The FYI Open Winter '09 Prelims

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The F.Y.I Open

Winter 09The Grand Slam of

Quizzing!

(Supposedly)


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P R E L I M S


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Thou Shalt Follow:

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

Please put a ** after the question numberwhile attempting these.

Speilng mistkaes are accetped galdly! Butmake sure your answer sounds somethinglike the real-deal.

Quiz Masters discretion shall be used in

tight spots during evaluation. 6 Teams battle it out in The Finals


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Q1. What controversy is linked with thisGoogle Maps image?


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Q2.

According to the book, Some Hidden

Facts: Martyrdom of_____ ______ ____Secrets unfurled by an Intelligence Bureau

Agent of British-India by K.S. Kooner, onMarch 23, 1931, ______ was deliberately

hanged in such a manner as to leave himin a semi-conscious state, so that he couldlater be taken outside the prison and shotdead by the Saunders family. The book

says that this was a prison operationcodenamed "Operation Trojan Horse."


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Q3. Shes the 20th most powerful womanin the world says Forbes. Who is she?


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Q4. Symbol for what?


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Q5. What is this?


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Q7. In Amritsar, the sales of washingmachines are extra ordinarily high.Surprisingly, this boom in sales can

be tracked to the numerousrestaurants across the city. PutFunda.


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Q8.This is an ad for

what?


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Q9. These are the rules to be a ______ _____.

Be a man who comes of his own free will.Believe in a Supreme Being (the form of which isleft to open interpretation by the candidate).Be at least the minimum age (from 1825 years old

depending on the jurisdiction).Be of good morals, and of good reputation.Be of sound mind and body.Be free-born.Be capable of furnishing character references, aswell as one or two references from current group,

depending on jurisdiction.


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Q10.This is GustaveDores engraving

depicting Charonferrying acrossAcheron, to Hell. Thisis the illustration of

which classic?


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Q11. What connectsthese prettybirdies?


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Q12. This is the description of the test to find out ifyoure a _________.

If you're not sure if you are a ________, you shouldtake this test.

The point value of answering 'yes' to each question

is listed in parentheses ( ) at the end of thequestion. The higher the result, the more likely it isthat you are a __________!

Depending on your browser, browsing away fromthe automated test page may cause you to lose allof your progress. But real __________s don't do thatanyway. Come to think of it, actually they might, ifthey want to edit this article.


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Q13. This is the OST of which recent Oscarnominated hit?


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Q14. Hydrated magnesiumsilicate occurs as foliated tofibrous masses, its monoclinic

crystals being so rare as to bealmost unknown.

Soapstone is a metamorphicrock composed predominantlyof X. It is not soluble in water,but it is slightly soluble in diluteHCl. Its colour ranges fromwhite to grey or green and it

has a distinctly greasy feel. Itsstreak is white.

Studies have established

preliminary links between Xand pulmonary issues, lung


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Q15.In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs

of the dog that bit you applied to the wound willprevent evil consequences.

'If this dog do you bite, soon as out of your bed,take a hair of the tail in the morning. This gives

rise to the popular English phrase. Whatsignificance does this phrase have to analcoholic?


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Q 16.When you hear the Miranda Speech, you know

youre in trouble. So its best to keep your mouthshut and wait for your attorney. What is theMiranda speech?


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Q 17. Connect:


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Q 18.

One part gets its name from the Punjabiword for pants

which in turn is derived from Persian for pants.

The other part comes from theArabicword for shirt

which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European word

for cloak.

If you put the two words what would you get?


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Q 19.

This is the logo of a Pan-Slavist Serbian organisation

that is credited with the onset of what event?


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Q 20.One of the earliest examples of Byzantine art in the

region can be found on Mount Nebo, an importantplace of pilgrimage in the Byzantine era whereMoses died. This is why this type of art has a namewhich means pertaining to Moses.

The other etymology is that it is in reference to thenine Muses of Greek myth. What work of art?


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Q21.** Paintings like these display the ______ ______effect named after the artist who created them. Whateffect?


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Q22.**Once upon a time in an Indian village,

there lived three squaws. Two squaws hadyoung sons who were very overweight. Thefirst squaw, whose son weighed 150 pounds,always placed her son on a bear hide near a

pine grove; the second squaw, whose son alsoweighed 150 pounds, put her son on a moosehide in the shade of a large oak tree; but thethird squaw, who was expecting the birth ofher first son, always rested on ahippopotamus hide beside a bubbling brook.Her weight? 300 pounds!

To this day, mathematicians give credit tothese Indian women and their children. Why?


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Q23.** Cuba 1814 to 1830. During this period, rum

was cheaply made and not considered a refineddrink, one rarely sold in upscale taverns. DonFacundo began attempting to "tame" rum. Afterexperimenting with several techniques he hit uponfiltering the rum through charcoal, which removed

impurities. In addition to this, Facundo aged therum in oak barrels, which had the effect of"mellowing" the drink. What did Don Facundo inventin this manner?


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Q24. **The first ____ was a two-piece affair. Each piece wenton its own individually only to joined back together inthe final week before the _______ ______ began.The second was fashioned from sterling silver and wasengraved with traditional symbols of the creativeartists' families and cultures, including a wolf, a ravenand an eagle with a frog in its mouth.

The third was carried into the stadium on an elephant.The fourth, was designed to symbolize the uniquenessof the individual and the common rhythm of humanity.The fifth contained 71 lights on the front, and had avideo camera fitted to record.

The sixth, has soil from different places incorporatedinto it and weighs about 1900 grams.Two blanks. ID object and event.


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Q 25.** Put Funda

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