Sunday Evening Quiz Club

The October Quiz

56 questions 29 questions clockwise 27 questions anti-clockwise

1.

Which famous phrase originated from a puzzle where one has to connect 9 dots arranged in a square grid with 4 straight lines drawn continuously, without your pen leaving the paper?

Answer

2.

This started off as a journalistic catchphrase applied to a group of middle class British playwrights and novelists who became prominent in the 1950s. The group's leaders included John Osborne and Kingsley Amis. The label was later applied to describe young British writers who were characterized by a disillusionment with traditional English society.

This was also the name of a British film genre of the 1960s, featuring working class heroes and left-wing themes.

What is this phrase? (Clue: Today’s date)

Answer

Angry Young Man

4.

According to Atal Behari Vajpayee, he’s the most famous “Uncle” in India after Chacha Nehru.

Answer

Uncle Pai!

5.

Taken from my friend Aravind’s blog. He’s an IIM-A student.

“Some words of wisdom culled from our thoroughly enjoyable MC classes. Thank you Prof. Rao!

1. Be anti-Kabir in your approach towards excel programming.“

What is the anti-Kabir philosophy?

Answer

Don’t do today, what you can do tomorrow.Don’t Do now, what you can postpone for later.

6.

This word derives from the Parsi pronunciation of the Arabic word for the Franks. A simpler theory states it is merely a corruption of the French “Francais” to refer to a Frenchman. What?

Answer

Firangi

7.

Put Funda

Miracle on the Hudson

“There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy”

8.

Answer

Walt Disney with the Oscar (and seven little oscars) for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

9.

In spring 2008, he served as a visiting lecturer in Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught two courses, "Images of Asian Americans in the Media" and "Contemporary American Teen Films”. He is currently working on a graduate certificate in international security from Stanford University.

Identify him.

Answer

Kal Penn

10.

In monetary slang, what denomination is a Pavarotti?

Answer

A tenner :)

11

You have heard of the Big Mac Index, and the Ipod Index, now what is a Hot Waitress Economic Index?

The prettier the waitress is, the worse is the state of the economy.

12.

Wario!

13.

Which animal would you be comparing someone to by using the adjective ‘hippotigrine’ to describe him?

Answer

A Zebra

14.

If I were to tell you that a vulpine vixen might breed with a Reynard to have a skulk of cubs what animal would I be talking about?

Fox

15.

The bottom layer of this cocktail is creme de menthe, middle layer is banana liqueur and the top layer is cherry brandy. When poured and layered correctly, it gives the three colours red, yellow and green. The drink is well known in the Beach Resorts. What is this drink known as?

Answer

The Bob Marley

16.

Answer

17.

Around the year 500 BC, Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian explorer went on an expedition on the west African coast. They encountered "a savage people, the greater part of whom were women, whose bodies were hairy, and whom our interpreters called ______”.

What is this word?

Gorilla

18.

The original meaning of this adjective referred to items not belonging to the church, e.g. "The fort is the oldest ______ building in the town, but the local monastery is older, and is the oldest building," or "besides designing churches, he also designed many _______ buildings".

In Latin, it means “in front of (or outside) the temple”

Answer

Profane (pro+fanus)

19

What secret ingredient gives Bikaneri Bhujia it’s distinctive quality and flavour?

Desert Sand.

20.

Id this man, who co-founded Virgin Comics along with Branson, Shekhar Kapur and Deepak Chopra, and also co-founded Gotham Comics with Sunil Seetharaman,which brings to India all theDC and Marvel titles at an affordable cost.

Answer

Sharad Devarajan

21.

The unit was originally developed in 1950 by Laboratoire Dauphinois d'Hydraulique in Grenoble, France (now Sogreah). They are no longer protected by a patent, and are widely used all over the world, produced by many contractors. The Modified Cube, the Stabit ,the Akmon, the Dolos, the Seabee, the Accropode , the Hollow Cube , the A-jack , and the Xbloc are all inspired by and are alternates to this. What? CLUE

Answer

22

In 1946, Ailinginae, Ailinglaplap, Enewetak, jabat, Jaluit, Kwajalein, Maloelap, Nadikdik, Narnorik, Rongelap, Rongerik, Ujelag and Wotje, among many, many more, were shortlisted, but finally, something entirely pronounceable was chosen, for which we must be grateful.

