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THE WORLD WAR
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THE WORLD WAR
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QUESTION 1:
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“__ __ __ __ __ ___ “ was one of the most common catchphrases used to describe
World War I - in a way to make such a terrible war seem like it was somehow worth it.
It was a paraphrasing of what H.G. Wells - the famed British writer - wrote in his book
which was published shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1914.
At the time it was a very apt moniker as the level of death and destruction was
absolutely unheard of prior to that time. It was thought that was the pinnacle of it, thus
they aptly labelled it so.
By 1918, the term had spread all across Europe and was synonymous with hope for a
better future.
What Phrase ?

QUESTION 2:
DIRECT TO TEAM 2
Amir Hasan Al Mulk was as high ranking Hyderabadi noble man who
married an Iranian girl. In 1911, they were blessed with a boy, who was
named Abid Hasan.
While most of the well-to-do families of Hyderabad sent their children
to England for higher studies, Amir Hasan’s wife did not like the British,
so their son was sent to Germany instead to study Engineering.
What patriotic slogan is Abid Hasan wrongfully credited for ?
What did he do in the first half of 20th Century to be remembered in an
Indian Context.

Ans:
He is allegedly said to have coined the Slogan
“Jai hind". In reality, Jai Hind was coined by
Champaka Raman Pillai in 1907.
Abid Hasan was the one who introduced Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose to Hitler.

QUESTION 3:
DIRECT TO TEAM 3
As World War 1 spread across Europe, the people of the USA were
famously going through a period of anti-immigrant hysteria.
The German-Americans settled there began to suffer a large portion
of the wrath of the masses , originating from a deep seated fear of
the massive German led threat going on the other side of the world.
A mob in Illinois attacked a man named Robert Prager because they
were convinced he was a German spy.
After torturing him, they hanged him thrice.
Why did they hang him thrice ? / Give Funda.

Ans:
Symbolizing red, white and blue colours of American
flag.
As they were hanging him, the story goes, they went
around chanting "once for the red, once for the white
and once for the blue."

QUESTION 4:
DIRECT TO TEAM 4
__ __ __ __ is an American English idiom meaning "beware of
unguarded talk". The phrase originated on propaganda posters during
World War II.
This type of posters were part of a general campaign of American
propaganda during World War II to advise servicemen and other
citizens to avoid careless talk concerning secure information that
might be of use to the enemy.
Give the popular phrase.

QUESTION 5:
DIRECT TO TEAM 5
The myth described below is unquestionably false, although somewhat understandable.
The changes to the ___, which always occurred around times of war, may explain the origin
of the myth, its propagation is owed largely to popular culture.
This myth has persisted due to the popularity of certain pop culture items, like the TV show,
The West Wing and novel Deception Point by Dan Brown.
However, in actuality, the said change that causes this myth to persist can only be
authorized by the President of the United States of America. It does not happen covertly
when the US Congress approves a war.
Which myth, comparable to tradition of the Gates of the Temple of Janus in Roman times,
is this?

Ans:
The myth that the eagle in the Presidential seal faces the
olive wreath in peace, and arrows in war.

QUESTION 6:
DIRECT TO TEAM 6
Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward "Tommy" Yeo-Thomas, was a British
Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in World War II.
Codenamed "SEAHORSE" and "SHELLEY" in the SOE, Yeo-Thomas was known by the
Gestapo as "The White Rabbit".
The events in Yeo-Thomas’s personal life, his relationships and attitude towards
women and the way he acted as a secret agent caught someone’s attention, who
went on to create something iconic.
The creator also had the satisfaction of seeing his creation elevated to the big
screen, where X could fuel the imagination of the whole world.
What immortal being was thus created in the world of Pop culture ?

