Ahmedabad Quiz Club - Session 9 1/2

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Gen. Quiz / AQC 9 ½

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Shoutouts!

42 QUESTIONS – Yes I am vain and obvious.

Have we figured the Teams, yet?

Answers are easier than they appear .

42nd Question is the Solve-it.

Rest all are Bounce and Pounce –

+15, -15 on Pounce & 10 on pass.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Thee Kveeez was a joint effort made between bouts of dribbling the B-ball across the court (Menon) in Jamnagar, between the general lackadaisical sense of irresponsibility one transcends into, immediately after the End Sems are over (Stanny) and infrequent and sporadic episodes of boss-spasms induced on a weekend afternoon (Me).

I’d request you to not diss grammer or the formatting of the quiz. Have fun! All the best.

As one says these days, a tad bit too often,

“May the Force be with you.”

INSTRUCTIONS:

1

1a

The first guest to ring the opening bell

was Leonard Ross, in 1956, a 10 year

old.

What was his achievement to beget this

honor?

answer

Quiz Winner.

2

The National Day of Mourning is an annual protest organised by native Americans of New England on the 4th Thursday of November.

A similar protest called “X” is held on the island of Alcatraz on the same day to honorthe indigenous peoples of the Americas and promote their rights.

“X” also gets its name from another Event “Y” which is celebrated on the same day and is declared as a national holiday.

Identify both.

answer

X- Unthanksgiving day

Y- Thanksgiving Day

3The nine unknown is a 1923 novel by Talbot Mundy. It talks about a secret society in India of 9 men who preserve and develop knowledge that would be dangerous to humanity if it fell into wrong hands.

The nine books entrusted to the Nine Unknown contain information on:

Psychological warfare

Physiology

Microbiology

Alchemy

Communication

Gravity and Anti-gravity

Cosmology

Light

Sociology

Who is considered to be the founder of this secret society in India?

answer

Emperor Ashoka

4

“Jai X” is a greeting phrase coined by

Babu L.N Hardas, which is used by

the Indians who converted to

Buddhism.

It is used especially by the dalits who

converted to Buddhism.

What is X in Jai – X?

Answer

Because of Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Jai Bhim.

5

It is a popular food item in India,

Pakistan and Bangladesh. Derives its

name from Sanskrit word Rajika which

means black mustard and Tiktaka

which means sharp or pungent.

In Kerela and Tamil Nadu it is known

as Pachadi.

How is it commonly known?

answer

Raita

6

"Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Henry

Francis Lyte. The hymn is popular across

many denominations, and was said to be a

favourite of King George V and Mahatma Gandhi.

It is also often sung at Christian funerals.

However, in India it is played at Raisina hills annually

on a specific day.

What is the occasion?

Answer

Beating retreat/ lowering of national flag

after republic day

7

Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival and

only Vedic Festival dedicated to the

Hindu Sun God which is celebrated in many states

in India.

Which Indian state’s tourism board came up with a

promotional campaign called “Kahin Chhut na

Jaaye Chhath”?

answer

Bihar

8

Selchow and Righter, the manufacturers of a

particular game approached Merriam-Webster Inc.

to assist them in making something, popularly

known as the OSPD, which would be helpful for the

players of this game.

The latest edition of the OSPD was published on

August 6, 2014.

For which game is the OSPD useful?

answer

Scrabble

OSPD- Official Scrabble Players

Dictionary

9

answer

Bombay name changed to Mumbai in

1995

10

He is Masabumi Hosono, his decision to do something in the early 1900s made him the only Japanese to do so.

Due to this decision a local newspaper dubbed him as "the lucky Japanese boy", but the Japanese government condemned him and the Japanese people banished him.

What did he do that brought him such shame?

answer

He survived the sinking of titanic

11

This word was first coined in the

1980’s when companies like RJR

Nabisco were experimenting with the

first “smokeless” cigarettes.

It means to inhale or exhale the

vapor produced by e-cigarette or

similar device.

Which word?

Answer

Vape- Oxford dictionary’s 2014 word

of the year.

12.

Mass games or mass gymnastics are a form of performing arts or gymnastics in which large numbers of performers take part in a highly regimented performance that emphasizes group dynamics rather than individual prowess.

Mass games is now performed ONLY in the X. X is also the answer to another frequent quiz question.

The answer is..

Mayday Stadium, Pyongyang.

The largest stadium in the world.

13.

‘Antidorcas marsupialis’ has a

common name that comes from

the Afrikaans and Dutch words for

‘jump’ and male goat.

What is its common name? They also

lend their name to a prominent sports

team of that country.

The answer is..

Springbok

14.

Hemulal Yadav ,a cricketer once

representing his team Tripura received

an unfortunate distinction which no one

(except a South African named Andrew

Jordan) had achieved till then .

