Enigma 2016 mains - MCKVIE GENERAL QUIZ

ENIGMA’16
Quiz
FINALS
Questions By: Kapish Malhotra ,Rabibrata
Chatterjee , Devamalya Hazra

X was once an incredibly good rugby player.
He was picked in front of All Blacks great Dan Carter at
fly-half in the South Island secondary schools team in
2000.
“That year, 2000, he was playing some awesome footy,
so I spent a fair bit of time on the bench," Carter has
said.
"He was a natural sportsman, good hand-eye."
According to one of the stories, R was worried about
losing X to rugby, with the report suggesting that R
asked X’s mates not to lend him any rugby boots.
Id. X & R

In Greek Mythology Phaethon ascends into heaven, the home of
his suspected father. His mother Clymene had boasted that his
father was the Sun-God or Phoebus. Phaethon went to his father
who swore by the river Styx to give Phaethon anything he would
ask for in order to prove his divine sonship. Phaethon wanted to
drive the chariot of the sun for a day. Phoebus tried to talk him out
of it but Phaethon was adamant.When the day came, the fierce
horses that drew the chariot felt that it was empty because of the
lack of the sun-god's weight, and went out of control.Terrified,
Phaethon dropped the reins.The horses veered from their course,
scorching the earth, burning the vegetation in a specific region on
Earth.
This is the story attributed to much of Africa being a desert &
something else.
What?

Dark Skin of the People Of
Africa

•A monastery- symbol/place of peace and power.
•Shiva in meditation with Mansarovar & Kailash at the
back.
• A Japanese samurai warrior
•God’s eye
•Om
•No. 175
•No. 268
Where would you find these?
(Put Funda)

On his P2P Foundation profile as of 2012, X claimed to be a 37-
year-old male who lived in Japan, but some speculated he was
unlikely to be Japanese due to his use of perfect English and his
creation not being documented or labelled in Japanese.
Some considered X might be a team of people; Dan Kaminsky, a
security researcher who read X's "creation", said that X could
either be a "team of people" or a "genius"; Laszlo Hanyecz, a
former core developer who had emailed X, had the feeling the
"creation" was too well designed for one person.
Occasional British English spelling and terminology (such as the
phrase "bloody hard") in both source comments and forum
postings led to speculation that X, or at least one individual in the
consortium claiming to be him, was of Commonwealth origin.
Id. X and Give his "creation"?

1. Some modern interpreters sequence X in a definitive
order, from simple life-forms to more complex, and see X
as a reflection, or a foreshadowing, of the modern theory
of evolution.
Given on the next page is the Theory of Evolution
Interpretation of X !
Give me X.

• Life originated from the Ocean. Fish were the first vertebrates.
• Amphibians then came out of water and survived on the land part
of the Earth.
• Mammals, wild land animals (Indicates Mammals origin in Triassic
Period. This is the next milestone of Evolution. The complete
transition of life form from Oceans to Lands.
• This is the first concept of Homo sapiens and actually this is
evolution gone wrong. There are lot of evolution stages that went
wrong and there by got extinct from the face of Earth. Now
comes the evolution which went right.
• The dwarf naked man- This is evolution in right direction with
where Chimpanzees finally evolved into Human beings.
• Early humans living in forests and using weapons.
• Humans living in community, beginning of civil society
• Humans practicing animal husbandry, politically advanced
societies
• Humans finding enlightenment
• Advanced humans with great powers of destruction.

2. X is an Indian television series that was originally telecast in
1999–2000. Each episode in the series is a separate story
written and directed by young and upcoming writer-directors
and it carried the special intensity for a different feeling but all
about proper human condition and indicating that each person
has something great at heart (love, affection etc.).
Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of
the series include some of the modern day popular directors like
Anurag Kashyap, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Imtiaz Ali, Sriram
Raghavan and Hansal Mehta and performances from actors like
Kay Kay Menon and Irfan Khan.
Which TV Show?

Scorecard from a Baroda u-16 vs. Mumbai u-16 Match held in 2009.
Id the Missing Name and Give the Funda.
(Been In NewsVery Recently)

Hardik Pandya
His Jersey No. is thus 228

3. ____________ is an American entertainment and
merchandising franchise built around a live action
children's television series. Despite initial criticism for
its action violence targeted to child audiences, the
franchise has continued, and as of 2016 the show
consists of 23 television seasons of 19 different themed
series and two theatrical films, with a third film coming
out in 2017.
It debuted on August 28, 1993 and helped launch the
Fox Kids programming block of the 1990s, during which
it catapulted into popular culture along with a line of
action figures and other toys by Banda.
What?

4. The word X is also often used to refer only to the
shells of snails or other marine mollusks , which overall
are often shaped more or less like an egg, except that
they are rather flat on the underside.
Shells of certain species have historically been used as
currency in several parts of the world, as well as being
used, in the past and present.
Shells that had a hole in their center were considered
defective and had no monetary value. Which gives rise
to a popular Hindi Phrase that is meant to be an insult.
Give me the Phrase or the term used to describe the
shells that were defective.

