Content from the Prelim round of the Waves Open Quiz, 2022 at BITS Goa.

1. Waves Open Quiz 2022 – Prelims
Lucky Kaul

2.  20 questions
 Q1-15 carry 1 point each
 Q16-20 carry 2 points each and will be used to break ties
 Else, we go sudden death
 Top 8 teams in the final

3.  In Jan 2022, the BITS-Goa student launched startupThinkerbell
Labs featured on SharkTank India, showcasing their product
Annie, which helps in teaching Braille to young children.
 From what historical context was the name Annie derived?

5.  The 7-letter name of the alumni association of the Film and
Television Institute of India, made of graduates from the
institution, spells and sounds similar to that of a public artform.
 What is the name of the alumni association?
 Exact spelling required.

6.  The 7-letter name of the alumni association of the Film and
Television Institute of India, made of those who have graduated
from the institution, sounds similar to a well-known artform.
 What is the name of the alumni association?

7.  An item consisting of the ‘Butt, shaft, shoulder and tip’, the tree
Moringa oleifera (also used as a vegetable), and an alternative
name for the meaty portion of a chicken, all share the same name.
 What name?

9.  Advertisement by which joint venture?

11.  In olden times, the 35 mm silent film had been measured by length
in cutting rooms.
 One such length was made up of 16 frames which represented a
second of screen time.
 As a result of the above, a term to measure films emerged, which
today is used slightly differently in the same industry.
 What term?

13.  In October 2015, a research paper authored by Anil Bhat, JK Kurup
and Ashwath Acharya was published in the Journal of Hand Surgery.
 Its abstract talks about a 240-meter wall with a bronze and copper
finish that is thronged by 40 million visitors annually. Designed by
Ayush Kasliwal, the nine elements on the wall are said to form an
integral part of classical dance forms of India, yoga and visual arts.
 Opened in 2010 to the world in light of a global event, what exactly
were they talking about?

15.  Gaylord Perry was a pitcher for the SF giants between 1962-1971.
 Because his batting record was as abysmal as that of Ashok Dinda,
his manager Alvin Dunk is said to have made a high-flying,
heightened comment placing two firsts in order in 1963.
 What exactly was this comment, with the actual event occurrences
happening a few years later, but finally separated by only one hour?

17.  Post-independence, one of the nicknames that the city of
Allahabad (now Prayagraj) is the City of _____ ________.
 This is because seven out of the fifteen in the list have connections
to Allahabad, with the last such person seen in 1991.
 What nickname?

19.  Air-India (D) was a document authored in 1963 by DrWarren Haynes, a
professor at Harvard. It educated its readers about IATA’s history and
presented how Air India did not have full control over its own tariffs
and conformed with IATA regulations instead.
 What is the lasting legacy of this document authored by Haynes when
he was in India as a team lead selected by the Ford Foundation?

21.  Although the full product name contains the name of its country of
production, no part of its initiation happened there – right from the
place of development to its team. However, in the EU, the generic
product name is GI-protected, hence must be made in that country.
 It was developed in London in 1973, had a UK team lead, with two
major consultants, David and Hugh from RSA and UK respectively.
 What drink product, whose initial ingredient list also involved the
use of Sugar and Cadbury Powdered Drinking Chocolate?

23.  During his expeditions in 1503, Christopher Columbus was once
stranded in Jamaica. However, the locals halted the food supply
when dissatisfied with what the Spaniards could give in return.
 To wiggle his way out, Columbus took a data-driven decision using
historical data from the past three decades in an almanac that he
possessed, informing the locals that God would provide a clear sign
of their displeasure were he not fed.
 How exactly did Columbus influence the locals, with God finally
pardoning them after a period of 48 minutes?

25. Which top bone in our body gets its name from this Greek entity?

28.  What is the chopstick grip pictured called?

30.  In 2007, a team at the National Observatory ofAthens analysed
554 painted sunsets between 1500 and 1900.
 On analysis, around 54 were found to have very high red / green
ratios (i.e. presence of a lot more shades of red) and were
conjectured to have come into existence around the years such as
1815, 1831 and 1835.
 What exactly was the reasoning given behind the high ratios?

32.  One of the supposed explanations for a design element goes back to
JohnWesley, founder of the Methodist Church in the 18th century.
 Part of the church’s rituals involved organizing love feasts – with the
design element incorporated so that water could be passed easily
from person to person on either side.
 What design element, seen at most competitive event ceremonies?

34.  Founded as the LehighValley Committee Against ______ _____ (HF)
in 1969 by Stephen Barrett, today it has the logo pictured.
 What is HF (6,5)? What exactly does Barrett’s organization do?

36.  John Seigenthaler was an American journalist who had joined the
newspaper TheTennessean in 1949 and retired in 1960 to take on an
administrative role in the US government until 1962.
 He made it in news in mid-2005 due to what he termed as an
‘Internet character assassination’ relating to two events in the 60’s.
 What two events, separately involving a brother each on the
receiving end?
 Why did Seigenthaler term it the above?

38.  In the late 1950s, the bangle makers of Firozabad, UP received a
large work order to produce more than 2 million mirrors for a
particular project.
 This was because the ordering party intended to replicate the
ceiling and general interiors of the Sheesh Mahal in Lahore.
 The impressive output was given a punny wordplay by Mumbai
Mirror in a 2006 article, reflecting a basic material in the mirrors.
 What extremely loved output?What two-word punned phrase?

40.  A Jewish immigrant to the US in the 1920s, he worked in a factory
that manufactured a product that could be taken into steamers.
 Its construction at that time involved gluing of a number of thin
strips of wood together and then covering the interiors with either
paper (inexpensive version) or leather (expensive version).
 He revolutionized this by starting his own venture in 1933, where he
modified machinery such that materials could be bent, eventually
coming up with slim and round-cornered creations.
 Which product?What venture (having more than one word in its
name), which also made the first all-vinyl version of the product?

42.  ‘No Roots’ is the first single of German-Canadian singer Alice Merton.
 It is part of her first album whose one-word title (marking the new
entry) shares its name with an Indian business publication.
 Another of the album’s songs featured in Money Heist and is the same
as an iconic film dialogue, minus a curious punctuation mark.
 What album?What other song?