Freshers quiz 2015 at Jindal Global University, Sonepat

Fresher’s Quiz | Jindal Global University, Sonepat |Sreshth Shah

Orientation Quiz

Jindal Global UniversityJuly 25th, 2015

Quizmaster: Sreshth Shah


Preliminary Round Regulations1. Write team name + participants

names.2. 25 questions. Top 8 qualify.3. Multiples of 5 are **ed.4. Use of cellphones equals

disqualification.5. No negatives, feel free to guess!


It gets its name from the combination of two Sanskrit words, which mean “gold” and “place” respectively. Which place is being described?

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Connect the following images

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The girl who plays Zoe in this TV show, Cristin Milioti, also played which character on television, for whom we had to invest nine years of our time?

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As one entersDelhi airport, onecan be greeted bythis 12 piece artwork. What is thisartwork trying todemonstrate?

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According to the writers, Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad gets his name from a corruption of him telling people, “it’s all good man.”

Which mascot of a popular webpage gets its name since people visited the site to find out “what’s new?”, and therefore got its name from a shortened form of that query?

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The canteen at IIM Ahmedabad is aptly titled “TANSTAAFL”. What is the full form of the canteen, one of the first lessons inculcated by educators worldwide to Business and Economics students?

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In June last year, President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone for the creation of the headquarters of the National Commission for Women, in Delhi. What preceded Bhawan in the name of the new building?

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Identify what is being parodied here by this photoshop job of President Obama.

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Identify the work of literature, also a blockbuster movie, from the book cover.

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The seaweed kombu has been used in Japanese cuisine for hundreds of years now. In 1908, the active ingredient in kombu was isolated and commercial production began shortly after. This active factor is said to stimulate receptors for umami — the ‘fifth’ taste identified by Ikeda — a savoury,broth-like, meaty flavour, thus signaling the presence of proteins to the digestive system. Identify the active factor.

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Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,” is the meaning of the first line and “Victory, victory, victory to thee.” Is the meaning of the last line. Name this piece of poetry?

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Which city in the Southern Hemisphere in its native language, quite literally means, “river of January?

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He started off as a chemical engineer but decided to be a stand-up comedian. He failed miserably. He then participated in a heist that goes horribly wrong. He then lost his wife and kid, who fall into a vat of chemicals. What happens after that?

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Identify the two states in the book cover. (0.5 points for each)

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oLNvD0GvETw/TlE1OeKh5lI/AAAAAAAAE-g/Ywk20X1XypA/s1600/2-States-chetan-bhagat.jpg


The restaurants “Palm court”, “Café Parisien” and “Verandah” were created and intended to be used as grand eateries in the early part of the 20th century, but they all provided service for only a few days. Why did they stop service/Where were they located?

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Governor Rick Perry in his inaugural speech credited to ‘Houston’ an achievement of sorts. It is frequently thought that this achievement is held by ‘That’s’. We know for a fact now that this is however not technically correct. David Harland claims it is ‘contact light’. However recordings might suggest it is what came right after – ‘shutdown’ or even ‘Okay’. What are we talking about?

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This alcohol was personified by Kylie Minogue in Moulin Rouge and also is the symbolization of the fairy in the painting. What am I talking about?

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Identify this sport being played by these people, the name of which is not to be confused with another popular sport.

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For the longest time he was the most followed person on twitter and even now he’s still up there. He has also replaced a famous person on television. Below is a graphical representation of his twitter handle. Identify him.

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What graphical innovation is called “Daddles” and was first seen in the 1977 television broadcast of Kerry Packer’s World Series?It was conceived to keep young kids interested in long cricket games.The original involved crying. Today’s many versions are shown dragging their bat, throwing away their cap or clutching their head.

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Which term which has objects modelled after Yao Ming, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Alok Nath and so on, is derived from this book which talks about human evolution.

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Translated to “Fat Tuesday” in French, what festival are these images from?

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The ceremony was held on May 16, 1929. The Venue was the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, located in Los Angeles, California.It consisted of a private dinner with thirty-six banquet tables, where 270 people attended and tickets cost five dollars. It was not broadcast on radio or television.It was hosted by Douglas Fairbanks, during a fifteen minute-long event.

First edition of what?

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“Reagan was always in the news at the time he was born and my Dad thought the name sounded a bit different. It wasn’t because he had any opinion on if he was a good president. They just liked the name!”

Someone’s sister describing the etymology behind her brother’s name – saying that President Reagan’s first name led to her brothers name. Who is her brother?

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‘Izzat’ is a 1968 Bollywood movie which among others had Dharmendra playing a double role. This movie saw the Bollywood debut of the actress shown here. Who?

