i-Quest 7.0 day 2 prelims

i-Quest 7.0
DAY 2 PRELIMS
99.1% Pure Quizzing

RULES & REGULATIONS
• माना की गूगल भगवान है लेककन भगवान को ज्यादा परेशान ना ककया जाए।
Use of electronic gadgets is prohibited.
• जब कु छ ना आते हुए भी एग्जाम पेपर में अपनी कलाकारी ददखाते हो तो यहााँ क्यों नहीीं?
Feel free to guess the answers.
• यहााँ ना तो कोई 'ओल्ड गॉड’ हैं ना तो कोई 'न्यू‘|
Quizmasters are the only supreme powers.
• बुरी नज़र वाले तेरा मुाँह काला|
Cheating will lead to immediate disqualification and public humiliation.
• हॉनन ओके प्लीज|
In case you have the habit of asking unnecessary doubts, feel free to ask us. Do not discuss amongst yourselves.

Round 1
Consists of 22 Questions.
Marking Scheme +1 -0
Brevity & Conciseness will be appreciated.
No points for ESSAY Writing
* Marked questions are tie-breakers

Q #1. This is Neuschwanstein Castle, a 19th-century Romanesque
Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of
Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
Although it is a beautiful castle itself but it got more famous
when a conglomerate designed it's logo based on this. Id the
conglomerate.
#SK

Q #2. X is a car manufacturing company. It started off as an aircraft
manufacturing company. After Germany's defeat in WWI, all airplane
manufacturing companies had to cease production, one of the many
terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. With the company facing
bankruptcy, X shifted to motorcycle production, soon followed by the
manufacture of cars in 1928. Their current logo is a tribute to their
aviation heritage. Id X.
#MC

After spending Labor Day weekend at home writing code on his
personal computer, X founder Pierre Omidyar launches
AuctionWeb, a site "dedicated to bringing together buyers and
sellers in an honest and open marketplace. Canadian Mark Fraser
purchased the first item that Pierre Omidyar listed on the site in
1995, a broken laser pointer. The total value of merchandise sold
on AuctionWeb reaches $7.2 million by June 1996. In September
1997, AuctionWeb is officially renamed X.
Id X.
Q #4.*
#AS

Q #5.
#AB
The following advertisement was shown during the credits
of a movie released in the September of 2017. Burger King
trolled their rival McDonald’s by clowning their mascot
Ronald McDonald. Which movie was this advertisement
shown in?

Q #6.
#SS
He began writing under the pen name Nawab Rai, but
subsequently switched to name X because his work Soz-e-Watan
was noticed by the British Government officials, who banned it as a
seditious work and burn all copies. A novel writer, story writer and
dramatist, he has been referred to as the Emperor among Novelists
by writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 300
short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign
literary works into Hindi. Id X.

Q #7.
#AP
In 1995 in a one shot comic book, Written by Written by Garth
Ennis and illustrated by Doug Braithwaitewith most inking done
by Michael L. Halblieb, the story depicts a superhero killing
every superhero and supervillain in the Marvel Universe,
including himself. The character Is Inspired By Mack Bolan’s The
Executioner. The lead superhero is a Vietnam war veteran.
Identify the superhero.

Q #8.
Tetraphobia means to avoid the number four. As in other parts
of Asia, 4 is an unlucky number in this country X. Therefore, in
elevators you’ll often see floors 1, 2, 3, and F. Apartments that
have numbers with multiple 4s (ex. 404) are often avoided, and
the property values are lower. The reason behind this is that the
word for 4 in the language of X is similar to the word for death.
People of X are heavy drinkers and are the highest alcohol
consumers in Asia. In this country your age is one more than
your actual age.
identify X.
#AP

Q #10.
The book has nothing to do with_____ ______ (The title of
the book). Its collection of David foster Wallace’s Best essay
on Tennis. What’s the title of the book?
#YB

Q #11.*
#AS
What is being filmed here?

Q #12.
#AS
In 1485, a deadly plaque arrived in the city of Milan killing a
large number of people. X, who worked in Milan at the time,
believed that poor sanitation caused the disease to spread so
quickly. Challenged by the problem, X made sketches of a city
which would be more sanitary and have features like a road
system with drainage. The city would have a series of
connected canals to be used for commercial purposes and as a
sewage system. It was designed to have broad roads and
elegant buildings featuring large arches and pillars. While
designing what is known as X’s Ideal City, X paid attention to
fine details like fresh air vents in buildings and special stables for
horses. However, the grand project was never implemented. ID
X who conceptualized the first ideal/smart city.