Ans:
Ian Fleming
Created James Bond 007

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QUESTION 1
The autopsy performed on this man by the Red Army pathologists proved the
hypothesis, but then it can be accused of being politically motivated.
But, there are records suggesting he had a groin injury during the Battle of the
Somme in 1916 and also a testimony from his WWI company commander from a
VD exam.
This has led to a belief that there may be some credence to the rumours
surrounding the man.
What belief, related to whom?

Ans:
The myth that Hitler was possibly
monorchic or to put it more crudely
“Hitler Had got only one ball “.

QUESTION 2
The company was established in 1856 founded on the principle that clothing
should be designed to protect people from British weather.
This company and Aquascutum, Britain's another famous fashion label have
long been at war over a particular garment.
The garment became an optional item of dress in the British Army and was
obtained by private purchase by officers and warrant officers. It served much
more than a piece of outwear helping officers of the army stay dry and
camouflaged.
Id the garment and the company.

Ans:
Trench Coat and Burberry.

QUESTION 3
In this new graphic novel written by Jason Michalski and
illustrated by Antonio Rojo, X gets exposed to a mysterious alien
power source during his time in South Africa.
Now, whenever he is consumed by uncontrollable fury, he turns
into a raging monster.
Even though he wants to stay committed to his primary principle,
the Allied forces deploy him against Adolf Hitler. On the way to
ending World War II, he faces off against monsters, Nazi
dinosaurs, flying saucers and killer robots.
Who is the man described above? (Image Ahead)

QUESTION 4
During World War 1, the British maintained a brigade of Balochi and Punjabi troops called
the Seistan force, whose job was to check infiltration by German agents across the Iran –
Afghan border and guard against a Turkish invasion of Afghanistan.
Neither of these happened, so Seistan Force carried out general police work such as keeping
the peace between local tribes and arresting gun runners who smuggled weapons into
Afghanistan.
Who was the commander of Seistan Force from March to October 1916, when he was
transferred due to ill health and posted to an assignment in India that he still occupied
three years later?

QUESTION 5
During a European tour in 1914, Kimberly-Clark executives discovered a material
made from processed wood pulp that was five times more absorbent than cotton
and cost half as much to produce.
With cotton in short supply during World War I, the company trademarked the
creped wadding as Cellucotton and sold it to the American military for surgical
dressing.
This material was later found useful by few people to produce another product.
When Kimberly Clark repurchased cellucotton from Military they started
producing these products.
What product were these ?

QUESTION 6:
This term was coined by Renowned German geographer Friedrich Ratzel in 1901. He and
many others at the turn of the century believed that a nation had to be self-sufficient in terms
of resources and territory to protect itself from external threats.
Ratzel and others were influenced by the works of Charles Darwin and his theory of selection
and confessed that they mistakenly applied it to the nation states.
In the Nazi state, this became not just a romantic urge for a return to the East but an
ideological principle of Nazism and provided justification for the German territorial expansion
into Central and Eastern Europe.
Which term am I talking about?

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QUESTION 1
DIRECT TO TEAM 6
The intel arrangement in pre WW-2 USA was a messy affair with multiple
agencies vying for credit for broken enemy codes & access to the president.
This led to adoption of an informal system by G2 (army intel) & Naval intel,
the 2 most important agencies to share access to the codes & the President
in a unique rudimentary manner ; that went fatefully wrong on a certain
odd day.
Give funda for the system, an irritating offshoot of which we have seen in a
completely different context in a North Indian state (?) .
What Odd day is being discussed above.

Ans: The odd- even (from Delhi’s odd even program) system. The
fateful day is Pearl Harbour attack.
Army intel broke codes on odd days and navy on even. On odd days an
army courier delivered it to prez and on even days a naval one.
On this occasion Army cracked the codes, but didn't pass it on to Navy..
This led to confusion/misunderstanding that culminated in the fateful
odd day (7th Dec) i.e. Pearl Harbour

QUESTION 2
DIRECT TO TEAM 5
During the times of World War II, there were worldwide diesel
shortages, so Trucks would be filled to the brim with kerosene
instead. Use of kerosene made the vehicles highly inflammable,
and prone to exploding at the slightest accident.
What was thus done to prevent such accidents, a tradition which
begun as a precaution, but is still being followed because of the
fact that many truck drivers still mix kerosene with diesel in an
attempt to save money?

