This document provides a series of trivia questions related to etymology, history, science, and pop culture. It includes the origins of terms like "back to square one" and "boilerplate" as well as facts about figures like Buckethead and paintings like The Scream. The questions cover a wide range of topics in only a few sentences each.

1. A SET OF SUNDRIES

2. Q1
• This is Herman Snellen, a Dutch medical practitioner
• His main claim to fame is an improvement he
implemented something we have all seen
• His improvements include the use of a specially
designed characters, which helps in the standardization
of the same
• Additionally, he suggested using a distance of 6 metres,
to keep a benchmark
• What improvement of his have we seen, and how do we
better know the benchmark?

4. SNELLEN CHART FOR VISUAL ACUITY;
20/20

5. Q2
• ID this subreddit
• This is not a sports connect

7. R/SUPERBOWL

8. Q3
• DAZED held a one-on-one conversation between two people who
“pushing the boundaries” of their respective “fields”
• The conversation involved the generation of random topics, such as the
future of creativity, and the concept of dreams
• One of the people was SOPHIE, one of the most ground-breaking
producers of 2010s
• Who else was in this conversation?

10. SOPHIA

11. Q4
• The trailer for Earth at Night in Color
• Who is the narrator?

13. TOM HIDDLESTON

14. Q5
• While 2020 was not very forgiving for most businesses, there was one
business that boomed because of the lockdown
• A plausible reason for this boom is the fact that people have more time to
recover without in person events, and masks help as well
• However, there is more vain reason for this
• What business am I talking about? What’s the vain reason?

16. PLASTIC SURGEONS; PEOPLE DID NOT
LIKE HOW THEY LOOKED ON ZOOM

17. Q6
• Jane Ziegelman, an American historian, published a book on the societal
changes seen in America since the Great Depression in the 30s
• In the beginning of the 20th century, there was a movement, mostly
spearheaded by Anglo-Saxon protestant women, against minor stimulants,
as they believed they were gateways to higher stimulants, such as alcohol
• Also, due to the dearth of resources, this movement led to a certain
standardization
• While the public did dismiss the core ideas of the movement by the 70s,
as it was perceived as xenophobic, it left an indelible mark on a certain
aspect of American culture
• What am I talking about, a rather common “stereotype”?

19. BLAND FOOD, THE MINOR STIMULANT
BEING SPICES

20. Q7
• The reason for this very common “practice” is to mask a poor quality
product
• The first element, A, counters bitterness, which can happen when the
product B has impurities
• Finally, C softens the effects of B, possibly due to the fact that the citric
acid leads to capsaicin desensitization, and B has similar effects as
capsaicin
• A,B,C?

22. SALT, TEQUILA, LIME

23. Q8
• In the 19th century, an X
referred to steel which was
used as a template in the
construction of these
steam contraptions
• The key thing about X was
that they were
standardized
• The term X has come into
modern vernacular,
especially in law and
programming, to reflect
this standardization
• X?

25. BOILERPLATE

26. Q9
• X is a literary device coming from the Greek roots for “beyond” and
“throwing”, literally meaning to throw beyond
• The adjective form of X is also known to us as a description of a
mathematical object Y, which is a doublet of X
• Essentially, the mathematical object associated with “throwing” was
extended “beyond” to get Y
• X,Y?

28. X- HYPERBOLE, Y- HYPERBOLA

29. Q10
• Buckethead is an American musician,
regarded as one of the greatest electric
guitarists of all time
• He is known for his appearance during
concerts, sporting a Michael Myers mask and
a bucket on his head, a get-up he came up
with to combat his stage fright
• He is a huge fan of a certain chain, which he
named one of his EPs after
• The chain in turn has merchandise of
Buckethead, that have been selling a
sporting event that is going on at the moment
• What chain?

31. KFC

32. Q11
• Argentina: “whiskey”
• Bulgaria: “zele” (Cabbage)
• Germany: “spaghetti”
• Korea: “kimchi”
• Morocco: “khbiz” (Bread)
• Denmark: “appelsin” (Orange)
• English-speaking countries: ______
• FITB (note the pronunciations)

34. CHEESE, THESE ARE FORMS OF SAY
CHEESE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

35. Q12
• A couple of sports related etymology questions
• There are multiple theories as to the origin of this phrase, mainly three related to BBC
sports commentaries, the board game Snakes and Ladders, or hopscotch
• When commentating rugby or football matches, the commentators had an approximate
demarcation of the field, into 8 parts
• When play failed, the team would return to their side, prompting the commentators to
use the particular phrase
• This theory is widely disputed, but it does convey the same emotion as the phrase
does
• What phrase?

37. BACK TO SQUARE ONE

38. Q13
• This term refers to the room on a large ship or vessel, where navigation is
controlled
• The term moved into baseball terminology to denote the area in a batter’s
zone in which they are most likely to hit a home run
• What term?

40. WHEELHOUSE

41. Q14
• This food item comes from Hungary (pic in the next slide)
• It is a dense fruit jam, that eaten mainly by soldiers during war-time
• Its consistency resembled that of cured meats, and thus it was called
______szalonna, which translates to ______ bacon
• The naming comes from the fact that, during the armed conflicts of the Austro-
Hungarian monarchy, these soldiers used to receive normal bacon along with
other provisions, such as Kaiser rolls, and they adopted a similar nomenclature
• Upon receiving this fruit jam that resembled bacon, they named it
______szalonna in a similar fashion
• FITB

44. HITLERSZALONNA
Godwin’s Law

45. Q15
• Now a couple of mathsy questions
• Given a domain and a set of “penalties”, a geodesic is defined as a path
that maximizes the weights of the system
• Over a sphere of uniform weighting, these tend to be paths from pole to
pole
• However, it is possible for a system to have multiple geodesics that all
maximize the total weight
• X refers to a set of such geodesics that all maximize the weights for a
given collection
• What is X, owing to what this image look like?

47. GEODESIC WATERMELON

48. Q16
• A Gomboc is a mathematical object that has
only one point of stable and one point of
unstable equilibrium
• There are many types of Gombocs, but they
all have the same property that they can
always orient themselves correctly due to the
property of having only point of stable
equilibrium
• Although a perfect Gomboc is a man-made
object, an imperfect version of it exists in
nature
• Where can we see imperfect Gombocs?

50. TURTLE SHELLS, WHICH IS WHY TURTLES CAN
RIGHT THEMSELVES IF THEY FLIP OVER

51. Q17
What’s the name of this writing editor? It is a literary connect

53. HEMINGWAY

54. Q18
• One of the most vulnerable paintings currently is Munch’s The Scream at
the Munch Museum in Oslo
• The reason for this vulnerability is the fact that in 1910, Munch used a
pigment of cadmium yellow, which was not of the highest quality
• This means that, due to a specific reason, the paint is flaking
• Currently, the only way to view the painting is while standing in a separate
room
• What is one of the main accelerators of The Scream’s deterioration?

56. THE HUMIDITY THAT COMES FROM
PEOPLE’S BREATH

57. Q19
• Rozu is a brand of sparkling rose water distributed all across the world
• The brand is particularly popular in the Middle East
• Rozu was used more publicly in December of 2020, for a particular
reason
• Where would you have seen the brand Rozu?

59. ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX, AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR CHAMPAGNE

60. Q20
• Ending with a very direct question
• On Kanye West’s song “I am a God”, from the album Yeezus, aside from
himself, and talents like Justin Vernon, which famous personality does
Kanye accredit as a writer?

62. GOD