Enigma 2k17 Prelims.. General Quiz @ Pragati 2k17, Tech Fest of MCKV Institute of Engineering, Howrah

1. ENIGMA’17
General Quiz
RABIBRATA ROUND :P
#tradition

2. • Quiz conducted by:
Saptarshi Chakraborty
Subham Saha
Sayan Bhattacharyya
Debojyoti Dey
• SpecialThanks to Kapish Da & Rabibrata Da 

3. • 26 Question Prelims
• Alphabet Soup type answers(A-Z)
• Top 8 teams qualify
• R,A,B,I,T are starred questions which shall resolve
ties.
• If the tie persists then Sudden Death applies.
• Quizmaster is God

4. HEY YOU!!!
Don’t Google

5. What is being talked about?
• Each team to consist of two policemen. Mostly one male and one
female
• Two to three teams could be deployed in the jurisdiction of one police
station
• Number of teams deployed would depend on the number of schools
and colleges in the area
• They will move around in uniform and in some cases in plain clothes
• Teams would comprise constables, head constables, ASI and SI

6. Anti-Romeo Squad

8. Baby faced assassin

9. X are commonly made of bamboo, plastic, wood,
or stainless steel.They are less commonly made
from gold, silver, porcelain, jade, or ivory.
Using X involves over 30 joints and 50 muscles in
the fingers, wrist, arm, shoulder as well as
thousands of nerves.
The fear of X is called “Consecotaleophobia.”
What is X?

10. Chopsticks

11. The first week of February, starting on Sunday and ending on Saturday
is celebrated as ____ week, where users of social networking websites
change their profile pictures to that of celebrities, athletes, historical
figures, or friends with whom they share appearance traits.
This thing started back in 2010.
"It's ____ week on Facebook; change your profile picture to someone
famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like.
After you update your profile with your twin or switched at birth photo
then cut/paste this to your status.“
FITB.

12. Doppelganger

13. X is a German musical project founded in 1990 by
Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu,
David Fairstein and Frank Peterson.
Their first album was MCMXC a.D. which received over 57
platinum awards worldwide, and topped the charts in 41
countries.
X has released 8 albums so far.The eighth album, 'The Fall
of a RebelAngel', was released on November 2016.
Name X.

14. Enigma

15. X is a famous international cricketer who
made his International debut in 2011 against
India. He is the first batsman in cricket
history to score centuries in all three formats
of cricket at a single venue.
Identify X.

16. Francois "Faf" du Plessis

17. X was developed by US-based software writer SteveWilhite
while working at the internet service provider CompuServe in
1987 and has since come into widespread usage on theWorld
WideWeb due to its wide support and portability. CompuServe
introduced X to provide a color image format for their file
downloading areas. It has become quite a popular thing on
internet now a days.
X was voted as Oxford's 'USWord of theYear' in 2012.The
disagreement over the pronunciation of X once led to heated
Internet debate.
Which thing is being talked about?

18. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)

19. Despite having an apparently vacuous mind, X possesses in-
depth knowledge about the composition of the Supreme
Court of the United States, Incan mythology, bankruptcy law
and cell biology.
He works as safety inspector of a Nuclear Power Plant. Apart
from his day job, X has worked as an Ambulance driver,
Blackjack dealer, Car designer, Salesman, Film critic, Food
critic etc.
Who?

20. Homer Simpson

21. This word originated back in mid 17th
century literally meaning 'unknown'.
Its is derived from a Latin word which
refers to a person who wants to remain
anonymous to the world and others, in
hiding or shut off from humanity.
Which word?

22. Incognito

23. Who's the writer of these books?

24. JK Rowling

25. ______ foods are those that conform to the regulations of Jewish dietary law.
In the ____ system, foods are classified as being either "dairy," "meat" or "neutral"
(neither dairy nor meat).
Foods that meet the ______ dietary laws are labeled with symbols including
E.g.
-D: Foods that contain dairy products usually contain a "D" or the word "Dairy"
after the _____ symbol.
-M: The products are Meat/Poultry.
: Foods that are considered neutral or "Pareve“.
FITB

26. Kosher

27. Five basic dimensions of which thing?
• The horizontal pitch, or distance between knobs: 8mm.
• The vertical pitch, or height: 9.6mm.
• The horizontal tolerance: 0.1mm
(The horizontal tolerance prevents friction.)
• The knob diameter: 4.8mm
• The height of a knob: 1.8mm
*Most of the dimensions are even multiples of 0.8mm.

