Prelims of Quizzinga! -The Asha Quiz, Bangalore conducted at IIMB on July 8th, 2012 by Nexus

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6. 1.
The first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army, and
the second Indian, after Field Marshal K. M.
Cariappa, to become Commander-in-Chief of the
Indian armed forces, is a well known name in
Bangalore.
Who?
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7. •Rajendrasinhji - RSI Bangalore (the defence club)
is named after him
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8. 2.
This phrase comes from the 9th century when the Viking
rulers of Ireland took a census of their subjects by counting
a certain anatomical part, and imposing a tax on their
victims.
Those who refused to pay were threatened with this part
being cut off, giving us this phrase that encapsulates the
agony of parting with high sums of money.
What phrase?
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9. •Pay through one’s nose
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10. 3.
What long standing rule at Wimbledon will not be
adhered to when the club plays host for the tennis
competition at the 2012 London Olympics?
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11. •Players will not be required to wear all whites
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12. 4.
In Robert Heinlein’s science fiction novel “The Moon is
a Harsh Mistress”, underground colonies are scattered
across the moon commanded by a Lunar Authority,
whose master computer is called High Optional,
Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor.
As the novel progresses, the computer achieves self-
awareness and develops a sense of humor, prompting
the technician to name it Mike.
Why is it named Mike?
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13. •Short for Mycroft Holmes, who was the more
humorous of the two brothers.
•(The computer’s name abbreviates to HOLMES)
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14. *5.
It started with X’s 1961 visit to Paris, when a meeting
with writer and critic Andre Malraux, minister of
culture of France, brought up the idea.
When Malraux later visited Washington in 1962, X
personally showed him around the city’s cultural
highlights and at a dinner that night, he was seen
whispering into X’s ear “Je vais vous envoyer ____
____” (I will loan you the ____ ____”
What loan and who was X?
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15. •Jackie Kennedy
•Bringing the Mona Lisa to the National Gallery of
Art, Washington
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16. 6.
One of the theories behind his nickname
speculates that he was the only pure vegetarian in
the trinity of Sivaji, MGR and himself.
Another theory is that he never signed on many
action films and preferred soft, family persona
driven roles, and was given this nickname by Sivaji
and MGR themselves.
Who (popular name) and what nickname?
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17. •Gemini Ganesan/Ramaswamy Ganesan
•Sambar (nickname)
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18. 7.
If you are in a building in which the rooms have
names such as Hipster Kitty, Honey Badger, It’s a
Trap, More Cowbell and Nyan Cat, where might
you be?
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19. •YouTube Head Office – conference rooms are
named after YouTube memes
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20. 8.
A spoof ad with fairly exaggerated symptoms for
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). In real life, RLS was
observed prominently in drug addicts, giving us
what commonly used phrase?
<video removed>
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21. •Kicking the habit
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22. 9.
A mock ad that parodies the UPA government’s
troubles with the features of Apple’s iOS 6.
Name the 2 politicians whose names have been
blanked out.
Image on next slide.
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23. Quizzinga!

24. •Kapil Sibal
•Abhishek Manu Singhvi
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25. *10.
Started by artists Jon Rubin, Jon Pena and Dawn
Weleski in Pittsburgh, Kubideh Kitchen or ____Kitchen
is an experimental restaurant/public art work that
serves cuisines from Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela and
Cuba. The concept aims to merge food, while
provoking interesting discussions during a takeaway.
Fill in the blank, or tell us what is the name of this
pioneering form of cuisine?
Image on next slide
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26. Quizzinga!

27. •Conflict Cuisine – the restaurant only serves food
of countries with which the USA has a conflict
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28. 11.
The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 64.89 points
by the time it closed on June 4, 2012.
Incidentally, it also opened at 2346.98 points.
Why was this seen as a bizarre phenomenon?
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29. •6-4-89, or June 4, 1989 was the 23rd anniversary
of the Tiananmen Square Protest
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30. 12.
The two extremely talkative “Plentimaw” fish in
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
are named after two well-loved characters in a
1968 Indian children’s film by Satyajit Ray.
Name them – no part points.
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31. •Goopy and Bagha
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32. 13.
Uncontested elections are generally rare in the US.
In 1820 when President James Monroe faced no
opposition to election, one member of the
electoral college cast a symbolic opposing vote to
maintain a certain distinction/record.
Why was this symbolic vote cast?
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33. •So that George Washington remained the only
president to be elected uncontested
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34. 14.
Among the 20 batsmen with more than 3 pairs in
Test Cricket, three have scored test centuries.
An Englishman, a Sri Lankan and an Indian.
Name the Sri Lankan and the Englishman for full
points.
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35. •Marvan Atapattu
•Andrew Flintoff
•The Indian was of course, Ajit Agarkar!
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36. *15.
Founded in 1875 by a Czech immigrant in New York,
the company started as a jewellery manufacturer,
pioneered wristwatches over pocket watches, created
the very first radio commercial, offered a $1,000 prize
for the first non-stop Atlantic flight and introduced the
first clock radios.
The logo of the company is said to commemorate the
precision micro tuning fork that vibrates at exactly 360
Hz in its 1960 Accutron series of watches.
Which firm?
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37. Quizzinga!

