Zopper Biweekly Quiz - June 27, 2015

Sumanth Patlolla

General Quiz – June 27, 2015

Infinite Bounce

• +10 for each Q• Direct and Pass Q both carry same

points• Avoid discussing loudly• When in doubt, guess

Clockwise

Last year it was Suzie. Before that there were Kate, Kate’s Dirty Sister, Luscious Liz, Randy Mandy, Kinky Kylie, Hungry Heidi, Abbey & Julie.

What is it this year and what’s the context?

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Sebastian Vettel’s F1 Car names. This year it is Eva

In Microsoft Powerpoint, in the Smart Art list options, there is a list that can be chosen as shown below. What is the name of this list?

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Chevron list

‘X’ is a sweet dish that is made from all-purpose flour or maida.‘Y’ is another sweet dish made from black lentil (urad) flour. Both the batters are then deep fried in ghee or oil and soaked in sugar syrup. ‘X’ is crispier, stickier and sweeter, while ‘Y’ is soft and chewy.

What two food items are we talking of? 

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Answer

Jalebi and Imarti/Jaangri

This is a sub-caste of Kshatriyas living

predominantly in the Punjab.

They are believed to be descendants of the

Hindu king who fought the first of many invaders in 326 B.C.

Which surname?

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Puri, after King Porus

Shown below are the 3 main parts of a gun (specifically a rifle).

Name all of them.

Hint available if required.

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Lock, Stock and Barrel

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Name the country shaded in red?

Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast

The image in the next slide is a series of 88 searchlights known as ‘Tribute in Light’.

It is temporary and lit up only once a year.

Give funda behind this.

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Tribute to 9/11

“The overlapping of the two perpendicular ovals inside the larger oval represent the mutually beneficial relationship and trust that is placed between the customer and the company while the larger oval that surrounds both of these inner ovals represent the global expansion of the company’s technology and unlimited potential for the future.”

Which company’s logo is being described here?

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Anti-Clockwise

What is the following, the code for:

Green: Noble males Green with streaks of red: Noble

characters having an evil streak Red: Excessively evil Black: Uncivilised people like hunters

and woodsmen Lustrous Yellow: Women and ascetics

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Make-up in Kathakali

The photo is that of Bruno Ganz, a Swiss actor.

Though he has worked on many projects, one from 2004 stands out.

To prepare for this role, he studied patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease in a Swiss hospital.

Which role, famous for a reason not originally intended?

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Adolf Hitler, Downfall

The Madras Cricket Club has confined its honorary membership to a select list of sportspersons, some ofthem being:• Sunil Gavaskar• Sachin Tendulkar• Kapil Dev• Leander Paes• Viswanathan Anand

Nicknamed Poppadom Fingers, there’s only one non-Indian sportsperson in this list to have been given this honour.

Who and why?

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Nasser Hussain – born and raised in Chennai

Learnt playing cricket at Chepauk

• In 1920, these were set up in Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Lahore and X, the five places at which content was imported into the country. At that time, there was hardly any indigenous industry for this in India. A certificate granted by any of them was valid throughout British India.

• What much-in-the-news organization?• Which was the fifth location?

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• Central Board of Film Censors (now CBFC)

• Rangoon (since Burma was part of India then)

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Identify & Connect

Satnam Singh, the first basketball player from India to be drafted by an NBA teamThe Dallas Mavericks selected the 7’2”, 19-year-old with the 52nd pick in the draftSim Bhullar, first player of Indian descent to play in the NBA for Sacramento KingsSixth-tallest player in NBA history at 7’5”

Identify the player who is, to put it delicately,playing a different ball game.

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Vinnie Jones grabbing Paul Gascoigne’s balls

He also holds a record for being yellow carded 3 seconds after kick off!!

”Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!“

Jimmy Greaves

What annual event is taking place?

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Groundhog Day It is celebrated on February 2 in the United

States and Canada. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when

a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter-like weather will soon end. If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.

The largest Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney every year which is also portrayed in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day

MgFeTi2O5 is a mineral named Armalcolite.

Where was it first discovered?

How does it get its name?

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Mineral first discovered on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts

ARMstrong, ALdrin, COLlins

Geographical Indications

• Write down your answers• +10 for each correct answer• No negatives• Bonus 10 points on answering all 4 correctly

1.

Identify this style of painting

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2. This product is made using _____ from the Changthangi goat, which is indigenous to high altitude regions of the country.

The goat grows a unique, incredibly soft _____ six times finer than human hair. Because it is only 14-19 microns in diameter, it cannot be spun by machines, so the _____ is hand-woven into X products.

X?

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3. This state accounts for almost 70% of silk production of the country.

The majority of the silk comes from a district which was also an important princely state.

Silk production in the region was initiated by a ruler of this state who was one of the most feared enemies of the British.

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4. X is an even thread traditionally made of fine gold or silver used in traditional garments, especially as a brocade in saris.

A city in Gujarat is the largest manufacturer of these kinds of sarees.

Id the thread, and also the city for extra points

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1.

Identify this style of painting

Madhubani paintings from Bihar

2. This product is made using _____ from the Changthangi goat, which is indigenous to high altitude regions of the country.

The goat grows a unique, incredibly soft _____ six times finer than human hair. Because it is only 14-19 microns in diameter, it cannot be spun by machines, so the _____ is hand-woven into X products.

X?

Pashmina shawls from Kashmir

3. This state accounts for almost 70% of silk production of the country.

The majority of the silk comes from a district which was also an important princely state.

Silk production in the region was initiated by a ruler of this state who was one of the most feared enemies of the British.

Mysore Silk from Karnataka

4. X is an even thread traditionally made of fine gold or silver used in traditional garments, especially as a brocade in saris.

A city in Gujarat is the largest manufacturer of these kinds of sarees.

Id the thread, and also the city for extra points

Zari from Gujarat