S07_E08: Not all things are hard.pptx

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Q01
Not all things are Hard
S07_E08
Quizmasters: Avnish and Siddhant and DJ
11th December 2022

Q01
*NAME OF
THE QUIZ*
S07_E01
Quizmasters: ABC and KKJ
22nd March 2023
S07_E08: Not all things are hard
1) There are 22 questions in the quiz.
2) All questions carry 1 point each. In case a question has multiple parts, the
point is equally divided.
3) You have to write answers on the sheet provided to you.
4) You can participate as teams of 2 / solo.
5) Do not speak the answers during the quiz.
6) Spellings don’t matter until Maradona becomes Madonna.
7) Bold text serves as hint.
Happy Quizzing!
RULES

One half of the meme comes from Taylor Armstrong where she is seen crying and
yelling while other cast members trying to calm her down in the 14th episode of
season 2 of a US based show.
Armstrong says “During the scene, I was truly terrified for my life and my safety.
When I look back now, that life seems like someone else’s. I have healed and grown so
much stronger since that moment and am in such a happy place with my husband and
daughter. I never imagined of all my TV moments, that would be the one to become a
'meme' sensation."
The other half of the meme comes from a social media photo with a confused
expression captioned the post "he no like vegetals”.
Identify the meme.
Q01

A01
Angry lady pointing at
the cat

Q02
X translated into Italian means “Torro Rosso” and you would generally associate X
with high octane activities. X is derived from Y which originated in Thailand and
was very popular amongst truck drivers and factory workers who needed to stay
up for long hours. An Austrian entrepreneur on visiting Thailand found that Y even
cured his jet lag. He thought that Y would be an hit with the western audience and
after collaborating with Y’s creator and reformulating it he launched X to the rest of
the world.
As he had predicted, X took off and is enjoyed by millions around the world today.
ID X.

A02
Red Bull

Q03
Here’s an excerpt from a press conference. Identify X and the country he
belongs.
Reporter: How do you understand democracy in ______(not indicative).
X : You know I’m a dictator. I have a hard time understanding democracy. But
it’s one of the elements of democracy. We’re looking in one direction, we’re
moving in one direction with different opinions, but we’re making up our
minds and moving to advance

A03
Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus

Q04
Imitating events in a series X, Chinese school students in the city of Shenyang have take to
writing _____ _____. The students buy special stationary and follow instructions such as “Writing
the names of people and writing a cause alongside it”
A middle school student told the Shenyang Night Report, "Many of my friends have _____ _____.
When they are tired of studying, they have fun by writing down the names of teachers they
don't like."
Some Shenyang schools have banned the X and related stationary, the newspaper called X,
"Poison, creating wicked hearts." Others however, including one major Chinese newspaper,
feel that the ban is an overreaction and is inappropriate. Some have suggested that
overreactions such as these are what stifle creativity in China.
ID X.

A04
Death Note

This phrase was used in Arnold Schwarzenegger's sci-fi movie, which means
see you soon. During his last Prime Minister's Questions, Boris Johnson used
this phrase which led to various speculations about whether Boris is thinking
about his return or not and multiple memes as well.
Identify the phrase.
Q05

A05
Hasta La Vista Baby

Q06
The image shown here is called a “kill screen” and it
makes it impossible for the player to move on to the
next level. This is one of the several games all having
the same problem X which renders the screen with
garbage making it unplayable.
Because of this X, _ _ _ is the highest level you can
reach in the game and Bandai Namco the publisher
of the original game, also released a mobile game
titled Pac-Man _ _ _ playing tribute to the last level in
the original game. ID X & FITB

A06
Integer Overflow
(used 8-bit system
for levels)
Pac-Man 256

Inspired by one of his daughter's toys, A former Australian cricketer and
engineer developed this technology. It was first tried out in a club game and
then Big Bash League in 2012, and the first time in an international event in
World Cup 2014.
The inventor said he wouldn't mind giving a souvenir to one of the then
Captains if his team won the tournament.
Identify the technology being talked about.
Q07

A07
LED Stumps

Q08
A popular theory behind the origin of the show X suggests that the adoptive father of the four
main characters of X gave them each a weapon contrary to their personalities in order to
teach them a valuable lesson.
To the most hot headed and violent one, he gave the sais, a weapon primarily used to disarm
and restrain the opponent but not to cause any serious damage.
To the most clumsy and scatter brained person, he gave the nunchucks which required
immense focus and coordination to be used.
To the smartest and most tech-savvy one, he gave a simple bo-staff which is effective for self
defense and is an ancient weapon.
Lasty, to the most level headed and morally responsible one out of the four, he gave the
katanas the only weapon in the bunch capable of killing. ID the show X

A08
Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles

Q09
In 2017 scientists at the University of Bonn found that the same wine tastes better
when labelled with a higher price tag. Participants were given two samples, one €6
and one €18. The research team discovered that above all parts of the medial
prefrontal cortex were activated more when prices were higher. Most rated the
€18 one higher though they were from the same bottle. This phenomenon was
termed as X.
The same term is also heard in another field where it has the same meaning. X
origins from the Latin word which means “I will please” and is designed in a way
such that it has no real therapeutic value.
ID X

A09
Placebo Marketing
Effect

Q10
Pakistan played an ODI match against Scotland while touring the UK in 2003.
Ian Stanger and X scored ducks for Scotland. X is not originally from
Scotland, but he represented them (like Eoin Morgan played for two
countries).
Harsha Bhogle, in X's final game in the comm box, said, 'In a career that is
marked by grace, style and beautiful batsmanship, it's a slog that has
ended this player's career. But once again, it was what was needed'.
Identify X.

