The KQA April Open Quiz - Finals

THE APRIL OPEN QUIZ

ZE FINALE

 5 Rounds

 Round 1 – Written Round (8 questions)
Round 2 – Dry Clockwise (18 questions)
Round 3 – Written Round (8 questions)
Round 4 – Dry Anticlockwise (18 questions)
Round 5 – Differential Scoring (6 questions)

 A total of 37 (prelims)+ 58(finals) = 95 questions in the quiz

 Everyone at the KQA!

 Hari Parameswaran, for being the perfect Guinea Pig + Roger
Ebert

 Arun AS, for patiently sitting through the set (after going 4
pegs down i.e.)

 Diagnose, Brothers

 Medical signs that are named after their resemblance to
various things

 Answers to be written down

 10 points for each correct answer

 Bonus of 10 for getting all 8 correct

 It is a common ﬁnding seen on contrast-enhanced CT scans of
the abdomen and the brain.

 The sign indicates a well-deﬁned round or oval mass with
increased attenuation in one half of its area and decreased
attenuation in the other half. It is helpful in facilitating the
diagnosis of partially thrombosed true arterial aneurysms and
false aneurysms.

 Name the sign.

 It is a sign that involves prominent knobs of bone at the
costochondral joints of rickets patients.

 The appearance results from a deficiency of calcium resulting
in lack of mineralization and an overgrowth of costochondral
joint cartilage.

 What is the appearance called?

 It is a trachea that has an abnormal shape caused by COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

 The sign depicts diffuse progressive lateral narrowing of the
intra-thoracic portion of the trachea.

 The sign derives its name after its resemblance to something
from the world of weaponry. What?

 Portal hypertension refers to high blood pressure in the
portal vein system of the liver.

 One of the commonest signs in Portal Hypertension is the
appearance of distended and engorged paraumbilical veins,
which are seen radiating from the umbilicus across the
abdomen to join systemic veins.

 What is this appearance called?

 Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease involving collections of chronic
inflammatory cells (granulomas) that can form nodules in
multiple organs.

 One of the radiological findings in Sarcoidosis is selective
Gallium-67 uptake by lacrimal, parotid and submandibular
glands thereby giving its characteristic appearance.

 The sign takes its name from its similarity to what?

 Spondylolisthesis is the anterior displacement of one vertebra
with respect to another and frequently occurs at the
lumbosacral junction. Many a time, a severely subluxed L5
vertebral body projects end-on and overlaps the sacrum.

 The sign is seen on an anteroposterior view of the lumbosacral
junction with end-on view of the fifth lumbar (L5) vertebral
body projected against the image of the sacrum.

 The appearance is very similar to an inverted X, used by many
militaries from the late 18th-early 20th century, but most
commonly associated with Y. Identify X or Y.

 Gallstones are produced by accretion of bile components.
They vary in size and shape from as small as a grain of sand
to as large as a golf ball. The gallbladder may contain a single
large stone or many smaller ones.

 One of the commonest radiological findings in gallstones is
collection of gas within the stones, usually Nitrogen, in a tri-
radiate fashion. This gas fills crevices created by shrinkage of
cholesterol crystals in the stone and gives a typical
appearance.

 What is this appearance called?

 Liver abscesses are caused by bacterial, parasitic, or fungal
infection. The commonest variety is the Amoebic Liver
abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica.

 The typical finding in a case of Amoebic Liver abscess is sterile
pus with liquefied necrotic liver tissue, giving a reddish-brown
appearance.

 This feature is named after its visual resemblance to a culinary
item. What?

 Dry round

 Clockwise

 18 questions

 Bounce - +10

 Pounce - +10, -5

 Of all the news stories that covered the Feb 2013 Russian
meteor, it was widely agreed that the best headline came from
The Boston Globe. The credit for the headline went to Mark
Morrow, deputy managing editor and projects.

 Morrow adapted the headline from a 40 year old work of fiction,
which he was a big fan of, as the images of the meteor were
something that he could finally compare to the adapted part.

 What was the headline? What was its source?

 Image in the next slide.

 This book tells the story of X,
who had to leave his study of
medicine and practice an
alternate profession (that was
marked by a dark red coat) in
order to make ends meet for
his family. His son Y adopted
the same profession and is a
subject of folklore thanks to Z
telling him, “Pardon me sir, I
meant not to do it”, in an effort
to maintain dignity.

 Who is Z? Why did Z say this?

