General Quiz conducted during Dracula(XLRI) ice breaker 2019 round1 (July 2019)

1. Dracula Ice Breaker 2019
Round 1- Quiz
QMs: Parminder Singh,
Dehit Garaga

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Rules
• 20 Questions, 10 points each, no negatives
• Every 5th starred, Sudden death in case tie
persists
• Part points if any would be mentioned in the
Question(s)
• Duration = 2*20+5=45 minutes
• Please, keep it civil i.e. cell phones in pockets, no
peeking at other teams
• In case of multiple answers, first one to be
considered
• Tips: Don’t leave it blank, use back side to note
down clues

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1.
The word X literally means “streak of
gold.” Traditionally, it is believed that gold
was mined at a village named Piska near
the origin of the river. It is a rain-fed river
flowing in the eastern part of India and
sustaining millions of people of Jharkhand,
West Bengal, and Orissa. It originates
near Nagri village in the Ranchi district
and runs through some major industrial
towns and cities, i.e., Jamshedpur,
Chaibasa, Ranchi, Bhadrak before joining
the Bay of Bengal at Kirtania port in
Orissa. Give me X.

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Subarnrekha River Basin

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2.
Ōhorōho tōbo aobhano procharito,
Shuni tōbo udaro bani;
Hindu Bouddho Shikh Joino Parošik
Musolmano Khrishṯani
Purōbo poshchimo aše,
Tōbo šinghašōno pashe,
Premoharo hoy gãtha.
Pōtono obhyudhōyo bondhuro pōntha,
Jugo jugo dhabito jatri.
He chirošarothi, tōbo rōthochokre
Mukhoritho pōtho dinoratri.
Daruno biplōbo majhe,
Tōbo shōnkhodhoni baje
Šōnkoṯo duːkho trata.
These are lines from a 5-stanza
Brahmo hymn a part of which was
later adapted to the version we all
are familiar with. Give me the
Adaptation’s name.

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Jana Gana Bana/ Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata

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3.The X will have a nickel silver outer ring, with an inner ring
made of nickel brass, and will weigh between 8.33 or 8.75
grams. shaped like a 12-edged polygon (dodecagon). The
outside diameter will be 27mm (millimeters). The composition
will be 65% copper, 15% zinc and 20% nickel for the outer ring
while the inner ring will have 75% copper, 20% zinc and 5%
nickel. X?

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New 20 Rs coin

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4.
"I actually made this as a way to poke fun at the idea of getting cease and desist letters. At the time
(October 2006) I had nothing to lose and my original intention was to call this 'back to the future: the
new official universal studios cartoon featuring the new Doc Brown and Marty McFly' and then I'd just
sit back and wait for a letter from their lawyers to arrive. That's actually why it's so filthy. I was just
looking to 'troll' a big studio.“
This is the co-creator of a critically and commercially acclaimed TV show talking about the conception
of the show’s basic idea. Which cult TV show is this?

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Rick and Morty

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5.
X who has been described as an "important member of the Wimbledon family“ has been a regular
feature at The All England Club since 2003 - when he took over from Hamish. He is essential for the
continuation of matches at the Wimbledon tennis championships. He has a celebrity following to rival
that of Andy Murray. He regularly poses for pictures with fans - as well as celebrities including Camilla,
the Duchess of Cornwall. He has more than 10,000 followers on Twitter as well as his own Facebook
page - and was the star of Stella Artois' series of adverts Here's To Perfection. X even has his own
photo security pass - with his official job title, ---- ------ and he doesn't only work during the world-
famous tennis tournament. X visits the venue most weeks throughout the year.

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Rufus the Hawk

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6.
The Angelus (L’Angélus) by Jean-François
Millet was originally called The Prayer for
the Potato Crop. It was commissioned by
the American painter and Writer Thomas
Gold Appleton, who never collected it.
Salvador Dali, the great eccentric
surrealist, felt the painting to be too sad to
be about the Angelus prayer. In his 1938
book “The Tragic Myth of Millet’s Angelus”
he wrote that there was something deeply
tragic about the couple that could only be
explained by loss. When x-ray had
become available as a means for
investigating paintings, Dali insisted that
the painting was x-rayed to prove his
theory. In 1963 the Louvre museum duly
had the painting x-rayed and did actually
find that Dali had been true all along. So,
What was Dali’s theory or what did the X-
ray reveal?

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Baby’s casket instead of potatoes

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7.
The person on the Right is Hy Eisman
the creator of Popeye. The one on the
left (X) served as an infantry clerk and
made cartoons for military publications.
His colleague Hy Eisman wasn't a fan of
his drawings and suggested he look for
other jobs after the war. An advocate of
sexual liberation and freedom of
expression, X was a political activist in
other causes; those causes included the
Democratic Party, First Amendment
rights, animal rescue, and the restoration
of the Hollywood Sign. X?

