Prelims Inter section General Quiz 2017, MIT Manipal

Inter Section Quiz Tournament 2017

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General Rules

•25 questions in the prelims.

•2, 3, 9, 13, 24, 25 are starred questions. They will be used to resolve ties, if any.

•Put your phones on silent and stack them at the end of the table. Please.

•Quizmaster’s decision is final and binding.

1. Probably why you’re here.

• This is a screenshot from a 1993

episode of DevCast, a series of

videos intended to market a

certain company’s products to

developers.

• Who is this person, who can

be seen talking about a

spreadsheet creation software

in the video?

1. Probably why you’re here.

*2. Which catchphrase?

• “In 2010, we were exposing a lot of scams and I was going after a

lot of politicians. I went into this banquet once, where a group of

Ministers were sitting. As I was walking towards them, they look at

me and say sarcastically: 'So, what does ___ ______ ____ __ ____,

today?’. They presume that I believe I’m asking the questions on

behalf of ___ ______.

• So the moment when those politicians asked me that question

somehow stayed in my mind and that’s it. So, most unfortunately it

was a politician who coined that phrase.”

• This is the story behind the origin of which catchphrase?

3.Connect these to a particular event.

*4. What hashtag?

This hashtag has been a subject of several change.org petitions, where loyalists have gone all guns blazing demanding a certain change.

Quoting one of them:

“You have become an inherent loser. I don’t mean that as an insult. It’s merely how it is. I know you don’t like it anymore than I do. Watching you suffer made me feel sick. It really hurt. But you have brought this on yourself by being stubborn. It is blindingly obvious that you cannot keep going on. This dictatorship has to end.”

Images follow.

5. What’s the good word?

Which word in Sanskrit translates to ‘he who has no date;

who may come at any time’?

6. Why is it so named?

•The Lamborghini Sesto

Elemento is a limited edition

V10 car released in 2011.

•Weighing just 999kg, only

20 of these were produced.

•Why is the name Sesto

Elemento so appropriate for

the car?

7. In which ironic place have you seen this logo?

• "Home Taping Is Killing Music" was the slogan of a1980s anti-copyright infringement campaign in Britian.

• It was feared that private citizens recording music fromthe radio onto cassettes would cause a decline inrecord sales.

• The logo for the campaign consists of a Jolly Rogerformed from a cassette tape.

• In which incredibly ironic place have we seen thislogo?

• (Image on the next slide)

8.

• This logo is actually a cross-section of the motor the

company uses.

• The logo refers to the main body as representing one

of the poles that stick out of a motor’s rotor, with the

second line representing a section of the stator.

• (Images on the next slide)

•Which companies logo am I talking about?

*9.

• In 1967, coloured gloves such as these were used by Swedish authorities to remind people that a certain change had been made.

• After the change, Sweden changed from Green to Orange in the map on the next slide.

• What was the purpose of these gloves, or, what does the map represent?

9.

10. When was this image taken and from where?

Questions 11-13 have a common theme.Nicknames in the sporting world.

11. 120 seconds

•When Vishwanathan Anand first met Magnus

Carlsen in 2007, he gave him a nickname owing to

how little time he took between moves.

•During a rough patch Rohit Sharma was given the

same nickname because his innings usually didn’t

last very long.

•What is this nickname, a play on Magnus’ name

and also something you’d associate with hostel life.

12. 6’4

•Basketball has a storied history in New Zealand,

dating to back when Wilt Chamberlain vacationed

on the island and introduced the game to the

kiwis.

• The New Zealand Men’s National Basketball Team

is known by a certain nickname, a play on the

name given to their rugby team, the All-Blacks.

•What nickname?

*13. 𝑑𝑤/𝑑𝑡

• Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who

plays on the PGA Tour.

• Born in Medellin, Colombia, he took up golf as a child.

• He is popularly known by a nickname which stems from

the rather interesting stance he takes while lining up a

putt.

• What nickname?

• (Images on the next slide)

Themed questions end.

14.

• Sylvilagus palustris _______,

commonly known as the Lower

Keys marsh rabbit is an

endangered subspecies of

rabbits.

• It is named in honour of X, for

the contributions made by his

organization towards the

conservation of various rabbit

species.

• Who is it named after?

15. Successor to which game?

On the next slide, you’ll see a trailer for a vehicularcombat racing game being developed by Pixel DashStudios and EQ Games.

It is meant to be the spiritual successor of animmensely popular, lasting game released in the90’s by EA.

Which game is this the successor to?

16.

• The Adidas Munchen, are a special range of sneakers released in September, to commemorate an annual event that lasts for 16 to 18 days.

•What event? (0.5 points)

•What feature makes them especially suited for wear at this event? (0.5 points)

17 X & Y?

The reason why the users of the social media platform ____ like X’s is the

following:

A long time ago, there were many low-quality pictures on ____ . Users of

____ would therefore joke about it, and comment “with which X did you

take that image?”. This concept grew, and new users of ____ , who didn’t

know the origin, started to put them at the end of long posts. Maybe

they thought the reason why people commented “with which X did you

take this image?” was that the community liked X’s..

