The General Quiz conducted by Quiz Club NITW on 9th April 2023 as a part of a trilogy of quizzes for the college fest SpringSpree 2023. The set includes both prelims and finals with a wide variety of questions on a number of topics.

1. Q-Factor 2023
General Quiz
Presented by Quiz Club NITW

2. PRELIMS

3. RULES
● This round has 20 written questions.
● Each Question carries 10 points with part points awarded wherever
applicable. As there is no negative marking, feel free to guess.
● Make sure to clearly mention your team name and contact number on your
answer sheet. Illegible entries for the same will not be entertained.
● Refrain from Googling.
● QM’s discretion is final.

4. 01
The image on the next slide is from a BBC article on a topic that
became quite mainstream in 2018. It first tells us about how the
comic was found in 1921 edition of Satirical magazine of The Judge
and then goes on to explain if it really can be X or not.
ID X that is hidden in the above image as well.
(Image on the next slide)

6. 02
To differentiate X from similar products in the market, initially one of
the founders personally signed on each package. But company owners
then wanted to speed up the process and created a logo with the
stylized inscription and visual improvisation of the signature.
In 1916, the designers changed the lettering font, and in 1955, the
colour to deep red. In the previous decade, the company carried out
its largest rebranding, entrusting it to the consulting agency
Interbrand. Then the logo was repainted with pink and a slogan was
added.
ID X.

7. 03
Urban areas are hotspots of major air pollutants due to their high
population concentration. To overcome the increasing pollution
problem, a group of Serbian scientists have devised a solution X. X is
a type of photobioreactor that helps in improving air quality and
tackling greenhouse gas emissions. X contains around 600 liters of
water and uses microalgae to replicate the more popular biological
process carried out by another entity.
X gets its name from the culmination of the component that is
majorly used for its functioning and the natural entity it is
replicating. Hence, X from a layman’s point of view sounds as if the
physical state of the natural entity is being described.
ID X.

8. 04
In the movie X, X was not actually going to be the main character but
focused on the other important character Y. It was to be named
Might Y, but was changed to X after research by the directors of the
movie. The director said, "There was a first version of the story,
before we went on the islands, to do a film in that part of the world
we didn't know much about.
We read a lot of mythology related to Y and it was a wonderful
character. But after the trip to the islands, our views changed
dramatically. We learned so much about navigation and its history,
people's connection to the ocean, as the ocean was alive and
connections to the past. After that, we threw the first version away".
ID X.

9. 05
It has become quite common for government institutions like the
police or RBI to use memes for educating people. A trend of these
memes has resurfaced again after its inception back in 2021.
Recently, the Ministry of Railways entered this meme game, using it
to warn passengers against pulling the chain. The meme meant that if
you pull the chain without any reasonable cause, it will land you in
jail as punishment. Considering the severity of the act of pulling the
chain, this meme made sense.
ID the trend.

10. 06
The legend comes from the story of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the
Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the
battlefield of ________ to Athens to announce that the Persians had
been defeated in the Battle of ________ (in which he had just fought),
which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he
ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the
assembly, exclaiming νενικήκαμεν (nenikēkamen, "we have won!"),
before collapsing and dying. Often an event X is said to be in his
honour.
ID X.

11. 07
Although this technology has been introduced couple of times in the
past with the names such as ____ transmission machine and ____inger,
the idea was highly popularised due to a very famous sitcom. One
such offspring of this advancement is X created by a Chinese start-up
with the inspiration born out of the fact that COVID restricted people
meeting in person.
“I was in a relationship back then, but I couldn’t meet my girlfriend
due to lockdowns,” said the inventor Zhao Jianbo in one of his recent
interviews.
ID X which derives its name from the sound involved in the activity
that X facilitates. Also ID the sitcom in which it was used.

12. 08
Unlike most countries around the world, it is not common to accept a
document as legal with _____ on it on behalf of its owner. Instead the
Japanese use "hanko" or "inkan" where hanko referred to the
instrument itself, whereas "inkan" meant an impression. Everyone
has a unique hanko and just like many other aspects of Japanese
business culture, hanko stems from a long tradition that is still
practiced today.
How are hanko and inkan better known?

13. 09
William Chester Minor (June 22, 1834 – March 26, 1920), was an
American army surgeon and one of the largest contributors of
quotations to the __________. He became one of the project’s most
effective volunteers, reading through his large personal library of
antiquarian books and compiling quotations that illustrated the way
particular words were used.
For what did he contribute most of his life for?

14. 10
When one would look through the company’s promotional pictures for
their products they would find the same numbers being repeated in
most of them. This practice started in 2007 with the iconic launch of
the company’s first such product and has been continued ever since
to show the importance they give to attention to detail. It's not a
random number either, when designing the keynotes for the events
the product reveal happens at 40 minutes into the presentation and
then add an extra minute to it and you get the number of our interest.
However, they did not follow this tradition for a particular product
line launched in 2015 since in this specific case, it did not look
aesthetically pleasing and went with that industry’s standard
practice instead.
What ‘tradition’ is being talked about? Which product is being
discussed in the second paragraph?

