General Category-The General Quiz Finals

Dry Round
 Normal Pounce and Bounce.
 +10/-10 for Pounce

1.
A mechanical engineer Richard James invented X by accident. In 1943, he
was working to devise something that could keep sensitive ship equipment
steady at sea. After accidentally knocking some samples off a shelf, he
watched in amazement as they gracefully “walked” down instead of falling.
Along with his wife Betty, James developed a plan to turn his invention into
the next big novelty.
NASA used X for zero-gravity experiments in space.

2.
The ________ Paradox — either you already know something, so you can't
learn it, or you don't know it, so you can't verify it.
It first popped up in conversation with Socrates, who phrased it like this: "A
man cannot search either for what he knows or for what he does not
know. He cannot search for what he knows — since he knows it, there is
no need to search — nor for what he does not know, for he does not know
what to look for."
Identify the above mentioned paradox.

3.
An X is someone who appears in a film as a replacement for another actor or person.
His presence is disguised using methods such as heavy make-up (or a computer-
generated equivalent), filming from the back, dubbing in audio and splicing in past
footage from the original actor's previous work, or using partial shots of the actor.
The concept is named after Shemp Howard, whose sudden death in 1955
necessitated the use of these techniques to finish the films to which he was already
committed.
The use of X is somewhat forbidden now, largely due to a lawsuit filed by Crispin
Glover that came to the conclusion that X violates the original actors personality
rights.

4.
To prevent the book from leaking, the publishing house gave
codenames to this book like 'Edinburgh Potmakers' or 'The Life and
Times of Clara Rose Lovett: An Epic Novel covering many generations' .
This book also became the fastest selling novel in history with more
than 11 million copies sold during the first 24 hours in three markets
alone beating all of its predecessors. Which book are we talking about?

Answer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

5.
In 1968, parent-run organizations, particularly Action for Children's Television
(ACT), began to protest about what they perceived as excessive violence in
Saturday morning cartoons. Most of these shows were Hanna-Barbera action
cartoons such as Space Ghost, The Herculoids and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio,
and virtually all of them were canceled by 1969 because of pressure from the
parent groups .
Fred Silverman, executive in charge of daytime programming for the CBS network
at the time, was looking for a show that would revitalize his Saturday morning line
and simultaneously please the watch groups. The result was X, based upon
teenage humor comic.
ID X

7.
It comes from a field of mathematics called topology, which deals with the properties
an object that can't be changed by deforming them.
For any shape that can be morphed into a sphere, the theorem goes, if that shape is
fully covered in hair (or has a "continuous vector field"), there will always be one
point where the hair stands straight up (or there's a "zero vector").
This doesn't actually apply to the hair on your head, because it has a stopping place.
But the Earth's atmosphere covers every bit of its surface, so the ______________
definitely applies there.
In atmospheric terms, the point where the hair stands straight up would be a point
with no wind. That means there's always one point on Earth where the wind isn't
blowing. Name the theorem.

Answer
They feature on the 10, 50, 200 & 500 rupees notes respectively

Theme Round 1:
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
 Differential scoring round, written.
 Points will be awarded on the basis of number of teams who do
not answer.
 Scoring= Number of teams who don’t answer/answer
incorrectly*1
 Exchange sheets at end of round.

1.
In ancient China, the Emperor was regarded as the Son of Heaven, who
administered earthly matters on behalf of heavenly authority. The temple was
built for ceremonies, mostly comprising prayers for good harvests.
The temple complex was constructed from 1406 to 1420 during the reign of the
Yongle Emperor, who was also responsible for the construction of the
Forbidden City in Beijing.
The complex was extended and renamed _______ during the reign of the
Jiajing Emperor in the 16th century. Jiajing also built three other prominent
temples in Beijing, the Temple of Sun in the east, the Temple of Earth in the
north, and the Temple of Moon in the west. FITB.

2.
The city of X, known as Aquae Sulis in the Roman times, was founded in the
1st Century AD by the Romans who used the natural hot springs as a thermal
spa. It became an important center for the wool industry in the Middle Ages
but in the 18th century under the reigns of George l, ll and III it developed
into an elegant spa city, famed for literature and art.
Owing to its Georgian streets and beautiful architecture, X has been a fairly
popular shooting location for films and TV series, Anne Hathaway starrer Les
Miserables, Reese Witherspoon starrer Vanity Fair and the BBC Sherlock
episode "The Abominable Bride" being some notable examples.
Jane Austen is known to have written a major part of her works in this city.
ID X.

