4. 2. Acquisitions by which company?
Which comedy group is this from?
• O. Verpaid Associates Ltd.
• E. Normons and Sons
• R. Devious Inc.
• V. Rich and Son
• D.Odgey Enterprises Ltd.
• D. Crepid Holdings
• X. Tortion World Wide Ltd.
• Super Big Ltd.
5. 3. This is a list of notable employees of
which bank (X)?
• X- founder
• Ragnok
• Y
• Ricbert
• Bogrod
• Gornuk
• Nagnok
• Blordak
6. 4.
• Which fictional corporation, a result of a
merger, is headquartered in Tokyo, London,
San Francisco, the Sea of Tranquillity, and the
exoplanet Thedus?
10. 2. Acquisitions by which company?
Which group is this from?
• O. Verpaid Associates Ltd.
• E. Normons and Sons
• R. Devious Inc.
• V. Rich and Son
• D.Odgey Enterprises Ltd.
• D. Crepid Holdings
• X. Tortion World Wide Ltd.
• Super Big Ltd.
11. • The Very Big Corporation Of America, from
Monty Python
12. 3. This is a list of notable employees of
which bank?
• X- founder
• Ragnok
• Y
• Ricbert
• Bogrod
• Gornuk
• Nagnok
• Blordak
14. 4.
• Which fictional corporation, a result of a
merger, is headquartered in Tokyo, London,
San Francisco, the Sea of Tranquillity, and the
exoplanet Thedus?
20. 2.
• a class of asymmetric ligands
for asymmetric synthesis, the
name derives from the class of
Phospholanes (Phos) it
belongs to, and the fact that
the ligand consists of two 2,5-
alkyl-substituted phospholane
rings.
It’s shortened form, however,
is a reference to the company
that manufactured it.
Which company? What
shortening?
23. 3.
• Upon the severing of the corpus
callosum, the right and left halves
of the brain are often reported to
be working independently of
their own accord. In one such
case, a woman’s right brain half
developed suicidal tendencies
and guided her left hand to choke
her throat, whose attempts
would be thwarted by her left
hand. This led to naming the
syndrome as the WX syndrome.
As this condition was also
portrayed in a movie, it is also
known as the YZ syndrome.
Give both names.
24.
25. • Alien Hand Syndrome,
and Dr. Strangelove
Syndrome.
26. 4.
• With a $350000 grant from Google’s Impact
Challenge of 2015, what object of aid will get
a 3D printed makeover developed by IIT
Bombay, which replaces the traditional
material of rubber for a high-density plastic
and chops off (heh) about five hours of
manufacturing time?
29. 5
• Most of X's code, written in the Go language in around a
week, determines which screenshot frame of the series is most
pertinent to the quote the user searches for by cutting each scene
of all the episodes into 100 buckets of matching size amount. The
standard colour of each bucket is then used to compare it with a
frame of the bucket in the previous frame, and the image is saved if
these two buckets are different enough. In addition to parsing
episode video files with ffmpeg and cgo, the code also analyses
subtitle files, matching the timecodes of both the subtitles and the
series' screenshots.
• Newsweek wrote that it "may be the greatest feat of Internet
engineering we've ever seen".
• Which search engine is being described?
32. 5.
• Explain how Fatfingers.com aims to provide
you with significantly cheaper bids on eBay.
33.
34. Type in what you are looking for on eBay and it will pull
up items that were listed incorrectly by spelling that
have no bids as no-one can find them.
35. 6.
• Will Knight, of Vermont, packs two
garage-sized barns with wooden
frames, built in grids, hanging from
the ceiling.
• After his “artwork” is created, he
sprays each work with white spray
paint to make it more visible, and
then passes a wood plaque through
the hole, preserving the work. Add a
few coats of lacquer, and Knight has
perfectly mounted and preserved an
intricate work of art. He then
proceeds to sell them for ~$30, often
online on a very adorable comic-sans
font-rich website he calls “home of
the original website”.
How are they created?
38. 7.
• What was the
appropriately punny
name for the
chimpanzee who was
part of an extended
study of animal
language acquisition,
refuting a belief held by
a leading theorist in his
(related) field?
41. 8
• While it is speculated that
the artist Martin Drolling
may have used this
uniquely sourced pigment
for Interior of a
Kitchen(1815), it is as yet
unknown if he knew
about it.