15. 11
The reason behind the production of X is the culture of performing
______, dating its origin way back in 20th century. Over the years, the
culture has conveyed different meanings, be it for bringing good
fortune, a humiliating punishment, or a party piece. At first, it was
observed in 1902 at a high-class brothel in Chicago when a dancer's
slipper fell to the floor, a member of Prince Henry of Prussia's
entourage picked it up and used it for something really ill-suited. The
practice even persisted in German army during World War I where
they used a vessel called Bierstiefel instead, to get rid of
performing it with actual _____.
ID the practice, widely popular in Australia, recently exhibited by a
famous English singer during his musical concert. Also, ID X that
serve as an epitome of the said practice.

16. 12
The current capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, has been described as the
world’s most rapidly sinking city, and at the current rate, it is
estimated that one-third of the city could be submerged by 2050.
The main cause is excess groundwater extraction and the rising level
of the Java Sea due to climate change, besides heavy air pollution and
regular flooding.
President Joko Widodo envisions the construction of a new capital in
Y, the largest island in Asia, which is politically divided between
Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. While Y may derive its name from the
Sanskrit word Varuna, the people of Indonesia call it Kalimantan,
possibly to describe its hot and humid tropical weather.
ID Y.

17. 13
After his recent achievement, X mentioned in his speech that as a
child, he used to listen to the __________ (10) (an American musical
duo) and how he saw them as a source of inspiration. However,
certain Malayalam media houses took the band's name literally and
put out headlines which stated that X grew up listening to the sounds
produced by the instruments when a particular group of skilled
professionals were at work. This blunder left the readers with a lot of
confusion.
ID X and the American band.

18. 14
Gauhar Ara Begum was born on the 17th of June 1631. She is a
principal character in Ruchir Gupta novel “Mistress of the Throne”
(2014).
Gauhar Ara died in 1706, aged about 75 and remains as someone who
is largely forgotten in the pages of history. Interestingly her birth
remains as a very significant event in Indian history. The effect of her
birth is admired even to this day.
What is her claim to fame?

19. 15
Originating in Japan in 1997, X became increasingly popular
worldwide in the 2010s after being added to several mobile
operating systems. They are now considered to be a large part of
pop culture in the West and around the world. It has also been widely
described as the 'world's fastest growing language' by many
experts and in August, 2013, the word 'X' was officially added to the
Oxford English Dictionary. 'World X Day' is an unofficial holiday
celebrated on July 17 every year and this specific date was chosen
because it's the date displayed on the calendar X.
ID X.

20. 16
The Polish town of Lidzabrk Warminski has a unique new way of
constructing bike lanes. The lane, called the "Van Gogh- Roosegaarde"
Cycle Avenue was inspired by the famous painter's most recognisable
piece, ‘The Starry Night’. Using material X is certainly an innovative
way to unobtrusively mark bike lanes so pedestrians and motorists
remain aware of cyclists. This material X needs some kind of energy or
radiation to function and they used the most easily available energy
source to power them. This initiative increases visibility and helps
cyclists avoid accidents by making bikers feel safer, which could in turn
encourage more people to get out and ride bikes for commute, thereby
improving public health at a fraction of the cost of direct health
treatments.
What was their initiative?

21. 17
X is a brand name for a class of ______ coatings with total
hemispherical reflectances below 1.5% in the visible spectrum. These
were invented by Ben Jensen who first publicly unveiled them in 2014
and was commercialised by Surrey Nanosystems. This coating is
capable of absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light falling
perpendicular to the it.
It is composed of forest of vertical carbon nanotubes grown on a
substrate using modified CVD process. The name X is a combination
of acronym of how it is made and its nature. As of 2022 these coating
are very costly, and Surrey Nanosystems refuses to supply them to
private individuals and provides samples only for applications they
deem "valid".
ID X.

22. 18
Out of many productions of the video game company Valve
Corporation, one is Team Fortress 2, a team-based multiplayer
first-person-shooter video game. The game is known for its cartoony
graphics, offbeat humour and wide variety of game modes and
player classes. In addition to being highly popular in gaming world,
what drew attention of others towards it was an animated video
uploaded by a Youtuber featuring two characters from the game.
The video talks about a pill that makes you look younger and some
other irrational stuff.
What is being talking about that became a popular meme template
targeting some people?

23. 19
Beginning in 1864, and without warning, grapevines across France
began to sharply decline. The culprit was identified to be phylloxera,
an insect that infests the roots of vines and causes fungal
infections. Initially, farmers unsuccessfully attempted to contain the
pest by removing and burning affected vines. It was discovered that
phylloxera was an invasive species introduced from North America
and they learned that the North American vines were resistant
to the pest. Few of them preferred injecting the soil with expensive
pesticides but finally they used some technique to resolve this
problem.
How did they resolve this problem?

24. 20
Shown in the image is a Faraday's apparatus for experimental
demonstration of a psychological effect called ideomotor on
table-turning. The apparatus consisted of two small boards, with
glass rollers between them, the whole fastened together by
India-rubber bands in such a manner that the upper board could slide
under lateral pressure to a limited extent over the lower one. By this
means, experimenters finally made the verdict that it was the
fingers which moved the table and not something else.
The prime motto of this experiment was proving the whole concept of
X dead. Criticising the practice of promoting X, scientists claim that
it is the result of the ideomotor effect whereby a thought or a mental
image brings about a seemingly reflexive muscular reaction as a
result of which some people interpret it as something automatic and
just board the plane of nonsensical thoughts.
ID X.
(Image on the next slide)

25. 20

26. ANSWERS

27. 01
The image on the next slide is from a BBC article on a topic that
became quite mainstream in 2018. It first tells us about how the
comic was found in 1921 edition of Satirical magazine of The Judge
and then goes on to explain if it really can be X or not.
ID X that is hidden in the above image as well.
(Image on the next slide)

29. ANSWER
First meme Ever

30. 02
To differentiate X from similar products in the market, initially one of
the founders personally signed on each package. But company owners
then wanted to speed up the process and created a logo with the
stylized inscription and visual improvisation of the signature.
In 1916, the designers changed the lettering font, and in 1955, the
colour to deep red. In the previous decade, the company carried out
its largest rebranding, entrusting it to the consulting agency
Interbrand. Then the logo was repainted with pink and a slogan was
added.
ID X.

