Quiz which I conducted at my school. Prelims.

1. Prelims
By
Aditya Jayaprakash

2. • 1. He started his career as a political
cartoonist. But he left in 1960 to form his own
weekly known as the “Marmik”. He later
started a newspaper Y. Y’s meaning translates
to “ to face” . He was satirised in Salman
Rushdie’s novel The Moor’s last Sigh as
“Raman Fielding”. Who am I talking about ?

3. 2. X entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as
one of the most famous quotes of 2012. Y
should be credited for X. It was reported that Y
made 8.1 Million US in 2012 because of X.
X was one of its kind to reach a milestone on
something extremely popular among the
current generation.
Identify X and Y.
Clue : Keep Calm and I don’t know.

4. 3. X was invented in Japan by the Toyota
subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles
during the manufacturing process, and originally
designed to allow components to be scanned at
high speed. It has since become one of the most
popular types of two dimensional barcodes.
Identify X.

5. 4. Google Doodle for whose 125th birthday ?

6. 5. Jacob Davis was a tailor who frequently
purchased bolts of cloth made from hemp from
X. After one customer kept purchasing cloth to
reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use
copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain
such as on the points on the pocket corners and
at the base of the button fly. He partnered with
X and it was patented. X sold the first of its kind
to gold miners during the California Gold Rush,
the manufacturing of denim overalls began in
the 1870’s. The company then created their first
pair of Y in the 1890’s, a style that went on to
become the worlds best selling item of cloth.
Identify X and Y.

7. 6. X are advertisements promoted by a company
since IPL Season 2. The ads were created by
Oglivy & Mather, an ad agency in Banglore. The
idea was convinced by Rajiv Rao. X are small-
bodied, thin woman covered in layers of white.
The Ads are shot at lower frame rates and
keeping background simple in terms and the use
of neutral tone of grey. The Ads were a huge hit.
The company received the first People for
Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) 2009
Glitterbox Award for replacing the something
with a more humane alternative.

8. 7. X is a fictional character in a popular movie
series, it is a job title rather than a name. X
heads the fictional R&D Division of an
organisation. 5 people played the role on X in
the movie series. 4 of them were old. In the
latest installement of the series, Ben Wishaw
played the role of X. He was the youngest actor
to play the role of X. X usually provides the main
character with a set of sophisticated weapons,
flying cars, modified Rolex/Omega watches. This
time X provided just a gun which could only be
fired by the main character and a miniaturised
radio. Convo between X and the Main character
on the next slide.

9. X: I am your new X.
Main: You must be joking
X: Why? Because I’m not wearing a lab coat ?
Main: Because you still have spots.
X: My complexion is hardly relevant.
Main: Your incompetence is.
X: Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
Main: And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Pic on the next slide

10. 4 actors who previously played the role of X in
the movie series.

11. • 8. Headquarters of which organization ?

12. 9. Identify the person on the left.

13. 10. Illustrator, Light Room, Dreamweaver,
Elements etc. are software's from which
software company ?

14. 11. 336 ppi ( pixels per inch) . What am I talking
about ?

15. 12.
X was proposed it in 1842 in Prague by
physicist Christian X. X is the change in
frequency of a wave (or other periodic event)
for an observer moving relative to its source. It
is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a
siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes
from an observer. Name the effect.

16. 13. X was a propaganda poster produced by the
British government in 1939 during the beginning
of the Second World War, intended to raise the
morale of the British public in the event of a
Nazi invasion of Great Britain. It had only limited
distribution with no public display, and thus was
little known. The poster was rediscovered in
2000 and has been re-issued by a number of
private companies and used as the decorative
theme for a range of products. X is very
common on Facebook these days.

17. 14. Identify the game and the aircraft featured.

18. 15. X became a cartoonist for his school
newspaper. He dropped out from school and
was rejected by the army. He and his friend
decided to join the Red Cross and was sent to
France where he drove an ambulance for a year.
X, when he approached a few people and
showed him his cartoon creation, they said that
it was unimaginative and stupid. That cartoon is
the most famous cartoon character in this world
today. X started a company which ventured into
movies, animation, cartoons etc. The name of
the company is X. Pictures on the next slide.

20. 16. Quote from which movie ?
“I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse”.

21. 17. X was invented by Ermo X who worked at
the Dept. of interior Design art at the Academy
of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. It is
believed that he invented it to help his students
understand 3D objects, his actual purpose was
solving the structural problem to moving the
parts independently without the entire
mechanism falling apart. He didn’t realize that
he had created a puzzle until the first time he
scrambled it. It was first called the Magic X. 350
Million of it has been sold so far making it the
world’s top selling puzzle game. It is widely
considered to be the world’s best selling toy.
What am I talking about ?

22. 18. Connect
1.EdgeRank
2.
3.

