Zibezi created a self portrait with Native American elements to emphasize the character's backstory, which was compared to Jean-Michel Basquiat's abstract works. Outlook 2010 uses a silhouette as its default picture, believed to be a nod to an infamous 1977 incident in Albuquerque conspiracy theorists linked to Bill Gates. The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana building in Rome exemplifies Italian Rationalism and fascist architecture, with its 6 vertical and 9 horizontal arches reflecting the numbers in Benito Mussolini's name.

1. General Set for CQF
18 July, 2021
Hariharan S

2. 1.
When artist Zibezi was hired for this project, he was tasked to
create a self portrait with Native American touch in it. To
emphasize the backstory of the character, he included a tent, an
Indian arrow, a monster's shadow, schizophrenia portion and
coloured the face in brown shade.
Looking at the work, an art student from Illinois compared the
self portrait with Jean-Michel Basquiat's abstract works.
Which work are we talking about?

5. Da Song’s Self Portrait in Parasite

6. 2.
The Silhouette picture shown here is
used as the default display picture in
Outlook 2010.
Even though not confirmed by the
company, this picture is believed to
be a nod to an infamous incident that
took place in 1977 at Albuquerque by
the conspiracy theorists.
Which incident?

7. Bill Gates Mug Shot

8. 3.
The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana is a building in Rome, considered
to be an example of Italian Rationalism and fascist architecture
with neoclassical design, encompassing the past, present, and
future all in one.
a) What is the inspiration behind the arches in this building?
b) According to a legend, the structure's six vertical and nine
horizontal arches are correlated to which Italian fascist
symbol?

10. Colosseum, Number of Letters in Benito
Mussolini’s name (6,9)

11. 4.
From past decade choker has become a popular fashion symbol
among a certain demographic people because of it’s potential to
hide something without performing any surgical procedure.
Which demography? What are they hiding using chokers?

12. Transgender women, Adam’s Apple

13. 5.
Ed Cubberly is a USA based artist, sculptor famous for designing a
variety of fiberglass goalie masks in 90's for NHL players like Mike
Richter, Tom Barrasso, Olaf Kolzig, Sean Burke, Jim Carey.
Looking at his designs from a sports store, someone contacted
him to design a custom piece that will refrain the wearer from
eating.
What did he end up creating?

14. The Silence of the Lambs Mask

15. 6.
Sugata Mitra is a computer scientist, who is known for starting an
experiment called Hole in the Wall.
In 1999, his team carved a hole in their NIIT premise wall and put
a freely accessible computer for the use of underprivileged
children in the adjacent slum. Without any help, these children
learnt to use computer and acquired a wide range of knowledge
on their own.
According to a civil servant, this experiment inspired him to come
up with his debut 2005 novel. Identify the work.

16. Q&A by Vikas Swarup

17. 7.
Eventhough the first observation was documented in Kansas and
initially affected regions in Europe were France, Germany and UK,
these countries censored the magazines to stop panic among the
public and to maintain morale.
Newspapers in a neighbouring country were free to report,
including it’s effect on King Alfonso XIII, and these stories created
a false impression later.
a) What are we talking about, named after the later country?
b) Why other countries were censoring their issues, thanks to the
time?

18. Spanish flu, World War I
Spain was a neutral country, whereas the other European
countries were involved in the war

19. 8.
Even though he came to India multiple times from 1986, his
purpose in 2020 was different. He planned on a road trip to nine
cities with his mentor from the hub Mumbai to places like
Bangalore, Kolkata, Vadodara, Jodhpur, Delhi, Agra, Mathura and
Dharamshala for a photography project.
He captured thousands of photos and compiled 200 of them
under the title Spirit of Cricket.
Who? What honour did he achieve through this project?

23. Steve Waugh
Wisden photograph of the year

24. 9.
These are works from a 1902 book by Henri Rivire as a tribute to
the greatest sight in the city of light.
It consists of painting that offers stunning view of piercing sky,
street scene populated with daring construction workers far
above the earth and peacefully distant above a tranquil Seine.
a) Around which marvel were these works created?
b) Which 18th century series from a different part of the world
was the inspiration for Henri to paint different views of the
city’s landscape?

27. Eiffel Tower, 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

28. 10.
Due to the rising prices after 2008 recession, a group of people
changed their lifestyle and adapted to live in congestive
environment. Most of this demography traditionally earned
through seasonal job opportunities, thanks to their changing
lifestyle.
Capitalizing on their short contract jobs, a large scale employer in
USA created job opportunities for them during the holiday
season, paying them up to $500 every month with additional
benefits including parking spaces.
Which demography are they hiring? Also identify the company.

29. Nomads (People who live in RVs), Amazon

30. 11.
Shown here is the Holocaust Memorial at Berlin.
During it’s construction, Degussa AG won the contract for
producing a repellent substance called Protectosil that was used
to paint over these slabs. It went on to create a huge controversy
but was ignored by the government.
a) From what modern problem does this repellent save the
memorial?
b) Why Degussa’s involvement created a fuss?

32. Anti-graffiti coating, Degussa manufactured Zyklon-B

33. 12.
Shown in the image is an example of a __________ trail, a graphical
control element frequently used as a navigational aid in user
interfaces. It allows users to keep track and maintain awareness of
their locations within programs, documents, or websites,
displaying a hierarchy of the current page in relation to the
website's structure.
The name of this graphical element traces it's origin to a 19th
century work, where two persons unsuccessfully use this entity to
track their own path for safety?

35. Breadcrumbs - Hansel & Gretel

36. 13.
One of the traditional themes of Arabic poetry involves
comparing this species with the beloved and hence linguists
theorize a certain word for love poetry traces it’s etymology to
this antelope.
a) Which amatory form of poetry is this, often used to express
the pain of loss and the beauty of love?
b) Due to abundance of these antelopes in the area and folk
tales involving them, which middle-eastern city gets it’s name,
literally meaning father of this species?

38. Ghazal from Gazelle
Abu Dhabi – Abu (father), Dhabi (Gazelle)

39. 14.
Nationals is a Washington based MLB team who organize a
promotional race in middle of their home games.
This race mostly takes place between four characters namely Tom,
George, Abe and Teddy, which are basically people topped with
giant foam caricature heads as shown in the picture.
a) What is the inspiration behind selecting these four characters
often? (not looking for a broader set that contains 45 people)
b) Put funda behind their jersey numbers.

41. Presidents in Mt. Rushmore
They were the (n)th President of USA
(George 1st, Jefferson 3rd, Lincoln 16th, Roosevelt 26th presidents of USA)

42. 15.
Researcher Jeremy Paxman was trying to find about a certain
Rachel in France, who involved in a crazy event in 1888.
With her research, she discovered Rachel was a common title
prostitutes take back then, and her real name was Gabrielle. Her
descendants confirmed Gaby’s involvement in brothel house not
as a prostitute but she was a cleaner. She also worked part-time
as a waiter in a nearby night café.
What was the subject of this research? Or identify the 1888
incident.

43. To whom did Van Gogh gift his ear?