Credenz'18 General Finals PPT

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● Dr Rajesh Ingle ( HOD Comp. Dept. )
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RULES
• All electronic devices should be either switched off or kept on silent
mode.
• Wikipedia has been assumed to be factually correct while preparing this
quiz.
• The more you stare at the question, the more the answer stares back at
you.
• Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
• Quiz Master is God, his decisions are ﬁnal and binding

RULES
• Scoring: Pounce ( +10/-10 ); Bounce( +10 )
• There is no negative marking for bounce or direct questions.
• A time period of 20 seconds will be given to pounce on the
question. Pouncing will be closed after these 20 seconds.
• If all teams pounce and get it right or none of the teams get it
right on bounce then, the team who got that direct question will
get the next direct question.
• The bounce will be in a clockwise direction
• Don’t shout out the answer so the team who had the direct or
any of the other teams who did not pounce can still answer and
get points as per the bounce rules.

QUESTION 1:
X was an Austrian neurologist. X is
famous for inventing the concept of
psycho-analysis. Y was a Swiss
psychiatrist. X saw in the younger Y the
potential heir he had been seeking to
carry on his "new science" of
psychoanalysis. Later, X and Y had a fall
out. Identify X and Y.(No partial points)

Answer 1
Sigmund Freud
and Carl Jung

QUESTION 2
X is a list of rights that people in the United States
have when they are being questioned by the police
or arrested. These rights are called X, because of a
United States Supreme Court decision in a case
called X v. Arizona,1966. The police have to give a
person this list of rights before they start
questioning them.
One goal of the X is to make sure that suspects'
rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the
Constitution are protected. Another goal is to make
sure suspects know about their rights, and know
that they can use them.
What is X?

QUESTION 3:
Identify the flag.

ANS 3:
Flag of the Mughal Empire

QUESTION 4:
Originating on Japanese mobile phone in 1999, X
became increasingly popular worldwide in the
2010s after being added to several mobile
operating systems. They are now considered to be
a large part of popular culture in the west. Oxford
Dictionaries president Caspar Grathwohl expressed
that “It's not surprising that X has stepped in to fill
those gaps—it's flexible, immediate, and infuses
tone beautifully”.
ID X.

QUESTION 5
X is one of the most renowned books of the world and
arguably the most influential, particularly in the western
civilization. Originally presented as a collection of connected
stories, written by multiple writers, X documents the events
spanning across multiple millennia, with multiple descriptions
of supernatural phenomena. The book has been through
multiple changes and reissues and several versions are still
available today. Despite having parts regarding some fairly
controversial and grotesque topics, such as murder, genocide
and adultery, X is famous for having characters that have set
the gold standard for compassion and humanity. X is also
famous for having one of the most dedicated follower-base,
with a massive number of them basing their moral philosophy
on X. X’s influence is so massive that even today, X is
regularly made into adaptations, movies, and is even a major
inspiration to music in several influences. Name X.

Question 6
X was a prominent American mechanical and
Chemical engineer, Born in 1889. He is
prominently known for two of his inventions,
both massively acclaimed at the time.
throughout his life he was rewarded with
several honours and awards including the
Priestly medal by the American Chemical
Society and was also made President of the
American Chemical Society, in 1944. However,
X’s legacy is tarnished by the massive negative
impacts of aforementioned inventions, with one
of them being listed in time magazines ‘50 worst
inventions’ list. After being afflicted with a
disease that left him paralysed, X designed an
elaborate system of ropes and Pulleys to host
him from his bed. X famously died from
strangulation because of getting entangled in
the very machine. Name X and his two most
renowned inventions.

Answer 6
Z = Thomas Midgley Jr.

QUESTION 7
The first ever joint military drill between
Nepal and China _______________ kicked
off at Nepal Army's Para Training School in
Maharajgunj in Kathmandu on Sunday.
Nepal's army said the military exercise
with China was a step towards preparations
against the possible threat from terrorism.

Question 8
A phenomenon occurring in desert air in
New Mexico has baffled many visitors and
residents for years. Whether described as a
whir or buzz and whether psychological,
natural, or supernatural no one has yet
been able to locate its origin. Some believe
it is caused by unusual acoustics. Name this
phenomenon.

QUESTION 1:
X is one of the 12 Olympians in Greek
mythology. According to the writings of
Hesoid, X was born from the severed
genitals of the Greek primordial entity of the
sky.
ID X.

QUESTION 2:
Finnegans wake is an Experimental work of fiction
written by an Irish writer. The same writer is also
renowned for his mordenist literary masterpiece X. X is
the latin name of a Greek epic poem Y, and throughout
X, several parallels are drawn between the two.
In 2004, Orlando Bloom starred in a historic epic, which
was Based on another Greek Epic Z.
Name Y and Z, and name the connect between the two.

