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General quiz @ Tech Era @ 2K14
Electronics Dept.
HBTI
Q.M. Pranjal Pande
Date: 8th March 2014

• Theme of the quiz
will be internet
memes
• Prelims contain 20
questions .
• 6 teams will be
selected for the next
round .
• Don’t troll the
quizmaster.
• Keep calm and and
carry on.

or not… it’s my quiz ..I’ll do as I
want..you can’t stop me..

Okay Okay now we start

Q1.
• The meme typically consists of a picture of
a Shiba Inu , often with text written in
multicolored Comic Sans MS in the
foreground. The text is deliberately written
in broken English, following the format of
"such x", "many x", "very x" and "so x". The
word "wow" is also commonly used.
• Name the meme

Doge
WOW

Much questions

Wow

such quizmaster

Wow

Q2. Neil Armstrong's famous line
“one giant step……” is followed by
the statement “Good Luck Mr.
Gorsky” . What is the story behind
this?

Young Armstrong had heard his neighbor
Mrs.Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "S**! You
want *e*?! You'll get **x when the kid next
door walks on the moon!"

Q.3
Which two Shakespearean characters are part of
the NATO alphabets?

Q4 . Ad by tourism department of
which country?

Q5.
• X-rin is a protein essential for photo receptor
ribbon synapse formation in the eyes. Inspired by
the lightening fast movements of “X", the protein
was so named because it enables the "lightningfast" transmission of images from the eyes to the
brain! Without Xrin, these visual signals would
move up to three times slower. This protein is
also integral to the way an eye tracks moving
objects.
• Give X

Q6 .
• X is an Internet meme who first appeared in
a YouTube video as a submission to a contest
held by Justin Bieber who challenged fans to
create a "Girlfriend" counterpart to his hit
song "Boyfriend". The video, which satirized
elements of the Bieber song that have been
perceived as clingy, featured the woman
staring at the camera with a fixed smile while
singing about Facebook-stalking her boyfriend
and other themes. ID the meme.

Q7.
• What peculiar thing is traditionally practiced
by the athlete riders in the tour de France to
ward off superstition associated with the
No.13 on the back of his jersey?

Q 8. Give the Funda for this Google
Doodle

• Google’s 11th anniversary

Q 9. Why was this guy in the news
recently?

Oscars pizza delivery man Edgar Martirosyan

Q10 . What record did this selfie set?

Q11 . Why are Sadhus allowed free
travel on the Indian railways?

They are considered to be legally
dead

Q.12
Honouring whom does Switzerland
celebrate its science day on may
26?

Q 13.The family’s presence in
business began in the then
Bombay in 1897 when Ardeshir X ,
after reading a newspaper article
about rising citywide crime rates
began developing and selling locks
with the assistance of his brother
Pirojsha. Name is famous Indian
Brand.

Q .14
When Y said in 2008 that X “has no
soul”, the president X returned fire
with what was widely believed to be a
misogynist joke.
“At a minimum, a head of state should
have a head,” he told reporters.
Give X and Y

X Vladimir putin
Y Hillary Clinton

Q 15. Identify this god who is always
shown wearing shoes.

Q 16. The word X is a shortening (modeled
on gene) of the Ancient Greek word meaning
"imitated thing” and it was coined by the
British evolutionary biologist Richard
Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976) as a
concept for discussion
of evolutionaryprinciples in explaining the
spread of ideas and cultural phenomena.
Examples ofX given in the book included
melodies, catch-phrases, fashion, and the
technology of building arches

Q17.What is the significance of the
old Nokia SMS ringtone of 'bip bip
bip beep beep bip bip bip'?

The ringtone was Morse code for
the letters SMS

Q 18. In 1882, Mr. W L Lake a
Canadian engineer saw elephants
emerging out of dense forests with oil
stains on their feet. So the story
goes, that his shouts urging his men to
drill the area for crude oil gave this
Indian town its name. Which town?

Q19. Which company's CEO is said to
have famously give the following
statement " I have changed the face
of mankind the most"?

Q 20.
1 yug=12000 years
1 sahastra =1000
1 yojan = 8 miles
what do these figures help us find?

Distance from Earth to Sun
Juga sahastra Yojan par bhaanu |
Leelyo taahi madhur phal jaanu
Juga X Sahastra X Yojan (in miles) =
12000X1000X8= 960,00000 miles
Now 1 mile= 1.6km
So 960,00000 miles= 960,00000X1.6
km = 1536,00000km.

Round 2
Consists of 12 questions
first clockwise then anti-clockwise
Pounce is open till the QM deems Fit.
+20/0 on direct
+20/-10 on pounce
+20/0 on pass

Q1. Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Donner
X?
this is an exhaustive list . Give me X and
connect these.

Q2. In Japanese culture it is widely believed
that X brings good luck to thousands of high school
students who sit for their entrance examinations to
gain an admission into Japan's top universities because
co-incidentally X in Japanese translates to "You shall
surely win" or "Be Victorious".
Y (manufacturers of X) responded to this fortuitous
linguistic association by producing for the Japanese
market special types of X that carry additional examrelated symbols on their packaging.

X and Y?

Q3. According to a legend there were
18 forts on either side i.e, north and
south of river Shivnath in the area of
Southern Kaushal(Kosal). What was
the implication of this?

This is how Chhattisgarh gets its
name.

