Quiz conducted at IIMA on 6th July, 2017.

1. The IIMA General
Quiz
Shobhit Shubhankar

2. Prelims
CP noun
acronym for class participation;
IIMA's vocal support to the cause of socialism
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3. 1
The inspiration for this song came when the writer’s son showed him a nursery
school drawing he called depicting one of his classmates. Rumors regarding its title
started circulating shortly after its release.
The writer however categorically denied these claims, countering, “Until someone
pointed it out, I never even thought of it. I mean, who would ever bother to look at
initials of a title?”
Which song? What were these rumors?

5. A
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
It was rumored that the title of the song was a coded reference to LSD

6. 2
It was built in 1573 by an Abyssinian in the retinue of the last Sultan of the Gujarat
Sultanate. It is famous for beautifully carved latticework windows on the side and
rear arches. The rear wall is filled with square stone pierced panels in geometrical
designs. The two bays flanking the central aisle have reticulated stone slabs carved
in designs of intertwined trees and foliage and a palm motif.
Which building?

7. A
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque

8. 3
This geographic term comes from from the Greek for ‘chief sea’. The word was
originally used as a proper name for the Aegean Sea, particularly notable for its
large number of islands, and later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands.
Over time, the general sense arose.
Which term?

10. A
archipelago

11. 4
Which book’s original cover? Who designed it?

12. A
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien

13. 5
Whose empire?

14. A
Genghis Khan

15. 6
The intended name for this car was Model E. However the plan was abandoned
when Ford threatened to sue over the trademark.
Which car? Why was this supposed to be the intended name?

16. A
Tesla Model 3
Tesla already had Model S and Model X. Elon Musk wanted the model
names to spell SEX.

17. 7
The brand’s logo features a reverse B which, the founder says, shows a spirit of
rebellion against the conventional. The brand name is supposed to translate into
‘brother’ in north India and variants of this in other parts of the county. However, in
various other parts of the world it means the product itself. India’s country code,
appended at the end, makes it sound distinctive.
Which brand?

18. A
Bira 91

19. 8
What is this tweet about?

21. A
Serena Williams’ pregnancy
Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are expecting
their first child

22. 9
Which Biblical construction does this painting depict?

23. A
The Tower of Babel

24. 10
What does Dogbert do?

25. A
Consults

26. 11*
The phrase refers to the practice of church bells being rung slowly when a person
dies, or at funeral services. It first featured in English poet and cleric John Donne's
series of meditations and prayers published in 1624. However, it entered popular
imagination only through the story of one Robert Jordan, a young American
attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. The original
passage is as follows:
“No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part
of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if
a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were;
any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore
never send to know ___ ____ ___ ____ _____; It _____ for thee.”
Which phrase?

27. A
for whom the bell tolls

28. 12*
After dropping out of high school in 1905 at age sixteen, he spent the next few
years in brooding idleness. He spent his time wandering around the city of Linz,
Austria, visiting museums, attending the opera, and sitting by the Danube River
dreaming of becoming a great artist. He borrowed large numbers of books from the
library on German history and Nordic mythology. He felt deeply inspired by the
opera works of Richard Wagner and their pagan, mythical tales of struggle against
hated enemies.
In 1907, at age eighteen, he went to live and study in Vienna, having decided to
attend the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. As a young boy he had shown
natural talent for drawing. He took the two day entrance exam for the academy's
school of painting. However, he was not admitted. He went back to the academy to
get an explanation and was told his drawings showed a lack of talent for artistic
painting, notably a lack of appreciation of the human form. He applied again the
following year, but was rejected once again.
Who?

30. A
Adolf Hitler

31. 13*
These monkeys live in the tropical rain forests of Central and South America and
occur as far north as Mexico, living in the upper layers of the rainforest,
and foraging in the high canopy. Disproportionately long limbs and long prehensile
tails make them resemble a creature that is considerably smaller, giving them their
common name.
What are they called?

33. A
Spider Monkey

34. 14*
It was developed in the mid 90s in Colombia, inspired by various Latin American
styles. The name itself has no meaning, and was chosen arbitrarily as a brand
name. However, an explosive rise in its popularity over the recent past has led to
concerns that it might become a generic word.
Which brand?

35. A
Zumba

36. 15*
Introduced during the rule of the sixth Nizam, Mahbub Ali Khan, it is cooked on a
low flame for up to 12 hours in a bhatti. One or two people are required to stir it
continuously with wooden paddles throughout its preparation. When cooked at
home, a wooden hand masher is used to stir it until it reaches a sticky-smooth
consistency, similar to minced meat.
Consumed especially during Iftaar during the month of Ramazan, it was the first
meat-based dish to be awarded a GI tag in India. Which popular dish is this?

37. A
Haleem

38. 16
This design movement emphasizes rationality and functionality by employing clean
lines and forms, and artistic sensibility is combined with the capability for mass
production.
X was first exposed to the movement when he began attending the annual
International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado. He discussed his embrace of
the style in a talk he gave at the 1983 conference. “The current wave of industrial
design is Sony’s high-tech look, which is gunmetal grey, maybe paint it black, do
weird stuff to it,” he said. “It’s easy to do that. But it’s not great.” He proposed
instead an alternative that was more true to the function and nature of the
products. “What we’re going to do is make the products high-tech, and we’re going
to package them cleanly so that you know they’re high-tech. We will fit them in a
small package, and then we can make them beautiful and white...”
Which style? X?

39. A
Bauhaus
X: Steve Jobs

40. 17
The word is derived from a term used by English lawyers in the Middle
Ages meaning "death pledge", and refers to the pledge ending or dying when either
the obligation is fulfilled or the property is taken through foreclosure.
Which word?

41. A
mortgage

42. 18
Who are the narrators?

43. A
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Above the entryway to Centre Court at the Wimbledon Championships
there is an inscription of Rudyard Kipling’s If.

44. 19
Whose joint offering?

45. A
Levi Strauss and Google

46. 20
Whose graduation yearbook entry is this?

47. A
Raghuram Rajan