Freshie Quiz 2013 - Prelims with answers

Freshie Quiz 2013 — Prelims with Answers

Aravindabharathi R and Prateek Vijayavargia

21 August 2013

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Credits

Various questions in this quiz have been borrowed/stolen from:

Jayadev Bhaskaran

Akshay Rangamani

Swaroop Ramaswamy

Keshav Venkatadri

Rushabh Menon

Tejaswi Udupa

Captain Nair

Keerthi Purushothaman

Also thanks to Omkar Kamalapur for his mailing list, where we foundthese quizzes. Please forgive us if we’ve left out any names.


Prelims with Answers




1

The origin of this word has an interesting myth behind it. It was supposedlythought up by an Irishman named James Daly, who did this as part of a betto create and popularise a new word in 24 hours.What’s the good word?



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Quiz



2

The highest waterfall in India is the Jog Fall(s), located on the river X. Theriver Y finds mention in the Rig Veda and the Ramayana. Y is also thename given to the river that flows by the fictional town of Malgudi in RKNarayan’s works.Identify X and Y and connect.



X - Sharavathi, Y - Sarayu



3

X was nicknamed and the nickname originated in childhood.

It came about as a result of the way in which his sistermispronounced the word ’brother’.

One of the lead characters in a popular animated movie franchise wasinspired by X, and is named .

Fill in the blank. (Both blanks are the same.)



Buzz (Buzz Aldrin, and Buzz Lightyear)



4

Created in 1974 by a designer fascinated with notions of space, it cameinto its own only in 1980 when the socialist government of that countrypermitted its export to the West.Since 2007, this popular toy has seen a bit of a resurgence, selling more than15 million units, because, as one analyst says, “in troubled times, adults arelooking for things that remind them of happier days”.Name the toy we’re talking about, which has also given rise to a competitivesport associated with it.



Rubik’s cube



5* Reference to what?



The Prestige



6

In 1925, Jacob Golomb, founder of Everlast, designed elastic-waist trunks toreplace the leather-belted trunks then worn by a certain category of people.These trunks were then named after that particular category of people, andthe name is still used today.What are we talking about?



Boxers



7*

X is among the most powerful creatures in the world he inhabits. X wascreated by Y to represent the spirit of the English countryside. Y was veryconcerned with the environment, which had begun to disappear in histime, a sentiment which is found throughout the work in which X appears.ID X and Y.



X - Tom Bombadil, Y - J.R.R. Tolkien



8

X is a beverage which originates from India, where it is still quite popular.Although it has no fixed recipe, ginger and cardamom are usually added inthe largest amounts in addition to the base. Star anise, cloves, nutmegs,and peppercorn may also be added.In the west, X is commonly known by the two-word name Y. Both words ofY mean the same thing in different languages.ID X and Y.



X - Masala Tea, Y - Chai Tea



9

During the Great Trigonometric Survey, it was common to refer to moun-tain peaks in notations. Thus, when Thomas Montgomerie surveyed theMasherbrum & the , he simply notated them in a manner reflecting theprominence of the peaks.While the Masherbrum is no longer referred to by its notated name, is.Fill in the blanks.



K2, Mount Godwin Austen

Masherbrum was notated K1.



10

Meaning ‘courageous’ in Sanskrit, and built by Cochin Shipyard Limitedfor the Indian Navy, it is the first aircraft carrier built in India. Work onthe ship’s design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009.The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on 29 December 2011 and waslaunched in 2013. Construction is expected to be completed by 2016 andthe ship is due to be commissioned in 2018.



INS Vikrant



11*

He represented Haryana, the Maharaja of Patiala’s XI and Southern Punjab,playing 19 first-class matches in which he scored 658 runs and took eightwickets. He also served as match referee in two Under-19 matches betweenIndia and Australia in 2005. However, it was as coach that he was bestknown, and for which he received the Dronacharya award — the highestnational honour for a coach. Kapil was only the most famous of his students;the other Test cricketers coached included Chetan Sharma, Yograj Singh,and Ashok Malhotra.Name him.