31. ANSWER
Kellogg’s

32. 03
Urban areas are hotspots of major air pollutants due to their high
population concentration. To overcome the increasing pollution
problem, a group of Serbian scientists have devised a solution X. X is
a type of photobioreactor that helps in improving air quality and
tackling greenhouse gas emissions. X contains around 600 liters of
water and uses microalgae to replicate the more popular biological
process carried out by another entity.
X gets its name from the culmination of the component that is
majorly used for its functioning and the natural entity it is
replicating. Hence, X from a layman’s point of view sounds as if the
physical state of the natural entity is being described.
ID X.

33. ANSWER
Liquid Tree / Liquid Three

34. 04
In the movie X, X was not actually going to be the main character but
focused on the other important character Y. It was to be named
Might Y, but was changed to X after research by the directors of the
movie. The director said, "There was a first version of the story,
before we went on the islands, to do a film in that part of the world
we didn't know much about.
We read a lot of mythology related to Y and it was a wonderful
character. But after the trip to the islands, our views changed
dramatically. We learned so much about navigation and its history,
people's connection to the ocean, as the ocean was alive and
connections to the past. After that, we threw the first version away".
ID X.

35. ANSWER
Moana

36. 05
It has become quite common for government institutions like the
police or RBI to use memes for educating people. A trend of these
memes has resurfaced again after its inception back in 2021.
Recently, the Ministry of Railways entered this meme game, using it
to warn passengers against pulling the chain. The meme meant that if
you pull the chain without any reasonable cause, it will land you in
jail as punishment. Considering the severity of the act of pulling the
chain, this meme made sense.
ID the trend.

37. ANSWER
Small Role, Huge Impact

38. 06
The legend comes from the story of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the
Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the
battlefield of ________ to Athens to announce that the Persians had
been defeated in the Battle of ________ (in which he had just fought),
which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he
ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the
assembly, exclaiming νενικήκαμεν (nenikēkamen, "we have won!"),
before collapsing and dying. Often an event X is said to be in his
honour.
ID X.

39. ANSWER
Marathon

40. 07
Although this technology has been introduced couple of times in the
past with the names such as ____ transmission machine and ____inger,
the idea was highly popularised due to a very famous sitcom. One
such offspring of this advancement is X created by a Chinese start-up
with the inspiration born out of the fact that COVID restricted people
meeting in person.
“I was in a relationship back then, but I couldn’t meet my girlfriend
due to lockdowns,” said the inventor Zhao Jianbo in one of his recent
interviews.
ID X which derives its name from the sound involved in the activity
that X facilitates. Also ID the sitcom in which it was used.

41. ANSWER
X - MUA (FROM mmuaaahh)
Sitcom - The Big Bang Theory

42. 08
Unlike most countries around the world, it is not common to accept a
document as legal with _____ on it on behalf of its owner. Instead the
Japanese use "hanko" or "inkan" where hanko referred to the
instrument itself, whereas "inkan" meant an impression. Everyone
has a unique hanko and just like many other aspects of Japanese
business culture, hanko stems from a long tradition that is still
practiced today.
How are hanko and inkan better known?

43. ANSWER
Personalised stamps

44. 09
William Chester Minor (June 22, 1834 – March 26, 1920), was an
American army surgeon and one of the largest contributors of
quotations to the __________. He became one of the project’s most
effective volunteers, reading through his large personal library of
antiquarian books and compiling quotations that illustrated the way
particular words were used.
For what did he contribute most of his life for?

45. ANSWER
Oxford Dictionary

46. 10
When one would look through the company’s promotional pictures for
their products they would find the same numbers being repeated in
most of them. This practice started in 2007 with the iconic launch of
the company’s first such product and has been continued ever since
to show the importance they give to attention to detail. It's not a
random number either, when designing the keynotes for the events
the product reveal happens at 40 minutes into the presentation and
then add an extra minute to it and you get the number of our interest.
However, they did not follow this tradition for a particular product
line launched in 2015 since in this specific case, it did not look
aesthetically pleasing and went with that industry’s standard
practice instead.
What ‘tradition’ is being talked about? Which product is being
discussed in the second paragraph?

47. ANSWER
All iPhones, iPads and MacBooks show the
same time 9:41
Apple Watches did not follow this and went
with the industry standard 10:09 instead which
is symmetric and more pleasing to look at

48. 11
The reason behind the production of X is the culture of performing
______, dating its origin way back in 20th century. Over the years, the
culture has conveyed different meanings, be it for bringing good
fortune, a humiliating punishment, or a party piece. At first, it was
observed in 1902 at a high-class brothel in Chicago when a dancer's
slipper fell to the floor, a member of Prince Henry of Prussia's
entourage picked it up and used it for something really ill-suited. The
practice even persisted in German army during World War I where
they used a vessel called Bierstiefel instead, to get rid of
performing it with actual _____.
ID the practice, widely popular in Australia, recently exhibited by a
famous English singer during his musical concert. Also, ID X that
serve as an epitome of the said practice.

