1. Grey Cells Reloaded
A part of Eclectic
International Institute of Information Technology
-QM Omkar Dhakephalkar
2. Format
Elims followed by Top 6 in Finals
Elims: 25 Q
IR 1: 18 Q
VC: (01 Q)
List it: 01 Q
IR 2: 18 Q
Conn: 07 Q
TOTAL: 70 Q
Quizmaster’s Decision and Discretion is Final and Binding
3. Elims
25 Questions.
Every 5th Star Marked.
No Negative Marking, so give it a guess.
Top 6 Qualify for Finals.
In case of a tie, Best of Star Marked. In
case of persistence of tie, Sudden Death.
4. Q1.
X Shorthand (sometimes called "Cross
shorthand" or “X-Cross shorthand" after its
founder, J. G. Cross) is an English
shorthand system of the 19th century.
Although it has fallen into disuse, it is
nonetheless noteworthy as one of the
most compact (and complex) systems of
writing ever devised.
Pic follows. ID X.
5.
6. Q2.
He has the nicknames <a modification of his surname>,
The <a modification of his surname> and Z, the last due
to his encyclopaedic knowledge of his sport.
He has repeatedly stated that he dislikes the last, finding
it "a bit embarrassing". Nevertheless, the nickname
features prominently in his television ads for the national
real estate chain L.J. Hooker.
England rival Andrew Flintoff and Graeme Swann's
brother Alec were reportedly responsible for coining it.
The soubriquet appeared on the back of his shirt in the
Twenty20 international against South Africa in 2006, in
which all the players displayed their nicknames.
ID the nickname Z.
7. Q3.
In a recent episode of the TV series ‘Castle’, the
protagonist, Richard Castle meets his father, a spy.
According to the storyline, only once before that meeting
did he meet his father, in a library, where Richard was
given a book by him titled P. The book P, inspired
Richard to become a novelist.
The book was also the first by another real author, who
later continued it into a series and paved the way for a
further eleven novels by himself, in addition to two short
story collections, followed by many "continuation" novels
by other authors.
The book P was made into a film released in 2006.
ID this novel P.
13. Q7.
Followingis a stamp of the former German
Democratic Republic honoring whom on
the 200th anniversary of his death?
14.
15. Q8.
In mythology C lies on one side of a narrow
channel. Opposite her is S, another sea-
monster. The sides of the strait are within an
arrow shot of each other, and sailors attempting
to avoid one of them will come in reach of the
other. 'Between S and C' thus means to having
to choose between two dangers, either of which
brings harm.
In some variations of the story, C is simply a
large whirlpool instead of a sea monster.
ID C or S.
16. Q9.
What is defined by the Japanese
dictionary Shogakukan Kokugo Daijiten as
"a unique philosophy (ronri) that spread
through the warrior class from the
Muromachi (chusei) period. From the
earliest times, the Samurai felt that the
path of the warrior was one of honor,
emphasizing duty to one's master, and
loyalty unto death."?
17. Q10*.
ID
the logo. The feature was developed
under former Google employees Lars
Rasmussen and Tom Stocky.
21. Q12.
X: 1953-U.K.-English-History, Essays, Memoirs:
"for his mastery of historical and biographical
description as well as for brilliant oratory in
defending exalted human values“
Y: 1954-U.S.-English-Novel, Short Story,
Screenplay: "for his mastery of the art of
narrative, most recently demonstrated in The
Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that
he has exerted on contemporary style"
I want only X.
22. Q13.
She eludes all manner of security and,
once inside, delights in playing around,
often destroying all creations. This is often
preceded by her asking "Oooooh, what
does this button do?", without waiting for
an answer.
She is also the love interest of Susan
“<deleted>” Astronomonov.
Who is she?
27. Q16.
ID
these Dutch regions shaded. (They are
North and South ______).
28.
29. Q17.
In 1658, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the
Dutch colony of Nieuw Nederland (New Netherland),
founded the settlement of ______ in the northern part of
Manhattan Island as an outpost of Nieuw Amsterdam
(New Amsterdam) at the southern tip of the island. After
the English capture of New Netherland in 1664, the new
English colonial administration renamed both the colony
and its principal city "New York," but left the name of
______ more or less unchanged.
Something originating here in 1981 as ‘albee’ became
mainstream in 2001 when G. Dep featured it in his music
video "Let's Get It".
