General Quiz Prelims | The Quiz Weekend '17

The Quiz Weekend’17

GEN QUIZ

BY ROHAN ‘RUBY’ THOMBRE

OMKAR JOSHI

SANYUKTA CHOUGALE

SWAPNIL KHEDKAR

KARAN AGRAWAL

Prelims

Q1

Connect Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde to a world famous video game

Q2

X is an ancient African word meaning ‘Humanity to others’.

It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’.

What is X in the world of Computers ?

Q3* At 5 his father died

At 16 he quit school

At 17 he had already lost 4 jobs

Married at 18

wife left him with his child at 20

Was a railroad conductor till 22 but failed again

Applied to Army but was washed out

applied to law school but was rejected

became insurance salesman but failed again

became a cook and a dishwasher in a Cafe

retired at 65

Was going to commit suicide at 65 but stopped himself and went on to create on of the most popular food chains of all times.

ID him and the food chain

Q4

Amar Sonar Bangla (Bengali : My Golden Bengal) is the national anthem of Bangladesh.

It was written in 1905 during first partition of Bengal.

It is believed that Indira Devi, daughter of Satyendranath Tagore, jotted down the musical notation hearing it from the lyricist.

Who wrote the song?

Q5

This is a memorial of X who became quite a celebrity in 2010 for a particular reason. ID X or put funda

Q6 Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser

developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

It's iconic logo has an animal on it which has been a topic of debate ever since it's inception.

According to a few based on the actual image of the animal, it is a X. But Firefox is also a common name for Y which a few say is the actual animal on the logo.

X and Y share a few similarities such as the colourcombination and facial structure etc. Y is considered an endangered animal.

So what are X and Y, which have caused quite a stir in the online community?

Q7

This is a game played by 2 players and is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game, predating the WW I in its form.

Invented by Clifford von Wickler in early 1900s, he never patented it and thus was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as 'Broadsides, the game of Naval Strategy'.

It has an appearance in the Asterix comics when Asterix and Getafix play a variant of the game 'Quinqueremes and Galleys'.

What is this game?

Q8

Wikipedia defines this phrase as "the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a car or any other motor vehicle".

However, since October 1997, this phrase has become synonymous with a major gaming franchise.

Give me the phrase/franchise and the significance of October 1997.

Q9* 26 year old Ashok Mahadevan, then an employee of

Reader’s Digest, had come across a news item which was originally published in a Lankan newspaper.

Inspired by that, he wrote a 22-word obituary “anonymously” which came out among the classified ads in the Times Of India around 40 years ago.

As a result, police looked for him like hounds, but could not trace him (no proof for this line).

The obituary read – “O’Cracy, D. E. M., beloved husband of T. Ruth, loving father of L. I. Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope and Justicia, expired on June 26.”

What happened on June 26 in that year?

Q10 It has been speculated that sailors who often went

above and below deck might have needed to keep one eye adjusted to the darkness below decks.

The strong sunlight while above deck on an oceangoing vessel could require minutes of adaptation to the dim lighting below deck. With virtually no light sources below deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes to adjust.

In the critical moments of modifying the rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those minutes were too precious.

This is the reason behind a popular culture happening. What am I talking about ?

Q11

The Star Foundation Network is a charitable organization that provides people an opportunity to buy a star in the sky and gift it to anyone.

The members of "The Empress" fan page made efforts to buy a celestial body and named it after X.

The star is found in Orion constellation.

Id X.

Q12*

This is a picture of University of Pennsylvania's College hall, it's oldest building on campus.

Famed artist Charles X was an architect student at this college in 1930s and used this building as his inspiration to design or create his most famous work.

What did he create?

Q13

It took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to come up with the final draft.

With 25 parts containing 448 articles and 12 schedules it is the longest written of its kinds in the world.

What am I talking about?

Q14*

Franz Reichelt was an Austrian born French tailor and a part time inventor.

His experiments were always based on trial and errors and he used to modify the designs based on the results.