3.
The crusader Kingdom of Cyprus outlived the Fall of Constantinople by a generation;
the subsequent sale of the island to Venice led to a brief period of Italo-Byzantine
paintings. In 1571 Cyprus fell to the Ottomans and the practice of wall paintings
largely came to an end.
There are over sixty churches in Cyprus of Byzantine and post-Byzantine paintings.
The Troodos mountain region of Cyprus contains one of the largest groups of
churches, ten of these are included in the World Heritage List, all richly decorated
with murals, provide an overview of Byzantine and post-Byzantine painting in Cyprus.
The monuments won their inclusion in the list mainly because of their interiors, all
churches have excellent architecture and paintings.
These are called the ______ ______ of the Troodos region. FITB.

4.
X is an intricately constructed stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. It is
located on the banks of Saraswati River. It was added to the list of UNESCO's World
Heritage Sites on June 2014.
X was built in the complex Maru-Gurjara architectural style with an inverted temple and
seven levels of stairs and holds more than 500 principal sculptures on themes such as
dasavataras and of sages , apsaras and brahmins. It is believed that the stepwell
contained medicinal plants and the water stored was used in curing viral fever and other
ailments.
X was one of the five international heritage sites selected by the Scottish Ten team for
digital preservation and scanned in 2011 for two weeks by them, along with CyArk and
Archaeological Survey of India.
X was one of the largest and the most sumptuous structures of its type. Befitting its
name, X is now considered to be the queen among step wells of India.
ID X

5.
 X are a part of the republic of Ecuador, and are an Archipelago of
Volcanic islands. X are known for their vast number of endemic
species. The first recorded visit to X happened by chance in 1535
by Fray Tomas de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panama. In 1986, the
70,000 square kilometers (27,000 sq mi) of ocean surrounding X
was declared a marine reserve. In 1990, the archipelago became
a whale sanctuary. UNESCO recognised X in 1978 as a World
Heritage Site and in 1985, as a biosphere reserve. Identify X.

6.
 X is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing
portions of the longest cave system known in the world.
The park was established as a National Park on July 1, 1941. It
became a World Heritage Site on October 27,1981 and an
International Biosphere Reserve on September 26,1990.
X is home to the endangered Kentucky Cave Shrimp , a
sightless albino shrimp.
Some notable features of X are Grand Avenue, Frozen Niagara
and Fat Man’s Misery.
In a 2016 episode of The Middle “ A Very Donoghue Vacation”
features X as a vacation destination.

Answer 6
Mammoth Caves National
Park

Dry Round 2
 Normal Pounce and Bounce. +10 for correct answer.
 +10/-10 for pounce.

1.
_________ was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio and was originally meant to be
used as a wallpaper cleaner
When it was just a fledgling company with no advertising budget, inventor Joe McVicker
talked his way in to visit Bob Keeshan, a.k.a Captain Kangaroo. Although the company
couldn’t pay the show outright, McVicker offered them two percent of _________ sales
for featuring the product once a week. Keeshan loved the compound and began featuring
it three times weekly.
Since 1956, more than 3 billion units of ________ have been sold. FITB

2.
X is the fresco painted by Greek-Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865. The fresco is
suspended 180 feet (55 m) above the floor and covers an area of 4,664 square feet (433.3 m2).
The figures painted are up to 15 feet (4.6 m) tall and are visible from the floor below.
X depicts Y sitting amongst the heavens in an exalted manner, or in literal terms, ascending and
becoming a god. Y is allegorically represented, surrounded by figures from classical mythology.
Y is draped in purple, a royal color, with a rainbow arch at his feet, flanked by the goddess
Victoria (draped in green, using a horn) to his left and the Goddess of Liberty to his right.
Forming a circle between Liberty and Victory are 13 maidens, each with a star above her head,
representing the original 13 colonies. Several of the maidens have their backs turned to Y, said
to represent the colonies that had seceded from the Union at the time of painting. Identify X
and Y. (image follows)

Answer
X= Apotheosis of Washington
Y=George Washington

3.
These colors are called CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black). Basically any
color can be obtained by using these in correct proportions. This is usually seen
in shapes of a circle, square or heart.
This marker is used to identify the density of colors and dot formation. If the
plates of different colors don't align with each other, the image is not registered
properly i.e., if CMYK is not in a correct sequence (image follows) images turn
out to be blurry or not crisp enough.
What are we talking about?

