Boot Up Quiz Final conducted at IIT-Jodhpur. Exciting Intra college quiz.

1. Quiz Masters: Vishnu | Anmol | Preet
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2.  The Quizmaster is God.
 The Quizmaster is the only God.
 Sleep deprived quizmasters are liable to be irritable
and violent. DO NOT mess around! You have been
warned.

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No Pounce..No Bounce

4. Technology Bollywood
Business Literature
Music Sports
India TV Series

5. The first instance of this still prevalent convention
of depicting something with X, dates back to 1995
when Windows 95 first used it.
The reason for this convention may be given as :
Traditionally, the operation of a mechanical tool,
like that of a watch, was determined by the
physical constraints of the position, type and size
of the X used. So, if you wanted to change
something of the machine/tool, you would have to
manually make alterations to the X.
Identify the convention or X.

7. A gear or a cogwheel used as the icon of
settings is the answer.

9. Connect the following Indian movies:
 Ittefaq(1969)
 Kalyug(1981)
 Jaane bhi do Yaaro(1983)
 Kaun(1999)
 Bhoot(2003)
 Darna mana hai(2003)
 Black(2005)
 Bheja Fry(2007)
 A Wednesday(2008)
 The Lunchbox(2013)
NOTE: It‟s a non exhaustive list.

11. Bollywood movies without songs

13.  Soon after independence, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
was concerned about the Indian middle class ladies giving
away valuable foreign exchange buying cosmetics from the
West.
 To help change matters, he asked JRD Tata to step in. The
Tata‟s needed to develop a brand to appeal to the Indian
ladies to have an aspirational touch and yet be affordable to
all classes.
 After much deliberation they decided to call it X-
incorporating the dramatic and glamorous appeal of the
French opera after which it was named. Intrestingly the
name is a western derivative of an Indian Goddess too.
 Identify X.

15. LAKMÉ

17.  More than 25 years since publication of his
famous work, one of the longest novels to
be published in a single volume in the
English language, the author has been
working on its sequel.
 The sequel, set in the present chronicles the
same character Lata, now an old woman,
looking for a match for her grandson.
 What is the title of the much awaited
sequel?

19. A Suitable Girl

21. X wrote "My Sweet Lord" in praise
of Hindu God Y. while intending
the lyrics as a call to abandon
religious sectarianism through his
blending of the Hebrew word
Hallelujah.
*Partial marks if you can identify any one of them
** Audio in Next Slide

24. X= George Harrison , Y = Lord Krishna

26. Give a two word connect that is more
popular in racquet sports:
 1)baseball: home run with all 3 bases
occupied. Thereby scoring 4 runs
 2)bridge: to win all 13 tricks on one deal
of the card game
 3) Rugby union: One national team
defeating all others in annual rugby
union series

28. Grand Slam

34. „Y‟ is 82, a billionaire, and a
huge fan of Breaking Bad . „Y‟
described Walter White,
Albuquerque‟s drug kingpin as
“A great businessman,” saying
“he‟s my guy if I ever have to
go toe-to-toe with anyone.”
ID Y.

36. Warren Buffet

38. Q) In late 1949, as India prepared to transform itself from a
‘dominion’, where the British monarch was head of state, to
a full fledged republic, Nehru and Patel had a major
disagreement as to who should be the first president of
independent India. Much to Nehru’s annoyance, Patel
ensured that his close friend Rajendra Prasad became the
new head of state, even though Nehru had already
promised the presidency to somebody else. Who?

40. A) C Rajagopalachari

41. +15/-5
+10/-5 (Pounce)

46. 1912 - Sinking of Titanic

49. 1995 – Rosa Parks Refused to give her
seat to a white person

52. 1666 – Great Fire of London

55. 1863 – Slavery was abolished in USA

58. The Beetles band was formed

61. 2061 – Next Hailey’s Comet

64. Hiroshima and Nagasaki was Bombed

67. First Playboy Magazine was Published

68. Upper limit : 20
+gambled point/ -gambled point

69.  1. Algeria
 2. Azerbaijan
 3. Comoros
 4. Malaysia
 5. The Maldives
 6. Mauritania
 7. Pakistan
 8. Tunisia
 9. Turkey
 10. Turkmenistan
 11. Uzbekistan
 United States of America
 Former Soviet Union
 China
 Japan

75. In May 2011, Kokuyo and Camlin came
together to create Kokuyo Camlin Limited
by acquiring a controlling stake in Camlin
Limited from the promoters. The name of
the company was changed to Kokuyo
Camlin Limited.
As the two legacies and leaders came
together, what else did the company do to
showcase itself as a progressive and
FORWARD moving company?

78. The company was founded in 1946 by
Minoru Yoneyoma as a producer of
wooden floats for fishing nets. The
company was later forced out of this
market because of the invention of plastic
floats. This led to a commitment by
Yoneyoma to never again be left behind by
technological advancements. The company
became one of the firsts to experiment with
graphite for its products. It is also famous
for the square-head or Isometric design.
Which company?

81. These elegant cigarettes were however, introduced for
women in 1924, and emphasized on its feminine
features, which included a red band to hide the lipstick
stains from the filter! However, it gained its market
among men after 1950, when the cigarettes began to be
more generalized in make.
They come in a variety of flavours, sizes and packages
all over the world. Their cigarettes provide a completely
different smoking experience, because of the strong yet
smooth flavour. The brand is quite famous for its
association with Formula 1 Grand Prix, as a sponsor
for famous teams like BRM, McLaren and Ferrari.