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1. Session – 16/09/2012
Mit’s place

2. Disclaimer: Not all questions are made by me.
Some of the questions are questions that I
have liked and compiled for the session.
Should be fun.

3. 1. In the United States’ Secret Service lingo,
what does Renegade, Renaissance, Radiance
and Rosebud, refer to?

4. 2. Which TV show has one the most number of
Emmy Awards for excellence in Television?
#kolstylz

5. 3. In the Roman Republic magistrates elected to
the assemblies had a sub-group of people who
were in charge of preventing anyone of bad
conduct from holding office and making
people behave properly , basically to generate
public morality.
What were these people called ?

6. 4. In recent years, palaeontologists have come
to use a unit of measurement called the
lawyer. For what is this unit used, and what’s
the story?

7. 5. It is one-seventh as salty as other body fluids.
This low salt content gives it a mildly anti-
microbial action because cells encountering it
tend to swell up and burst. This is also why the
HIV organism cannot spread through this
particular route. What body fluid are we
talking about?

8. (From Vijay Anand Menon’s Techfest
prelims
• 6. This Arabic phrase has its reference in the
Quran cited as the symbol/sign of god’s
mystical creative power. The verse if from the
Quranic chapter ‘Surah Ya-Sin’. In the Quran,
Allah commands the universe to be and it is,
which is more or less what the verse translates
to.
• What is the phrase?

9. 7. X has its root in the Greek 'kyrios', meaning
master, Lord, power or authority, from which
comes the word 'kyriakos', meaning 'of the
Lord'.
The 'Cyriacus' name in Ancient Rome is
considered the equivalent of the Greek
'Kyriakos', and both these names may have
come to Kerala via Syria and through the
multiple trade relations that the state had
with European nations. Identify X

10. 8. Every year during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
celebrations, the Indian government awards
the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards to
distinguished Non-Residential Indians and
Persons of Indian Origin.
Who is the only sports person to have received
this award?

11. 9. Super Girl,” a Chinese talent show similar to “American
Idol”, was cancelled in 2012 despite high ratings and
popularity. Many theories exist as to why the show was
cancelled.
One of the reasons stated is that the State Administration of
Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) told Human Satellite
Television that the show violated a cap on screen time.
What is the other popular reason that made this cancellation
a front page news in dailies like the Guardian and
Washington Post?

12. 10. An old ad for Parker Pens featured a person
writing down the following formula. Following
this, a lot of chemists wrote to Parker asking
them what the formula was for. So, what was
the formula for?

13. 11. In January 1852, under the command of Captain Robert
Salmond RN, the Birkenhead left Portsmouth conveying
troops from ten different regiments, including the 74th
Regiment of Foot and Queen's Royal Regiment, to the 8th
Xhosa War against the Xhosa in South Africa. On 5 January
she picked up more soldiers at Queenstown, Ireland.
On 26th February, 1852, it was transporting troops to Algoa
Bay. An incident that occurred on this day set the
precedent for a particular maritime tradition, named after
this ship.
What happened. What tradition.

14. 12. The lady shown here in this
photo is Isher Judge _______.
She is the Chairperson of
Indian Council for Research
on International Economic
Relations from 2005. holds a
Ph.D. from MIT, an M.A. from
Delhi School of Economics,
and a B.A. with Honors
from Presidency College,
Kolkata, University of
Calcutta. Her husband
however is more famous in
India.
Who is her husband?

15. 13. This is one of the oldest villages in Delhi. It
has been dominated by Tyagis since the time
of British rule and gets its name from the
Pratihara Gurjar’s who used to dominate this
part of Delhi. This place is however known for
a famous landmark that is situated here.
Identify the place or the landmark.

16. 13. This word meant ‘Clarified Butter’ in Persian
and has given its name to a dish where meat is
cooked in clarified butter at intense heat. The
dish is supposed to have been introduced in
India by the Mughals and is now a common
item throughout the country.
Identify the word or the dish.

17. 14. Which is the only mammal to have a total
count of over 1 billion and to outnumber
humans in over 10 countries of the world?

18. 15. Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews
was at bat and New York Giants Wes Westrum
was the catcher in Milwaukee County Stadium
in a 1954 match
What fame of certain quizzical value did this
match and the players achieve in August 16,
1954?

19. 16. He began his singing career at the age of three, when he joined his
father on stage to sing Mohammad Rafi's "Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Wo
Kasam Wo Irada." From then on Sonu accompanied his father on
his singing appearances at weddings and parties. In his teenage
years he participated in several music competitions successfully.
He has changed the spelling of his last name in accordance
with numerology, but not getting desired results, he returned to
the old spelling.
After the untimely death of Micheal Jackson, he released a tribute
song to Micheal in collaboration with his fans on facebook. The
song made it to an 18-song global compilation of tribute songs CD
titled "The Beat of Our Hearts""Michael Jackson Trubute portrait“
WHICH INDIAN PRODIGY?

20. 17. IN THE WORLD OF FILMS, WHERE DOES A
LADY CALLED MS. VIOLET STONEHAM LIVE?

