General Quiz QM - Dharma Rane Quanta - The Official Quiz Club of NIT Goa

1. Quanta monthy

2. Rules
 Consists of 5 rounds, each 6 questions(aprroximately).
 Each question has 10 points, unless said other wise.
 All rounds are under infinite bounds (except last round ).
 Infinite Pounce (-10 for wrong, +20 for right ).
 Each team also gets to stake once
 If correctly answered, the staked question doubles the points
earned prior to that question earned in that round.
 No “net working”

3. Round One

4. # is a surface with only one side and only one boundary It was discovered
independently by the German mathematician August
Ferdinand…. and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858. It is straightforward to
find algebraic equations, the solutions of which have the topology of #. A
system ofdifferential-algebraic equations that describes models of this type
was published in 2007 together with its numerical solution. The Euler
characteristic of the # is zero.

6. In 1885 Melchior Neumayr deduced the existence of the
X from Mesozoic marine sediments and their
distribution, calling his concept 'Zentrales Mittlemeer'
and describing it as a Jurassic seaway that extended
from the Caribbean to the Himalayas. X was named in
1893 by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess after the
Titan X, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and the sister
and consort of Oceanus, the ancient Greek god of the
ocean.

7. Tethys Ocean

8. Connect

9. Companies Inspired by Greek Mythology
(Names)

10. The first manned mission to the Moon since the near-
disastrous Apollo 13 is on its way home after two
successful moon walks. There was just one moment
of serious concern: as Apollo 14 left its orbit around
the Earth for the Moon, a docking probe failed to
work, putting the mission's ability to return in
jeopardy.
In the event, a manual docking went perfectly.
There were also light-hearted moments. At the end
of today's moonwalk, Alan Shepard became the first
man to ----- on the Moon, using a ----- and -----
head he had smuggled on board inside his space suit.

11. Played golf on the moon

13. Alfred Tennyson
Alfred ……..
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock,

14. I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up
against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in
there with all they've got and ----------------. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll
know about it, and I'll be happy.“
Rockne used the story of -----, along with this deathbed line that he attributed to -----, to
rally his team to a 12-6 upset of the previously undefeated Army team of 1928, with Jack
Chevigny scoring the famous “---------------" tying touchdown at Yankee Stadium.
Chevigny was later killed in action in World War II at Iwo Jima.
The phrase “----------------------" was later used as a political slogan by Ronald Reagan,
who in 1940 portrayed --- in Knute Rockne, All American and was often referred to as "The
---------". His most famous use of the phrase was at the 1988 Republican National
Convention when he told Vice President George H. W. Bush, "George, go out there and ---
-----------------." The term was also used by President George W. Bush at the 2004
Republican Convention when he honored the recently deceased President Reagan by
stating, "this time we can truly-------------."

15. “Win just one for the Gipper”

16. Round 2

17. The Chalmun's Cantina is a fictional bar (cantina)
located in the "pirate city". It is the haunt of freight
pilots and other dangerous characters and contains
booths, a bar counter, and some free-standing tables,
and sometimes a band of musicians named Figrin D'an
and the Modal Nodes.
The establishment is extremely rough in nature, and
the clientele and the management give incidents of
deadly violence no more than a moment's attention.
Name the pirate city.

18. Mos Eisley. Star Wars city.

19. A ----------- is an offensive move used in professional and sport
wrestling. A ------------ is a throw that involves lifting the opponent
and bridging or rolling to slam the opponent on their back.
Though there are many variations, the term -------(without
qualifiers) can also refer specifically to the vertical ------------.

20. Suplex

21. A tweet by this celebrity in Jan 2016 read:
Eat bread. Lose weight. Whaaatttt? #ComeJoinMe [...]
Containing a link to diet company Weight Watchers (in which
she has a stake), this tweet is said to have influenced its share
price going up by 20% by the end of that day.
Which influencer?

22. Oprah Winfrey

23. In Oct 2015, the Oxford University Press announced the
longlist for its annual "Place of the Year" vote (something
they do along with the publication of new editions of the
"Atlas of the World".
On the shortlist were places such as Cuba, Palmyra (Syria),
and the Spratly Islands. Which is the non-Earth place in this
list, because of something that happened in July 2015?

24. Pluto, because of the "fly by" in July by the
New Horizons probe

25. Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a king ---------- who
resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is Colonel-in-Chief of
the Norwegian Royal Guard. Nils was visited by soldiers
from the Norwegian Royal Guard on 15 August 2008 and
awarded knighthood. The honour was approved by King
Harald V. During the ceremony a crowd of several hundred
people joined the 130 guardsmen to hear a citation from
the King read out, which described Nils as a ------ "in
every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of
knighthood".

