Scintillations General Quiz 2014-Prelims w/ answers

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#1• Born to a family of grocers , X was the third son of

Heeraben.His teacher described him as being an average student, but a keen debater who had an interest in theatre.X visited many places including Ramkrishna Ashram of Belur in West Bengal. Finally, he reached Himalayas and wandered aimlessly and stayed with unknown but yogic Sadhus for months. Even after all this X has a degree on political relations and Image Management From the USA.

• ID X.

NARENDRA MODI

#2• .  Knot theory is a branch of topology dealing with

the study of mathematical knots. • The visual on the following slide shows an

example of a mathematical knot called tree-foil knot.

• It finds applications in a variety of areas. It is required to explain sun's corona structure mathematically. Interestingly it also explains the reason behind an everyday nuisance.

• Which nuisance we are talking about?

TANGLING OF EARPHONES

#3• A joke-like setup is followed by a non-punchline. • This forms a sort of meta-joke in which ironic

humour is found in the lack of any standard form of humour.

• One of the most well-known and the earliest version of the above mentioned format of humour involves a certain animal. All of us have heard the joke,but what online trend/craze was a result of the association this animal had with the joke.

• A CHICKEN WAS CHOSEN FOR THE ANTI-JOKE MEME

#4

• Silver nitrate, on exposure to NaCl and proteins with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that are largely pale.

• But light soon reacts with the silver and removes it from its compounds, depositing it as a metal.

• What is the most common application of this process?

VOTERS INK

#5• "Stewart and his team put out several issues of The

Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "_____ _______;______ ________" .It was their farewell message as they signed off. "______ ________;________ ________. And I have always wished that for myself.“

• FITB

STAY HUNGRY,STAY FOOLISH

#6

• "I chose it because it's a fresh animal, shy, vivacious,and jumping.First it smells you then it escapes, then it comes back, and you feel like caressing it, playing with it.It is Joyful, joking. happy."Whose words are these and what is being described here?

HUGH HEFNER ON WHY HE CHOSE THE BUNNY

#7• Spanish explorers arriving on the Gulf Coast of

Mexico in the early 16th century gave X its current name. Spanish and Portuguese sailors and explorers brought X into

• Africa and Asia later that century. They called it X, or "little pod". The word X entered the English language in 1754

• X is from the diminutive of 'vaina', from the Latin for(sheath) to describe the shape of the pods.ID X

VANILLA

#8

• On 6th February 1952, the following changes took place.

• ‘Him’ became ‘her’.• ‘He’ became ‘she’. • The order of words in the penultimate line

was changed. • What are we talking about?

GOD SAVE OUR KING WAS CHANGED TO GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN AFTER THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH

#9

• X is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, and is the most extreme form of malnutrition.• The WHO describes it as the single

gravest threat to the world's public health.• The Bhagavad Gita states that when a

person had died of X, he has experienced what hell feels like.• Id X.

STARVATION

#10• Make sure that your character's name is 'ASH'• Go to Viridian City and talk to the old man

located in the north• After watching the demonstration, immediately

Fly to Cinnabar Island• Surf to the east coast of Cinnabar Island• Once you get to the Cinnabar Island, Surf along

the coastlines.• These are the rules for?

RULES FOR ENCOUNTERING MISSINGNO

#11• The X defense is the term applied to several

legal cases of a defense based on the X films. In using this defense, the defendant claims that he committed a crime because he believed he was in X, and not in the real world. The defense states that reality is actually a computer simulism?and that the real world is quite different from what reality is perceived to be. This is a version of the insanity defense and this defense has been used successfully to put users inside of mental-care facilities instead of prisons.

• Id X

THE MATRIX DEFENSE

#12

• "We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other"• This is the mission statement of?

TED TALKS

#13• The cicadas are tree bugs that spend most of their

time underground as larvae.• They only pupate and then emerge from their

burrows after 7, 13 or 17 years, at which point they fly about, breed, and then die after a few weeks.

• This is an extremely effective evolutionary strategy.

• What is the logic behind this specific pattern of emergence?

7,13,17 ARE PRIME NUMBERS.HENCE THEY ARE LESS PRONE TO PREDATORS.If CICADAS appeared at a non-prime number intervals, say every 12 years, then predators appearing every 2, 3, 4, 6, or 12 years would be sure to meet them

#14• Started in October 2003, X was developed by The

infinity ward and published by Activision. • Some of their cancelled titles include Combined

Forces, Vietnam and Devil's Brigade. • The game has been played by 100 million people

all over the world.One of the game's unused missions is set aboard the ISS.

• The very first game had The Transporter "Jason Statham" himself. ID X

CALL OF DUTY

#15WHAT HAS BEEN BLANKED OUT?

MARIO’D

#16

• Randolph Blake won the Ig Nobel Prize for his research on why this sound is so unpleasant.