FITB
32. Q19.
On what topic was the following AMUL
topical published/created?
33.
34. Q20*.
The following Google Doodle was made
for the 80th anniversary of what?
Date of Doodle: Mar 14, 2011.
35.
36. Q21. Explain the Funda.
Exhaustive, Specific Order.
1. The Inconstant
2. The Ambitious
3. The Lovers
4. The Wise
5. The Warriors of Fate
6. The Just Rulers
7. The Contemplatives
8. Faith, Hope and Love
9. The Angels
37. Q22.
Roman G <deleted> often bore the insignia of Roman
emperors. Its process in the Latin West may have been
continued beyond the age of Theoderic the Great into
the medieval period. Many Roman ‘pigs’ of G figure in
Derbyshire mining history and in the history of the
industry in other English centers.
The Romans also used G to secure iron pins that held
together large limestone blocks in certain monumental
buildings. In alchemy, G was thought to be the oldest
and was associated with the planet Saturn. Alchemists
accordingly used Saturn's symbol (the scythe, ♄) to refer
to G.
ID this poor-metal, G.
38. Q23.
The seeds of this automation in processes were sown in the period between
1950 and 1970 which saw the demand for products increasing at a
tremendous pace. All small manufacturing processes had to be re-looked at
and converted into large scale manufacturing processes with the help of
machinery. Shri. N. B. Z, who toured Japan in 1970, was thoroughly
impressed by the extent of mechanization there. He did all the groundwork
and trials to improvise and adopt mechanization in the manufacturing of
food products. Suitable machinery was finally located in Holland and
thereafter began the process automation phase which today is state-of-the-
art.
‘Z’s Y’, which is perhaps the largest selling and most popular of its products,
is now being manufactured on automated machine lines. Besides this, a few
sweet items are also manufactured on machines imported from Japan. ‘Y’ ‘
manufacturing process goes through all its stages in an automated
environment. These stages are dough mixing – sheeting – masala spraying
– chirling or rounding – frying – packing.
Y is advertised by Z as ‘Crispy Tasty Spring Roll’
ID Z’s Y
39. Q24.
Film critic Jeff Shannon, writing for Roger Ebert,
called the it "brilliant from start to finish" writing
that the film proved "yet again that traditional 2-
D animation is every bit as expressive as
computer-generated 3-D". Leonard Maltin called
it an "amusing and ingenious love story" noting
that it was "perfection itself.“
• It won both an Academy Award at the 85th
Academy Awards, and an Annie Award at the
40th Annie Awards.
• ID this film.
40. Q25*.
Funda behind what sub-brand’s logo: ?
“The first two letters form an analog
signal while the last two letters represent
the digital signal.”
43. Q1.
X Shorthand (sometimes called "Cross
shorthand" or “X-Cross shorthand" after its
founder, J. G. Cross) is an English
shorthand system of the 19th century.
Although it has fallen into disuse, it is
nonetheless noteworthy as one of the
most compact (and complex) systems of
writing ever devised.
Pic follows. ID X.
46. Q2.
He has the nicknames <a modification of his surname>,
The <a modification of his surname> and Z, the last due
to his encyclopaedic knowledge of his sport.
He has repeatedly stated that he dislikes the last, finding
it "a bit embarrassing". Nevertheless, the nickname
features prominently in his television ads for the national
real estate chain L.J. Hooker.
England rival Andrew Flintoff and Graeme Swann's
brother Alec were reportedly responsible for coining it.
The soubriquet appeared on the back of his shirt in the
Twenty20 international against South Africa in 2006, in
which all the players displayed their nicknames.
ID the nickname Z.
48. Q3.
In a recent episode of the TV series ‘Castle’, the
protagonist, Richard Castle meets his father, a spy.
According to the storyline, only once before that meeting
did he meet his father, in a library, where Richard was
given a book by him titled P. The book P, inspired
Richard to become a novelist.
The book was also the first by another real author, who
later continued it into a series and paved the way for a
further eleven novels by himself, in addition to two short
story collections, followed by many "continuation" novels
by other authors.
The book P was made into a movie that released in
2006.
ID this novel P.