Ans:
It's “Horn OK Please"
Supposedly, OK stands for 'On Kerosene'. Ultimately meaning “Horn
Please, If On Kerosene". This was done to ensure that if one did honk
beforehand they will be given space to overtake without a collision.

QUESTION 3:
DIRECT TO TEAM 4:
During the first world war, the British introduced the powerful new Sopwith Camel, which had
a rotary engine (the cylinders were arranged in a circle around the crankshaft, and the entire
cylinder block would spin around the fixed shaft).
This gave it much higher power delivery than inline or vee engines, and also a lightning fast
right turn (in the direction of the engine's spin).
Both these made the plane extremely difficult to fly for inexperienced pilots or those used to
older, slower aircraft.
The Royal Flying Corps ,said about the Camel that you could get three kinds of crosses if you
flew it.
Which crosses were these, depending on the Flyer’s Fate. Put Funda.

Ans:
Victoria cross, Red cross and graveyard cross.
Depending on whether one was successful in flying it, or crashed with
an injury or just plain crashed.

QUESTION 4:
DIRECT TO TEAM 3
An intense commitment to this invention came to a head during WWII, specifically after
the Battle of Normandy in June of 1944. In a major setback the crew was taken by surprise
and eventually their 14 tanks were destroyed within 15 minutes while the crew was
outside the tank taking leaks or engaged in X.
This was a pretty hard lesson for the Brits, and follow-up research found, in a 1946 study,
that 37 percent of armoured regiment casualties happened while crew people were
outside of their tanks engaged in something or the other.
The fact that the British are not about to give up the one worthwhile aspect of their
civilization, just because of some inconvenient trivia like a global war is evident from the
invention shown below.
For what specific purpose has this invention been used by the Britishers since the
WWII.(Image follows)

Ans: Tea making equipment in
Tanks. Tea has been an essential
element of British culture for
centuries, so it makes total sense
that the British feature a tea kettle
in the designs for their armoured
vehicles.
The tanks which do not have these
are deemed unfit to use.

QUESTION 5:
DIRECT TO TEAM 2
As per one of the wartime urban legends, during the Second
World War, what practice of the BBC News was
replaced/modified by the British Secret Service, to discourage any
sort of aid to the Germans.
Put Funda.

Ans:
Replacing the opening of program with a live broadcast of
Big Ben tolling the hour with a recorded version .
The weather of London could have been guessed by
checking the frequency at which the big ben chimes and
hence become easier to attack.

QUESTION 6: Question Credits: MAJOR
DIRECT TO TEAM 1
This is a musical comedy based on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. It
premiered in 1916 at His Majesty's Theatre in London and ran for five years
and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous
musical), a record that stood for nearly forty years.
The musical was a big attraction for the on-leave soldiers due to the presence
of pretty slave girls in the cast who, for the period, were very scantily dressed.
It is one of three hit musical shows that are most associated with the London
musical stage during World War I.
What did this musical supposedly inspire in Bollywood ? (IMAGE FOLLOWS)

Ans:
This Musical apparently inspired the title of the song
'Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu' from the movie Howrah
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QUESTION 1
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American film noir directed and scripted by John Huston in
his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same
name by Dashiell Hammett. It stars Humphrey Bogart as
private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme
fatale client. The story follows a San Francisco private
detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous
adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-
encrusted statuette.

ANSWER
Maltese falcon - goes laterally in LC

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It’s impossible to imagine Y with anyone other than X in the lead
role, but he wasn’t as well known when the series kicked off, and
AMC wanted a star. They were particularly interested in casting
either Matthew Broderick or John Cusack in the lead.
“We were like, 'Really? Isn't there anybody else?’” But director had
worked with X before, on an episode of The X-Files, and knew he had
the chops to navigate the quirks of the part. The network brass
watched the episode, and agreed.
Identify X and Y.