49. ANSWER
Practice - Shoey i.e., drinking from
shoes
X - Beer boots

50. 12
The current capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, has been described as the
world’s most rapidly sinking city, and at the current rate, it is
estimated that one-third of the city could be submerged by 2050.
The main cause is excess groundwater extraction and the rising level
of the Java Sea due to climate change, besides heavy air pollution and
regular flooding.
President Joko Widodo envisions the construction of a new capital in
Y, the largest island in Asia, which is politically divided between
Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. While Y may derive its name from the
Sanskrit word Varuna, the people of Indonesia call it Kalimantan,
possibly to describe its hot and humid tropical weather.
ID Y.

51. ANSWER
Borneo

52. 13
After his recent achievement, X mentioned in his speech that as a
child, he used to listen to the __________ (10) (an American musical
duo) and how he saw them as a source of inspiration. However,
certain Malayalam media houses took the band's name literally and
put out headlines which stated that X grew up listening to the sounds
produced by the instruments when a particular group of skilled
professionals were at work. This blunder left the readers with a lot of
confusion.
ID X and the American band.

53. ANSWER
M. M. Keeravani and the Carpenters

54. 14
Gauhar Ara Begum was born on the 17th of June 1631. She is a
principal character in Ruchir Gupta novel “Mistress of the Throne”
(2014).
Gauhar Ara died in 1706, aged about 75 and remains as someone who
is largely forgotten in the pages of history. Interestingly her birth
remains as a very significant event in Indian history. The effect of her
birth is admired even to this day.
What is her claim to fame?

55. ANSWER
14th child of Mumtaz

56. 15
Originating in Japan in 1997, X became increasingly popular
worldwide in the 2010s after being added to several mobile
operating systems. They are now considered to be a large part of
pop culture in the West and around the world. It has also been widely
described as the 'world's fastest growing language' by many
experts and in August, 2013, the word 'X' was officially added to the
Oxford English Dictionary. 'World X Day' is an unofficial holiday
celebrated on July 17 every year and this specific date was chosen
because it's the date displayed on the calendar X.
ID X.

57. ANSWER
X - Emoji

58. 16
The Polish town of Lidzabrk Warminski has a unique new way of
constructing bike lanes. The lane, called the "Van Gogh- Roosegaarde"
Cycle Avenue was inspired by the famous painter's most recognisable
piece, ‘The Starry Night’. Using material X is certainly an innovative
way to unobtrusively mark bike lanes so pedestrians and motorists
remain aware of cyclists. This material X needs some kind of energy or
radiation to function and they used the most easily available energy
source to power them. This initiative increases visibility and helps
cyclists avoid accidents by making bikers feel safer, which could in turn
encourage more people to get out and ride bikes for commute, thereby
improving public health at a fraction of the cost of direct health
treatments.
What was their initiative?

59. ANSWER
The road is made of glowing
phosphors which gets charged
by sunlight in morning and
gives vibrant glowing lanes
during nights.

60. 17
X is a brand name for a class of ______ coatings with total
hemispherical reflectances below 1.5% in the visible spectrum. These
were invented by Ben Jensen who first publicly unveiled them in 2014
and was commercialised by Surrey Nanosystems. This coating is
capable of absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light falling
perpendicular to the it.
It is composed of forest of vertical carbon nanotubes grown on a
substrate using modified CVD process. The name X is a combination
of acronym of how it is made and its nature. As of 2022 these coating
are very costly, and Surrey Nanosystems refuses to supply them to
private individuals and provides samples only for applications they
deem "valid".
ID X.

61. ANSWER
Vantablack

62. 18
Out of many productions of the video game company Valve
Corporation, one is Team Fortress 2, a team-based multiplayer
first-person-shooter video game. The game is known for its cartoony
graphics, offbeat humour and wide variety of game modes and
player classes. In addition to being highly popular in gaming world,
what drew attention of others towards it was an animated video
uploaded by a Youtuber featuring two characters from the game.
The video talks about a pill that makes you look younger and some
other irrational stuff.
What is being talking about that became a popular meme template
targeting some people?

63. ANSWER
Women ☕

64. 19
Beginning in 1864, and without warning, grapevines across France
began to sharply decline. The culprit was identified to be phylloxera,
an insect that infests the roots of vines and causes fungal
infections. Initially, farmers unsuccessfully attempted to contain the
pest by removing and burning affected vines. It was discovered that
phylloxera was an invasive species introduced from North America
and they learned that the North American vines were resistant
to the pest. Few of them preferred injecting the soil with expensive
pesticides but finally they used some technique to resolve this
problem.
How did they resolve this problem?

65. ANSWER
Grafting
They placed the American variant
as the rootstock and French
variant as the Scion. So that the
final tree will have both the exact
taste of French grapes and can
be protected from pests by the
American variant.