Q #13. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach in the 1950s who didn’t like
how running shoes were made. He first created the Cortez shoe, but still
wanted to make a shoe even lighter that could be worn on various
surfaces. While eating X with his wife, the idea came to him of using the
X texture on the sole of running shoes. This sole shoe made their
appearance in the 1972 U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene.
Thus inspired one of the first pairs of Nikes. These shoes are still popular.
ID X.
#AS

Q #14.*
#SK
This is a recent ad by GMC for electric version of X. Arnold
Schwarzenegger was the one who came across X while shooting
a film and contacted AMC (manufacturer of X) to launch it
commercially. X was finally launched in 1992 and became
cultural phenomenon. Id X.

Q #15.
#AS
The tiny South Pacific island state of Tuvalu, where the average
income is little more than £12 a week, has taken on one of the giants
of cyberspace Verizon by demanding a greater share of the lucrative
earnings generated by its unique domain name suffix. When Tuvalu
was awarded “.X” domain name by the International Organisation
for Standardisation in 1999, global internet providers queued up to
do business with the former British protectorate, which used to be
part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. At least five internet companies
flew to the remote capital of Funafuti to tender for the right to lease
the initials X. Eventually a deal was struck with a Californian company
which offered an advance payment of $50m (£33m) – more than half
Tuvalu's annual GDP at the time – with many more millions to follow.
ID X, their domain name.

Q #16. Id the personality in the picture.
#AS

Q #17.
#MC
X was made in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who
also created beloved shows like Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The
Smurfs, etc. It was initially named Jasper and Jinx. It was once
also criticized by people for being racist due to the presence of a
controversial element who was later replaced. The protagonist
was left by his love interest who was an opportunist which even
lead him to commit suicide in one of the episodes. It later had
several spinoffs. Id X.

Identify the author.Q #18.
#SK

Q #19.
#SK
In 1855, an entrepreneurial Scotsman named Edward Abraham Dyer,
father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh
massacre, set up a brewery in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh to cater to the
British requirement for cheap beer. This brewery changed hands and
became a distillery by the name of Mohan Meakin Pvt. Ved Rattan
Mohan, former managing director of Mohan Meakin, created X (still being
manufactured and sold) in India in the 1960s. Mohan named X in honour
of the Benedictine religious order of Christianity, with which he was
fascinated. Ltd.
There is no advertising, its popularity depends on word of mouth and
loyalty of customers. It is sold in six size variants: 90 ml, 180 ml, 375 ml,
500ml, 750 ml, and 1 litre bottles. X had been awarded gold medals at
Monde World Selections since 1982. Id X.

Q #20.*
#YB
X have taken to Twitter to mock Tesla’s Cybertruck. X tweeted
“The evolution of the truck is here. Guaranteed shatterproof,”
with a picture of a pale-colored piece of X on wheels And that
post has been retweeted more than 21,000 times.

Q #21.
#ABHIKSARKAR
This road is a part of Asian Highway 46(AH46) a route of the Asian
Highway Newtwork within India, from Kharagpur in West Bengal to Dhule
in Maharashtra which was later extended till Surat. It runs over six states in
India. A lot of names has been assigned to this road included Economic
corridor 1(EC1) and various other aliases locally.
Which road are we talking about?

Q #22.
#SK
Identify this WWII war mechanic

Q #1. This is Neuschwanstein Castle, a 19th-century Romanesque Revival
palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near
Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. Although it is a beautiful
castle itself but it got more famous when a conglomerate designed
it's logo based on this. Id the conglomerate.
#SK

Q #2. X is a car manufacturing company. It started off as an aircraft
manufacturing company. After Germany's defeat in WWI, all airplane
manufacturing companies had to cease production, one of the many terms
of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. With the company facing bankruptcy, X
shifted to motorcycle production, soon followed by the manufacture of cars
in 1928. Their current logo is a tribute to their aviation heritage. Id X.
#MC

After spending Labor Day weekend at home writing code on his
personal computer, X founder Pierre Omidyar launches AuctionWeb, a
site "dedicated to bringing together buyers and sellers in an honest and
open marketplace. Canadian Mark Fraser purchased the first item that
Pierre Omidyar listed on the site in 1995, a broken laser pointer. The
total value of merchandise sold on AuctionWeb reaches $7.2 million by
June 1996. In September 1997, AuctionWeb is officially renamed X.
Id X.
Q #4.
#AS

Q #5.
#AB
The following advertisement was shown during the credits of a
movie released in the September of 2017. Burger King trolled
their rival McDonald’s by clowning their mascot Ronald
McDonald. Which movie was this advertisement shown in?

Q #6.
#SS
He began writing under the pen name Nawab Rai, but subsequently
switched to name X because his work Soz-e-Watan was noticed by the
British Government officials, who banned it as a seditious work and burn
all copies. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been
referred to as the Emperor among Novelists by writers. His works include
more than a dozen novels, around 300 short stories, several essays and
translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi. Id X.