ID X and FITB.

18.

• Xs were designed for the launch of i-mode, NTT

DoCoMo’s mobile internet system, in 1999.

•As i-mode limited users to up to 250 characters in an

email, this was designed to be a quick and easy way

for them to communicate.

•Using only words in such a short message could to

misunderstandings, as it is difficult to express emotion

clearly in so few characters.

19.

•An extremely famous Bollywood song from the 70’s was about a certain product from a certain place, and it heaps with product with praises, such as ‘it opens the lock of the mind’, etc.

•Now, the legend goes that the singer of the song was a huge fan of the product, was actually ‘using’ the product/thing in question while singing the song.

•Which song?

20.

On an aircraft, why is it

compulsory to have the

window shades open during

take-off and landing?

21.

According to a 1918 report in Popular Science

Monthly, this military vehicle got its name because it

was manufactured and transported under the guise of

a water carrier, to maintain secrecy during wartime.

Interestingly, it was developed by the Royal British

Navy, despite the fact that it isn’t useful on water. This

is why naval terminologies such as hatch, turret and

hull are associated with the vehicle in question.

Which vehicle?

22.

• These t-shirts are used around theworld by people who want to avoidusing something they consider to be arestrictive nuisance.

•However, law enforcement officials(and basic common sense) wouldstrongly disagree with thisassessment.

• For what purpose do people buy t-shirts such as this?

23.

• Captured by US Defense satellites, this image was created to highlight the population growth of a particular country over the years. It’s not even a single photo, it’s a combination of many photographs and data collected over several years.

• A combination of festive spirit and nationalistic fervor leads to this image being represented as something else altogether, around this time of the year. It has gained so much popularity that even news agencies do not burst the bubble and rectify this error.

• What is this deceiving image?

*24.

• Trichomes are resinous growths present all across this plant, predominantly on its leaves. These trichomes have chemicals which are responsible for causing a certain effect.

•When animals foraging for food would eat this plant, chemicals within the trichomes would induce this effect in the system of the animal, which made eating it seem futile since it didn’t reduce their hunger.

• Explanation for which plant causing what effect?

*25.

During the Great Depression

what did Flour companies learn

that made them sell their flour

in different decorative colorful

bags ?

Hand in your sheets please.

Now for the answers

1. Probably why you’re here.

• This is a screenshot from a 1993

episode of DevCast, a series of

videos intended to market a

certain company’s products to

developers.

• Who is this person, who can

be seen talking about a

spreadsheet creation software

in the video?

1. Probably why you’re here.

1. Satya Nadella

2. Which catchphrase?

• “In 2010, we were exposing a lot of scams and I was going after a

lot of politicians. I went into this banquet once, where a group of

Ministers were sitting. As I was walking towards them, they look at

me and say sarcastically: 'So, what does ___ ______ ____ __ ____,

today?’. They presume that I believe I’m asking the questions on

behalf of ___ ______.

• So the moment when those politicians asked me that question

somehow stayed in my mind and that’s it. So, most unfortunately it

was a politician who coined that phrase.”

• This is the story behind the origin of which catchphrase?

2. The nation wants to know.

3.Connect these to a particular event.

Countries of the dragons from the TriwizardTournament

*4. What hashtag?

This hashtag has been a subject of several change.org petitions, where loyalists have gone all guns blazing demanding a certain change.

Quoting one of them:

“You have become an inherent loser. I don’t mean that as an insult. It’s merely how it is. I know you don’t like it anymore than I do. Watching you suffer made me feel sick. It really hurt. But you have brought this on yourself by being stubborn. It is blindingly obvious that you cannot keep going on. This dictatorship has to end.”

Images follow.

5. What’s the good word?

Which word in Sanskrit translates to ‘he who has no date;

who may come at any time’?

A-tithi

6. Why is it so named?

•The Lamborghini Sesto

Elemento is a limited edition

V10 car released in 2011.

•Weighing just 999kg, only

20 of these were produced.

•Why is the name Sesto

Elemento so appropriate for

the car?

Carbon Fibre- Sixth Element

7. In which ironic place have you seen this logo?

• "Home Taping Is Killing Music" was the slogan of a1980s anti-copyright infringement campaign in Britian.

• It was feared that private citizens recording music fromthe radio onto cassettes would cause a decline inrecord sales.

• The logo for the campaign consists of a Jolly Rogerformed from a cassette tape.

• In which incredibly ironic place have we seen thislogo?

• (Image on the next slide)

Pirate Bay Logo Flag

*8.

• This logo is actually a cross-section of the motor the

company uses.

• The logo refers to the main body as representing one

of the poles that stick out of a motor’s rotor, with the

second line representing a section of the stator.

• (Images on the next slide)

•Which company’s logo am I talking about?

Tesla

9.

• In 1967, coloured gloves such as these were used by Swedish authorities to remind people that a certain change had been made.

• After the change, Sweden changed from Green to Orange in the map on the next slide.

• What was the purpose of these gloves, or, what does the map represent?

9.