 While it is widely thought that the appearance indicated a
mechanical problem, the reason was that a cushion and 19 liters
of a substance had to be retrieved. These two items were
needed for something that the French tried to wash out in the
19th century, but remained largely unsuccessful. The utilization
of these items is the central motif of this Peter Hopkins painting
titled “Ambassadors of Goodwill”, one of the two men borne by
the coolies being U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

 What are we talking about? Who is the other man in the
painting? Image in the next slide.

 The Paratrooper Wings (Para Wings) are awarded to a soldier
after completing 5 mandatory jumps during the Para course.

 During the Presidential Air Fleet review in 2007 to mark the
platinum jubilee celebrations of the IAF, an Indian Armed Forces
soldier performed two para-jumps to set an example for young
officers, in an effort to inspire them to maintain highest
standards of fitness and mental alertness. This person had
received his wings just 2 years earlier in 2005, and holds a very
unique distinction as a result.

 Who? What distinction?

 Charity Caritas is an Italian charity that chalked up a plan in
2006 to set up a supermarket that offered essential items free
of charge to the poor people in the capital region. Families
were given a top-up card by their local councils which could be
swapped for basic food items at the supermarket. The charity
has distributed about 800,000 euros ($1.26 million) annually
over the years to the needy, the whole process supported by a
daily activity between 6 and 7 a.m.

 What is the source for the funds needed for this project?

 Rumors of Spanish soldiers being sacrificed for a specific
purpose is thought to be one of the factors that lead to the
Spanish Civil War. Also, Alexandra Feodorovna’s concern over
her only son contributed directly to the Russian Revolution. A
very early theory was that underlying all of these events there
was a common factor - that the lady (who drew the self-portrait
in the next slide) was an illegitimate child.

 What are we talking about?


 These structures (and improvement in their designs) were
necessitated by the advent of the Industrial Age, when dams
and other river obstructions became larger and more common.
Their main working principle is that the velocity of water
falling over has to be high enough, but it cannot be so great
that it nullifies their intended purpose.

 What are these called and what purpose do they serve?

 Also name the specialized subset of these structures.

 Images in the next 2 slides.

 X is an organization established in 2001 by a former newspaper
editor named John Richards. The organization went on to win
an IgNobel prize the same year for the “efforts to protect,
promote, and defend the differences between Y and Z”.

 Ventures by the people pictured have been the subjects of X’s
wrath in the recent years.

 Solve for X, Y and Z.

 Images in the next slide.

Madame Tussauds
Harrods
Selfridges

They have all dropped the
apostrophe from their names

 He is a self-confessed Star
Trek fan. In 1996, he appeared
in the Star Trek: Voyager
episode "Investigations", in a
non-speaking cameo. A Star
Trek theme park will also
open in 2014 in his country,
with him as the majority local
investor.

 Who? Why could he not have
a speaking role?

 Hoganas AB is a Swedish multinational company that was
founded in 1797, originally as a coal mine. It also made stoneware
ceramics for the paper-mill industry and is today the world's
largest producer of powdered metals.

 About half a century back, the firm got an order for a million of
their ceramic products (1,056,006 being the final number
produced) in 2 visually similar colours, with the condition that
they retained their visual qualities even when they became dirty.
It took Hoganas 3 years to manufacture these 120 sq.mm. items,
made from clay with a small percentage of crushed stone.

 For what purpose were these used?

 The second major clash on the Western Front during WW I was a
decisive Allied strategic victory. It ended any hopes of a quick
victory for Germany in the West and they were forced to face a
long, costly war on two fronts.

 The heroes of the Battle were the French Sixth Army who
exploited the open flanks of the Germans. However, the Sixth
Army was soon pushed back into a defensive posture. But, they
received a much needed boost in the form of over 6,000 men of
the 7th Division who arrived from Paris, even though army vehicles
and drivers were in shortage.

 Name the battle. How did the French soldiers reach the
battlefront and thereby save Paris?

 Pictured are structures in New York, Madrid, Turin and
Leiden. All of them came up in the late 60s and early 70s.

 What prompted their installation?

 Images follow.

Temple of Dendur – NY
Temple of Debod – Madrid
Temple of Ellesyia – Turin
Temple of Taffeh – Leiden

 This ‘invented’ event deviated heavily from tradition, a fact
that is echoed in the usage of a carriage and transmitter vans.
Principal participants included soldiers from the Rajputana
Rifles, Madras Regiment, the Corps of Signals, Bengal Sappers,
Sailors of the Navy etc. with Gorkhas and paratroopers leading
the event. The elaborate design, planning and execution of the
same has been described as a ‘self-conscious manifestation of
state sovereignty intended to inscribe state power.’ It is also
thought that this event led to underground trade of an item
with multiple locations still thought to be holding it without
legitimate authority.