61. Q8.
In mythology C lies on one side of a narrow
channel. Opposite her is S, another sea-
monster. The sides of the strait are within an
arrow shot of each other, and sailors attempting
to avoid one of them will come in reach of the
other. 'Between S and C' thus means to having
to choose between two dangers, either of which
brings harm.
In some variations of the story, C is simply a
large whirlpool instead of a sea monster.
ID C or S.
63. Q9.
What is defined by the Japanese
dictionary Shogakukan Kokugo Daijiten as
"a unique philosophy (ronri) that spread
through the warrior class from the
Muromachi (chusei) period. From the
earliest times, the Samurai felt that the
path of the warrior was one of honor,
emphasizing duty to one's master, and
loyalty unto death".
71. Q12.
X: 1953-U.K.-English-History, Essays, Memoirs:
"for his mastery of historical and biographical
description as well as for brilliant oratory in
defending exalted human values“
Y: 1954-U.S.-English-novel, short story,
screenplay: "for his mastery of the art of
narrative, most recently demonstrated in The
Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that
he has exerted on contemporary style"
I want only X.
73. Q13.
She eludes all manner of security and,
once inside, delights in playing around,
often destroying all creations. This is often
preceded by her asking "Oooooh, what
does this button do?", without waiting for
an answer.
She is also the love interest of Susan
“<deleted>” Astronomonov.
Who is she?
84. Q17.
In 1658, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the
Dutch colony of Nieuw Nederland (New Netherland),
founded the settlement of ______ in the northern part of
Manhattan Island as an outpost of Nieuw Amsterdam
(New Amsterdam) at the southern tip of the island. After
the English capture of New Netherland in 1664, the new
English colonial administration renamed both the colony
and its principal city "New York," but left the name of
______ more or less unchanged.
Something originating here in 1981 as ‘albee’ became
mainstream in 2001 when G. Dep featured it in his music
video "Let's Get It".
FITB
95. Q21. Explain the Funda.
Exhaustive, Specific Order.
1. The Inconstant
2. The Ambitious
3. The Lovers
4. The Wise
5. The Warriors of Fate
6. The Just Rulers
7. The Contemplatives
8. Faith, Hope and Love
9. The Angels
97. Q22.
Roman G <deleted> often bore the insignia of Roman
emperors. Its process in the Latin West may have been
continued beyond the age of Theoderic the Great into
the medieval period. Many Roman ‘pigs’ of G figure in
Derbyshire mining history and in the history of the
industry in other English centers.
The Romans also used G to secure iron pins that held
together large limestone blocks in certain monumental
buildings. In alchemy, G was thought to be the oldest
and was associated with the planet Saturn. Alchemists
accordingly used Saturn's symbol (the scythe, ♄) to refer
to G.
ID this poor-metal, G.
99. Q23.
The seeds of this automation in processes were sown in the period between
1950 and 1970 which saw the demand for products increasing at a
tremendous pace. All small manufacturing processes had to be re-looked at
and converted into large scale manufacturing processes with the help of
machinery. Shri. N. B. Z, who toured Japan in 1970, was thoroughly
impressed by the extent of mechanization there. He did all the groundwork
and trials to improvise and adopt mechanization in the manufacturing of
food products. Suitable machinery was finally located in Holland and
thereafter began the process automation phase which today is state-of-the-
art.
‘Z’s Y’, which is perhaps the largest selling and most popular of its products,
is now being manufactured on automated machine lines. Besides this, a few
sweet items are also manufactured on machines imported from Japan. ‘Y’ ‘
manufacturing process goes through all its stages in an automated
environment. These stages are dough mixing – sheeting – masala spraying
– chirling or rounding – frying – packing.
Y is advertised by Z as ‘Crispy Tasty Spring Roll’
ID Z’s Y
101. Q24.
Film critic Jeff Shannon, writing for Roger Ebert,
called the it "brilliant from start to finish" writing
that the film proved "yet again that traditional 2-
D animation is every bit as expressive as
computer-generated 3-D". Leonard Maltin called
it an "amusing and ingenious love story" noting
that it was "perfection itself.“
It won both an Academy Award at the 85th
Academy Awards, and an Annie Award at the
40th Annie Awards.
ID this film.
103. Q25*.
Funda behind what sub-brand’s logo: ?
“The first two letters form an analog
signal while the last two letters represent
the digital signal.”
