This quiz was hosted as part of Ekya 2017, BMSCE,Bangalore.

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In association with
The Students’ Club of Department of Architecture,
BMSCE.

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PRESENTS
ARCHITECTURE+GENERAL QUIZ
Questions Contributed
by
Priyadarshini Sathish
Suraj Devraj
Aditya Kadam
Prajwal J

3. QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTIION
Architecture
General+Movies

4. PRELIMS
RULES
•25 Questions
•In Built Tie-Breakers
•Top 6 qualifies
•Don’t use your Mobile Phones
• Let’s start

5. TFQ
1.
ID the blanked major.

6. Mathematician: It is an irrational number. Its value
is (1+ √5)/2.
Dali: I used it in my painting.
Modrian: Me too.
Greek architect: It’ll make my façade look
proportionate and aesthetically pleasing.
It is denoted by φ.
What is being talked about?
2.

7. On May 12, 1917, George Wittet, by then Consulting Architect to
the Government of Bombay, was unanimously elected as the
first President of ___ ______ __________ __ _______, an
association made of the past students of Architecture of Sir J.J.
School of Art, then known as "The Architectural Students
Association. The only other organization at the national level is
the Council of Architecture established under the Architects Act
1972 with the statutory duty of Registration.
FITB
*Logo next slide
3.

9. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret was a Swiss-French architect, designer,
painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now
called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became
a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades; he constructed
buildings in. Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America
By what name do we commonly know him as?
4.

10. Non Exhaustive List of What?
1999- Rem Koolhaas
2000 – Norman foster
2004 – Zaha Hadid
2014 – Shigeru Ban
2015 – Friet Otto
2016 – Alejandro Aravena
5*.

11. MINIMALIST POSTER
ID the
Architect
and
building.
6.

12. Its dimensions are 66*166mm.
It is Magenta in color.
It has the Braille feature to assist visually challenged in
identifying it.
It made headlines few months back in India.
Identify it.
7*.

13. ID the blanked place.8.

14. Andrew Tesoro, recently in news claimed that X
cheated his five person architecture firm out of
thousands of dollars back in 2006 when it designed
the clubhouse at the X National Golf Club in the
Westchester County town of Briarcliff Manor, NY. He
also added that his client X is not well-suited to the
job of Y. Because he is impatient, he has a huge
ego, and he has this infatuation with money. He
measures everything in terms of money. ID X.
9.
# You’re _____!

16. CONNECT10*.

17. ID the Designer.11.

18. Logo of which
Student’s
Organisation
12.

19. Name this ancient monument.13.

20. Wikipedia Profile of which
person?
14.

21. This Contrasting colour scheme of carpets is used in
most of the commonwealth countries including India,
to differentiate X and Y.
Green is used in X and Red is used in Y
Green indicates The Common Man.
Red indicates The Nobles.
ID X and Y and where can you find them in India?
15*.

22. CONNECT
Mammul
Yaduveer
Krishnadutta
Chamraja
Wadiyar
16.

23. MINIMALIST POSTER
17.

24. These are Serenjimalai and Vattamalai temples in
Tamil Nadu. For what reason has this place gotten a
massive increase in footfall over the past few years
after it appeared in a Bollywood movie. Which movie
bought these temples into popular consciousness.
18.

26. They define themselves as “Just a bunch of guys
on YouTube with an expensive camera, too much
free time and a questionable sense of humor.” In
2015, they made it to top 5 of ‘Comedy Hunt,
India’s first web hunt for comedy stars’
ID the YouTube channel.
19.

27. An international competition was conducted for
X’s design in 1957. A Danish Architect won the
competition. But after 9 years of construction,
quarrels with conservative government of New
South Wales over costs forced the architect out of
the project. The local architects hired to finish
the project completely switched the functions of
the hall and theatre, resulting in an auditorium
that is too small for opera and concert hall
that is way too big. A poll of Musicians, Critics
and Audience members rated X as having ‘The
Worst Acoustics’ from 20 venues.
ID X.
20*.

28. According to OED it means
“ The fact of two things being seen or placed close
together with contrasting effect.”
What’s the good word, used mostly by architects.
21.

29. Plan
ID the famous TV Show from the plan
given below.
22.

31. 23. Concept Sketch of what and by
whom?

32. Who painted this
painting?
24.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet

33. What is so special about these Heineken Beer
Bottles?
25.

34. Handover your papers.
Results in 10 minutes.

35. ANSWERS

37. TFQ
1.
ID the blanked major.

38. Architecture

39. Mathematician: It is an irrational number. Its value
is (1+ √5)/2.
Dali: I used it in my painting.
Modrian: Me too.
Greek architect: It’ll make my façade look
proportionate and aesthetically pleasing.
It is denoted by φ.
What is being talked about?
2.

