negatives

Q.1.
• This term originally referred to slits in the castle walls that archers
would shoot their arrows through.
• Modern day usage involves taking advantage of a system.
• What term?

Q.2.
• This word comes from the mediaeval Italian words for bad air,
describing the swamps around Rome.
• This "bad air" was believed to be the cause of the fever developed by
people spending time around those swamps.
• Which word ?

• Malaria
• Mal = Bad , Aria = Air

Q.3.
• Originally, the Aztecs called this fruit ahucatl after their word for
testicle. This is may be partly due to the fruit's resemblance to a
testicle, but also because it was supposedly believed to be an
aphrodisiac.
• These are sometimes called Alligator Pears as skin of these fruits is
dark green, thick, leathery, and knobbly, rather like that of an alligator.
• Which word?

Q.4.
• There are a number of theories about the root of this simile. Perhaps
the most intriguing, and also plausible, was offered in "The Journal of
the American Medical Association" (vol. 155, no. 3).
• Mercury used to be used in the manufacture of felt ____, so ___
makers, would come into contact with this poisonous metal a lot.
• Unfortunately, the effect of such exposure may lead to mercury
poisoning, one of the symptoms of which is insanity.
• This led to the origin of a popular phrase?
• Which phrase?

Q.5.
• This item was made in Nimes, France.
• It was called Serge di Nimes, later shortened to di Nimes.
• What word did this lead to ?

RULES
• 10 images, 2 on each slide
• All images connect to something specific.
• Points only for connect.
• 1st Slide: +80/-40
• 2nd Slide: +60/-30
• 3rd Slide: +40/-20
• 4th Slide: +20/-10
• 5th Slide: +10/-05

Mac OS Version Names
• Developer Release : Rhapsody
• OS X 10.0: Cheetah
• OS X 10.1: Puma
• OS X 10.2: Jaguar
• OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
• OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
• OS X 10.9 Mavericks
• OS X 10.10: Yosemite
• OS X 10.11: El Capitan

RULES
• 8 dries
• 1 direct for each team
• Anticlockwise
• +10/-10 on Pounce
• Exact answer on a pounce
• Question are passable.
• No negatives on a pass.
• Quiz Master’s decision is Final.

Q.1.
• ‘Celeritas’ is Latin word which means speed or quickness.
• A derivation of this word finds common use in science.
• Where?

• Speed of light .
• c = 3 x 10^8 m/s
• c stands for celeritas.

Q.2.
• X is a character and series by Dark Horse Comics.
• X is also a mutant character occurring in Marvel Comics.
• X is also the surname often assumed by members of Nation of Islam.
• It was adopted by an American civil rights activist, for the same
reason.
• X is also the name of an Ed Sheeran and Chris Brown album.
• What is X?

Q.3.
• A Common Man is a 2013 thriller starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross
and directed by Sri Lankan film maker Chandra Rutnam.
• The film is an official remake of __ _____________ , with the
locations of interest being a public bus, a shopping mall, Polgoda
police station, an intercity train, and the Katukurunda Airfield.
• FITB.

Q.4.
• Tradition dictates that this item of clothing related to a particular field
is never, ever washed.
• Modernity has changed the practice a bit with the advent of easy
dying to various colours, but in the ancient era, the tradition
supposedly ensured that the ﬁnal colour of the cloth would be
achieved via natural means and thus experience, darkening slowly.
• What am I talking about?

Q.5.
• Irina Blok is a graphic designer and an artist based in San
Francisco. She started her career at Landor Associates as brand
designer, and helped create and evolve HP, Visa and FedEx brands.
• She has won numerous awards for her design work, which has
appeared in Communication Arts Magazine, How Magazine, AIGA CI
Annual, and Graphis.
• However, Irina Blok is most famous for designing the logo of X in the
year 2007. For this particular logo, she took inspiration from a
distinctly human source - the pictograms of the universal man and
woman that often appear on restroom doors(image on next slide).
• What logo did Irina Blok design?

Q.6.
• Connect the Latin words for these to something specific.
• ‘New’
• ‘Strange’/ ‘Foreign’
• ‘Sun’
• ‘Lazy’/‘X’
• ‘Hidden’/ ‘Secret’

• The Noble Gases
• New – Neo(n)
• Strange/ Foreign – Xeno(n)
• Sun – Rado(n)
• Lazy/Inert – Argo(n)
• Hidden/ Secret – Krypto(n)

Q.7.
• The person in this picture (next slide) is Artem Vaulin (, a 30 year old
Ukranian who was arrested in Poland on 20th July, 2016. The
government of USA has requested for his extradition.
• In a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, Artem
Vaulin is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit criminal
copyright infringement, one count of conspiracy to commit money
laundering, and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.
• Artem Vaulin was arrested after investigators cross-referenced an IP
address he used for an iTunes transaction with an IP address used to
log into X's Facebook page. The FBI also posed as an advertiser, and
obtained details of a bank account associated with the website, X.
• Id X.

Q.8.
• On 26th January, 2016 in India vs Australia’s 1st T20 match, Shaun Tait
bowled an inconsistent 1st over.
• On 1st , 3rd and 5th ball he bowled outside off stump and the 2nd, 4th
and 6th balls he bowled on the leg side and Rohit Sharma made full
use of his inconsistency.
• To describe Tait's pitch map , Harsha Bhogle stated that, “Looks like
Tait took his inspiration from __ ___ ___”, something which was news
all over India.
• According to Harsha what inspired Tait ?

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