Quiz which I conducted at my school. Finals.

1. GK Club. Finals.
12.01.13
By
Aditya Jayaprakash and K.Bhavish

2. Round 1. Logos.

3. 1. YouTube ?

4. 2. IMDb ?

5. 3. Volkswagen ?

6. 4. CNN ?

7. 5. Volvo ?

8. 6.

9. 7. Amazon ?

10. 8.Google ?

11. Answers

12. 1. YouTube ?

13. Ans. Option 2.

14. 2. IMDb ?

15. Ans. Option 1.

16. 3. Volkswagen ?

17. Ans. Option 3.

18. 4. CNN ?

19. • Ans. Option 4.

20. 5. Volvo ?

21. Ans. Option 5.

22. 6.

23. Ans. Option 2.

24. 7. Amazon ?

25. Ans. Option 1.

26. 8.Google ?

27. Ans. Option 1.

29. Round 2.
10 Questions direct.
10 Points for every right answer.
Open for pounce.
-5 for wrong pounce.

30. 1. The word X is an anglicised version of the
Scandivinian, the epithet of the 10th century king
Harald X I on Denmark and parts of Norway who
united dissonanat Danish tribes into a single
kingdom. The name of technology X is derived
from King Harold X. X is a wireless technology
standard for exchanging data over short
distances from mobile devices. X logo has runes
H and B, referring to Harald X. What is X ?

31. Ans. Bluetooth

32. 2. X is a wearable gestural interface device by
Pranav Mistry, a PhD candidate at MIT Media
Lab.The X technology contains a pocket
projector, a mirror and a camera contained in a
pendant like wearable device. Both the
projector, the camera and sensors are
connected to a mobile computing device in the
user’s pocket.

34. Ans. SixthSense Technology.

35. 3. Famous letter. Who went missing ?

36. Ans. Sreenivasa Ramanujam.

37. 4. X was depicted as Y’s vehicle in the Y movie series. According to the film’s
producton designer, the machine is a cross between a Lamborghini and a
tank. Y discovers it as a prototype at his company’s Applied Sciences Division.
Identify X and Y ?
Technical specifications
Length: 15 feet 2 inches (4.62 m)
Width: 9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m)
height 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m)
Weight: 2.5 short tons (2.3 t)
Acceleration: 0-60 in 5.6 seconds.
Engine: 5.7 liter GM V8 engine capable of 500 horsepower (370 kW).
Fuel: The "jet engine" on the back of the car was fed by propane tanks.
Tires: 4 Interco "Super Swamper TSL" tires standing 44/18.5-16.5 in the rear,
and two 94.0/15.0-15 Hoosier Checkerboard dirt tires on the front, with
superior grip.

38. Features
Rear flaps to assist brakes
Dual front autocannons
Rocket launcher
Landing hook to Sprung landing stabilization
Integrated fire-extinguishing system
Integrated safety connection to gasoline control
Jet engine(ram jet afterburners)on back of car for quick boosts/"rampless" jumps
Stealth mode, which turns off the car's lights and cuts off the main engine. The vehicle
is powered by an electric motor making the car very hard to find in dark places (which
makes the mode most useful at night), and as demonstrated by the car chase in the
first movie, can easily throw off pursuers.
Explosive caltrops are deployed from the rear of the vehicle, which can take out any
cars that make contact with them. This is used during a car chase in the first movie,
where Y uses it to take out numerous police cars pursuing him.
Front of car is heavily armored, so the car can ram as a practical offensive attack, and
also protects the driver (Y) while in the prone driving position/"Attack" mode
Both front wheels can eject when the vehicle is damaged to form a motorcycle-like
vehicle (the rest self-destructs).

39. Ans. X – Batmobile/ Tumbler
Y - Batman

40. 5. Adolf Dassler was the founder of German
sportswear company Adidas. His older brother
Rudolf joined the business which became
Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory.
At the 1928 Olympics, Dassler equipped many
athletes, laying the foundation for the
international expansion of the company. During
the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Dassler
equipped Jesse Owens with his shoes. Owns
won 4 gold medals in the year he wore Dassler
shoes. By 1948 there was a huge rift between
the brothers. Rudolf left the company to start Y
on te other side, and Adolf named the company
after his own nickname. Identify X and Y.

41. Ans. X – Adidas ( Named after Adolf ‘Adi’
Dassler)
Y- Puma

42. 6. Who wrote this letter to Steve Jobs ?
PS: This is a fake letter. It went viral.

