The Ninth episode of Season 07- "The Feverish Affair" was conducted successfully on 16/12/22.
This quiz was like the previous one in this season as it was a written one for the freshers who showed up in great numbers. The quiz was a general one with hastily but well framed questions and fun for the freshers.
It was a fun quiz that might have leant towards India, making it an enjoyable experience for all the freshies.
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Q01
The Feverish
Affair
S07_E09
Quizmasters: KJ & Aditya Prakash
16th December 2022
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feugiat nibh sed pulvinar. Enim ut sem viverra aliquet. Platea dictumst vestibulum rhoncus est
pellentesque elit. Vitae proin sagittis nisl rhoncus manyu rhoncus urna. Pellentesque diam volutpat
commodo sed. Tincidunt arcu non sodales neque sodales ut etiam sit amet. Eu nisl nunc mi ipsum
faucibus vitae aliquet. A cras semper auctor neque vitae tempus abhi pellentesque nec. Cursus
euismod quis viverra nibh cras pulvinar mattis nunc. Rutrum quisque non tellus orci ac auctor
augue. Vestibulum morbi blandit cursus risus at.
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vestibulum mattis ullamcorper. Ultricies tristique nulla aliquet enim tortor at. At anime eget arcu
dictum daft face. Adipiscing elit pellentesque habitant morbi. Et molestie ac feugiat sed lectus
vestibulum mattis. Egestas integer eget aliquet nibh praesent tristique codurr sit.
Q01
*NAME OF
THE QUIZ*
S07_E01
Quizmasters: ABC and KKJ
22nd March 2023
S07_E09: The Feverish Affair
1) There are 20 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
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Like many great food traditions, doubles are part cultural tradition and part
legend. Aficionados often refer to the snack as the epitome of Trinidadian cuisine,
even though they've only been on the street food scene for less than a century.
In its relatively meteoric rise, doubles represent the cross-cultural amalgam that is
Trinidad society, it's beloved by everyone, including locals from all backgrounds
and visitors who sing its praises on social media.
This popular snack was inspired from a North Indian dish X that each one of you
have definitely eaten.
Identify X.
Q01
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The Savoy Mussoorie is a century old luxury hotel built in Gothic English
architecture and known for it’s haunting charm. Known for hosting many
dignitaries in the early 20th century there is something more curious about
this hotel - The ghost of Lady Garnett who was found dead in her room with
the door locked from inside. Traces of prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide) were
found in the autopsy. They say she is still searching for her murderer.
The facts of this case reached Rudyard Kipling, who wrote to Arthur Conan
Doyle urging him to write a story about a “murder by suggestion”. Though he
never did so, he mentioned it to X, leading to her first detective story Y which
featured a detective everyone has grown to admire.
ID author X and novel Y.
Q03
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A tea shop in Bengaluru has created a buzz online for a certain unique quirk.
The chai ki tapri is owned by Shubham Saini
,who dropped out of his BCA course to start up
the tea shop named 'Frustrated Dropout'.
ID What was unique about this tea stall.
Q04
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“A few centuries back, there was a king who desired for himself a pond that had no water but
milk in it. He ordered the construction of a little pond in the center of his city. Next, he
commanded each family to pour one large pot of milk into the pond. The King wanted the sight
of a white pond to be a surprise for himself. So, he asked everyone to pour the pot full of milk
an hour before the sunrise. There was concern among the people as milk wasn’t affordable to
everyone and the thought of throwing away healthy milk didn’t agree with everyone. Hence
everyone thought that if everyone is pouring milk, me pouring water won’t matter. It was a
hilarious shock for the king to wake up to the water pond the next morning. Everyone started
to call the pond “X” as a tease and the King had never felt such mockery.”
Read the excerpt, and ID X and the city it was located it in which is renowned for
its water bodies.
Q05
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X is a famous brand named after a highly worshipped Indian goddess acknowledged for
her beauty & a French Opera.
After independence worried about the fact that precious foreign exchange was being
lost on certain products India's first Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru asked JRD Tata to
manufacture these in India.
Despite changing owners in 1998 , X remains on the top in it's market facing stiff
competition from foreign and home-grown competitors.
X is also known for hosting a premier bi-annual event that is regarded as one of the
most prominent across the world.
ID X and Y.
Q06
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Computer Science students at the Technical University of Munich created an
algorithm before the final season of Game of Thrones was underway. The
algorithm scoured the internet for Data and included age, sex, location, House, etc.
of individual characters.
The team analysed this data using two separate models: the first used a simplistic
statistical approach known as Bayesian inference, and the second relied on more
complicated techniques involving convoluted neural networks
What was this algorithm for ?
Q07
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A07
Predicting the
likelihood of who
will die/live in the
final season
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The Verona Arena is a Roman Amphitheatre built in 30AD. Known to be one of he best
preserved structures of its kind, it is still in use today and is internationally famous for
the large-scale opera performances given there.
It was also a shooting location for a hit Bollywood film X. It served as the backdrop for
the opening scene of the movie which kicks off with a concert and also where a multiple
award winning song was shot.
On the contrary, The Verona Arena will be used for the closing ceremony of an
upcoming event Y in 2026.
ID X & Y.
Q08
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X is the only Indian captain until date to have a 100% win record in two different formats
(ODIs and tests, no minimum criteria for no. of matches as captain). A prolific batsman
with more than 10000 runs in FC cricket, he is one of the few Indian test cricketers to
have made their First class debut in an “international” game (he also scored a century in
that match). He has several individual as well as joint records against his name, some of
which include :
• Fifth Indian Batsman to score centuries in each innings of a Test.
• Highest number of catches by a non-wicketkeeper in a single Test match.