Sachin Tendulkar narrowly missed a

similar record in 2006-07 South Africa

tour courtesy to the opposition captain

Graeme Smith. What is this unfortunate

record?

The answer is..

Timed out

15.

The image in the next slide is that of

the communication satellite, X

Who decided to name their product,

which was to be used in 1970 and

again in 1974, after this satellite?

The answer is..

Adidas, they named their football for

the FIFA World Cup as Telstar.

16. Prefontaine is a 1997 film

based on American long-

distance runner Steve

Prefontaine and his tragic

death at age 24. It was written

by Steve James and Eugene

Corr, directed by James, and

stars Jared Leto as the title

character.

This guy is famous for being

chosen as the first to be

“given” something. What?

The answer is…

The first sportsman to be

sponsored by Nike.

17. Karl Jochen Rindt (April 18, 1942 Mainz,

Germany - September 5, 1970 Monza, Italy) was a

German racing driver who represented Austria

during his career Away from Formula One, Rindt

was highly successful in other single-seater

formulae, as well as sports car racing.

In 1965 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race,

driving a Ferrari 250LM in partnership with Masten

Gregory from the United States of America. He

was a close friend to Jackie Stewart, and was a

neighbour to the Scotsman in Switzerland. What

unusual achievement does hold?

The answer is..

The only driver to be awarded

the F1 title after his death.

18. The poster was first published as part of a

calendar by Athena for the 1977 Silver Jubilee,

the same year Virginia Wade achieved the

Wimbledon ladies' singles title. The poster

achieved widespread distribution when licensed

to the poster shop Athena in 1978 where it sold

for £2. It sold about 2 million copies as a poster.

Butler said that she was not embarrassed

about posing nor bitter that she did not receive

any royalties from the photo. Which “iconic”

poster?

The answer is..

The Tennis Girl Poster

19

His first prominent nickname was “______fumi”(His second name followed by ‘fumi’). He explained the etymology of this nickname as a reference and tribute to Norifumi Abe.

His next nickname, “________nik“(His first name followed by ‘nik’) was a reference to Donald Duck’s alter-ego, “Paperinik”.Now he uses the nickname ‘Y’ which has been attributed to his "cold and clinical dismantling of his opponents" as well as his cool and calm composure compared to his earlier days.

His father, Graziano explains the choice of ‘Y’ as ,“Y because, I don't think there is a particular reason, but it's beautiful, and is important, Y. And in our country, Y is a name you give to someone for respect, it's very important, Y... important“.Who are we talking about?Id Y.

20

In Chinese chess, the two halves of

the chessboard, each of which is eight

squares by four, are separated from

each other by a square, one square

wide.

What does this space represent?

Yellow River

22 Movie poster of a controversial artist

inspired by one of his works. Who?

23.

Piet Mondrian

24

The X of Tel Aviv refers to a collection of over 4,000 Y style buildings built in Tel Aviv from the 1930s by German Jewish architects who emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine after the rise of the Nazis.

Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in this style of any city in the world. In 2003, (UNESCO) proclaimed Tel Aviv's X a World Cultural Heritage site, as "an outstanding example of new town planning and architecture in the early 20th century.

X – White City

Y - Bauhaus

25

The X is played with continuously vibrating lips to produce the drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing. This requires breathing in through the nose whilst simultaneously expelling stored air out of the mouth using the tongue and cheeks.

Fellow of the British Society Anthony Baines wrote that the X functions "...as an aural kaleidoscope of timbres" and that "the extremely difficult virtuoso techniques developed by expert performers find no parallel elsewhere.“

Didgeridoo

26According to legend, X was an ardent devotee of the Hindu god Shiva, and served him using the Y. Hanuman is believed to have introduced it to North India. In India, the Y is still played in Rajasthan.

Dinesh Subasinghe's Y has been referred by Michael Ondaatje the Canadian novelist and poet in his novel The English Patient.

He has described it as history's first violin.X and Y?

X – Ravana

Y – Ravanahatha/Ravana Veena

27

If the local Bangladeshi stories are to be believed, Robert Clive coined the English word for it during his conquest of Bengal. He tasted it and associated its pungent smell with newspapers and mail which would arrive from Cantonments in a city in Western India.

People often think it gets its name from the train that carries posts and mail, but it isn’t so as the term was around since 1850, 2 years before trains started.

What delicacy/commodity is this?

Bombay Duck

28

Recently, this personality has been vocally objecting the use of term X-Y (portmanteau word) which this personality’s fan base used to refer to them as being fanatics.

More feminist term has been suggested some of them are: X-somes, X-Bunnies, X-Babes, X-collective.

What’s the good word?

