1st - CET - 210 pts 2nd - IIST - 195 pts 3rd - CET - 160 pts

3. Researched & Conducted by
Arjun.K.M & Jyothishraj
Quizzing Society of IISER

5.  All stuff mixed up
 Bounce & Pounce applicable
 +10 if right , +5 on pass
 On pounce, +10 if right, -5 if wrong
 You cant pounce on your own Q.
( well, why would you ? )

6. The meat dish cevapcici or cevapi is served all over the
former Yugoslavia, as also in several other Central
European countries. This name is derived from a rough and
ready culinary invention created by Persian soldiers who
had nothing but meat, sword and fire.
What is the familiar name?

8. Kebabs

9. Two sound devices associated with the high end and the low
end may be arrived at if you run your eyes over this pair
carefully. Generic images. Name both.

11. Tweeters & Woofers

12. A new fad that has gone viral among US women is going
under the knife to change the shape & size of their feet so
that they look better in shoes or fit into smaller sizes. Dr. Ali
Sadrieh, the podiatrist who popularized this procedure
named it ________ surgery, instead of the complex Latin
terminology that was Hallux Valgus correction with
osteotomy & screw fixation.
Simple, Id the name given to this type of surgery.
[ image to follow ]

15. Cinderella Surgery

16. A Chinese entrepreneur registered the image of
____________as a trademark for beer and hats under the name
Tietougong (Iron Head Kung Fu).
The trademark is a silhouette of the point of impact between X
& Y.
"As soon as I saw it, I could feel the commercial opportunities.
It might seem as an unfortunate incident, but still it was seen
by billions across the world, which was good." said Mr Zhao,
the entrepreneur himself.
What did he use as a trademark ?

18. Zidane headbutting Materazzi

19. Long ago, in the villages of Germany, lovers whose
families opposed their marriage would jump off a cliff to
prove their love. But women, when their turn came after
seeing their men jump off, would get cold feet and return
home, and marry someone else.
Which famous phrase came into existence due to this?

21. “Ladies First”

22. _____________ is a principle with broad application that is
not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every
situation.
The term is thought to originate with carpenters who used the
width of their ________rather than rulers for measuring
things, cementing its modern use as an imprecise yet reliable
and convenient standard.
Another possible origin of the phrase comes from
measurement, in particular in agricultural fields. The plants
need a fairly precise depth to seed properly, whether planted
from seed or being replanted, but the depth can sometimes be
estimated using the ________.
What ?

25. The name of this product/service was selected because it
was onomatopoeic. The word typically represents a
sound of arrival or conclusion. The company felt that it
was memorable, short, easy to spell, and that it would
remind people of the sound made during the moment of
discovery and decision making.
What is this short name with such a deep motive behind
it ?

28. A popular myth states that Ghurka soldiers, fighting for
Britain in WW-I, in the ppitch dark nights in trenches,
crawled along the ground, feeling the ______ of the soldiers
they encountered.
British soldiers employed straight ______ or bar _______,
while Japanese troops employed a criss-cross one.
The importance of correct ________ was thus emhasized to
British troops because such a small thing had become a
matter of life or death for these Ghurka soldiers.
What was being used for Idying friends/foes ??

30. By checking the pattern of
tying the shoelaces

31. Google doodle commemorating the 200th anniversary [in
2012] of the 1st collection by __________ [?]

33. The Grimm Brothers

34. Amytis, princess of Media was married off to the son
of King Nabopolassar, in an effort to formalize the
allaince between 2 dynasties.
She could not adjust to the flat environments of her
husband’s nation with very little rain and soon fell
homesick.
Her husband, in an effort to improve her mood,
ordered a lot off stuff, mostly flora, to be brought
from Media,.
What did he do with these items ?

37. The map of the _____is a scheme displaying objects’ relative
position; but unlike real maps , the objects shown on it are
not aligned on a surface.
The size of the circles are determined by the amount of
usage of the entity represented by the circle, ie, more the
usage, bigger the circle. The switching between entities
forms links, and the stronger the links, the closer the circles
come together.
The colors used are to differentiate the major players in the
area.
Map of ???

40. Map of the Internet

41. When the pioneering Scottish photographer John
Thomson set out in 1871, it took him two days just to
travel 70 kms to this structure from the closest major
Asian city. The images captured by Thomson and other
early photographers caused a sensation among those
Westerners who saw them.
“It was like us going to a lecture and seeing photos of
Mars or Venus” quoted an observer.
It was known by a name meaning ?the ten thousand -
unit-long in the local language, the unit in question
being equal to about half a km.
What did John Thomson photograph?

44. Less than three months after his death, the British
Medical Journal published a paper titled "Hippocrates,
___ _____and medical ethics“.
It emphasises that doctors must take special care that
their judgment doesn’t become impaired when attending
to powerful patients
FITB [ image to follow ]

48. What do people who have autosomal dominant
compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome suffer
from?

50. ADCHOO syndrome
Light-induced sneezing

51. An experiment conducted at MIT gave the following
result.
Specific gravity of X – 1.0.
Specific gravity of Y – 1.6.
X<Y.
QED.
What?

