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K-Circle Quiz Of The Month - July 2013
1. K-Circle.
Quiz Of The Month – July 2013.
Sameer Dharur,
Hungry, foolish and Job(s)-less.
2. Special shout-out to :
Mustafa, for being the ideal Nazi as well as heil-ing, in equal measure.
Raghotham, for being a willing guinea-pig disregarding my jibes at the
role.
3. Each question in this quiz has been compiled as a result of much toil.
Any resemblances to any question(s) in past quizzes can be put down to
the very pragmatic phenomenon called coincidence.
5. Written Round.
10 questions.
+10/0 on each of them.
+20 for getting them all right.
6. 1. From June 22-24 this year, Hyderabad witnessed a first-of-its-kind
initiative in the form of a three day exhibition held at the iconic 300 year
old Goshamal Baradari building. The intention of the exhibition was to
dispel any incorrect notions about the movement and offer a slice into its
history with putting on display the literature, regalia, photos, jewels,
collars, art, crockery, cutlery etc.
Hyderabad is said to have been home to this for over 120 years, with
The Nizam of Hyderabad, himself being an active participant.
What ‗movement‘ is being referred to ?
7. 2. The eastern gate of the Charminar was called the
_______ Kaman, owing to the symbiotic relationship
between the state capital and the nearest sea port.
Fill In The Blank.
8. 3. In what is known to be one of the most secretive pogroms in Indian
history, this massacre in 1948 ‗under Nehru‘ is believed to have resulted
in about 20,000 deaths, according to most estimates while certain other
unconfirmed accounts put the toll at close to 50,000. Maulana Azad‘s
insistence on an inquiry resulted in the Sunderlal Report on the massacre
which to this date remains under the wraps and was never made public.
Noted columnist Swaminathan Aiyar recently wrote about it and labelled
it as the greatest communal slaughter to have taken place on Indian soil.
Where did this massacre happen ?
9. 4. The City University of New York in April this year announced a
new inductee into their faculty – a visiting adjunct professor in the
field of public policy who would be paid a whopping $2,250 per
hour.
The university later justified the exorbitant fee pointing to the
person‘s track record and stature in the concerned field, and the
value he could add to the curriculum as a result of his work in the
highest echelons of the field.
Which in-the-news American is being talked about ?
10. 5. The first known use of this popular acronym was in a letter to Sir
Winston Churchill by British Navy Admiral John Fisher in 1917, who wrote
this sentence in a letter to Churchill, ―I hear that a new order of
Knighthood is on the tapis —________ — Shower it on the Admiralty!‖
Little did they know then that a century later, it would become one of the
most used words in contemporary lexicon.
What‘s the acronym ?
15. 10. This flower is the Ramonda serbica, known for its ability to miraculously come to
life when watered, even if it is completely dried.
What moniker has it earned as a result of this interesting feature ?
17. 1. From June 22-24 this year, Hyderabad witnessed a first-of-its-kind
initiative in the form of a three day exhibition held at the iconic 300 year
old Goshamal Baradari building. The intention of the exhibition was to
dispel any incorrect notions about the movement and offer a slice into its
history with putting on display the literature, regalia, photos, jewels,
collars, art, crockery, cutlery etc.
Hyderabad is said to have been home to this for over 120 years, with
The Nizam of Hyderabad, himself being an active participant.
What ‗movement‘ is being referred to ?
20. 2. The eastern gate of the Charminar was called the
_______ Kaman, owing to the symbiotic relationship
between the state capital and the nearest sea port.
Fill In The Blank.
23. 3. In what is known to be one of the most secretive pogroms in Indian
history, this massacre in 1948 ‗under Nehru‘ is believed to have resulted
in about 20,000 deaths, according to most estimates while certain other
unconfirmed accounts put the toll at close to 50,000. Maulana Azad‘s
insistence on an inquiry resulted in the Sunderlal Report on the massacre
which to this date remains under the wraps and was never made public.
Noted columnist Swaminathan Aiyar recently wrote about it and labelled
it as the greatest communal slaughter to have taken place on Indian soil.
Where did this massacre happen ?
26. 4. The City University of New York in April this year announced a
new inductee into their faculty – a visiting adjunct professor in the
field of public policy who would be paid a whopping $2,250 per
hour.