23. 4.
5. 1 Hackerway, Menlo Park, Cupertino.
6. 18th May 2012.

24. 19. Filming or shooting what ?

25. 20. Maurice Tillet was a Russia Born French
professional wrestler known as The French
Angel. He was the World Heavyweight
champion twice. During his teens he was
diagnosed with acromegaly – a condition usually
caused by benign tumor on the pituitary gland,
resulting in bone overgrowth and thickening. He
looked a lot like a monster. His physique was the
inspiration for an animated grouchy, terrifying
monster. This monster X is extremely famous
and a movie series X exists. Pic of Maurice Tillet
on the next slide.

27. 21. Who ?

28. 22. X is a symbol which translates to snail in
Italian, spider monkey in German, called a
monkey tail in French, elephants trunk in
Swedish. Today it has a relatively different
meaning. What am I talking about ? It is used by
all of us.

29. 23. The name X comes from the legend of
Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend
states that he was sent from the battlefield of X
to Athens to announce that the Persians had
been defeated in the Battle of X which took part
in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that
he ran the entire distance without stopping and
burst into the assembly, exclaiming “We Won”,
before collapsing and dying.
When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the
organizers were looking for a great popularizing
event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece.
What is X ?

30. 24. X was once nominated for Nobel Prize for
Peace. He wrote an autobiography called Y. Y
translates to “My Struggle or My Battle”.
Outside the place where he was born.
He wanted to be an artist first, but the art
school didn’t accept him, so he chose another
path. The world would be a lot different if the
art school had accepted him. Identify X and Y.

31. 25. Who is the man on the right ?

32. Prelims Answers

33. • 1. He started his career as a political
cartoonist. But he left in 1960 to form his own
weekly known as the “Marmik”. He later
started a newspaper Y. Y’s meaning translates
to “ to face” . He was satirised in Salman
Rushdie’s novel The Moor’s last Sigh as
“Raman Fielding”. Who am I talking about ?

34. Ans. Bal Thackerey.
The newspaper Y is Saamana.

35. 2. X entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as
one of the most famous quotes of 2012. Y
should be credited for X. It was reported that Y
made 8.1 Million US in 2012 because of X.
X was one of its kind to reach a milestone on
something extremely popular among the
current generation.
Identify X and Y.
Clue : Keep Calm and I don’t know.

36. X – Oppan Gangnam Style
Y – PSY

37. 3. X was invented in Japan by the Toyota
subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles
during the manufacturing process, and originally
designed to allow components to be scanned at
high speed. It has since become one of the most
popular types of two dimensional barcodes.
Identify X.

38. • X – QR or Quick Response code

39. 4. Google Doodle for whose 125th birthday ?

40. Ans. Srinivasa Ramanujam

41. 5. Jacob Davis was a tailor who frequently
purchased bolts of cloth made from hemp from
X. After one customer kept purchasing cloth to
reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use
copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain
such as on the points on the pocket corners and
at the base of the button fly. He partnered with
X and it was patented. X sold the first of its kind
to gold miners during the California Gold Rush,
the manufacturing of denim overalls began in
the 1870’s. The company then created their first
pair of Y in the 1890’s, a style that went on to
become the worlds best selling item of cloth.
Identify X and Y.

42. X – Levi Strauss and Co. or Levi’s.
Y – Jeans.

43. 6. X are advertisements promoted by a company
since IPL Season 2. The ads were created by
Oglivy & Mather, an ad agency in Banglore. The
idea was convinced by Rajiv Rao. X are small-
bodied, thin woman covered in layers of white.
The Ads are shot at lower frame rates and
keeping background simple in terms and the use
of neutral tone of grey. The Ads were a huge hit.
The company received the first People for
Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) 2009
Glitterbox Award for replacing the something
with a more humane alternative.

44. • Ans. Vodafone ZooZoo, they replaced the pug
with ZooZoo’s.

45. 7. X is a fictional character in a popular movie
series, it is a job title rather than a name. X
heads the fictional R&D Division of an
organisation. 5 people played the role on X in
the movie series. 4 of them were old. In the
latest installement of the series, Ben Wishaw
played the role of X. He was the youngest actor
to play the role of X. X usually provides the main
character with a set of sophisticated weapons,
flying cars, modified Rolex/Omega watches. This
time X provided just a gun which could only be
fired by the main character and a miniaturised
radio. Convo between X and the Main character
on the next slide.

46. X: I am your new X.
Main: You must be joking
X: Why? Because I’m not wearing a lab coat ?
Main: Because you still have spots.
X: My complexion is hardly relevant.
Main: Your incompetence is.
X: Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
Main: And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Pic on the next slide

47. 4 actors who previously played the role of X in
the movie series.