What am I talking about?

Answer

Bikini Atoll

23

Who was credited to have written additional dialogues for the first season episodes of the tv series, Blackadder??

(Hint: It's set in the 15th century)

Answer

William Shakespeare

25

An August 2007 article in the Current Science journal estimated the money value of the savings accrued as a result of this change would be in the range of Rs. 1,000 crore every year, due to reduction in energy consumption upto 16% of what it is now. The authors also claim that this might help in reducing the number of road accidents. What?

Answer

Advancing the IST by 30 mins.

26. Identify

Answer

Gustavo Kuerten

27.

The musician, the piece and who is it a tribute to?

Sri Jimi

29.

Mute!

Answer

29.

"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc" translated as "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us,“ is the motto of which famous family?

The Addams Family

Intermission

30.

This thought experiment (“phenomenon” to the believers) is a classic example of the Theory of Accidental Excellence.

Due to technical difficulties, this problem cannot be ideally replicated in real life. In 2003, this experiment was performed with six subjects, but the outcome was merely five pages consisting largely of the letter 'S'.

But using computers, a decent approximation of the process can be achieved. A couple of computer programs have given the following results, demonstrating the magnitude of the task:

“RUMOUR. Open your ears; 9r"5j5&?OWTY Z0d…” 24 matching characters,”Henry IV, Part 2”, 2,737,850 million billion billion billion

years.

“VALENTINE. Cease toIdor:eFLP0FRjWK78aXzVOwm)-‘;8.t . . ." 19 letters , "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". 42,162,500,000 billion billion years

Many scholars have used the case of the Internet as proof for this theory, while many others have used it to disprove the same.

What famous thought experiment, seen very often in popular culture, are we talking about here?

Useless Trivia: Douglas Adams, in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, puts the improbability of one variation this event happening at roughly two to the power of twenty thousand to one. Real life estimate for the same : one in 3.4 × 10^183,946

Answer

The Infinite Monkey Theorem

31.

Identify

Answer

John Bull, The personification of Great Britain

32.

This magazine was co-founded by Dick Durrell as a spin-off from Time magazine. Its first managing editor, Richard Stolley, characterized the magazine as “getting back to the people who are causing the news and who are caught up in it, or deserve to be in it. Our focus is on people, not issues.”

Answer

People

33.

This phrase has come to mean a prejudiced view, usually rather negative or critical.

Alexander Pope, in "An Essay on Criticism" (1711), wrote: "All seems infected that the infected spy, As all looks yellow to the ________ ___.“

The only Goa question in the quiz. :)

Answer

A jaundiced eye

34.

Quote from krishashok.blogspot.com

Bloopers from what?

The Kashmiri boatman topples over. The tractor develops engine trouble. The Taj aerial view accidentally captures the Sand mafia stealing cartloads of sand from the Yamuna banks. Hirwani is stung by a jellyfish as he walks on the beach. The elephant with the mahout decides to sit down and roll in the mud. All of the Bengalis walking out of the metro are smoking Charminar cigarettes. One of the kids in the white coloured dress is wearing a “Che Guevara” shirt while running in to form the tricolour.

Answer

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

35

Identify the book

This book is dedicated to Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Liz Stride, Kate Eddowes, and Marie Jeanette Kelly. You and your demise: of these things alone we are certain. Goodnight ladies.'

Contd

Answer

From Hell.

36

Most number of uses of the F- word.

37

Charles Eames, a legendary American designer, architect and film-maker had this to say about what?

Long.

The optimum amount of liquid to be fetched, carried, poured and stored in a prescribed set of circumstances.

The size and strength and gender of the hands (if hands) that would manipulate it.