The university later justified the exorbitant fee pointing to the
person‘s track record and stature in the concerned field, and the
value he could add to the curriculum as a result of his work in the
highest echelons of the field.
Which in-the-news American is being talked about ?
29. 5. The first known use of this popular acronym was in a letter to Sir
Winston Churchill by British Navy Admiral John Fisher in 1917, who wrote
this sentence in a letter to Churchill, ―I hear that a new order of
Knighthood is on the tapis —________ — Shower it on the Admiralty!‖
Little did they know then that a century later, it would become one of the
most used words in contemporary lexicon.
What‘s the acronym ?
44. 10. This flower is the Ramonda serbica, known for its ability to miraculously come to
life when watered, even if it is completely dried.
What moniker has it earned as a result of this interesting feature ?
50. Danda Nata or the festival of self-punishment, at Kulagarh in
Ganjam district, Odisha.
Devotees perform rituals of penance to appease Shiva, the Hindu
god of destruction.
51. 2. This is a video released by NASA, which was put
together by a series of panoramic shots taken on
November 4th and 5th, 2010. The ‗blue‘ coloration
generated particular interest among astronomy
enthusiasts. What is this representing ?
54. 3. How do we better know the extension of the gastrocnemius and the
soleus muscles of the calf, thanks to a popular mythological incident
which is believed to have been caused by an injury to the posterior tibial
artery behind the medial malleolus, in between the tendons of the flexor
digitorum longus and the posterior tibial vein ?
57. 4. This process is a non-surgical cosmetic procedure involving the reinjection of a gellike substance—platelet rich fibrin matrix (PRFM)—derived from a patient‘s
own blood back into multiple areas of the skin of their face in an effort to
treat wrinkles and rejuvenate the face.
Kim Kardashian recently made news for undergoing this process. The skincare
treatment involved drawing blood from her arm. The plasma was then extracted from
the blood and was injected back into her face using nine tiny little acupuncture-style
needles.
What is this process appropriately trademarked
as ?
60. 5. Maura Horton, CEO of a now famous clothing company, and who is
also the wife of former NC State Football Coach Don Horton, said it was
his desire for independence while suffering from Parkinson's disease
that inspired her to come up with this unique solution.
The disease had affected Don's hand's mobility so much that after one
of the games he had to ask one of his players to button up his shirt.
She realized she could create a line of high-end shirts that would allow
others with disabling conditions such as Parkinson's disease, multiple
sclerosis or arthritis to dress independently.
What innovative style of shirts is she responsible for inventing ?
63. 6. In the story of what the director described as one of his most iconic
shots ever, this movie was initially previewed with a different opening
throughout the country, for which audiences inappropriately found the
morgue scene hilarious. The film's release was delayed six months so that
a new beginning could be shot in which police find a corpse floating in a
pool while his voice narrates the events leading to his death. Distortion
caused by water meant that this scene had to be filmed via a mirror
placed on the bottom of the pool.
Which film‘s much famed opening sequence is this ?
66. 7. Listed in Livescience.com‘s recent report on ‗12 Words We
Really Need In English‘ was the Japanese ‗art‘ of Tsundoku, a
practice that is believed to be very common among educated
households world over. To many, it is a struggle about trying to
re-kindle a quickly dying habit.
What is this all about ?
69. 8. Quoting from Wimbledon‘s official website – ―Neither Jerzy Janowicz nor Agnieszka
Radwanska made it to their respective singles‘ finals, but there was a sigh of relief
when their compatriot, Roman Zoltowski, pulled up at The All England Club in his
vintage red open-topped MG in time for the title deciders.‖
Zoltowski has held this position since 1979. Each year it is Zoltowski‘s tradition to
drive to Wimbledon from his home near Poznan, in Poland, with every square inch of
his vehicle packed with his required machinery. He can‘t fly, because the tools of his
trade are considered offensive weapons by airlines and he laughs as he describes the
sight he
creates for passing traffic on his 14-hour journey.
―Sunday is stressful. You learn to switch off. You don‘t talk. But this weekend is the
highlight of my year. I'm not ready to retire and wear slippers yet. My year
divides between before and after Wimbledons.‖
What does this man do ?
