The Riddler Prelim Qs

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Rules

26 Questions Written Prelim

Starred questions resolve ties

Top 8 teams qualify for the final


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1 **

main( ) {

extrn a, b, c;

putchar(a); putchar(b); putchar(c); putchar('!*n');

}

a ____';

b _, _';

c ____'; The above code was the first instance of

something in the world of programming.What?


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2.

Doodle for what?


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3.

In 1536,Christopher was the only survivor of apirate attack.He was washed ashore and nursedback to health by the friendly natives.A time later,Christopher took a walk on the same beach, and

found a dead body there, whom he recognized asthe pirate who killed his father. He allowed thevultures flying around the body to eat its meat,took up the skull of the killer, raised it above hishead, and swore an oath:

"I swear to devote my life to the destruction ofpiracy, greed, cruelty, and injustice, in all theirforms! My sons and their sons shall follow me.

Put Funda


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4.

The 40-page comics with art by Tapas Guha andwritten by well-known childrens writer Subhadra SenGupta.The series is launched with two stories ABagful of Mystery and Beware in the

Graveyard.Murder by the Sea, The Killers ofKathmandu and Danger in Darjeeling are titles thatwould be coming soon. The brightly-coloured comicbooks are simple and easy to read and make for agreat introduction to the protagonist and his colourful

cohorts.


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5.

Lyricist Anthony Kiedis has commentedthat the character of X is composite of allthe women with whom he has hadrelationships with.X was born in Misissipi toa policeman father and a hippie mother.Xwas known for her daring attitude,not tomention her stunning looks.X went aroundthe country and eventually wanted to

settle in Minnesota.Sadly X met with anuntimely death in North Dakota


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6**.

According to Hindu mythology, she issaid to be the wife of Yama. It is saidthat calling out her name will earn

that person the wrath of Yama andthus you are asked to refrain fromcalling out her name. So just write it

down will you?


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7.

X is caused by four closely related virus serotypes of thegenus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae. It occurs widely in thetropics. Unlike other diseases such as malaria it isprevalent in the urban areas as well. It caused news due toits outbreak in Karnataka especially in and aroundBangalore. X might have caused enquirers a lot of insult as(an improper pronunciation of) X sounds a lot like aKannada insult that means f***. The correct pronunciationalso can easily be misinterpreted as the same insult (albeitdelivered more respectfully) Id this dreaded disease.


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8.

___________ is a stream of charged particles ejected from theupper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of electronsand protons with energies of about 1 keV. The stream ofparticles varies in temperature and speed with the passageof time.Some effects of______ are that it creates theheliosphere,a vast bubble. Other phenomena includegeomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids onEarth, the aurorae such as the Northern Lights, and theplasma tails of comets that always point away from the sun.

There has also been a popular myth that ______ causes the

diurnal motion of the Sun. _______?


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9.

April 1853, when amidst the deafening roar of a 21 gun salute, a trainwith 14 carriages and 400 passengers steamed out of Bombays BoriBunder Station. In that infinitesimal second, Indias future was rewritten.There would be no looking back. Synonymous with the trains journeyinto the future, it was obvious that India could not hide behind itsheritage. To be one with the world it had to move forward and thanks to

the British rule, the onset began that summer morning in April.The firstthree locomotives that hauled the train to Thane on its journey werecalled the ________ _________ and __________. Simple one,fill up the blanks


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10.

What are this group of peoplecalled? They have lent their name

as a nickname to a well known


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11. **

Steps done to achieve something

Bend in the middle so that the front half of their body rotatesabout a different axis than the rear half.

Tuck their front legs in to reduce the moment of inertia of thefront half of their body and extend their rear legs to increase

the moment of inertia of the rear half of their body so thatthey can rotate their front half quite far (as much as 90) whilethe rear half rotates in the opposite direction quite a bit less(as little as 10).

Extend their front legs and tuck their rear legs so that they canrotate their rear half quite far while their front half rotates in

the opposite direction quite a bit less.


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12. This term refers to the rich and powerful in the world of politics.The public

perception of the term began after the first performance of Sir EdwardElgar's popular choral work The Music Makers, at the Birmingham Festival inOctober 1912. The work is a setting of Arthur O'Shaughnessy's 1874 poem'Ode', from his Music and Moonlight collection. In that poem, which singlesout poets and musicians as the bards that guide lay thinking,O'Shaughnessy coined the term

We are the music makers,

And we are the dreamers of dreams,

Wandering by lone sea-breakers,

And sitting by desolate streams;

World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams:

Yet we are the __________________

Of the world for ever, it seems.