A10
Rahul Dravid

Q11
The term X is derived from the French term “allez hop!”, the cry of a circus
acrobat about to leap. In sports, the term X first appeared in the 1950s by the
San Francisco 49ers of the NFL to describe a high arcing pass from
quarterback Y.A. Tittle to receiver R.C. Owens, who would outleap smaller
cornerbacks for touchdown receptions. The term is now became better
known from its use in another sport.
ID the term X.

A11
Alley Oop

Q12
Freightliner COE 1980 Volkswagen Beetle
F-15 Eagle
Porsche 935

A12
Transformers

More people have climbed Mount Everest than the people who have this feat.
A person related to this feat said there are only 9 who have this feat, although
it's 36. In 2004 a website published the list of people injured until then though
no significant injuries were reported. The publisher admitted that he
fabricated the list to make it more fun.
A special show was broadcasted on TBS in 2005.
A picture of a famous actor comes to our mind whenever we think about this.
What are we talking about, and also identify the actor?
Q13

A13
Winning Takeshi’s Castle
Javeed Jaaferi

Q14
This one’s pretty easy. Identify
the viral 2016 phenomenon
that resulted in the sudden
increase in this graph.
Hint: This also lead to an
increase in accidents(due to
people paying attention
somewhere else) and people
trying to trespass on private
property.

A14
Pokemon GO

Q15
This physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics for <redacted>. He additionally
wrote a paper on the decays of highly excited massive string states and
illustrated mirror symmetry. His studies spans particle physics in particle
cosmology and the interplay between particle physics and cosmology during
the Physical cosmology of the Universe. He additionally contributed in the
String Theory and engaged in condensed matter physics research.
Identify this Nobel laureate who also said this about Bill Gates:
“Maybe if he weren't so distracted by sick children in Africa, he could have put a
little more thought into Windows Vista.”

A15
Dr. Sheldon Cooper

Q16
Explain the context of the tweet.

A16
Satoshi Nakamoto
Founder of BitCoin

Q17
This festival X is celebrated on widely different days in different cultures with different
names and it represents new beginnings. Some well-known ones being in Chinese,
Islamic, Tamil, Jewish and Telugu cultures.
The origin of the Chinese version of X is from a tale of a monster who used to terrorize a
village. But the monster was scared of the color red and loud noises, so these were used
to chase him away. Even today, the color red, fireworks and red envelopes filled with
money are very prominent in the celebration of the Chinese version of X.
It was a Roman king who decided the month for the most widely celebrated version of
X. He chose the month since it was named after the the Roman god of all beginnings.
There’s also a popular song by Taylor Swift named X.
Which festival is X?

A17
New Year’s Day

Q18
One origin of the myth of X can be traced back to Aztecs when they saw Spanish cavalry
for the first time and misinterpreted them as these mythological creatures.
In the Harry Potter universe, X are the masters of Divinity and Astronomy and aren’t
very fond of humans.
The X are believed to be born when a king mistook a cloud as Hera and consummated
with it. X are usually all very wild, violent and drunkards.
Give X

A18
Centaurs

Q19
This hypothetical scale was proposed by a Soviet astronomer X in 1964 and was
also named after him. This scale uses the consumption of Energy as a separating
factor between its classes. This scale originally had only 3 designated categories
when proposed by X. These categories were numbered using integers only. But
later on, further categories were proposed.
Famously, Y suggested defining intermediate values (Between the integers) by
interpolating and extrapolating the values given in the original scale. Y is also the
author of a famous book Z which was made into a documentary series
presented by a famous Black astrophysicist.
Name X, Y, and Z

A19
X - Nikolai Kardashev
Y- Carl Sagan
Z- Cosmos

Q20
X is a very popular content creator who started posting content during the COVID-19
pandemic after getting laid off. His videos have gone viral and in these videos, he never
talks, rather quietly mocks over-complicated life hack videos with his signature hand
pose.
Name X

A20
Khaby Lame

Q21
X is a popular game which was released in 2014.
The game's theme is a play on going back to prehistoric times.
Initial designs of the game's main character were given the code name
"Project Bolan", a reference to Mark Bolan.
In 2018, the game's creators revealed that 270 million games are played every
month, and that they had to provide office/school admins with a way to block
the game so that people don't play it while at school or at work.
What is X?

A21
Chrome Dinosaur
Game

Q22
From this Urban Dictionary definition, identify the product (blacked out) being referenced
here

A22
Axe

Q23
Till 1970, the Royal Navy had a tradition of providing daily rum ration. It was
considered important for a number of reasons, one of which was that it helped
prevent disease X.
X was a major problem for seafarers till the 18th century. More sailors used to die
due to X than enemy action.
Rum on its own did not prevent X. Rum was taken along with lime juice, which was
provided to sailors on a daily basis and helped sailors from getting X.
Identify X.

A23
Scurvy

Q24
Identify the logo:
• The logo incorporates the “Shrivasta” symbol, thereby establishing a connection with Buddhism.
• The concept of numeric character “Zero” ( 0 ) was known by Aryabhatta (place- value system).
• The saffron and the green bands of this logo represent the colors of the Indian flag.
• Blue color has been chosen for the text and symbols because it is the color of the Ashoka.
• The sun within the gear wheel symbolizes the spread of knowledge.
• The Sanskrit “Sloka” “Vidyaarthee Lavathey Vidyaam” means “One who aspires
wisdom, attains it”.

A24
IIT Patna

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