72. 9. In November 2009, it was announced that The Nilgiris Mountain
Railway (NMR) train would cease to chug as the good old steam engine
was set to give way to diesel locomotives to meet the increasing flow of
tourists to the hill resort town of Ooty. The news elicited many nostalgic
reactions from-the-heart, not just from travel enthusiasts.
What has any of this got to do with attraction, infatuation, love, reverence,
worship, obsession, and death – the seven shades of love that are defined
in ancient Arabic literature ?
74. The Chaiyya Chaiyya song.
Dil Se was based on the story of the aforementioned seven shades of
love.
75. 10. According to the legend surrounding this place, the Saint once saw a poor woman
crying on the road, holding an empty vessel. He asked her what the problem was, she
sobbed that her husband would thrash her since she had stumbled and accidentally
spilled the oil she was carrying. He asked her to take him to the spot where she lost the
oil. There, he jabbed a finger into the soil and the oil gushed out. The overjoyed woman
filled up the vessel and went home.
Later, the Saint had a recurring - and disturbing - dream that he had injured Earth by his
act. Full of remorse, he soon fell ill and directed his followers to cast the coffin carrying
his
body into the Sea, once he died. He left this world during his journey to Mecca and
miraculously the casket carrying his body, floated back to these shores, getting stuck
in the string of rocky islets just off the shore of this city. Thus, the eponymous shrine
was constructed there, thronged to this date by atleast 40,000 pilgrims on
Thursdays and Fridays making it one of the city‘s most popular sites.
What, and where ?
78. 11. In April this year, the foundation stone of a park to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi
was laid in Motihari, Bihar. However, the park would have encroached on the land and
the dilapidated house where a certain iconic writer was born 110 years ago. The
construction on the park was subsequently stopped, owing to protests from the fans of
the writer.
It is interesting to note that the only creatures to inhabit it in recent years have been
stray animals, and it was damaged in an earthquake in 1934. There is a statue of the
writer in front of the building but it was recently vandalised, with authorities clearly not
watching.
Whose birthplace is being talked about ?
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82. 12. Paraphrasing from a research journal published at Columbia University by Avery
Li-Chun Wang, chief scientist of co-founder of this entity ―We have developed and commercially deployed this flexible service, which works on
an audio fingerprint based on a time-frequency graph called a Spectogram. The
algorithm is noise and distortion resistant, computationally efficient, and massively
scalable, and achieves the task through voice codec compression. The algorithm uses
a combinatorially hashed time-frequency constellation analysis of the piece, yielding
unusual properties such as transparency, in which multiple pieces mixed together may
each be scrutinized. Furthermore, for applications such as radio monitoring, search
times on the order of a
few milliseconds per query are attained.
Some guiding principles for the attributes to use as fingerprints are that they
should be temporally localized, translation-invariant, robust, and sufficiently
entropic.‖
Scientific jargon aside, how do we better know this ?
83. An example of a simplified
spectrogram for this.
Working model.
86. 13. This term in music is the word originally applied to the instrumental
introduction to an opera. During the early Romantic era, composers such
as Beethoven and Mendelssohn began to use the term to refer to
independent, self-existing instrumental, programmatic works that
presaged genres such as the symphonic poem. These were "at first
undoubtedly intended to be played at the head of a programme‖.
It has evolved into a generic word in the English language commonly
used to refer to an initiative towards agreement and action, or quite
simply – a proposal.
What‘s the word ?
89. 14. The following is a video clip of a fictional story that‘s supposed to be
set sometime in the late 90s.
i) Point out the anachronism in the video.
ii) When would it have stopped being an anachronism and why ?
91. The red emergency exit bars on the windows of the train.
They were put in place only after the 2002 Godhra Train Burning, and the
subsequent riots.
92. 15. In what is known to be one of history‘s most intriguing epidemics, the city of
Strasbourg, France in July 1518 witnessed a bizarre streak of events that eventually
culminated in close to about 400 deaths by the end of August.
Historical documents, including "physician notes, cathedral sermons, local and regional
chronicles, and even notes issued by the Strasbourg city council" are clear about the
reason of death, though the exact details and what led to the epidemic remains a
mystery to this date.
