Prelims of one of the Old Monks series of farewell quizzes

1. Old Monk
Sab khatm hone wala hai.
Prelims.

2. 1. Etymology
A very popular Indian suburb derives its name
from the Portuguese words for Holy Cross. Id
the suburb.

3. 1. Santa Cruz, Mumbai

4. 2. What’s in a name?
The creator of two very influential creations of
our era claimed once that he had a habit of
naming things after himself. Name the two
things he created.

5. 2. Linux and Git.

6. 3*. ID the poet.
When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.

7. 3. H.P. Lovecraft

8. 4. Put funda.

9. 4. Japanese invasion currency for use in Burma,
WW2.

10. 5. X?
The lead actors in this very popular film were not on
talking terms with each other (rumored to be because
of one actor’s arrogance and disrespect of the other’s
father, and their unsuccessful love for each other) to
the point that they would break repulsively from an
embrace being recorded, the moment the director’s cut
was heard. The film went on to be one of the most
profound love stories in Indian Cinemas, and an
absolute gem.

11. 5. Mughal-e-Azam.

12. 6*. Put funda.

13. 6. The Paris meridian, named after François
Arago.

14. 7. Dedication question.
His first name is from the Arabic word meaning
Guardian, keeper, protector.
His last name, however, is a state of mind.

15. 7. Haaris Mateen.

16. 8.

17. 8. Germany. West was still fine, and the East had
fallen to “them”.

18. 9*.

19. 9. Reserved only for Nobel Laureates.

20. 10.

21. 10. Rumored picture of Vladimir Putin, spying on
Raegan as a KGB man.

22. 11. Since the website's founding in 2008 by Hong Kong
entrepreneurs Chris Chan, Ray Chan, Derek Chan, Brian
Yu, and Marco Fung, it has grown in popularity,
currently having over 9 million Facebook “likes” and 2.4
million Twitter followers. Since 2008 the number of
unique global monthly website visitors has also
increased from 500,000 to 67 million. Most of its online
traffic occurs from within the United States (8.6%),
followed by India (7.8%), Germany (7%), Mexico (4.8%),
and France (4.3%). Most popular among teenagers,
users are commonly between the age of 18-25, and are
predominantly from educational backgrounds like "no
college" or "some college.

23. 11. 9gag.com

24. 12*.
Identify the Mallika-e-tarannum (Queen of
Song).

25. 12. Noor Jahaan

26. 13.

27. 13. Lions Rampant

28. 14.
One night, Y went to a “house of ill repute”,
where he gave “X wrapped in a cloth” to the
doorkeeper. Y told the recipient: “Take it, it will
be useful”, and the recipient reportedly fainted.
These baffling words suggest that Y must have
been suffering from an acute mental problem
throughout the night. Later that night, the police
found Y in his apartment, who had almost bled
to his death.

29. 14. Y - Vincent van Gogh
X – His ear.

30. 15*.
Often used by jewelers and engineers, this industrial
joining method derives it’s name from the Latin
solidare, meaning solidify.

31. 15. Soldering

32. 16.
• The practice of quoting out of context,
sometimes referred to as X, is a logical fallacy
and a type of false attribution in which a
passage is removed from its surrounding
matter in such a way as to distort its intended
meaning. Xs are stereotypically intentional,
but may also occur accidentally if someone
misinterprets the meaning and omits
something essential to clarifying it, thinking it
non-essential.

33. 16. Contextomy

34. 17.

35. 17. Vinyl record postage stamps.

36. 18*.
X’s epitaph is rumored to be “He lies here,
somewhere.”
In reality his gravestone doesn’t have an
epitaph, but this rumor is well-based and fits
perfectly.

37. 18. Werner Heisenberg.

38. 19.

39. 19. The Veiled Rebecca by Giovanni Benzoni at
the Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad.

40. 20.

41. 20. Prithvi Theatres 60 years anniversary (1945-
1995)