Q4. It has been speculated that sailors who often went
above and below deck might have needed to keep one
eye adjusted to the darkness below decks. The strong
sunlight while above deck on an oceangoing vessel
could require minutes of adaptation to the dim lighting
below deck. With virtually no light sources below
deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes
to adjust. In the critical moments of modifying the
rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those
minutes were too precious. This is the reason behind a
popular culture happening. What am I talking about ?

Q5. Back in the 1800s, cowboys used
to wear their watches on chains and
kept them in their waistcoats. To keep
them from getting broken, X
introduced this Y where they could
keep their watch.

X Levis and Y  small pockets on
the right hand side

Q6. A "surveyor's chain” is a
measuring device, whose form will be
familiar to students of civil engineering
even today. It was first used in England
in the late 17th century primarily to
help landowners measure land. It has
100 metal links of equal length, each
of 7.92 inches. The legacy of this chain
is still preserved in a very different
field. How?

Q7. The probability of winning in the
American version of the game X is
approx. 2.6%, whereas in another
version Y, the probability of "winning"
becomes 16.67%. What is the game X,
and which version (or variant) Y are we
talking about?

Roulette

and Russian Roulette

Q9. The Earlier name for this US
operation was “Operation Iraqi
Liberation”
It was later renamed “Operation
Iraqi Freedom”. Why?

Q 10. What is being shown in the
figure?

Photo showing that the London
double deckers were not a tipping
hazard

Q12. Except for two items.. This is an
exhaustive list . Connect
Baseball
Dangerous Creature
inside your computer
jungle
Leonardo Da Vinci
mystery
nature

Sports

Hollywood

Conspiracy theory mythology
Etymology

literature

Q1. Boogie Woogie , the kids dance
show had a winner from the south
zone in the year 1995. This guy is in a
very different field nowadays but he
still manages to showcase his talent (
i.e. IF he gets a chance)
ID the guy

Q 2.
The first ever cricket match under lights
was played between Middlesex and
which team?

In the 50s vs. arsenal football club
at Highbury!

1. In the 3rd chapter of Kishkindha
Kaanda of Valmiki
Ramayana, Rama describes many
attributes of X's personality.
Summarized as follows:
Ablest sentence maker.
Knower of all Vedas and Scriptures.
Scholar in nine schools of grammars.
Possessing faultless speech and facial
features. ID X

Mythology 2

In chronological order,
Svarga (Heaven) in the Satya Yuga
, Lanka in the Treta Yuga
, and Dwarka (Krishna's capital) in
the Dwapara Yuga.
Name the celestial architect credited
with the building of these.

All based on the novels of Stephen
king

Hollywood 2
Q . Which film is being shot?

Q1. X (the bird) is named after X (the
country) despite there being no Xs in
X.
The bird was first introduced to Europe
via X trade routes (the people of X got
them from the Americas). People
started referring to them as "those X
birds," since as far as they knew, that's
where they came from. The name
stuck. Give X

Q2. It's actually a contraction of "and
per se and", meaning "and by itself
means and".

Q1. www.itanimulli.org open the page
to a page that has fuelled the
conspiracy theory that the illuminati
runs the US Govt.
Which page does it open?

www.nsa.gov
the site for the National Security
Agency NSA

Q 2.
1. Open Notepad
2. Type : Q33N
3. Now, go to Format menu
4. Choose Font.
5. Now, change the size to '72'
6. Now, change the font to 'Wingdings‘
What is peculiar about this in terms of
conspiracy theories?

The flight number which hit the WTC
in New York was Q33N
Notepad knew about the bombing!!

Q1. While trying to overcome his
procrastination of launching his writing
career, X said, "If I see a white feather
today, that is a sign that God is giving
me that I have to write a new book." X
found a white feather in the window
of a shop, and began writing that day.

Q2. The book's primary inspiration is
the true story of turn-of-the-century
French pioneer filmmaker Georges
Méliès, his surviving films and his
collection of mechanical, wind-up
figures called Automata. The book won
the 2008 Caldecott Medal, the first
novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal
is for picture books. Has been turned
into a major movie . Name the book or
the movie

The invention of Hugo Cabret
Hugo

Theme round

5 questions
10 marks each individually
Write them on your papers and the
marks for guessing the theme are
shown on the slide

+60/-30
1.In the 1920s to 30s, X were worn by
a variety of professional basketball
players and became the envy of all
aspiring basketball players. Soon after,
X were being worn by athletes in
the Olympics, and during World War
II American soldiers began to wear
them while in training.
Give X

+40/-20
2. X was built by Ted Lawson, an
engineer/inventor for United
Robotronics, in an effort to assist
handicapped children. The robot is
taken home by Lawson so that it can
mature within a family environment

+30/-15
3. X’s movie Y, if inflation is taken into
account, is the second-highest grossing
movie of Indian film history and most
watched Bollywood movie of modern
era in theatres. X’s real name is Ajay
Singh _____. Give me his more
popular name

+20/-10
4. A robot may not injure a human being or, through
inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given to it by human
beings, except where such orders would conflict with
the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with the First or Second
Law.
Who coined these laws ?

+10/0
5. “____" starring X and his teenage
son Y, picked up three gold spraypainted raspberry accolades: Y for
worst actor, X for worst supporting
actor and worst screen combo for the
father-son stars.
Name both X and Y

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