The inaugural quiz of Grey Matter, the quizzing club of NMAMIT, Nitte, for the academic year 2018-19 conducted by Shreyas R P on 25th August, 2018.

1. By Shreyas R P

2.  15 questions of 1 mark each.
 Last 5 questions are tie-breakers.
 No hint will be given in case of a valid
objection.
 No usage of mobile phones.
 Quiz Master’s decision is final.

3. The first attested use of X is from 1781 and means
an odd person.
There is a well-known myth about the word X that
says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named
Richard Daly made a bet that he could introduce a
word into the language within 24 hours. He then
went out and hired a group of street urchins to
write the word X, which was a nonsense word, on
walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the
word was common currency and had acquired a
meaning (since no one knew what it meant,
everyone thought it was some sort of test) and
Daly had some extra cash in his pocket.
What is X?
1.

4. This photo was shared on Twitter by ___.
2.

5. What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
3.

6. 4. Identify

7. 5.
In an interview appearing on May 4, 2017
on NPR, Scott McCoskery described how he
invented a device in 2014 to cope with his own
twitching in IT meetings and conference
calls. In response to requests from an online
community, he began selling the device he
called the Torqbar online.
What is the device more popularly known as?

8. 6.
X was born on 25th December 1924 in Gwalior.
X penned down a poem ‘Kya Khoya Kya Paya’,
whose video featured Y, and was sung by Jagjit
Singh with an opening commentary by Amitabh
Bachchan.
Identify X and Y.

9. 7.
Match.
W.C.Rontgen : C.V.Raman
ENIAC : HEC-2M
House of Cards : ___________

10. What has been blacked out?8.

11. 9.
Name the movie.

12. 10.
On November 2, 2015, the source image, taken by
photographer Antonion Guillem, was posted on the
stock photo database iStock.
According to a post published on the Meme
Documentation Tumblr blog, the earliest known
captioned version of the photo was submitted to a
Turkish Facebook group at an unknown date. On
January 30th, 2017, the Prog Düşmanlarına Verilen
Müthiş Cevaplar Facebook page posted the image
with captions identifying the man as Phil Collins
peering pop music while prog music looks on.
On April 15th, 2018, it was named "Meme of the
Year" at the 10th annual Shorty Awards.
What am I talking about?

13. Name this car. Why is it special to India?11.

14. 12.
X is a messaging application by a Haridwar-
based firm which had put it’s trial version on
Google Play Store on 15-8-2018 for
downloads, almost 2 months after it was taken
down hastily.
The firm led by Y, alleged that it was a
conspiracy by multinational companies against
the Swadeshi firm and said the app will be back
soon.
Identify X and Y.

15. Connect.13.

16. Lionel Messi has scored 103 goals in the UEFA
Champions League, only trailing behind
Cristiano Ronaldo who has scored 123.
Who is the third highest scorer with 77 goals?
14.

17. X was called Pandya Nagari during the period
of Jain rule.
The Alupas were the first to rule X. It attained
political and cultural importance from the time
of the Kalasa kingdom that was established by
King Bhairava between the 13th and 16th
centuries.
X is on top of a granite bed that is about 300-
500 ft thick.
Name X.
15.

18.  There will be 3 rounds.
 Each round will have a different set of rules.
 No usage of mobile phones throughout the
finals.
 Quiz Master’s decision is final.

19. Who is he? What did he start?
Audience question

20. Shiggy, an IG comedian who started the Kiki
Challenge.

21.  Every question is addressed to the team
succeeding the team that answered the previous
question.
 If no team answers the question, the next
question is addressed to the team succeeding the
team to whom the previous question was
addressed.
 When it is not your turn, you can pounce on the
question by raising your hand.
 To the team addressed: +10/0
 To the successive teams: +5/0
 To the pouncing team: +10/-5

22. The Scaptia X, a rare species of horse fly
found in Queensland, Australia, was named
after X. Scientist Bryan Lessard said it was
"the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's
abdomen that led me to name this fly in
honour of the performer”.
Identify X.

24. Beyonce Knowles

25. Connect.
1. Bhin Bhin
2. Kaka
3. Atung

27. Mascots of the Asian Games 2018

28. Where will you find these?

31. X was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town in
the British protectorate of the Zanzibar (now
part of Tanzania) on 5 September 1946. His
parents were Parsis from the Gujarat region of
the then-province of Bombay Presidency in
British India. X spent most of his childhood in
India and began taking piano lessons at the
age of seven. X designed the logo of his band
which combines the zodiac signs of all four
members: two lions for Leo, a crab for Cancer,
and two fairies for Virgo.
X died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications
from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his
death that he had contracted the disease.

33. Freddie Mercury

34. In the 1920s, suntanned skin stopped being
associated with workers, and became a trendy
fashion statement. Which fashion designer
returned from her holiday with a suntan, and
started this new trend?

36. Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel

37.  Alarippu
 Jatiswaram
 Shabdam
 Varnam
 Padam
 Thillana
What are these words associated with?

39. Bharatanatyam

40.  Each slide contains an Amul cartoon strip.
 Teams are expected to mention on what
event did Amul publish it.
 Same rules as Infinite Bounce, which will
proceed in the reverse order.

41. Put funda
Audience question:

46. Disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight
MH370 on March 8th, 2014.

49. Most re-tweeted tweets on Twitter ( Till April
5, 2017 )

52. The issue of outside food being allowed into
multiplexes in Maharashtra.

55. 18 year old Hima Das wins India's first ever
track gold in a global event.

58. Unveiling of Kohli’s wax statue at Madame
Tussauds Delhi.

59.  There will be a total of 6 slides, each with a
short connect.
 Short connect scoring : +10/-5
 Each of the 6 short connect answers lead to a
long connect.
 Long connect scoring will be mentioned in
the individual slides.

60. Anagrams
1. A bad man (no lies)
2. Do real filth
3. I'll make a wise phrase
4. Mr Homo Sapiens
5. Cinema
6. So I'm Cuter
7. Team Womans
8. Fine in torn jeans
Audience question:

61. 1. Osama bin Laden
2. Adolf Hitler
3. William Shakespeare
4. A Homer Simpson
5. M.Caine
6. Tom Cruise
7. Emma Watson
8. Jennifer Aniston

62. +500/-250

63. +200/-100

64. +100/-50

65. +50/-25

66. +20/-10

67. +5/0

68. Answer

69. Hosts of various versions of KBC

70. See you at the next quiz, coming soon…