Quiz Time T@6Soumya Sarkar, Hyderabad STP

January 21, 2015

Disclaimer:

Most of the questions in this quiz are courtesy Arkadev Ghoshal, journalist at Deccan Herald, Bangalore.

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Apart from being Biblical characters what do Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar have in common together?

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Various sizes of wine bottles

First logo of a company that turned 125 recently. Identify.

Nintendo

• Nintendo’s original logo was just “Nintendo” in kanji.

This man is one of the pioneers of Quantum Physics.

But, you are better off conducting your experiments and demonstrations while he is not around.

Why? Who is he?

Wolfgang Pauli

• Apparently, scientific equipment broke down mysteriously in his presence, known as the “Pauli Effect” is somehow as popular as his legit “Pauli Exclusion Principle”.

Fernando Corbato created something in 1963, in order to ensure some compartmentalization so that people didn’t have to live in a communal setting. Despite many faults, there is still no widely used substitute.

What did he create?

Passwords and Access Control

This dude is the creator of one of the most widely used OSS (Open Source Software…for the uninitiated ). He named it after his first daughter. Later, when he did not like the direction his creation was taking, he forked the project and named it after his younger daughter. Not to leave his son ‘Max’ disappointed, he also created another OSS and named it after him.

Who is he?

‘Monty’ Michael Widenius

Creator of MySQL, MariaDB and MaxDB.

Which award features three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders on the medal.

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The Nobel Peace Prize

Wrigley’s Gum was the first product in the world to sell its product using a certain packaging feature

• WHAT?

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This fairy tale character is named after the Italian word for “Pine Eye”.

• WHO?

PINNOCHIO

Cabu, Charb, Tignous and Wolinski

• CONNECT with a TWO LETTER WORD

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CHARLIE HEBDO

The four famous cartoonists who died in the Charlie Hebdo shootout in Paris on 6th January 2015

What is so special about this building in Bruges, Belgium?

It was built in 1399 and is recognized as a World Heritage structure by the UN

However, it is famous more for its first floor tenant than anything else.

This tenant is the only one of its kind in the world.

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The world’s one an only museum for French Fries

Shown above is the change in hairstyle of a very specific actor, of whom many legends abound.

It is said that in one of his roles, he was required to write a letter, and the situation demanded that it be in a very specific style that was as close to a certain periodic calligraphy as possible.

Apparently, the director made him practice the style so much, that it changed his handwriting forever! IDENTIFY THE ACTOR.

SOUMITRA CHATTERJEE

What significance does this photo has in the current Indian economy.

It is the photo that has been used to develop the profile/photo of Mahatma Gandhi on our currency notes

Simply connect them to a single gentleman in the world of entertainment.

Shahrukh Khan

1. Ashoka2. Swades3. Chak De India

Identify the guy on the left….who Akshaye Khanna is portraying on the right.

Harilal Gandhi

• Akshaye Khanna is portraying him in Gandhi My Father

This structure is a slightly eroded dome that is 40 km in diameter. It’s claim to fame, among others, is that it is visible to the naked eye from outer space, and has often been used by astronauts for reference. Although it is politically in the country of Mauritania, geographically it is within a much larger land feature. As a result, the depicted formation, also called the Richat or Ritchat Structure, gets its more popular name.

What is it more popularly known as?

Eye of the Sahara

This is Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the first woman of African descent in the North American colonies to sue for her freedom and achieve it. She did it as long ago as in 1656, and not just for her own self but her infant son too! In fact, it was due to this lawsuit of hers that a new law was passed, decreeing that children born in the region would have the status of their mothers – “bond or free” – and not of their fathers, as had been the precedent till then.

She is ancestor to many famous people, including Days of our Lives and Liar star Krista Allen.However, Allen is definitely not Grinstead’s most famous descendant. So who is?

Johnny Depp

Baywatch Hawaii, Liar , Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and The Final Destination.

Simply identify this gentleman. Hint: He is rarely remembered like this. We are generally more familiar with how he has looked after a his features changed in a major way, and have been like that for quite a few decades now.

Avtar Kishan Hangal

Identify the building

The Eiffel Tower

This is a view from the bottom up

As is evident, this is an advertisement for towels. The brand was Delhi Cloth Mills, the shoot happened in 1973, when the model was only 17 then, and the hoardings were plastered all across Delhi for quite some time in 1974. However, in the ad itself, though her real first name was used, she was stated to be 22 years of age.

Then, in July 1974, the model’s father called up the ad agency and asked them to return all the pictorial and photographic material that they had produced of her. The day after the call, the model’s engagement was announced.