Q #7.
#AP
In 1995 in a one shot comic book, Written by Written by Garth
Ennis and illustrated by Doug Braithwaitewith most inking done by
Michael L. Halblieb, the story depicts a superhero killing
every superhero and supervillain in the Marvel Universe, including
himself. The character Is Inspired By Mack Bolan’s The Executioner.
The lead superhero is a Vietnam war veteran. Identify the superhero.

Q #8.
Tetraphobia means to avoid the number four. As in other parts of
Asia, 4 is an unlucky number in this country X. Therefore, in elevators
you’ll often see floors 1, 2, 3, and F. Apartments that have numbers
with multiple 4s (ex. 404) are often avoided, and the property values
are lower. The reason behind this is that the word for 4 in the
language of X is similar to the word for death. People of X are heavy
drinkers and are the highest alcohol consumers in Asia. In this
country your age is one more than your actual age.
identify X.
#AP

Q #10. Q7. The book has nothing to do with_____ ______ (The title of
the book). Its collection of David foster Wallace’s Best essay on
Tennis. What’s the title of the book?
#YB

Q #11.
#AS
What is being filmed here?

Filming of the famous MGM logo
#AS

Q #12.
#AS
In 1485, a deadly plaque arrived in the city of Milan killing a large
number of people. X, who worked in Milan at the time, believed that
poor sanitation caused the disease to spread so quickly. Challenged
by the problem, X made sketches of a city which would be more
sanitary and have features like a road system with drainage. The city
would have a series of connected canals to be used for commercial
purposes and as a sewage system. It was designed to have broad
roads and elegant buildings featuring large arches and pillars. While
designing what is known as X’s Ideal City, X paid attention to fine
details like fresh air vents in buildings and special stables for horses.
However, the grand project was never implemented. ID X who
conceptualized the first ideal/smart city.

Q #13. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach in the 1950s who didn’t like how
running shoes were made. He first created the Cortez shoe, but still wanted to
make a shoe even lighter that could be worn on various surfaces. While eating
X with his wife, the idea came to him of using the X texture on the sole of
running shoes. This sole shoe made their appearance in the 1972 U.S. Olympic
track and field trials in Eugene. Thus inspired one of the first pairs of Nikes.
These shoes are still popular. ID X.
#AS

Q #14.
#SK
This is a recent ad by GMC for electric version of X. Arnold
Schwarzenegger was the one who came across X while shooting a
film and contacted AMC (manufacturer of X) to launch it
commercially. X was finally launched in 1992 and became cultural
phenomenon. Id X.

Q #15.
#AS
The tiny South Pacific island state of Tuvalu, where the average income is
little more than £12 a week, has taken on one of the giants of cyberspace
Verizon by demanding a greater share of the lucrative earnings generated
by its unique domain name suffix. When Tuvalu was awarded “.X“ domain
name by the International Organisation for Standardisation in 1999,
global internet providers queued up to do business with the former British
protectorate, which used to be part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. At
least five internet companies flew to the remote capital of Funafuti to
tender for the right to lease the initials X. Eventually a deal was struck with
a Californian company which offered an advance payment of $50m (£33m)
– more than half Tuvalu's annual GDP at the time – with many more
millions to follow.
ID X, their domain name.

Q #17.
#MC
X was made in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who also
created beloved shows like Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, etc. It
was initially named Jasper and Jinx. It was once also criticized by
people for being racist due to the presence of a controversial element
who was later replaced. The protagonist was left by his love interest
who was an opportunist which even lead him to commit suicide in
one of the episodes. It later had several spinoffs. Id X.

Q #19.
#SK
In 1855, an entrepreneurial Scotsman named Edward Abraham Dyer, father of
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, set up a
brewery in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh to cater to the British requirement for
cheap beer. This brewery changed hands and became a distillery by the name of
Mohan Meakin Pvt. Ved Rattan Mohan, former managing director of Mohan
Meakin, created X (still being manufactured and sold) in India in the 1960s.
Mohan named X in honour of the Benedictine religious order of Christianity,
with which he was fascinated. Ltd.
There is no advertising, its popularity depends on word of mouth and loyalty
of customers. It is sold in six size variants: 90 ml, 180 ml, 375 ml, 500ml, 750 ml,
and 1 litre bottles. X had been awarded gold medals at Monde World Selections
since 1982. Id X.

Q #20.
#YB
X have taken to Twitter to mock Tesla’s Cybertruck. X tweeted “The
evolution of the truck is here. Guaranteed shatterproof,” with a
picture of a pale-colored piece of X on wheels And that post has
been retweeted more than 21,000 times.

Q #22.*
#SK
Identify this WWII war mechanic

Thank You!#TS – Tanmay Singh
#SK – Shubh Kela
#AT – Ayush Tiwari
#YB – Yash Bhojak
#UK – Uttara Khatik
#AS – Aryan Sarkar
#SS – Sunny Singh
#MC – Mourya Choubey
#AP – Ayush Pathak
#AB – Abhilash Biswas
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