Here is the meet quiz done by debutantes Saravanan and Sudeep for the Weekly meet.

1. QUIZZERS ANONYMOUS
Meet Quiz
Sudeep Krishna
Saravanan

2. Rules
● 24 Questions
● Infinite Bounce – Pounce
● +10/0 on the bounce
● +10/-5 on the pounce
● Clockwise 12
● Anticlockwise 12

3. CLOCKWISE

4. 1.
The search for a middle-aged engineer shifted from Japan to Temple City, LA
County when the local media discovered this gentleman (vis), a computer
engineer by profession, living in a sleepy California town in May 2014.
The speculations escalated when computer scientist Hal Finney, on the
receiving side of a historic transaction, was found living a few blocks away.
However, the gentleman denied having ever heard of the invention, which
was being claimed to be his own, and the search resumed again.
What famous name did the gentleman carry?

5. ANSWER

6. Satoshi Nakamoto, founder of Bitcoin.

7. 2.
The Kurukshetra war, between Pandavas and Kauravas, was the mother of all
wars. All the kings, hundreds of them, aligned themselves on one side or the
other. The king of X however chose to remain neutral. He spoke to Krishna
and said, "Those who fight battles have to eat. I will be the caterer for this
battle.“ And according to legend how did the king of X ensure that the right
amount of food was cooked everyday? (A legend used to indicate that the
entire war was in Krishna’s hands)

8. ANSWER

9. Udupi

10. 3.
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a clever
self-driving drone called the SmartWater Assessment Network.These robots
float in Singapore’s waters and assess pollution, drinkability, and
temperature, allowing researchers to gather data without scaring people
with dangerous-looking traditional water drones.
The name of this technology cleverly incorporates a tribute to the institute,
along with a reference to the appearance of the drones, and the novelty of
the whole concept.
What name has been given to these drones?

11. ANSWER

12. NUSwan

13. 4. Connect

14. ANSWER

15. Ambassadors of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

16. 5.
In the Davis Cup of 1974, India beat Australia at Calcutta, followed by the
USSR in the semis at Pune. Soon after, while at the Stockholm Open, the
Amritraj brothers discovered that the Indian Tennis Federation had done
something without consulting the Indian government or them. Anand
Amritraj got into trouble for yelling at the Association President and was
asked to apologize. What had happened?

17. ANSWER

18. Indian Tennis team went out of tournament in protest against Apartheid in
South Africa without the knowledge of players and government.

19. 6.
A recent addition to the ICC Cricket glossary after the shots like “Dilscoop”,
“Switch Hit”, “Helicopter” etc. Soumya Sarkar (one of the Naagins) of
Bangladesh invented this shot to counter Bouncers. While executing this
shot, Sarkar moves his body behind the crease, bents himself in the reverse
pose, aligns his bat along the path of the ball and directs it towards his
desired direction.
This shot shares its name with an instrument which was said to be marketed
by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1430s but became popular during the WW I.
Name the Shot.

20. ANSWER

21. Periscope shot

22. 7.
In light of the recent increase in the shootings of African Americans by the
police, a new art campaign has surfaced which hopes to end an existing
norm in certain recreational places.
The campaign believes this norm has induced an unconscious bias in the
minds of people who practice this recreational activity – which eventually
trickles down to incidents in the real world.
What is this norm they think is leading to such bias?

23. ANSWER

24. The Black Colour Shooting Target

25. 8.
This is a list according to Marvel Comics. Put Funda.
● High Evolutionary
● Gardener
● Doctor Strange
● Thanos
● Nebula
● In-Betweener
● Adam Warlock
● Magus
● Ultron

26. ANSWER

27. Owners of the Soul Stone

28. 9.
Antigonus II Gonatas was a Macedonian king from the 3rd century BC who
launched a massive siege on the Greek town of Megara in 266. Renowned
author of the times Polyenus reveals that the siege was on its way to being
an overwhelming success until the Megarans devised an ingenious ploy using
pigs along with pitch or resin to unsettle the elephants in the opposing
camp. The strategy yielded successfully terrifying results and the siege was
defeated.
What recent design choice did this famous war strategy inspire?

29. ANSWER

30. Bahubali 2

31. 10.
Mithapur is an Indian town that began to develop in the late 1930s thanks to
the establishment of a Tata Chemicals factory in its vicinity for the creation of
one of its flagship products. Over the years, local doctors have observed a
unique trend among workers best summarized by a common slogan – “You
either die of gangrene or tuberculosis or you go blind.” With an average
lifespan of 50-60 years, most workers in the town after their death are
buried in a unique way, with their hands and feet collected and burned
separately to ensure natural decomposition. Where exactly do these
employees work, that comes with these severely hazardous implications on
their lives?

32. ANSWER

33. Salt Production Fields – “Uppalam” in Tamil

34. 11.
1999 – Ravi Shankar & Amartya Sen
2001 – Lata Mangeshkar & Bismillah Khan
2009 – Bhimsen Joshi
2014 – X & Y
Who are X & Y ?