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Hugh Hefner

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8.
Whose graves are these? Look closely
and ye shall find the answer.

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The Tolkiens/ JRR Tolkien and Wife

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9.
The X is a dance move in which a person repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from
the back of their body to the front, on each side. The name comes from the moves themselves,
which involve "a lot of fast arms and hip swings as though using a huge, invisible piece of ------ ----
-“. Videos of the dance on social media became viral after Russell Horning performed it during a
Saturday Night Live performance of Katy Perry's song "Swish Swish", in May 2017. It has since
become a trend among children and teens, and has been performed by celebrities in videos. It is
also featured in The Simpsons, Universal Kids, Disney XD, and Disney Channel. Prior to 2017, the
dance move has featured in multiple YouTube videos, the earliest of which dates back to October
2010. Name this dance move that became a global phenomenon.

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Floss

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10.
It was the morning of Jan. 17, 1977, 36-year old Gary Gilmore who had been convicted of murdering
a gas station employee and motel manager in Utah the year before, was to become the first person in
the United States to be executed in nearly a decade. Dressed in a plain T-shirt with a bag over his
head, Gilmore was strapped into a chair, waiting for a firing squad to execute him at Utah State
Prison. and Gilmore,
The author Norman Mailer wrote in his 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Executioner’s Song”
that shortly before his execution the 36-year-old Gary Gilmore was asked if he had any last words.
XYZ Gilmore reportedly said. As The Washington Post reported at the time, Gilmore did not flinch
when he was executed. In 1988, Dan Wieden, an advertising executive who co-founded the
Wieden+Kennedy agency in Portland, Ore., made something of a morbid pitch based on Gilmore’s
last words. XYZ would become the company’s signature slogan, helping to turn a niche brand into a
global multibillion-dollar giant and etching the phrase indelibly into the global memory that it’s almost
interchangeable with the brand. This is the origin story of which global superbrand’s slogan?

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Just do it

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1. This is Taren Egerton
(of Kingsman: The Secret
Service and Robin Hood
fame) from a 2019
biography based on the
life of this person. ID the
person he is portraying
here and the title of the
film.
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Ans: ELTON JOHN; ROCKETMAN
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2. Watch the video clip
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2. ID the show whose
end credits are used in
these memes. This is a
popular American
Comedy TV-Series (2000
– Present) with an IMdB
rating of 8.7/10
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Ans: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
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3. This camera effect
was first used in 1958
classic from an iconic
director. The image here
depicts the working of
this technique. Which
famous camera effect
from Hollywood are we
talking about here?
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Ans: Dolly Zoom
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4. What first of its kind is
being produced here?
Something different from how
it’s traditionally done.
<Image from 2014>
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Ans: First ever 3D Presidential
Portrait
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5. Unlike other sports like basketball, football, and hockey, in
baseball the baseball team managers have this practice which
people, today, might find odd. But this practice made sense
before because the captain of the team himself used to be the
manager of the team.
What practice?
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Ans: Baseball Managers wearing the same uniform as the
team.
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6. Tarder Sauce was an internet celebrity whose popularity
originated in September 2012. It has appeared on the cover of
WSJ and in August 2015 it was announced that Tarder
Sauce would get her own waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s in
San Francisco. Recently in March, Tarder passed away.
How do we better know this internet sensation in the meme
world?
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Ans: The Grumpy Cat
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7. What is this camera shot of an actor popularly known as
which has also been called the “heavy-browed look of
insanity”.
The popular name goes like “The _______ _____” where the
first black is from the name of a person and the second blank
is an action.
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Ans: The Kubrick Stare
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8. KM Music Conservatory (KMMC) is a higher education
institution founded in 2008. Located
in Arumbakkam, Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
the Conservatory offers a range of part-time and full-time
courses in Hindustani and Western classical music and music
technology. Who founded this institution?
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Ans. A.R. Rehman
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9. Which scotch and whisky was created when William
Sanderson made up a hundred vattings and chose the one
he and his friends liked best? It was recorded as Lewis
Nixon’s favorite liquor in the book and mini-series Band of
Brothers.
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Ans. VAT69
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10. The X Collection was
designed by French fashion
designer Yves Saint
Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1
June 2008) in 1965. Part of
this collection were six
cocktail dresses that were
inspired by the works of a
certain Dutch guy.
What is X?
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Ans. X-Mondrian; Piet Mondrian
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