3. Rules
• You will be shown six Amul advertisements
• You have to write down the logic for the advertisements on your
sheets
• + 5 for every correct answer and + 5 if you get all of them correct
25. Rules
• 21 Questions. Infinite pounce. Infinite bounce
• +10/0 on a direct/pass
• +10/-10 on a pounce
• Double points on star marked questions
26. Audio/Visual
You can see the A/V for the corresponding questions at this link in the A/V folder
at this link - goo.gl/28I2G1
I’ll place it in the description as well.
27. Q1.
"X" is Korean slang that refers to a lifestyle associated with the X District of Seoul,
where people are trendy, hip and exude a certain supposed "class".
The creator of something associated with it, likened the district to Beverly Hills,
California, and said in an interview that he intended in a twisted sense of humor by
claiming himself to be "X" when everything about his creation is far from being
such a high class.
X?
30. Q2.
It was originally founded by Herman ____, a biscuit-seller who had had to find
alternative means of work due to the Great Depression. He eventually became a
travelling salesman for the Barrett Food Company, delivering potato crisps across the
country.
Afterwards, he decided to step into the snack industry himself with a company named
after himself. This company would grow to to be the massive one it is now, diversifying
into more areas, but still giving most importance to its flagship product.
What is this flagship product?
33. Q3.
“Explo-sung” is an iPhone case being sold by online retailer Ubiqfind . Described
as their “hottest case yet”, it was designed to give your iPhones that authentic
“burnt phone look” this past Halloween.
Designed as a dig at a company, what is this iPhone case parodying?
(Image on next slide)
37. Q4.
This letter written by Gandhiji never reached its intended target as it was
confiscated by the British postal services. To whom was it addressed, who
eventually did do what Gandhiji intended to stop from occurring.
41. Q5.
The name X is derived from the Sanskrit word त्रिलिङ्ग, which translates to "the
country of the three lingas". According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended in the
lingam form on three mountains, Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama,
which marked the boundaries of the country.
X, as an entity, was presided over by the Nizams of Hyderabad for 200 years
before being taken over by the Indian government in 1948.
What is X?
44. Q6.*
__________ _ are a series of competitions that have been held since 1950 in a
variety of cities, including India, although it is no longer held here.
The derivation of the name is in two parts, with the first part meaning the set of
rules all participants must follow. The second part refers to it being the highest
class of the activity and that the equipment used are of the highest quality.
The competitions within it are denoted by a French term meaning “Grand prizes”
with the term used widely as a synonym for the blanks.
Fill in the blank. (Blank size is indicative)
48. Q7.
There is a temple in Varanasi, India, constructed in 1936 by freedom fighter Babu
Shiv Prasad Gupta and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.It features a huge
map of our country carved in marble, instead of traditional statuettes/idols.
This temple claims to be the only of its kind in the world, due to the deity
worshipped at this temple, who may be worshipped by anyone irrespective of
creed, although the demographic might be somewhat limited.
Which deity is worshipped here, usually depicted as a woman clad in a saffron sari
and sometimes accompanied by a lion?
51. Q8.
“Each aspect of this logo represents his love, his efforts, his dreams and his
achievement. The logo contains typography as well as graphic illustration of his
name to emphasize the brand.”
Which logo?
54. Q9.
Called myrekrig in Danish, or hangyák háborúja in Hungarian, which translates to
"war of the ants" or sometimes translated as "ant soccer", ______ is a random dot
pixel pattern displayed when no transmission signal is obtained by the receiver..
There are many sources of this faulty transmission, including the device itself, or
even cosmic radiation. Today, it has been replaced by blue screens in most of the
modern day devices.
What?
57. Q10.*
The Football Association of Greenland,founded in 1971, is the governing
body of football in Greenland. It organizes football competitions despite it
not being a member of FIFA and therefore not playing in the FIFA World
Cup. The season of the “league” governed by the GBU runs from the end
of May to the middle of September.
The reason for GBU’s exclusion from FIFA is somewhat oxymoronic in
nature. What is it?
60. Q11.
X is an only child that lived with his mother, until he left for his life-changing
journey at the age of ten, with it having remained the same for about 20 years.