Answer
4 dots on the edge of a newspaper

4.
When it comes to nose sensitivity, dogs are paws down winners over
humans. Dogs can detect some, if not most, odors at concentrations of
parts per trillion. ‘Dogs read about the world through their noses.’
Driving down a lane, it often happens that the stray dogs of the area barks
at or chases your moving vehicle.
Though some say that dogs chase cars for the same reason they chase
kids, bikes, cats and other small animals or dogs, they are either playing or
hunting, to a greater or lesser degree, chasing involves a dogs natural prey
drive.
State a plausible funda which drives a dog to chase a moving vehicle.

Answer
Dogs piss on the rim of a car tyres and other objects in their territory to mark it.
Dogs of the same territory recognise others smell. So when a different smell hits
them they become defensive and want to remove the intruder.

5.
'X' refers to the tendency to think that more people notice something
about you than they do.
The term 'X' was popularized by Thomas Gilovich and Kenneth Savitsky.
'X' is a very common psychological phenomenon that psychologists
define as a person’s tendency to overestimate the extent to which
others notice, judge, and remember his or her appearance and behavior.
(image)
One of the reasons why 'X' occurs is that each of us views our individual
self as the center of our own universe. And while this may be true for us,
we tend to forget that we are not the center of everyone else's universe.
Identify 'X‘.

6.
Wo buland-baam taare, wo falak-maqaam taare
Jo nishaan de ke apna, rahe be-nishaan hamesha
Wo haseen, wo noor-zaade, wo qalaa ke shahzaade
Jo hamaari qismaton par rahe hukmraan hamesha
Written by Abdul Hayee who goes by the pen name X,this poem
titled 'Mere Ahd ke Haseeno' was written to commemorate an
event Y that occurred in 1958 which X described as success of
humanity over yet another of nature’s barriers.
ID X and Y.

Answer
X= Sahir Ludhianvi
Y= Launch of Sputnik

7.
This installation is considered as a symbol of good luck, love, honour and
peace. It holds great importance in Japanese culture. According to
tradition, anyone with the patience to go ahead with the making, will be
granted their most desired wish, because they have exhibited the
________ loyalty and recreated their beauty.
Considered as a symbol of love because of the _______ nature to stay
with their partner till death.
It was popularised by the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who was
two years old when she was exposed to radiation from the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.
Akira Yoshiwaza is one of the famous artists of this paper folding art form
on which the installation is based.
Name the installation and the art form.

Answer
The Thousand Paper Cranes; Origami

8.
Irish novelist George Moore once said that if X had lived 10 years longer, she
would have taken a place beside Jane Austen, perhaps even a higher place.
X's novels sold well, despite the fact that they were considered more
conservative than those of her sisters. She was largely educated at home and
worked as a governess for a several years before working on a book of poetry
with her sisters.
Despite being an incredible artist her works were always compared with
those of her sisters and she was never given the recognition she deserved. In
1847, when her book was first published, it was considered a pale imitation
of her sister's book though X's sister had copied excerpts from X's book and
published it earlier. Identify X.

Theme Round 2:
Only 90s Kids Will Remember
 Written round.
 +10 for correct answer, no negative marking.

1.
Launched in 2004, X produced by British brand Y was expected to create a
new category of sweet snacking and was meant specifically for the Indian
market. It aimed to differentiate it from the usual salted snacks, and to
target the youth.
Sadly, its production was stopped after a short run.
While there was no problem with the product, X remained a low-volume
and low-margin business.
It could not match the volumes which salted snacks brands such as Frito
Lay's had garnered and gross margins have continued to be under pressure.
Another reason speculated was that it was competition with Kraft which
wanted to manufacture & promote its own iconic brands such as Oreo and
Tang that led to this move, the irony being that Kraft went on to acquire Y in
a 19 billion USD deal in 2010.
Identify X and Y.

2.
In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were
narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players
would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as
much by bowling as billiards.
Somewhere between the 1750s and 1770s, the bagatelle variant Billard
japonais 'Japanese billiards' was invented (in Western Europe, despite the
name), which used thin metal pins and replaced the cue at the player's end of
the table with a coiled spring and a plunger.
What is this the origin story of?

3.
While technically X debuted in 1993, on Los Del Rio’s album, it became
an actual hit in 1996, and its been enthralling and contributing to
partygoers ever since.
X is a dance performed with exaggerated hip motion to a fast rhythm. It
was choreographed by Mia Frya who simplified it so that everyone
could dance and remember it easily.
Apparently X was originally written about a Venezuelan woman, that
one of the head singers of Los Del Rio, was enchanted by, but he later
changed the name to X after his daughter.
ID X.