66. 20
Shown in the image is a Faraday's apparatus for experimental
demonstration of a psychological effect called ideomotor on
table-turning. The apparatus consisted of two small boards, with
glass rollers between them, the whole fastened together by
India-rubber bands in such a manner that the upper board could slide
under lateral pressure to a limited extent over the lower one. By this
means, experimenters finally made the verdict that it was the
fingers which moved the table and not something else.
The prime motto of this experiment was proving the whole concept of
X dead. Criticising the practice of promoting X, scientists claim that
it is the result of the ideomotor effect whereby a thought or a mental
image brings about a seemingly reflexive muscular reaction as a
result of which some people interpret it as something automatic and
just board the plane of nonsensical thoughts.
ID X.
(Image on the next slide)

67. 20

68. ANSWER
Ouija board

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71. Pounce/Bounce
01

72. RULES
● This round has 8 questions.
● The marking scheme for Pounce is +10/-5 while that for bounce is +10/0.
● There is no partial marking for Pounce. However, partial points will be
awarded in Bounce.
● Direct Questions to the teams will be according to the team number.
● Do not shout out the answers.
● QMs discretion is final.

73. Emma Raff scours the streets of cities for ones with intricate details
and textures which she uses as a printing press - painting them with ink
and transferring their designs onto t-shirts and bags. She finds
inspiration in often overlooked elements of urban landscape. The appeal
of using X, she says, is that they often have a local flavour. "They have
symbols or letters from the city on them", she says. "In Berlin, for
example, they have the TV tower on them and other monuments." This
also makes people think about what’s on the floor.
ID X.
01

75. ANSWER
Manhole covers
She prints designs on manhole covers
on t-shirts and bags.

76. Edison recognised the possible demand for a high speed copying device
after observing the incredible amount of document duplication required
by merchants, lawyers and those of similar occupations. To satisfy this
demand Edison invented the electric pen in 1876 which uses a
perforating function inspired by the printing telegraph.
Later this device was adapted in 1891 to become the first ______
machine.
What did this invention turn into, which is being used even today?
02

78. ANSWER
Tattoo Machine

79. In 1968, after Pakistan had illegally occupied land in the Western
sector of India, the UN mediated to sort out the conflict. The mediation
resulted in India gaining 90 percent of the land, but the strategic areas
of high elevation which could be easily used for monitoring large tract
of land, was given to Pakistan. This was seen as a territorial and
diplomatic setback for India which garnered widespread critique in the
media for Indira Gandhi, the then PM.
One such cartoon of RK Laxman pinpoints the situation in his classic
humorous way, in which a word play is used on X, the land in conflict
and Y, a common elite ladies accessory.
ID X and the wordplay.
(Image on the next slide)
03

80. The cartoon by R K Laxman

82. ANSWER
The UN gave key points of elevation like Kanjarkot and Dhara Bani in Rann of Kutch to
Pakistan. Hence, the word play Kutch/Clutch bag in the cartoon, where Indira Gandhi gets
the clutch bag but the precious jewellery inside is given to Pakistan.

83. Tillie Kottmann, better known by her online alias Maia Arson Crimew, is
a Swiss developer and hacker. In 2023, the hacker announced they had
gained access to a 2019 copy of the United States’s X. Allegedly, she
had found this on an unsecured server belonging to a regional airline
CommuteAir. According to the hacker, X was unusual in that over 10%
of entries were ‘Muhammed’.
ID X.
04

85. ANSWER
The United States’s No Fly List

86. Back in 2015, X set himself on a mission to address and highlight the
abundance of potholes in his hometown of Ramsbottom in northwest
England. To bring the local government’s attention to the problem, he
started drawing large penises around the potholes to force the
authorities to take action. His work was widely appreciated by the locals
and was clearly effective as most potholes would get filled up within 48
hours.
ID his name X, which is a pun on a famous modern day street artist’s
name only involving a change of one letter.
05

88. ANSWER
Wanksy

89. Last year, Reading FC unveiled their home kit for the 22-23 season. The
shirt is made from 100% eco fabric which comes from recycled plastic
bottles and the design incorporates a certain message as part of
Reading FC’s ‘new, progressive partnership’ with the educational
institution and the innovation is part of a wider series of initiatives
undertaken by their Official Technical Partner as part of their ‘Macron 4
The Planet’ campaign.
The same design has recently been seen on the Main Stage at Reading
Festival and at the London Fashion Week, and it also decorated the front
cover of a new book written by a prominent activist.
ID the specialty of the design and the activist.
(Image on the next slide)
06

92. ANSWER
The design highlights the climate change
problem and each stripe on the shirts shows a
year's average temperature since the club
was founded in 1871. Blue stripes represent
cooler-than-average years and red hotter than
average.
The climate stripes are seen on the front
cover of a new book titled ‘The Climate Book’
written by activist Greta Thunberg.

93. Given here is the image of a Compass Rose that is used for a very
specific purpose in the field of Aviation. A description about its purpose
in the field of Aviation can be given as follows: "X numbers are
determined by rounding the compass bearing of one X end to the
nearest 10 degrees and truncating the last digit, meaning Xs are
numbered from 1 to 36 as seen in the Compass Rose."
What is a Compass Rose used for?
07

96. ANSWER
Numbering of Airport Runways

97. In the first part of 20th century, the government released a Film India
advertisement urging Indians not to travel unless there is an emergency.
This was captioned "Travel only when you must".
Why was this advertisement released?
(Image on the next slide)
08

100. ANSWER
All passenger vehicles were also used
to carry arms and ammunitions so
people were asked to reduce their
travel so there would be more space
for military equipment.

101. Etymology
02

102. RULES
● This round has 5 written questions.
● Each correct answer will fetch you 10 marks. There is no negative marking
so feel free to guess.
● All the answers are based upon the theme of the round Etymology.
● QM’s discretion is finalised.