28. Lego

29. Definition of which word?

31. Identify the person alongside theAmul girl.

32. N. R. Narayana Murthy

33. When BavarianCrown Prince Ludwig married Princess
Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen in 1810,The citizens of the
city were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in
front of the city gates to celebrate the royal event.
Later it transformed into a public festival and has been
celebrated every year since then. In its history of over 200
years, it has only been cancelled 24 times.The causes were
mostly due to the war and cholera epidemics.
Locals call it “Wiesn”.What is it popularly known as?

34. OKTOBERFEST

35. Which everyday object is
described in a musical
metaphor as having three sets
of notes that unfold over time,
with the immediate impression
of the top note (or the head
note) leading to the deeper
middle notes (also referred to
as heart notes), and the base
notes gradually appearing as
the final stage?

36. Perfumes

37. In 2011The Royal Dutch Mint issued
these coins to celebrate the
centenary of its current building
and premises in Utrecht.The
limited edition silver €5 and gold
€10 were issued on June 22, 2011.
Some feature was incorporated in
those coins which made them the
very first of that type.
What feature?

38. QR Coded Coins

39. ________, Inc. is a Japanese electronic commerce and Internet
company based inTokyo. Its B2B2C e-commerce platform _____ Ichiba
is the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest
by sales.
Hiroshi Mikitani founded the company in February 1997 as MDM, Inc.,
and is still its chief executive. In June 1999, the company changed its
name to _______, Inc.The Japanese word ______ means optimism.
It has recently signed a deal with some well-known organization.
FITB.

41. X's logo is named after Ghostface Killah, a
member of the hip-hop groupWu-Tang
Clan.
When X first started in 2011, it was named
Picaboo. It later changed its name to X.
What is X?

42. Snapchat

43. In 1941, Stalin ordered to open the tomb of X. X's coffin was supposedly cursed
and it read: “Whoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible
than I”.
Two days after the Soviets opened theTomb, Hitler invaded Russia.The invasion
came without formal declaration ofWar.The Soviet Union suffered numerous
defeats at the hand of Hitler.
After few months, Stalin started believing in the curse, and ordered that the
remains of X be returned to theTomb.The Soviets returned the remains to the
tomb in December 1942 with full Islamic burial rights. Nearly a month later, the
Nazi surrendered and Stalin won the Battle of Stalingrad.
Who is referred to as X? The ‘name’ was in news few months ago

44. Timur orTamerlane

45. His gimmick was a horror-themed, macabre entity who
employed scare tactics and held links to the supernatural.
The character was reinvented as a biker during a period in
the early 2000s before returning to his previous gimmick in
2004.
Among many of his achievements, he will remain
memorable for something that began on March 24, 1991
and went on until April 7, 2013 before something happened
almost a year later.
Who is he?

47. If someone has
Lachanophobia, which
thing is he/she afraid of?

48. Vegetables

49. Some particular people have been asking for this to
happen for some years now, although the cause is quite
debatable.
Recently this 'thing' has been spotted in some unusual
places, irrespective of what occasion it is, e.g. protest
rally against DonaldTrump, Coldplay concert, Protest
against South African President,Wrestlemania etc.
What am I talking about?
(Two word answer)

51. ______ 2.0 is a mansion owned by Bill Gates that overlooks LakeWashington in
Medina, Washington.The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) mansion is noted for its
design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed _______ 2.0 after the title
character's estate in Citizen Kane.
Hint: Magician Mandrake
FITB.

52. Xanadu 2.0

53. Blofeld: "James Bond, allow me to introduce
myself. I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld.They told me
you were assassinated in Hong Kong.“
Bond: "Yes, this is my second life.“
Blofeld: "_____ ______ ____ _____ , Mr. Bond“
FITB.

54. You Only LiveTwice

55. What is created with these machines?

56. ZEBRA CROSSINGS