43. Ans. Sean Connery.

44. 7. After serving as a mechanic in the Regia
Aeronautica, during WW2, X started the business of
building tractors out of leftover military hardware
from the war effort.
Ferrucio was very interested in the local Italian
sports car company Y. After a while, Ferrucio
became infuriated with its clutches, so he went to
voice his complaint to Enzo Y, Y’s founder. Ferrucio
and Enzo argued, and Enzo passed some
derogatory comments. After being insulted Ferrucio
stormed off, vowing to build a better supercar.
After about a year Ferrucio had successfully started
Y Automobeli S.p.a. The legendary rivalry still lives
today. Identify X and Y.

45. Ans.
X–
Y – Ferrari

46. 8. “Well, X, I think there’s more than one way of
looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had
this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into
his house to steal the TV set and found out that
you had already stolen it.”
Who said this statement ? Who is X ? What
were they talking about ?

47. Ans. X – Steve Jobs
Bill Gates said the words.
It was about GUI which Jobs claimed had
been copied by Microsoft.

49. Round 3: Put Funda
Pouncing allowed.
+10 for every right answer, -5 for very wrong
answer if pounced.
Put Funda means explain or say something
about it

50. 1.
a

51. Ans. Those were the first Google server’s.
Google was low on funds then, they built it using
Lego blocks.

52. 2.
b

53. Ans. Troll faces have originated from them.

54. 3.
a

55. b

56. Ans. Forbes Fictional 15 or the 15 richest
fictional characters in the world.

57. 4. He is is a mutant who possesses vast telepathic powers, and is among the strongest and most
powerful Earth-born telepaths in the Marvel Universe.
Telepathy: He can read the minds of others within a 250 mile radius.
Telepathic Illusion: the ability to cause others to see or experience events which are not actually
occurring.
Telepathic Cloak: the ability to hide one's presence from others by making oneself invisible by clouding
the minds of others.
Psi Link: He can create psychic links with others.
Telepathic Camouflage: He can make others see him as someone else by manipulating and controlling
the minds of others to make them see him with another appearance.
Mind Blast: He is able to place massive amounts of information inside the mind of others to cause
extreme mental pain on them.
Mind Control: He can also manipulate the minds of others.
Mind Possession: the ability to possess the minds of others, controlling someone's mind for oneself.
Mind Alteration: the ability to alter the minds of others.
Mental Amnesia: He can cause people to forget certain memories. He can cause large groups of people
to forget things.
Psionic Shield: the ability to erect a shield that is used to protect one's mind.
Psionic Blasts: the ability to emit blasts of psionic energy which does not harm its victims physically but
mentally instead.
Astral Projection: the ability to control one's astral self.
Mental Detection: He can detect nearby mutants.
Mind Transferral: If he were to die, he could transfer his mind and powers to a host body.
Information Absorption: He is able to quickly absorb and store information.
Rudimentary Telekinesis: He possesses minor telekinetic abilities; able to move, control and manipulate
inanimate objects telekinetically.
Who is he ?

58. Ans. Professor X or Charles Xavier from X-Men.

59. 5.
a

60. Ans. Apple doesn’t support Flash, it has banned
flash.

61. 6.
a

62. Ans. Back to the future mod for GTA. The car
featured is the 1981 DeLorean DM-12 from the
Back to the Future series.

63. Round 4: Connects
Pouncing allowed.
+20 for the right answer and -10 for the wrong
answer when pounced.
All the text/clues have something in common.
Connect them.

64. 1.

65. Ans. Skype
Niklaus Zennstrom – Creator of Skype
eBay – Purchased it from Zennstrom
Microsoft – Purchased it from eBay.

66. 2.

67. Ans. Google X Labs. Secret research facility run
by Google somewhere in California. Recent
projects include Project Glasses, self driving car,
space elevator and neutral network.

68. 3.

69. Ans.
Gustave Eiffel, after whom the Eiffel tower is
named. Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nougier
were the structural engineers. The famous Le
Jules Verne restaurant is located on the Eiffel
Tower.

70. 4. Sound. Worlds first portable music player.

71. Ans.
Latin word for sound. Walkman – The first
portable music player.
Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka – the founders.
AIBO – Humanoid from Sony
Compact Disc (CD) – Invented by Sony.

72. 5.

73. Ans. Palm OS.
Jeff Hawkins – Founder of Palm Inc.
Graffiti – Handwriting recognition from Palm.
WebOS – Succeeded Palm OS
Palm.

74. 6.
Means to enlighten.
The name refers to a purported conspiratorial
organization which is alleged to mastermind events
and control world affairs through governments and
corporations to establish a New World Order

75. Ans. Illuminati
Illuminati writes things as ambigrams.
Adam Weishaupt was the founder of Illuminati
Tom Hanks( Robert Langdon) who is the main
character in Angels and Demons.
Dan Brown – Author of Angels and Demons
which says about Illuminati.
And the last paragraph is about Illuminati.