109. Q2.
J (born Moser) is a fictional character of novels by Jeff Lindsay,
including Darkly Dreaming J (2004), Dearly Devoted J (2005), J in
the Dark (2007), J by Design (2009), J Is Delicious (2010) and
Double J (2011) and J’s Debut.
Since childhood, J has felt urges directed by an inner voice he calls
"the Dark Passenger"; when that voice cannot be ignored, he "lets
the Dark Passenger do the driving." He abides by a moral code
taught to him by his adoptive father who also helps him in dealing
with women as J is uninterested in sex.
Upon his father’s permission, J kills his first victim, a nurse who was
murdering her patients by giving them overdoses of morphine.
ID J
112. Q3.
“B, B, B” is used by many cruise lines to alert crew to a
fire or other serious incident on board without alarming
passengers.
The B Award is an annual award which is handed out by
the Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo to the most
outstanding young European footballer. The first winner
of the award was English Jimmy Case of Liverpool. The
2012 winner is Marco Verratti of Pescara.
World War 1: Butter/Beer (signalese)
1924-42 : Beer
1943-56 : Baker
1941-1956 : Baker
1956 :B
ID B
115. Q4. FITB.
Bertrand Russell famously compared the game of _______ to nuclear brinkmanship:
“Since the nuclear stalemate became apparent, the Governments of East and West
have adopted the policy which Mr. Dulles calls 'brinkmanship'. This is a policy
adapted from a sport which, I am told, is practiced by some youthful degenerates.
This sport is called ‘________!'. It is played by choosing a long straight road with a
white line down the middle and starting two very fast cars towards each other from
opposite ends. Each car is expected to keep the wheels of one side on the white line.
As they approach each other, mutual destruction becomes more and more imminent.
If one of them swerves from the white line before the other, the other, as he passes,
shouts ‘_________!‘ (=coward), and the one who has swerved becomes an object of
contempt. But when the game is played by eminent statesmen, who risk not only their
own lives but those of many hundreds of millions of human beings, it is thought on
both sides that the statesmen on one side are displaying a high degree of wisdom
and courage, and only the statesmen on the other side are reprehensible. The game
may be played without misfortune a few times, but sooner or later it will come to be
felt that loss of face is more dreadful than nuclear annihilation. The moment will come
when neither side can face the derisive cry of ‘_______!' from the other side. When
that moment is come, the statesmen of both sides will plunge the world into
destruction.”
118. Q5.
W are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae
family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short
legs and have a reputation for cleverness, quickness and guile.
They vary in length from 173 to 217 mm and usually have red or
brown upper coats and white bellies; some populations of some
species moult to a wholly white coat in winter. They have long,
slender bodies, which enable them to follow their prey into burrows.
Their tails may be from 34 to 52 mm.
Examples of W words/phrase include:
"up to 50% off on all products” : advertiser need not reduce any
prices
“I cannot recommend this person highly enough” : there is no
recommendation at all
W: n. a sneaky, untrustworthy, or insincere person; v. to manipulate
shiftily
121. Q6.
Dress historians call it the ‘dress coat’.
However this type of coat also gets its
name from its distinctive tails, which
resemble those of a bird.
What is this bird?
Pic follows.
125. Q7. FITB.
In fluid dynamics, an _________ ____________is the swirling of a
fluid and the reverse created when the fluid flows past an obstacle.
The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid
on the downstream side of the object. Fluid behind the obstacle
flows into the void creating a swirl of fluid on each edge of the
obstacle, followed by a short reverse flow of fluid behind the
obstacle flowing upstream, toward the back of the obstacle. This
phenomenon is most visible behind large emergent rocks in swift-
flowing rivers.
French physicist Léon Foucault (1819–1868) is credited with having
discovered _______ ________ in elctromagnetics. In September,
1855, he discovered that the force required for the rotation of a
copper disc becomes greater when it is made to rotate with its rim
between the poles of a magnet, the disc at the same time becoming
heated due to the _______ _______.
131. Q9.
He lives in Kansas. He was abandoned after his parents
were sent into outer space, but was later adopted.
Contrary to his description, he often goes to great
lengths to save his parents often getting seriously
maimed and injured. He sometimes transforms into other
beings, or simply objects, and may include effects such
as turning into other characters, weapons, and different
vehicles to convey his messages.