How do we know this lady better today?

Maneka Gandhi

It was first created in 1994 by Denso Corporation ( a global automotive components manufacturer from Japan) to track vehicles during manufacture; it was designed to allow high-speed component scanning

Now, it is used in a much broader context, including both commercial tracking applications and convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile-phone users

• WHAT?

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The QR Code

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X, the only country with more vehicles than people, claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world. X is governed by a series of six books written in Latin in the late 16th century, that dictate the country’s political system, among other matters. The country is considered to have the earliest written governing documents (constitution) still in effect.

The government of X made United States President Abraham Lincoln an honorary citizen. He wrote in reply, saying that the republic proved that "government founded on republican principles is capable of being so administered as to be secure and enduring.”

X has no flat ground and is entirely composed of hilly terrain.

• IDENTIFY X

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Republic of San Marino

This club was founded as "Jubilee Club" in 1887 under the leadership of Nawab Aminul Islam.

Then this name was changed into "Crescent Club".Crescent club's name again changed into "Hamidia Club".

Finally this "Hamidia Club" came to be known as X in 1891.

IDENTIFY the CLUB

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Mohammedan Sporting Club

This is the only business house founded by Greeks in India

Started in 1851 by trading in jute, cotton, shellac, sesame, turmeric, ginger, rice, saltpetre, borax and groundnuts

Original Greek promoters sold of business in 1931

By the early nineties, _____ became the fourth largest seed company in India under the TATA fold.

IDENTIFY the COMPANY

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Rallis India

Founded by the five Ralli brothers, Zannis a.k.a. John (1785–1859), Augustus (1792–1878), Pandia a.k.a. Zeus (1793–1865), Toumazis (1799–1858), and Eustratios (1800–84) founded Ralli Brothers.

Theirs was the most successful expatriate Greek merchant business of the Victorian era

Shown above is a kind of ticket that began to be given out at sporting events in the US, but the name that was given to this ticket, when used in a sentence, has gone on to mean that someone intends to do something on a later date.

What is the name of these kinds of tickets, and the phrase that originate from it.

Rain Check

To take a rain check

This is clearly a formula, but for what? And what is special about the product insofar as the way it is owned, produced and distributed? Hint: It has parallels in the world of information technology, and has actually been inspired by a certain IT concept.

Open Cola

OpenCola is a brand of open-source cola, where the instructions for making it are freely available and modifiable. Anybody can make the drink, and anyone can modify and improve on the recipe.

The original version 1.0 was released on 27 January 2001. Current Version is 1.1.3. Although originally intended as a promotional tool to explain free and open source software, the drink took on a life of its own and 150,000 cans were sold. The Toronto-based company Opencola founded by Grad Conn, Cory Doctorow, and John Henson became better known for the drink than the software it was supposed to promote. Laird Brown, the company's senior strategist, attributes its success to a widespread mistrust of big corporations and the "proprietary nature of almost everything."

This image is a minimalistic representation of the friendship between two individuals. Notice the colours and how the paw seems to be see-through, which is an indication of the relationship that the two individuals share.

Identify both.

Calvin and Hobbes

• Hobbes is an imaginary friend of Calvin. The paw is transparent, indicating that the character to which it belongs (Hobbes) was a figment of imagination of the character to which the hand belongs (Calvin).

What very specific term, related to the world of information technology, is depicted here?

HTTP Error 404: Page not found

The image above is a slightly more literal depiction of the catchphrase of a consumer product.

What is the product, and what is the catchphrase?

Red Bull

The image above is that of a letter sent by Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State Assembly sometime in March 2010, in opposition to a certain Assembly Bill. However, this letter ended up kicking up a controversy due to some apparently difficult-to-spot reasons.

Identify the reason, and hence the controversy.

Start reading the first alphabet on every line from “For some time…”, and see how they form ‘F*ck you’!

The Gubernator denied any mischief on his part, but the proof of the expletive is very clear!

Identify the 2nd Book

Quotations from Chairman Mao

As is evident, this is a US currency note that was valid tender for sometime after its first issuing in 1857. Now, this happens to be one of the few of its kind to feature a very specific individual, whose existence has been a question of such hot debate that even the Forbes magazine has once had to give in to the demands of a very specific demographic and withdraw the individual’s name permanently from one of the many lists it publishes.

Simply identify the gentleman who, along with his mode of transport, has been blocked out of this photograph.