 What event? What item?

 These strings/wires can be seen in many neighborhoods
(especially in one particular Asian country) all over the world,
usually over a 24-hour period in a week. They are always more
then 1 metre in height and cover an area of at least 12 square
feet, with the condition that this area is frequented by less
than 6,00,000 people every day. They are intended to mimic
the form of walls, which need doorways, in this case usually
defined as two posts with a crossbeam over them, strong
enough to withstand an ordinary wind.

 What are these called? What is their purpose?

 Images follow.

 Regis Bossu was witness to something in 1979 that was
described as “typical of a Greek tragedy, a suffocating one, in
which lovers get too compromised on each other, despite of
knowing that there is no future in that poisoned relationship.”

 His version of the event inspired a Russian painter named Dmitri
Vrubel to an iconic work after 11 years. This work was vandalized
over the years, and totally destroyed in 2009. Vrubel was
approached to re-do the work, and before starting, Vrubel and
Bossu posed with miniatures of their works at the project site.

 What are we talking about? Image in the next slide.

 The Warriors is a 1913 painting by one of the foremost American
painters of the early 20th century, Marsden Hartley.

 The painting found its most famous use four years later as a
result of its simple nature and typical shape. This use involved
references including pointers in the direction of the cartoon
strip Mutt and Jeff, and the word ‘Richard’, the french slang for
money-bags. The aim, thus, was a portrayal to oppose poverty.

 What was this use?


 These items were found over the past 50 years by researchers
at the bottom of a location whose name is variously translated
as Sea of Seaweed / Sea of Reed. The modern name of this place
is the result of an inaccurate translation.

 These were either a hoax, parts of a drowned ferry or coral
deposits that had collected over the years. Nevertheless, for a
long time, they were (and still are) rumored to be something
else, as they provided irrefutable evidence.

 What were these items believed to be? What did they
supposedly lend proof to?

 Images in the next 2 slides.

 Work X was reviled by Ophthalmologists. They were irked by X
portraying human eyes as contracted after death (instead of
dilated eyes). This resulted in them writing en masse to Y
about the mistake and how it could have been corrected with
the use of Belladonna. Y’s defence was that the contact lenses
needed for the correct appearance would have required 6
weeks of acclimatization, and hence the decision to forego
their use. However, Y accepted the doctors’ advise and future
works never repeated this error.

 What are we talking about?

 Written Round

 10 points for each answer

 Bonus of 10 for getting all 8

 There’s a trick to solving this round, which, of course, I am not
going to reveal 

Connect and explain.

Video removed.
Link - http://vimeo.com/26515422

 It is a thin, usually square cracker made from white flour,
shortening, yeast, baking soda, and lightly sprinkled with coarse
salt. The surface is dotted with perforations, to allow steam to
escape for uniform rising, and along the edges, as individual
crackers are broken from larger sheets during manufacture. A
popular challenge in which a person has to eat 6 of them in 60
seconds is used by physicians for a particular purpose.

 What is this food item called? What is its medical utility?


 This 2010 novel was intended
as a riposte to another work
X.

 The central location in X is the
mining-port town Y.

 Y returned to limelight in the
mid 80s thanks to Z that,
according to its creator, drew
inspiration from the Vietnam
War.

 Solve for Y and Z.

 More than four tons of foliage, including eight, 20 foot high
trees were used to create the appearance a lavish country
garden. Six field maples were used to create a ‘Living Avenue’
while two hornbeams were involved in the formation of a leafy
‘frame’ at the distal end of the avenue.

 ‘These wonderful curved ceilings are supposed to reflect the
branches of trees and that was what I thought of when I thought
of having trees here,’ was what the ‘floral artistic director’,
Shane Connolly had to say about this 2011 idea.

 What was turned into the ‘Living Avenue’? What was the
occasion? Image follows.

 This is X’s grave in the Meru National Park, after passing away
due to complications from a tick-borne disease called
Babesiosis at the age of 5 years in 1961.

 Identify X.


 This figurine of a young female
with exaggerated anatomical
features under a tree in various
provocative poses is a standard
decorative element of South
Indian Hindu sculpture. Usually
set in front of the sanctum
sanctorum as a sacred guard to
the deity, they represent the
ideal female form. The name of
the motif itself is derived from
the name of the particular
variety of tree featured.