An extinct creature Elasmotherium sibiricum was
believed to have been extinct 350,000 years ago, until
recently in March 2016 its skull was discovered in the
Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan provides evidence that
they only died out about 29,000 years ago and that it
existed alongside Humans.The creature was essentially
a rhinoceros with the body that resembled a horse,
scientists have said.The creature is said to have lived
mostly in the regions of modern day Siberia.
Because of its stunning resemblance with another
animal, it has been given the name Siberian _________
.
FIB

Wikipedia Disambiguation Page forWhat?

Fill the Blank in this recently
released poster byTheViral Fever

Before agreeing on taking up the responsibility of
Planning Chandigarh, the French Architect Le
Corbusier laid out a two conditions.
The first one said that there would be no statues
in Parks or at the crossings of the roads.
The second condition remained non-violated until
2016 when an exception was proposed to be
added to this condition.
Give me the second condition and the exception
to it.

No Roads Or Public Places would be named
after a person or historical figure.
The ChandigarhAirport is being renamed as
Bhagat Singh Airport.

The physical incarnations of two universes (referred
to as "the Brothers") became aware of each other
after eons of slumber.To prevent the Brothers from
destroying each other, there was a battle to
determine which universe would survive.
When the fighting concluded, neither universe was
willing to go.To prevent total destruction, the Spectre
and the LivingTribunal created an ____X____
universe, in which only Access and Dr. Strangefate
knew the truth about the merge
This is the story behind the
creation of what?
Give Funda

Out of the 54 tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, the Idu
Mishmi tribe consider itself to be the lineage of X’s
wife.Their fables tell tale of their princess who fell in
love with X and eloped with him after opposition to
marriage from her father and brother.
The Idu Mishmi tribe has a characteristic style of
chopping their hair due to which they re known as
“Chulikataas” .
It is explained as an act of punishment by X, which
they now regard as a mark of honour.
Id. X and Give the Funda behind the story.

The following is the OST of the Last
of Mohicans, this along with the OST
of theTerminator influenced the
Theme of a very iconic Bollywood
Movie.
Id.

In 1965, Lata Mangeshkar sung a cover
version of title song of Charade by Henry
Mancini for an Indian suspense thriller film
directed by Raja Nawathe, starring Manoj
Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood.
The same song has been covered again for a
2016 Bollywood movie but this time as a duet
by Antara Mitra and Jubin Nautiyal.
Id.The song.

Filming the Opening Credits
of StarWars

Sher Shah Suri during his rule of India between 1540
and 1545,released three different coins Mohur, the
gold coin and Rupiya the silver coin and X, the copper
coin.
WatchYour Language lists the coin as one of the
possible sources for an English phrase, due to its small
worth.
Just Give me the Phrase.

Winds of Samsara, a collaboration of R with South
African flautist Wouter Kellerman came out in
december 2014. R and Kellerman had build a bond
over Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. In an
interview with Rolling Stone magazine, R has noted
that given Mandela’s admiration for Gandhi and
Gandhi’s years in SouthAfrica, the duo believed it
would make for an interesting cross cultural
collaboration.
This made R the latest to be on the list of many
notables.
Identify R & give funda to the list.

Surfs up 2Wavemania
Characters are the animated versions & have
voice dubbed by WWE characters

First Known Use to be around 1885 by datewise chronology
It originated from the fact that a player had to conceal his emotions
during the runtime of the game.

A potential love interest of Indra,
this mythological character saw
through Indra, when he was
seducing her disguised as her
husband, but still accepting his
advances. Later the couple were
cursed by Gautama for life.
CombiningWith shades ofThe
Collection, an episode fromThe
Twilight ZoneTV series and
Satyajit Ray's short story on
Professor Shonku, a recent
adaptation, managed to
beautifully tell the story of this
mythological character.

Here is somebody taking
pride in his own creation, and
that according to him he
didn’t leave out anybody , in
1912 :
“The blue & yellow of Sweden, the blue &
white of Greece, the tri-colours of
France,England & America, Germany
,Belgium,Italy, Hungary, the yellow & Red of
Spain next to the novelties of Brazil or
Australia, with old Japan & New China. Here is
truly an international symbol. “
What symbol ? Or who is being talked about
here

Baron Pierre de
Coubertin on the
Olympic rings.

Name X the magazine
• X a magazine for the African American
market was founded by John H. Johnson
and has published continuously since the
autumn of 1945.
• X cover photography has since its inception
focused on African American celebrities &
politicians, from Dorothy Dandridge and
Whitney Houston, to Michael Jackson
and Barack Obama
• Advertisers have for decades created ads
specifically for the pages of X that featured
black models using their products.