21. 18. THE NEVILL GROUND IS A CRICKET GROUND
USED AS A SECONDARY HOME GROUND BY ITS
DOMESTIC TEAM. ITS ONLY INTERNATIONAL
CLAIM TO FAME IS ONE MEMORABLE MATCH,
AFTER WHICH IT FADED INTO RELATIVE
OBSCURITY. WHERE IS THE GROUND?

22. 19. ON 25TH MAY THIS YEAR, MORE THAN
13000 PEOPLE WERE PRESENT AT THE UNITED
CENTRE IN CHICAGO, WHERE PERFORMERS
INCLUDED TOM CRUISE, STEVIE WONDER,
MADONNA, TOM HANKS, ARETHA FRANKLIN
AND BEYONCE. VIEWERSHIP HIT A RECORD
HIGH.
WHAT WAS THE OCCASION?

23. 20. THIS SONG, FIRST RELEASED ON THE ALBUM
poems, prayers and promises, WAS PLAYED IN
2010 AT THE FUNERAL OF WEST VIRGINIAN
SENATOR ROBERT BYRD, USA’S LONGEST
SERVING MEMBER OF SENATE. WHICH SONG?

24. 21. Ray bolger, Bert lahr, Jack haley and terry
were cast as 4 of the 5 in a group of characters
in a film. Who was cast as the 5th member of
this band of travellers?

25. 22. Which 7-letter word is the longest word in
the list of 100 most frequently used words in
written English? (based on analysis of Oxford
English Corpus)

26. 23. Tagline of which movie from the 1990s?
'His story will touch you, even though he can't.'

27. 24. The movie was released on 24 September 2008.
It is based on X, who was voted the 11th greatest
citizen of his nation in 2004. The movie is
enlivened through the cultural diversity of its
backdrop, with the colours of India, its rambling
buildings and beautiful sunsets, adding a notable
poignancy to the drama. The movie explores the
very human drama of a man who, after losing
everything he has worked for, begins the
painstaking journey back to choosing "life".
Identify the movie.

28. 25. How do we know these 2 better

29. 26. As mentioned first in Sangam literature,
what was the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka?

30. 27. New York subway platform faux pas
What was before this sign came up?

31. • 28. India became only the sixth country in the
world to develop strategic undersea missiles
when in January 2010 it launched the K-4
missile – a submarine-launched ballistic
missile (SLBM) with an eventual range of
3,500 km.
• What does the letter “K” stand for?

32. 29. What is their Claim to Fame?

33. 30. IMDB report by a fan about the movie, one
of the shortest reviews on their website.
About which movie?
If you watch X backwards, its about a normal
guy.

34. • THEME!

35. • 1) It’s no more about winning in the flat world.
It’s about ______ ________ _________

36. • 2) This was a British Royal Navy research vessel
commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his
first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New
Zealand from 1769 to 1771.
• It is also is a first-rate Ship of the Line, a heavily-
armed naval vessel used by the British Navy
captained by Cutlet Becket in Pirates of the
Caribbean: At worlds End, which fights Flying
Dutchman captained by Will Turner and Black
Pearl captained by Jack Sparrow.
• Also the name of two different SUVs, one
manufactured by Mitsubishi, and another by Ford
(in Indian market).

37. • 3) George Edward _______, better known as
Professor _______, is a fictional character in a
series of science fiction stories by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. Unlike Conan Doyle's laid-back,
analytic character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor
is an aggressive, dominating figure.
• Like Sherlock Holmes, Professor was based on
a real person — in this case, a professor of
physiology named William Rutherford, who
had lectured at the University of Edinburgh
while Conan Doyle studied medicine there.

38. 4) On which popular TV channel’s logo will
you find the element Scandium
appropriately used so as to double-up as
the name of the channel?

39. 5)

40. • 5) She is the feminine personification of the United
States of America.
• 1924 - No clouds; Rays emanating from torch in a
flickering style of animation. She wore a headdress.
• 1936 – She now stood on a pedestal, wore no
headdress, and the single word appeared in chiseled
letters behind her. The animation was improved so that
the torch now radiated light instead of the more
artificial-looking rays of light projecting from the torch.
• 1976 – Along with other changes, her body shape was
described as resembling a Coke bottle.
• 1992 – Digitally repainted to return to her "classic"
look. Starts with a bright light, which zooms out to
reveal the torch and then then her. Jenny Joseph, a
homemaker and mother of two children, was the
model, but used a composite for the face.

41. • 6) If Atlantic was Sea of Atlas (in Greek), this is a
legendary island first mentioned in Plato's
dialogues Timaeus and Critias, which means
Island of Atlas, right in the middle of Atlantic. The
concept of a lost continent, has been generally
rejected, but also has found a lot of supporters
including some Nazi theorists.
• Francis Bacon's 1627 essay The New _______
describes a utopian society that he called
Bensalem, located off the western coast of
America. A character in the narrative gives a
history of ________ that is similar to Plato's and
places it in America.

43. • Answers
1. Building Tomorrows Enterprise
2. Endeavour
3. Challenger
4. Discovery Science
5. Columbia
6. Atlantis
• Connect – NASA Space Shuttles