Prelims of the General Quiz conducted as part of the Inter Hostel Tech Fest. Held at IIT Guwahati

1. The Answers

2. 1.
What does the „NL‟ stand for in these
signboards?

3. Nobel Laureates

4. 2.
Lego tribute to
which iconic
movie?

5. Pulp Fiction

6. 3.
X‟s debut novel is titled How Not To
Make Money (which may be an
ironical book title!). It was released in
October 2013, and is a thriller about
three friends - Joy, Mike and Aziz who
decide they are going to get rich quick
or die trying.
The book was co-launched by X‟s
celebrity wife.
Identify X.

7. Raj Kundra

8. 4.*
Being a Dilliwallah , I HAD to ask this question! 
X is a famous locality in Delhi. The Mela restaurant in the UK has
imitated this place and a popular restaurant group is also trying to
copy the ambience of this place in Bombay. Of the 20 shops present
in the late 1960s (all belonging to branches of the same family), three
remain:
Pt Kanhaiyalal Durgaprasad Dixit (estd 1875),
Dayanand Shivcharan (estd 1882),
and Pt Baburam Devidayal (estd 1886).
Identify X.

9. Paranthe wali Gali.

10. 5.
Who?

11. Erwin Schrödinger

12. 6.*
In Western astrology, this phrase represents the Sun and the
Moon, the brightest objects in the sky. Given the astrological themes
of this 2013 Booker Prize winning book, the word makes an apt title.
Among others, the book has twelve people representing the zodiac
(including a Maori gem hunter) and seven others representing
planets.
Which book?

13. The Luminaries

14. 7.
Whose final movie?

15. Jaspal Bhatti

16. 8.*
• There is a peculiarity in the naming of the following water
bodies:
Dal Lake (India)
Lake Chad (Chad)
Lake Nyassa (Mozambique)
Lake Tahoe (USA)
Lake Hyaq (Ethiopia)
Gaube Lake (French Pyrenees)
• What is that?

17. Tautological Lake names i.e. both
parts of the name mean lake.

18. 9.
Marvel Comics has trademarked two words of their
own invention which are considered to be examples
of onomatopoeia - Thwip! and snikt!
What do Thwip! and Snikt! signify? (0.5 for each)

19. Thwip! – Spiderman web shooter
Snikt! - Sound effect caused when
blades emerge from Wolverine.

20. 10.*
• It was made by a US Company called David Clark and consisted of 4 layers:
- An internal “comfort liner”
- A gas membrane
- A restraint layer then helped to maintain shape
- External layer of Nomex to protect from fire and extremes of temperature
• Its primary purpose was to prevent a condition called „ebullism‟.
• What are we talking about?

21. Felix Baumgartner’s space jumping
Suit.

22. 11.
In mid-2013, an Indian company announced that it would
launch a smartphone named "Next Generation Android
Mobile Odyssey". It will apparently be available in two
variants, "Smart Saffron 1" and "Smart Saffron 2", and will
come bundled with videos and apps.
So whom is this phone dedicated to?

23. Narendra Modi

24. 12.
In August 2013, Oxford Dictionaries blogged about the latest
updates to its online dictionary. Many of the words were related to
fashion and lifestyle, such as "geek chic", "double denims", and
"chandelier earring". One such word, a portmanteau (I.e a
combination) , is "jorts".
So if you were wearing a "jort", what two things would be on you?

25. Jeans + Shorts!

26. 13.*
• X is a Pakistani animated television series airing on Geo Tez a new
channel of GEO TV Network.
• Created and directed by pop star Haroon and produced at Unicorn
Black production studios, the show features Jiya, a teacher at a girls
school whose alter ego is a burka-wearing super heroine who uses
her martial arts skills to fight crime. The series first aired on 28 July
2013.
• Reviewers have noted parallels between the series and Malala
Yousafzai, a Pakistani school girl who was shot in an assassination
attempt by Taliban gunmen.
• Identify X.

27. Burka Avenger

28. 14.
• Arunabh Kumar, an IIT-Kharagpur graduate, quit his job in the US
Air-force and worked with Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant
director for Om Shanti Om. He then made a couple of short
films, music videos and free-lanced with various ad agencies. After
pitching ideas to big media conglomerates, he realized that they
had a „pigeon-hold‟ idea about „what would work‟ and they weren‟t
willing to let go of the formula.
• Frustrated, he decided to work on his own and started his own
website that featured short films, sketches, parodies and web series.
The website became an instant rage across colleges in India.
Which website are we talking about ?

29. The Viral Fever

30. 15.
You're still in bed at ten, but work began at eight
You burned your breakfast, so far things are going great
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to
your knees
That
___ __ ____ __ ___ (___ ___ ___ ___)
___ __ ____ __ ___ (___ ___ ___ ___)
___ __ ____ __ ___ (___ ___ ___ ___)
This is the second stanza of a famous song, as originally
recorded, though most often we only hear the first para.
Which song/ Where do we hear the first para?

31. “I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
Coz you're there for me too……”
The Theme of ‘Friends’ TV Show

32. 16.
The world of tennis fashion was abuzz during the 2013 Gerry
Weber Open at Halle (one of the traditional pre-Wimbledon
tournaments) when Roger Federer stepped out on court without
something during his doubles match partnering Tommy Haas.
Apparently, it's been more than a decade since this has
happened.
It didn't help much, as they lost. He said afterwards: "It was fun.
A bit naked, but felt good for a change."
He did win the singles, with it. What is "it"?

33. His trademark Headband.

34. 17.*
• X was born in Pilani, Rajasthan. Her father worked with the Indian Army, so she
also lived and studied in Bathinda and Patiala.
• In 1994, her father was killed in a terrorist attack in Kashmir. Thereafter, her
mother started living in Delhi-suburb, Noida, where she grew up and did her
schooling from Delhi Public School, Noida.
• After that she studied at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, and
started taking part in local theatre.
• Her Cannes' first was with Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers in
2012, followed by ___ ___________ with _______ ______, which was screened at
2013 Cannes Film Festival.
• X has come into the limelight recently. Identify her.

35. Nimrat Kaur.

36. 18.
• X is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus
and Critias, written in c. 360 BC.
• According to Plato, X was a naval power lying "across the Pillars of
Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa
9,000 years before the time of the legendary Athenian lawgiver
Solon, i.e. in the 10th millennium BC.
• After a failed attempt to invade Athens, X sank into the ocean "in a
single day and night of misfortune.“
• Identify X. And NO , this is not some random History Koschen.

37. Atlantis 

38. ~FIN~