RULES

Maximum of three members in a team

Kindly put your mobile phones on silent

Top 6 teams will be shortlisted for the finals

Two of these will be first year teams

Star marked Qs for settling ties

The QMs’ decision shall be final in case of all disputes

INSTRUCTIONS

Since there is no negative marking,

feel free to guess away

Questions are generally crackable-

pay special attention to hints along

the way

Do not question the QM

Q1.

X was an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and as

the four time president of Indian National Congress. He

was born in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, India

on 25 December 1861, in a Sri Gaud Brahmin family to

Pandit Brij Nath and Moona Devi. His ancestors, known

for their Sanskrit scholarship, originally hailed from

Malwa(Ujjain), Madhya Pradesh

X was the President of the Indian National Congress on

four occasions (1909 & 1913,1919,1932) and was also one of the initial leaders of the Hindu Mahasabha. He was also the Chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946.

Q2.*

The head coach of the train will have

an abstract painting in primary colours

denoting speed, in the middle of which

will be a pair of legs, coloured blue, in

a running stance," a source in the

railways said.

Question is,who painted this stuff?

(Picture on next slide)

Q3.

“...he has no ambition and no energy. He will not

even go out of his way to verify his own solutions,

and would rather be considered wrong than take

the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again

I have taken a problem to him, and have received

an explanation which has afterwards proved to be

the correct one. And yet he was absolutely

incapable of working out the practical points...”

Who is talking about whom?

Q4.* Id the the sculpture and

the designer.

Q5. Foll. is a prize-winning recipe of a

fictional drink that was once served

at Starbucks. Which drink?

2 litre cream soda

2 tablespoons Butter extract

2 teaspoons rum extract

*drop the extracts into the 2 litre bottle, put on cap and slowly

rotate until combined.

Cream topping

one 7oz container of marshmallow creme

1 cup whipping cream

1 teaspoon rum extract

*add all items together in an electric mixer and combine until

smooth.

Q6.

Mouseless is an “invisible computer mouse that provides

the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without

actually needing a real hardware mouse.”

The project by MIT Media Labs was unveiled to the press

in July 2010 and it’s fully working prototype should hit the

market soon, at a extremely cost-effective rate (under

$20).

This project is the brainchild of which person, touted as

one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age

of 35 in 2010 by the MIT Technology Review?

Q7.

On June 3rd 2009, she was ‘killed’ and this led

to protests and pleas to bring her back

Dear X supporters. It is with a heavy heart that I

have to announce that I will be shutting down

the Save X campaign and everything

associated with it," PuneetAgarwal, who earlier

went by the pseudonym 'Deshmukh', said in a

statement released on the Save X site.

Q8.*

Galileo Galilei is said to have dropped two cannonballs of

different masses from X to demonstrate that their speed of

descent was independent of their mass.

During World War II, the Allies discovered that the Germans

were using X as an observation post. A US Army sergeant sent

to confirm the presence of German troops in X was impressed

by the beauty of the cathedral and its campanile, and thus

refrained from ordering an artillery strike, sparing it from

destruction.

In 1987 the tower was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the neighboring cathedral, baptistery and

cemetery.

Q9.

Businessman X is unlikely to figure anywhere

among the country's 1,000 most eligible bachelors.

Y’s 28-year-old beau is short, fair, rather stocky and

only moderately well-to-do. An unremarkable

young man, until he begins to speak—extremely

charming, soft-spoken and poised, without the

slightest hint of pretension. Mr Nice Guy in person.

So begins a 1997 Outlook article about a (then)

brass trader from Moradabad.

Q10.

In the rain-affected 1992 semi-final between

England and South Africa the Proteas needed 22

runs when, with 13 balls remaining, the heavens

opened. When play resumed and various fancy

sums had been completed according to pre-

Duckworth Lewis methodology, their target was

reduced by one and the number of deliveries had

gone down to what?

Q11.

There are four mandatory constitutional duties in South

Korea – taxes, education, labor and military service. The

only exemptions to the military service being Olympic

Medal winners or Gold Medallists in the Asian Games.

X supposedly performed his military service from 2003-

2005, but was later accused of not doing it properly. X

filed a litigation against the military authorities in an effort

to block his re-conscription. However, he lost his appeal

and was eventually re-drafted into the military in Dec

2007. This was supposedly the first such incident in Korean

history.

Who is X?

Q12.*

ID the movie from its minimalist

poster

Q13.*

The Most Interesting Man in the World is an

advertising campaign for the Dos Equis brand of

beer, produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG for

Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery.The ads feature

Jonathan Goldsmith as "the world's most interesting

man" and are narrated by Frontline's Will Lyman. The

advertisements first began appearing in the United

States in 2006 and have since then been adapted

into a certain thing which YOU have come across

on the Internet.

Q14.

An alumnus of NMIMS, he decided to take up a writing

career with Complete/Convenient after his job in IT

took him across a lot of countries where he claims to

have closely experienced the wave of emotions

experienced by the NRIs settled there.

However, on being asked if his decision to take up this

line of work was an attempt to cash in on his more

famous sibling’s fame, he dismissed the allegation

stating that his writing begins where his brother’s ends,

as they both catered to different audiences.

Name him and his more famous sibling.

Q15.