• Fourth Indian batsman to post a Test century on his first appearance at Lord’s.
ID X.
Q09
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ID this term, named after a rodent that stores food that can also be seen in a
popular American Media Franchise as Theodore, Simon & Alvin.
Q10
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X and Y collaborated to release the first commercial product for X in 1936.
X and Y both in the modern world are known to be their only major competition
when talking about this particular product.
One of the devices which company X is most known for was also announced as the
official device to be used for Olympics in 1976. X is still a major shareholder of the
devices used in Olympics ever since 1976.
The word X was named by Yoshida a buddhist after the Guan Yin. They were also
the first sponsors of English Football League and it was known as The X League (
1983-1986 ).
Name X.
Q11
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His works include Smalltalk( world’s first dynamic object oriented programming
language ) Gypsy (first word processor with a GUI ). He also demonstrated Xerox
PARC’s GUI to Steve Jobs which became the inspiration for the first Macintosh
computers and left Xerox as this high end technology could not possibly be mass
produced by Xerox so he joined Apple and made a name for himself. He passed
away recently in 2020.
However he is most famous for inventing one of the most important “things” in
computer mythology.
( Hint : This is the most important technological advancement used by coders for
which the entire coding community is ridiculed.)
Name or Explain the invention.
Q12
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Japan caused multiple upsets at the FIFA World Cup 2022 with victories over top
teams Germany and Spain. The entire country was immersed in celebration, videos
of which went viral on social media.
While ardent football fans were celebrating the win, even Manga & Anime fans
were celebrating on social media.
They believed that the key to Japan’s victories were it’s jersey that resembled that
of famous football anime X, as the striking blue jersey was created by Adidas Japan
in collaboration with the illustrators of X.
ID X.
Q13
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This famous painting was made by X during his stay at an asylum where he
observed the night sky from his barred bedroom window. He was not allowed to
paint in his bedroom and was not allowed to go outside at night as he was barred
and in an asylum duh.. So he made the scene from memory or possible drawings
and used his imagination for the small village that did not actually exist. He applied
the paint directly from tube onto the canva creating intense hues and thick
impasto.
He committed suicide a year later in 1890. Name this painting which is X’s one of
the most recognized works.
Q14
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Shown in the picture is the exploded isometry
of the National War Memorial built in 2019.
ID what was the inspiration for this design
by looking at the image.
Q15
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All X are unique in design and details must be registered with the government.
Even the country in question has its own X designed about a decade and half
ago called “Kokuji”.
These are used anywhere from official paperwork to school work to be used in
shrines and temples. These X are used in the lieu of something since about
2000 years. However, it’s use by the general public as part of a national system
only dates back 150 years.
ID X
Q16
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Sir Ludwig Guttmann championed the concept of early treatment for injured
servicemen in specialized spinal units and promoted the use of compulsory sport
and physical activities as a form of rehab and motivation.
In 1948, Guttmann organised a sports competition for British World War 2
veterans with spinal cord injuries in London. A follow-up competition took place in
1952 with athletes from Netherlands joining the Brits hence giving it the name
Stoke Mandeville Games. This gave rise to X finally in 1960 and is continued till
date.
Name X.
Q17
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X is a web application for interface design. It was hailed by all its users as the only
god among all softwares as it was free alternative of Y and stood up to the huge
empire of Y .
X constantly store data on cloud with version control so that teammates can
always review and make changes as per their need. 23 year old Founder of X at the
time said that his biggest competitor Y “ doesn’t understand collaboration and is
cloud in name only ”.
For a long time it kept it narrative as going against industry standards and
replacing Y in the industry as a lone wolf however this dream given to the users
was crushed recently when Y bought X for a whopping 20 Billion dollars.
Q18
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“A picture of X ended up on the wall behind the Yoda
sculptures and the wrinkles around X’s eyes somehow got
worked into the Yoda design.”
In addition to a familiar look around the eyes, Yoda
borrowed wrinkles and an upper lip from X. The pair
also draw obvious comparisons due to the knowledge
that they imparted to the universe around them
during their lifetimes.
ID X known for his exceptional intelligence.
Q19
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X is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can
be used as a type of spoken word game. Additionally, they can be used as
exercised to improve pronunciation and fluency. Some produce results
that are humorous ( or humorously vulgar ) when they are
mispronounced, while others simply rely on the confusion and mistakes of
the speaker for their amusement value.
It uses alliteration to its extreme.
Q20
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A20
Tongue Twister
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
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feugiat nibh sed pulvinar. Enim ut sem viverra aliquet. Platea dictumst vestibulum rhoncus est
pellentesque elit. Vitae proin sagittis nisl rhoncus manyu rhoncus urna. Pellentesque diam volutpat
commodo sed. Tincidunt arcu non sodales neque sodales ut etiam sit amet. Eu nisl nunc mi ipsum
faucibus vitae aliquet. A cras semper auctor neque vitae tempus abhi pellentesque nec. Cursus
euismod quis viverra nibh cras pulvinar mattis nunc. Rutrum quisque non tellus orci ac auctor
augue. Vestibulum morbi blandit cursus risus at.
Amet cursus sit amet dictum sit amet justo donec enim. Et molestie ac feugiat sed lectus
vestibulum mattis ullamcorper. Ultricies tristique nulla aliquet enim tortor at. At anime eget arcu
dictum daft face. Adipiscing elit pellentesque habitant morbi. Et molestie ac feugiat sed lectus
vestibulum mattis. Egestas integer eget aliquet nibh praesent tristique codurr sit.
Q01
*NAME OF
THE QUIZ*
S07_E01
Quizmasters: ABC and KKJ
22nd March 2023
S07_E09: The Feverish Affair
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