103. X derives from a Greek term, which means ‘sense of the truth’. The term
refers to a ____ from which a later ____ derives. ID X.
A
Ab
Aa
01

104. In 1998, a woman is rumoured to have posted a warning to censor
themselves in case British School Kids were lurking, due to which the
abbreviation NFBSK (Not For British School Kids) came to use. It later
evolved into a simpler and a commonly used abbreviation today.
The acronym assumes that we all have a job and are forbidden to do
certain things. This abbreviation serves as a warning that you can find
yourself having a awkward conversation with __(2).
Dan Savage, an author, invented more appropriate acronym, adding one
letter to the original one saying- “I have to search for these things
constantly as that is my job, its _____, not mine”.
ID the original acronym, and the new one suggested by Dan.
02

105. The origins of the phrase X cannot be traced back accurately but there
are multiple theories trying to explain its origins:
● Wishing a man good luck in horse racing was considered unlucky
so you should therefore say something insulting as a way of
wishing him luck – such as X.
● Many folk theories suggest that Ancient Greek theatrical
audiences used to stomp their feet to express applause.
● During a performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III the famous
18th-century actor David Garrick became so entranced in the
performance that he was supposedly unaware of a literal fracture
he got.
ID X.
03

106. This interrogative phrase has several origins:
- In the middle ages, many Christians told tales about witches
having familiars with _____ ___ (5,3), the fear of which still exists.
The ___(3) were assumed to do all work for witches or were
considered witches themselves, and take away your X so you could
not report anything to the authorities.
- In Egypt, the liars were punished for speaking lies or for speaking
against the govt, so authorities would cut their X and fed them to
___(3).
- The sailors were beaten up for not accepting the blame or
snitching with a ___(3) o’ nine-tails, a whip.
ID the phrase.
04

107. X was known as lent, which came from the Old English lengthen, which
means “to make longer or greater in length”. It is no surprise that X was
originally named after the fact that the ____(4) were getting longer.
After all, back then natural sunlight and candlelight would have been
the only light sources available.
Following your impulses and giving in to them — rather than resisting
or limiting them — is one way to go on a Y. It can be a dancing Y, in
which you dance all night long, or a shopping Y, in which you max out
your credit card at the mall. The original slang meaning of Y, and one
that's still used today, is "a drinking bout," and it may be rooted in the
French word esprit, "lively wit”.
ID the compound word XY.
05

108. SUBMIT
YOUR
SHEETS

109. ANSWERS

110. X derives from a Greek term, which means ‘sense of the truth’. The term
refers to a ____ from which a later ____ derives. ID X.
A
Ab
Aa
01

111. ANSWER
Etymology
Blank- Word

112. In 1998, a woman is rumoured to have posted a warning to censor
themselves in case British School Kids were lurking, due to which the
abbreviation NFBSK (Not For British School Kids) came to use. It later
evolved into a simpler and a commonly used abbreviation today.
The acronym assumes that we all have a job and are forbidden to do
certain things. This abbreviation serves as a warning that you can find
yourself having a awkward conversation with __(2).
Dan Savage, an author, invented more appropriate acronym, adding one
letter to the original one saying- “I have to search for these things
constantly as that is my job, its _____, not mine”.
ID the original acronym, and the new one suggested by Dan.
02

113. ANSWER
NSFW (Not Safe For Work)
NSFYW (Not Safe For Your Work)

114. The origins of the phrase X cannot be traced back accurately but there
are multiple theories trying to explain its origins:
● Wishing a man good luck in horse racing was considered unlucky
so you should therefore say something insulting as a way of
wishing him luck – such as X.
● Many folk theories suggest that Ancient Greek theatrical
audiences used to stomp their feet to express applause.
● During a performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III the famous
18th-century actor David Garrick became so entranced in the
performance that he was supposedly unaware of a literal fracture
he got.
ID X.
03

115. ANSWER
Break a leg

116. This interrogative phrase has several origins:
- In the middle ages, many Christians told tales about witches
having familiars with _____ ___ (5,3), the fear of which still exists.
The ___(3) were assumed to do all work for witches or were
considered witches themselves, and take away your X so you could
not report anything to the authorities.
- In Egypt, the liars were punished for speaking lies or for speaking
against the govt, so authorities would cut their X and fed them to
___(3).
- The sailors were beaten up for not accepting the blame or
snitching with a ___(3) o’ nine-tails, a whip.
ID the phrase.
04

117. ANSWER
Cat got your tongue?

118. X was known as lent, which came from the Old English lengthen, which
means “to make longer or greater in length”. It is no surprise that X was
originally named after the fact that the ____(4) were getting longer.
After all, back then natural sunlight and candlelight would have been
the only light sources available.
Following your impulses and giving in to them — rather than resisting
or limiting them — is one way to go on a Y. It can be a dancing Y, in
which you dance all night long, or a shopping Y, in which you max out
your credit card at the mall. The original slang meaning of Y, and one
that's still used today, is "a drinking bout," and it may be rooted in the
French word esprit, "lively wit”.
ID the compound word XY.
05

119. ANSWER
X - Spring
Y - Spree
Word - Springspree

120. Rewind
03

121. RULES
● This round has 5 written questions.
● Each correct answer will fetch you 10 marks. There is no negative marking
so feel free to guess.
● All the answers are based upon the events that have taken place in recent
times.
● QM’s discretion is finalised.