As the plague worsened, astrological and supernatural causes were ruled out and
interestingly enough – more of the same was recommended as a possible cure, which
further spiralled the situation totally out of control and led to a windfall of deaths
in a matter of weeks.
What was the epidemic all about ?
95. Written Round.
10 questions.
+10/0 on each of them.
+20 for getting them all right.
96. 1. This word was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard and
was derived from the Greek word for dull. Prefix the Greek the word for
sharp to it and you get a contradiction. In psychology it is used to describe
a person with a mental age in adulthood of between 8 and 12 on the Binet
scale and earlier was used for people with an IQ of 51-70. If you crack
this, you definitely aren't one.
So what are you possibly not?
98. The same goddess is seen being worshipped here in the form of an idol
at a temple in Uddapu, Sri Lanka.
99. 3. Irrefutably a Tarantino trademark, what has such a shot now been
trademarked as, with a name that could possibly mislead animal
enthusiasts of the order Proboscidea ?
100. 4. During the period of the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars (1796-1815), the
French dominated Italy and introduced many new reforms to the Italian states. After
the wars, the states were restored to their former rulers, the Austrians, and took on a
conservative character. In response, a number of secret societies arose as part of an
ideological and literary movement in support of a united Italy free of foreign
domination. This movement was given the name _________ which literally translates
from Italian as "rising again."
Although most modern use of the term still refers to this movement, the word also has
another broader meaning in English; it acquired its second sense ("revival") in the
mid-20th century.
What‘s the word ?
102. Mashed Up Historical Figures.
The following are five historical figures whose classic portraits were updated digitally to
try and sense how they‘d look in today‘s times. Identify all of them.
109. 1. This word was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard and
was derived from the Greek word for dull. Prefix the Greek the word for
sharp to it and you get a contradiction. In psychology it is used to describe
a person with a mental age in adulthood of between 8 and 12 on the Binet
scale and earlier was used for people with an IQ of 51-70. If you crack
this, you definitely aren't one.
So what are you possibly not?
116. 3. Irrefutably a Tarantino trademark, what has such a shot now been
trademarked as, with a name that could possibly mislead animal
enthusiasts of the order Proboscidea ?
119. 4. During the period of the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars (1796-1815), the
French dominated Italy and introduced many new reforms to the Italian states. After
the wars, the states were restored to their former rulers, the Austrians, and took on a
conservative character. In response, a number of secret societies arose as part of an
ideological and literary movement in support of a united Italy free of foreign
domination. This movement was given the name _________ which literally translates
from Italian as "rising again."
Although most modern use of the term still refers to this movement, the word also has
another broader meaning in English; it acquired its second sense ("revival") in the
mid-20th century.
What‘s the word ?
125. Mashed Up Historical Figures.
The following are five historical figures whose classic portraits were updated digitally to
try and sense how they‘d look in today‘s times. Identify all of them.
142. 1. The TP-82 pistol (Russian: ТП-82) was a triple-barreled Soviet firearm that was
carried by a specific set of people for close to two decades.
Essentially intended as a survival aid, the upper two smoothbore barrels used
12.5×70 mm ammunition (32 gauge), and the lower rifled barrel
used 5.45×39mm ammunition. The pistol could normally be used for hunting and for
visible and audible distress signals. The detachable buttstock was also a machete that
came with a canvas sheath.
TP-82s were carried regularly by this set of people from 1986 to 2006. In 2007, it was
reported that the remaining ammunition for the TP-82 had become unusable and that
a regular semi-automatic pistol would instead be used for the same purpose.
Who used these, and why ?
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145. Carried by cosmonauts on Russian space missions.
To safeguard against bears after landings and before recovery in
the Siberian wilderness.
146. 2. Noted American law professor Ken Gormley in his 2010 book The Death of
American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr made a startling revelation about a 1996 incident
involving an assassination attempt on President Clinton.
The President was saved shortly before his car was due to drive over a bridge in
Manila where a bomb had been planted. The foiled attack came during Mr Clinton's
visit to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the city in 1996. At one point
during his stay, he was scheduled to visit a local politician, his route taking him across
a bridge in central Manila. But as the presidential motorcade was about to set off,
secret service officers received a "crackly message in one earpiece" saying
intelligence agents had picked up a message suggesting an attack was imminent.