Aiding him at saving the day is a self-aware, sarcastic
and seemingly omniscient Computer that he keeps in the
attic with which he could consult for information in how to
remedy any predicament he faces (though it never fails
to badmouth him in one way or another).
134. Q10.
R is a vast village bordering Meenumkulam in the east, St.
Dominic's Vettucaud in the north, and Kochuthura in the south;
towards its west is the Arabian Sea. While the border with
Meenumkulam is the Parvathi Puthannaar canal, the border with
Kochuthura is the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar road.
The entire village is flat at sea-level and the ground near to the
coast is made of tan coloured beach sand. This is in stark contrast
to the rest of the village where the ground is made of white sand
where, till the developments of late 1990s, large amounts of a
medicinal herb with white flowers called R grew in abundance,
hence the name.
R became well-known to the outsiders after the establishment of
TERLS, which was the first of that kind in India. TERLS was
founded in 1962 very close to Earth’s magnetic Equator.
137. Q11.
Hephaestion son of Amyntor, was a Macedonian
nobleman and a general in the army of
Alexander the Great. He was "... by far the
dearest of all the king's friends; he had been
brought up with Alexander and shared all his
secrets."
This friendship and romantic interests with each
other lasted their whole lives, and was
compared, by others as well as themselves, to
another famous friendship between whom?
140. Q12.
Mountains on Titan, moon of Saturn. ID X and Y. Part points.
1. Dolmed Montes
2. Echoriat Montes
3. Angmar Montes
4. Gram Montes
5. Irensaga Montes
6. Merlock Montes
7. Mindoluiin Montes
8. Misty Montes
9. Mithrim Montes
10. Rerir Montes
11. Taniquetil Montes
12. X Mons
13. Y Mons
143. Q13.
Z, OAM, is a retired Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A
participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old –
and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning
Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the
Athens Games in 2004 and a gold medalist for 100 meter
breaststroke in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
On 17 March 2012, Z earned selection to compete at the 2012
Summer Olympics in London, and became the first Australian
swimmer to compete at four Olympic games. There, she won her
ninth Olympic medal, a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
Z is noted for employing a classical breaststroke technique, typified
by a slow but deeper stroke cycle and also by her slow starts. Along
with South African champion Penny Heyns, she is regarded as one
of the greatest breaststroke swimmers ever.
ID Z
146. Q14.
Following will be a photo of an American
Show, Let’s Make a Deal.
You have to tell me the show’s Indian
Equivalent, and also the Equivalent of
what is shown in the pic.
Part points present.
150. Q15.
D’s debut was in the 2001 film Dr. Dolittle 2, though it
was only a minor voice role.
Later that year, D appeared in the comedy film The
Princess Diaries. D‘s first starring role was in the 2002
romantic film A Walk to Remember, which was based on
the Nicholas Sparks book.
Between 2003 and 2006, D appeared in various films,
including Chasing Liberty, Saved!, and How to Deal. D
later appeared in the 2006 film American Dreamz, which
was both a critical and financial failure.
In 2010, D performed the song "I See the Light” , which
won a Grammy Best Song Written for Visual Media.
ID D.
157. Q17.
It is a popular specialty food chain in Pune. It
was Started in Aug 1999 by Radha and Rahul
Mhaske as a small eatery in Model Colony.
It is promoted by the Monsoon Agro Bio Ltd. and
is a venture of its retail division.
The Mhaskes owned popular strawberry farms
near Pune, and this too was a farming venture
for them.
What is this venture?
174. List It!
26 elements
5 points for every 2; get all: +10 bonus
175. List It!
The 2012 Summer Olympic programme featured 26 sports
encompassing 39 disciplines.
I want the 26 sports.
Clarification: The International Olympic Committee
establishes a hierarchy of sports, disciplines, and events.
According to this hierarchy, the Olympic sports can be
subdivided into multiple disciplines, which are often
assumed to be distinct sports. Examples include figure
skating, short track speed skating and speed skating
(disciplines of the sport Skating). In their turn, disciplines
can be subdivided into events (like men speed skating
and women speed skating), for which medals are
actually awarded.
