I've been told its fallout heavy in some places ;)

2. • Welcome to the flagship General quiz of
Thapar Quizzing Club, Thapar University.
• 23 questions in the prelims, 25 points, write
on a sheet of paper provided, yadda yadda
yadda.

3. 1.
• This location for setting up this building was chosen in 1820
because
1. Availability of fine springwater
2. climate similar to that of Scotland
3. A ready market of British civilians and troops in Shimla and in
Punjab.
Their first brand was named X no. 1, where X is a nearby hillstation
to which this building’s operations was relocated to sometime later.
For over a century, this product was the dominant brand of it’s kind
till the 1980s.
Who set it up?

4. 2.

5. Which prolific
3. ID this
author of
many pulp scifi
and fantasy
fiction titles.

6. 4.
• The U.S. Marine Corps Professional Reading List makes this
1985 military sci-fi novel recommended reading at several
lower ranks, and again at Officer Candidate/Midshipman.
The book was placed on the reading list by Captain John F.
Schmitt, author of FMFM-1 (Fleet Marine Fighting Manual,
on maneuver doctrine) for "providing useful allegories to
explain why militaries do what they do in a particularly
effective shorthand way and that it offers "lessons in
training methodology, leadership, and ethics as well.”
Translated into 34 languages, such as Dutch (X Wins, De
Tactiek van X ) French (La Strategie X), Danish(X Strategi),
the remaining which mostly retained the original meaning
of the title.
What is the name of the title?

7. 5. What is this a review for?

8. 6.
• In a number of in-game
locations in Fallout 4,
mock portraits in the
style of Napoleon
bearing the likeness of
this person.
Identify him.

9. 7.
• According to the Google Zeitgeist results for
2010 (showing the most searched terms on
Google's search engine), "micromax mobile",
"youtube videos" and "fifa" were the 2nd, 3rd,
and 4th most 'fastest rising' terms in India.
The top result is a perennial favourite
indicating users looking for a very oft-used
resource. Its search volume pattern is shown
in this chart. Which term?

11. 9. Which “shock” rock star
modelled his look after the
heavily mascara-ed
Betty Davis in Whatever
happened to baby Jane, 
And his Stage costume from
Anita Pallenberg in
Barbarella?

12. 10 .
• Founded by Patu Keswani, as self-touted failed
actor in 2002 whose first establishment was in
Gurgaon, this company won 2011’s Best
Employer’s National Award for Empowerment
of Persons with Disabilities. It is also India’s
largest corporate adopter of stray dogs, even
including them as part of their security unit.
ID this company.

13. 11. Fallout Easter egg. Identify the
movie parodied.

14. • 12. In response to Trump's multiple tweets about Ted Cruz rigging the
Iowa caucus, Ted responded as "My girls are 5 and 7, and I gotta tell you,
Caroline and Catherine are better-behaved than a presidential candidate,"
Cruz said campaigning in New Hampshire. "We need a commander in
chief, not a Twitter-er in chief.“
In twitter however, he coined a new hashtag that was a portmanteau of
Trump’s name and complaining behaviour. What is it?

15. • 13. This practice was begun only for show by the
Moors in the 14th Century, but got its present form in
the 19th century. Everclear or 151 are considered too
dangerous by professionals.
Wine and Beers have too little alcohol for this.
This is why Rum, cognac, or other flavorful liquors that
are about 40% alcohol are considered ideal.
Cinnamon is also added, but not only because of it’s
flavour.
What?

16. 14 .Identify the name of the white line for an extra
point.
Jeff Bezos X

17. 15.
• This recently heavily
antagonized surname (not
due to itself), comes from
the Albanian pronunciation
of St Charles (Ch  Kh), the
name of a Church in a
Northern Albania which lent
it’s name to the region,
from where the
eponymously named X tribe
gets it’s name from.
They have since migrated to
various parts of the world.
ID the rather obnoxious
surname.

18. 16. Connect with a single name.

20. 18.
• In December 1976, Flights at Heathrow
Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable X
flew through the path of aircraft, as spotted
by pilots 30000 feet in the air eastwards from
Britain and out over the English Channel,
finally landing on a rural farm in Kent that
night.
• What was X? Who was responsible for it?

21. 19
• “It was great to meet
this __________
______ ______ last
week in Sydney.”
ID the two sportsmen
(0.5) and fill in the blank
(0.5)

22. 20

23. 21
If around this time, the following happened/happens:
• the Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu emerged from a cave
• Lal Loi, by Sindhis
• Clocks are burnt in Brighton, UK
• Global Orgasm day, initiated by
• Slaves traded places with their masters in Ancient Rome
• Festivus, in New York
What was it supposed to be in Punjab, before it was shifted?

24. 22.Which company unveiled this contraption in 2015’s Maker faire?

25. 23
• In 1973 a United States Navy DC plane ran out of
fuel and crashed on the black beach at
Sólheimasandur, south coast Iceland. Everyone in
that plane survived though. Later it turned out
that the pilot had simply switched over to the
wrong fuel tank. The remains are still on the sand
very close to the sea.
What resulted 42 years later?

26. • Reverse order, but first , next slide

27. 24
• The first fifteen questions form a self-
referential acrostic of two words, eight and
seven lettered. Identify them. 