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Run through all questions again – fill all available blank spaces with smart guesses



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The girl who plays Zoe in this TV show, Cristin Milioti, also played which character on television, for whom we had to invest nine years of our time?

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Identify what is being parodied here by this meme of President Obama.

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Please hand over your sheet to a volunteer.


Answers



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Sonepat!

Sone (gold) + pat (place)

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Batting shots in cricket

Scoop, drive, cut, hook and pull.

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The girl who plays Zoe in this TV show, Cristin Milioti, also played which character on television, for whom we had to invest nine years of our television time?

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The Mother in HIMYM3



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Surya Namaskar4




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Snoo (from Reddit)

Snoo gets his name from ‘what’s new’

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Nirbhaya7


Identify what is being parodied here by a photoshop job of President Obama.

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The Great Gatsby9



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Monosodium Glutamate

Also accept Ajinamoto

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Jana Gana Mana11



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Rio De Janeiro12



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He becomes the Joker13



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Punjab and Tamil Nadu14



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They were on the Titanic15



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First word spoken on the moon16



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Absinthe17



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Cricket Croquet18



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Ashton Kutcher19



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An animated duck for a zero

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Meme21



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Mardi Gras22




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The Academy Awards

Also accept The Oscars

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo from Ronald Reagan

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J. Jayalalitha25


Time for scores!


Welcome to

Rd1 – Infinite Pounce IRd2 – Write Brothers

Rd3 – Infinite Pounce II


Round 1

• 15 questions• Moves from team 1 8• +10/-10 on infinite pounce• +10 on infinite bounce• Half points wherever applicable


“The Musalman” is the oldest newspaper published from Chennai in India. What is different about it that makes it the only and the last newspaper of its kind in the world ?

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Answer

Only handwritten daily newspaper in the world

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During the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith, popularly known as the X, was a lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of a candidate. It was this person’s job to take a skeptical view of the candidate's character, to look for holes in the evidence, to argue that any miracles attributed to the candidate were fraudulent, and so on. X opposed God's reasonings; also known as the Promoter of the Cause, whose task was to make the argument in favour of canonization. The office was established in 1587 during the reign of Pope Sixtus V and abolished by Pope John Paul II in 1983. What is X?

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Answer2


(Picture in next slide)

Thom Feeney of UK started a crowd-funding campaign earlier this month which gained worldwide interest, especially in his continent.

To attempt to achieve what, did he attempt this outrageous crowd-funding campaign?

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Answer3


Who was made an honorary member of the Bradford City Supporters’ Club because of the huge boost he gave to the sales of club scarves since his arrival in 2002?

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Harry Potter4


This word has yiddish origins which means – insolence, cheeky or audacity. Although usually used in a negative context, it is also often interpreted as amount of courage, mettle or ardor that an individual has.

What’s the good word, which gained prominence in India over the last six months, due to its repetitive use in a film.

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Chutzpah5


August Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. He also was the inspiration for which famous fictional character?

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Prof. Calculus from Tintin6


X is the only sport that women contest in Olympics but men do not. The sport wasplayed from 1996 to 2008 but IOC voted to drop it from 2012 Olympics. ID X.

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Softball7


In July 2011, Nokia India organized a ‘Twins Day Out’ which entered Limca Book of Records 2012. The Nokia Twins Day out was a first of its kind festival that brought 63 pairs of twins of different age groups together.What feature of Nokia phones were Nokia trying to release to the public via this campaign?

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Dual Sim phones

Launch of Nokia Dual SIM handsets - Nokia C2-00 and Nokia X1-01.

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The old logos are shown in the next slide. The new logo was designed to represent its unique brand of ____ (with some drawing comparisons to the copyright symbol as inspiration for its design and use), and to provide a logo that could be easily used across different platforms, such as social media. This new logo has won several awards.

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Comedy Central9


What began when Julius _____ took over his father's mill, aiming to improve the nutritional intake of worker families? _____was the first to bring protein-rich legume meal to the market, and followed up with a ready-made soup based on legume meal in 1886.

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In what way is this photo of Lord Pethick-Lawrence and Mahatma Gandhi, taken on April 18, 1946 significant even now?

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Thumbnail of Gandhi for currency 11


Peter Piot about a 1976 decision: "We didn't want to name it after the village, Yambuku, because it's so stigmatising. You don't want to be associated with that." After consulting a not-so-detailed map of the area, they chose an entity close by. What?

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Ebola river

After which the virus ebola is named

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Which 2 familiar terms comes from this sort of movable type arrangement found in traditional printing presses?

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Upper case and Lower case13


This is lake Kankaria in India. The shape of the lake inspired the logo of which financial institution?