Santa Claus

The story goes that, when the gentleman in

the cylindrical headgear was visiting Sarajevo

in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina,

someone lobbed a grenade at him, which

exploded a few seconds late, injuring the next

vehicle in this gentleman’s motorcade instead.

Our gentleman here decided to go to the

hospital to ask after the injured, but his driver

did not know the way, confusing roads till they

came near a cafe where a Slavic freedom

movement group member, who had really

wanted to kill our gentleman, was having a

sandwich, as fate would have it.

The student immediately shot him, setting the

ball rolling for numerous other deaths.

Simply identify this gentleman and what happened next.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand,

- whose assassination led to the start of World War I,

- which led to sanctions on certain European nations, which in turn led to World War II,

- which gave way to the Cold War and reshaped human history forever!

What three-word phrase best describes these eight ‘targets’ by the United Nations?

Millennium Development Goals

It grants the most new citizenships per capita in the world

Most beers have their own glass in which only that beer may be served.

There are more castles per square kilometre than any other country

Its main international airport is the world’s largest chocolate selling point.

Identify the country

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Belgium

Who exactly are being appealed here to keep hold their tongues and keep the secret a secret?

A two-word phrase is the key, and the muscular gentleman is a huge giveaway.

Employees working on the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge in Nashville, Tennessee, in the US.

The government reminding employees not to be the cause of a leak of information on the project.

What significance does this logic gate diagram have in the field of English literature?

This is indeed a geeky way of saying “To be or not to be…”.

This is an album cover. How do we know this artiste better today?

Lady Gaga

Who wrote this letter about his unusual pet dog to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not feature in newspapers, and got it published.

Charles M. Schulz

Creator of the Peanuts and Snoopy.

Simply connect them to a single gentleman in the world of Bollywood entertainment.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

1. Na Hanyate - is said to have inspired Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

2. Fyodr Dostoevsky, whose White Nights Bhansali made into Saawariya

3. Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay - Devdas

Grave – NO!

Whose is supposed to be born here in this place?

Hint: Sci-Fi

James Tiberius Kirk

According to ____ , once, as a child, when the Chinese National Wushu Team went to perform for President Richard Nixon in the United States, he was asked by Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. _______ replied, "I don't want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!

Identify this Chinese patriot

Jet Li or Li Lianjie

This gentleman was a major general in 19th century America, and earned the moniker of one of the most incompetent generals during the American civil war. However, he is remembered for something else that is quite evident here. Explain the ensuing nomenclature.

This is Major General Ambrose Burnside, whose unique style of sporting facial hair was named as a tribute to his surname.

Hence, we have the sideburn (also known as mutton chops).

This is an error message generated by the current versions of Windows 8, from Beta version to Release Preview. How do we better know the this error message from previous versions of the Windows operating system?

Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)

This country is known to be extremely devoted to a certain color, so that not only are its football team’s jerseys of this colour, but even their bandages and medical supplies reflect this color!

As if that’s not all, the country is also responsible for the current colour of a certain vegetable, which used to be found in yellow, purple/violet and even white varieties. However, through selective breeding, they managed to make the vegetable of only one colour – and this colour exists even today!

The Netherlands

The protein called Titin, also referred to as connectin by some, is a large one, and is responsible for the passive elasticity of muscles. It is also considered to be a structural protein for chromosomes. The name Titin itself is derived from the Greek word Titan – a reference to something about it that is giant.

My question is, why is this protein of great significance to lexicographers?

The IUPAC name of Titin actually has the distinction of being the longest single world in the world, with more than 1.89 lakh alphabets!

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginy………glutaminylglutaminylserxisoleucine

See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Challisrussia/Titin_full_name

In many forms of Poker, the card game, there is a starting hand that comprises the Ace and the King, maybe of the same suit, or maybe of different suits. What very specific name is given to this hand, based on the initials of the denominations of the cards, and the observation that such hands ‘look good, but rarely win’?

Anna Kournikova

Identify the gentleman.

His biggest claim to fame till date is still the fact that he is a Bollywood superstar’s son. And the superstar died recently.

Sunil Anand….son of Dev Anand

It was started in 1991 by Polish satirist Janusz Rewinski, ostensibly to reduce alcoholism due to vodka. It was more of a statement of disenchantment towards the country’s deteriorating political atmosphere. However, this ‘joke’ caught the people’s fancy so much, and they started taking it so seriously that the political party actually went on to win 16 seats in Poland’s parliamentary election in 1991!

However, factionalism caused its split later, but not before it had already had a lot of people in splits.

Identify this political entity.