But when Edward Burne-
Jones did find about it’s
origins, he is reported to
have immediately rushed
to his backyard and buried
it.
What is the source, or
what is the name of this
colour?
44. 9.
• To cater to the weekly dietary needs of Catholics, the
boss man originally came up with something called a
Hulaburger. But an outlet of the fast food giant in a
region with a significant population of said religious
group was already selling an invented alternative that
beat the Hulaburger hands down. Which was why the
alternative was adopted later.
• What is the alternative?
• What was the principal ingredient of the Hulaburger,
which atleast on the QM’s opinion(the right one)
caused it’s downfall?
45.
46. • Filet O Fish.
The original Hulaburger contained pineapples.
Which do not go on junk food.
47. 10. As found by plastic surgeon Dr
David Song of UCMC, X uses less
_______ than Y. This seems to
overturn what popular adage?
X Y
Platysma (2 _______) Zygomaticus major (2 _______)
Orbicularis oculi (2 _______) Orbicularis oculi (2 _______)
Corrugator supercilii (2 _______) Levator labii superioris (2 _______)
Procerus (1 ______) Levator anguli oris (2 _______)
Orbicularis oris (1 ______) Risorius (2 _______)
Mentalis (1 ______) Zygomaticus minor (2 _______)
Depressor anguli oris (2 _______)
11 _______ total 12 _______ total
50. 11.
• What specific reason did Carl Freidrich Gauss
give for discouraging his children from picking
up a career in mathematics?
51.
52. • Because he was afraid that they will not turn
out to be as good as he was and therefore will
tarnish his family name.
53. 12.
• Upon correcting the mispronunciation of
gigawatts as jigawatts by the host of a comedy
club in Seattle called “Almost Live”, who
received the future name of his TV show in
the form of the following retort: “Who do you
think you are, ____ ___ ___ _______ ___?”?
54.
55.
56. 13. Quartz.com ‘s hateful rant against
which recent fast-food rollout?
• Stingy, soggy, and strange
• “definitely among the worst breakfasts”
• this stuff is just dull, flat, and stale without
ever having had a chance to be fresh.
• It’s not just the weird bread, dense but pore-
less as a baby’s skin.
59. 14.
• The JB Wetherspoons
franchise has multiple
pubs in London named
The Moon Under Water.
This title was inspired
by this author’s essay of
the same name, which
contained his
description of the
perfect British pub.
Which author?
62. 15
• White went from coconut to baby powder. Black, from
licorice to a smell like a leather jacket. Peach, from an
apricot scent to a smell like lumber.
• "One kid told us he loves the scent of fresh lumber and
always asks his dad to take him to the hardware store,"
Ms. Horner, a spokesperson for the company said.
• And brown, which had a chocolate scent, now smells
like dirt. Dirt? "Kids love dirt," Ms. Horner said.
What company that makes this beloved children’s item
made these transitions? What were the parents’
complaints that prompted these changes?
63.
64. • Crayola crayons; the parents felt that the smell
of edible crayons may cause dumb kids to
ingest them.
65. 16. The online version of what is this
the promotion for?
• Football.mp4
68. 17
• Toy Biz v United States was a landmark court ruling that
angered a lot of fans of the X-men.
Because at the time, the import tariffs on dolls were
higher than that of toys, the ruling came about from an
appeal for reclassification of the X-men by Toy Biz in
order to reduce import tariffs.
The fans maintain that this ruling was the polar
opposite of the struggle their characters face.
What classification, that hinged on the crucial
difference between a toy and a doll?
69.
70. • They argued that the X-men weren’t human,
hence as non-humans and therefore non-
dolls, lower tariffs require to be paid.
71. 18
• While many gloat over the fact that
India’s PSLV made a massive jump to
104 from Russia’s best at 37, it is not
widely noted that 80-90 satellites could
be deployed by Spaceflight Inc. ‘s free-
flying secondary payload dispenser
equipped with its own power,
propulsion and pointing systems, if not
for technical delays.
It is designed to launch as a piggyback
payload and, after separating from its
carrier rocket, deploy as many as five
satellites, each weighing up to 300
kilograms, in their desired orbits.
• What is it’s called, inspired by an
earthly profession similar to this
dispenser’s working?