Identify X,Y,Z
X was a confection which was first created by
Rowntree’s ofYork England.
It is now produced worldwide byY, which
acquired Rowntree in 1988, except for United
States where it is made under licence by Z.
Each bar consists of fingers composed of three
layers of cream filled wafer.covered in an
outer layer of chocolate.
Launched in 1935, X was originally known as
“Chocolate Crisp”

X- KIT KAT ,
Y- Nestle’s
Z – Hershey’s

When a spinal manipulation is performed, the
applied force separates the articular surfaces of
a fully encapsulated synovial joint, which in turn
creates a reduction in pressure within the joint
cavity. In this low-pressure environment, some
of the gases that are dissolved in the synovial
fluid (which are naturally found in all bodily
fluids) leave the solution, making a bubble, or
cavity, which rapidly collapses upon itself,
resulting in a "clicking" sound.The contents of
the resultant gas bubble are thought to be
mainly carbon dioxide.
What process is being talked about ?

In June 2015, the United States box
office saw a historical week by
virtue of the fact that it saw the
highest & the lowest weekend
openings ever till then.
“JurrasicWorld” being the one with
the highest record.
Which was the other?

As a part of a pro-bono agreement
between the state ofAndhra Pradesh
& Singapore, along with the private
agency Surbana Jurong , three
masterplans were developed for the
city ofAmravati, to be built at an
expected cost of 1 trillion rupees.
However the first draft masterplan
was recently sent back to puzzled
Singaporeans. A 6th century work by
Varahamihira was cited as the reason
by APCRDA(Andhra Pradesh Capital
Region Development Authority)
behind the rejection.
What was the reason ?

Traditionally nomads or iron smelters and slash burn
cultivators hence mostly nomadic.Their existence is confined
to pockets of Jharkhand, Bihar,WB & some other states.
It is said that this particular community hugely supplied
weapons to the Magadh Empire.
While most of the country rejoices & celebrates something
over a period of days, these people hold a period of mourning
over the same during which they largely stay indoors.
The UNESCO has listed their language as "definitely
endangered” with just about 7000
speakers left.
Who are we talking about ?

ASURATRIBE –
CLAIMTO BE
DESCENDENTS
OF MAHISASURA
THE DEMON GOD

India & Pakistan were the latest to
join in – logo of which historically
international body ?

From the time of theThirtyYears' War (1618–
1648) when Croatian mercenaries from the
Croatian Military Frontier in French service, it
aroused the interest of the Parisians. Due to
the slight difference between the Croatian
word for Croats, Hrvati, and the French word,
Croates, the garment gained the name
"cravat" ("cravate" in French).
The boy-king Louis XIV began wearing a
cravat about 1646, when he was seven, and
set the fashion for French nobility.
International Necktie Day is celebrated on
October 18 in Croatia and in various cities
around the world, e.g. in Dublin,Tübingen,
Como,Tokyo, Sydney and other towns.

When Awadh's last Nawab Wajid Ali
Shah was exiled in 1856 to the Kolkata
suburb of Metiabruz, Shah brought his
personal chef along with him. He altered
the recipe of Lucknow Biryani a bit for a
specific reason.
What did he add and why did he do it ?

Introduction of potato
The poorer households of Kolkata, which could not
afford meat, used potatoes instead, which went on to
become a specialty of the Calcutta biryani

He served as a long-time director of
FBI, and became known for secretly
monitoring the activities of
organizations that were considered
subversive, including the Black
Panthers, the Socialist Workers Party
and the Ku Klux Klan. His death
coincided with the chaos created by the
Watergate scandal.

Microsoft ___________ was a legendary
failure of a product that lasted for only 48
days although Microsoft invested two
years and about US$1 billion developing
the ______ platform, making it one of the
fastest discontinued MS product.

Said to be the world’s safest handgun
ammo, it’s revolutionary design uses
large lead shotgun pellets rather than
solid lead for a bullet's core, resulting in
world’s one of the
fastest ammo, yet with much less recoil
than standard (slower) ammunition

Although the exact origins of X are unknown,
the earliest reference to X was mentioned by
a monk named Luitprand, who served at a
cathedral in Chartres, France. It was seen
commonly much later in the 14th century, the
firmest evidence being a depiction in the
1338 fresco Allegory of Good Government by
Ambrogio Lorenzetti.
The ingredients for preparing the main
element X houses are a mixture of
• Powdered marble.
• Tin/lead oxide.
• Pulverized, burnt eggshell.
Identify X.

Named after one of the most formidable
villains in popular culture, it is the
distributed data store used by LinkedIn
for high scalability storage.

Possibly the most powerful green lantern,
belonging to Sector 2261 Mogo is known for
his inability to socialize. He avoided
announcing his presence, preferring to
represent itself using pseudonymous
holograms. We are unaware of how old
Mogo is, where he comes from, the origin of
his intelligence or the nature of his powers.
When he became corrupt he was ultimately
destroyed by John Stewart.
What makes him the most powerful GL ?
What is so special about him ?

It’s a planet.The only green lantern
with a biological ecosystem

In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather refused the
academy award on behalf of a notable actor
on the grounds that Native Americans had
virtually no representation in the film
industry and were primarily used as extras,
and that Leading roles depicting Indians in
several generations of Westerns were
almost always given to white actors,
resulting in the audience booing the person
on dais for the first time on academy history.
Name the actor.

Marlon Brando for ‘The Godfather’

BOLLYWOOD MOVIES
INSPIRED FROM HOLLYWOOD
FLICKS
(Just For Fun)

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