QUESTION 3:
X is a narrative in Hindu mythology that acts as
a connect to several other mythic stories such
as Ramayana, Mahabharata, Pralaya, and is
the origin of several iconic figures from Hindu
mythology. X is briefly divided into 10 parts,
with each part showing the evolution of X’s
central character Y. The evolution concept has
been interpreted as being reflective of the
Darwinian evolution , with Y starting from a raw
animal form and progressively becoming more
humanized, both physically and mentally. Name
X and Y.

QUESTION 4:
One of the most enduring works in Indian
mythology, this book was supposedly written in a
single sitting. Depicting the story of a family through
multiple generations, and of people related
to/associated with the family members, it is one of
the most defining works of early Indian literature
and has even been adapted into several different
movies, T.V shows, etc. Repeatedly. A large part of
it is centered around 5 brothers. The second oldest
of the 5, had a son who was killed in battle by a
person who was technically his half-uncle.
Name the unfortunate uncle-nephew pair.

QUESTION 5:
A prominent work of Chinese mythology, this famous
literary piece was also the source inspiration for the
Dragon Ball Manga. Following the journey of 5
characters across multiple settings, in a voyage lasting
14 years, battling many supernatural phenomena,
demons, celestial creatures, etc. it is a predominantly
Buddhist piece of literature. The work narrates the story
of a monk, on a mission to retrieve sacred Buddhist
texts, situated at monastery in India. Towards the end of
the book the texts are handed over to them by .
Identify the book
Bonus points for X.

QUESTION 6:
It is not uncommon to find stories or narratives
appearing across multiple cultures’ mythology ,
(even though the specific myths were written and
recorded at vastly different times and geographical
locations). One such narrative is X, which tell the
prophecy of an oncoming apocalypse and God’s
divine command to one man to take steps to
ensure that said apocalypse doesn’t end all life on
earth. This narrative occurs in the Epic Of
Gilgamesh , the Hindu Mythic stories of Dashavtar
,in the Book of Genesis in the Bible and even the
Quran.
Name X(or the funda behind the narrative).

QUESTION 7:
In Mahabharata, X was born in a previous
lifetime as a woman named Y. Y was
destined to marry Salva, the prince she
loved but was taken by Z from her
swayamvara. Y reincarnates as X to kill Z,
as the sister of W, who is also known as
agyaseni, the one born from sacrificial fire.
ID X,Y,Z,W.
(no partial points, points alloted only if all 4
answered correctly)

QUESTION 8:
Known as the only atimaharathi class warrior ever born,
across all of hindu mythology including the ramayana,
the mahabharata, the vedas and the puranas, this
legendary warrior is considered the only one to ever
possess all three of the ultimate weapons of the trimurti.
He was also a conqueror of the heavens, like his father
before him. However, according to one hindu epic,
despite possessing all three of the trimurti weapons,
when he tried to use them on a particular foe, one that he
had already vanquished once before, they all refused to
touch the enemy, with the vaishnavastra even curving
past his opponent before disappearing. This indicated
that his enemy was an avatar of Sesha naga or had some
part of vishnu’s divine spirit inside of him. This foe
ultimately slayed him on the battlefield. Identify the
warrior.

ANS 2:
Y = ODYSSEY
Z = ILLIAD
Y is the sequel of Z

ANS 3:
X = Dashavtar
Y = Vishnu

ANS 4:
Nephew = Ghatotkach
Uncle = Karana

ANS 5:
X= Buddha
Book is A Journey to the West.

ANS 6:
The Flood StoryNoah’s
ArkPralaya

ANS 7:
X= Shikhandi
Y= Amba
Z= Bhishma (devadrutt)
W= Draupadi

ANS 8:
Answer : Meghnada/Indrajit

RULES:
1. There are 8 questions in this round.
2. In this round, a team can challenge any other
team once for answering the question, before
seeing the question.
3. +10/0 if the challenging team answers the
question.
4. +10/-10 if the challenged team answers the
question.
5. A team can be challenged only once.

QUESTION 1
Identify this
Image.

ANS1:
Rejected design of Sydney opera
house

QUESTION 2
Shrapnel was the cause of many facial injuries
in a war and unlike straight-line wounds, the
twisted metal shards produced by Shrapnel
blast could easily rip a face off. Horrified by the
injuries in the war, A surgeon in World War 1,
took on the task of helping victims and
pioneered early techniques of facial
reconstruction in the process.
Name the surgeon

QUESTION 3
Detonated by the Soviet Union on October
30, 1961, X is the largest nuclear device ever
detonated and the most powerful man-made
explosion in history. With an energy yield of
more than 1,500 times that of the Hiroshima
and Nagasaki bombs combined, was the
culmination of a number of hydrogen bomb
tests conducted throughout this time by both
the Soviet Union and the United States.
Name X.

