Prelims with answers-Les Quizerables (General Quiz) in Roobaroo'15

1. Abhishek | Mohit | Sanjeet | Utsav https://www.facebook.com/Atharva.IIMK
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Les
Quizerables
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2. Rules
• 3 persons per team, 3 teams per section
• One team from each section plus next two best teams goes for the final round
• Use of any electronic device is prohibited
• Teams will be disqualified if found cheating or helping any other teams
• Each question carry equal marks, No Negative, * marked questions are tie-breakers
• Clue will be given if no team objects
• Quiz masters’ decision stands final

3. Prelims

4. • Joseph Stein was an American architect In 1952 he moved to India. He is noted for
designing several important buildings in India which includes India International
Centre, India Habitat Center , Express Towers (the first high rise built in India).
• Which building he designed in Calicut ?
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• At the verge of bankruptcy, Greece recently requested Germany for a bailout package
with a compromise plan. However, Germany, which has already loaned Greece a huge
amount, rejected the compromise plan by calling it ‘X’, which was a reference to
Greece’s deceptive act mentioned in Greek Mythology.
• What is ‘X’.

7. • Trojan Horse

8. 3
The origin of this food item widely popular in India can be traced to Persian ‘sanbosag’.
It is claimed to have originated in the Middle East prior to the 10th century. Abol fazl
Beyhaqi (995-1077), an Iranian historian mentioned it in his history, Tarikh-e Beyhaghi.
It was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders from
Central Asia.
Which food item are we talking about?

9. • Samosa

10. 4
• What’s the joke, Bhai!
• Funda please

11. • iPad doesn’t support flash

12. 5
• He was named Piyush but later he changed it one of the character of this show. Whom
are we talking about?
• (Larger picture in next slide)

14. YoBobbySoWhite

15. 6
• This unique initiative was first started by Sunil Jaglan a sarpanch of Bibipur village
panchayat (Haryana) and soon became an internet phenomenon after PM Modi
endorsed it.
• Which recent phenomenon we are talking about?

16. • #selifewithdaughter

17. 7
• The word ‘X’ comes from the Sanskrit word for womb and so implies gestation or
pregnancy - life. Traditionally, the dance is performed around a clay lantern with a light
inside, called a ‘X’ Deep. This lantern represents life; the fetus in the womb in particular.
• Which famous dance form are we talking about ?

18. • Garba

19. 8
• In the year 1846, there was a major failure of cotton crop in America. Following this,
textile merchants of Great Britain had to seek alternative markets. It was then that
traders in the UK turned their attention on the cotton crop in India, one of British
colonies then, rich in cotton crop. However, cotton was produced in various parts of the
Indian sub-continent and it took days to bring it to the nearest port to transport it to
England through ships, the only major means of international communication then. The
British then had to build a link from the hinterland to India‘s major ports for quicker
transport of cotton and other goods as demand soared.
• This expedited matters for the British to introduce something in India.
• Which industry/organization thus started in India?

20. • Indian Railways

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• After World War II, Coca Cola was regarded as ‘’ American Imperialism” in Soviet Union
and people would disregard this drinking in public. Thus at the request of Marshal of
the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, this variant of Coca Cola was launched in Soviet Union,
which color was same as the famous Russian drink.
• Which product?

22. • White Cola

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• The origin of this phrase goes back in 19th century. The first recorded use of the phrase
was in 1891 in ‘The Light that Failed’. In the olden days, when doctors were short on
anesthesia or time during a battle, they would ask the patient to do something to
distract from the pain. This gave the origin of this phrase.
• Which phrase?

24. • Bite the bullet

25. 11*
• Jennifer Lopez wore this Green Versace dress (pic in next slide) at the 42nd Grammy
Awards ceremony on February 23, 2000. The dress received significant global media
coverage and has been voted the fifth most iconic dress of all time by the daily
Telegraph. The dress is currently on display at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
• The massive attention to this dress was the motivation for the creation of something by
Google. What did Google create?

