General Quiz(14th November, 2013)

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qm-gursheel singh

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about 30-35 questions in all.

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usual quizzing rules apply.

1. considered an extreme example of flash
fiction/sudden fiction this 6-word 'novel' is
attributed to ernest hemingway. it is believed
that while lunching with friends one day,
hemingway bet each of them $10 that he can
write an entire story in just six words. he then
went on to write his 'novel' on a napkin and
collected his winnings. id the 'novel'.

For sale: baby shoes, never worn

2. dr. shrikant jichkar(image on next slide) was
an indian politician of the indian national
congress. he was the member of the
maharashtra legislative assemble(82-85) and the
maharashtra legislative council(86-92) and also
served as minister of state, govt. of maharashtra.
not an ordinary man by any standards, he finds a
place in the limca book of records for his
accomplishments. what am I talking about?

he is the most qualified person of
india and perhaps the world.
Began as a Medical Doctor (MBBS and MD ) he did his Law (LL.B.) with Post-graduation in International
Law (LL.M.) and his Masters in Business Administration (DBM and MBA) and in Journalism (B.Journ). He
did his Masters in ten subjects. M.A. (Public Administration ; M.A. (Sociology) ; M.A. (Economics); M.A.
(Sanskrit); M.A. (History); M.A.(English Literature); M.A. (Philosophy); M.A. (Political Science) ; M.A.
(Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology); M.A (Psychology). He got his D. Litt (Doctor of Letters)
in Sanskrit , the highest of any Degree in a University. Most of his Degrees are with First Merit and he has
obtained 28 Gold Medals. Between 1972 and 1990 he has written 42 University Examinations each ever
summer and every winter

3. the idea that prisoners' on death row should
be allowed to choose x is shaded in mystery
but it is thought to date back to ancient
greece. acceptance of x by the prisoner is
supposed to show that he has forgiven the
justice system. in some cases there are many
restrictions on x. eg. in florida, the cost of x
should not exceed $40. in some cases the
prison warden joins the prisoner in receiving x.

the prisoner's last meal before his
execution

christopher robbin and winnie the
pooh

5. on the next slide you will find the image of one of
the principal characters of an italian theatre form
called the Commedia dell’arte. the character
usually represented a greedy merchant from
venice. the character lends its name to an article of
clothing which he's wearing.
at present a major indian retailer uses a slightly
changed version of the name for its chain of
fashion outlets. id

pantaloons from pantaloon(used to refer to
ankle length trousers or trousers in general).
the character was called 'pantalone' .
fun fact
the origin of the word 'slapstick' as in as in
slapstick comedies is also attributed to
Commedia dell’arte.

6. on the next slide is a photograph taken in
sweden on 3rd september,1967. a rather
unpopular law was passed on that day which
caused a lot of confusion for the coming few
days. what law?

Dagen H (H day) was the day, 3 September 1967, on which traffic in Sweden
switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right.

7.bradford edwards living in vietnam is
obsessed with collecting these. he collects
them by the hundreds, he studies them,he
celebrates them as tiny symbols. He searches
for deeper meanings in the epigrams etched
into their shiny sides by the American soldiers
who left them behind.
“I have handled thousands of them; I have
handled maybe 10,000 of them,” he says. id

8. In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led
coalition, the U.S. military developed X to help troops identify
the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's
government, mostly high-ranking members of the Iraqi
Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party or
members of the Revolutionary Command Council.
The idea of using X is not a new one. They were used in
WW2 and the Korean War as well. One can buy X from
amazon.com for around $10. what am I talking about?

9. x is considered by critics, film makers and
fans to be the best ever film ever made. in the
movie the protagonist builds an estate(y) that
is described as the 'world's largest private
estate'.
a very famous business magnate from the
world of technology built a futuristic mansion in
washington and nicknamed it y 2.0 (y version
2) after the famous fictional estate y. id

x-citizen kane
y-xanadu
xanadu 2.0 is bill gates' house

10. zz top is an american blues rock band
from houston, texas. in 1984 a company
offered them more than a million dollars to be
part of an advertisement. but they refused
flatly. many years later the band members said
that they wouldn't change their minds even if
they were offered more cash.
why?

the company was gillette and it
wanted the band members to shave.

11. russia's largest resort city x wil host the
russian f1 grand prix from 2014 until atleast
2020 subject to the circuit being ready in time.
apart from that, the city is one of the host cities
of the 2018 fifa world cup. an event is
scheduled to take place in the city in february
next year. this'll be the first time the event will
be happening in russia after the break up of
the soviet union. id the event and the city.