 Name the tree and the motif.

 According to Islamic tradition, a Muslim may not be given any of
the 99 names of Allah in exactly the same form because of the
belief that Allah is almighty, and no human being is his equivalent.

 As a result, muslims are allowed to use the 99 names of Allah for
themselves, provided they avoid ‘X’ before the names. However,
the names can be prefixed with ‘Y’, meaning "servant/worshiper"
and is a common part of Muslim names.

 Also, another faith considers Z (image in the next slide) to be the
100th and greatest name of Allah and is the root word for many
symbols and names in the faith.

 Solve for X, Y and Z.

 A response to James Joyce's Ulysses, it was intended as an
uninterrupted 24 hours in the life of Ondine, a devoted
amphetamine user.

 A nearly word-for-word transcription of tapes recorded by
the author and Ondine over a 2 year period in 1965-67, each
chapter is named for its respective tape and side, from ‘1/1’ to
‘24/2’. Four typists including Maureen Tucker of Velvet
Underground were involved in the typing of this roman a clef,
the title of which refers to amphetamines and is a homage to
e.e. cummings.

 Name the book and author.

 Name given to strips of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to
form a ladder.

 Ratlines were a system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing
Europe after WW II. These routes mainly led toward havens in South
America. There were two primary routes: the first went from Germany to
Spain to Argentina; the second from Germany to Rome to Genoa, then South
America.

HOW COULD YOU HAVE SOLVED THIS ROUND?

Formed by removing one letter from a word and rearranging the
remaining letters, repeating the process until only one letter is left

RATLINES
SALTINE
ALIENS
AISLE
ELSA
SAL
AL
A

 Dry round

 Anticlockwise

 18 questions

 Bounce - +10

 Pounce - +10, -5

 In 2000, a team of astronomers from the John Hopkins University
were examining spectral analysis of different galaxies to study
star formation. The dark lines in the study's spectral ranges
distinguished between older/younger stars and revealed that the
majority of stars formed about 5 billion years ago, their
brightness decreasing gradually over this period. These
calculations and analysis of 2,00,000 galaxies led to another
discovery, and they tried to crowdsource a name for the same by
publishing an image in the Washington Post. The winner was an
entry sent in by a Peter Drum who was having a drink at a
Starbucks coffee house.

 What was this discovery? What was the name selected?

 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty is the most famous hymn of
Joachim Neumann, considered to be the one of the first
important hymnists after the Protestant Reformation. He wrote
and provided music for about 60 hymns and cited nature in
general and the region pictured in particular as the inspiration
for his poems. He also held gatherings and services here, at
which he gave sermons. The region itself was later renamed in
his honor.

 What other claim to fame does this region have?

 Image follows.

 Zamzar is a free popular online file converter created by brothers
Mike and Chris Whyley and based in Winchester, England. Their
mission (as per their website) is “To provide high quality file
conversion for as many file formats as possible”.

 Why did the brothers settle on the name Zamzar?

 This is an 18 hole par 72 golf course, said to be “the World's
Longest Golf course”, the average distance between holes
being 66 kilometres. It is located on the world's largest single
piece of limestone (named for its lack of trees) which also has
the longest straight section of railway in the world (478 km).

 Name the course/location.

 What does the 7th/12th Hole at Balladonia commemorate and is
named after?


 According to author Florence Williams, the subject of this book
contains “paint thinners, dry-cleaning fluids, wood preservatives,
toilet deodorizers, cosmetic additives, gasoline by-products,
rocket fuel, termite poisons, fungicides, and flame-retardants.”
The subject is also the source of about 1,000 mega joules of
energy per year.

 Williams was prompted to write the book by a newspaper
article on the toxins in the subject [specifically, chemical flame
retardants] that got her husband to joke “Well, at least they
won't spontaneously ignite!”.

 Name the book/subject(s). Image in the next slide.

 The last wish of Richard Strauss was that the Wagnerian soprano,
Kirsten Flagstad should be the person to introduce The Four
Songs, which he finished in 1948. “I would like to make it possible
that the songs should be at your disposal for a world premiere in the
course of a concert with a first-class conductor and orchestra”, he
wrote to her. Sadly, he died 8 months before this came true.

 Strauss's wish was fulfilled by X, the first president of the
Philharmonia Concert Society, by sponsoring an evening at the
Royal Albert Hall by London's Philharmonia Orchestra with
German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler in the lead, in 1950.

