1.Qriocity 2K14 - Prelims Welcome one and all

2. Rules 20 Questions No negatives, feel free to guess Multiples of 5 are starred Use of electronic devices is injurious to answer sheet. 42 is not the answer of any question Have fun 3. ID 'X' and 'Y' 'X' is an ancient form of melodic story-telling where narration is interspersed with music. This art hails from South Kerala and Kanyakumari and Thovalai of Tamil Nadu. The main storyteller narrates the story striking the ______ which rests on a mud pot kept facing downwards. A co-performer beats the pot while singing. The logo of an upcoming and highly anticipated Tamil film 'Y' is a direct reference to 'X' 1 4. Answer 'X': Villu paatu 'Y': Uthama Villain 5. Put Funda 2 6. Answer Apples dig at Microsoft, which has got their HQ at Redmond, Washington. 7. FITB Rupturing of the proximal head of the biceps tendon involves one of two heads of the tendon. After the ruptured tendon retracts, patients may notice a bulge in their arm at the biceps muscle. Doctors often refer to it as ________ syndrome. 3 8. Answer Popeye Syndrome 9. ID the man 4 10. Answer Dan Gurney, the first to start the tradition of spraying champagne in the winners podium after a race. 11. This inset is the FIFA Executive Committee Boardroom at their headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Here, nations are made to submit to FIFA's demands that benefit corporate sponsors. Its design was cleverly compared to another room from the world of fiction. Which one? 5 12. Answer The war room in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. 13. Brick Mansions was Paul Walker's last completed film before his untimely death on November 30, 2013. His co-star David Belle, is deemed the co-founder and pioneer of which physical discipline formerly known as mthode naturelle? 6 14. Answer Parkour 15. ID the artists and the original song 7 16. Answer Artists: Will.I.Am; Cody Wise Original Track: A.R. Rahmans Urvasi Urvasi from Kadhalan 17. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) makes it a federal crime to access a computer without authorization, or in a way that exceeds authorization. It has redundant provisions that enable a person to be punished multiple times for the same crime. It was then redrafted with most of its flaws fixed and named after its most famous victim. What is it now called as? 8 18. Answer Aarons Law; as a tribute to Aaron Swartz 19. ID the project from its logo 9 20. Answer 21. In 1976, cameraman innovator Garret Brown had a problem to solve: how to make a hand- held shot appear smooth and fluid rather than shaky. Back then, the only way to move a camera was either by mounting it on a dolly, or by holding it over your shoulder. Garret needed a technology that allowed for the smoothness of a dolly, with the freedom of the hand-held technique, which made him invent 'X. 10 22. Answer Steadicam 23. The patterns of X have long confused evolutionary biologists, right back to Darwin and Wallace. Using computer models and simulations, researchers have now discovered that the patterns is similar in function to a type of ship camouflage which works not by concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed and heading. ID the animal, and the type of camouflage . 11 24. Answer Zebra Dazzle Camouflage 25. ID 'X' and 'Y' from the given list Zeus (Neutral) Hera ('X') Artemis ('Y') Apollo ('Y') Hades (Neutral) Aphrodite ('Y') Ares ('Y') Athena ('X') Hermes (Neutral) Poseidon ('X') Hephaestus ('X') 12 26. Answer 'X': Achaeans 'Y': Trojans The list is about siding of gods in the Trojan war 27. ID the brand from its logo 13 28. Answer 29. ID the Album The artwork for this album was brought up on the idea of how different each member of the group is from each other and how each one is like a different animal. The lead singer is represented by a fox, the drummer by a mountain lion, the rhythm guitarist by an owl, the bassist by a gazelle, and the lead guitarist as the bison. 14 30. Answer 31. What is this table about? 15 32. Answer Dimension of A series standard paper 33. This is a Technical Drawing of which famous landmark? 16 34. Answer The Kaaba 35. ID X X became the second governor of Fort St. George, the British East India Company's post at Madras, India, in 1687 and was instrumental in the development of the Govt. General Hospital. He was then removed from the post after being accused of corruption. We know him as the donor of funds that eventually funded the university that is now named after him. 17 36. Answer Elihu Yale Yale University 37. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP national vice president Surinder Singh Ahluwalia won the Darjeeling seat in northern West Bengal by defeating his opponent 'X'; a reality dance show (Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa) winner from the Trinamool Congress by 196,795 votes. But, most of us know 'X' for his professional career. who is he? 18 38. Answer Baichung Bhutia 39. ID the movie and its centric character 19 40. Answer The Imitation Game; Alan Turing 41. ID News, TV shows and movies often portray X as a gunshot fired from an extremely close range that's not quite close enough to be a contact shot. The true definition is that, X is the range at which a given weapon/ammunition combination can be fired at the center or vital area of a target and hit it without the shooter having to adjust the elevation of the weapon to account for the effect of gravity on the projectile's trajectory. 20 42. Answer Point Blank range