12. 'on the cult of personality and its consequences' (sometimes referred
to as 'the secret speech')was a speech/report made by a politician x to his
party's congress, sometime in 1956. it denounced one of the party's leaders
y who had died a few years earlier. the speech caused such shock to the
audience that, according to some reports, some of those present suffered
heart attacks, and others later committed suicide. the speech was all the
more shocking because y had till then enjoyed a god-like status in his
country.
the speech was followed by a period of liberalisation in the country that was
referred to a x's thaw. identify x and y.

x-nikita krushchev y-joseph stalin

13. the man is rightly called the father of indian
calligraphy/typography. among other things his
achievements include
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designing the core indian fonts used in microsoft windows

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designing the logo of itc welcome group

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designing the logo of punjab national bank

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designing the logo of indian post(the old one)

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designing the logo of sail(steel authority of india)

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designing the adi shankrachary stamp

logo 1. The logo is inspired by the ratchet wheel, a
device that ensures motion in the forward direction.
The three cogs symbolise the values –
Imagination, Integrity and Individual.
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Red embodies dynamism and passion. Energy
from the colour red lends to the powerful forward
movement of the symbol. The font face in classic
deep blue signifies stability and inner strength.

logo 2 The new logo takes birth from an arrow
head which personifies speed,
progressiveness and focus. Six such arrow
heads converge at a “common goal” forming
the Dhanuchakra – the logo identity of the
Group.

logo 3 inspired by the works of m c fischer,a
dutch graphic artist, the logo of this rather
controversial brand shows a man morphing
into a bird. according to the parent company of
this brand , it allows you to experience your
life in totality and in harmony with nature and
hence the logo.

logo 4 the gyan mudra is an aesthetic hand
posture practised in yoga, meditation and
dance over the past 3,000 years. The thumb
and index finger are brought together in gentle
contact, while all other fingers gently move
forward. which business group has adopted
the gyan mudra as their logo.

14 considered the earliest photograph of which
famous american.

15. in 1977 the city of helsinki was in financial

trouble. they made several budget cuts, one of
these being the purchase of x comics for the
youth centers. the decision was made by mr.
markku holopainen. the next year holopainen ran
for a position in the finnish parliament. his
running adversary labeled him as "the man who
banned x". the media tabloids took this and ran
with it. thay came up with many different stories.
identify x and tell the story that survives till date
and which many believe is true.

X- Donald Duck

the story is that donald duck was banned in
finland because he didn’t wear pants.

16. asaf jah 1, a brilliant general was sent from delhi to
hyderabad by aurangzeb in 1713. before leaving delhi, he
went to meet a saint who invited him. asaf jah took
something and the saint pressed him take more. after
taking 7 x, he said he was most grateful but could take no
more. he wrapped them in a yellow cloth and was about to
leave when the saint blessed him, saying that he and his
descendants would rule the deccan for seven generations.
and so it happened. identify x.

kulchas, below you can see the coat of arms and the flag of the asaf jahi
dynasty .the round circle in the middle represents the kulcha.

17, there is a shrine located in a small village
named 'chotila' near jodhpur. it was built in the
memory of om singh rathore, a rajput who died in
an accident. om is fondly remembered as om
banna(remember duki banna from the movie
gulaal?). people visit the shrine to pray for a safe
journey.
there are two reasons why I've put this question in
the quiz. one is that people offer liquor at this
shrine. what is the other?

the deity that is worshipped a royal
enfield bullet 350 cc aka bullet baba.

18. a
parody of
which
famous
drawing?

19. when the book 'steal this book' by abbie
hoffman came out, most of the bookstores in
usa decided not to carry the book. not
because it teaches people how to make pipe
bombs, grow marijuana among other such
things but because of a rather funny reason.
what?(image on next slide)

because they thought the title would, appropriately,
make people shoplift it.

20. the marathon event at the 1904 summer
olympics was a funny affair for numerous
reasons. first, the event started in the afternoon
in sweltering heat. then there was the issue of
the race officials riding in cars ahead of and
behind the runners, thus causing dust clouds.
but the highlight of the event was the person
who crossed the finish line first, fred lorz. what
did he do to make the event unforgettable.

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American runner Fred Lorz, who had actually
dropped out of the race after nine miles and
hitched a ride back to the stadium in a car.
When the car broke down at the 19th mile, Lorz
re-entered the race and jogged across the finish
line. Hailed as the winner, he had his photograph
taken with Alice Roosevelt, daughter of thenU.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, and was
about to be awarded the gold medal when his
subterfuge was revealed.