 Identify X, who is directly connected to the field of quizzing
thanks to a 1962 inauguration. Also, what did X inaugurate?

 Pictured is Chateau de Chambord, one of the best known
examples of France's architectural history and the inspiration
for the Beast's castle in the 1991 animated Disney film Beauty
and the Beast. It was commissioned by Francis I in the early
16th century and features 128 meters of facade, more than 800
sculpted columns and an elaborately decorated roof.

 With such an elaborate design, Francis I was trying to pay
tribute to one of his acts (which was the result of a
controversial move for a Christian king at the time). What?

 What was the primary role served by the Chateau (and
Chateau de Valencay) during WW II? Images follow.

 The Creus Cape peninsula is the point where the Pyrenees meet
the Mediterranean Sea and also the easternmost point of the
Spanish mainland. It has the distinction of being the region’s
first foreshore natural reserve and is notable for endemic species
such as Statice and the Stripeless Tree Frog. The region is
frequently swept by the awful north wind “Tramontana” which
has caused many naval disasters in the area.

 What caused this natural formation to receive worldwide
recognition in the early 1930s and consequent increase in
tourism thereafter?

 Images follow.

 This musical instrument X was very popular in the beginning of
the 20th century. It reached its heyday in vaudeville, and died
with it around WW II. Apart from the disappearance of its main
performance venue, the other reason that caused its decline
was that all the steel was used up for ammunition. The
instrument is played by bending its active part and then
finding the flat ‘sweet spot’.

 Featured is Y, one of the foremost experts, playing it. Y played
the X at performances for the soldiers during WW II, in movies,
on radio, and for friends at parties.

 Solve for X and Y.
 Audio removed. Link – An edited version of this was used -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLG5iqh5c0

 Foreign publications often get into a tussle with patriotic
Indian authorities over the depiction of the geographical
boundaries of India in maps and infographs.

 Publications like The Economist, for instance, have borne the
wrath of the censors for showing parts of Kashmir as
belonging to Pakistan and China.

 How did The New York Times skirt this tricky issue for a 2011
venture?

 Also, connect this border issue to the recent 4-0 whitewash of
Australia.

 The show with Zefrank was a web video show by online
performance artist Zefrank that ran from March 2006 to March
2007. The show, that ran 2-3 minutes in length, combined
commentary on current events with viewer contributions.

 On the May 16, 2006 episode, he challenged his viewers to
create a sandwich, the first such in history. After other legitimate
attempts failed (one had a Fijian calling up an embassy in Mali),
the task was completed within one month by Duncan and Jon
Rawlinson in Spain who collaborated with a guy named Morgan
in New Zealand.

 What type of sandwich were they trying to create?

 Their popularity is generally attributed to Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Traditionally, mud taken from nearby one’s home was used for
the central motif. After use, it was returned back to the Earth.
This cycle was meant to represent the cycle of creation and
dissolution in Nature.

 Substitutes for mud in recent years have prompted installation
of structures such as these.

 What are we talking about? Image in the next slide.

 Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, which currently plays in Football
League Two, the fourth tier of English football.

 The club’s crest features a unique 1362 construction, which
also gives the club its nickname. The original theory put
forward to explain the strange nature of this structure was
the absence of skilled men (the real reason is believed to be
the use of unseasoned timber and 33 tons of lead).

 Why is it unique? Why were skilled workers not available?
Image follows.

 John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 44th President of the
United States on January 20, 1961.

 However, it began snowing the night before and this continued
into the early morning on the day of the inauguration. This left
over 8 inches of snow on the streets of Washington and caused
the most crippling traffic jam (for its time). This also posed the
problem of transporting the future president to the Capitol.

 When conventional methods, what innovation conceived by
Richard Fiedler in the 1900s was adopted to cut through the ice
and clear the snow on Pennsylvania avenue?

 Liquorice is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra and yields a very sweet
flavor. Its active principle is glycyrrhizin, which is 30 to 50 times
as sweet as sucrose. It is used in confectionaries, soft drinks,
tobacco products and for various medicinal purposes.

 One of its lesser known uses was masterminded in 1925 by the
firm of Hillaby's of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, known for their
liquorice cakes. They were asked for a specific product, 63 of
which were consumed over 3 days, depleting the hormone
reserves and resulting in Insulin shock. The consumer had to be
hospitalized and stomach wash had to be carried out for
recovery from these effects.

 What was the product?

