Gen quiz

CQC General Quiz 22.05.2011

Myself – Arjun Mohan Aka – Metal Gaad , Jundaho :P . Hopefully a pass out from PSGCAS.

[Results awaited – Fingers crossed!! ] Current Secretary of CQC . 3/4th of Team Disqualified… the other

1/4th being Shtud Bai ! Front man/Vocalist of Echoes of the

Throne \m/ [CBE]. Avid quizzer , music lover , JAM – er. Malayalee residing in coimbatore for

the past 13 years.

Statutory Warning

For people who have experienced my quizzes ! You know what to do!

For the rest ! May the KAKAPO show mercy on you!

\m/

1. These two are Charles and Ray Eames. What is their contribution to quizzing ?

The Mastermind Chair –

[Not specifically for the show.]

2. Wayang is a generic term denoting traditional theatre in Indonesia. After Hinduism arrived in Indonesia (100-200 CE), stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata were enacted as puppet shows. How ever due to certain reasons, circa 1400 CE, a new form of Wayang – the now well known Wayang Kulit (shadow puppetry) began to get famous. In Wayang Kulit, leather puppets were illuminated from behind on to a thin screen so that only the shadows were visible to the audience. So, what triggered the spread of the Wayang Kulit ?

Picture on next slide.

Pic

The arrival of Islam in Indonesia.(Since the display of God or gods in

human form was prohibited)

3.

Dried fruits or seeds, such as fennel, mustard, and black pepper.

Arils, such as mace. Barks, such as cinnamon and cassia. Dried buds, such as cloves. Stigmas, such as saffron. Roots and rhizomes, such as turmeric,

ginger and galingale. What is the seventh group, and what

is its most famous example?

Resins -e.g.asafoetida/hing

4 . What is special about this match ?

5. Shown here is a fictional

Kenyan superhero character called Makmende. The word Makmende is a sheng (Swahili slang) word which means "a hero". The word made its way into Kenyan streets in the 1990s whereby in the streets a bad-guy wannabe would be called out and asked "Who do you think you are? Makmende?", and the like. The origins of the word can be traced to a 1980s movie. Which one ?

"Go ahead, make my day" (Mek ma nday) from Sudden Impact.

6. Connect

Happy birthday Caliber! :D

A - Dodge CALIBER

B- Shyam Kumar a.k.a - Caliber

7. What term arising out of

the quality of paper, was used for non-glossy fiction paperbacks in the early 20th C ?

Pulp Fiction

8. Can you imagine who this kid grew up to be ??

John Lennon

9. Like all members of the poison ivy family,

the ______ contain urushiol, the chemical in poison ivy and poison sumac that can cause urushiol-induced contact dermatitis in susceptible people. Cross-reactions between _____ contact allergens and urushiol have been observed, and those with a history of poison ivy or poison oak may be most at risk for such an allergic reaction when they eat a _____ that has not been properly prepared. This is why the _____ should not be eaten with the skin intact, although this is the preferred method of eating some varieties. Urushiol is also present in _____ leaves and vines, and the smoke produced by a _____ wood fire can be poisonous to susceptible people. Fill in the blanks.

MANGOES! :D

Happy MANGO season !

10.

XXX is a tea that is often drunk for medicinal purposes. There is limited scientific information supporting any health benefit and few studies are being conducted, although there are several centuries of anecdotal accounts supporting some of the health benefits attributed to the tea. XXX is available commercially and can be made at home by fermenting tea using a visible, solid mass of yeast and bacteria which forms the XXX culture which is often referred to as the "mushroom" or the "mother".

Kombucha

11. Which character from a classic 1941 American animated film produced by Walt Disney does this Octopus get its name from ?

Dumbo Octopus from Dumbo the Flying Elephant

12.

Following the global ban on ivory trading, there has emerged something called 'ethical ivory'. Russia remains the principal player in the market, followed by the USA and Canada. What is this 'ethical ivory' ?

Ivory from excavated Woolly Mammoths.

13. India's first national seminar on _____ or

Garcinia indica was held March 4-5, 2005 at the Goa University, Goa. Those researching the crop see a bright future for it: it is rainfed, has no diseases or pests apart from monkeys, and is almost a “zero-attention” crop.

One paper presented at the Goa seminar suggests that the Garcinia indica has medicinal uses both as a digestive tonic, and to cope with paralysis. In the first case, about half to one glass of _____ infusion is prepared, with a little salt and sugar, to be drank after meals. For paralysis, the cleaned and chopped stem bark is finely powdered and is added to boiling water. After 2-3 minutes, this decoction is lightly cooled and is used for washing the affected parts, two to three times a day.

_____ juice is also effective against bee bites and other insect bites, and sun exposure-related symptoms.

Fill in the blanks with an indigenous fruit.

Kokum

14.

Xing is an internet meme involving the  video for the song "Never Gonna Give you up" by Y ".  A person provides a hyperlink that they claim is relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video. The link can be masked or obfuscated in some manner so that the user cannot determine the true destination of the link without clicking. When a person clicks on the link and is led to the web page, he or she is said to have been "Xed"

Rickrolling / Rickrolled

Rick Astley

15. Name the cocktail

Depth Charge !

16. What is this called in English ?

Rose Water Appel

17. The word ____ comes from the Tuscan

language, where it is the past participle of the verb dire (to say), with the meaning of “said”, as in the locution “the said story”. The first recorded use of _____ with this meaning in English occurs in 1625. Early evidence of _______ marks can be seen on a cuneiform tablet of the Neo-Assyrian period (934 – 608 BC) where two vertical marks are used, while in China the corresponding mark is two horizontal lines.

What ?

Ditto

18.

Who said this initially:

"The translation of the Veda will hereafter tell to a great extent on the fate of India and on the growth of millions of souls in that country. It is the root of their religion, and to show them what the root is, I feel sure, is the only way of uprooting all that has sprung from it during the last 3000 years"

And this at the end of his life:

“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India ” .

Friedrich Max Müller

19. This method is essentially built around two

curves. The first curve depicts the "normal" run getting pattern; i.e., when there is no interruption and the side is expecting to bat its full quota of overs. The second curve ("target curve") indicates how the batting side should "speed up" after an interruption. The "normal" curve takes into account both the percentage of overs played and the percentage of wickets lost. The "target" curve, which is used to set revised targets, only considers the percentage of overs played.

What is the following about ?

VJD Method

Formulated by Vadakke Kuruppath Jayadevan from Thrissur .

Yes I am related to him! :P

20.

According to Islamic faith, the ‘Kaffarah Saum’ demands that the offender will have to either free a slave, fast for sixty consecutive days or feed sixty poor people. Now, for committing what ‘offense’ does one need to perform the ‘Kaffarah Saum’?

Its the penalty imposed on a person who deliberately breaks his fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

21. MinimalisticPoster of ?

Themeee time!