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Questionable

Intelligence

The March Open Quiz

Prelims+Answers16thMarch 2014

J. Ramanand

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Prizes by

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26 questions

8 teams in the final

(Some questions partly from a Genera

did at Antaragni, IIT Kanpur in Oct

Highest scored: 16

Prelims cutoff: 10

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In computer science terminology, if a setof eight bits is called a byte, what is a setof four bits called?

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Answer

A Nibble

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Two special (Indian) National TourismAwards were announced in 2013 to thedirector of a 2012 film and a writerassociated with it, for promotingMunnar and Pondicherry as touristdestinations. Which film?

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Answer

Life of Pi, to Ang Lee & Yann

Martel

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According to Islam, Iblis was a type ofjinn who was expelled from Paradisebecause he refused to obey Allahs orders

to bow to Adam. What word wastherefore applied to Iblis?

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Answer

Shaitan

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What suffix is applied to monstrouslylarge 100 x 100 Sudoku puzzles? (i.e. theyare called Sudoku-___ puzzles fill inthe blank).

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In which language is the name ofSwitzerland written on coins of theSwiss Franc?

A

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Answer

Latin. Switzerland has fourofficial languages (German,

Italian, French, and Romansh),so the coin is language-neutral.

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This is the flag of which organization?

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Answer

OPEC

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In the Chota Bheem series, this lady is the mother ofChutki and her laddoos are the victim of Bheemssweettooth.

Which yesteryear Hindi film singer-actress shares hername with this character?

A

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Answer

Tun Tun (originally Uma Devi)

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Identify this avid quizzer who won the 1985 IITDelhi Director's Gold Medal.

Image: IIT Delhi

Answer

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Answer

Raghuram Rajan, present RBI

Governor

Image: FirstPost.com

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Who is welcomingwhom, during thelatters visit to this

centre?

(June 1970)

Image: Wikipedia

Answer

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Answer

Valentina Tereshkova

Neil Armstrong(at the Yuri Gagarin Centre in Russia)

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This is Malala Yousufzaiaddressing a conferenceat the United Nations in

July 2013.

She is wearing a shawlthat once belonged towhom?

Answer

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Answer

Benazir Bhutto

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This is a bureaucratic rendition of theopening lines of a famous literary work.Which work?

____, ____ with refulgent conflagrationin the nocturnal afforestationkindly provide details regarding nature of supernatural identityresponsible for your design and technology

Answer

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Answer

Tyger Tyger Burning Bright byWilliam Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright.In the forests of the night,.

What immortal hand or eye.Could frame thy fearfulsymmetry?

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According to the Chicago Manual of Style,an orphan line is the first line of aparagraph that appears on the bottom of a

page by itself (the rest of the paragraph is onthe next page). What name is given to theopposite case where the last line of aparagraph appears alone on the next page?

Answer

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Answer

Widow

Arjuna from the Mahabharata was nicknamed

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Arjuna, from the Mahabharata, was nicknamedSavyasachi. What ability, also seen in sportsmensuch as

Sachin Tendulkar

Kobe BryantRonnie OSullivanPaolo Maldini

Jonny Wilkinson

does this refer to?

Answer

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Answer

Ambidexterity (can use bothhands/feet equally well)

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This 2006 Malayalam film is named after itslead character, a tough cop played byMohanlal. The characters last name is a

tribute to his own mother (this helps thefilm indulge in what is known in Tamilmovies as mother sentiment).

In a strange coincidence, this films name isthe same as a Pune-based industrialist.What name?

Answer

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Answer

Baba Kalyani

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Answer

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Answer

Aundh

B hi h i i d

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Because his cameos were much anticipatedand ruined the mood he was trying to createin his films, Alfred Hitchcock began

appearing earlier than before in his films,usually within the first 30 minutes. In anepisode of Koffee with Karan, MaheshBhatt says a similar strategy was used by his

production house for something (in some oftheir films). For what?

Answer

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Emraan Hashmis mandatory kiss in their filmswas done with as early as possible so as to geton with the rest of the story.

The first ever question asked was:

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qWho are all of the ____ employees

It was answered by Adam DAngeloas:

Adam D'Angelo, Charlie Cheever, Rebekah Cox, andKevin Der

Fill in the blank.

Answer

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Quora, the Q&A site

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What does the G stand for in thisadvertisement featuring Novak Djokovic?

[video removed]

Answer

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Graphene, used in themanufacture of racquets by

Head.

Considered by some to be the most

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ymemorable Bond girl ever, who is seen herereceiving an honorary BAFTA award in April2013 from Sir Kenneth Branagh, for services

to film and television?

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This vegetable is an important symbol in Taiwan, because the

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countrys shape is often compared to it.

Which vegetable?

Image: Wikipedia

Answer

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Sweet Potato

Image: bonappetit.com

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contd. Image: Edwar

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Answer

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Feynman Diagrams.The physicist Richard Feynman created these diagrams to depQuantum Electrodynamic concepts. In one instance, he put th

a van (Tufte seen below with Feynmans van)

Image: Edward Tufte

What were Sachin Tendulkar and RogerF d b ki ?

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Federer backing?

Answer

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Squashs bid to be included inthe 2020 Olympics

In 1922, Leonard Jennings, a British sculptor,d l f ld k h

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created a sculpture of soldiers to mark thecontributions of the princely states of Jodhpur,Mysore, and Hyderabad to the Empire during

World War I. In 1930, another building came upnear this landmark to house the Commander-in-Chief of the British military in India. Whichplace, and who was the last resident of this

place?

Answer

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Teen Murti House, theresidence of Jawaharlal Nehru

until his death. It now housesa museum to his memory.

In Olympic records (Summer and Winter)from 1956 till 1964 this team (represented

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from 1956 till 1964, this team (representedby a flag with Olympic rings in it) isidentified by the code EUA. Which region

did this team represent?

Answer

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The Unified Team of Germany(quipe Unifie d'Allemagne)

This word of interest to quizzers was created by the writer NorMailer and defined as:

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Mailer and defined as:

facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazinenewspaper

And anecdotally as:

something that everyone knows is true, except it ain't!

What word?

Answer

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Factoid

___ ____ syndrome : idiopathic facial paralysis durinpregnancy

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pregnancy

This 2006 paper by Hellebrand et al studies the increased inc

(up to 3.3 times) of Bells Palsy during pregnancy.(Bells Palsy: weakness or paralysis of muscles on side of the fa

The missing words are the name of the person and Bells Pals

an explanation of a mystery associated with the person. Whicperson?

Answer

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Mona Lisa

One conjecture is that theenigmatic Mona Lisa smile isbecause the subject waspregnant and had Bells Palsy

Image: Wikipedia

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