Prelims(Ayyo Something)

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Thou Shalt Follow:

• 25 Questions.• In Built tie breakers using ** questions. Please

put a ** after the question number whileattempting these.

• Speilng mistkaes are accetped galdly! But makesure your answer sounds something like thereal-deal.

• Quiz Master’s discretion shall be used in tight

spots during evaluation.• 6 Teams battle it out in The Finals!• Stay for the finals whether you make it or not! It’s

gonna be Beyond Brilliant!



• 0. Which is the best quizzing organisationin the world?

• Clue: Muhahaha!



1. A lot of controversy has been attributed to

the amount of importance given to this poem.The poem was composed in December 1911,precisely at the time of the Coronation Durbar of George V, and is considered by some to be in

praise of the overlord of India's destiny. Thecomposition was first sung during a conventionof the then loyalist Indian National Congress inCalcutta on Dec. 16, 1911. It was sung on thesecond day of the convention, and the agenda of

that day devoted itself to a loyal welcome of George V on his visit to India. What are wetalking about?



2.

In the 1940s, Percy Spencer, anengineer, was building magnetrons for radar sets with the company Raytheon. He

was working on an active radar set whenhe noticed that a peanut chocolate bar hehad in his pocket started to melt. Thisevent gave birth to what commonly used

appliance today?



3. What has been used to create these Mosaic worksof wonder?



4.

An Average human being has about five in atwenty-four hour cycle, each one with increasinglengths, the first one lasts for about ten minutes

and the last one being for about forty fiveminutes the study of which is called Oneirology.What wicked fantasy am I talking about?



5.

Ingredients of X include Sugar, Cashew nuts,Cardamom, Ghee, Oil, Sugar candy, andRaisins.

The largest of the kind officially recordedweighed 32 kilos. The normal version weighsabout 100 gram each. TTD is trying to get apatent for the product to prevent counterfeits.

Easy isn’t it? What it eez?



6. Ahem…

There are several possibilities for the origin of this act.The oldest is generally believed to be Ancient Roman.The recorded appearance is from Marcus Martialis’epigrams. The translation reads:

"Laugh loudly, Sextillus, when someone calls you a queen

and put your _______ out."

Another version traces the act to the Battle Of Agincourtwhere the English escaped certain defeat and started

mocking the French that they could still “Pull the Yew”which was in reference to the famous English Longbow.What widespread-pop-culture act came about this way?



7.

When the Russians owned it, it wasbuilt around Sitka. Now it is Juneau.William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary

of State, negotiated the purchase of it in1867 for $7.2 million.



8.

Flash Of Genius(2008) is about

Robert Kearns whotakes on the FordMotor Company,whom he accuses of

stealing his idea for the X. What’s X?



9.

The term for this disease was invented in

1935 by Everett M. Smith, president of theNational Puzzlers' League, at its annual meeting.

This disease is classified into four types:asymptomatic, acute, accelerated and chronic.

The last of which is the most common. Itdevelops only after years of exposure to lowlevels of silica dust.

No cure for the disease is known. But there issomething special about the name of thedisease. Give me either disease or speciality.



10.

In his speech, the De Imperio Cnaei Pompeii,Cicero argued that Pompey the Great should begiven the military command against MithradatesVI, king of Pontus. He reminds his audience of

the disasters which befell them 22 years earlier in88 BC when the same Mithradates invaded theRoman province of Asia, situated on the westerncoast of what is now modern Turkey. According to

Cicero, this invasion caused the loss of so muchRoman money that credit was destroyed at Romeitself. This is the first instance of what?



11.

X was built in mud by Y. X was converted to stone by Hyder Ali in1761. Today it is in ruins. Only the Delhi gate of the fort presentlyexists on Krishnarajendra Road bearing a marble plaque recordingthe spot where a breach in the fort helped the East Indian Companytake control over it. Give me X and Y.



12.

One of the impacts of the global warming on thewildlife of the artic regionis that the life of bears isgetting screwed up as twoof the most widely spreadbears in the region areexchanging habitatsresulting in this. Theoccurrence of this waspreviously believed to be

a cryptid. But it wasconfirmed scientifically in2006.



