Quiz held on Jan 20, 2012

2. The Rules
• Teams of max 2 members; lone-wolves
allowed
• Visual questions. Write down all answers on
the sheets given to you
• Exchange sheets at the end
• QM’s for this meet: Megha and Surabhi
• Best of luck!

3. What?
12 students were selected out of 75 to play the prisoners and live in a
mock prison in the basement of a building. Another 12 were to play the
Guards. Roles were assigned randomly.
The officers displayed authoritarian measures and subjected some of the
prisoners to torture. In turn, the prisoners accepted physical abuse and
readily inflicted punishment on other prisoners who attempted to stop
it.
Five of the prisoners were upset enough by the process to quit the
experiment early, and the entire experiment was abruptly stopped after
only six days. The experimental process and the results remain
controversial. The entire experiment was filmed, with excerpts made
publicly available.

4. Stanford Prison Experiment

5. Give name and put funda.

6. The domino theory promoted at times by the
government of the United States, that
speculated that if one state in a region came
under the influence of communism, then the
surrounding countries would follow in
a domino effect.

7. This phrase first appeared in P. G.
Wodehouse's novel
Psmith, Journalist but is usually and
incorrectly associated with
another fictional character. Which
phrase?

8. “Elementary, my Dear Watson”

9. Cover
of a
rare
copy of
which
book?

11. Route of?

12. Volvo Ocean Race, 2011-12

13. In the 1800s, in English-speaking schools
when reciting the alphabet, any letter that
could also be used as a word in itself (‘A’, ‘I’,
and, at one point, ‘O’) was preceded by the
Latin expression ‘per se’ (Latin for ‘by itself’).
Also, it was common practice to add at the
end of the alphabet this particular sign .
Thus, the recitation of the alphabet would end
in: ‘X, Y, Z and per se and.’ What sign?

14. Ampersand
(&)

15. __________ Engineering is the science of
breaking up complex engineering
processes/products into basic components and
then rebuilding the product in the most
economical manner possible.
It results in simpler and easier to handle
processes and cheaper products with necessary
features.
The name originated from India and it is
frequently referred as ‘_________ engineering’ in
honour of his simple life.

16. Gandhian Engineering

17. On his final journey from England in 1610, he
headed northwest towards Canada on the ship
Discovery. He found a body of water which at first
he thought was the Pacific Ocean. It was a large
bay, which eventually was given his name.
In November, the Discovery became locked in ice.
The crew wanted to get back to England, but he
would not let them leave. It was a very cold
winter and the crew suffered greatly.
Eventually, the captain, his son and seven others
were set adrift in a small boat. No food or water
was provided and they were never seen again.
Name the captain.

18. Henry Hudson

19. The missing words?

21. Complete these lines-
“It’s almost like a powder.
(The) ground mass is very fine.
I’m going to step off the LM
now.”

22. “One small step for man, but a giant leap for
mankind”.

23. A computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age
of nine years became the youngest Microsoft
Certified Professional (MCP) in the world - a
title she kept until 2008.
She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the
Microsoft Headquarters in the USA.
A Science park in Lahore was named after
her.
Won the Fatimah Jinnah Gold
Medal
Salaam Pakistan Youth Award
President's Pride of
Performance
A year later, she was certified as a pilot by a
flying club in Dubai.

24. Arfa Karim Randhawa

25. India's biggest real estate developer.
Founded by Raghuvendra Singh in 1946 and is based in
New Delhi, India.
They developed some of the first residential colonies in
Delhi such as Krishna Nagar in East Delhi in 1949.
It has over 3,000 acres in Gurgaon and is an integrated
township, which includes residential, commercial and retail
properties in a modern city infrastructure with
schools, hospitals, hotels and shopping malls
Give the COMPLETE NAME of the developer.

26. • DLF - Delhi Land and Finance Housing and
Constrution Private Ltd.

27. • Monday 14 May 2001 06:00am PDT
• ‘X’ will be missed by his fans
worldwide. So that all his fans
everywhere can pay tribute to this
genius, I propose that two weeks
after his passing (25 May 2001) be
marked as the ‘Y Day’.
• All ‘X’ fans are encouraged to carry
a ‘Y’ with them for the day.
• — D Clyde Williamson.

28. Douglas adams
• Towel day.
• On May 25, carry a bath towel conspicuously
with you for the day. Choose a towel that you
like.
• Carry it everywhere. Be sure to take a photo of
you with the towel and upload it to Flickr, a video
uploaded to YouTube, so that you can show
everyone else how you celebrated Towel Day.

29. • The AB franchise is owned by the AC corporation.
• The media group acquired the franchise for an
amount of USD 107 million on 24 January 2008.
• There is no Icon Player for the team as the former
captain rejected the offer to be an icon player in
order to free funds and enable the franchise to
buy & encourage younger players.

30. Deccan chargers
• Deccan chronicle
• VVS Laxman

31. 2012 has been designated as the
‘____________’ year, commemorating the
mathematician, computer pioneer, and code-
breaker on the centennial of his birth.

32. Alan Turing Year

33. • August 6 – August 20 – Mars Science
Laboratory also known as the ‘X’ is scheduled
to land on Mars.
• Identify ‘X’.

34. Curiosity Rover

35. • The solar cycle was discovered in 1843 by ‘A’, who after
17 years of observations noticed a periodic variation in
the average number of sunspots seen from year to year
on the solar disk.
• Also called the solar magnetic activity cycle, is a
periodic change in the amount of irradiation from the
Sun that is experienced on Earth.
• Its also called the ‘A cycle’. Identify ‘A’.
• Also, what is the approximate time period of this cycle?

36. Samuel Heinrich Schwabe
11 years

37. One of the early precursors
of comic found in Rome.
Dedicated in 113 AD, it is a
surviving example of a
narrative told through
sequential pictures.
Identify.

38. Trajan's Column

39. CONNECT

40. STEPMOM
WE ARE FAMILY
JAILHOUSE ROCK

41. Name him.
• Son of actor Ravi Raghavendra, he’s been
making music for his cousin’s short films and
documentaries.
• Recently given the ‘HiFlyers Award’ by the
Headlines Today.
• Called to speak at IIM-A.
• Whistling Woods’ young achievers award.
• *Hint : The QM ‘lurrves’ him!+

42. Anirudh Ravichander
‘Why this Kolaveri Di’