Fresher's Quiz 2013 Prelim Answers

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A WARM WELCOME TO THE FRESHE

OF 2013!


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FRESHERS QUIZ 2013

PRELIMS


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DISCLAIMER

The freshers quiz conducted by RV QuizCorp is NOT ma

any criterion whatsoever to join QuizCorp. Admissions

QuizCorp are open to anyone who wishes to join.


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BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Shiz Archana

Ranga

ShaTur

Ujjwal

Dheeraj

HK

Palla


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ABOUT YOUR ANSWER SHEETS

WRITE YOUR NAMES AND CONTACT NUMBERS ON TH

NUMBER YOUR QUESTIONS CLEARLY AND CORRECTLY

PUT A STAR BESIDE THE STARRED QUESTIONS.

SPELLINGS DO NOT MATTER TOO MUCH.


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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

25 Questions on the Prelim

Questions 5,10,15,20,25 are starred questions- These

questions will be used to resolve ties.

Do not google!

QMs decision is final. Enjoy the prelim!


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LETS GET ROLLING!


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0. Poster for what?


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1.

Thepunctus interrogativus of the late 8th century was described as "a l

striking from right to left".Some claim that the __________ _______ was actually created as a d

places on maps and such that were unknown, and they got the shape f

of a cats tail that the cat makes when it is inquisitive.

Another story goes that the _________ _______ actually originated f

word _____. This word was reportedly abbreviated in the Middle Ages just qo. Eventually, a q was written over the o, and it morphed in

form.

What's being described here?


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Question Mark


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2. ID the sport


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Muggle Quidditch


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3. Solve this!

Official

1. Blindfolded

2. Multiple blindfolded

3. Fewest moves

4. One-handed

5. Using only feetUnofficial

1. Underwater in a single breath

2. Team blindfold


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Rubiks cube

solving competitions


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4. Connect


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The 4 kings of the playing cards


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*5.

In the Middle Ages, a hard-working peasant was required to split his incom

give one third of his income to the King, ______, and one third to the fa______, leaving only a final third for himself, ______.

How do we better know this today?


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Baa baa black sheep


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6.

Whats X?


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6.

Pacman


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7.

_______ __________ _________, (Juste pour rire, in French) is the large

international festival of its kind. A TV show, also called________ ________________, features highlights from the festival, and it airs regularly on t

Many of these "bits" are visuals that catch people off-guard or somehow s

as they go about their daily business.


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Just For Laughs


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8. Where have you heard this?


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Axe Blast Ad Ranbir Kapoor


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9.

OS : Ordinary

XS : Express

XX : Death

XW : Weather

GM : Greeting

OCD: Condolence

Where were these abbreviations used?


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Telegram codes


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*10.

A popular tower defense game, initially going to be called "Weedlings". W

director, George Fan, was looking at the towers in Warcraft III, he felt ___make good towers. He experimented with various play elements before us

and six lane setups that were used in the final version. The development te

bring back aliens from one of their earlier games, but in the end were chan

_______, which players could react to more easily because of how slow th

Which game?


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Plants vs Zombies


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11.

Xs first tweet is as shown above. When translated in binary code, it ref

prominent feature/option provided by X. Mostpeople dont understandoption does and rarely use it, but X insists that they will continue to ret

part of Xs personality.

ID X, and what is the feature/option being talked about.

(Pic in next slide)


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Google

Im Feeling Lucky


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12.

Old Took's great-grand-uncle Bullroarer...was so huge (for a hobbit) tha

ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a

It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit hole, an

the battle was won and the game of ____ invented at the same moment.

FITB.


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Golf


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13. Put Funda


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Lion King

Simba,

Pumba,

Timon


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14.

Ramesses II is perhaps one of the most famous egyptian icons in all of its h

1974, Ramesses II's condition was found to be rapidly deteriorating of a fuand it was decided that he would be flown to Paris for immediate treatmen

was received at Le Bourget airport.

This episode also caused him to be a certain first.


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First mummy to get a passport

*15


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*15.

Paypal

SpaceX Tesla Motors

SolarCity

?

This is a list of start-ups started by South African American business magninventor, Elon Musk. Whats missing?


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The Hyperloop

16 P t t f Wh t?


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16. Patent for What?


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Lego

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17.

Mr. Sumant Moolgaonkar, ex-Director-in-Charge of Tata Locomotive a

Engineering Co. Ltd, is said to have contributed significantly to one of t

successful projects of this subsidiary. This led to X being named as a de

him.

The popular misconception is that X was named after an Eastern sport d

robust and rather spacious(lol :P) design.

What product is this?


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Tata Sumo

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18.

The origin of this dish dates back to the time of the Mughals- a time wh

Mughal empire started flourishing.

Initially it was made by mixing home made noodles with ice gathered d

from the mountain tops.

Later on, as techniques improved, it was made by mixing rose syrup wi

psyllium or basil seeds, jelly pieces and tapioca pearls along with either

or ice cream.

What delicacy?


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Falooda

19 Connect


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19. Connect


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The Adventures of Tintin

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20.

Commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The

being badly printed and typographically antiquated, it was drawn by Victo

artist from the advertising department of The Times. Morison's revision be

as _____ ___ _____ and made its debut in the 3 October 1932 issue of The

newspaper.

FITB.


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Times New Roman

21


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21.


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Google Chrome

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22.

2001: "Grama Devathe"

2003: "Excuse Me"

2005: "Jogi"

2006: "C/o Footpath" (as actor and director)

2013: "Teenage"

2014: "Kiran Bond" ( "to dangers")

Filmography of which guiness book of world record holder?


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Kishan Shrikanth

Youngest ever musicdirector

23.


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23.

2 elements have been blanked out

in the periodic table. (Numbers 35

and 56).

Connect these 2 elements to the

world of entertainment.

(Bigger Pic in next slide)


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Bromine and Barium.

Breaking Bad.

24. What comes next?


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First and only instance of a red

card in cricket.

*25.


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This is an ad by a company for a certain

incident. Give me both.


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25.


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Kit-Kat

Longest match in WimbledonJohn Isner-Nicolas Mahut,

Wimbledon 2010, 11hr and

5 minutes. Scoreline:

64, 36, 67, 76, 7068


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