2. anoop adithian quiz 2012 final set by arun

1. This word, when used outside the context of
March 1938 is properly translated as "joinder",
"connection", "unification" or "political union".
‘Annektierung’ would have been a better choice,
but is not commonly used in this context. Which
word are we talking about?

2. In a tribute to this author after his death, The
Onion said, “Are we totally, absolutely sure he's not
alive? I just think it'd be silly to accept his death
without checking Dresden for his younger self
first.” Who?

 The Tattoo Artist
 Norman Rockwell

4. Tiruchenkaatankudi, near Nannilam in Thanjavur
District is home to the Tevara Shivastalam. It has
been revered by the hymns of the Tamil Saivite
Saints of the 1st millennium CE. This temple also
hosts another idol, which was brought back
from the capital of another South Indian empire by
Sirutondar, a general of the then Pallava monarch
(circa 7th century CE). This idol is popularly known
by the name of the capital city and was made famous
by a musical composition. Name the deity or the
place from which it was brought back.

Vatapi Ganapathi

(Vatapi was the old name of Badami, the capital of
the Chalukyas)

5. "Sinatra Doctrine" was the name that the Soviet
government of Mikhail Gorbachev used jokingly to
describe its policy of administering the internal affairs
of neighboring Warsaw Pact nations. It alluded to the
title of a Frank Sinatra song, which is often quoted as
the most covered song in the history. Name the song
and explain the policy, which was a major break with
the earlier Brezhnev Doctrine.

The song is “My Way”

Basically, the Soviet Union was allowing these
nations to go their own way as opposed to the
Brezhnev Doctrine, under which the internal affairs
of satellite states were tightly controlled by Moscow.

6. Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin that
shuts down electrical signaling in nerves by binding
to the pores of sodium channel proteins in nerve cell
membranes. It does not cross the blood–brain
barrier, leaving the victim fully conscious while
paralyzing the muscles. Though death incidents
from this toxin are rare now a days, higher figures
have been reported for earlier years; and, for
example, in a particular Asian country alone, 176
people died in 1958. The fact that this poison is not
affected by heat increases the chances of fatality.
What is the primary source of this toxin in the
nature?

7. A Castle Doctrine is an American legal doctrine
that designates a person's abode (or, in some states,
any place legally occupied, such as a car or place of
work) as a place in which the person has certain
protections and immunities and may, in certain
circumstances attack an intruder without becoming
liable to prosecution. This is well known by another
popular name, which is a reference to an iconic
catchphrase from a hollywood movie. What is the
more popular name of this law?

Make my day Law, after the line "Go ahead, make
my day" uttered by actor Clint Eastwood's
character Harry Callahan in the 1983 film Sudden
Impact

9. Heralded as a classic upon
its publication, this book
follows the successful
analysis and hypnosis of a
criminal psychopath, Harold.
In full transcriptions of their
forty-six sessions, Lindner
takes his patient into the
depths and recesses of his
childhood memories. Name
this book, which inspired the
name of a famous Hollywood
movie.

10. The St. Louis World's Fair was an international
exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United
States in 1904. It was hosted to celebrate the
centennial of a famous 1803 event and was delayed
from a planned opening in 1903 to 1904, to allow for
full-scale participation by more states and foreign
countries. The Fair also hosted the 1904 Summer
Olympic Games, the first Olympics held in the
United States. These games had originally been
awarded to Chicago, but when St. Louis threatened
to hold a rival international competition, the games
were relocated. What event were they celebrating?

The purchase of Louisiana from France

11. He was the first ambidextrous US president. It
was said that one could ask him a question in
English and he could simultaneously write the
answer in Latin with one hand, and Ancient Greek
with the other. In 1876, he discovered a novel proof
of the Pythagorean Theorem using a trapezoid while
serving as a member of the House of
Representatives. He is also the only person in U.S.
history to be a Representative, Senator-elect, and
President-elect at the same time. To date, he is the
only Representative to be directly elected President
of the United States. Who?

12. The _________ effect is a term used
by epidemiologists to refer to the poor health and
low life expectancy of the people of this city
compared to the rest of Europe. Poverty alone does
not appear to account for it. Epidemiologists are
unable to explain the overall mortality gap, which
did not appear until 1950 at the earliest. Hypotheses
include vitamin D deficiency caused by a lack of
sunlight, more poverty than the figures suggest, cold
winters, high levels of stress, a culture of alienation,
and pessimism brought on by either or both the
lingering effects of industrialisation and the city's
more recent deindustrialisation. Which city are we
talking about?

13. Osmel Sousa, a former
advertising draftsman joined
this organization in 1969 and
under his guidance, made it
the most successful one of its
kind in the world. Sometimes
called a ‘Pygmalion’, he is
currently the president of this
organization. Name it.

Miss Venezuela Organization

To date, Venezuela has six Miss Universe
titleholders, six Miss World winners, six Miss
International crowns, and one win in Miss Earth,
becoming the most successful pageant powerhouse
in history.

14. Opal is a variety of low-aromatic 91
RON petrol developed in 2005 by BP Australia.
Though more expensive to produce, requiring a
$0.33/litre Federal subsidy, a 2006 report found it
would likely save at least $27 million per year when
the social and health costs were taken into account.
For what specific purpose was this variety of petrol
developed / what health issue are we talking about?

To prevent people from sniffing petrol to get high

15. In 1972, this concept, named WOM, was
introduced as a inside practical joke perpetrated by
Signetics. However it was soon recognized that this
concept actually describes certain functionalities
in microprocessor systems. It find applications in
security and cryptography and it has been suggested
that in some calculations, applying this in quantum
computers may improve its computational power.
Expand WOM.

Write only memory – a memory location or
register that can be written to but not read

 Short Visual Connect
 8 visuals
 No points for identifying individual visuals

 6 questions to be answered in writing
 3 parts for each question
 5 points for every correct answer, 5 bonus points if
you can get all correct
 -5 if you fail to get at least one correct answer

1. Identify both. What record, held by the person on
the right was recently broken by the guy on the
left?

Amol Muzumdar, Wassim Jaffer
Highest run-getter in Ranji trophy cricket

2. Ad for what product? This later provided the
inspiration for the plot of which movie? Also
identify its director.

Suntory Whiskey
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola

3. This statue located in
Chihuahua, Mexico
shows a famous actor
who was born there in
one of his most famous
roles. Name the actor,
movie and the novelist on
whose work the movie
was based on.

Anthony Quinn
Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis

5. Here is a photographic study of the feature that
gives this bird its name. Name the bird, the
photographer and the photographer’s most famous
snap (or what famous question was this snap
supposed to answer).

 Adjutant Stork
 Eadward Muybridge
 Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
(whether all four feet of a horse were off the ground
during a gallop)

6. Identify the warrior brothers from this illustration.
Which European capital city was named after the lesser
known of the brothers?

 Attila
 Bleda / Buda
 Budapest

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