Changing from left-hand drive to right

10. When was this image taken and from where?

9/11

Questions 11-13 have a common theme.Nicknames in the sporting world.

11. 120 seconds

•When Vishwanathan Anand first met Magnus

Carlsen in 2007, he gave him a nickname owing to

how little time he took between moves.

•During a rough patch Rohit Sharma was given the

same nickname because his innings usually didn’t

last very long.

•What is this nickname, a play on Magnus’ name

and also something you’d associate with hostel life.

Maggie

12. 6’4

•Basketball has a storied history in New Zealand,

dating to back when Wilt Chamberlain vacationed

on the island and introduced the game to the

kiwis.

• The New Zealand Men’s National Basketball Team

is known by a certain nickname, a play on the

name given to their rugby team, the All-Blacks.

•What nickname?

13. 𝑑𝑤/𝑑𝑡

• Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who

plays on the PGA Tour.

• Born in Medellin, Colombia, he took up golf as a child.

• He is popularly known by a nickname which stems from

the rather interesting stance he takes while lining up a

putt.

• What nickname?

• (Images on the next slide)

Themed questions end.

14.

• Sylvilagus palustris _______,

commonly known as the Lower

Keys marsh rabbit is an

endangered subspecies of

rabbits.

• It is named in honour of X, for

the contributions made by his

organization towards the

conservation of various rabbit

species.

• Who is it named after?

14.

•Hugh Hefner

•The species is called

Sylvilagus palustris

hefneri,

15. Successor to which game?

On the next slide, you’ll see a trailer for a vehicularcombat racing game being developed by Pixel DashStudios and EQ Games.

It is meant to be the spiritual successor of animmensely popular, lasting game released in the90’s by EA.

Which game is this the successor to?

Road Rash

16.

• The Adidas Munchen, are a special range of sneakers released in September, to commemorate an annual event that lasts for 16 to 18 days.

•What event? (0.5 points)

•What feature makes them especially suited for wear at this event? (0.5 points)

1. Oktoberfest

2. Beer and Vomit

Proof

17* X & FITB?

The reason why the users of the social media platform ____ like X’s is the

following:

A long time ago, there were many low-quality pictures on ____ . Users of

____ would therefore joke about it, and comment “with which X did you

take that image?”. This concept grew, and new users of ____ , who didn’t

know the origin, started to put them at the end of long posts. Maybe

they thought the reason why people commented “with which X did you

take this image?” was that the community liked X’s..

ID X and FITB.

X – Potato

Blank – 9Gag

18.

• Xs were designed for the launch of i-mode, NTT

DoCoMo’s mobile internet system, in 1999.

•As i-mode limited users to up to 250 characters in an

email, this was designed to be a quick and easy way

for them to communicate.

•Using only words in such a short message could to

misunderstandings, as it is difficult to express emotion

clearly in so few characters.

Emojis

19.

•An extremely famous Bollywood song from the 70’s was about a certain product from a certain place, and it heaps with product with praises, such as ‘it opens the lock of the mind’, etc.

•Now, the legend goes that the singer of the song was a huge fan of the product, was actually ‘using’ the product/thing in question while singing the song.

•Which song?

Paan Banaraswala

20.

On an aircraft, why is it

compulsory to have the

window shades open during

take-off and landing?

So that your eyes have time to adjust to the

lighting conditions outside.

21.

According to a 1918 report in Popular Science

Monthly, this military vehicle got its name because it

was manufactured and transported under the guise of

a water carrier, to maintain secrecy during wartime.

Interestingly, it was developed by the Royal British

Navy, despite the fact that it isn’t useful on water. This

is why naval terminologies such as hatch, turret and

hull are associated with the vehicle in question.

Which vehicle?

Tanks

22.

• These t-shirts are used around theworld by people who want to avoidusing something they consider to be arestrictive nuisance.

•However, law enforcement officials(and basic common sense) wouldstrongly disagree with thisassessment.

• For what purpose do people buy t-shirts such as this?

To give the impression that they’re wearing a seatbelt!

23.

• Captured by US Defense satellites, this image was created to highlight the population growth of a particular country over the years. It’s not even a single photo, it’s a combination of many photographs and data collected over several years.

• A combination of festive spirit and nationalistic fervor leads to this image being represented as something else altogether, around this time of the year. It has gained so much popularity that even news agencies do not burst the bubble and rectify this error.

• What is this deceiving image?

India during Diwali!

Missing home already?

24.

• Trichomes are resinous growths present all across this plant, predominantly on its leaves. These trichomes have chemicals which are responsible for causing a certain effect.

•When animals foraging for food would eat this plant, chemicals within the trichomes would induce this effect in the system of the animal, which made eating it seem futile since it didn’t reduce their hunger.

• Explanation for which plant causing what effect?

This is why you Marijuana gives you the munchies.

*25.

During the Great Depression

what did Flour companies learn

that made them sell their flour

in different decorative colorful

bags ?

*25.

Mothers who didn’t have money to buy clothes for

their children were making clothes out of flour sacks .

So, mill-owners started selling flour in beautifully

decorated sacks, so children wouldn’t feel too let

down.

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