122. An artist named Bahador Hadizadeh had released an animation of a
monument covered with long hair blowing in the wind.
To whom does this animated video pays tribute to?
(Video on the next slide)
01

124. In 2022, Spotify removed Neil Young's music from the streaming
service, after he asked them to choose between him and Joe Rogan, the
star podcast host. Young’s challenge to Spotify has become a flash point
in the battle over misinformation and free speech online. Young
captioned Spotify, "Lies being sold for money". His criticism of Rogan
came after a certain group of people asked Spotify to take down a
particular episode of Rogan's show. That episode promoted
____-___________ as per the group's letter.
What was the issue about the episode?
02

125. It wasn't the first time when people seriously or jokingly mistook
someone for some other person. Something unprecedented happened in
the country X last year that made Indians so thrilled that they
bombarded all social media handles of the former Indian cricketer
Ashish Nehra with lots of messages and tagged him to every post
related to the event. Though he asked people to take back their
messages, people kept on referring to him assigning him some
precious task.
ID the context and the task being talked about.
(Image on the next slide)
03

126. 03

127. Shown in the video is a stunt performed by the actors under proper
supervision and safety which may otherwise look easy on-screen. People
often try such stunts hoping to succeed but ultimately fall into
something fatal. A real-life incident occurred last year, during a big
procession in some country X, a video of which went viral, where two
men were seen doing similar kind of activity with the only exception
being was the latter person getting his jump mistimed and crashing off
the back of the bus before falling headfirst to the ground. This incident
turned the celebration into all blues and the concerned security was
largely compromised.
ID the event being discussed.
(Video on the next slide)
04

128. 04

129. "Putin filled with _________ _____ (9,5)" a portrait by Russian conceptual
artist Andrei Molodkin, a harsh denunciation of Putin's government. The
picture consists of the Russian president enclosed in an acrylic block.
The word "Putin" is written at the block's base. The text and image's
outlines are painted with _____. The crimson strokes, however few,
graphically depict the subject's features and expression.
How was this portrait created by Andrei Molodkin?
(Image on the next slide)
05

130. 05
"Putin filled with _________ _____, (9,5)" a portrait by Russian
conceptual artist Andrei Molodkin, a harsh denunciation of
Putin's government. The picture consists of the Russian
president enclosed in an acrylic block. The word "Putin" is
written at the block's base. The text and image's outlines are
painted with _____. The crimson strokes, however few,
graphically depict the subject's features and expression.
How was this portrait created by Andrei Molodkin?

131. SUBMIT
YOUR
SHEETS

132. ANSWERS

133. An artist named Bahador Hadizadeh had released an animation of a
monument covered with long hair blowing in the wind.
To whom does this animated video pays tribute to?
(Video on the next slide)
01

135. ANSWER
Anti-hijab protesters

136. In 2022, Spotify removed Neil Young's music from the streaming
service, after he asked them to choose between him and Joe Rogan, the
star podcast host. Young’s challenge to Spotify has become a flash point
in the battle over misinformation and free speech online. Young
captioned Spotify, "Lies being sold for money". His criticism of Rogan
came after a certain group of people asked Spotify to take down a
particular episode of Rogan's show. That episode promoted
____-___________ as per the group's letter.
What was the issue about the episode?
02

137. ANSWER
Joe Rogan was spreading a lot of
misinformation about Covid-19
vaccines in his episode because of
which a group of scientists wanted
the episode removed.

138. It wasn't the first time when people seriously or jokingly mistook
someone for some other person. Something unprecedented happened in
the country X last year that made Indians so thrilled that they
bombarded all social media handles of the former Indian cricketer
Ashish Nehra with lots of messages and tagged him to every post
related to the event. Though he asked people to take back their
messages, people kept on referring to him assigning him some
precious task.
ID the context and the task being talked about.
(Image on the next slide)
03

139. 03

140. ANSWER
People congratulating Ashish Nehra because he looks like Rishi Sunak, first Indian-origin Prime
Minister of UK
Task - To bring back Kohinoor to India

141. Shown in the video is a stunt performed by the actors under proper
supervision and safety which may otherwise look easy on-screen. People
often try such stunts hoping to succeed but ultimately fall into
something fatal. A real-life incident occurred last year, during a big
procession in some country X, a video of which went viral, where two
men were seen doing similar kind of activity with the only exception
being was the latter person getting his jump mistimed and crashing off
the back of the bus before falling headfirst to the ground. This incident
turned the celebration into all blues and the concerned security was
largely compromised.
ID the event being discussed.
(Video on the next slide)
04

142. 04

143. ANSWER
Two fans jumping off the bridge onto Argentina Football Team’s bus during Fifa World Cup
victory procession.

144. "Putin filled with _________ _____ (9,5)" a portrait by Russian conceptual
artist Andrei Molodkin, a harsh denunciation of Putin's government. The
picture consists of the Russian president enclosed in an acrylic block.
The word "Putin" is written at the block's base. The text and image's
outlines are painted with _____. The crimson strokes, however few,
graphically depict the subject's features and expression.
How was this portrait created by Andrei Molodkin?
(Image on the next slide)
05

145. 05
"Putin filled with _________ _____, (9,5)" a portrait by Russian
conceptual artist Andrei Molodkin, a harsh denunciation of
Putin's government. The picture consists of the Russian
president enclosed in an acrylic block. The word "Putin" is
written at the block's base. The text and image's outlines are
painted with _____. The crimson strokes, however few,
graphically depict the subject's features and expression.
How was this portrait created by Andrei Molodkin?

