Arijit Ghosh Memorial Quiz 2015 : Prelims

PRELIMS

Rules

▪ There are 20 questions. All questions carry one mark each

▪ Q 1, 5 10, 15, 20 are star marked which will be used for any ties

▪ Both answers are needed for questions with 2 parts, unless specified

▪ No –ve marking

▪ Top 6 teams will be qualified for the Finals

▪ Quizmaster’s decision is final

▪ Happy Quizzing !!!

This parody video game portrays a ____________ floating on a log down a river. The ____________ presents with bangs, a lance, and a purple sweater.

It knocks 'Phot-Hogs' that are attempting to take his photograph into the river with his lance. The _____ also signs 'Otter-graphs.‘

The _____ also must dodge the 'whirlpool of success,' which will lead him out of control, while navigating the river.“

Name the video game. Or, who is it named after?

Q1: *

One Library, One Village” an NGO from Kochi started an initiative that was widely accepted. What initiative did they start?

Q2:

In Dec 2014, YouTube had to upgrade to a 64-bit integer from the 32-bit integer it previously used. Why ?

Put Funda

Q3:

Identify the brand which used this ad campaign ?

Q4:

Connect these pictures to identify a song from a recently released Bollywood Movie . Q5: *

X daily wears a grey t shirt. He claims to have multiple same t shirts.

X said that even making small decisions, such as what to wear each day, or what to have for breakfast, are taxing on the mind and he would rather not waste energy on such trivialities.

Identify X

Q6:

▪ X (2015)

▪ Y (2014)

▪ Seth McFarlane (2013)

▪ Billy Crystal (2012)

▪ James Franco & Anne Hathway (2011)

▪ Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin (2010)

▪ Hugh Jackman (2009)

▪ Jon Stewart (2008)

Identify X & Y

Q7:

This is the founder talking about how he named his creation. Name what he created-

“One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop, and I was thinking __________ is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I said, "Do you know about __________?" And she said yes... …And I said, "Yes, this is the name!" Then I went onto the street and found 30 people and asked them, "Do you know __________?" People from India, people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China … they all knew about ____________.

Q8:

An innovative way to handle iodine deficiency in women, Neelvasant Medical Foundation and Research Centre in Nashik has come up with a innovative way to ensure that women in rural Maharashtra do not suffer from iodine deficiency.

This is accomplished without them having to buy iodized instead of plain salt, and is solely based on a daily personal habit that several indian women practice.

What mechanism to deliver a woman’s daily quota of Iodine have they come up with?

Q9:

Recently a particular number plate for a car received the highest bid in UK of £ 233,000.

It has an Indian connection.

What was the number ?

Q10: *

• In 1966, on the news of his father's death, the then 21- year-old X returned home from Stanford University, where he was studying engineering, to take charge of Y.

• The company, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but X later diversified the company to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products, and hydraulic cylinders.

• Identify X and Y.

Q11:

The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied Imagination.

Osborn claimed that it was more effective than individuals working alone in generating ideas, although more recent research has questioned this conclusion.

Q12:

Recently, NOIR 43, a line of fashion apparel, was launched by 2 celebrities at the Amazon India Fashion Week.

The menswear line is inspired by military uniforms and the imagery of Kolkata in the 1940s, while the women wear line reflects the glamour of that era and has a chic and sophisticated take on midi-length skirts, palazzos and Peter Pan-collared blouses.

What, however, was the main inspiration behind the dresses?

Q13:

Your Secret Recipe since 1924

Tagline of which organization ?

Hint : XIMB Connection

Q14:

According to game designer Warren Robinett, this traditional term was coined into the context of media by Atari personnel who were alerted to the presence of a secret message which had been hidden by Robinett in his already widely distributed game, Adventure.

Released in 1979, Atari's Adventure contains the first video game __________ to have been discovered by its players; the hidden item is the name of the game's programmer, Warren Robinett.

Robinett inserted ____________late in the game's development in an attempt to gain some recognition for his work, as Atari then kept its programmers' names secret.

What Term ?

Q15: *

Identify the connection between these companies

Q16:

Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association(NBA).

He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times.

Currently he is world famous for a totally different reason.

Put Funda

Q17:

This app was officially launched on November 19, 2014. Its founders are Jonas Drüppel, Roland Grenke and Daniel Taschik. Within 6 months of its release the app reached 50 million users.

Identify this app.

Q18:

After numerous deaths in football stadiums, Brazil passed a law in 2003 outlawing alcohol sales in stadiums. ‘FIFA demanded that Brazil allow alcohol sales at the World Cup because ____________, was a major World Cup sponsor, a role it had played since 1986.

In response, Brazil passed a law paving the way for alcohol sales in the World Cup, nicknamed the “ _______________Bill"

Q19:

Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound. 'Night Writing' was developed as a tactile military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon's troops to learn and was rejected.

Night writing became the basis for ________

Q20: *

ANSWERS

This parody video game portrays a ____________ floating on a log down a river. The ____________ presents with bangs, a lance, and a purple sweater.

It knocks 'Phot-Hogs' that are attempting to take his photograph into the river with his lance. The _____ also signs 'Otter-graphs.‘

The _____ also must dodge the 'whirlpool of success,' which will lead him out of control, while navigating the river.“

Name the video game. Or, who is it named after?