Desh Prem Azad



12

X is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. Itis Free Software and is licensed under the GNU GPL but it is not a part ofthe GNU Project and it is not owned by the Free Software Foundation. Itaims to be a general and flexible mailer with extensive facilities for checkingincoming e-mail and for routing between disparate networks.It is still in use on the Internet, but it has been mostly superseded by Exim(which was originally based on X) and other more modern Mail transferagents.What is X?



smail



13

What English word is a portmanteau of the Greek words for ‘sharp’ and‘blunt’?

Hint: Think contradiction.



Oxymoron



14

Commander X is the by-the-book, well-intentioned leader of City’sparamilitary Enforcers who are tasked with defending the city against ahost of threats. Oftentimes uncompromising in his outlook towards criminalactivity, X has no time for reckless hotshot vigilantes, like the 1 . Thishas frequently put him at odds with Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs, who hasmade her support of the 1 no secret. This, in addition to his blatant dis-like of Mayor Manx (calling Manx a coward and a fool on many occasions),has often forced X to stand alone.Name X.



Cmdr. Ulysses Feral from SWAT Kats



15

Connect the following:

PVP Ventures

BOP Group

Sahara

Sunil Gavaskar, Akkineni Nagarjuna and V Chamundeshwarnath

Dabur India Limited

Krrish Group



Indian Badminton League



16*

With phosphor-based electronic displays, non-uniform use of pixels, suchas prolonged display of non-moving images, gaming, or certain broadcastswith tickers and flags, can create a permanent ghost-like image of theseobjects or otherwise degrade image quality. This is because the phosphorcompounds which emit light to produce images lose their luminance withuse. Uneven usage results in uneven light output over time, and in severecases can create a ghost image of previous content. Even if ghost images arenot recognizable, the effects of screen burn are an immediate and continualdegradation of image quality.What was created to combat screen burn-in?



Screensavers



17

It means ‘peace march’ or ‘purification hunt’ in the tribal Gondi languageand was conceived in 2005 by the ‘Bastar Tiger’ Mahendra Karma, who wasassassinated in May 2013.What are we talking about?



Salwa Judum



18

Way back in 1960, for A. J. Varghese, the founder, a salesman himself, ashop of his own was a dream come true. He was a simple, God-fearingman and was known for his simplicity at the beginning of his career andfor charity later on. He had a large family to care of. His wife was Mrs.Elia Varghese. They had five sons, Mr. , Mr. Paul, Mr. , Mr. andMr. Anto. The first shop was started very modestly in 1960, in High Road,Thrissur. It was only around 200 sq. ft. and was shifted later on to M. O.Road, its present location in Thrissur. Soon, they expanded their businessto Kozhikode where they were received by an astounding response, becauseapparently people were looking for a changeover.Name any 2 of the blanked out sons and the company the family started.



Joy, Jos, and Francis - The Alukkas



19

The Atoll is a group of 23 islands in the Micronesian Islands of thePacific Ocean, part of Republic of the Marshall Islands.The modern was invented by French engineer Louis Reard in 1946. Henamed it after the Atoll in the Pacific, the site of an atomic bomb teston July 1, 1946. Reard hoped that the burst of excitement it caused wouldbe as explosive as an atomic bomb.Since his contemporary Jacques Heim had called his precursor the‘Atome’ in view of its size, Reard claimed to have “split the Atome” tomake it even smaller.Fill in the blanks.



Bikini



20

These marks were popular at the Brazil Carnival 2013. Name these masks.



Neymar masks



21*

Internationally known speakers Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield de-cided to reach out to others and seek contributions of tales of ordinarypeople doing extraordinary things. As they searched for a winning title,Jack visualized the image of his grandmother’s and remembered howshe told him it would cure anything.The book would have the same healing powers, but not for the body — forthe .What book, which later gave rise to a popular franchise?