186. Q20. Their claim to fame?
(Exposition Universelle, 15 April-12 November
1900)
1. C. B. K. Beachcroft (c) 1. William Anderson
2. Arthur Birkett 2. William Attrill
3. Alfred Bowerman 3. J. Braid
4. George Buckley 4. W. Browning
5. Francis Burchell 5. Robert Horne
6. Frederick Christian 6. Timothée Jordan
7. Harry Corner 7. Arthur MacEvoy
8. Frederick Cuming 8. Douglas Robinson
9. William Donne 9. F. Roques
10. Alfred Powlesland 10. A. J. Schneidau
11. John Symes 11. Henry Terry
12. Montagu Toller 12. Philip Tomalin (c)
Devon and Somerset Wanderers French Athletic Club Union
189. Q21.
A Kṣetra is a sacred ground where Moksha
can be obtained. The Garuda Purana
enumerates seven cities as sources of
Moksha: Ayodhya, Mathura, Māyā, Kāsi
(Varanasi), Kāñchī, Avantikā, and Dvārāvatī.
Give me the modern names, or the more
conventional names of the cities Māyā,
Avantikā and Dvārāvatī.
At least any 2 for part points.
192. Q22.
Originally designed by N.G. Phansare
under the supervision of Times of India's
art director Walter Langhammer, it is
generally made of bronze, its height is
46.5 cm and it weighs around five kg.
In 1978, silver was used and in 2003,
Gold.
What am I talking about?
195. Q23. Explain the Funda
Gaius Flavius Antoninus
Assassin of Julius Caesar
Oscar Wilde
A Latin Phrase
Monarch Butterfly
Canada’s National Insect
Bullshit
Further Reading
Shane (name)
Characteristics-a violent person
Duñak
A man eating tree
Margaret Thatcher
A fictitious person
Bicholim conflict
A war between Portugese Goa and the Mararthas
198. Q24.
The ‘S’ innovation
Researchers in Maryland and Bangladesh
figured out a simple solution to the problem of
water-borne cholera — run the water through
four layers. The rough cotton fibers collect
microscopic plankton, which attracts the cholera.
The researchers taught the technique to women
in 27 villages in Bangladesh and monitored the
villagers' health. They found that over the next
18 months, the cholera rate dropped by 50
percent compared to surrounding villages.
What is this innovation. Or give me S.
201. Q25.
#, as defined in the Oxford dictionary is "a place or a
situation in which people or ideas are decided severely,
often creating something new or exciting in the process".
#, as all of the Science students would also know, is fire
resistant and is used for work involving very high
temperatures. It withstands extreme heat and comes out
undamaged at the end of the process.
The name # was chosen as it signifies test of fire where-
from the individual comes out unscathed and successful
if he / she is able to withstand the test of fire.
Give me # and this is the logic behind naming what?
NO PART POINTS
204. Q26.
“Essentially long, narrow, and very strong steel
frameworks carrying the engines, and borne on eight
pairs of big pedrail wheels, each about ten feet in
diameter, each a driving wheel and set upon long axles
free to swivel around a common axis. . . . look-out points
at small ports all round the upper edge of the adjustable
skirt of twelve-inch ironplating which protected the whole
affair, and . . . could also raise or depress a conning-
tower set above the port-holes through the center of the
iron top cover.“ . . installed in cabins "slung along the
sides of and behind and before the great main
framework," and operate mechanically targeting
automatic rifles. . .
H. G. Well’s description of?
207. Q27.
After being denied Cray supercomputers as a result of a technology
embargo, India started a program to develop an indigenous
supercomputer in collaboration with Russia. Supercomputers were
considered a double edged weapon capable of assisting in the
development of nuclear weapons. For the purpose of achieving self
sufficiency in the field, P was established by the Department of
Electronics in 1988.
Vijay Bhatkar was hired as the Director of P. The project was given
an initial run of 3 years and an initial funding of 30 crores as the
same amount of money and time was usually expended to secure
the purchase of a supercomputer from the US. In 1990, a prototype
was produced and was benchmarked at the 1990 Zurich
Supercomputering Show. It surpassed most other systems, placing
second after US.
The final result of the effort was the Q, which was installed in 1991.
ID P and Q.
Part points. A specific answer for Q.
213. Q29.
The publication of The Economist runs several
opinion columns whose names reflect their topic
for e.g. Analects (China) named after The
Analects, a collection of Confucian sayings, and
Charlemagne (Europe) named for
Charlemagne, Emperor of the Frankish Empire.