21. on february 1, 1981, new zealand were chasing
australia’s 235 in the third final of the 1980-81 benson &
hedges world cup series. with one over left to bowl, new
zealand required 15 runs to seal an unlikely victory.
aussie captain greg chappell called his youngest
brother, trevor, on to bowl.
off the first five balls nine runs were scored and two
wickets fell, leaving the new batsman brian mckechnie
with one ball to score a six to win the game. what
happened next?

trevor bowled an underarm delivery.

22. when three-letter codes for airports
became standard, what did the airports having
two letter codes do?

added an x at the end
the los angeles tag became lax in 1947,
portland became pdx, phoenix became phx
and so on.

23. some facts about this movie.
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Considered one of the most if not the most
controversial movie of all time.

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highest grossing r-rated film in the usa.

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highest grossing non-english film of all time.

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is based on the last 12 hours of the protagonist's
life.

24. luke cage aka power man is a fictional superhero from
marvel comics. as far as the movie is concerned marvel
wanted jamie foxx to play the role. dwayne johnson aka 'the
rock' has also expressed his interest in playing the role.
however, a certain actor named isaiah mustafa is crazy for
that role. he has created a facebook petition page, has shot a
few scenes from the comic, has done a photo shoot to
convince the producers to let him play the role. (images next
slide)
how do we know mr. mustafa better?

mr. mustafa in one of his photo
shoots.

25. sir john harrington was an author,a courtier
and a prominent member of queen elizabeth 1'
court. his most famous 'invention' was
mentioned in a work he published in 1956. the
work is titled 'a new discourse of a stale subject,
called the metamorphosis of ajax'. the work was
in reality a coded attack on the monarchy, but till
date the work is rememberd for describing his
invention which he named 'ajax'. which
invention?

25. sumant moolgaokar is often referred to as
the architect of telco (tata engineering and
locomotive company). leading the company for
nearly four decades, he was responsible for
building the company into an organisation
capable of competing with the world’s best – in
terms of people, processes and technology.
how is this person immortalised in the world of
indian automobiles?

26. kryptos is an encrypted sculpture (image
on next slide) by artist jim sanborn. there are
four messages in all on the kryptos out of
which three have been solved. the last one is
one of the most famous unsolved codes in the
world.
where, quite appropriately is the sculpture
located?

grounds of the CIA in virginia

26. claim to fame(image on next slide as well)

directed the documentary on aryton senna-'senna'

27. the stepan company of the united states is the only
company authorised by the federal government to import
and process the coca plant which it obtains mainly from
Peru and to a lesser extent Bolivia. There are two things
that the company does with the coca plant that it imports. it
extracts cocaine from the coca leaves and sells it to a
pharmaceutical company that is again the only company
authorised to purify cocaine for medicinal purposes. what is
the other thing that the company does with the plant?

produces a coca-flavouring agent
for coca-cola

28 james marshall was an american carpenter
and a sawmill operator. he was working for a
john sutter. this was in 1848. in january of that
year, marshall found something near the mill
that ruined sutter's mill so much so that it was
never used again. marshall too suffered a
similar fate and died penniless.
what did he find on that fateful day?

he found a few nugggets of gold in the
american river and hence began the
california gold rush

29. malbolge is an esoteric programming language that was
designed specifically to be impossible to write useful
programs in.
the esoteric language made a cameo appearance on
elementary.the episode titled the leviathan used malbolge
as a particular plot device. people who've used the
language have described the experience as 'hellish'. that
would give a clue to how the language got its name.(the
inspiration is a very famous work of literature)
how?

from malbolge, which is the eight
circle of hell in dante's inferno.

30. in the world of internet who are
typosquatters?

people who own domain names
similar to those of a famous site.
eg. dacebook.com, facebokook.com,
faceboocklogin.com, faacebok.com,
facebookfreezer.com, facebooll.com,
facegbook.com, gfacebook.com, and zhfacebook.com for facebook.com

31. in the image on the following slide is a
certain man named babban khan who wrote a
satirical play titled 'adrak ke panjey' which was
first premiered in hyderabad in 1965. why was
the play included in the guinness book of
world records in 1984?

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for being the longest running play. it has had over
10,000 shows in more than 27 languages.
the play has been seen by an estimated 3 crore
(30 million) people across 60 countries and in 27
different languages across the globe. the drama
has surpassed agatha christie`s the mousetrap
having around 7-8 thousand shows the show was
played from 22 september 1965 to 11 february
2001.

32 id both the persons in the middle

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