The transmission used the words
"bridge" and "wedding" – a terrorists code word for assassination. The motorcade
was quickly re-routed and American agents later discovered a bomb had been
planted under the bridge.
How would you connect this incident with a certain Waziristan Haveli ?
148. The attack was masterminded by Osama Bin Laden, as per
subsequent official US investigations.
149. 3. A recent literary revelation brought to light a prominent 1895 letter, which bears the signature of one of
literature‘s most celebrated authors in which he/she candidly confessed to the possibility of plagiarizing
one of his/her most popular works.
"I have been absent from home for some days. Hence the delay in answering yours of no date, in regard
to my account of the Law of the _______," the letter, addressed to an unknown woman, reads.
"I am afraid that all that code in its outlines has been manufactured to meet 'the necessities of the case':
though a little of it is bodily taken from (Southern) Esquimaux rules for the division of spoils", it says.
"In fact, it is extremely possible that I have helped myself promiscuously but at present cannot remember
from whose stories I have stolen. Very sincerely, ___________ ____________," it adds.
The letter had been listed for auction with a 2,500 pound price tag.
Who was the author and what was the book ?
152. 4. In the image are a set of specially designed straws that possess the
ability to change colour based on the detection of certain specific
substances.
An Israel professor of Tel Aviv University, Fernando Patolsky, and his
partner Michael Loffe, conceptualized and came up with these straws
which can detect the two most common drugs used in a certain practice :
ketamine and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid of GHB.
The inventors say that the rising incidents of this
practice compelled them to come up with something
like this. What is the purpose of this invention ? What
makes it quiz worthy ?
154. It‘s called the Anti-Date Rape Straw, which essentially changes colours to
alert the intended victim upon the detection of the two aforementioned
commonly used date rape drugs.
155. 5. This is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, which is also popularly known as the
Blue Mosque.
The minarets of this mosque are recognized to be an inspiration for which two
cynosures in Florida and Tokyo ?
160. NASA‘s interstellar radio message, which consisted of the song ―Across
The Universe‖ by The Beatles, transmitted in the direction of Polaris.
161. 7. In 1989, Neena Gupta, a stage and film actress of no celebrity
standing in either field, suddenly catapulted to national fame. Elite
newspapers and mediapersons stood aghast as she gave birth to a baby
girl — boldly and unrepentantly — without marriage and without even
announcing the name of the child‘s father. Mumbai,
her karmabhoomi, was in a tizzy over this event as was the national
media at large.
What is all this brouhaha about ?
164. 8. This tree in Bahrain is an approximately 400 year-old, 32 ft high Prosopis cineraria that stands on
top of a 25 ft high sandy tell that formed around a 500-year-old fortress.
The tree is a local tourist attraction, as it is the only major tree growing in the area. The tree is visited
by approximately 50,000 tourists every year and the tree often is damaged by graffiti carvings. It is also
believed to be the site for cults practising ancient rites. Since October 2010, archaeologists have
unearthed pottery and other artefacts in the vicinity of the tree, some of which may date back to
the Dilmun civilisation.
Through the years, this has earned a diverse
motif which serves as a metaphor for common
descent in the evolutionary sense.
What is it popularly known as ?
167. 9. They were feasts of sublime asparagus - laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot
Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, earlier this year, a few
months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role. Only now in the sunset of
her life has she been willing to relate her experiences, which she had buried because of shame and the
fear of prosecution for having worked with a certain group, though she firmly denies ever being a party
member.
"The food was made delicious, only the best vegetables, asparagus, bell peppers, everything you can
imagine. And always with a side of rice or pasta. But every day came shrouded in constant fear," she
recalled. She largely dealt only with vegetarian food throughout her role.
Woelk says her association with this group began after she fled Berlin to escape Allied air attacks. With
her husband gone and serving in the German army, she moved in to Rastenburg where she was
subsequently drafted into civilian service and assigned this role for the next two and a half years.
Now at the end of her life, she feels the need to purge the memories by talking about her story.
"For decades, I tried to shake off those memories," she said. "But they always came back to
haunt me at night.‖
What exactly was the role of Margot Woelk in this rather poignant bit of history ?