53. “Blood is thicker than water”

55. Multiple unknowns per question.
+10 for each right answer, bonus points on
some Qs.
No negatives.
Write bros write !

56. A star on the crest of a national team jersey denotes
that it has won a world cup. Brazil has 5, Italy has 4,
Germany has 3. How many does Uruguay have? Why?

58. 4 stars
2 for WC wins
2 for Olympic Golds

59. (1973) J. G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
(1974) Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist
(1981) X , Y
(1988) Peter Carey, Oscar & Lucinda
(1995) Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
(1999) J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
The above list was 1st announced in 2008.
Name it, plus ID X & Y

61. Booker of the Bookers
Salman Rushdie,
Midnight’s Children

62. Connect the 2 images with single word, which essentially
conveys the same meaning, although in different
languages.

65. Interlagos
Interlaken

66. Initially, “Desh ki Pukaar” was fixed.
Then it was changed to ________, as it sounded stronger,
and also due to the fact that one of the predecessors had a
similar one.
What change ?
What was the one used by this predecessor ?

68. A.B.Vajpayee’s slogan was
“Abki Baari Atal Bihari”

69. What is the special
significance that
can be attributed to
this image, taken in
1946 ?
ID the gentleman
in the far left for
bonus !

71. Lord
Pethick-Lawrence

72. The image that follows this slide is actually the 1st look of
thefacebook.com.
It was shown in the movie “The Social Network”, in the scene
were Sean Parker had the very first glimpse of the thing, after a
part-night with a Stanford girl.
My question to you, is to ID the chap on the top-left corner of
the page.
If the story is to be believed, the ID that most make is the
wrong one, although it may seem obvious.
So, I need 2 names here, one the more common wrong ID, and
the other, the rare but right one.

76. Al Pacino
Peter Wolf

77. Which world-famous sculpture is being mocked in the cartoon ?
Also guess the 2nd blank [the one in blue] for bonus.

79. The Thinker
Augusto Rodin
The Doer !

80. This structure was architecturally created as a symbol of
evolution of technology and Asian tradition.
In terms of symbolism the building is said to resemble a tall
stack of bamboo that weathers storms and typhoons using a
pendulum/mass damper that sways during earthquakes.
On the funnier side, the building is said to resemble a stack
of what object, associated with Chinese culture in foreign
countries?
[image to follow]

83. Taipei 101
Food takeaway boxes

84. The following slide has an image of an insect X.
It was an important part in a novel, which was later
filmatised in 1991 to what is regarded as one of the best
in crime/thriller genre.
One of the iconic posters of this movie Y, in turn depicts
X, but in reality, it’s a photograph from 1951, “In Voluptas
Mors.” It was conceived of by Z and was shot by Philippe
Halsman.
X,Y,Z please .
[image to follow]

87. X – Death Hawk Moth
Y – the Silence of the Lams
Z – Salvador Dali

88. Whose is being portrayed as a deity here ?
Also, name the deity.

90. X – Sonia Gandhi
Y – Mother of Telangana

91. X is a human tower built traditionally in festivals at many
locations within Y. At these festivals, several or teams often
succeed in building and dismantling a tower's structure. In
2010, Xswere declared by UNESCO to be amongst
theMasterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of
Humanity.
The assembly is complete once all participants have climbed
into their designated places, and the enxaneta climbs into
place at the top and raises one hand with four fingers erect,
in a gesture said to symbolize the stripes of the flag of Y.
Specific name for X, and also Y.

94. X – Castell
Y - Catalunia

95. X is one of a limited number of ____created by Peter Carl
X and his company between 1885 and 1917. The House of X
made about 50, of which 43 have survived. Two more were
planned for 1918, but were not delivered, due to the Y.
Getting one of these original ones as a personal/institute
level possession is believed to be an achievement of the
topmost state.
X & Y please …..

97. X – Faberge Eggs
Y – Russian Revolution

98.  8 questions, 8 answers .
 Bounce & Pounce open throughout. [ +10, -5 ]
 Theme scores will be displayed with each
question.
 Single attempt at Qs, multiple ones at Theme.

99. Q:1: [+50, -25] Id the novel/movie(s) .

100. Q:2: [+45, -20]
Shown on the right are polyhedral
dice used to a play a particular
board game. Its mainly strategy-based
game, where you are
supposed to raise cities & wage
wars.
The following image shows a
screenshot from their own ‘wiki’
page, describing the skills &
profile of one of its pieces.
Gimme either the game or the
name of the piece.

102. Q:3: [+40, -20]
Laws governing motels and hotels are often named “X's
Act“ or refer to hôteliers and motel operators as “X" in the
body of the legislation and legal precedent cases. These
laws typically define the X' liability for valuables entrusted
to them by clients and determine whether an X holds any
lien against such goods.
X please !