Q1: *

ANSWER

One Library, One Village” an NGO from Kochi started an initiative that was widely accepted. What initiative did they start?

Q2:

ANSWER

In Dec 2014, YouTube had to upgrade to a 64-bit integer from the 32-bit integer it previously used. Why ?

Put Funda

Q3:

ANSWER

Gangnam Style crosses 2 billion views on YouTube

Identify the brand which used this ad campaign ?

Q4:

ANSWER

Connect these pictures to identify a song from a recently released Bollywood Movie . Q5: *

ANSWER

The song “Jaata kahan hai Deewane” from the 1956 movie C.I.D pictured on Waheeda Rehman and composed by O.P Nayyar

X daily wears a grey t shirt. He claims to have multiple same t shirts.

X said that even making small decisions, such as what to wear each day, or what to have for breakfast, are taxing on the mind and he would rather not waste energy on such trivialities.

Identify X

Q6:

ANSWER

Mark Zuckerberg

▪ X (2015)

▪ Y (2014)

▪ Seth McFarlane (2013)

▪ Billy Crystal (2012)

▪ James Franco & Anne Hathway (2011)

▪ Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin (2010)

▪ Hugh Jackman (2009)

▪ Jon Stewart (2008)

Identify X & Y

Q7:

ANSWER

List of OSCAR Hosts

X= Neil Patrick HarrisY= Ellen DeGeneres

This is the founder talking about how he named his creation. Name what he created-

“One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop, and I was thinking __________ is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I said, "Do you know about __________?" And she said yes... …And I said, "Yes, this is the name!" Then I went onto the street and found 30 people and asked them, "Do you know __________?" People from India, people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China … they all knew about ____________.

Q8:

ANSWER

An innovative way to handle iodine deficiency in women, Neelvasant Medical Foundation and Research Centre in Nashik has come up with a innovative way to ensure that women in rural Maharashtra do not suffer from iodine deficiency.

This is accomplished without them having to buy iodized instead of plain salt, and is solely based on a daily personal habit that several indian women practice.

What mechanism to deliver a woman’s daily quota of Iodine have they come up with?

Q9:

ANSWER

IODINE LACED BINDI

Recently a particular number plate for a car received the highest bid in UK of £ 233,000.

It has an Indian connection.

What was the number ?

Q10: *

ANSWER

• In 1966, on the news of his father's death, the then 21- year-old X returned home from Stanford University, where he was studying engineering, to take charge of Y.

• The company, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but X later diversified the company to bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products, and hydraulic cylinders.

• Identify X and Y.

Q11:

ANSWER

The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied Imagination.

Osborn claimed that it was more effective than individuals working alone in generating ideas, although more recent research has questioned this conclusion.

Q12:

ANSWER

BRAINSTORMING

Recently, NOIR 43, a line of fashion apparel, was launched by 2 celebrities at the Amazon India Fashion Week.

The menswear line is inspired by military uniforms and the imagery of Kolkata in the 1940s, while the women wear line reflects the glamour of that era and has a chic and sophisticated take on midi-length skirts, palazzos and Peter Pan-collared blouses.

What, however, was the main inspiration behind the dresses?

Q13:

ANSWER

Your Secret Recipe since 1924

Tagline of which organization ?

Hint : XIMB Connection

Q14:

ANSWER

According to game designer Warren Robinett, this traditional term was coined into the context of media by Atari personnel who were alerted to the presence of a secret message which had been hidden by Robinett in his already widely distributed game, Adventure.

Released in 1979, Atari's Adventure contains the first video game __________ to have been discovered by its players; the hidden item is the name of the game's programmer, Warren Robinett.

Robinett inserted ____________late in the game's development in an attempt to gain some recognition for his work, as Atari then kept its programmers' names secret.

What Term ?

Q15: *

ANSWER

EASTER EGGS

Identify the connection between these companies

Q16:

ANSWER

CEOs of these companies are XIMB ALUMS

Mohit Kampani : Spencers RetailRajneesh Bhasin : Borges IndiaBiju Dominic : Final Mile ConsultingSrikumar Mishra : Milk Mantra

Yao Ming is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association(NBA).

He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times.

Currently he is world famous for a totally different reason.

Put Funda

Q17:

ANSWER

This app was officially launched on November 19, 2014. Its founders are Jonas Drüppel, Roland Grenke and Daniel Taschik. Within 6 months of its release the app reached 50 million users.

Identify this app.

Q18:

ANSWER

DUBSMASH

After numerous deaths in football stadiums, Brazil passed a law in 2003 outlawing alcohol sales in stadiums.

FIFA demanded that Brazil allow alcohol sales at the World Cup because ____________, was a major World Cup sponsor, a role it had played since 1986.

In response, Brazil passed a law paving the way for alcohol sales in the World Cup, nicknamed the “ _______________Bill"

Q19:

ANSWER

BUDWEISER BILL

Napoleon demanded a method of communication that would not require light or sound. 'Night Writing' was developed as a tactile military code, but proved too difficult for Napoleon's troops to learn and was rejected.

Night writing became the basis for ________

Q20: *

ANSWER

BRAILLE

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