Farewell Quiz 2018 QM: Upasana

1. FAREWELL QUIZ
Upasana

2. 1.
 Dormice are nocturnal animals mostly found in Europe. They are particularly
known for their long hibernation periods
 Ancient Romans used Dormice fat as a cure for ________.
 They figured this would be an apt cure because Dormice fatten up before
they hibernate
 FIB

5. ANSWER
 Insomnia

6. 2.
 In 1939, Geoffrey Tandy, a Cryptogamist at the National History Museum was
summoned to Bletchley Park to help crack the Engima Machine code.
 Only upon his arrival did the officials realize their goof up. Tandy was an
expert in algae and not a code solver (cryptogrammist) that they were looking
for.
 However, Tandy proved to be pivotal in cracking the Enigma code when the
Allies torpedoed German U-boats and recovered documents which ultimately
helped the team solve the puzzle
 How exactly were Tandy’s skills put to use?

8.  Being an expert in preserving Algae, Tandy helped dry and restore
waterlogged documents, much like he did to his algae samples in the Museum

9. 3.
 A frozen ancient bison was discovered in Alaska in 1979. It was nicknamed
Blue Babe.
 Dale Guthrie and his team had Blue Babe on campus at University of Alaska,
Fairbanks and started learning more about the ancient animal. They knew
that it had perished about 36,000 years ago, thanks to radiocarbon dating.
 Blue Babe froze rapidly following its death—perhaps the result of a
wintertime demise. Researchers were amazed to find that Blue Babe had
frozen so well that its muscle tissue retained a texture not unlike beef jerky.
Its fatty skin and bone marrow remained intact, too, even after thousands of
years.
 After their research was concluded, Guthrie invited a few lucky guests to his
house. What was special about that party?

11.  The guests were served a stew made from the neck meat of Blue Babe

12. RABEEHA’S Questions

13.  Book Hero is Dubai’s first ever 24*7 unstaffed bookshop where the customers
pick up a book and drop their money in a box, unsupervised.
 The owner Monstserrat Martin, came up with the idea, believing in customer
trust.
 What is the name of the box, where customers place their money.

15.  Trust Box

16. 1) A bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal was commissioned by State
Street Global Advisors on March 2017, at bowling green, the
financial district of Manhattan, New York
It depicts a girl facing a charging bull which is supposed to be the
wall street and is an advertisement for an index fund which
comprises gender-diverse companies that have high percentage
of women as senior leadership.
The plaque near the statue reads: “Know the power of women in
leadership. SHE makes a difference”
Name the statue.

19.  Fearless Girl

20. 1) Hugh Jackman, played the character of Wolverine for a total of nine times, making him
the only actor to play a superhero character for so long. But by the end of April 2018, X
and Y will join the same milestone for playing a superhero character 9 times.
 While Jackman took 17 years to reach this milestone, X took only 7 years and Y ten
years.
 Name X and Y

22.  X is Chris Evans ( Captain America)
 Y Robert Downey Jr. ( Iron Man)