27. • Google Image Search

28. 12*
• The original company came into existence in 1875 in Switzerland, when Julius 'X' took over his
father's mill. He quickly became a pioneer of industrial food production, aiming to improve the
nutritional intake of worker families. 'X" was the first to bring protein-rich legume meal to the
market, and followed up with a ready-made soup based on legume meal in 1886. In 1897, He
founded the company X GmbH in the German town of Singen, where it is still based today.
• In 1947, following several changes in ownership and corporate structure, X's holding company
merged with the Y company.
• Give me 'X' and 'Y'. Part points available.

29. 2 minutes of silence 

30. 13*
• The Indian market is witnessing some major changes. More consumers, more buying
power and more media reach. whole new opportunity has grown in non- metro urban
markets where the rising affluence levels and changing consumption patterns are
opening doors for marketers to service new markets.
• Ernst & Young carried out a study in 2008 on the rise of small town in India. They
termed this phenomenon as The ‘X’ effect , where ‘X’ is a famous celebrity.
• What is ‘X’.

31. • The Dhoni Effect

32. 14*
• Designed by Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde this illuminated bike path that glows in the
dark opened in Netherlands in November, 2014. What was the inspiration behind this 1-
km long illuminated pathway.
• (Larger pic in next slide)

34. • Starry Night

35. • One day, X was sipping coffee in H Cafe in San Francisco and was thinking
about the name for his yet to be launched company.
• Suddenly, he came up with this name Y and asked the waitress: Do you know
about Y ? She said yes. X then asked what did she know about Y, and she said
‘Z’ ( a catchphrase often associated with Y) . And X said yes, this is the name!“
• He then went on the streets and asked every random persons if they knew Y.
Indians, Spanish, Americans, everyone knew Y. Y was a global name. This
inspired X to name his company Y.
• X and Y please?
15*

36. X: Jack Ma
Y: Alibaba
Z: "Open Sesame"

37. 16
• Print ad for which product?

38. • Durex

39. 17
• Name the country which gets its name from this territory of The Netherlands, which is
derived from old Dutch word for sea.

40. • New Zealand from Zeeland , Zee means Sea in Dutch

41. 18
• Sonam Kapoor will soon be seen in this get up in a biopic movie based on this person’s
life.
• Name the person.

42. • Neerja Bhanot

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• Guglielmo Marconi missed it because he had paperwork to do and preferred the public
stenographer aboard the Lusitania three days earlier.
• J. P. Morgan missed it because he was holidaying at the French resort of Aix to enjoy his
morning massages and sulfur baths.
• Milton Hershey missed it because he had to return early from a trip in Europe to deal
with business.
• Thomas Thompson missed it because his son was badly hurt while playing.
• Question is, what did they all miss ?

44. • The Titanic voyage

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Name this English dessert flavor which gets its
name from this part of Germany.

46. Black Forest

47. 21
• Harvey Ross Ball was an American commercial artist. He is recognized as the
earliest known designer of the X in the year 1963. The State Mutual Life
Assurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts (now known as Hanover
Insurance) had purchased Guarantee Mutual Company of Ohio. The merger
resulted in low employee morale. In an attempt to solve this, Ball was employed
in 1963 as a freelance artist, to create a X.
• ID X

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• She was found recently living under a fake ID card in a refugee camp. This is how she
looks now.
• However, back in her youth, she was famous for her iconic photograph.
• ID the lady or her iconic photograph.

50. • The Afgan Girl/ Sharbat Gula

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• The creators of this TV show initially thought of the title “ Insomnia Café ”. They also
considered other names like “Across the Hall” and “Six of One”. They finally settled with
the name which became one of the most successful TV shows in history.
• Which TV show are we talking about?

53. • In the Ecole Nationale Institute in France, a group of students created a software X.
While they did so, other members used to go out to the streets of Paris and collect Y
from the streets. By the time the software was done, they had hundreds of Ys.
• Hence the logo of X became Y.
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54. VLC Media Player, Traffic Cone

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• Blanc's will stated his desire to have the inscription
on his gravestone.
What phrase or sentence has been blackened out ?

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