103. Q:4: [+35, -15]
A & B [image to follow] are a pair of musician brothers from
Bhuj, Gujarat. A mastered the piano on at the Trinity College
of Music in London while B took up tabla training with such
legends as Taufiq Qureshi and Ustad Zakir Hussain.
They emerged as popular music directors only in 2003, but
went on produce music for hit films like Rab Ne Bana di Jodi,
Chak de India, Iqbal etc.
They were also the creators of BG score for Bang Bang, Singh
is King, Krissh and Anjaana Anjaani.
The musical duo collaborated with South African singer
Loyiso Bala and Kenyan singer and song writer Eric Wainaina
to record the anthem for 2010 FIFA World Cup. The anthem is
the song "Africa – You're A Star"

105. Q:5: [+30,-15] One word connect please .

106. Q:6: [+25,-10]
According to wordpress.org, their product Y is the answer to all
questions regarding how to design a perfect site.
“Y gives you total control to create the site design you want -
Start with one of the many included subthemes, then tweak
away for the exact look you want. You can control virtually every
aspect of your site - right down to individual pages and posts.
Sixteen sidebar locations with multiple layout options. The
mobile view will match your site's desktop style - automatically!
Features include: context sensitive help; translations for more
than 18 languages…….
Once you've tried Y, you won't be able to give up the freedom of
total control ! “ [ image to follow ]

108. Q:7: [ +20, -10 ]
Just like the word “blacksmith” has given rise to the
common surname “Smith” among theWesterners, the
Italian equivalent for “blacksmith” is a common
surname in the country.
Which surname am I referring to ?

109. Q:8: [+15, no negatives ]
In internet jargon, it is a cyber attack intended to redirect
a website's traffic to another, fake site.
While in genetics, it refers to the use of genetic
engineering to insert genes that code for useful
pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants that would
otherwise not express those genes, thus creating
a genetically modified organism (GMO).
What term ?

111. Q:1: [+50, -25] Id the novel/movie(s) .

113. The Gambler

114. Q:2: [+45, -20]
Shown on the right are polyhedral
dice used to a play a particular
board game. Its mainly strategy-based
game, where you are
supposed to raise cities & wage
wars.
The following image shows a
screenshot from their own ‘wiki’
page, describing the skills &
profile of one of its pieces.
Gimme either the game or the
name of the piece.

117. D & D
OR
City Guards

118. Q:3: [+40, -20]
Laws governing motels and hotels are often named “X's
Act“ or refer to hôteliers and motel operators as “X" in the
body of the legislation and legal precedent cases. These
laws typically define the X' liability for valuables entrusted
to them by clients and determine whether an X holds any
lien against such goods.
X please !

120. Innkeeper’s Act

121. Q:4: [+35, -15]
A & B [image to follow] are a pair of musician brothers from
Bhuj, Gujarat. A mastered the piano on at the Trinity College
of Music in London while B took up tabla training with such
legends as Taufiq Qureshi and Ustad Zakir Hussain.
They emerged as popular music directors only in 2003, but
went on produce music for hit films like Rab Ne Bana di Jodi,
Chak de India, Iqbal etc.
They were also the creators of BG score for Bang Bang, Singh
is King, Krissh and Anjaana Anjaani.
The musical duo collaborated with South African singer
Loyiso Bala and Kenyan singer and song writer Eric Wainaina
to record the anthem for 2010 FIFA World Cup. The anthem is
the song "Africa – You're A Star"

124. Salim – Sulaiman
Merchant

125. Q:5: [+30,-15] One word connect please .

127. The Doctor

128. Q:6: [+25,-10]
According to wordpress.org, their product Y is the answer to all
questions regarding how to design a perfect site.
“Y gives you total control to create the site design you want -
Start with one of the many included subthemes, then tweak
away for the exact look you want. You can control virtually every
aspect of your site - right down to individual pages and posts.
Sixteen sidebar locations with multiple layout options. The
mobile view will match your site's desktop style - automatically!
Features include: context sensitive help; translations for more
than 18 languages…….
Once you've tried Y, you won't be able to give up the freedom of
total control ! “ [ image to follow ]

131. Weaver

132. Q:7: [ +20, -10 ]
Just like the word “blacksmith” has given rise to the
common surname “Smith” among theWesterners, the
Italian equivalent for “blacksmith” is a common
surname in the country.
Which surname am I referring to ?

134. Ferrari [ blacksmith ]

135. Q:8: [+15, no negatives ]
In internet jargon, it is a cyber attack intended to redirect
a website's traffic to another, fake site.
While in genetics, it refers to the use of genetic
engineering to insert genes that code for useful
pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants that would
otherwise not express those genes, thus creating
a genetically modified organism (GMO).
What term ?

137. Pharming
[ Farming + phishing
OR
pharmaceuticals ]

138. So,
Gambler
City guard
Innkeeper
Merchant
Doctor
Weaver
Blacksmith
Farmer
???

139. Occupations of pawns in chess,
from left to right !