The African and Asian columns are named after
trees. Give either the African or Asian.
216. Q30.
Negative values have also been observed—
these are measured by the number of ships
sunk.
An alternative interpretation of 1 negative H is
the amount of ugliness that can launch one
thousand the other way.
One H is the quantity more than 50 million, the
number estimated to have been alive in the 12th
century BC.
ID this unit of measurement H.
222. Q32. Know it or Die :-P
Nimbula is a startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners
based out of Mountain View, California. The company was founded
by Chris Pinkham and Willem Van Biljon who led the team that
created Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Nimbula
develops cloud orchestration software for the implementation of
public and private cloud computing environments.
Nimbula Director is the company’s flagship product. It enables users
to build, manage and deploy compute cloud environments on their
own infrastructure. The product is available as a public download.
Why was it in news on Mar 13, 2013? It became the latest in a long
list that began, I believe in Oct 1994, and went ‘solar’ on January 27,
2010.
225. Q33. FITB.
A _______, also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, or
quoit, is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb,
usually consisting of three or more upright stones
supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table),
although there are also more complex variants. Most
date from the early Neolithic period (4000 to 3000 BC).
______ were usually covered with earth or smaller
stones to form a barrow, though in many cases that
covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone
"skeleton" of the burial mound intact.
Pic follows.
229. Q34.
! was born in 1956 at Shrimati Sucheta Kriplani Hospital in New
Delhi. ! ‘s father, Prabhu Das, was a post office employee at
Badalpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar.
! was working as a teacher in Inderpuri JJ Colony, Delhi, and
studying for the Indian Administrative Services exams, when ?
Visited the family home in 1977.
According to biographer Ajoy Bose, ? said "I can make you such a
big leader one day that not one but a whole row of IAS officers will
line up for your orders.“ In 1983 ! got an L.L.B. degree from DU and
was first elected to the parliament in 1989.
At ? 's funeral ceremonies in 2006, ! said they had both been
following Buddhist traditions and customs. ! has commented formal
conversion to Buddhism would be accomplished when the political
conditions enable ascendancy to the position of PM.
! ‘s act of performing the last rites incorporated an expression of their
views against gender discrimination.
ID ! And ?
232. Q35. ID the Funda. Exhaustive.
1. No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must
be a third person to do it.
2. Never look at the wives of friends.
3. Never be seen with cops.
4. Don't go to pubs and clubs.
5. Always being available for <deleted> is a duty - even if your wife is about
to give birth.
6. Appointments must absolutely be respected.
7. Wives must be treated with respect.
8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
10. People who can't be part of <deleted>: anyone who has a close relative in
the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who
behaves badly and doesn't hold to moral values.
235. Q36.
He is well known for his wheelchair filled with different electronic
gadgets such as computer, telephone, and pager. One of his
armrest contains a hidden miniature video camera that allows him to
record videos secretly during meetings. His wheelchair also hides a
gun, as he is a good marksman and known to practice shooting
during his free time.
He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, as a child of a prosperous
Christian family. A childhood illness left him using a wheelchair
because he was denied treatment by his extremely religious parents
who believed the disease a test from God. He survived only
because a doctor treated him without his parents' knowledge. As a
result, he developed a fanatical hatred of religion and a fanatical
love of science. He has become a world renowned physicist as part
of a crusade to use science to disprove all religion.
Ironically, his best friend, Leonardo Vetra, is a priest and he has a
great respect for him.
ID Him.
239. Q1. +45/-30
The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers and
The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers
are two Guilds or ‘Livery Companies’ of The City
of London. They are placed at the numbers of 20
and 21 respectively in the order of precedence
after the Bakers’ and before the Armourers’
Guilds.
What was made by the members of these guilds
as in Bakers= cakes and Armourers= armour?
240. Q2. +40/-25
A D is a massive structure, usually of stone,
used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway
between places separated by water. The word
comes from Middle French D and ultimately
Latin D meaning a large mass, especially of rock
and has the same root as molecule.
A D may have a wooden structure built on top of
it that rather resembles a wooden pier. The
defining feature of a it, however, is that water
cannot freely flow underneath it, unlike a
veritable pier.
