GENERAL QUIZ

Deepak Pant13th Feb 2016

1. Description of X:• Near the center is Latin W . Above that is Japanese ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ウィ ⟩ wi; below it

are Cyrillic ⟨И i, Hebrew ⟩ ו⟩ ⟩ w, and (barely visible at the bottom) Tamil ⟨ வி⟩ vi.

• To the left of the W is Greek ⟨ ⟩ ⟨Ω ō, and below that are Chinese ⟩ ⟨維 ⟩wéi,[4] Kannada ⟨ ವಿ⟩ vi, and (barely visible at the bottom) Tibetan ⟨ ཝི⟩wi.

• At left, from the top down, are Armenian ⟨ v, Cambodian Վ⟩ ⟨ វ⟩ិ vĕ (lying on its side), Bengali ⟨ উ⟩ u, Devanagari वि� vi, and Georgian ⟨ v.ვ⟩

• The right-most column is Ethiopic ⟨ ⟩ው wə, Arabic ⟨و ⟩ w, Korean ⟨위 ⟩ wi, and Thai ⟨ ว⟩ิ wi.

• The empty space at the top represents the incomplete nature of the project.

2. Whose filmography?

David Bowie

3.

• Vodafone India won the 2009 PETA Glitterbox award. What was the reason behind it?

• For replacing the pug with the zoozoo.

4.• Given on the left is the picture of John Lennon

and Yoko Ono which appeared on the cover of Rolling stone magazine. 5 hours after this photo was taken John was shot and killed in front of his New York apartment. The picture(taken in 1993) on the right is tribute to the original featuring photographer and visual artist Sam Taylor Johnson reprising the role of Yoko Ono.

• What did Sam Taylor Johnson went on to do in 2009 which further associates her with John Lennon?

Her directorial debut was Nowhere Boy

5.

• X is a place somewhere in Europe, most famous for its casino(having the same name as X). It has been mentioned several times in pop culture. The architecture of glamorous Belle Epoque building of the casino was used by Y to describe a casino in Royale-Les-Eaux, a fictional resort featuring in a 1953 novel. It was featured in Cars 2 and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and was a filming location for Ocean’s Twelve.

• However in our country X is famous for being the name of a clothing brand. Give X.

X-Monte CarloY-Ian Fleming

6.

• Vicinius de Moraes was a Brazilian poet, lyricist, essayist and playwright who wrote the lyrics for many now-classic Brazilian songs and became a seminal figure in modern Brazilian music.

• His play Orfeus da Conceicaos, a reworking of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in the carnival of Rio was adapted into the film Black Orpheus, which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1959.

• How is he significant in 2016?

Vicinius is the official mascot of Rio Olympics 2016

7.

• Nîmes is a city in southern France. Often referred to as the French Rome, the city is most famous for a fabric X which can also be reffered to as Serges de Nîmes in French. Although X gained popularity in all over the world because of an American tailor Jacob Davis, its etymological origin can be traced to this city.Give X.

Denim

8. What kind of job?• Even though they are rarely called on to carry

out their duties, ______ are paid a monthly stipend by local state governments of about 3,000 rupees.

• Job is reserved only for men of over five foot four inches tall.

• The retirement age is 58 but often extended officially as it is very hard to find a ______.

• Not for the faint hearted!

The Job of an Executioner/Hangman

9. A picture of Orlando Bloom while his visit to India. Whose face(a rather odd companion to

hang out with) has been blanked out?

10.• There are 11 such places all over the world. Out of 11, four have

not been revealed yet and the other 4 latest entrants to this list are:

• Mahoutokoro, in Japan located on the topmost point of a volcanic island.

• Uagadou, in Africa at an unspecified location called “Mountains of the Moon”.

• Castelobruxo, located in the Brazilian rainforest.• Ilvermorny, located somewhere along the east coast of North

America.• Remaining three of the 11 were quite famous earlier also. Give

their names.

Hogwarts, Durmstrang and Beauxbatons

11.• The idea of X is believed to have been originated in a

story by Robert E. Howard(creator of Conan the Barbarian) called The Shadow Kingdom published in 1929.

• If a certain David Icke and 4% of the voters in the US are to be believed, blood drinking and shape shifting X from the Alpha Draconian star system are hiding in underground bases on Earth and are the force behind a worldwide conspiracy against humans. According to this wacky conspiracy theory, most of the world leaders including George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth II are X.

Reptilians

12.Give the reason.• The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is

a large bird found in India and the adjoining regions of Pakistan. It has a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds. Once common on the dry plains of the Indian subcontinent, as few as 250 individuals were estimated in 2011 to survive and the species is critically endangered.

• When the "national bird" of India was under consideration, the great Indian bustard was a proposed candidate (strongly supported by ornithologist Salim Ali), but dropped in favour of the Indian peafowl for a slightly weird reason.

The officials thought that it could have been misspelt as ‘bastard’.

13.

