Questions from the Preliminary Round of the Open General Quiz 2.0. Conducted by Raghav Chakravarthy at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on 8 October 2014.

1. Preliminary Round Answers
Open General
Quiz 2.0
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Conducted by
Raghav Chakravarthy
of

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Rules
• 40 questions.
• Starred-marked questions to resolve ties.
• Usual pointers applicable.
• Good luck!

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Q.1
• Which place gets its name from a
corruption of the shortened form
of a word derived from the form
of goddess Lakshmi depicted
here?
• The shortened form of the word
also refers to a particular flower.
• The place got its name because a
temple of this goddess was
present in that region dating back
to the 10th century AD as per the
Archaeological Survey of India.

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Powai
The word Powai is thought to have possibly
been derived from the word “Poumw”, a
corrupted form of Pouma which means Padma
in Sanskrit.
This is due to the fact that the Padmavati Devi
Temple, dedicated to Goddess Padmavati was
situated on the bank of the Powai lake inside
IIT Bombay, dates back to the 10th century AD
as per the Archeological Survey of India.

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Q.2
• If a Quora post is to be believed, the identity of
the picture, was a 4 year 3 months old Neeru
Deshpandey from Nagpur.
• However, Mayank Shah, group product
manager, put all the folklore to rest and
revealed: It's actually an illustration by Everest
back in the 60s.
• It is one of the largest selling products in the
world, if the number equivalent to its annual
sales is kept end to end, 192 is the number of
times one could go around the world. What?

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Parle-G Biscuits

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Q.3
• Edison’s first patented
invention was never used for
the purpose for which it was
made.
• The people who were
supposed to use it were
unimpressed and more
importantly they thought it
would reduce the time taken
for performing a particular
activity and this would reduce
the time they had to convince
people.
• What invention greatly used in
the modern day?

8. Electric Voting Machine (Electric Vote
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Recorder)

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Q.4*
• Whose debut film was an English language
film, “Epistle”, released in 1961?
• The film was produced by Shankar Giri, the
son of former President of India Dr V.V. Giri.

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Jayalalithaa

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Q.5*
• They initially called
themselves as
“Starfish”, since there
was already a band
called starfish they
named themselves
after a part of the name
of the book “Child’s
Reflections, _________”
by Philip Horky.
• Name the band?

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Coldplay

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Q.6*
Who?
PC Balasubramaniam and Raja Krishanmoorthy, both
directors of Matrix Business Services India, an HR
consultancy firm have co-authored a book titled
“______ Punchtantra: Business and Life Management
the ________ Way”.
It is a book that deals with management lessons
through punchlines. Few of the punchlines featured
include “My way is a unique way”; “I will deliver what I
promise, and deliver even what I didn’t”; “You say that
one must do good according to law, I say doing good is
the law”. Name the subject of the book?

14. Rajini Sir! - Rajinikant
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15. Q.7 A tributary of river
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Zaire…
How do
we better
know the
name of
this
tributary
of river
Zaire?

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Ebola virus

17. Q.8 Emma Ferrer made it to the cover of
the Harper Bazaar September 2014 issue,
she is supposed to have the poise and
style of her grandmother. Name her
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grandmother?

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Audrey Hepburn

19. Q.9 What recent South Korean government’s
choice was motivated to bring about
awareness about the endangered spotted
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seals?
In South Korea, spotted
seals have been designated
Natural Monument No. 331
and second-class
endangered species.
This is because the seals
from South Korea travel to
Dalian, China to breed every
year where several
thousands are harvested for
their genitals and sealskin to
be sold on the black market
for Chinese medicine.

20. The Asian Games Incheon 2014
mascots are spotted seals.
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Q.10*
What phrase? In olden days
mattresses were
supported by
ropes. A certain
action
performed to
make a stable
mattress and a
good night’s
rest, gives origin
to a simple
phrase.
What?

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“Sleep Tight”

23. Q.11 Name the writer, Tesla’s good
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friend?
• This famous writer and electricity wizard Nikola Tesla
forged a famous friendship around their shared
intellectual curiosity.
• So great was their mutual admiration that each man even
claimed the other had once cured him of an illness.
• In his autobiography, Tesla wrote that when he was
bedridden from sickness as a young man, the author’s
“captivating” novels had been a much-needed solace that
helped jump-start a recovery.
• After the two became friends, Tesla repaid the favour
when he cured the writer of a severe bout of constipation
by having him stand on a high frequency oscillator.

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Mark Twain

25. Q.12 Representation of what?
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As on March 31, 2004
United States 51.36%
Japan 7.74%
Brazil 5.16%
Netherlands 4.10%
United Kingdom 3.72%
Other 27.92%
As on May 1, 2014
Brazil 48.4%
India 14.9%
United States 5.9%
Japan 5.8%
Pakistan 3.4%
Other 21.6%

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Traffic of Orkut

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Q.13
Simpsons tribute to whom?

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Alfred Hitchcock

29. Q.14 Google doodle on which
country’s national day?
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30. Pakistan National Monument
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31. Q. 15 Identify the boisterous author of this
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book on Terrorism ?

32. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Arnab Goswami

33. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.16
It is 45-foot-tall (14 m), and is 350 feet (110 m)
long. It was originally created in 1923 as an
advertisement for a local real estate
development company “_________land”, it
was one of the largest advertisement boards
in that era. How do we better know it?

34. Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.
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35. 17. What image has been blanked
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out?

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Of Lord Ganesha

37. Q.18 A few reactions for what?
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Q.19
Mr. Manjul Bhargava
became the recipient of a
certain award in 2014.
It is the first time a person
of Indian origin has been
awarded that prize
named after John Charles
_______.
Name the prize?

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Fields Medal

41. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.20*
This phrase’s first appearance in other languages,
however, makes clear that such acts were viewed
as a uniquely and characteristically Malaysian
habit.
In 1772, the British ship captain James Cook used
the words to describe frenzied Malaysians who
would get high on opium, run into the streets, and
kill anyone they confronted—an observation that
had been previously recorded in Portuguese as
early as 1516.
What phrase?

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Run Amok

43. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.21*
• Coined in 1897 by psychologists G. Stanley Hall
and Arthur Allin, “knismesis” and “gargalesis”
are the two types of _________.
• While knismesis refers to a light & feather-like
touch, gargalesis refers to a harder touch and
greater use of high pressure to sensitive areas.
• What are these types of?

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Tickling

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Q.22
• A recently granted patent diagram of what?

46. • The iconic Fifth Avenue Apple Store glass
cube, which was designed in part by
legendary company co-founder Steve Jobs,
is now a patented ornamental building
design sanctioned by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
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48. Q.23
• This is how it looks
from the inside.
• What are we
talking about?

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• Darth
Vader’s
Helmet.

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Q.24
• Donald Levine, who recently
passed away, served in the Army
in Korea, said he got the idea for
X as a way to honour veterans.
• The origin of term X is from World
War I, when much of the
equipment issued to U.S. soldiers
was stamped something meaning
that it was made from galvanized
iron.
• Donald Levine is thus credited as
the father of X. What is X?
• What is X?

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G.I.Joe

52. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.25
Starting
lines of a
famous
classic.
Name the
book and
the
author?

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Q.26
• 20 years old who
currently lives in
Italy.
• What did he create
which has found
interest with geeks
and others alike?

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Q.27*
• Time magazine ran a cover sometime in
March 2013 with the title “Man, Superman,
Gunman”, along with the photo of a certain
individual. Which individual?

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Q.28
• Arranged and written by
English composer Tony Britten
in 1992, below is the English
version. How do we know the
verse better?
"These are the best _____
They are the very best _____
The main event
The _____________
The best
The great teams
The _____________
A large gathering
A great _________
event
The main event
They are the best
They are the best
These are the _____”

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• The UEFA
Champions
League Anthem,
officially titled
simply as
"Champions
League”.

60. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.29*
This German chemist
investigated emission of
spectra of heated elements,
and discovered caesium (in
1860) and rubidium (in 1861)
with Gustav Kirchhoff.
What did he develop along
with his laboratory assistant,
Peter Desaga, that has
practical use for chemists
across the world?

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Bunsen Burner

62. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.30
• Who owns the domain name 466453.com?

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64. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.31
Chinese President Xi Jinping presents the Five
Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Friendship
Award to Manorama _______, and thereby
performs a certain tradition. What?

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• It has been a tradition
with visiting Chinese
leaders to meet the
family of Dr. Dwarkanath
Kotnis and President Xi
Jinping followed it by
meeting the sister of the
famed physician.

66. Q.32 Connect, and fill in the blanks
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(Non-exhaustive)
• Grammy Awards in 1972, 1997 and 2003 ;
• Johnny Cash – 1969;
• Elvis Presley – 1972;
• Led Zeppelin – 1973, 1974;
• Michael Jackson – 1988, 2001;
• Monster Ball Tour – Lady Gaga – 2011;
• ________________, 2014 (September 28,
2014)

67. Narendra Modi, Madison Square
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Garden

68. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.33
• Designer Pedro Shi a created
a graphic that mimics the
famous painting ‘Liberty
Leading the People’
commemorating the French
Revolution by Eugène
Delacroix.
• He released this modified
image to allude to a current
happening. What?

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• The Umbrella
Revolution

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Q.34
Some unobserved architectural
feature of the present building
consists of certain sculptures in odd
nooks and corners of the walls and
ceiling on the western corridor,
which display sundry heads of
wolves and foxes.
Which building?

71. High Court of Bombay
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An outstanding performance of a
sculptor is in the first & second floor
depicting a monkey-judge (presumably
suggested by Aesop's fable of the judicial
monkey and the two litigious cats) with
one eye bandaged and holding unevenly
the scales of justice. There is a tale
behind this sculpture. It is said that there
was a dispute between the European
building Contractor and the Indian Sub-
Con tractor, Indian Sub-Contractor
brought a suit and lost. As some finishing
touches had yet to be done, the
disgruntled suitor avenged himself upon
Law and Justice (both Counsel and
Judge) in stone and plaster in the
aforesaid manner.

72. Q.35 Why are they across the
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fence?

73. No (Scottish Referendum) Yes
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74. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.36
The aviator you see to
the right is known to
have pioneered one of
the first combat aircrafts
which had a forward-firing
machine gun fitted
to the aircrafts wings
called the “Interrupter
Gear”.
How is this aviator
immortalized in the
world of sports?

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Roland Garros

76. Q.37 Representation of what?
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Bharat Ratna

78. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.38
Dutch cartographers
Hendrik Brouwer and
Joan Blaeu named a
country after the
westernmost province
of the Netherlands,
which in Dutch meant
they were sea lands.
Name the country?

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New Zealand
Dutch cartographers
Hendrik Brouwer and
Joan Blaeu named the
area Nieuw Zeeland
after Zeeland, the
westernmost province
of the Netherlands.
Zeeland is also made of
islands, and its name
means "sea land" in
Dutch.

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Q.39
Connect:

81. All suffered from ALS (Amyotrophic
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Lateral Sclerosis )
• Lou Gehrig
• Stephen Hawking
• Mao Zedong
• David Niven

82. Open Gen Quiz 2.0
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Q.40
• Name the person performing this jugalbandi
with Zakir Hussain.
• In 2001, George Harrison reportedly said
“Eddie van Halen, eat your heart out,” after
having stumbled upon one of his albums.
• [Audio of the performance was played.]

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U. Srinivas

84. Hope you enjoyed the preliminary round!
Finals will follow shortly.
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