146. ANSWER
It was created using Blood from Ukrainian Civilians

147. Pounce/Bounce
04

148. RULES
● This round has 8 questions.
● The marking scheme for Pounce is +10/-5 while that for bounce is +10/0.
● There is no partial marking for Pounce. However, partial points will be
awarded in Bounce.
● Now, the direct questions will be assigned to the teams in the reverse
order, ie- Team 8 gets the first direct, then Team 7 and so on.
● Do not shout out the answers.
● QMs discretion is final.

149. X arose as an elaborate form of sexual selection, perhaps arising in
______ _____ (6,5). This theory, perhaps the first significant one on X's
origins, is generally credited to Charles Darwin. It first appeared in
Darwin's 1871 book The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to
Sex, and has since been criticized as there is no evidence that either
human sex is "more _______(7)". Recent commentators, citing X's use in
other animals mating systems, have nonetheless propagated and
developed Darwin's theory. X arose alongside language, both of which
supposedly descend from a "shared precursor".
ID X.
01

151. ANSWER
Music
Blank - Mating calls

152. Shown here is a newspaper
cutting of a Victorian-era
press. Give funda behind the
image.
02

154. ANSWER
The image is of a female
abortionist. Since performing an
abortion was considered illegal
during Victorian-era, the press
covered her under crime news.

155. In 1830s America, especially Boston, comical misspellings and
abbreviations were the craze and as was natural for that period, the
newspapers lead the trend. “No Go” would be abbreviated to NG but they
did not stop there, their appetite for humour made them change it to
“Know Go” which then became KG and “No Use” would become “Know
Yuse” (KY).
Although almost every one of these misspellings have faded away with
time, one particular abbreviation has not only stuck around since then but
also happens to be one of the most commonly used words in modern
English and is also said to be the most frequently spoken or written word
on the planet.
Which word’s origins are being discussed and what was it abbreviated
from (3,7)?
03

157. ANSWER
OK - “Oll Korrect”

158. X is a Japanese video game franchise developed, published and owned
by Namco Entertainment. The franchise has been seen as important and
influential and is often used as a representation for 1980's popular
culture and video games as a whole. This was originally named as Y
based off of the character's disc like shape, but the creators feared the
impish Americans at arcade cabinets would make pun out of it by
changing a single letter.
ID Y and the pun word.
04

160. ANSWER
X - Pac Man
Y - Puck Man
Pun - Fuck Man

161. Louisiana, a US state, has a large part of its eastern boundary
demarcated by the Mississippi River due to which it comprises two
wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi
River and the closely linked Chenier Plain nurturing large coastal reefs.
However, due to several factors including subsidence, shoreline erosion,
oil and gas canals, etc, a large part of wetlands have been lost leaving
the region more vulnerable to hurricanes and flooding.
As part of a remedial measure, a non-profit organisation called CRCL
(Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana) established the ______ _____
(6,5) Recycling Programme in 2014.
(Continued on the next slide)
05

162. The program in partnership with New Orleans-area restaurants, started
a campaign of recycling X which they used for shoreline protection
owing to their physical attribute that can absorb breaking waves. Since
its conception, CRCL has been successful in retrieving more than 12.6
million pounds of X and protected over 8,000 feet of shoreline along the
coast.
Nobody could have ever thought that such a valuable idea would be
borne out of X. 'Can eating _______ protect a city from getting drowned?',
asked one of the BBC headlines.
FITB or ID X. How are they being used to fulfill the said purpose?
05

164. ANSWER
X/blanks - Oyster shell
They are used to build natural
reefs/sea walls.

165. X is a slang term popular in medical circles to refer to lesser-equipped
hospitals that serve patients that have been turned away by more
prestigious institutions, i.e., they should look _________(9), and that
would be hospitals that can be called X. X is made out of the above
blank preceded by a prefix that is common in hospital names
especially in America with the reason being that hospitals were
considered public welfare and run and funded by religious
organisations.
ID X, which is also a popular medical drama TV series from the 80s with
several Emmys for its writing, acting and directing.
06

167. ANSWER
X - St. Elsewhere

168. The Dutch Royal Family went into exile when the Netherlands was
occupied by Nazi Germany in 1940, and went to live in Canada. During
this period, Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (born 19
January 1943) was born in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa.
To ensure the child would be eligible to succeed to the throne of the
Netherlands they had to ensure she would not be a Canadian citizen
under the rule of jus soli.
What ruling did the Canadian government pass to ensure she would only
inherit Dutch citizenship from her mother under the principle of jus
sanguinis, which is followed in Dutch nationality law?
07

170. ANSWER
The Canadian government declared that the
hospital is no longer a part of Canada.

171. According to some military manuals, the modern hand-salute originated
when knights greeted each other to show friendly intentions by raising
their visors to show their faces, using a salute. The hand salute has
since evolved and is treated as a military gesture of respect.
The (Indian) Army salute, continues to follow the practice of the palm
facing the officer saluted, while the Air Force (understandably) has a
modified salute where the hand points upwards towards the air. The
Navy on the other hand has a very peculiar salute - with the palm of the
hand facing the earth.
Give funda as to why the navy has a different salute.
08

173. ANSWER
Lower ranks of the Navy almost always had their hands dirty while working at the deck.

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