• Employed by Britain’s Special Operations Executive (during the 2nd World War), Krystyna Skarbek was the most celebrated woman agent and was known as Winston Churchill’s favourite spy. She was a Polish agent and became legendary for her exploits in Nazi-occupied Poland. Once while being interrogated by the Germans she bit her tongue enabling her to cough out blood and convince them to believe she had tuberculosis.

• Though she was awarded an OBE, Skarbek died in poverty stabbed by a man she rejected. It is believed that during the war she met the author of X and he then based a character in X upon her, the character’s name being somewhat similar to her codename at that time.

Vesper Lynd – The first Bond GirlHer codename being Vesperalde

14.• The myth of Remus and Romulus is believed to have lead to foundation of

a particular city. They were purported to be twins of Rhea Silvia and Mars, the God of War. In the manner of many mythological heroes they were abandoned at birth because of a prophecy that they would overthrow their great uncle Amulius, who had earlier overthrown Silvia’s father Numitor(who ruled Alba Longa). They were abandoned to die in the Tiber river and were saved by a series of miraculous events.

• The river carried them to safety. A she-wolf found them and suckled them until they were taken by a shepherd and his wife. When they grew up they killed Amulius and restored Numitor to his throne. Rather than waiting to inherit Alba Longa they chose to found a new city. Disagreement upon the location of the city caused Romulus to commit fratricide and kill Remus.

• What significance does the myth of Remus and Romulus hold in the world of sports?

AS Roma

15.

• “X-ing fives,” as it’s called, is not a new campaign but in fact a fine Canadian tradition that involves etching the beloved X's profile over Canada’s seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the five-dollar banknote. This campaign had a surge in popularity upon the death of X in Feb, 2015. Although this tradition might not continue for long as the Bank of Canada has redesigned banknotes the new ones being made of a plastic polymer on which it is harder to draw with a pen. X?

X- Spock

16.

• The name X comes from the herb fennel in Ancient Greek so X literally means "a place full of fennels". It is believed that the town was originally named so because of an abundance of fennel plants in the area.

• X is also the name of a sporting event that comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier who was sent from X to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of X.

Marathon

17.• Atlanta rapper B.o.B has been in news for propagating

this myth on Twitter, attracting the sound objections of X. While refuting B.o.B’s dubious scientific claims, he took jibes at the rapper saying, “Being 5 centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music.”

• Earlier in January he released the song Flatline which further expounds his beliefs and urges listeners to research noted Holocaust denier David Irving. Flatline also finds him worrying about a “cult called science”. The track ends with an extended clip of X discussing oblate spheroids.

Earth is FlatX- Neil de Grasse Tyson

18.

• Only two such funny instances have happened in cricket:1. During Tsunami welfare match between ICC World XI

and Asia XI, Shane Warne at the end of 49.5 overs of the first innings ran to the pavilion presuming the overs quota was completed.

2. Also happened during the first T20 international between Aus and NZ when McGrath bowled the last ball of the innings to Kyle Mills as an underarm delivery.

What happened next?

Billy Bowden showed a Yellow/Red Card

19.• In the given photo a bloodied

blade of grass and some soil is shown. A part of a bigger collection of articles, these were sold for 10,000 pounds at an auction in 2012. Why are they important? Collected by PP Nambiar these were called the most sacred of all relics by him. He placed them in a container where they have remained ever since and now it is a much prized item of curiosity wonder and even worship.

Sample of soil and grass from the spot where Mahatma Gandhi died

20. X, Y and Z?• The song X(by Z), which is often referred to as one of the greatest

rock songs ever made was primarily inspired by the classical poet of Persian literature, Nizami Ganjavi's The Story of X and Y. The book moved Z profoundly, as it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful, unavailable woman and who went crazy because he could not marry her.

• The song was further inspired by Z's then unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison of The Beatles. Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Z in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Harrison was not bitter about the divorce and attended Z's wedding party with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.

X&Y- Layla and MajnuZ- Eric Clapton

Written Round

• Screenshots of Google Easter eggs and other features.

• +5 for each correct answer.• Additional +5 if all answers are correct

Mahendra Mohan Das

1) What’s the keyword?

Mahendra Mohan Das

2) Once again, the keyword please.

Mahendra Mohan Das

3) What result does the calculator show?

Mahendra Mohan Das

4) Which famous English phrase?

• The first Google search result of a famous English phrase. What phrase?

Mahendra Mohan Das

5) What is the caution?

Exchange Sheets!

Mahendra Mohan Das

1) What’s the keyword?

Mahendra Mohan Das

Answer

Mahendra Mohan Das

2) Once again, the keyword please.

Mahendra Mohan Das

Answer

Mahendra Mohan Das

3) What result does the calculator show?

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Answer

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4) Which famous English phrase?

• The first Google search result of a famous English phrase. What phrase?

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Answer

Mahendra Mohan Das

5) What is the caution?

Mahendra Mohan Das

Answer