75. • It is interesting to note that the name for the
female-voiced-Irish-accented AI replacement
to JARVIS for Iron Man after his
transformation into Vision comes from the
term meaning one’s go-to, right-hand man,
which in turn has it’s origins from a Daniel
Defoe novel.
ID the name.
76. • “X(abbr.) is something we can't see, or don't
see, or our brain doesn't let us see, because
we think that it's X(expanded).... The brain just
edits it out, it's like a blind spot. If you look at
it directly you won't see it unless you know
precisely what it is. Your only hope is to catch
it by surprise out of the corner of your eye.
X can be run for over a hundred years on a
single torch battery.”
77. • V'ger is a superintelligent sentient
vessel surrounded by an immense
energy cloud. X, at the heart of
V’ger, was provided with sentience
and said energy cloud, by a race of
living machines in order to help it
complete what the latter
interpreted to be its primary
programming: "learn all that is
learnable," and return that
knowledge to its creator. Which
explains why the crew of the USS
Enterprise rendezvous with the
ship 55 hours away from Earth.
What is X?
79. • It is interesting to note that the name for the
female-voiced-Irish-accented AI replacement
to JARVIS for Iron Man after his
transformation into Vision comes from the
female equivalent to a term meaning one’s go-
to, right-hand man, which in turn has it’s
origins to a Daniel Defoe novel.
ID the name.
81. • X(abbr.) is something we can't see, or don't
see, or our brain doesn't let us see, because
we think that it's X(expanded).... The brain just
edits it out, it's like a blind spot. If you look at
it directly you won't see it unless you know
precisely what it is. Your only hope is to catch
it by surprise out of the corner of your eye.
X can be run for over a hundred years on a
single torch battery.
83. • V'ger is a superintelligent sentient
vessel surrounded by an immense
energy cloud. X, at the heart of
V’ger, was provided with sentience
and said energy cloud, by a race of
living machines in order to help it
complete what the latter
interpreted to be its primary
programming: "learn all that is
learnable," and return that
knowledge to its creator. Which
explains why the crew of the USS
Enterprise rendezvous with the
ship 55 hours away from Earth.
What is X?
85. • ID this advanced lie
detector, which, apart
from using iris
contractions to tell if
someone is lying, also
tells the presence of
invisible airborne
particles.
If the questions for this
polygraph are engineered
to evoke empathy, people
of which profession use
this?
88. 19
• The headquarters
of this office in
Kyoto was
blessed by a
rainbow a few
hours after the
death of this
individual. Who?
Fans have taken
to calling this
rainbow, the
“_______ ____ to
Heaven”.
FITB.
91. 20
• When NineBot Inc, a Chinese company, began
to manufacture those atrocious hoverboards
and sell them in the US, Segway Inc. stepped
in to complain that it holds patents which give
it exclusive rights to sell self-balancing
scooters in the United States.
How did NineBot resolve this issue?
92.
93. • It went ahead and straight-up bought the
Segway corporation.
94. 21
• One of South Africa’s
most popular fast food
items, the bunny chow,
contrary to what the
name implies, does not
contain any rabbits.
Who, then, are
responsible for it’s
name?
97. 22.
• In a practice probably derived from the L sign for Learning drivers,
Japanese car owners have taken this sticker concept to another level with
the Wakaba mark for Shoshinsha and the Koreisha mark for Koreisha.
What are these marks minimalist illustrations of? If you get Part 1,
Shoshinsha and Koreisha are what subsections of the driving Japanese
public?
98.
99. • They use leaves; green to represent the young
and inexperienced drivers, and autumn
colours to represent the aging population that
is slowly losing competence.
100. 23. What is this interactive billboard
from Mazda counting?
101.
102.
103.
104. • The number of heads turned to look at the
billboard.
105. 24. Put funda
• What differentiates prehistoric Olduvan tools
(first found in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania)
from Acheulean tools (first found in Saint-
Acheul, France)?
106.
107. • The Acheulean tools are the first tools to have
been “designed” by early man, so to speak.
Olduvian tools were merely stones and sticks
that were already and conveniently tool-
shaped.
108. 25.
• Upon disputing charges
levied by this shady
website as it did not
offer the experience it
promised (male users
were always connected
to bots instead of
female users), which
website replied with
this threat?
111. 26.
• The new X Y Z, for example, will be able to absorb
grenades and some rockets, while also being
equipped with technology to help the aircraft
avoid radar detection, as well as other features to
help it evade missiles.
