AIIMS conducted a school quiz fest as a part of its Medical expo. Here is the general quiz from the second day.

1. CATALYST
Gen Quiz Finals

2. Dry 1

3. 1

6. Id what is being shown in the image
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9. In late 2015 there was a news that
Finland would come out with a few
national emojis, thus becoming the
first country to do so. Two of the
first three represented naked,
sweaty people enjoying a sauna
bath and a headbanging person.
The third emoji represented an
object of Finnish pride, called 'The
Unbreakable'.
What was the third emoji?
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12. This cartoon depicts the
basic principle of X. What
exactly is X, named after Y
and also explain the funda.
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14. Page Rank
• The algorithm used by the Google for sorting out the pages. The more
the hands (link connections), bigger will be the smileys (page
strength). So this is how the google pages are sorted out.
• Also the 1st algorithm of Google and most famous.
• Named after Larry Page himself.

15. Ad for which company??
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18. The DAG Modern at Mumbai is an art
gallery that has installed reproduction
of paintings, like the one shown here,
adjacent to the usual hand drawn
paintings. What purpose do these
reproductions serve?
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21. Written round
• Scoring (6-n) x 2; where n is the no. of teams answered
• 1 set
• Identify where this typeface has been famously used (no need of the the
font’s name)

22. 1.1

23. 2.2

24. 3.

25. 4.4

26. 5.5

28. 1.

29. 2.

30. 3.

31. 4.

32. 5.

33. Written round
• +0/-10
• Written round
• Worng answer/no answer – both get a negative 

34. Where do you see X,Y,Z?
• X is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role
combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano (masked
henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a don,
he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice.
• Y is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally
accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping ("palmas" in Spanish).
Y can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has
an instrumental introduction followed by "variaciones". Sung fandango
usually follows the structure of "cante" that consist of four or five
octosyllabic verses (coplas) or musical phrases (tercios). Occasionally, the
first copla is repeated.
• Z is an arabic term invoking the name of Allah, asking for a wish, usually at
the beginning of a prayer.
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37. • Bohemian Rhapsody

38. 2

40. • Back to the future

41. Specifications for?
• Speed: 1 terrahertz.(10^12 hertz)
• Memory: 1 zettabyte.(10^21 bytes)
• Network Connectivity: WiFi, infrared and ZigBee.
• It has special image producing capabilities which are
projected through its eyes.
• Its body is made up of Titanium which has a very high
melting point(>1000 degree C).
• It has built-in wheels under its feet for faster
navigation.
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43. Chitti Robo

44. Inexhaustive list of?
• Dr Strangelove - Pentagon—a piefight. Everyone in the war room, including the
POTUS and the Russian Ambassador, cream each other in the face with pies like
they're slapstick vaudevillians.
• Terminator 2 - The year is 2029, Sarah Connor is a happy grandmother, and her son
John is a senator.
• Rocky - accepting money to throw the fight against Apollo Creed. Rocky then uses
the cash to help Adrian open a pet store.
• Return of the Jedi - the death of Han Solo during a raid on an Imperial base.
• Gone with the wind – Scarlett gets a little desperate: “Rhett! Rhett! You’ll come
back. You’ll come back! I know you will!”
• The Lion King - During their big battle, Scar throws Simba off of a cliff, saying,
“Goodnight, sweet prince.” (A nod to Hamlet, one of the works that inspired the
movie.) However, Simba’s fall is broken by a tree, and Scar is engulfed by the
flames.
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46. • Alternative endings of the movie. Some were screened, some just
declared

47. • The guy in the image, Emilio Fernandez was living in Los Angeles after
a revolt in Mexico.In 1928 ,he was recruited by Mexican actress,
Hollywood star, and future wife Dolores del Rio when then MGM
chief art director ______ _______ said he was looking for something
for his future work.
• What ‘yearly’ iconic entity was the result of this?
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50. He modelled for the Oscar statuette

51. Prelims 4
connect these movies6

53. All are adaptations of Stephen King novels

54. List it 1
• List the classical languages of India. Official Classical Language status
• X3 per correct

56. • Tamil (since 2004)
• Sanskrit (since 2005)
• Telugu (since 2008)
• Kannada (Since 2008)
• Malayalam (since 2013)
• Odiya (since 2014)

57. Dry 2

58. In 1825 the British began developing Coffee arabica, the most common variety
of bean, on plantations across Ceylon, and within a few decades the country
had become the world’s largest producer of the beans.
But in 1869 the British coffee empire unraveled almost as fast as it began with
the arrival of the fungus Hemileia vastatrix. Over the next two decades, the
rust spread quickly through Ceylon, ravaging coffee plants as it went. By 1889,
arabica production in the country had all but shut down.
What did the British do as an alternative solution to the issue?
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60. Started cultivating tea instead

61. • Identify the X brothers in the image, the elder of which was a reputed
filmmaker and actor , the middle one a naturalist & broadcaster and
the younger an executive in motor industry
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64. Attenborough brothers(Richard,David & John)

65. ID the place/location
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67. Dudhsagar Falls

68. Memes & parodies 4
Id the guys featured in the memes
(5 for any 2,10 for all 3 on bounce )
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70. Rowan Atkinson(Mr.Bean), Yao Ming &
Nicolas Cage