Chicken Soup for the Soul



22

Anand Gandhi is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter whose careerbegan in 2000 when he penned dialogue for the first 82 episodes of KyunkiSaas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.He recently released his first full-length feature film, which is titled after afamous paradox about identity, which itself is named after a character fromGreek mythology, most famous for slaying the minotaur.Simply name this film.



Ship of Theseus



23

is a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models of complex reallife phenomena. The phrase comes from a joke about theoretical physicists.The point of the joke is that physicists will often reduce a problem tothe simplest form they can imagine in order to make calculations morefeasible, even though such simplification may hinder the model’s applicationto reality.Fill in the blanks.



Spherical cow



24

She recently announced her retirement from professional tennis. She isknown for her unorthodox and intense style of play on the court. She usestwo hands on both the forehand and the backhand, and is generally classedas an aggressive and hard-hitting player. She was only the sixth player inthe open era to win Wimbledon without dropping a set.Who is she? (Picture on the next slide)



Picture



Marion Bartoli



25

It is a song recorded by American DJ and producer Baauer. It was releasedas a free digital download by Mad Decent imprint label Jeffree’s on May 22,2012.The single did not begin to sell until February 2013, when a YouTube videoset to its music developed into an Internet meme of the same name.Name the song.



Harlem Shake



26

Moat Lane, Finchley, London

Torrington Place, Finchley, London

Kerbela Street, Shrewsbury, England

Warwick Road and Tudor Close, Sutton Coldfield

Oxygen street, Edinburgh

Some streets in Zeuthen,Germany

Unknown Street, Karlsruhe

Allesley Street, Wrexham, UK

With respect to Google Maps, what (somewhat dubious) distinction isshared by these locations?



They don’t exist!

They are all locations put in by Google to detect plagiarism/copyrightinfringement.



27

saw his dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car, and got theinspiration to create X.Another possible model for X may have been Theodor Jo-Jo, the so-calleddog-faced boy or human Skye terrier, featured in P.T. Barnum’s circusside-show of freakish human anomalies in the 1890s.It is said that X’s name is derived from coáàêà, the Russian and Ukrainianword for dog.What is X?



Chewbacca



28

People in Europe before the 16th century took relatively few baths. Bathswere often thought unhealthy, and they were difficult to prepare, since youhad to draw and heat water for everyone to bathe in. This often meant thatthe same water might be used for a whole family’s bath, and the family usedto bathe in a particular order, with the man of the house going in first, and

going last.What phrase results from this practice?



Throwing the baby out with the bathwater.



29

A movie, X, is being parodied using scenes from a show Y. Give us X andY. (Generic answer for Y will do.)

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X - Pacific Rim, Y - Power Rangers



30

X is the title of an upcoming British film about Y, in which the lead characteris being played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The film is based on a book byone of Y’s former close associates.The phrase X is very similar to a phrase containing a cardinal number com-monly used to refer to the press.Those of us in insti, however, may be familiar with the phrase X for adifferent reason.Identify X and Y.



X - The Fifth Estate, Y - Wikileaks

http://t5e.iitm.ac.in



Answers

1 Quiz

2 X-Sharavati,Y-Sarayu

3 Buzz

4 Rubik’s cube

5 *The Prestige

6 Boxers

7 *X-TomBombadil,Y-Tolkien

8 X-MasalaTea,Y-Chai Tea

9 K2

10 INS Vikrant

11 *Desh Prem Azad

12 smail

13 oxymoron

14 Ulysses Feral

15 Indian BadmintonLeague

16 *Screensavers

17 Salwa Judum

18 The Alukkas

19 Bikini

20 Neymar masks

21 *Chicken soup forthe soul

22 Ship of Theseus

23 Spherical cow

24 Marion Bartoli

25 Harlem Shake

26 They don’t exist

27 Chewbacca

28 Baby with thebathwater

29 X-PacificRim,Y-PowerRangers

30 X-The FifthEstate,Y-Wikileaks


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