48. Ans. X – Q or Quartermaster and Q is from the
movie series James Bond.

49. • 8. Headquarters of which organization ?

50. Ans. Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) or MI6.

51. 9. Identify the person on the left.

52. Ans. Stephen Hawking

53. 10. Illustrator, Light Room, Dreamweaver,
Elements etc. are software's from which
software company ?

54. Ans. Adobe

55. 11. 336 ppi ( pixels per inch) . What am I talking
about ?

56. Ans. Retina Display

57. 12.
X was proposed it in 1842 in Prague by
physicist Christian X. X is the change in
frequency of a wave (or other periodic event)
for an observer moving relative to its source. It
is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a
siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes
from an observer. Name the effect.

58. Ans. Doppler effect.

59. 13. X was a propaganda poster produced by the
British government in 1939 during the beginning
of the Second World War, intended to raise the
morale of the British public in the event of a
Nazi invasion of Great Britain. It had only limited
distribution with no public display, and thus was
little known. The poster was rediscovered in
2000 and has been re-issued by a number of
private companies and used as the decorative
theme for a range of products. X is very
common on Facebook these days.

60. Ans. Keep Calm and Carry On.

61. 14. Identify the game and the aircraft featured.

62. Ans. The aircraft is called Dragon Fire.

63. 15. X became a cartoonist for his school
newspaper. He dropped out from school and
was rejected by the army. He and his friend
decided to join the Red Cross and was sent to
France where he drove an ambulance for a year.
X, when he approached a few people and
showed him his cartoon creation, they said that
it was unimaginative and stupid. That cartoon is
the most famous cartoon character in this world
today. X started a company which ventured into
movies, animation, cartoons etc. The name of
the company is X. Pictures on the next slide.

65. Ans. Walt Disney and the character which they
called unimaginative was Mickey Mouse.

66. 16. Quote from which movie ?
“I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse”.

67. • Ans. The Godfather

68. 17. X was invented by Ermo X who worked at
the Dept. of interior Design art the academy of
Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. It is
believed that he invented it to help his students
understand 3D objects, his actual purpose was
solving the structural problem to moving the
parts independently without the entire
mechanism falling apart. He didn’t realize that
he had created a puzzle until the first time he
scrambled it. It was first called the Magic X. 350
Million of it has been sold so far making it the
world’s top selling puzzle game. It is widely
considered to be the world’s best selling toy.
What am I talking about ?

69. Ans. Rubik’s cube.

70. 18. Connect
1.EdgeRank
2.
3.

71. 4.
5. 1 Hackerway, Menlo Park, Cupertino.
6. 18th May 2012.

72. Ans. Facebook
1.EdgeRank – Algorithm which decides your
newsfeed.
2. It was created.
3. Original idea – Harvard
Connection

73. 4.
Peter Thiel – Its first investor.
5. 1 Hackerway, Menlo Park, Cupertino. – Its
headquarters.
6. 18th May 2012. – The day FB went public aka
IPO.

74. 19. Filming or shooting what ?

75. Ans. Leo the Lion or MGM should do. This
appears before every MGM product.

76. 20. Maurice Tillet was a Russia Born French
professional wrestler known as The French
Angel. He was the World Heavyweight
champion twice. During his teens he was
diagnosed with acromegaly – a condition usually
caused by benign tumor on the pituitary gland,
resulting in bone overgrowth and thickening. He
looked a lot like a monster. His physique was the
inspiration for an animated grouchy, terrifying
monster. This monster X is extremely famous
and a movie series X exists. Pic of Maurice Tillet
on the next slide.

78. Ans. X – Shrek.

79. 21. Who ?

80. Ans. Abraham Lincoln.

81. 22. X is a symbol which translates to snail in
Italian, spider monkey in German, called a
monkey tail in French, elephants trunk in
Swedish. Today it has a relatively different
meaning. What am I talking about ? It is used by
all of us.

82. Ans. The “@” symbol mostly used in emails.

83. 23. The name X comes from the legend of
Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend
states that he was sent from the battlefield of X
to Athens to announce that the Persians had
been defeated in the Battle of X which took part
in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that
he ran the entire distance without stopping and
burst into the assembly, exclaiming “We Won”,
before collapsing and dying.
When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the
organizers were looking for a great popularizing
event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece.
What is X ?

84. Ans. X – Marathon.

85. 24. X was once nominated for Nobel Prize for
Peace. He wrote an autobiography called Y. Y
translates to “My Struggle or My Battle”.
Outside the place where he was born.
He wanted to be an artist first, but the art
school didn’t accept him, so he chose another
path. The world would be a lot different if the
art school had accepted him. Identify X and Y.

86. X – Adolf Hitler
Y – Mein Kamph

87. 25. Who is the man on the right ?

88. Ans. John Lennon ( Beatles ).