170. 10. On 10 February 2003, the morning of host nation Zimbabwe‘s first match of the
2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga of the Zimbabwean
Cricket Team took to the field with black armbands which subsequently earned them
praises of being the most bold and defiant figures in the history of their sport.
Speaking about it almost a decade later, Flower said – "We can't all change the world,
but if we all do little things along the way and make the most powerful decisions we
can then I think we can bring about change. Would I do it again? Given the same
circumstances, without a doubt, yes.―
What was the incident about ?
172. The (in)famous ―death of democracy‖ protest against incumbent President Robert
Mugabe‘s misrule. The two have been absconding from their country ever since.
173. 11. In 1722 a series of letters appeared in the New-England Courant written by a middle-aged widow
named Silence Dogood. A total of 14 letters were written in 1722. The letters poked fun at various
aspects of life in colonial America, such as the drunkenness of locals, religious hypocrisy, and the
persecution of women. Silence Dogood even had views about the fashion for hoop petticoats.
Silence was particularly fond of ridiculing Harvard. She complained that it had been ruined by
corruption and elitism, and that most of its students learned nothing there except how to be conceited.
Silence also wrote that she had once been married to a minister with whom she had lived for seven
years before he had died, leaving her with three children. She coyly admitted that she didn‘t enjoy the
life of a widow and could be easily persuaded to marry again.
The readers of the Courant thought she was a charming woman. So charming, in fact, that a few of the
male readers wrote in, upon learning that she was single, and offered to marry her.
Why couldn‘t they ? Explain.
175. Silence Dogood was a false persona used by Benjamin Franklin to get his work
published, after being denied several times to send a letter to the paper publication.
176. 12. For the last five years, the Men‘s Singles final of the US Open has been pushed to
the third Monday of the tournament, as opposed to being played on a Sunday.
Inclement weather has played spoilsport to the tournament‗s finale plenty of times in
the past, more pronounced in the last five years consecutively.
Following this bit of misfortune, the organizers of the tournament chose to adopt a
bizarre new policy with regard to scheduling of the final that drew sharp criticism from
the ATP as well as tennis fans world over.
―"It is unfortunate the US Open response did not reflect our views on this issue and
the
ATP and its players will continue to pursue this matter in its discussions with the
USTA."
So what was the decision taken by the organizers, which was met with much
dismay from the various parties?
178. The Men‘s Singles Final was moved to Monday for good, with the view
that a fixed schedule would be better than a stretched one.
179. 13. In what is a little known anecdote about this famous site, sculptor
Gutzon Borglum had an incredibly elaborate vision for the monument
which included carving descriptions of the most significant events in the
country‘s history.
Subsequently, he created a new plan for a Hall of Records, with the goal
of creating a repository for the story of the country for future civilizations.
Documents in this repository would include the nation's charter
documents. Borglum had even started blasting and drilling out the cavity
for this chamber. Funding for the project was coming from the
government, and they had
asked that Borglum focus his efforts towards completing the actual
monument before any more work was done on the Hall of Records.
In 1941, Borglum died, and work on the project effectively came
to a halt.
183. 14. The longest catwalk ever in fashion history was staged by designer Karl
Lagerfield in a show for Italian high fashion house Fendi in October, 2007.
The show-stopping event was held with spotlights lighting up the models
and casting the surrounding countryside into gloom, in what was a first-ofits-kind at the place.
Contrary to a rave incident at the site in 2005 which sparked much national
outrage, this event was fairly well received across the country and turned
out to be successful in its reach.
Where did this event happen ?
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190. Connect The Pattern.
Series of 10 photographs, preceded by a question.
Scoring pattern indicated on each slide.
191. The _________ City is an ongoing photography project by Brooklyn-based renowned
photographer John Pack and independent film-maker Gary Hustwit that seeks to
examine and capture the essence of the aftermath (of something) and the
transformation brought about to certain cities across the world, as a result of this.