13. Cryptic:

People thought they could kill them with Silver and Holy

Water, but they were actually Hydrophobic.They thought they could prowl only at night, but truth wasintolerance to light was just a symptom of their condition.

They used garlic as a repellant but it was the Sulphur thatkept them away.

They described them as white blood drained creatures,but the poor guys were just pale due to illness.

The only rational fear was that these ‘creatures’ would bite‘em.

What were the people mistaking these guys to be andwhat was actually wrong with them?



14. Maga and/or Magale… which structure this one?Significance Yenu?



15. Looks can be deceiving…

• This is how this Italiano hunk looked in1983. ID him.



16. What’s the bloody red zone called putta??



• 17. These guys just missed out on theoffer…



• These buggers had the balls to say no…



18. According to the Gospels of the NewTestament, Christ was sold for silver coins. In1972, Egypt, a farmer hunting for treasure founda manuscript in a wooden box while hunting for treasure. This priceless document was soldtwice and stolen once and is practically dust

now.The document has the potential to change theview of Christ today and edit the whole story of his crucifixion. The document was buried in the

first place because it was branded as heresy.Today, it is priceless.

What is this manuscript now famously called?



+ = ?

19. Killer Question…



20. **The American Indian Movement, was amovement that supported the development of the Native Americans in America. They also

opposed the ill-treatment, that was faced by theNative Americans. A staunch supporter of thismovement was X, a fantabulous actor. Inprotest, X at the 1972 Oscars, refused his awardfor Y. Y was the biggest hit-flick of the year. Hisreason being "the treatment of American Indianstoday by the film industry and in television re-runs”. X is the only actor who has “acted” in amovie posthumously.

• This was the second instant in Oscar history,that an actor had refused to accept the Best Actor Award, the first being George.C.Scott for Patton:Lust for Glory. Id X and Y



21.

**This term refers to the sudden mass

market paperbacks production since the 1950s.Those printed on better paper and offeringfamily-oriented content were often called"glossies" or "slicks”. The cheaper ones were

called _____ ____ and contained mystery,horror and fantasy. In fact, Isaac Asimov wasinspired by these and he began to write by age11. What’s the term?

• P.S: If a team answers out of turn, then “I don’tremember asking you a goddamn thing”.



22.**Comedian George Jessel (the "Toastmaster General of the

United States") claimed he created this one morning in Palm Beachduring the 1950s, when he mixed tomato juice and vodka as ahangover-cure from an entire night spent drinking.

Jessel even appeared in Smirnoff vodka ads in the 1950s declaring,"I, George Jessel invented the ______ _____."

However, skeptics searched for the true origin of the drink and

opened the door for a legend involving the head bartender at the St.Regis Hotel in New York named Fernand Petriot. Starting in the1940s, Petriot was supposedly serving these up under the alias of "Red Snappers" at the hotel's King Cole Bar. In reality, the _____ ____ today is in fact a combination of the two men's creations.

Petriot himself admitted that "George Jessel said he created it, but itwas really nothing but vodka and tomato juice." He claimed that itwas he who added salt, pepper, cayenne and Worcestershire sauceto the concoction, creating the modern ____ _____.



23. **This is the first of the text-adventure era. Was created in MIT. Itwas supposed to be called “Dungeon” but by the time it was public,

the unofficial name stuck. what is being played here?



24 **

Saint Patrick used to represent the holy Trinity with

this… so it is believed.

Each of it is symbolized to something. One is for Hope,Two is for Faith, Three is for Love, and Four is for

Luck. But whether you consider the fourth as amutation resulting in Marsilea Quadrofolia, or good luckis up to you.

What am I talking about?



25. ** This game is a slight modification on chess. Even the IBMDeep Blue that raped Kasparov fails to master the game with its A.I capacity. The name of the game is a play on the name of the son of the creator of this game, Omar Syed. Whats thename o’ the game honey?



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