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13.

It has been suggested that the song may have originallyhave arisen out of American minstrelsy. The earliest printingof the song is from 1852. The modern tune was firstrecorded with the lyrics in 1881, mentioning Eliphalet OramLyte , but not confirming if he was the composer or adaptor.

The lyrics have often been used as a metaphor for life's

difficult choices. When sung as a group, the actof ____ becomes a unifier. The idea that man travels along acertain stream, suggests boundaries in the path of choicesand in free will.The third line recommends that challengesshould be greeted in stride while open to joy with a smile.

The final line probably conveys anarchist sentiments on the

meaninglessness of man's actions.

Which song is this?


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14.

11 August 2009 : It looks like ______ has tonightturned on a feature called ________ for someusers to test out. Were getting bombarded by tipsabout it, and some of us are seeing it as well.

Unfortunately, it appears that it may not be fullyready for prime time yet, but we have moreinformation.

This evening, the test was temporarily exposed to

a larger set of users by mistake. We have notopened up access to ______yet!. For furtherupdates keep reading! What is the author talkingabout??


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15.

22 streets, 4 railways. 2 utilities. 32 houses 12 hotels

Pre 2008 20 $500 Bills 20 $100 Bills 30 $50 Bills 50 $20 Bills 40 $10 Bills

40 $5 Bills 40 $1 Bills

Put Funda


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16.**

Remix of what?


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17.

Put Funda


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18.

A's name means "savage", "pagan", "uncouth", or"barbarous". A's full name is A Marie Predatora Vendetta

Jacquelina _____. A is the de facto leader of the trio.

B's name means 'skulk' or 'lurk'.B is the most accident-proneof the trio, being wounded twice, once in a fight , and once byfalling into a thornbush. B is also the greediest, frequentlymaking references to food and being the most discontent ofthe three.

C hardly says anything. C sports a permenant smile on hisface, his pupils never leave the centers of his eyes, he has tworound cuts on each ear and his tongue is almost alwaysprotruding. Id the trio.


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19.

wait (S) {

whileS


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20.

It is often flavored with rosewater, mastic or lemon;

rosewater gives it a characteristic pale pink color. It

has a soft, jelly-like and sometimes sticky

consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in

small cubes dusted with icing sugar or copra to

prevent clinging.

The name is famously associated with the country

X.(Although lesser known, an alternate name

associates it with the country Y,a neighbour to X)

The confection is called Lokum in X and loukumi in

Y. What?


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These are a couple of paintings by X, who was popularly called The Fight DoctX was in the spotlight recently for another painting of his. What painting?


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22.

Adishesha was sent to live on the earth for200 years by Lord Vishnu to preach tohumanity the glory of the Lord. Of the 200years, AdiShesha lived for 80 years in theform of Varavaramuni, a very well knownGuru who was extremely devoted to the Lord.For 120 years he was reincarnated morefamously as X, who preached worship only tothe Lord and none else. ID X


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23.

"One Percent" and "The Noble Five" wereeach considered before the group settled on_______ a mocking tribute to a physical-education teacher at Robert E. Lee High

School,who was notorious for strictlyenforcing the school's policy against boyshaving long hair. In 1972 they changed theirname to ____________ and even released theirdebut album which was named so, probablyto help their listeners understand what theirname was.


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24.

Y was a countdown/comedy serial aired on DDin the 90s. It had a stud cast comprising ShafiInamdar,Swaroop Sampat and LakshmikantBerde. Satish Shah took Shafi Inamdar's placeupon his untimely death. A recently releasedcomedy movie of the same name surelyevoked memories of Y in a many a DD fan. Id

Y.


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25.

X, born 1987 in West Germany is aGerman professional racecar driver. He is currently managedby Willi Weber, the long-time manager of Michael Schumacher.Deemed the next Schumacher , he is a champion of the FormulaThree Euroseries.

Won the A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany, aftertaking 9 wins in his debut season.

He has the distinction of being only the second driver after LewisHamilton to win the GP2 series championship in his maidenseason.

Will drive for Williams F1, in 2010 after being test driver for 2008and 2009.Just give me X.

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26. TheAmerican

comic strip,

Pearlsbeforeswine

appears inover 400

newspaper

sworldwide:This cover

parodies

what?


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