26. Penguin

27. What is this depicting ?

28. The first Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the
Musical Academy in Stockholm

29. Round 3

30. Who is this ?

31. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

32. Jean Taylor spent the night of her 14th birthday in a communal
shelter, utterly terrified. Speaking ahead of the 70th anniversary, she
said: "The rumour was that they decided to sacrifice the few to save
the many. Nobody has ever confirmed or denied that, and that says a
lot.“
It has been claimed in a number of books that the wartime prime
minister knew that the city was to be targeted by the German
Luftwaffe, but chose to do nothing because it would have alerted
Adolf Hitler to the fact the Allies had recently cracked the Nazis' top-
secret Enigma codes.
------------- and its people were sacrificed, the theory goes, "for the
greater good" - that is, that the benefits of playing the long game
outweighed the short-term costs of leaving the West Midlands city to
a terrible fate.

33. Coventry blitz

34. Jennifer Jason Leigh ("The Hateful Eight")
Rooney Mara ("Carol")
Rachel McAdams ("Spotlight")
Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl")
Kate Winslet ("Steve Jobs")

35. 2016 Oscar Nominees: Best Supporting Actress

36. X is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by the band's
guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher. The song was produced
by Owen Morris for their second studio album (What's the Story)
Morning Glory? (1995). According to Gallagher, “X" describes "an
imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself". The
song was released as the third single from the album in October 1995.
“X" topped the chart in Australia, New Zealand, and Spain. The song
reached the top ten on another ten charts, including Canada and
the United States at number 5 and 8,

37. Wonderwall

38. Connect

39. They are different styles of grooming a mustache .
Dali, Walrus, English, Horseshoe, Toothbrush, Mexican
Mustache

40. In a 2015 release, "Lucia Sciarra" will be the oldest
such person (usually described as a two-word phrase).
In an interview, "Sciarra" said: "I can't say I'm a ____ girl
because I’m too mature to be a ____ girl. I say ____
lady; ___ woman".
What is she talking about?

41. This is the actress Monica Bellucci speaking
about playing a role in "Spectre", the 2015
James Bond film, and playing a "Bond Girl".

42. Round 4

43. The previous British record was 23,226 days, 16
hours and 23 minutes. This was broken on Sept
9, 2015.
Who broke it, and what is this record about

44. Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-serving British
monarch in history, going past Queen Victoria's tenure.

45. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft was launched
in 2004 to study a planet, which it did so until
crashing into the planet in Apr 2015. Which
planet did it study, hinted by its name

46. Mercury - MESSENGER stands for "MErcury
Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry,
and Ranging", and also refers to Mercury, the
Roman Messenger God

47. A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once
gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth
orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the
center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of
the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and
said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat
plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist
gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise
standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said
the old lady. "But it’s---------------------------------”.

48. Turtles all the way down

49. What does this signify?

50. Zeno’s paradox

51. X( 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian
surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty
and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary
objects in an unusual context, his work is known for
challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality.
His imagery has influenced pop, minimalist and conceptual
art.

52. René Magritte

54. Master Blaster.
The Graph is the career of Vivian Richards,
perhaps the first person who was called Master
Blaster

55. Round 5

56. Who wrote the lyrics for this song?

57. Sampooran Singh Kalra , known
popularly by his pen name Gulzar

58. The X is made of a platinum alloy known as
"Pt-10Ir", which is 90% platinum and 10%
iridium (by mass) and is machined into a
right-circular cylinder (height = diameter) of
39.17 mm to minimize its surface area. The
addition of 10% iridium improved upon the
all-platinum --------- of the
Archives [originally made and adopted in
1799. -ed.] by greatly increasing hardness
while still retaining platinum's many virtues:
extreme resistance to oxidation, extremely
high density, satisfactory electrical and
thermal conductivities, and low magnetic
susceptibility.

59. The International Prototype Kilogram, Or
Le Grand K

60. Identify the taglines (+10 for each, only written No
staking
1) Where Do You Want to Go Today
2) Earth's Biggest BookStore
3) The jeans that built America
4) I think, therefore IBM
5) Fly the good times

61. 1)Microsoft
2)Amazon.com
3)LEE
4)IBM
5) Kingfisher Air

62. Round 6
Buzzer Only
+20 , -20

63. Why this google doodle

64. Srinivasa Ramanujan's 125th Birthday

65. The original patent for was filed in 1942 by Goodrich
Company.[2] as an outgrowth of a search for materials suitable for
clear plastic gun sights for the war effort. In 1942, a team of
scientists headed by Harry Coover Jr. stumbled upon a formulation
that stuck to everything with which it came in contact.[3] The team
quickly rejected the substance for the wartime application, but in
1951, while working as researchers for Eastman Kodak, Coover
and a colleague, Fred Joyner, rediscovered cyanoacrylates. The
two realized the true commercial potential, and was first sold in
1958 under the title "Eastman #910" (later "Eastman 910").

66. Cyanoacrylate /Super glue

67. Identify the speaker from 2.0.0

68. Emma Thompson