 Various events like father’s stroke, unemployment etc. brought
X to the verge of a complete nervous collapse which took the
form of extreme hypersensitivity and OCD. As part of the
recovery plan, X took to walking in the location pictured with
an assistant, reciting lines from Y, about the dying of the day
and a new day being born at the same time:

 This suddenly gave X the solution to Z, and wrote it down with
a stick on the ground.
 Solve for X, Y and Z. Image in the next slide.

 Brazilian superstar Ronaldo was found to be overweight
during Copa America 99. Every possible way was explored to
get him to drop some pounds and the team doctor gave him
a laxative named Xenical which was very effective.

 However, the medicine was not without side-effects and was
a source of big embarrassment for Ronaldo and evoked
comparisons with Gary Lineker at the 1990 World Cup (vs.
the Republic of Ireland).

 What did Robaldo do to counter the side-effects? What did
Gary Lineker do in the match against Ireland?

 Video removed

 Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R1QABw5v_w

 “My biggest challenge fell below the waist. At first, I wasn't sure
how to work around the hip exposure. The upper portion of the
bustier was not an issue and I was able to leave that untouched. I
knew that the hip had to be covered, so I developed concepts that
addressed the questionable area while still allowing an illusion of
exposure.”

 Talking is fashion designer Mohini Tadikonda, about a project
set to open in Candolim, Goa. His creation is the only one of its
kind specially made to adhere to local guidelines.

 What project? What concept did he develop to address the
questionable area and therefore stick to local guidelines?

 Differential Scoring

 Answers to be shown in writing

 Point scheme
1-3  +20
4-6  +15
7-8  +10

 Negative of - 5

 A part of the Elgin Marbles collection, this 5th century creation by
Phidias, is regarded as the most famous and best loved of all in
the set on display in the British Museum.

 As per the British Museum, “As the unseen vehicle was shown
sinking low in the west, the horse pins back its ears, the jaw gapes,
the nostrils flare, the eyes bulge, veins stand out and the flesh
seems spare and taut over the flat plate of the cheek bone.”

 Multiple casts of the sculpture exist, one even in its original
location , the east pediment of Parthenon.

 Identify. What brought the sculpture into popular consciousness
in the mid 19th century? Images follow.

 The Cotton-top tamarin is one of the smallest primates and
weighs < 0.5 kg. It is easily recognized by the long white sagittal
crest extending from its forehead to shoulders. The species is
critically endangered with only 6,000 odd animals left.

 The primate gets its common name from its resemblance to X,
the cause of the mid-19th century condition quoted: “It was called
the aesthetic St. Vitus dance of all Berliners. The high intensity,
often frantic manner provoked involuntary physical reactions –
shaking, shuddering and weeping.”

 What is the common name of the monkey? Also, what is the
condition described here? Image in the next slide.

 Fluorescein is a synthetic compound that turns from orange/red
to a different colour when mixed into water and exposed to
sunlight. It is commonly used by militaries to help locate
parachutists who have landed in water. Its most famous use was
to help locate the Gemini IV, the first NASA mission to be
supported from Mission Control in Houston, after its capsule
crashed into the ocean more than 40 nautical miles off-course.

 More than half a century back, Stephen Bailey, manager of the
Plumber’s Union of X, detected this compound being used for
detecting a leak that was dumping waste into a water body.

 What did Bailey do when he was appraised of this?

 These headphones designed by Seattle-based industrial design
firm Teague. Using a series of rigid and stretchable materials
placed at precise angles to create a cage-like structure on
either side, they balance compression and stress to provide
strength and a fair amount of flexibility. As a result, they gently
fit around the ears without using any awkward, clunky
adjusting devices.

 They are named for the fact that they look as good as they
sound. What name? Also, what/who inspired its design?


 This annual football match is rated as one of the Top 5 rivalries
in UK. The teams that contest it are the Department of Peace
Studies of the University of Bradford and the Department of
War Studies of King’s College London, both being academic,
regional and ideological rivals. The former hold the overall edge
with 6 trophies to the latter’s 1. The rolling trophy, that came
into existence in 2007 is kept for a year by the winners. The
original trophy was retired after the 2011 edition due to its
fragile state and was replaced with a new one.

 Name the tournament. What is the trophy in question?


 In the early 1980s, with the tacit support of the then Congress
government, Lord Swraj Paul, launched an aggressive takeover
bid for Escorts Ltd. The board of directors that had X as a
member, vehemently opposed the move. The government
responded by changing the entire board, a Mr. Naik replacing X.

 “This is the first time in history when a Naik has replaced a Y”, was
X’s response to the saga.

 Solve for X and Y.

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