Paraskavedekatriaphobia

is the fear of ?

ANSWERS

Q1.

X was an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and as

the four time president of Indian National Congress. He

was born in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, India

on 25 December 1861, in a Sri Gaud Brahmin family to

Pandit Brij Nath and Moona Devi. His ancestors, known

for their Sanskrit scholarship, originally hailed from

Malwa(Ujjain), Madhya Pradesh

X was the President of the Indian National Congress on

four occasions (1909 & 1913,1919,1932) and was also one of the initial leaders of the Hindu Mahasabha. He was also the Chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946.

Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

Q2.*

The head coach of the train will have

an abstract painting in primary colours

denoting speed, in the middle of which

will be a pair of legs, coloured blue, in

a running stance," a source in the

railways said.

Question is,who painted this stuff?

(Picture on next slide)

Mamta Banerjee !

Q3.

“...he has no ambition and no energy. He will not

even go out of his way to verify his own solutions,

and would rather be considered wrong than take

the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again

I have taken a problem to him, and have received

an explanation which has afterwards proved to be

the correct one. And yet he was absolutely

incapable of working out the practical points...”

Who is talking about whom?

Sherlock Holmes about Mycroft Holmes

Q4.* Id the the sculpture and

the designer.

Open Hand Monument, Le Corbusier

Q5. Foll. is a prize-winning recipe of a

fictional drink that was once served

at Starbucks. Which drink?

2 litre cream soda

2 tablespoons Butter extract

2 teaspoons rum extract

*drop the extracts into the 2 litre bottle, put on cap and slowly

rotate until combined.

Cream topping

one 7oz container of marshmallow creme

1 cup whipping cream

1 teaspoon rum extract

*add all items together in an electric mixer and combine until

smooth.

Butterbeer,

from Harry Potter Universe

Q6.

Mouseless is an “invisible computer mouse that provides

the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without

actually needing a real hardware mouse.”

The project by MIT Media Labs was unveiled to the press

in July 2010 and it’s fully working prototype should hit the

market soon, at a extremely cost-effective rate (under

$20).

This project is the brainchild of which person, touted as

one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age

of 35 in 2010 by the MIT Technology Review?

Q7.

On June 3rd 2009, she was ‘killed’ and this led

to protests and pleas to bring her back

Dear X supporters. It is with a heavy heart that I

have to announce that I will be shutting down

the Save X campaign and everything

associated with it," PuneetAgarwal, who earlier

went by the pseudonym 'Deshmukh', said in a

statement released on the Save X site.

Q8.*

Galileo Galilei is said to have dropped two cannonballs of

different masses from X to demonstrate that their speed of

descent was independent of their mass.

During World War II, the Allies discovered that the Germans

were using X as an observation post. A US Army sergeant sent

to confirm the presence of German troops in X was impressed

by the beauty of the cathedral and its campanile, and thus

refrained from ordering an artillery strike, sparing it from

destruction.

In 1987 the tower was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the neighboring cathedral, baptistery and

cemetery.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Q9.

Businessman X is unlikely to figure anywhere

among the country's 1,000 most eligible bachelors.

Y’s 28-year-old beau is short, fair, rather stocky and

only moderately well-to-do. An unremarkable

young man, until he begins to speak—extremely

charming, soft-spoken and poised, without the

slightest hint of pretension. Mr Nice Guy in person.

So begins a 1997 Outlook article about a (then)

brass trader from Moradabad.

Robert Vadra

Q10.

In the rain-affected 1992 semi-final between

England and South Africa the Proteas needed 22

runs when, with 13 balls remaining, the heavens

opened. When play resumed and various fancy

sums had been completed according to pre-

Duckworth Lewis methodology, their target was

reduced by one and the number of deliveries had

gone down to what?

Q11.

There are four mandatory constitutional duties in South

Korea – taxes, education, labor and military service. The

only exemptions to the military service being Olympic

Medal winners or Gold Medallists in the Asian Games.

X supposedly performed his military service from 2003-

2005, but was later accused of not doing it properly. X

filed a litigation against the military authorities in an effort

to block his re-conscription. However, he lost his appeal

and was eventually re-drafted into the military in Dec

2007. This was supposedly the first such incident in Korean

history.

Who is X?

PSY

Q12.*

ID the movie from its minimalist

poster

Q13.*

The Most Interesting Man in the World is an

advertising campaign for the Dos Equis brand of

beer, produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG for

Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery.The ads feature

Jonathan Goldsmith as "the world's most interesting

man" and are narrated by Frontline's Will Lyman. The

advertisements first began appearing in the United

States in 2006 and have since then been adapted

into a certain thing which YOU have come across

on the Internet. Alternatively, what did it inspire?

Q14.

An alumnus of NMIMS, he decided to take up a writing

career with Complete/Convenient after his job in IT

took him across a lot of countries where he claims to

have closely experienced the wave of emotions

experienced by the NRIs settled there.

However, on being asked if his decision to take up this

line of work was an attempt to cash in on his more

famous sibling’s fame, he dismissed the allegation

stating that his writing begins where his brother’s ends,

as they both catered to different audiences.

Name him and his more famous sibling.

Ketan Bhagat, Chetan Bhagat

Q15.

Paraskavedekatriaphobia

is the fear of ?