But his experiments always resulted in failure and frustrated, he attempted a final test. But this also resulted in a failure and led to his death after he jumped off the Eiffel Tower.

Following his death, it was patented and developed by Glen Kotelnikov but Reichelt was credited with the original design of X.

What is X?

Q15 Marzen is a lager that originated in Bavaria before the 16th Century.

A Bavarian brewing ordinance decreed in 1553 that beer may be brewed only between 29 September and 23 April.

The Märzen was brewed in March according to a special recipe that would allow the beer to last while the brewing of new beer was forbidden from 24 April to 28 September.

The beer was often kept in the cellar until late in the summer, and remaining bottles were served at the _________.

Recently only 6 X-based breweries are allowed to make Marzen for __________. FITB

Q16

What is this Oreo ad a tribute to?

Q17

What are the following two images depicting?

Q18

In a recent event in Pune, a volunteer dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu God of Death, is seen scaring people (doing a particular act), as a part of Pune Police's special drive.

The Yamraj stops such people and asks, "Yayche aheka?"

The idea behind it was people are conditioned to fear Yamraj and hence stop it.

Identify the act.

Q19

The myth goes on that X married 27 daughters of Daksha but truly loved only one of them.

His other wives then complained about his negligent behavior to Daksha, who in turn cursed him that he would turn 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 gradually gain his beauty back and the cycle would go on.

Who is X and what thus resulted.

Q20

Jack Swigert (CMP): “Okay, _________________________.”

CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma (CC): “ This is _____. Say again please.”

James A. Lovell (CDR): “ Uh, _________________________. We’ve had a MAIN BP BUS undervolt.”

CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma (CC): “ Roger, MAIN BP undervolt.”

CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma (CC): “Okay, stand by for Thirteen, we’re looking at it. “

ID this very famous sentence.

Q1

Connect Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde to a world famous video game

A1

Pac-Man Ghosts

Q2

X is an ancient African word meaning ‘Humanity to others’.

It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’.

What is X in the world of Computers ?

A2

Ubuntu

Q3 At 5 his father died

At 16 he quit school

At 17 he had already lost 4 jobs

Married at 18

wife left him with his child at 20

Was a railroad conductor till 22 but failed again

Applied to Army but was washed out

applied to law school but was rejected

became insurance salesman but failed again

became a cook and a dishwasher in a Cafe

retired at 65

Was going to commit suicide at 65 but stopped himself and went on to create on of the most popular food chains of all times.

ID him and the food chain

A3

Colonel Sanders KFC

Q4

Amar Sonar Bangla (Bengali : My Golden Bengal) is the national anthem of Bangladesh.

It was written in 1905 during first partition of Bengal.

It is believed that Indira Devi, daughter of Satyendranath Tagore, jotted down the musical notation hearing it from the lyricist.

Who wrote the song?

A4

Rabindranath Tagore

Q5

This is a memorial of X who became quite a celebrity in 2010 for a particular reason. ID X or put funda

A5

Paul the Octopus

Q6 Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser

developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

It's iconic logo has an animal on it which has been a topic of debate ever since it's inception.

According to a few based on the actual image of the animal, it is a X. But Firefox is also a common name for Y which a few say is the actual animal on the logo.

X and Y share a few similarities such as the colourcombination and facial structure etc. Y is considered an endangered animal.

So what are X and Y, which have caused quite a stir in the online community?

A6

X – Fox

Y – Red Panda

Q7

This is a game played by 2 players and is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game, predating the WW I in its form.

Invented by Clifford von Wickler in early 1900s, he never patented it and thus was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as 'Broadsides, the game of Naval Strategy'.

It has an appearance in the Asterix comics when Asterix and Getafix play a variant of the game 'Quinqueremes and Galleys'.

What is this game?

A7

Battleships

Q8

Wikipedia defines this phrase as "the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a car or any other motor vehicle".

However, since October 1997, this phrase has become synonymous with a major gaming franchise.

Give me the phrase/franchise and the significance of October 1997.