ANSWER
X- Bryan Cranston
Y- Breaking bad
Heisenberg goes to LC

ANSWER
Wolverine kills in movies (EXACT answer needed)
Wolverine 2013 movie goes laterally

QUESTION 4
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In 2008, a psychiatrist shared that he had met five
schizophrenic patients and heard of another dozen who
believed their lives were reality television shows. One
patient climbed the Statue of Liberty believing that his high
school girlfriend would be at the top, which was the key to
him being able to leave the show.
What is this psychiatrist condition called ?

ANSWER
The Truman show delusion
Harry S Truman

ANSWER
Dr Manhattan
Manhattan Project( goes into LC)

QUESTION 6
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The Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law defines X as people
who fall into one or more of the following categories: within
a few kilometres of the hypocentres of the bombs; within 2
km of the hypocentres within two weeks of the bombings;
exposed to radiation from fallout; or not yet born but
carried by pregnant women in any of these categories.
X is Japanese term. What is X ?

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Only use of nuclear weapons in war (atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki also accepted)
Fat man was named after character in Maltese falcon
Heisenberg led the German atomic bomb plan but failed or Germany would
have nuclear weapon already
Wolverine starts with bombing of Nagasaki
Harry s Truman authorised the only nuclear bombing in war
Manhattan project created those atomic bomb.
Hibakusha :person affected by a bomb/exposure

The Battle of the Somme was a battle of the First World War
fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third
Republic against the German Empire. The Allies agreed upon
a strategy of combined offensives against the Central Powers
in 1916 by the French, Russian, British and Italian armies.
Though the battle became notable for the importance of air
power, another first was achieved in this war.
What technology was introduced by the British for the first
time in history that modernized warfare ?

Ans:
The British employed tanks for the first time in
history.

QUESTION
What is the list about ?Who is the recent and prominent entrant to this list? (not
exhaustive)
Timothy John Evans - a Welshman accused of murdering his wife and infant daughter at
their residence at 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, London
Uziel "Uzi" Gal - a German-born Israeli gun designer, best remembered as the designer
and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun.
Lance Corporal Peter Goggins - a British soldier who was executed for desertion during the
First World War.
Michael Shields - attempted murder of Bulgarian citizen, Martin Georgiev on 30 May 2005
with a stone in the Black Sea resort of Golden Sands, Bulgaria, following Liverpool F.C.'s
2005 UEFA Champions League win.

Ans:
Alan Turing.
List of people to have got Royal prerogative of
mercy(informally known as a royal pardon).

In post WWII Russia, Stalin banned the possession of any western music. All records allowed in the
country had to be of Russian composers. But there was an underground hungry for Western popular
music—everything from jazz and blues to rock & roll.
But smuggling vinyl was dangerous, and acquiring the scarce material to make copies of those
records that did make it into the country was expensive and very risky.
Another Problem was to find a material to bootleg the pressings onto. It’s solution was found when
someone stumbled upon a pile of discarded ______. It worked.
Thus intrepid music lovers found a way to defy the authorities by making bootleg pressings on
discarded _____.
An ingenuous solution to this problem began to emerge in the form of “ X music," or sometimes
called " X 'n' Y" music, or simply Y.
For over 20 years, X Music was the only way Russian music lovers could get western music, which
they played at "music and coffee parties" in their kitchens, away from the KGB ears and eyes.
What was used as the material for bootlegging the pressings ?.
What was this form of music aptly called i.e. nickname. Alternatively Id X/Y. (IMAGE FOLLOWS)

Ans: Used x-ray film became the preferred material for bootleggers because it was easy
to acquire.
It had variety of nicknames; “ribs”, “bone music”.

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