The finals of the Fresher's Quiz 2019 that was held on 11/07/19. The quiz was set by Allan Joseph, Nikhita Thomas and Ravishankar S.

1. FRESHERS’ QUIZ
FINALS
11th July 2019
(Setters- Allan Joseph, Ravi Shankar, Nikhita Thomas, Prof. Arul Mani)

2. Push-Ups & Open House (June-September schedule)
• 13th July
• 27th July
• 10th August
• 24th August
• 14th September
• 28th September
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3. Intercollegiate Themed Quizzes
• Fandom Quiz (31st August, Friday)
• Music Quiz (27th September, Friday)
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4. • 3 written rounds (5 questions each)
• 1 clockwise round and 1 anti-clockwise round (8 questions each)
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5. Written Round
5 questions
Stakes: +5/+10 Negs: -5/-10
Stake only if you know the complete answer to a question

6. Question 1
This is the painting by Ravi Varma
of a prominent figure in the
Mahabharata and one of his
wives. Who are these two
characters if Parikshit was their
grandson?
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7. Answer
Arjuna and Subhadra
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8. Question 2
In November 2018, a permobil c350 wheelchair was sold at a whooping
price of about $390,000 in an auction. What was special about this
wheelchair that it was sold at such a high price?
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9. Answer
It belonged to Stephen Hawking
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10. Question 3
Identify the monument from which this picture was taken.
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11. Answer
The leaning tower of Pisa
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12. Question 4
What is this scale describing?
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13. Answer
Nuclear events
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14. Question 5
The image shows a full front-page obituary in the New York Times. ID
the person in the picture whose surname comes from the French word
meaning ‘leek’.
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16. Answer
Hercule Poirot
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17. Clockwise Round
8 questions
Infinite bounce
Pounces (+10/-5)
Pounce only if you know the complete answer

18. Question 1
Identify the young girl in the video
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19. Answer
Meghan Markle
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20. Question 2
This type of caterpillar is called a Swallowtail. Its distinctive appearance
is very helpful for it. How is its appearance advantageous?
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21. Answer
It looks like bird droppings and hence birds don’t eat them.
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22. Question 3
Wedding photo from 1840.
Identify the lady. She started a
wedding trend that is seen
even today. What practice?
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23. Answer
Queen Victoria
White wedding dresses
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24. Question 4
The ___________’s _____ is a myth in a certain sport. It is where the
___________ says something good about someone and something bad
occurs to them. Wikipedia describes this two-word phrase as the
supposed propensity of a player to blunder after having their talents
pointed out by the ___________. What are we talking about?
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25. Answer
Commentator’s curse
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26. Question 5
Explain
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27. Answer
Portraits of Ellar Coltrane from the 12 years in the making of Boyhood
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28. Question 6
The following images are from the movies ‘Reservoir Dogs’, X and ‘Four
Rooms.’ What do these movies have in common in these scenes, if the
common connect also is present in the movie ‘From Dusk Till Dawn.’
Also ID the movie X.
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30. Answer
Big Kahuna Burger and X- Pulp Fiction
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31. Question 7
X is a “contagious” occurrence that usually spreads when you are close
to or see someone exhibiting the affects of X. X is non-lethal and hence
people haven’t really discovered a cure for it. In scientific terms X
would be referred as oscitation. What is X?
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32. Answer
Yawning
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33. Question 8
Xhosa is the official language of Zimbabwe. In the year 2016 the
language made its appearance in a movie of a famous series. The
language then was a key part of the script of another movie of the
same series which was released in the year 2018. Name the 2018
movie which is the highest grossing solo movie in the series.
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34. Answer
Black Panther
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35. Written Round
5 questions
Identify the books and their authors from the cover design
Stakes: +5/+10 Negs: -5/-10
Stake only if you know the complete answer to a question

36. 1
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37. Answer
The Invisible Man by HG Wells
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38. 2
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39. Answer
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
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40. 3
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41. Answer
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
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42. 4
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43. Answer
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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44. 5
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45. Answer
Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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46. Anti-clockwise Round
8 questions
Infinite bounce
Pounces (+10/-5)
Pounce only if you know the complete answer

47. Question 1
Gif taken from 40th anniversary video released this week for which
product? Part of the original logo is pictured.
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48. Answer
Walkman
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49. Question 2
Shyam Saran Negi made headlines in 1951 and has since made
headlines repeatedly every time a certain event occurs. He most
recently made headlines earlier this year. What did he do in 1951?
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50. Answer
First voter in India
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51. Question 3
The Shoah foundation is dedicated to furthering the remembrance of X.
If you translate Shoah ( ‫שואה‬) from its original language to English, you
get X. It was founded in 1994 by director Y, after the release of a
critically acclaimed film of his. What is X? Who is Y?
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52. Answer
X - the Holocaust
Y - Steven Spielberg
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53. Question 4
Id the person singing (not known to be a singer) and who he is singing
about (something that was in the news in 2016 in Cincinnati)
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54. Answer
Elon Musk, Harambe
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55. Question 5
Wumpus is the mascot for an online platform. Which?
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56. Answer
Discord
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57. Question 6
This first started to appear after the death of Mohamed Hashim Mattar,
a 26-year-old engineer and graduate of London’s Brunel University,
who was killed on June 3rd this year. A 2013 tweet by Mattar also
resurfaced soon after (see image). What am I talking about?
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58. Answer
People on social media changing their profile pictures to blue to spread
awareness about the situation in Sudan.
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59. Question 7
Frankenbite is an edited reality show snippet, most often found in
contestant testimonials which are inserted through the length of an
episode.
It allows editors to manufacture “story” for one episode by stitching
together snippets from different interviews of the contestants taken
on different days.
What are the contestants often made to do to ensure this stitching
together of snippets is not confusing?
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60. Answer
Contestants are made to wear the same outfit in all interviews.
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61. Question 8
Either identify
the person this
letter is
addressed to or
explain why this
letter was sent
to said person.
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62. Answer
Kim Kardashian West
Response to her decision to trademark the clothing label
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