A8

Grand Theft Auto GTA I released in October 1997

Q9 26 year old Ashok Mahadevan, then an employee of

Reader’s Digest, had come across a news item which was originally published in a Lankan newspaper.

Inspired by that, he wrote a 22-word obituary “anonymously” which came out among the classified ads in the Times Of India around 40 years ago.

As a result, police looked for him like hounds, but could not trace him (no proof for this line).

The obituary read – “O’Cracy, D. E. M., beloved husband of T. Ruth, loving father of L. I. Bertie, brother of Faith, Hope and Justicia, expired on June 26.”

What happened on June 26 in that year?

A9

Declaration of the Emergency in 1975

Q10 It has been speculated that sailors who often went

above and below deck might have needed to keep one eye adjusted to the darkness below decks.

The strong sunlight while above deck on an oceangoing vessel could require minutes of adaptation to the dim lighting below deck. With virtually no light sources below deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes to adjust.

In the critical moments of modifying the rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those minutes were too precious.

This is the reason behind a popular culture happening. What am I talking about ?

A10

Pirates/Sailors wearing an eye patch

Q11

The Star Foundation Network is a charitable organization that provides people an opportunity to buy a star in the sky and gift it to anyone.

The members of "The Empress" fan page made efforts to buy a celestial body and named it after X.

The star is found in Orion constellation.

Id X.

A11

Madhuri Dixit

Q12

This is a picture of University of Pennsylvania's College hall, it's oldest building on campus.

Famed artist Charles X was an architect student at this college in 1930s and used this building as his inspiration to design or create his most famous work.

What did he create?

A12

Adam’s Family

Q13

It took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to come up with the final draft.

With 25 parts containing 448 articles and 12 schedules it is the longest written of its kinds in the world.

What am I talking about?

A13

Constitution of India

Q14 Franz Reichelt was an Austrian born French tailor and

a part time inventor.

His experiments were always based on trial and errors and he used to modify the designs based on the results.

But his experiments always resulted in failure and frustrated, he attempted a final test. But this also resulted in a failure and led to his death after he jumped off the Eiffel Tower.

Following his death, it was patented and developed by Glen Kotelnikov but Reichelt was credited with the original design of X.

What is X?

A14

The Parachute

Q15 Marzen is a lager that originated in Bavaria before the 16th Century.

A Bavarian brewing ordinance decreed in 1553 that beer may be brewed only between 29 September and 23 April.

The Märzen was brewed in March according to a special recipe that would allow the beer to last while the brewing of new beer was forbidden from 24 April to 28 September.

The beer was often kept in the cellar until late in the summer, and remaining bottles were served at the _________.

Recently only 6 X-based breweries are allowed to make Marzen for __________. FITB

A15

Oktoberfest

Q16

What is this Oreo ad a tribute to?

A16

Tour de France

Q17

What are the following two images depicting?

A17

Anonymous declares war on ISIS

Q18

In a recent event in Pune, a volunteer dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu God of Death, is seen scaring people (doing a particular act), as a part of Pune Police's special drive.

The Yamraj stops such people and asks, "Yayche aheka?"

The idea behind it was people are conditioned to fear Yamraj and hence stop it.

Identify the act.

A18

Talking on the mobile while driving

Q19

The myth goes on that X married 27 daughters of Daksha but truly loved only one of them.

His other wives then complained about his negligent behavior to Daksha, who in turn cursed him that he would turn 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 gradually gain his beauty back and the cycle would go on.

Who is X and what thus resulted.

A19

Moon and its phases/Chandra

Q20

Jack Swigert (CMP): “Okay, _________________________.”

CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma (CC): “ This is _____. Say again please.”

James A. Lovell (CDR): “ Uh, _________________________. We’ve had a MAIN BP BUS undervolt.”

CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma (CC): “ Roger, MAIN BP undervolt.”

CAPCOM Jack R. Lousma (CC): “Okay, stand by for Thirteen, we’re looking at it. “

ID this very famous sentence.

A20

Houston we’ve had a problem.