The way it is to be transported – head, hip, hand, basket or cart. The balance, the center of gravity, when empty, when full, its

balance when rotated for pouring. The fluid dynamics of the problem not only when pouring but

when filling and cleaning, and under the complicated motions of head carrying – slow and fast.

Its sculpture as it fits the palm of the hand, the curve of the hip. Its sculpture as compliment to the rhythmic motion of walking or

a static post at the well. The relation of opening to volume in terms of storage uses – and

objects other than liquid. The size of the opening and inner contour in terms of cleaning.

The texture inside and out in terms of cleaning and feeling.

Heat transfer – can it be grasped if the liquid is hot? How pleasant does it feel, eyes closed, eyes open? How pleasant does it sound, when it strikes another

vessel, is set down on ground or stone, empty or full – or being poured into?

What is the possible material? What is its cost in terms of working? What is its cost in terms of ultimate service? What kind of an investment does the material provide as

product, as salvage? How will the material affect the contents, etc., etc.? How will it look as the sun reflects off its surface? How does it feel to possess it, to sell it, to give it ?

Answer

A lota!

38. Identify

Answer

Mongoose Bat

39.

What is this drawing called?

The Vitruvian Dude

40.

Playstation 2

41

Who is this a caricature of?

Eddie Merckx, 5 time Tour De France winner

• Abkhazia is a de facto independent republic, with no international recognition. It is located within the internationally recognized borders of Georgia. A secessionist movement of the Abkhaz ethnic minority in the region led to the declaration of independence from Georgia in 1992 and the Georgian-Abkhaz armed conflict from 1992 to 1993 which resulted in the Georgian military defeat and the mass exodus and ethnic cleansing of Georgian population from Abkhazia.

• In 1994 the Republic of Abkhazia issued two postage stamps featuring John Lennon and Groucho Marx. Why?

42.

Abkhazia’s move from communism to capitalism was depicted by a change from Marxist-Leninist ideals to Marxist-Lennonist ones.

43.

What science-fact did the science-fiction film Alien have as its tagline?

In Space, no one can hear you scream.

44.

What is Google's non-profit wing called?

Google.org

46. Who is talking?

Ans

47.

Fill in the Blank. (The answer can be used for any blank, anywhere. Except the next question.)

When _____ _____ falls in water, _____ _______ doesn't get wet. Water gets _____ _______."

"When _____ _____ does pushups, he doesn't lift himself up. He pushes the world down.

"_____ _____ ‘s tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever

_____ ______ counted to infinity- twice.

There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures _____ ______has allowed to live.

"_____ _____ can eat just one Lay’s Chip.

Chuck Norris.

47.

More recently, this. Terrorists dread the day in October that

Daylight Savings Time ends. ____ _____ gets 25 hours in which to kill them.

There has not been a terrorist attack in the United States since ____ _____first appeared on television.

____ _____is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.

____ _____ named his cat Chuck Norris, because he’s a pussy.

Jack Bauer.

48.

Who is the lyricist?

Answer

49

In the TV Series Firefly, how do ships communicate with each other?

Answer

Wave

50.

"Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid“

"Toms Old Aunt Sat On Her Coat And Hat“ "Saddle On Horse Canters Around Happily

To Other Adventures“ "Silly Old Hitler Couldn't Advance His

Troops Over America“ "Oh Hell Another Hour Of Algebra“ "Oscar Had A Hand On Arthur“ "Sun On Holiday Can Affect Health Till Old

Age"

Mnemonics for remembering the trigonometric relations.

51.

What distinction has James Maxwell been given w.r.t the planet Venus?

Answer

Maxwell Montes, the highest mountain on Venus , is the only feature to be named for a male.

52

What is a textonym?

Answer

Words which have the same key strokes in T9

Awake-cycle Good-home-goof

53.

connect

Answer

Albums released for free on the internet.

55.

The first known existance of these two words together in computer literature occured in 1972 in Kernighan’s book “Tutorial instruction to the Language B”. As with anything to do with computers,there are an infinity of ways to do this now, and the most common way to do it came from a internal Bell Labs memo from Kernighan, “Programming in C, a Tutorial” Whatitis?

Hello World.