4.
X is an overweight Scottish woman who is a proud owner of an
anthropomorphic breed.
She is the show's damsel-in-distress. Due to her kindness and sweet,
naive nature, she is an easy (and often attractive) target for villains.
She is always nice to strangers and invites them into her home and
fails to see what they are plotting.
She is apparently a very good cook and the winner of many cooking
awards which include: best dog food, best eggplants, best toffee
apples. Most of all, she loves sitting in her rocking chair and watching
television.
Who is she?

5.
He was one of the 4 main characters of this show. His
submissive and unusual attitude usually made him a subject
of ridicule. He was a homemaker unlike his wife, whose
name was actually a pun on a Bollywood actress.
This character is known for a unique quality.
Who is he and why was he unusual?

6.
 X is a series created for Sony Entertainment Television and was
first telecasted back in 1998. The show holds the record both in
the Limca Book of Records and Guinness Book of World Records.
The 111th episode named “The Inheritance” had actually a
duration of 111 minutes and was a continuous shot episode. It
was even registered in Guinness Book of Records.
 The 1000th episode of X was a special one and was 4 hours long.
 The pilot episode of X was actually shot in 1992 five years before
the episode aired.
Identify X

Answer 5.
Dilruba from Shriman Shrimati is known for his effeminate voice
and body language.

Dry Round 3
 Normal Pounce and Bounce.
 +10/-10 for Pounce

1.
X is a song that first appeared on the various artists’ charity
compilation album “No One’s Gonna Change Our World” in
December 1969.
The flavor of the song was heavily influenced by the writer and the
band’s interest in Transcendental Meditation in late 1967 to early
1968.
Based on this interest, a Sanskrit mantra was used in this song
which literally approximates as “glory to the shining remover of
darkness’ and can be paraphrased as “ Victory to God Divine”. The
whole song was shot on the band’s visit to India. Name the song
and the band for extra point.

Answer
Song: Across The Universe
Band: The Beatles
Phrase used: Jai Guru Dev Om

2.
X store was founded in Los Angeles, California on April 21, 1984 by husband
and wife, Do Won Chang and Jin Sook Chang from Korea.
Being religious, they wanted to remind people to have faith in god and thus
resorted to put 'John 3:16' on its shopping bags. (image follows)
Also X's clothing has often been criticized in the media due to the slogans
printed on some of their shirts. In 2014 the Daily Mail, The Huffington Post,
and others insisted that the company was “…pushing a Christian agenda”
because it sold merchandise with phrases such as “Holy,” “Love, peace, faith,
hope, Jesus,” and “Thank God".
Identify X.

3.
What is this a minimalistic poster of?

4.Connect

Forevermark
Pottery Barn
Christian Louboutin
Asian Paints

Answer
Have all collaborated with Sabyasachi Mukherjee

5.
Directors Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly recently opened up about
their upcoming adventurous film.
They linked the theme of the film to a quote by Greek Philosopher
Aristotle. The quote is: "Anybody can become angry, that is easy,
but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at
the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that
is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
Which film?

6.
X is a paid streaming subscription service where members can access
original series and movies with the content created being exclusive.
Users will have to pay $9.99 a month for ad free access along with
other features like offline mobile access.
A big R - rated website has a similar name to X which is definitely a
complication for this service provider .
X was first unveiled in November 2014 as a collaboration between X’s
parent company and Google Play Music. Name X.

7.In February 2018 Forbes came out with a “first of its kind” list featuring the
following people –
Chandpeng Zhao
Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss
Matthew Mellon
Brian Armstrong
Matthew Roszak
Anthony Di Lorio
Brock Pierce
Micheal Novogratz
Brendan Blumer
Chris Larsen
Joseph Lubin
Dan Larimer
Valery Vavilov
Charles Hoskinson
Brad Garlinghouse
Barry Silbert
Vitalik Buterin
Tim Draper
Song Chi-Hyuen

Answer
 The Richest People In Cryptocurrency

8. X is a retired Indian hockey player. He became the only Indian player to
set a trend of number four, with four Olympics, four World cups, four
Champion trophies and four Asian games. Under his captaincy India won the
1998 Asian games and 2003 Asia Cup. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratan award in the year 1999 followed by the Padma Shree in year
2000.
His biography “Forgive me Amma: The life in times of X” by Sundeep Mishra
succeeds in not only presenting the enigmatic legend X in all his fame and
fury, but also documents the tumultuous journey of Indian hockey during
the times he played.
In 2017 X was conferred with East Bengal football club’s highest honour –
Bharat Gaurav for his immense contribution to Indian hockey.
ID X.

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