71. A blogger writes..
“It can be argued whether it is deliberate or coincidental. If deliberate, it
actually gives him a pretty sweet back story. The X is certifiably insane. My best
guess would be severe Bipolar I disorder, anti-social personality disorder, and
ADHD. At any rate, he was heavily medicated with typical antipsychotics to the
point of developing TD. So, he breaks out, is obviously no longer medicated,
but the TD remains as evidence of his former treatment. Tardive dyskinesia is
made up of involuntary facial/body movements that become present when
neuroleptic drugs are used for an extended period of time, and remain even
after the medication is removed. Whenever X is particularly psychotic or in
high stress situations, like when he's telling people ”___ ___ ___ ___ ____" his
tongue flicks in and out of his mouth, obvious dyskinetic behavior. Pretty cool
huh? “
ID X
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74. X is a neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, in his book, the Selfish
gene. It is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to
person within a culture”.A X acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas,
symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to
another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable
phenomena with a mimicked theme.
A field of study arose in the 1990s to explore the concepts and
transmission of X in terms of an evolutionary model. Criticism from a
variety of fronts has challenged the notion that academic study can
examine X empirically. However, developments in neuroimaging may
make empirical study of X possible
The word is usually used in a completely different sense these days.
Maybe Drake would know best. Dawkins himself has ruled out that the
word used in this sense is different from what he meant it to be.
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77. List it 2
• List the Sapta Chiranjeevins (Immortals) of Hindu mythology
• X3 per correct

79. • "Ashwatthama Balir Vyaso Hanumanash cha Vibhishana Krupacharya
cha Parashuramam Saptaita Chiranjeevanam" - 'Ashwathama, King
Mahabali, Vyasa, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Kripacharya and
Parashurama are the seven death-defying or imperishable
personalities '.

80. Team up!
• Team up with another team of your choice. Solve together
• +15/-5
• Written
• -5 for both no answer and wrong answer
• Both teams get the points.
• You’ll have to stay along with the team throughout the round (till the
end of the quiz – last round)

81. • X seems like a child with a healthy personality. She seems to have a good
relationship with her parents and her extended family, is social with many
animals and other people, and has an expansive thirst for adventure. It
seems like she’s living the dream of every preschooler. Her healthy sense
of adventure though, may be indicative of something more problematic to
say the least. Her willingness to wander off, as well as her inability to recall
previous travels, are both symptoms of a disorder called Fugue State.
• Fugue State is a disorder of reversible amnesia. This means that when
someone suffering from this rare disorder, they will temporarily forget
memories or their own personality for a period of time, but will eventually
recover with all previous memories whole. However, memories from the
fugue attack do not usually remain.
• Sounds a bit like a soap opera or brain slug attack. However, how this
applies to X is by her incessant wanderings. These episodes often result in
unplanned trips, none of which are remembered later on. You think that,
with all of these adventures she has, X might not have to consult the ___ as
often as she does. If she’s forgetting these episodes though, it makes more
sense.
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83. • Dora the explorer

84. Gray wolves are generally monogamous, meaning mating pairs of wolves
remain mated for life.Since wolves are pack animals, there is invariably only
one breeding pair in a given group, almost exclusively the alpha male and his
mate.Since wolves rarely inbreed, it is quite common for male offspring of
the alpha pair to leave the group when they reach the age of 2 or 3, to
search for either new territory or a mate of their own.
Some wolves, if unable to establish a territory or find a mate, mate with the
daughters of already established breeding pairs from other packs, Such
gray wolves are called ________ wolves, and unlike males from established
packs, do not form pair bonds with the females they mate with.
FITB
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86. Casanovva wolf

87. Dry 1The TX4 is the latest in a long line of purpose built _____produced by
LTI vehicles ltd. and various predecessor entities. The design has
evolved via several mutations from the Austin FX3 of the 1950s.The TX4
takes virtually all of its body styling from its predecessor, the TXII.
In January 2007, a meeting of the LTI’s shareholders approved a joint
venture with Geely automobile ltd. to manufacture the TX4 in
China.Geely sells the TX4 under their “Englon” brand(phonetically
similar to “England”).
In April 2009, Stephen Fry (who habitually drives a _____
___)announced that he had obtained a TX4 for personal use.
What am I talking about(as in, what is the TX4)?
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89. Taxi cars

90. Etymology of which word?
• It is derived from the obsolete English slang, for "taking a little drink
or sip".
• It is an Indian-English term.
• The word originated when Indian custom superseded the British
practice of an afternoon tea.
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92. • Tiffin from ‘Tiffing’

93. In March 1993, veteran comet discoverers Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker, and
David Levy discovered comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.This serendipitous discovery
turned out to ultimately overshadow the results from their main observing
program.
A circular released that month by the IAU contained a casual reference to the
comet’s position, which mentioned that the comet could be near Jupiter. As
months progressed, it became clear that the comet was actually orbiting Jupiter,
rather than the sun as most comets do. Calculations predicted that the comet
would crash into Jupiter in July 1994.
It finally crashed into Jupiter between July 16 and 22, 1994, in what became the
first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects.
This incident also highlighted Jupiter’s role as a “cosmic vacuum cleaner” for the
inner solar system Give funda-why would it be called so?
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95. Answer
• Jupiter’s strong gravitational field pulls in asteroids, comets and other
space debris that could be potential impactors on other planets, thus
protecting them from collisions.(In an earthly context, that means
prevention of a lot of mass extinctions :P)
• (In fact, In 2009, it was shown that the presence of a smaller planet at
Jupiter's position in the Solar System might increase the impact rate
of comets on the Earth significantly.)

96. The cobra effect occurs when an attempted solution to a
problem actually makes the problem worse. The term stems
from an anecdote from the time of British rule of India. The
British were concerned about the number of venomous cobra
snakes in Delhi. The government offered a bounty for every
dead cobra. Initially this was a successful strategy as large
numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. However the
program was soon scrapped for a particular reason. Why?
A similar situation recurred in Surat during the Plague.
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98. They started breeding the animals for money