35. ANSWER

36. Sachin Tendulkar and C.N.R.Rao
Bharat Ratna Winners

37. 12.
Camilla Naprous owns a British company whose operations over the last 30
years have been carried out with the help of impeccable veterinary support,
ensuring the monopoly of their business. Over the last few years, Camilla
claims the company has had the most challenging project in its history –
requiring travel to remote locations in Belfast, Croatia and Malta often
having to make boat rides in difficult conditions to get there, along with the
setting up of make-shift camps in villages to accommodate about a hundred
of her subjects over several months and hiring 60 people specifically to
ensure their adequate training and well-being.
What project, that gave her subjects the biggest worldwide audience to date,
is this company an important feature of ? Who were her subjects?

38. ANSWER

39. Horses in Game of Thrones

40. ANTI-CLOCKWISE

41. 13.
A panel of academics, including data analysts and researchers from Queen’s
University in Belfast, analyzed 27 out of the 83 works by X and created an
algorithm to accurately predict the killer. To solve what mysteries whodunnit
formula is used?

42. ANSWER

43. Murders in Agatha Christie’s novels

44. 14.
Elon Musk, the founder of aerospace startup SpaceX and Co-Founder of Tesla
has launched an Artificial Intelligence startup ‘X’ in 2016 and is reported to
be developing implantable brain–computer interfaces (BCIs).
ID X.

45. ANSWER

46. Neuralink

47. 15.
In 2005, there were calls to delete word “X” from our national anthem
and substitute it with the word “Y”. The argument was that “X” was no
longer a part of India after 1947.
Opponents of this proposal held that “X” referred to a geographical
feature and to a community's culture and that this community is an
integral part of India's cultural fabric. The Supreme Court of India
declined to change the national anthem and the wording remains
unchanged.
ID “X”and “Y”.

48. ANSWER

49. X - Sind
Y - Kashmir

50. 16.
David Bradley, one time IBM employee describes his most famous
achievement thus: “I may have invented it, but Bill Gates made it famous by
applying my formula whenever any Microsoft Windows operating system
_______, thus I win whenever he loses.”
What did David Bradley invent that we all have used in times of need and
desperation?

51. ANSWER

52. Ctrl + Alt + Del

53. 17.
Which year is missing from both the Gregorian calendar and the Julian
calendar yet present in the astronomical calendar system?

54. ANSWER

55. The year 0 (zero)

56. 18.
In May 2015, the Government of Iraq ordered a complete shutdown of all
internet services in the country, from 5 am to 8 am on certain days in May
2016. While governments usually block the internet for political reasons, this
reason is highly unusual since the target is mainly a small segment of the
population.
What was the government trying to prevent?

57. ANSWER

58. To prevent Malpractice in exams

59. 19.
Predominantly employed in light bulbs and camera mounting, it is a
fastening mechanism consisting of a male side with one or more pins, and a
female receptor with matching L slots and springs to keep the two parts
locked together. The concept gets its name from the fact that the mechanism
was originally used by infantry soldiers in a hurry to mount something. What
is it called?

60. ANSWER

61. Bayonet Mount

62. 20.
This mixed language, composed mostly of Italian (80%), with a broad
vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Arabic, French, Greek, Portuguese and
Spanish was used for communication though the medieval and early modern
Middle east and Mediterranean as a commercial and diplomatic language. It
was also the language used among slaves, pirates and European renegades
in pre-colonial Africa. The usage of the name of this language in modern
English, thus stems from its usage by a wide variety of people.
Identify the language.

63. ANSWER

64. Lingua Franca

65. 21.
The Strand Magazine was a British monthly that started circulating in 1890.
Its immediate popularity among the masses surged its initial sales to nearly
3,00,00 in its first few years. However, the magazine ran into tough times
economically in 1893 losing over 20,000 subscriptions and barely surviving.
The sudden dip in fortunes was unexpected and caused a great loss of
revenue to the organization, which it eventually regained after making a
change eight years later. What was the reason for the magazine’s losses
around this time?

66. ANSWER

67. Death of Sherlock Holmes

68. 22.
The setting of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon’s animated sitcom is
located near which place in the real world?
(P.S :-) Kya re, setting ah?)
If you can’t identify the real-world location, 5 points will be given for teams
who answer the fictional setting.

69. ANSWER

70. Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Fictional location - Bikini Bottom, below the Bikini Atoll island.

71. ANSWER

72. 23.
Created by Delhi designers Shantanu and Nikhil, the gold foil lines on the
front of the Mumbai Indians shirt for 2010 IPL, symbolised something which
conjoins the old and the new part of the city — representing the mix of
experience in the team. What is being referred to?

73. ANSWER

74. Bandra-Worli Sea Link

75. 24.
Who is the first Indian Prime minister to be elected from a south Indian
constituency?

76. ANSWER

77. Indira Gandhi (Chikmagalur constituency)