28. ANSWERS

29. • This location for setting up this building was chosen in 1820
because
1. Availability of fine springwater
2. climate similar to that of Scotland
3. A ready market of British civilians and troops in Shimla and in
Punjab.
Their first brand was named X no. 1, where X is a nearby hillstation
to which this building’s operations was relocated to sometime later.
For over a century, this product was the dominant brand of it’s kind
till the 1980s.
Who set it up?

30. • Edward Dyer, of father-of-mass-murderer
General Dyer fame.

32. • Costa.

33. Which prolific

34. • L Ron Hubbard.

35. • The U.S. Marine Corps Professional Reading List makes this
1985 military sci-fi novel recommended reading at several
lower ranks, and again at Officer Candidate/Midshipman.
The book was placed on the reading list by Captain John F.
Schmitt, author of FMFM-1 (Fleet Marine Fighting Manual,
on maneuver doctrine) for "providing useful allegories to
explain why militaries do what they do in a particularly
effective shorthand way and that it offers "lessons in
training methodology, leadership, and ethics as well.”
Translated into 34 languages, such as Dutch (X Wins, De
Tactiek van X ) French (La Strategie X), Danish(X Strategi),
the remaining which mostly retained the original meaning
of the title.
What is the name of the title?

36. • Ender’s Game.

37. What is this a review for?

38. • Hotel California.

39. • In a number of in-game
locations in Fallout 4,
mock portraits in the
style of Napoleon
bearing the likeness of
this person.
Identify him.

40. • Todd Howard, Game
Director and Executive
Producer for Bethesda.

41. • According to the Google Zeitgeist results for
2010 (showing the most searched terms on
Google's search engine), "micromax mobile",
"youtube videos" and "fifa" were the 2nd, 3rd,
and 4th most 'fastest rising' terms in India.
The top result is a perennial favourite
indicating users looking for a very oft-used
resource. Its search volume pattern is shown
in this chart. Which term?

42. • IRCTC Login

44. • Zhivago.

45. Which “shock” rock star
modelled his look after the
heavily mascara-ed
Betty Davis in Whatever
happened to baby Jane, 
And his Stage costume from
Anita Pallenberg in
Barbarella?

46. Alice Cooper.

47. • Founded by Patu Keswani, as self-touted failed
actor in 2002 whose first establishment was in
Gurgaon, this company won 2011’s Best
Employer’s National Award for Empowerment
of Persons with Disabilities. It is also India’s
largest corporate adopter of stray dogs, even
including them as part of their security unit.
ID this company.

48. • Lemon Tree hotels.

49. Fallout Easter egg. Identify the movie
parodied.

50. • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull.

51. • In response to Trump's multiple tweets about Ted Cruz rigging the Iowa
caucus, Ted responded as "My girls are 5 and 7, and I gotta tell you,
Caroline and Catherine are better-behaved than a presidential candidate,"
Cruz said campaigning in New Hampshire. "We need a commander in
chief, not a Twitter-er in chief.“
In twitter however, he coined a new hashtag that was a portmanteau of
Trump’s name and complaining behaviour. What is it?

52. • Trumpertantrum.
Tempertantrump fetches half points for
creativity.

53. • This practice was begun only for show by the Moors in
the 14th Century, but got its present form in the 19th
century. Everclear or 151 are considered too dangerous
by professionals.
Wine and Beers have too little alcohol for this.
This is why Rum, cognac, or other flavorful liquors that
are about 40% alcohol are considered ideal.
Cinnamon is also added, but not only because of it’s
flavour.
What?

54. • Flambé.

55. Identify the name of the white line for an extra point.
Jeff Bezos X

56. • Elon Musk.
The line is called the Karman Line, aka the
boundary to space.

57. • This recently heavily
antagonized surname (not
due to itself), comes from
the Albanian pronunciation
of St Charles (Ch  Kh), the
name of a Church in a
Northern Albania which lent
it’s name to the region,
from where the
eponymously named X tribe
gets it’s name from.
They have since migrated to
various parts of the world.
ID the rather obnoxious
surname.

58. • Shkreli.

59. Connect with a single name.

60. • Turner.
Timothy Spall played the painter JMW Turner
in a 2014 biopic

62. • The pink carstache of Lyft.

63. • In December 1976, Flights at Heathrow
Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable X
flew through the path of aircraft, as spotted
by pilots 30000 feet in the air eastwards from
Britain and out over the English Channel,
finally landing on a rural farm in Kent that
night.
• What was X? Who was responsible for it?

64. • Pig, Pink Floyd

65. • “It was great to meet
this __________
______ ______ last
week in Sydney.”
ID the two sportsmen
and fill in the blank

66. • Mitch Marsh, Steven
Gerrard, Manchester
United Legend.

68. • Luke Skywalker, Jaime Lannister.

69. 21
If around this time, the following happened/happens:
• the Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu emerged from a cave
• Lal Loi, by Sindhis
• Clocks are burnt in Brighton, UK
• Global Orgasm day, initiated by
• Slaves traded places with their masters in Ancient Rome
• Festivus, in New York
What was it supposed to be in Punjab, before it was shifted?

70. • Lohri.

71. 22.Which company unveiled this contraption in 2015’s Maker
faire?

72. • Netflix

73. • In 1973 a United States Navy DC plane ran out of
fuel and crashed on the black beach at
Sólheimasandur, south coast Iceland. Everyone in
that plane survived though. Later it turned out
that the pilot had simply switched over to the
wrong fuel tank. The remains are still on the sand
very close to the sea.
What resulted 42 years later?

74. • The site of the Gerua song.

75. • Acrostic-
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