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State Bank of India14


• The Trip Advisor page shows X’s location, and also shows 219 reviews for the mountain resort, of which 144 are overwhelmingly positive. A sample – “Reached by funicular railway, X has all the

advantages of being secluded amongst nature, while having attractions including the Kunst Museum and Mendl’s Patisserie close at hand. Famed for its staffs’ meticulous attention to detail and commitment to the wellbeing of its residents this hotel proves to be the perfect retreat - you’ll never experience anything quite like X”

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Score check


Round 2 - Write Bros.

6 questions – all on google doodles. Identify the subject in eachWritten - 5 points each


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Exchange sheets – time for answers


Martin Luther King, JR1


Harry Houdini2


The Wizard of OZ3


Schrodinger’s Cat4


John Lennon5


Ind v Pak, 2015 Cric WC6


Round 3

• 15 questions• Moves from team 8 1• +10/-10 on infinite pounce• +10 on infinite bounce• Half points wherever applicable


The Irish flag is made up of 3 colours-Orange, White and Green. If White symbolizes Peace, what two conflicting groups do Orange and Green signify?

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Protestants & Catholics1


Georgism, named after Henry George is an economic ideology that holds that everyone owns what they create, but that everything found in nature, most importantly land, belongs equally to all humanity. Georgism has also been synonymous with a single tax on land.Although this could be done by nationalising land and then leasing it out, George preferred taxing unimproved land value. With the revenue from this "single tax", the state could avoid having to levy any other type of tax.In 1904, a Quaker woman named Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips invented X through which she hoped to be able to explain the single tax theory.After being rehashed several times over the next decades, Charles Darrow came up with the definitive version of X, called Y, by which we all know it today.What pasttime am I talking about?

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Monopoly game2


X originally read XLAND, and its purpose was to advertise a new housing development in the hills above the X district . H.J. Whitley had already used a sign to advertise his development Whitley Heights, which was located between Highland Avenue and Vine Avenue. He suggested to his friend Harry Chandler, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, that the land syndicate in which he was involved make a similar sign to advertise their land. Real estate developers Woodruff and Shoults called their development Xland and advertised it as a "superb environment without excessive cost on the X side of the hills.”The Crescent Sign Company was hired to do the project. What am I talking about?

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Hollywood sign3


What is being shown in this schematic?

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Where Rosa Parks sat still4


“After being injured in the Battle of Maiwand in July 1880, he was discharged from the British army and thus he returned back to London. There he met a friend/prospective flatmate, and the rest as they say is history.” Who am I talking about?

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Dr. John Watson5


This is the Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria, Germany and is the largest castle in the country. What in America has been inspired from the design of this place?

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Walt Disney Logo

Also disney castle

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The third largest of the Balearic Islands, it has been a magnet for hedonists since early history.

The Carthaginians set up a cult to their goddess of sex there in 654BC. It was named after Bez, their god of dance, whose statues still litter the place. Roman aristocracy headed to the place in droves. In the 1960s it became a stop on the hippie trail.

Which place?

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Ibiza

From Bez

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Identify the mathematician and philosopher who’s statue can be seen here.

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Pythagoras8


The company Steinway Musical instruments is listed on the New York stock exchange. Their ticker symbol is LVB.

What does the ticker symbol stand for?

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Ludvig Van Beethoven9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Beethoven.jpg


What list is created by this formula:

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where: = Weighted Rating = average as a number from 0 to 10 (mean) = number of votes = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 1300) = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.7)



Formula for IMDB top 25010


In 1688 a Swiss doctor, identified a new medical syndrome also called "hypochondria of the heart". Various displaced Swiss of the seventeenth century suffered from the disease. Sufferers took on a lifeless and haggard countenance, became indifferent to their surroundings, confused past and present, and even hallucinated voices and ghosts. The best treatment for the Swiss was a visit to the Alps. Nowadays the word is used for an emotion.

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Nostalgia11


The drivers in the picture are Ben Collins, Darren Turner and Perry Mccarthy.In what role have we seen them on television shows?

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Stig, in Top gear12


Connect

The subject in the painting and a role played by the person

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Morpheus

The first picture is that of Morpheus, the Greek God of Dreams.

Lawrence Fishburne plays the role of Morpheus in the Matrix Trilogy.

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In 2006, which two football players became the first siblings to captain their respective clubs against each other in the English Premier League?

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Gary and Phil Neville14


• In 1858, HH Stephenson performed an exemplary feat for the all-England eleven against the twenty-two of Hallam at the Hyde Park ground, Sheffield.

• Being the gentlemen that they were, the other players held a collection for him, bought something with the proceedings and presented it to him.

• What did they give him? What did he do?

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Origin of hattrick

He took three wickets in three balls

His teammates collected a prize fund in a hat and gave it to him - thus hat trick

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Education

Freshers quiz 2015 at Jindal Global University, Sonepat