His main goal in life was to be the world's greatest in his field, something he hasn’t
quite managed to do, despite having tried eight times. X has had to deal with evil
organizations regularly, although they aren’t really competent themselves. X has
been fortunate enough to meet the “gods” of his world several times, even forging
friendships with them.
Identify X, whose name is a contraction of his famous motto.
63. Q12.
_______ is a word, denoting person(s) or thing(s) already mentioned, under
discussion, implied, or otherwise presumed familiar to the listener or reader. It can
be used with both singular and plural nouns, with nouns of any gender, and with
nouns that start with any letter.
It is is the most commonly used word in the English language, accounting for 7%
of all words typed or spoken.
One guy invested nearly $40,000 in popularizing a new symbol for this word, as
he felt it was unfair that the most used word did not have a symbol while “&” and
“@” did
What word? [symbol on next slide]
67. Q13.
______ ______, alternatively named the Task Force X (literal) is a fictional
organization, or rather group of death row convicts who undertake high-risk, black-
ops missions for the U.S. Government in exchange for shortened sentences. The
missions designated to these criminals are deemed suicide missions by the
government, or missions from which the chance of survival is low.
This dysfunctional “group” was in the news last year.
Name the group.
70. Q14.
For the 50th anniversary of a very popular science fiction franchise, Facebook
temporarily changed their Reaction buttons to feature characters from the
franchise’s universe. This was unique as previous such celebrations usually only
had the option of modifying one’s profile picture, not changing the Like button
itself.
For which franchise was this change put in place?
76. Q16.*
Despite the depiction in a popular cartoon, X and Y are not enemies naturally,
and even if they were, many of the situations that play out in the show would be
untrue, as the X is much faster on land than the Y, despite being shown otherwise.
Another grave inaccuracy in the show is that if there were to be situation where a
X is chasing a Y, the Y could escape simply by flying off, something it never
seems to do (or needs to).
What adaptation am I talking about?
83. Q18.
Estudio 314, a design company based out of Mexico, rendered a certain design
that has been in the news lately. The rendering follows the structure’s given
description, that is, “great”, “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful”, and
maybe featuring a “big, beautiful door”. The structure will “cover the entirety of the
southern ______ and must be sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian
traffic”. What is this projected structure, soon to be reality?
87. Q19.
Square Off is a startup that hopes to revolutionize the world of chess and board
games using simple magnetics and robotics, as it hopes to make it a hands-free
experience. Games can now be played with competitors anywhere in the world, as
the pieces mimic the moves the opponent makes on their own board and the
pieces also move by themselves when the user play against the computer.
From which fantasy world is Square Off inspired?
[See AV/Q19. Part1 and 2]
90. Q20.
“The process begins with flat sheets of wafer with semi circles moving down an
assembly line. The semi circles of the wafers are then filled with Nutella and a
whole hazelnut. Next, two of these wafer sheets, one with a hazelnut and one with
only Nutella, are clamped together. The excess wafer is cut away and the result
reveals small, spherical, wafer balls. These balls are then coated with a layer of
chocolate, a layer of chopped hazelnuts, and a final layer of chocolate. Finally, the
chocolate is packaged in a gold-foil wrapper which sits in a ruffled, brown paper
cup.”
Above is the process for manufacturing which confectionary?
93. Q21.
The origin of this popular trio is a 17th-century carving over a door of the famous
Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan. The carvings at Toshogu Shrine were carved
using the ______ as a way to depict man’s life cycle, while giving a message
through the same. The three are respectively named Mizaru, Mikazaru, and
Mazaru, each representing a specific sense. According to myths, they are
Japanese macaques, a common sight in Japan.
Which trio?
103. Rules
• Each team gets +100 points
• Teams can bet any amount of points up to their current total before seeing the
question
• The teams have to write down their answers, the QMs will check
• If the team gets it right, they get the points they bet added to their score.
• If the team gets it wrong, they get the points they subtracted from their score
•You can see the corresponding audios/videos in the Trash folder in the Google
Drive folder provided before (goo.gl/28I2G1)
