General Quiz Prelims + Finals ~ Exquizite 3.0 IIT Bhilai 2022

1. 3 Day Event
2. Leaderboard system
3. 6 teams make it to the finals of every quiz
4. Scores of Prelims carryforward to the finals
5. Submission mode - Whatsapp
6. Any kind of unfair practices are prohibited. You will be disqualified
from the event if caught.
General Rules

+20 -0
METHOD FOR RESOLVING TIES :
1. Star marked question
2. Longest Streak
3. Special tie-breaker Questions
Prelims Rules

1. What Magazine was founded in
1890s for the social elite of New York.
It initially covered reviews of music,
plays and books as well as etiquettes
before changing into a fashion
magazine we know it as today.

2. X is recent a viral game made by James
Wardle(🟢⚪🟢🟢🟢🟢) , some might remember
Wardle as the creator of Y, a wild collaborative art
project/social experiment in 2017. It allowed literally
anyone to place pixels and draw on a gigantic digital
canvas, resulting in huge communities ﬁghting over
space on this online canvas. Y was brought back in
2022 with an even bigger canvas. ID X and Y

3. You are shown a still from an Olympic event.
Identify the event and what's happening in the picture

Event = Marathon Swimming
The swimmers are being given drinks/food

4. Look at this unedited video of a bird.
ID the bird.

5*. What was the title give to the game played
casually between a British badminton player and a
German chess player that is regarded as one of the
most violent game in chess history ?

6. X crossing in London is a world famous
zebra crossing , a video feed of which is
livestreamed constantly online.
It can be seen frequently occupied by people
trying to recreate an iconic photo. Identify X
and the iconic photo.

Abbey road
Beatles Abbey road album cover

7. Here is an excerpt from BBC-
“Like many people, Mr Goxx is dabbling in cryptocurrency, hoping to strike it rich.
He's notable for two reasons: ﬁrst, he is making money, with his lifetime career
performance up about 20% - beating many professional traders and funds.
Second, Mr Goxx is <redacted>”
Image shown is of Mr.Goxx's trading setup.
Fill in the blank

“Mr. Goxx is a hamster” (RIP)

8. This(image follows) is an archaeological site in
southwestern Turkey . This town was known as "ﬁrst city of
Pisidia", a region in the western Taurus mountains, currently
known as the Turkish Lakes Region. Its excavation has
revealed colossal statues of two emperors. One of these
emperor is best known as a stoic philosopher. He is the person
behind probably the most famous book written by a stoic which
was a collection of his thoughts and stoic beliefs. ID the
emperor.

9. X is the name given to a serial killer who
murdered at least ﬁve prostitutes in Whitechapel
district of London. Shown below are the prime
suspects. ID X.

10*. She was named the ambassador for
tourism in China in 2008. She's 48, but a
perpetual 3rd grader and worth $7 billion. Who's
this London resident with her likeness plastered
on everything ranging from keychains,
restaurants to Airbus A330-200?

11. X is a hanoverian horse which is a
German breed. X is the first horse to receive
commendation for exceptional service and
abilities, a category that is usually dominated
by dogs. X retired from service on the 73rd
Republic Day after being a part of the
president's Bodyguard for 19 years since
2003.
Identify X

12. “Now I am become death, the destroyer of
worlds”
Who about What (in modern context)?
AND
From what is the line originally from?

Robert Oppenheimer
When he witnessed the first detonation of nuclear
bomb
Bhagwat Gita

13. Known as one of the deadliest snipers, X
recently came up in news after he went to Ukraine as a
volunteer to ﬁght against Russian forces. X is a
canadian sniper and is known for reportedly making 30
to 50 kills per day. He is regarded as one of the
deadliest snipers due to a conﬁrmed kill shot from a
distance of 3.5 Km to shoot a militant in Iraq. Name X,
which comes from the arabic word for a
protector/defender

14. X is India’s oldest conglomerate founded by a
Parsi businessman. Under his leadership it built Asia’s
ﬁrst dry dock and started a dyeing industry in Bombay
in 1879. Identify the name of the group and the name
of dyeing industry.

X= Wadia’s Group (1736)
Y= Bombay dyeing Industry

15. Alexander is a social worker, Louis and Brian
Stuart run a landscaping business. The Stuart brothers
live on Long Island, USA. These three are believed to
be the last living family members of X. A reporter
tracked down a brother and learned that he “..approves
of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dislikes US
President Donald Trump”. ID X

16. Person X, known for his expeditions to the polar
regions went for a voyage to the Antarctic on ship Y with
his crew. Unfortunately Y became trapped in pack ice and
ﬁnally sank. Recently, in early March, the remains of this
ship Y were found(image follows). The story of the
survival of X and his crew, after Y sank, is one of bravery,
determination, and chivalry, for the reason that none of the
crew died. Literature on this voyage continues to inspire
many throughout the world. ID X and Y.