• The plane will also feature a working operating
theater in case of emergency surgery, as well as
foods in storage capable of feeding 2,000 people,
Nineteen televisions, in addition to the capability
to refuel mid-air.
114. 27
• The robes of this monk
part of an offshoot of
Francisian Friars in the
Catholic Church gave
rise to the names of :
• 1) A much-loved
beverage, and
2) The common name
of a primate.
Identify both.
117. 28
In 1963, who asked
Reverend Peter Bernard
Pereira to relocate a small
church dedicated to St Mary
Magdalene in a town The
Better India describes as “A
quintessential Kerala fishing
hamlet with thatched huts,
coconut groves and peaceful
sea”?
Why was this done?
118.
119. • Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, for
the first APACHE launch
by India from Thumba.
120. 29
• To combat drop-out rates in Maharashtra
State-board schools, teachers are required to
partake in what activity every day, starting
next year?
Apart from this activity, they are also required
to upload their names and aadhar numbers to
the SARAL system hosting Maharashtra’s
educational database.
129. 32
• Housed in an RCC structure in Khwairamband
Bazar of Imphal, what unique establishment
dating from the 16th century, which may be
the largest one of it’s kind in Asia, resulted
due to the enforcement of the Lallup-Kaba, an
ancient forced labour system in Manipur that
sent away the men of the Meitei community
to cultivate faraway lands and fight wars?
130.
131. • Asia’s largest, oldest and possibly only all-
female market. Every one of the 4000 shops in
the region is operated by women.
132. 33. Designed by IISc students, what astronomical formation usually found
around a massive object is being depicted? What analogy is being described
by the Sohrai-style painting to explain the same?
133.
134. The formation of accretion disks
around a black hole, and the migration
of families from rural to urban
lifestyles.
135. 34: Who?
• While it has not been accepted just yet, this
person recently received the nomination to
join the board of Directors of Starbucks.
Starbucks said X was put forward for X’s
“invaluable insight in international operations
and distribution” and, of course, a potential to
strengthen the company’s tech focus.
138. 35:
• The app Trigger works
in a similar way to
IFTTT, but geared
towards finances. The
examples to the right
display how it works.
• What new trigger
added recently by the
app have I blanked out?
147. • In the Civil War comic
series, Mr Fantastic double-
checks his support for the
Superhuman Registration
Act by having his math
checked out by the Mad
Thinker.
Mr Reed says that the de-
fictionalized a field of
science from a novel he
read as a child, but as it’s
the Marvel Universe, it is
still fictional to us.
ID the field and the In-
universe fictional work.
149. • What otherwise elective field of study was made
compulsory by Lord Voldemort when he assumed
control of the Ministry of Magic, and by extension
Hogwarts?
In what indirect way was he involved in teaching
that subject?
150. TVTropes.org’s rant on which fictional
science found across media?
• With this [existing scientific field a keyword fit
into the front], you can fiddle with DNA wherever
you like, intentionally or accidentally, and all the
cells will change overnight (if that). Just wake up
and presto! Wings! Fur! Gills! Hulking muscles!
Giant brain! Stem cells! You don't even have to
eat the equivalent of your entire body mass
to create all those new body parts; the old cells
and the new ones are just cobbled together
like X. That part is usually Hand Waved if
not lampshaded.
152. • In the Civil War comic
series, Mr Fantastic double-
checks his support for the
Superhuman Registration
Act by having his math
checked out by the Mad
Thinker.
Mr Reed says that the de-
fictionalized a field of
science from a novel he
read as a child, but as it’s
the Marvel Universe, it is
still fictional to us.
ID the field and the In-
universe fictional work.
156. • What otherwise elective field of study was made
compulsory by Lord Voldemort when he assumed
control of the Ministry of Magic, and by extension
Hogwarts?
In what indirect way was he involved in teaching
that subject?
158. TVTropes.org’s rant on which fictional
science found across media?
• With this [existing scientific field a keyword fit
into the front], you can fiddle with DNA wherever
you like, intentionally or accidentally, and all the
cells will change overnight (if that). Just wake up
and presto! Wings! Fur! Gills! Hulking muscles!
Giant brain! Stem cells! You don't even have to
eat the equivalent of your entire body mass
to create all those new body parts; the old cells
and the new ones are just cobbled together
like X. That part is usually Hand Waved if
not lampshaded.