Pic follows.
242. Q3. +35/-20
In deliberative bodies doing it to a proposed motion is an
indication that there is at least one person besides the
mover that is interested in seeing the motion come
before the meeting. It does not necessarily indicate that
the person who does it favors the motion.
The purpose of requiring a such an action is to prevent
time being wasted by the assembly's having to dispose
of a motion that only one person wants to see
introduced. Hearing it done to a motion is guidance to
the chair that he should state the question on the motion,
thereby placing it before the assembly.
It is done simply by saying “I <do this to> the motion”
What am I speaking of? Or what is this procedure?
243. Q4. +25/-15
William Thomson, 1st Baron of K had a career as
an electric telegraph engineer and inventor,
which propelled him into the public eye and
ensured his wealth, fame and honour. For his
work on the transatlantic telegraph project he
was knighted by Queen Victoria, becoming Sir
William Thomson.
Perhaps his most famous bridge is the Thomson
bridge, also known as the K bridge or the K
double bridge.
244. Q5. +20/-10
A ______ (from German literally "children's
garden") is a preschool educational institution for
children.
The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the
play and activity institute that he created in 1837
in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for
children for their transition from home to school.
His goal was that children should be taken care
of and nourished in "children's gardens" like
plants in a garden.
What is this term?
245. Q6. +10/-5
Charles-Augustin de C of France,
Alessandro V of Italy, Georg O of
Germany, and James W of Scotland.
One, a Frenchman, is left out. Who?
Together, they are honoured by an
agreement made in an International
Convention in 1881.
246. Q7. +5
Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the
distance from the Earth's equator to the North
Pole (at sea level), its definition has been
periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge
of metrology.
Since 1983, it has been defined as "the length of
the path travelled by light in vacuum during a
time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.”
What am I talking about?
249. Q1. +45/-30
The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers and
The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers
are two Guilds or ‘Livery Companies’ of The City
of London. They are placed at the numbers of 20
and 21 respectively in the order of precedence
after the Bakers’ and before the Armourers’
Guilds.
What was made by the members of these
guilds?
252. Q2. +40/-25
A D is a massive structure, usually of stone,
used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway
between places separated by water. The word
comes from Middle French D and ultimately
Latin D meaning a large mass, especially of rock
and has the same root as molecule.
A D may have a wooden structure built on top of
it that rather resembles a wooden pier. The
defining feature of a it, however, is that water
cannot freely flow underneath it, unlike a
veritable pier.
Pic follows.
256. Q3. +35/-20
In deliberative bodies doing it to a proposed motion is an
indication that there is at least one person besides the
mover that is interested in seeing the motion come
before the meeting. It does not necessarily indicate that
the person who does it favors the motion.
The purpose of requiring a such an action is to prevent
time being wasted by the assembly's having to dispose
of a motion that only one person wants to see
introduced. Hearing it done to a motion is guidance to
the chair that he should state the question on the motion,
thereby placing it before the assembly.
It is done simply by saying “I <do this to> the motion”
What am I speaking of? Or what is this procedure?
259. Q4. +25/-15
William Thomson, 1st Baron of K had a career as
an electric telegraph engineer and inventor,
which propelled him into the public eye and
ensured his wealth, fame and honour. For his
work on the transatlantic telegraph project he
was knighted by Queen Victoria, becoming Sir
William Thomson.
He is better known as Lord K, where K is the
river that flowed by his university.
Perhaps his most famous bridge is the Thomson
bridge, also known as the K bridge or the K
double bridge.
262. Q5. +20/-10
A ______ (from German literally "children's
garden") is a preschool educational institution for
children.
The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the
play and activity institute that he created in 1837
in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for
children for their transition from home to school.
His goal was that children should be taken care
of and nourished in "children's gardens" like
plants in a garden.
What is this term?
265. Q6. +10/-5
Charles-Augustin de C of France,
Alessandro V of Italy, Georg O of
Germany, and James W of Scotland.
One is left out. Who?
Together, they are honoured by an
agreement made in an International
Convention in 1881.
268. Q7. +5
Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the
distance from the Earth's equator to the North
Pole (at sea level), its definition has been
periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge
of metrology.
Since 1983, it has been defined as "the length of
the path travelled by light in vacuum during a
time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.”
What am I talking about?