Quoting the photographers and the synopsis of this much acclaimed project ―In The _______ City, we‘re documenting the successes and failures, the forgotten
remnants and ghosts. Some places are retrofitted and used in ways that belie their
grand beginnings; turned into prisons, housing, malls, gyms, churches. Others sit
unused for decades and become tragic time capsules, examples of misguided planning
and broken promises of benefits. We‘re interested in these disparate ideas — decay
and rebirth — and how
each place seems to have gone one way or the other, either by choice or
circumstance. We‘re equally interested in the lives of the people whose
neighborhoods have been transformed by this.‖
What is this project all about ?
203. Venues of the Olympic games.
In order of the images shown –
Athens 2004
Mexico 1968
Mexico 1968
Rome 1960
Rome 1960
Helsinki 1940
Sarajevo 1984
Berlin 1936
Berlin 1936
Beijing 2008
204. Grid-lock To The Finish.
A grid of 10 topics to choose from.
Each team picks one topic. Teams can choose to either make it a 10-pointer with a
minus 5, or a 20-pointer with a minus 10.
Questions on the pass will fetch 10 points with no negatives.
205. All The World‘s
A Stage
South Indian
Theology ?
Mediocre By
Rule?
Look Before
You Leap
Blissed Burial
Live Life
Through
Serendipity
Wildcard
Question
Abandon All
Hope
Chameleon
Harmful Lotuses
Exit
206. All The World‘s
A Stage
The first modern usage of this word is believed to have occurred during
the psychedelic 1960-70s following a charismatic smile from John Perry
Barlow, the Grateful Dead lyricist who defined this word as – ―the sneaking
suspicion that the universe is conspiring to help you‖.
It was revived in public mediasphere in early Spring 1994 when several
members of a British and European bohemian subculture loosely known
as zippies empathized with the concept and took it as a banner.
An antonym to a very commonly used word in global media
circles today, what is the word being referred to ?
209. Look Before
You Leap
This two word legal concept has its origins in Latin, and comes from a
phrase that literally translates to "may you have the body".
The complete means "may you have the person to be subjected to
(examination)". These are the opening words of writs in 14th century
Anglo-French documents requiring a person to be brought before a court
or judge, especially to determine if that person is being legally detained.
What‘s this term, which finds a mention in Article 226 of the Indian
Constitution ?
212. Abandon All
Hope
Quoting from Pg 45 of Dan Brown‘s Inferno –
"'I am death'?" Sienna asked, looking troubled.
"That's what it said, yes."
"Okay... I guess that beats 'I am Vishnu, destroyer of worlds.‘‖
Reference to whom, and on what occasion ?
215. South Indian
Theology ?
This refers to the belief that reason and observation of the natural world are sufficient
to determine the existence of God accompanied with the rejection of organized
religion and its texts.
They use logic and reason to derive their religious knowledge. It gained prominence in
the 17th and 18th centuries during the Age of Enlightenment among intellectuals
raised as Christians who believed in one god, but found fault with organized religion
and could not believe in supernatural events such as miracles, the inerrancy of
scriptures, or the
Trinity. Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte , Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine
and Voltaire are some famous examples.
What's this belief system called, which has seen a decline since then and
could today be confused with South Indian connections ?
218. Blissed Burial
According to widely believed accounts, this man was buried at Nine Mile
village in a temporary mausoleum painted in the colours of red, green
and gold. His embalmed corpse, the casket contained his red Gibson Les
Paul guitar, a Bible opened at Psalm 23, and a stalk of marijuana.
Who ?
224. Mediocre By
Rule?
As invoked in everyday life, this rule usually reflects bad statistics or
wishful thinking rather than any mathematical principle. While there is
a real theorem that a random variable will reflect its underlying
probability over a very large sample, this typically assumes that
unnatural short-term "balance" must occur. Typical applications of the
rule also generally assume no bias in the underlying probability
distribution, which is frequently at odds with the empirical evidence.
How do we better know this rule ?
227. Live Life
Through
Serendipity
Upon visiting Mexico in 2007 touring for his band's erstwhile album, this artist
happened to also stop by at a local museum where he found this painting which
apparently inspired him to come up with the name for his band‘s next album that
released a couple of years later.
"She went through a lot, of course, and then
began to paint a picture in his house that said
'_____'," I loved the boldness of it.―
Artist ? Album ?
234. Wildcard
Question
On November 11, 1995, a section of
Michigan Avenue, one of the most
prominent streets in Chicago was
formally renamed in whose honour ?
