TFQOTY Prelims

25 Questions

Question 1

IYENGARnounA type of Ashtanga yoga focusing on the correct alignment of the body, making use of straps, wooden blocks, and other objects as aids to achieving the correct postures.

Who is this type of Yoga named after?

Answer

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar

Question 2X is a British comedian and political satirist who plays a recurring character on the television series Community. He is known in US for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart but left it at the end of 2013 and started his own talk show on HBO which has gained popularity of late for it’s satirical descriptions of news, politics and current events. Who is X?

Answer

John Oliver

Question 3‘This is a first for us in USA Basketball, to have something like this take place,' USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said. 'It's a tough situation for our entire organization, the coaches, the players. Very, very emotional. There's no way the game could have gone on under the circumstances.’‘Thanks everybody for the love and support.. I'll be ok and be back better than ever!!! Love y'all!! #YoungTrece’

Who is the aforementioned tweet from and what incident are they talking about?

Answer

Paul George Leg break injury

Question 4, connect

• Jimi Hendrix• Paul McCartney• Kurt Cobain• Justin Beiber• Albert King

Not exhaustive.Extra 1 mark for what was different about Albert King

Answer

Left handed guitar players

Albert King played a right handed guitar left handed. (+1)

Question 5XY was an English actor, film director, film producer, and entrepreneur. He won two academy awards as a director and producer of a biopic in 1983 and appeared in Jurassic Park as the creator of the titular theme park.He was the older brother of ZY, a naturalist and broadcaster.Who’s XY and ZY?

Answer

X- RichardY- AttenboroughZ- David

½ mark for only Y, 1 mark only if you get all three.

Question 6

Codenamed ‘Threshold’, the company which released it’s previous version less than two years go, is planning to hold a media event on Sept. 30 to unveil the new software’s preview leading up to it’s release in the spring of 2015.

Answer

Windows 9

Question 7

Concluded on 12th May 2014, this event was the biggest of it’s kind in the world and the number of participants outnumbered the population of Europe.

What is the event are we referring to?

Answer

Indian Elections

Question 8

‘We do not comment on the top secret work of the Auror department, as we have told you no less than 514 times, Ms. Skeeter.’

Who says these words? Where is this quote from?

Answer

Harry PotterThe quote is from the new short story released by JK Rowling for Potter fans as an Rita Skeeter article.

Question 9, Connect

Answer

ISIS

Question 10

List of Y won by nationality of XRank Country Wins X(s)

1 United Kingdom 232 192 Germany 149 73 Brazil 101 64 France 79 125 Finland 46 4

Answer

X- Formula one drivers

Y- Formula one grand prix

Question 11, Connect

• Popeye• The World According to Garp• Good morning, Vietnam• Awakenings• The Fisher King• Jumanji• The Birdcage

Answer

Robin William films

Question 12

Considered a pioneer of the Navya movement, he is the 6th person among 8 recipients of the Jnapith award. He also received the Padma Bhushan award in 1998 and was one of the finalists of the Man Booker International Prize for the year 2013. Who are we talking about?

Answer

Udupi RajagopalacharyaAnanthamurthy

Question 13

What is "The McConaissance“?

Answer

The gradual shift of Matthew McConnaughey from mainstream romcoms to more complex and serious roles.

Question 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3VbG0lHDhQ

What is the incident shown in this video?

Answer

MH 17 crash

Question 15

“If you open your legs enough that your head is lowered by one-fourteenth of your height and raise your hands enough that your extended fingers touch the line of the top of your head, know that the centre of the extended limbs will be the navel, and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle.”

What is Da Vinci referring to?

Answer

The Vitruvian Man

Question 16

Which comic strip is this pic from?

Answer

Bal Narendra

Question 17

X was a multinational telecommunications company based in Illinois, U.S. After going through a lean period they split up into two independent public companies X Mobility (using a red version of X’s logo) and X Solutions (using a blue version of X’s logo).The former was acquired by E in May 2012 and later in January 2014, it was announced that the company will be taken over by a Chinese technology company G.

Name X, E and G.

Answer

X- MotorolaE- GoogleG- Lenovo

Question 18

X was an outstanding genius who studied geometry as a child. At the age of sixteen he stated and proved X's Theorem, a fact relating any six points on any conic section. The Theorem is sometimes called the "Cat's Cradle" or the "Mystic Hexagram.“ Like most of the greatest mathematicians, X was interested in physics and mechanics, studying fluids, explaining vacuum, and inventing the syringe and hydraulic press. At the age of 18, he designed and built the world's first automatic adding machine.

Who is X?

Answer

Pascal

Question 19, connect

Answer

Oracle

Question 20

In a 1940s cartoon, Bugs Bunny calls Elmer Fudd a N as a condescending jab, kind of like calling your friend "Einstein" after he stabs himself in the butt or something. This wasn't the first time that N was used ironically, but it was such an obscure reference that most people watching probably understood it as another word for "idiot," or someone with a severe speech impediment that turns "R"s into "W"s.N actually used to mean "great hunter": the term is based on the biblical figure of N, the great-grandson of Noah and one of the most powerful kings ever.

What is N?

Answer

Nimrod

Question 21

According to a global survey, Americans were the least excited about the event with only 11% showing extreme interest.Conversely, Indonesia had the highest excitement ratings with 61.3% claiming to be very excited over the event.

Which event?

Answer

FIFA World Cup 2014

Question 22

Uluru ,also known as A Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. It is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site and is one of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks. Uluru is notable for appearing to change colour at different times of the day and year, most notably when it glows red at dawn and sunset.

Who was A?

Answer

Ayers Rock

Question 23

X is an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. It was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 meters of ash and pumice after the eruption of Y in 79 AD.

Name X and Y.

Answer

X – PompeiiY- Mount Vesuvius

Question 24, put funda

Answer

The images depict the CW shows which are based on the DC Universe.

Question 25

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Lou Gehrig’s Disease orAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis