Quizzinga conducted by SBOA.

1. Quizzinga 2013.
Yes!

2. Rules.
• 25 question preliminary round.
• No negatives, you can guess. Yay.
• Questions numbers which are multiples of 5
are star questions ie. tie breaker questions.
You may walk out in case you don’t know
what multiples of five are. Just Kidding.
• The quizmasters (Me) decision if final. Yeah.
Muhahahahaha.

3. Let the games begin.

5. 1. Theme song from which movie series ?

6. 2. The original version of the cheat code was
designed for the NES controller.X is cheat code
which appears in many X video games and also
in some non-x games. It was popularized in
North America in the NES version of Contra, for
which it was also dubbed the ‘Contra Code’ and
‘30 Lives Code’ . One needs to click all these
buttons to activate this code.
What am I talking about or what is X ?

7. 3. What is the historic significance of this letter ?

8. 4. Programming joke.
Q: How would explain the movie X to a
programmer ?
A: Basically when you run a VM inside another
VM, inside another VM, inside another VM…,
everything runs real slow! :P .
What is X ?

9. 5. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an American
astrophysicist and science communicator. He is
one of the smartest people in the astrophysics
world. He did his undergrad at Harvard College,
further studies at University of Texas and later
at Columbia University. He won the NASA
Distinguished Public Service Medal and
numerous other awards. But we know him for
an entirely different reason. What ?
Clue : Think meme.

10. 6. For one of the songs, X experimented with a
innovative “anti-gravity lean” in the
performance. The maneuver required special
shoes for which he was granted US Patent No.
5,255,452. Who am I talking about or what is X ?

11. 7. He was named one of the greatest Briton
ever. His residence was 10 Downing Street
twice. He is the only one of his kind to win a
Nobel Prize in Literature and was the first
person to be made the Honorary Citizen of the
United States. Who am I talking about ?

12. 8. As Governor of Fort St.George, Madras, X
purchased territory for private purposes with East
India Company funds, including a fort of
Tevnapatam ( now Cuddalore ). X imposed high
taxes for maintenance, resulting in an unpopular
regime and several revolts by Indians. Heavy
charges of corruption were brought against X in his
last years of Presidency.
This university was founded in 1701.
Originally chartered as the “Collegiate School, it
traces its roots to 17th century clergymen who
sought a college to train clergy and political leaders
for the colony. In 1718, the College was named X
college to honor a gift from X. Identify X or the
University or answer both if you know it.

13. 9. What has been blanked out ? The _______
Mafia. FITB.

14. 10. The first iteration of X was formulated in 1965
by a team of researchers at the University of Florida
College of Medicine, including Robert Case, Dana
Shires etc. It was created following a request from
Florida X football head coach to aid athletes by
acting as a hydrating replacement for body fluids
lost during physical exertion in hot weather. The
earliest versions consisted of a mixture of water,
sodium, sugar, potassium, phosphate and lemon
juice. Ten players in 1965 tested the drink and the
tests were deemed successful. They were pretty
successful for a while. When Yellow Jackets coach
Bobby Dodd when asked why his team lost, replied:
“We didn’t have X. That made the difference.”
What is X ?

15. 11. X was developed in 1946 by Earl Silas X in
Massachusetts. H he developed plastic
containers used in households to contain food
and keep it airtight. The formerly patented
“burping seal” is a famous aspect of X, which
distinguished it from competitors. X pioneered
the direct marketing strategy made famous by
the X party. At that time, a strict dress code was
required for X ladies, with skirts and tights worn
at all times, and white gloves often
accompanying the outfit. A technique called
“carrot calling” helped promote the parties.
What is X ?

16. • 12. Google made an animated Doodle a few
months ago . This Doodle costed the economy
120 Million $ and 5 Million working hours
wasted because of this . The doodle was to
mark the 30th anniversary of X . People could
play X in the animated doodle . ID the game X

17. 13. This is a popular sport in India . The chant
word is hadudu in Bangladesh , do-do in Nepal ,
guddu in Sri Lanka , Chado-guddo in Malaysia ,
Zu in Iran and techib in Indonesia . In India this
chant is better known by a tamil word meaning
‘holding of hand ‘. What ?

18. 14. He was born as Park Jae-sang. Extremely
famous person. He is known for something
which translates to “ Big brother is Y”. In 2012
he met UN Secretary General ban Ki-moon at
UN Headquarters where he expressed his desire
to work because of his “unlimited global reach”.
He is also the next potential successor to DI
Corporation which manufactures electrical
appliances and is valued above 100M$. How do
we better know him and what is Y ?

19. 15. X is a website devoted to reviews,
information and news of films, widely known as
a film review aggregator. Its name derives form
the cliché of audiences throwing vegetables ata
poor stage performance. It has been owned by
Warner Bros since May 2011. which website ?

20. 16. On his 72nd birthday on March 14, 1951, UPI
photographer Arthur Sasse was trying to
persuade him to smile for the camera, but
having smiled for photographers many time that
day, he did something else. This photograph
became one of the most popular ever taken of
Einstein often used in depicting him in a
lighthearted sense. On June 19, 2009, the
original photograph was sold at auction for
$74,324, a record for a picture. Who and what
did he do ?

21. 17. He has also been described as the “father of
chemical warfare:” for his work developing and
deploying chlorine and other poisonous gases
during World War 1. He received Nobel Prize in
Chemistry in 1918 for his development for
synthesizing ammonia, important for explosives
and fertilizers. The food production for half the
world’s current population depends on this
method for producing fertilizer. Who ?

22. 18. In 2010 the Norweign Nobel Committee
confirmed. The nomination has been backed by
OLPC founder Nicolas Negroponte. The award is to
be given to the person (or organization) who has
"done the most or the best work for fraternity
between nations, for the abolition or reduction of
standing armies and for the holding and promotion
of peace congresses. People related such as Vinton
Cerg and Larry Roberts have been nominated too.
If it wins the Nobel Peace Prize, I really hope a cat
accepts the award," Twitter user @joyengel wrote,
in an apparent reference to the goofy LOLcats
meme.
Whose/whats nomination were they talking
about ?

23. 19. Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an
autobiographical book by X. It was published in
September 2012. X used “Joseph Anton” as a
pseudonym while in hiding following an issue
that had involved Ayatollah Khomeini, the
spiritual and political leader of the Islamic
Republic of Iran. X turned to video games to
escape the brutal reality of his condition and he
found deligh in playing Super Mario World. He
stated that he had grown fond of Mario the
plumber and his brother Luigi and sometimes
Super Mario world felt like a happy alternative
to the one he lived in the rest of the time. Who
is X ?

24. 20. In the comic series, Julius Caesar gives X 12
tasks, inspired by Hercules. They are
1.Run faster than Asbestos, champion of the
Olympic Games.
2.Throw a javelin farther than Verses, the
Persian
3.Beat Cilindric, the German.
4.Cross a lake.
5.Survive the hypnotic gaze of Iris, the Egyptian.
6.Finish a meal by Calorofix, the Belgian

25. 7. Survive the Cave of the Beast
8. Find Permit A 38 in "The Place That Sends You
Mad.
9. Cross a ravine on an invisible tightrope, over a
river full of crocodiles.
10. Climb a mountain and answer the Old Man's
riddle.
11. Spend a night on the haunted plains.
12. Survive the Circus Maximus

26. 21.. X is a very famous game. The first reference
is found in a book by the Spanish author Miguel
de Cervantes who is most famous for writing
Don Quixote. Player decisions of the game are
hit, stand, double down, split and surrender.
There are famous stories and movies about this
game. The MIT X team was a group of students
from top Universities in USA who used card
counting and made money at Atlantic City.
What am I talking about or what is X ?

27. 22. X is a Japanese art form using miniature
trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist
in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition
of penjing from which the art originated, and
the living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non
bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a
thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and
terminology. The word X is often used as an
umbrella term for all miniature trees in
containers or pots. What is X ?

28. 23. X is one of the best selling cars in the Indian
automobile market. Harpal singh was the first
customer to own the car in India, he received
the keys from the then Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi. The car was being sold as Mehran in
Pakistan. Over 2.5 million of it has been sold
since it’s release in 1983. Which car am I talking
about ?

29. 24. X is a staple food with the first reference dating to
1154. Both dried and fresh X come in a number of shapes
and varieties, with 310 specific forms known variably by
over 1300 names having been documented recently. The
word X comes from X, in turn from Latin for “dough,
pastry cake”.
There is a legend of Marco Polo importing X from China
which originated a journal published by an association of
food industries with the goal of promoting the use of X in
the US. Marco Polo describes a fool similar to “lagana” in
his travels. The invention of the first tomato sauces dates
back from the late 18th century. The first written record of
X with tomato sauce can be found in the 1790 cookbook
by Roman chef Francesco Leonardi. What am I talking
about or what is X ?

30. 25. In the trilogy, they are called X.X was founded
by Z They utilized a number of martial arts,
including ninjutsu, jujitsu and various forms of Kung
fu. Z trains Y. The founder tells him how the
injustice of his wife being taken from him led him
on the path of X. When Z tells Y that he wanted him
to lead a mission to destroy the city where Y was
born, Y rejects X. X wants to attack the city because
they felt that the city had become decandent. Z
said X had worked to restore the world to balance
throughout history as human civilization achieved
decadence around the world. Z stated "We sacked
Rome, loaded trade ships with plague rats, burned
London to the ground.” . Z is later killed by Y.
Identify X,Y and Z.

31. Answers.

32. 2. The original version of the cheat code was
designed for the NES controller.X is cheat code
which appears in many X video games and also
in some non-x games. It was popularized in
North America in the NES version of Contra, for
which it was also dubbed the ‘Contra Code’ and
‘30 Lives Code’ . One needs to click all these
buttons to activate this code.
What am I talking about or what is X ?

33. 1. Theme song from which movie series ?

34. Ans. Rocky film series.

35. Ans 2. Konami Code. Result of entering it on
different websites.

36. 3. What is the historic significance of this letter ?

37. Ans 3. This letter led to the introduction of
toilets on trains. There were no toilets in all
classes by 1909. This letter compelled the
railways to introduce toilets in all lower class
coaches in trains running at a speed of more
than 50 miles per hour. This letter is on display
at the Railway Museum in New Delhi.

38. 4. Programming joke.
Q: How would explain the movie X to a
programmer ?
A: Basically when you run a VM inside another
VM, inside another VM, inside another VM…,
everything runs real slow! :P .
What is X ?

39. Ans. Inception xD

40. 5. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an American
astrophysicist and science communicator. He is
one of the smartest people in the astrophysics
world. He did his undergrad at Harvard College,
further studies at University of Texas and later
at Columbia University. He won the NASA
Distinguished Public Service Medal and
numerous other awards. But we know him for
an entirely different reason. What ?
Clue : Think meme.

41. Ans.

42. 6. For one of the songs, X experimented with a
innovative “anti-gravity lean” in the
performance. The maneuver required special
shoes for which he was granted US Patent No.
5,255,452. Who am I talking about or what is X ?

43. Ans. Michael Jackson

44. 7. He was named one of the greatest Briton
ever. His residence was 10 Downing Street
twice. He is the only one of his kind to win a
Nobel Prize in Literature and was the first
person to be made the Honorary Citizen of the
United States. Who am I talking about ?

45. Ans. Sir Winston Churchill. 10 Downing Street is
the official residence of the British Prime
Minister. He was the Prime Minister twice. He
won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book “
The Second World War “ .

46. 8. As Governor of Fort St.George, Madras, X
purchased territory for private purposes with East
India Company funds, including a fort of
Tevnapatam ( now Cuddalore ). X imposed high
taxes for maintenance, resulting in an unpopular
regime and several revolts by Indians. Heavy
charges of corruption were brought against X in his
last years of Presidency.
This university was founded in 1701.
Originally chartered as the “Collegiate School, it
traces its roots to 17th century clergymen who
sought a college to train clergy and political leaders
for the colony. In 1718, the College was named X
college to honor a gift from X. Identify X or the
University or answer both if you know it.

47. Ans. X – Elihu Yale
University – Yale University.

48. 9. What has been blanked out ? The _______
Mafia. FITB.

49. Ans. PayPal Mafia. It’s former employees and
cofounders started some of the biggest
companies in the Silicon Valley and hence they
were called PayPal Mafia.

50. 10. The first iteration of X was formulated in 1965
by a team of researchers at the University of Florida
College of Medicine, including Robert Case, Dana
Shires etc. It was created following a request from
Florida X football head coach to aid athletes by
acting as a hydrating replacement for body fluids
lost during physical exertion in hot weather. The
earliest versions consisted of a mixture of water,
sodium, sugar, potassium, phosphate and lemon
juice. Ten players in 1965 tested the drink and the
tests were deemed successful. They were pretty
successful for a while. When Yellow Jackets coach
Bobby Dodd when asked why his team lost, replied:
“We didn’t have X. That made the difference.”
What is X ?

51. Ans. Gatorade

52. 11. X was developed in 1946 by Earl Silas X in
Massachusetts. H he developed plastic
containers used in households to contain food
and keep it airtight. The formerly patented
“burping seal” is a famous aspect of X, which
distinguished it from competitors. X pioneered
the direct marketing strategy made famous by
the X party. At that time, a strict dress code was
required for X ladies, with skirts and tights worn
at all times, and white gloves often
accompanying the outfit. A technique called
“carrot calling” helped promote the parties.
What is X ?

53. Ans. Tupperware.

54. • 12. Google made an animated Doodle a few
months ago . This Doodle costed the economy
120 Million $ and 5 Million working hours
wasted because of this . The doodle was to
mark the 30th anniversary of X . People could
play X in the animated doodle . ID the game X

55. • Ans . The Pacman doodle

56. 13. This is a popular sport in India . The chant
word is hadudu in Bangladesh , do-do in Nepal ,
guddu in Sri Lanka , Chado-guddo in Malaysia ,
Zu in Iran and techib in Indonesia . In India this
chant is better known by a tamil word meaning
‘holding of hand ‘. What ?

57. Ans. Kabaddi

58. 14. He was born as Park Jae-sang. Extremely
famous person. He is known for something
which translates to “ Big brother is Y”. In 2012
he met UN Secretary General ban Ki-moon at
UN Headquarters where he expressed his desire
to work because of his “unlimited global reach”.
He is also the next potential successor to DI
Corporation which manufactures electrical
appliances and is valued above 100M$. How do
we better know him and what is Y ?

59. Ans. PSY !!
Y – Gangnam Style

60. 15. X is a website devoted to reviews,
information and news of films, widely known as
a film review aggregator. Its name derives form
the cliché of audiences throwing vegetables ata
poor stage performance. It has been owned by
Warner Bros since May 2011. which website ?

61. Ans. Rotten Tomatoes

62. 16. On his 72nd birthday on March 14, 1951, UPI
photographer Arthur Sasse was trying to
persuade him to smile for the camera, but
having smiled for photographers many time that
day, he did something else. This photograph
became one of the most popular ever taken of
Einstein often used in depicting him in a
lighthearted sense. On June 19, 2009, the
original photograph was sold at auction for
$74,324, a record for a picture. Who and what
did he do ?

63. Ans. Albert Einstein. He was sticking his tongue
out.

64. 17. He has also been described as the “father of
chemical warfare:” for his work developing and
deploying chlorine and other poisonous gases
during World War 1. He received Nobel Prize in
Chemistry in 1918 for his development for
synthesizing ammonia, important for explosives
and fertilizers. The food production for half the
world’s current population depends on this
method for producing fertilizer. Who ?

65. Ans. Fritz Haber and the process is Haber’s
process ( Not required ) .

66. 18. In 2010 the Norweign Nobel Committee
confirmed. The nomination has been backed by
OLPC founder Nicolas Negroponte. The award is to
be given to the person (or organization) who has
"done the most or the best work for fraternity
between nations, for the abolition or reduction of
standing armies and for the holding and promotion
of peace congresses. People related such as Vinton
Cerg and Larry Roberts have been nominated too.
If it wins the Nobel Peace Prize, I really hope a cat
accepts the award," Twitter user @joyengel wrote,
in an apparent reference to the goofy LOLcats
meme.
Whose/whats nomination were they talking
about ?

67. Ans. The internet.

68. 19. Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an
autobiographical book by X. It was published in
September 2012. X used “Joseph Anton” as a
pseudonym while in hiding following an issue
that had involved Ayatollah Khomeini, the
spiritual and political leader of the Islamic
Republic of Iran. X turned to video games to
escape the brutal reality of his condition and he
found deligh in playing Super Mario World. He
stated that he had grown fond of Mario the
plumber and his brother Luigi and sometimes
Super Mario world felt like a happy alternative
to the one he lived in the rest of the time. Who
is X ?

69. Ans. Salman Rushdie after he was issued a fatwa
because of his book Satanic Versus.

70. 20. In the comic series, Julius Caesar gives X 12
tasks, inspired by Hercules. They are
1.Run faster than Asbestos, champion of the
Olympic Games.
2.Throw a javelin farther than Verses, the
Persian
3.Beat Cilindric, the German.
4.Cross a lake.
5.Survive the hypnotic gaze of Iris, the Egyptian.
6.Finish a meal by Calorofix, the Belgian

71. 7. Survive the Cave of the Beast
8. Find Permit A 38 in "The Place That Sends You
Mad.
9. Cross a ravine on an invisible tightrope, over a
river full of crocodiles.
10. Climb a mountain and answer the Old Man's
riddle.
11. Spend a night on the haunted plains.
12. Survive the Circus Maximus

72. Ans. Asterix and Obelix in the comic book The
twelve tasks of Asterix.

73. 21.. X is a very famous game. The first reference
is found in a book by the Spanish author Miguel
de Cervantes who is most famous for writing
Don Quixote. Player decisions of the game are
hit, stand, double down, split and surrender.
There are famous stories and movies about this
game. The MIT X team was a group of students
from top Universities in USA who used card
counting and made money at Atlantic City.
What am I talking about or what is X ?

74. Ans. 21. Blackhack. MIT Blackjack team and one
of the most famous movies related to this is 21.
The question number is 21 too :P .

75. 22. X is a Japanese art form using miniature
trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist
in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition
of penjing from which the art originated, and
the living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non
bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a
thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and
terminology. The word X is often used as an
umbrella term for all miniature trees in
containers or pots. What is X ?

76. Ans. Bonsai

77. 23. X is one of the best selling cars in the Indian
automobile market. Harpal singh was the first
customer to own the car in India, he received
the keys from the then Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi. The car was being sold as Mehran in
Pakistan. Over 2.5 million of it has been sold
since it’s release in 1983. Which car am I talking
about ?

78. Ans. Maruti 800

79. 24. X is a staple food with the first reference dating to
1154. Both dried and fresh X come in a number of shapes
and varieties, with 310 specific forms known variably by
over 1300 names having been documented recently. The
word X comes from X, in turn from Latin for “dough,
pastry cake”.
There is a legend of Marco Polo importing X from China
which originated a journal published by an association of
food industries with the goal of promoting the use of X in
the US. Marco Polo describes a fool similar to “lagana” in
his travels. The invention of the first tomato sauces dates
back from the late 18th century. The first written record of
X with tomato sauce can be found in the 1790 cookbook
by Roman chef Francesco Leonardi. What am I talking
about or what is X ?

80. Ans. Pasta

81. 25. In the trilogy, they are called X.X was founded
by Z They utilized a number of martial arts,
including ninjutsu, jujitsu and various forms of Kung
fu. Z trains Y. The founder tells him how the
injustice of his wife being taken from him led him
on the path of X. When Z tells Y that he wanted him
to lead a mission to destroy the city where Y was
born, Y rejects X. X wants to attack the city because
they felt that the city had become decandent. Z
said X had worked to restore the world to balance
throughout history as human civilization achieved
decadence around the world. Z stated "We sacked
Rome, loaded trade ships with plague rats, burned
London to the ground.” . Z is later killed by Y.
Identify X,Y and Z.

82. Ans. X – The League of Shadows.
Y – Bruce Wayne/ Batman.
Z - Ra's al Ghul.