40. The Golden Ratio; The Golden Section

41. On May 12, 1917, George Wittet, by then Consulting Architect to
the Government of Bombay, was unanimously elected as the
first President of ___ ______ __________ __ _______, an
association made of the past students of Architecture of Sir J.J.
School of Art, then known as "The Architectural Students
Association. The only other organization at the national level is
the Council of Architecture established under the Architects Act
1972 with the statutory duty of Registration.
FITB
*Logo next slide
3.

43. The Indian Institute of Architects

44. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret was a Swiss-French architect, designer,
painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now
called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became
a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades; he constructed
buildings in. Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America
How do we commonly know him as?
4.

45. Le Corbusier

46. Non Exhaustive List of What?
1999- Rem Koolhaas
2000 – Norman foster
2004 – Zaha Hadid
2014 – Shigeru Ban
2015 – Friet Otto
2016 – Alejandro Aravena
5*.

47. The Pritzker Prize Winners

48. MINIMALIST POSTER
ID the
Architect
and
building.
6.

49. FLW
Solomon R
Guggenheim
Museum

50. Its dimensions are 66*166mm.
It is Magenta in color.
It has the Braille feature to assist visually challenged in
Identifying it.
It made headlines few months back in India.
Identify it.
7.

51. New 2000 Rupees note

52. ID the blanked place.8.

53. Dunkirk

54. Andrew Tesoro, recently in news claimed that X
cheated his five person architecture firm out of
thousands of dollars back in 2006 when it designed
the clubhouse at the X National Golf Club in the
Westchester County town of Briarcliff Manor, NY. He
also added that his client X is not well-suited to the
job of Y. Because he is impatient, he has a huge
ego, and he has this infatuation with money. He
measures everything in terms of money. ID X.
9.
# You’re _____!

56. Donald Trump

57. CONNECT10*.

58. Charles Correa

59. ID the Designer.11.

60. Zaha Hadid

61. Logo of which
Student’s
Organisation
12.

62. NASA
( National
Association of
Students in
Architecture)

63. Name this ancient monument.13.

64. The Great Pyramid of Giza

65. Wikipedia Profile of which
person?
14.

66. Lauri Baker

67. This Contrasting colour scheme of carpets is used in
most of the commonwealth countries including India,
to differentiate X and Y.
Green is used in X and Red is used in Y
Green indicates The Common Man.
Red indicates The Nobles.
ID X and Y and where can you find them in India?
15*.

68. X- The lower house
(Lok Sabha)
Y- The upper House
(Rajya Sabha)
Parliament

69. CONNECT
Mammul
Yaduveer
Krishnadutta
Chamraja
Wadiyar
16.

70. CottonPETE
ChickPETE
ChamrajPETE
MamulPETE
Petes of Bangalore

71. MINIMALIST POSTER
17.

72. Le Corbusier

73. These are Serenjimalai and Vattamalai temples in
Tamil Nadu. For what reason has this place gotten a
massive increase in footfall over the past few years
after it appeared in a Bollywood movie. Which movie
bought these temples into popular consciousness.
18.

75. Chennai Express

76. They define themselves as “Just a bunch of guys
on YouTube with an expensive camera, too much
free time and a questionable sense of humor.” In
2015, they made it to top 5 of ‘Comedy Hunt,
India’s first web hunt for comedy stars’
ID the YouTube channel.
19.

77. Take 900

78. An international competition was conducted for
X’s design in 1957. A Danish Architect won the
competition. But after 9 years of construction,
quarrels with conservative government of New
South Wales over costs forced the architect out of
the project. The local architects hired to finish
the project completely switched the functions of
the hall and theatre, resulting in an auditorium
that is too small for opera and concert hall
that is way too big. A poll of Musicians, Critics
and Audience members rated X as having ‘The
Worst Acoustics’ from 20 venues.
ID X.
20*.

79. Sydney Opera House

80. According to OED it means
“ The fact of two things being seen or placed close
together with contrasting effect.”
What’s the good word, used mostly by architects.
21.

81. Juxtaposition

82. Plan
ID the famous TV Show from the plan
given below.
22.

85. 23. Concept Sketch of what and by
whom?

86. Guggenheim Museum, Frank Gehry

87. Who painted this
painting?
24.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet

88. Vincent van Gogh

89. What is so special about these Heineken Beer
Bottles?
25.

90. Used as
Bricks

91. THANK YOU