38. 16.
Though his surname vaguely resembles one of
Hispanic origin, this character's look and accent are
loosely based on Gabor Csupo, the man in charge of
Klasky-Csupo Animation.
Another theory is that the character is based on the
doctor who over-prescribed Elvis Presley into an early
grave and became a symbol of bumbling, and criminal,
medical incompetence.
Which character?
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39. •Dr. Nick Riviera from The Simpsons
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40. 17.
A slang / derogatory term, it is borrowed from the
fauna world because plants lack a central nervous
system. Plants can't think, so the term, while crude
in many senses, has entered our parlance.
Which term?
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41. •Vegetable
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42. 18.
Roughly 135 chess players hailing from 27 countries
began playing in the International Chess Olympiad
on August 21, 1939. After just over a week of pool
play, sixteen nations advanced to the finals, which
began on the 1st of September.
Which two teams came first and second?
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43. •Germany and Poland
•On Sep 1, Germany invaded Poland!
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44. 19.
When asked recently, “Which is the best cell phone
ever?”, _______ replied with, “Nokia Lumia 900 Cyan
(AT&T)”.
_______came up with the answer by computing the
average of all customer reviews till date.
Naturally, __________’s response was perceived as
ironic and created much amusement among analysts
and others.
Fill in the blank.
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45. •Siri – iPhone 4S
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46. *20.
This kind of specially designed seat on airlines is used
for mothers who do not have to hold their babies
inflight.
The seat takes its name from the French word for ‘a
hemispherical helmet’, which is used for specially
designed baby cradles small enough to provide a
cocoon that small babies find comforting.
What word?
Image on next slide
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47. Quizzinga!

48. •Bassinet seat
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49. 21.
A character called Smokey Bear was created by a
US govt. department in 1944 to educate the public
about a certain topic, under the slogan of, “Only
YOU can ______ ______ ______”.
What does Smokey create awareness about?
Image on next slide.
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50. Quizzinga!

51. •Prevention of forest fires
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52. 22.
This is the actress Madhabi Mukherjee, playing a
lonely wife who enjoys glimpses of the outside
world through the blinds of windows.
Which 1964 film, and which recent film pays
tribute to this scene?
(Image on next slide)
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54. Quizzinga!

55. 23. Identify the person in this video clip
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56. •Arthur C. Clarke
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57. 24.
If you are a vexillologist, you would know that the
Danish have the oldest and the Dutch have the
oldest with three colours. You would know that the
Nepalese are the only ones to have one that is not
quadrilateral, and that the folks in Kiribati have one
that displays a gold frigatebird flying over a gold
rising sun.
What is your interest?
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58. •You study flags
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59. *25.
It was the name for a region in the far north, often
referred to in classical European literature and maps
(pictured). Though modern interpretations of where it
lies today converge on Norway, other interpretations
include Shetland, Orkney and Scandinavia in general.
What region, that also lends its name to element with
atomic number 69?
Image on next slide.
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60. Quizzinga!

61. •Thule, that gives Thulium
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62. 26.
Identify this Karnataka city.
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64. Quizzinga!

65. 27.
In the second of the set of three works (part of an
extended series), hostiles led by Kruge are bent on
stealing a terraforming device.
The title refers to the quest for one of the main
characters.
If the first was “The Wrath of Khan” and the third
was the one was “The Voyage Home,” what was
the second one?
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67. 28.
A total of 16 Nobel prize winners have been either
______ staff or alumni. The first was George
Bernard Shaw, one of the founders of ______ , who
was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925.
The most recent was Professor Christopher
Pissarides, holder of the Norman Sosnow Chair.
Bertrand Russell is another well-known winner.
Fill in the blank.
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68. Quizzinga!

69. 29.
•For Sambalpuri sarees and Kotki prints you need
to visit Utkalika
•For Kutch mirror work, you need to visit Gurjari
Where should you shop for Chanderi sarees,
Maheswari silk material and Bastar metal craft?
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70. Quizzinga!

71. *30
Its decline began in the 16th century when the king
Yusuf Shah Chak was deposed by Akbar. Today, the
Sarada script -which was the enabler in written
communication- is primarily seen only in museums
and archives. Bakawali, Bunjwali, Kishtwari,
Shah-Mansuri, Siraji of Doda and Zirak-Boli are
some of the dialects.
What are we talking about?
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72. •Kashmiri
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73. 31.
The modern X was invented by Harvard medical
researchers Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw
in 1927. They used an iron box and two vacuum
cleaners to build their prototype. Almost the length
of a subcompact car, it exerted a push-pull motion
on the chest. The first one was installed at Bellevue
hospital in New York City. The first patients to use
them were polio sufferers with chest paralysis.
What is X?
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74. •Artificial Respirators
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75. 32.
The statue in the cupola moved home to Burari
Road, to a place that got its name by being the
venue of the Durbar of 1877 chaired by the
person’s (in the statue) grandmother.
3 parts - Whose statue was it? Where was it
moved to? Who is the photographer?
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76. Quizzinga!

77. •George V’s statue was moved to Coronation Park.
•The photographer is Homai Vyarawalla
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78. 33.
Created in 1886, and sharing its name with the
official “punch” of a city (pic on the left), it is
awarded to manufacturers if they conform to
certain specifications. An example spec is:
Steel parts must have polished angles and their
visible surfaces smoothed down. Screw heads have
to be polished, with their slots and rims chamfered.
By what name do we know it, and what is it used
for?
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79. Quizzinga!

80. •The Geneva Seal awarded to watchmakers from
Geneva who conform to the specifications
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81. 34.
The brothers William and Robert were born into a
well-to-do family, but their fortunes declined. They started
a printing business, publishing a weekly magazine that
reached a circulation of 84,000.
The main publication for which they are well known, first
came out in 1861. Compared to some other publications of
similar nature, it does not use any special phonetic
alphabet to represent pronunciation.
What venture did the brothers begin?
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83. Finals in a few
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