ANSWER 3
X- Tsar Bomba
or Big Ivan

QUESTION 4
The first known mention of the word Y was in the third century
AD in a book called Liber Medicinalis by Serenus
Sammonicus, physician to the Roman emperor Caracalla,
who prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet
containing the word written in the form of a triangle. The
power of the amulet, he explained, makes lethal diseases go
away. It was used as a magical formula by the coming Roman
generation, Subsequently, its use spread beyond the Romans.
The word is now commonly used as an incantation in the
performance of magic.
Identify the Word.

QUESTION 5
A period starting in the early 1700s, X was a
movement that advanced ideas like liberty,
progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional
government and separation of church and state,
focusing on reason as the primary source of
legitimacy. It also marked increased questioning of
religious orthodoxy. X is said to be one of the most
important contributing factors to the ideas
discussed and accepted during and after the
French revolution.
Name X

QUESTION 6
There are three words X, Y and Z which are
used to describe anything that is dull, bland
and boring. X, Y and Z are also the name of
towns, situated in Austria, Scotland and
USA respectively which have formed an
alliance internationally to promote tourism.
Name X, Y and Z.

Safety Slide
Guessing the
answer right

ANSWER 6
X = Dull
Y = Bland
Z = Boring

QUESTION 7
Who Designed the Indian National
congress Flag that was used by
the party pre-independence?
Bonus: Name the individuals who
contributed to individual elements
such as the Ashok Chakra, the
White Stripe Etc.

ANSWER 7
Pingali Venkayya (Designed the orange
and green stripes)
Mahatma Gandhi (White stripe)
Lala Hans Raj (Suggested the Ashoka
Chakra in the middle)

QUESTION 8
X was an internationally active magician,
throughout the 1950s and 1960s, who
performed the Indrajal show before a live
audience and on television. X was known
for spectacular stage sets and costumes,
especially the “Maharaja robe” and plumed
turban. The Government of India has
named a major street in Calcutta after X.
Name X.

-ROUND 4-
ANTICLOCKWISE
POUNCE AND
BOUNCE

QUESTION 1
The dichotomy paradox stated by Zeno of Elea,
sets out to prove that all motion is an illusion. For
this, it uses a specific mathematical concept X
which is involved in many of his paradoxes.
Many have since a long time tried to determine the
nature of X. George Cantor formalized many ideas
related to X during the late 19th and early 20th
Centuries.
Many Hindu deities are described as possessing
this quality, X. Identify X.

QUESTION 2
The country X used to have a coastline
which it lost in the war of Pacific(1879-
1883). Following the devastating loss X set
up its Navy in 1963 after borrowing four
boats supplied from the United States and
1,800 personnel recruited largely from the X
army.
Name the country X.

QUESTION 3:
Identify the common link between the two
images

ANS 3:
JAMES CAMERON WAS THE DIRECTOR OF
TITANIC(THE FIRST PICTURE IS FROM THE
MOVIE) AND WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ONLY 3
PEOPLE TO REACH THE BOTTOM OF MARIANNA
TRENCH.(SECOND PICTURE IS OTHER TWO)

ANS 4:
Rumiyah(Islamic state's magazine)

QUESTION 5:
X was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist,
and was considered one of the most infamous
criminals of his time. Starting his criminal career in
the 70s, X soon came to be a founder
and prominent member of the biggest drug cartel
to-date. Considered the brains of the notorious
Medellin cartel, X was a prominent central
character in the netflix series, Narcos. X was killed
in 1990, by the Specialized sections of the
Colombian police with help from the DEA. ID X.

QUESTION 6:
There was a certain punctuation mark
suggested in the 1580s, to denote irony or
sarcasm.
In appearance it is similar to a commonly used
punctuation mark and is also used in
languages that use Arabic script.
What does the symbol look like?

ANS 6:
Mirror image question mark

QUESTION 7:
X is an unfinished 105-story, 330-metre-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-
shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Construction
began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered
a period of economic crisis after the fall of the Soviet Union.
After 1992 the building stood topped out, but without any
windows or interior fittings. In 2008 construction resumed, and
the exterior was completed in 2011. It was planned to open in
2012, the centenary of Kim ll-sung’s birth. A partial opening
was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled. As of 2018,
the building remains unopened and has been called the tallest
unfinished building in the world. Identify X.

QUESTION 8:
The person in the image was an English mechanical and
civil engineer who is considered "one of the most
ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history, who
changed the face of the English landscape with his
groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions."
At the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the
person in the image was portrayed by Kenneth Branagh
in a segment showing the Industrial Revolution.
Identify the Person.

ANS 8:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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