Polish Beer Lovers’ Party

Propagated by the Indian NGO 5th Pillar, what is given by angry protestorsto government servants who solicit bribes.

HINT: the ‘gift’ has purportedly made quite a few corrupt bureaucrats turn over a new leaf and give back all the bribes they had taken

Zero Currency

Who is the person receiving the Oscar for the Best Actor from Roger Moore in 1973?

Explain the funda.

Marlon Brando made a political statement by boycotting his Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather in 1973 and sending Native American Indian, Sacheen Littlefeather, to make a speech in his stead.

Brando was protesting against the siege at Wounded Knee and against the misrepresentation of American Indians in film.

his was the first in a series of many more to come. What?

Harley Davidson Motorcycles

This Angry Birds game is supposedly the theory of origin of what?

Stonehenge

What is being advertised here?

The Bournvita Quiz Contest

The X, are often described as spiritual warriors, or warrior monks. Theirs is best described as a ‘post-modern religious movement’. According to the 2001 census of Australia, more than 70,000 people belong to this religion, and according to the census of New Zealand the same year, they outnumber the country’s Buddhist and Hindu population! The census of the same year in England and Wales saw nearly 400,000 of them register as following this ‘religion’, a number which surpasses the Sikhs and Buddhhists there!

Which religion am I talking about? Or simply, identify X, or what people wrote under the tab ‘Religion’ during the census in the above-mentioned countries.

Jedi

Star Wars People

Apple and Samsung are engaged in several legal battles against each other in courts across at least nine countries. One of them is at the District Court for the Northern District of California, where Apple is trying to have four Samsung smartphones and tablets banned from the US due to alleged design patent infringement.

It was at this court that Samsung countered Apple’s allegations of it stealing from designs patented for the iPad with the argument that someone else had already designed an iPad-like device decades before the iLife giant.

Samsung says that this person, X, had created iPad’s design and depicted it in his groundbreaking work of fiction Y. Coincidentally, another of Apple’s market-changing gadgets derives its name from the same work of fiction.

Identify X and Y

X is Stanley Kubrickand Y is 2001: A Space Odyssey

Identify

Pablo Picasso

Connect

Leonard Nimoy

Spock in the original Star Trek series, and also directed Three Men and a Baby, which was remade in Hindi as Heyy Babyy.

The Vulcan Salute

Connect

Stuart LittleMichael J Fox voiced Stuart, Hugh Laurie played his father, and Manoj Night Shyamalan co-wrote the story!

What is the biggest claim to fame of this hospitality institution?

It inspired the Eagles to write and sing Hotel California

Which modern logo was designed to depict the company’s dominance in Land, Sea and Air

Mercedes Benz

Who is the artist?

Hint: the style of painting depicted here is “Impressionism”.

Meaning the painting will reveal the true picture when viewed at a distance from the eye.;-)

Mamata Banerjee

This 4,446-metre high peak in country X was named after the leader of country Y so as to promote friendly relationships between the two countries. Z, the leader of Y, has several other achievements to his credit. On a certain occasion, when forest fires ravaged parts of Y, Z actually got into a helicopter and piloted it while spraying water/fire-retardant material over parts of the affected area.On another occasion, Z actually put a wild tiger in a forest to sleep with a tranquiliser gun, and helped forest officials measure its teeth!

Identify X, Y and Z.

X - Kyrghystan

Y - Russia

Z – Vladimir Putin

He was in the Vietnam war, helping the US army find and defuse hidden mines.

He was a qualified civil engineer, and joked that this fact lost him the lead role in Apocalypse Now, because Francis Ford Coppolla asked him to build pagodas instead!

After his first wife was killed in an accident, he gave up his children to a childless American couple.

He was ‘encouraged’ to come to India after seeing Parveen Babi’s face on a magazine cover. He later ended up living as Babi’s neighbour.

IDENTIFY WHO

Bob Christo

Since ancient times, what in India has been divided into four categories:

Hanumanti, Jambuvanti, Jarasandhi and Bhimseni?

Indian Style Wrestling

What is the national aquatic animal of India?

The Gangetic River Dolphin

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ was a motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939 in preparation for the Second World War.

The poster was intended to raise the morale of the British public, threatened with widely predicted mass air attacks on major cities

Although 2.45 million copies were printed, and although the Blitz happened, the poster was hardly ever publicly displayed and was little known about until a copy was rediscovered in 2000.

It has since been re-issued by a number of private companies, and has been used as the decorative theme for a range of products.• IDENTIFY. Should be easy.

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KEEP CALM and CARRY ON

The first one is the original poster