X = Ernest Shackleton
Y = Endurance

17. What 2021 event is this meme referencing?

18. * You will be shown a video which shows the
winner of Dance with the stars (2000-2010) popping
some sweet moves. Clips like these started
resurfacing in February 2022 and it all has to do with
the gentleman in the clip. ID the gentleman

Tie Breaking rules:
1. Star Marked Questions
2. On further tie, the team with lesser negatives would be
preferred.
3. On further tie, streak from start of finals
4. On further tie, prelims score
GENERAL QUIZ FINALS

Congratulations!
Make a group with -
1.Shashwat (me) 8319936140
2.Sankalp 9930801124
3.Your Team

POUNCE clockwise
Direct- +30 -0
Pass- +20 -0
Pounce- +30 -15
Partial positive is there but not partial negative

Rules-
● Direct question(+30 -0) at the start of the round will go to whoever is with
highest points.
● Before the direct is attempted other teams have a chance to ‘pounce’ by
messaging the answer on Whatsapp(+30 -15)
● If unanswered on a direct, the question will pass around for (+20 -0)(except
the people who pounced), if no one can answer it’ll be thrown to the audience.
● The next direct will go to the one next to the one who answered on a direct or
pass(or next to the previous direct in case no one answers other than
pounces)

1. X is a game that is designed by Chinese thinkers
nearly 2500 years ago. The basic objective begin to
occupy more territory of the opponent. The playing
pieces are called stones. One player uses the white
stones and the other, black. It is considered as one of
the four essential arts of the cultured aristocracy.
Masahiro Hara, the inventor of Y , a massively popular
2D machine readable code for storing information,
drew inspiration from this board game for Y.
ID the board game X and Y (no partial)

X= Go/Weiqi/Weichi
Y= QR codes

2. What 8 letter german word for "compulsion
to move" is a situation found in chess and other
turn-based games wherein one player is put at a
disadvantage because of their obligation to
make a move?

3. Draught or better known as X is an ancient board
game played between 2 players. The history of the game
is traced back to the ancient city of Ur in southern
Mesopotamia. Its ﬁrst World Championship happened in
1880s at destination Y, which was also the place that
introduced the rule forcing players to ‘take’ whenever
possible in 1530s, hence the version of X we know today
came into existence.
ID X(½ points) and Y(½ points).

4. What Board game has a group of detectives trying to
track down ‘Mr.X’ (X not a question variable) based on
the streets of London. The detectives can use taxis,
buses and the underground, but only Mr.X can use ferries
to evade the detectives.
The name of the Board game is derived from the name of
where the actual London Police HQ is located.

5. __ ___ toy has been inducted into the national toy hall
of fame in 2004. The first part of the name is an
acronym for the general items of equipment of soldiers
and airmen.
According to the backstory, some of the main villains of
X universe are Cobra, serpentor and firefly. There are
animated series’ based on this toy - Extreme, Sigma 6 ,
Renegade , resolute

6. X is one of the oldest known board game in the
world played in ancient Egypt. Game boxes and
depictions of X are found in a number of tombs. We
know that Queen Nefertari and Tutankhamun loved
this game. The game board consists of 30 squares in
three rows of 10.
ID X

POUNCE Anti-clockwise
Direct- +30 -0
Pass- +20 -0
Pounce- +30 -15
Partial positive is there but not partial negative

7. Blood Falls looks like wound on the side of
Antarctica's Taylor glacier. The reason for this
red liquid that flows from this glacier is
<redacted> rich lake covered by the glacier a
million years ago. FITB

8. This is a beautiful picture of umi
jigoki or Sea hell. It is one of the
"Hells of Beppu" which are scenic hot
springs in Beppu- the onsen town of
Japan. This hot spring get its unreal
blue color from naturally high levels of
<redacted> in the water. FITB

It is due to high levels iron sulphate.
(The colour is called cobalt blue)

9**. X is a 1944 American psychological
thriller film. The film has a husband
manipulate her wife into thinking that she is
going insane so that he could steal from
her. What modern day term is very aptly
derived from the name of the movie

Gaslighting
(Movie is Gaslight(1944) )

10. The United Fruit Company, the company
behind the Banana republic in Central
America, was also called ‘el pulpo’ by the
locals.why? Give funda

El pulpo (spanish)("The Octopus" in English) was so called
because United Fruit Company’s influence controlled all
aspects of lives of everyone in the country like an
octopus’tentacles

11
This one's for the cultured ones-
A TV Tropes Forums user submitted a thread titled "<.....>: The most
prolific serial killer in Japanese pop culture."
He/She is not really an official character but an internet nickname given to
something that is used as a plot device involving accidents in various
anime and manga ( think isekai).
Either give the exact nickname, or what is that 'something' that is given
the nickname

truck kun
truck sama
truck chan
truck

12.** The British fighting against X described the weapon Y
used by X's forces as "flying plagues". X is credited for
developing the first ever iron cased Ys in the world which were
successfully deployed for military use. He fastened the iron
tubes filled with <redacted> to bamboo poles or swords to
provide stability and range. Identify the weapon Y, and person
X , who is regarded as the father of modern Y technology.

Y = rocket/missile
X = Tipu Sultan

13. “Four score and seven years ago our father
bought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived
in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal”- this is an excerpt from one of the
most sacred texts in U.S. history (a speech). Identify
the speaker of the above words and the venue(½ + ½
)

Speaker - Abraham Lincoln
Venue - Gettysburg Event

14.** Puttanesca is an Italian pasta dish
which gets its name from the italian word for
whore ( puttana). Just give the funda of why this
strong pungent odour(anchovies, olives)
delicacy was named this way?

Sex workers used to make it for their male
clients before they’d return home to their
wives to mask the smell of perfume, since
it had such a pungent odour.

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