Cumberbitches

29

An American band called – Austrian

Death Machine has released the

album called: Total Brutal, Song list on

next page.

My Question is – What is the Band

singing about? And Why are they

named so?

29 - a

"Get to the Choppa"

"Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers"

"All of the Songs Sound the Same"

"I Am a Cybernetic Organism, Living Tissue Over (Metal) Endoskeleton"

"Come with Me If You Want to Live"

"Who Is Your Daddy, And What Does He Do?"

"You Have Just Been Erased"

"Here Is Subzero, Now Plain Zero"

"So Far, So Good, So Let's Talk About It"

"Screw You (Benny)"

"Why?"

"If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It"

"It's Not a Tumor"

30

Rothschild’s

31

JIYO PARSI

32

An American band – Vulfpeck has recently launched an album on Spotify which contains 10 tracks, 30 seconds each and they’ve urged people to play while performing a specific activity so that they get more airplay. (hence the album gets its name).

spotify has taken down the album citing violations of content policies and would not be paying USD 20,000, which band is entitled to in royalty. What is the Foofaraw about?

Interestingly, the tracks contain the same nos. Of alphabets as their positions on the cd (e.g 1st

– a, 2nd: ob etc.)

33

Listerine, while branding and marketing

itself in certain markets – has another

variant called: Listerine Zero.

Why the name change and what

markets are we talking about?

Zero Alcohol – Islamic Markets

34

Which Biblical saint of 4 Days can be connected to the following pop-cultural behemoths:

Interstellar.

The Dark Knight Rises.

Sherlock Holmes – The TV Series

Doctor Who – Season 3.

Casper

Lazarus

35

This delicacy is locally known as “Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte”, authentically has kirshchwasser – alcohol made up of sour cherries added to it.

Locally it is mandatory to use kirschwasser –else it can’t be marketed as such. It is often thought it gets its name from the costumes of women worn in the region primarily of 3 colors – black, white and red. Cafe Scheferclaims credit to its creation by one of its chefs – Josef Keller. Which mouth-watering delight is this?

Black Forest Cake.

36

This is an excerpt of Y’s 1st Interview ever, with X.

The author, a former journalist, has a hat, but it's a small, black leathery cap, not a Proper Author Hat. Not yet.

The journalist has a hat too. It's a greyish thing, sort of like the ones Humphrey Bogart wears in movies, only when the journalist wears it he doesn't look like Humphrey Bogart: he looks like someone wearing a grown-up's hat.

The journalist is slowly discovering that, no matter how hard he tries, he cannot become a hat person: it's that he forgets, and leaves it in restaurants, One day, very soon now, the journalist will stop bothering with hats, and decide to buy a black leather jacket instead.

Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett – Good

Omens

37

These were used extensively by people of a specific profession due to their ability to detect and make shrill noises in the presence of Carbon Monoxide. Thus English language has a phrase “To sing like a _____.

They get their name from a Spanish region, on the account that it had lot of dogs. What are we talking about?

Canaries

39

In action comics issue no. 14, Star light, Star Bright, Neil De Grasse Tyson has located the following: constellation Corvus 27.1 light years from Earth.

The star, designated LHS 2520, possesses a red, highly turbulent surface, somewhat cooler and smaller than the Sun. To find it in the night’s sky, amateur astronomers fans can follow these coordinates:

J2000

Right Ascension: 12 hours 10 minutes 5.77 seconds

Declination: -15 degrees 4 minutes 17.9 seconds

Proper Motion: 0.76 arc seconds per year, along 172.94 degrees from due north

Location of Krypton

40

One of X's major first-season storylines is the Modern Love column he writes for the New York Times. Y, the real-life fiancé (now husband) of Z actually did write such a column for the Modern Love section of the Times, about his experience with being Z's fiancé while she was incarcerated.

Z is the writer on the show where the characters, X and his fiancé share the first names of Y and Z.

Orange is the new Black.

X – Larry Bloom. (piper chapman’s

fiance)

Y – Larry Smith

Z – Piper Kerman

41

Marcel Dassault

42.

A is an immensely popular Character

from the National Award winning film

B.

B is directed by C – His 1st successful

film.

C plays D – in an Indian adaptation of

the the character.

D’s sidekick is played by E, who has

played A.

Hindi adaptation of D is created by

another national award winning Dir. F.

28

Persilchein – Sodium Perborate and

Silicate

Upon the outbreak of war,

he was among the first to

volunteer to join the Royal

Warwickshire Regiment in

whose service he was

killed - at High Wood

during the Battle of the

Somme in July 1916.

Even though his name

was cruelly prevented

from appearing on

England cricket

scorecards, but it was

perpetuated by a british

author ___.

Cumberbitches