• To quote him, ”It turns out the sound waves associated with primate warning cries, particularly chimpanzee warning cries, are remarkably similar in appearance to the aversive , middle frequency sound waves produced by ‘X’.

• Id X.

SCRATCHING OF FINGERNAILS

#17Connect

PRO KABADDI LEAGUE

#18

• French/Spanish: lune de miel• Romanian: luna de miere • Nepali: Madhumas• Arabic: shahr el 'assal• Hebrew: yerach d'vash• Bangla(Bengali): modhuchondrima• What is the English equivalent?

HONEYMOON

#19• X, suffering from depression, is sitting on the railroad

tracks, bent on suicide. Watching from a bridge crossing the tracks from above ,Y, the other main character, the laments his old friend's state, but believes that "it's better this way.“

• Y breaks from the sad story to think about his own faithful girlfriend. Suddenly, Y’s world is shattered when he sees her in a car with the words "Just Married" . The now-dejected Y then joins X on the railroad tracks. They wait for an oncoming train which draws near. The sound of the whistle of the oncoming train turns louder as the episode comes to a close. Their fates are left unknown.

• ID X&Y and also tell me what this is the plot for?

X-TOMY-JERRYTHE PLOT DESCRIBES THE LAST EPISODE OF TOM AND JERRY.

#20

ALAN TURING

#21 What has been blanked out?

EBOLA VIRUS

#22• To pull off the scenes, multiple hotel sets were constructed

in a converted airship hanger north of London, most notably, a more than 100-foot hotel corridor that was able to rotate 360 degrees with the help of eight concentric rings, 30-feet in diameter, which surrounded the set. Capable of spinning up to eight revolutions per minute, the centripetal hallway was powered by two giant 225-kilowatt electric motors.

• To create the effect several other sets were constructed: vertical sets; horizontal sets; upside down sets; at the same time, the “weightless” actors were hung on wires, or supported by rigid poles.What iconic film scene was created using the above-mentioned setup?

INCEPTIONJoseph Gordon-Levitt ANTI-GRAVITY FIGHT SCENE NEAR THE ELEVATOR

#23

• The following picture shows a program tape for the 1944Harvard Mark I, one of the first digital computers.

• Here, tape was stuck on these sheets to correct punched holes by covering them.

• This has lead to a very common software terminology that all of us are familiar with.

• What?

SOFTWARE “PATCH”

#24• In ancient Rome , the royals had the habit of

drinking from goblets made of the  substance that was the most precious at that time, for example they drank from golden goblets at the time gold was the most valuable substance. Soon after, they found LEAD, it became the most precious thing in their kingdom and they started drinking from goblets made of LEAD, which ultimately lead to their downfall.

• Hence we say that LEAD lead to the downfall of the Roman Empire.What specific effect did lead poisoning have on the Romans, that led to the downfall of the entire empire?

COMPOUNDS OF LEAD CAUSE IMPOTENCY.

#25•  This is an ancient form of torture practiced by the

Chinese, in particular the courts of the Han Dynasty. It was a punishment for nobility, since it left no marks and a victim could recover relatively easily and quickly.

• Another example was used in ancient Rome, where a person’s feet were dipped in a salt solution, and a goat was brought in to lick the solution off.

•  Although it seems harmless, it is capable of provoking extreme physiological reactions in the victim, such as vomiting and losing consciousness.

What am I talking about?

TICKLING

#26• The myth goes that X married 27 daughters of

Daksha but truly loved only one of them. • His other wives complained about his negligent

behaviour to Daksha , who cursed him that he would become ugly forever. as a penance X prayed to lord Shiva to remove the curse. however lord Shiva said that he could not completely remove the curse , but said that whenever X lost his beauty completely , he would again gradually gain his beauty and the cycle would go on. 

• Who is X and what resulted thus?

CHANDRA,LUNAR CYCLE

#27• X launched Y in 2003, and was a runaway hit• 250 million units were sold making it the world’s

best-selling mobile phone.• Designed in X’s Design Centre in California by the

Bulgarian-American designer Miki Mehandjiysky• Xs one billionth phone sold was a Y, 2005. • ID Y.

X-NOKIAY-1100

28)• Hot Dog Vendor in X-Men (2000)

Man in Fair in Spider-Man (2002),

Old Man at Crossing in Daredevil (2003),

Security Guard in Hulk (2003),

Man Dodging Debris in Spider-Man 2 (2004),

Willie Lumpkin in Fantastic Four (2005),

Waterhose Man in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006),

Man in Times Square in Spider-Man 3 (2007),

Rejected Wedding Guest in Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007),

the man whom Tony Stark mistakes for Hugh Hefner in Iron Man (2008)

the man who drinks the soft drink contaminated with Bruce Banner's blood in The Incredible Hulk (2008).

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) :a U.S. Army general.

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