Prelims of the General Quiz by Conquiatdors-The Official Quizzing Society of Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University done on 26th September 2014 at Blisspoint '14.

2. Answers

3. Q1
Although ‘X’ banned ‘Y’ in his country outright
after its release in US, curiosity led him to
obtain a copy through Portugal. In total
seclusion, ‘X’ watched ‘Y’, not once, but twice;
thus making him the only person in his
country to watch ‘Y’ for many years to come.
Identify X and Y.

4. A1
X- Adolf Hitler
Y- The Great Dictator

5. Q2
Contrary to popular belief the name had nothing to do with the
traditional dress worn by people of that community. General
V K Nayar, the deputy director general of military operations,
was one day driving home exhausted after a long day in the
ops room. As he drove the sign of a refrigeration shop caught
his eye. It was selling ________, a prominent fridge and AC
brand. Lets go with it, he decided.
What is being talked about here?

6. A2
Bluestar(brand) and the naming of Operation
Bluestar.

7. Q3
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale(INES) was
introduced in 1990by the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA). This scale is used to portray the severity of nuclear
disasters.
The scale works in a way similar to the ‘moment magnitude scale’,
that is used to describe the comparative magnitude of earthquakes.
The scale ranges from Level 0 up to Level 7 where Level 0 signifies a
small deviation and Level 7 is labeled a ‘Major Disaster’.
Only 2 events have been recorded as Level 7.
Just name them.
(Scale representation on the next slide)

9. A3
Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
disasters.

10. Q4
• Raj (Entering dressed as Thor): Hey. Sorry I’m late, but my hammer
got stuck in the door on the bus.
• Leonard: You went with Thor?
• Raj: What? Just because I’m Indian I can’t be a Norse God? No, no,
no, Raj has to be an Indian God. That’s racism. I mean, look at
Wolowitz, he’s not English, but he’s dressed like Peter Pan.
Sheldon(entering in a body suit featuring black and white vertical
lines) is neither sound nor light, but he’s obviously the 'X’.
…
• Leonard: Hey, Sheldon, there’s something I want to talk to you
about before we go to the party.
• Sheldon: I don’t care if anybody gets it, I’m going as the ‘X’.
• Leonard: No, it’s not…
• Sheldon: If I have to, I can demonstrate. Neeeeoooowwwww!
What is X?

11. A4
X- Doppler effect

12. Q5
The name ‘X’ is from a fictional paradise peopled by Black Amazons
and ruled by Queen Calafia. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according
to Montalvo, was said to be a remote land inhabited by griffins and
other strange beasts, and rich in gold.
“Know ye that at the right hand of the Indies there is an island called X,
very close to that part of the Terrestrial Paradise, which was inhabited
by black women without a single man among them, and they lived in
the manner of Amazons. They were robust of body with strong
passionate hearts and great virtue. The island itself is one of the
wildest in the world on account of the bold and craggy rocks.”
----- The Adventures of Esplandián
Identify X.

13. A5
X- California

14. Q6
Since the website's founding in 2008 by Hong Kong entrepreneurs
Chris Chan, Ray Chan, Derek Chan, Brian Yu, and Marco Fung, X has
grown in popularity, currently having over 17 million Facebook
“likes” and 2.7 million Twitter followers.
It owes its name to the page distribution that the website used
previously. Indeed there were Xs per page, today this is no longer
the case. Since 2008 the number of unique global monthly website
visitors has also increased from 500,000 to 67 million.
What is X?

15. A6
X- 9GAG

16. Q7
A ________ planet is a planet that comes within a star’s
habitable zone and is often specifically used for planets close
to the size of Earth. The term comes from a children’s fairy
tale. A planet following the ________ principle is neither too
close nor too far from a star to rule out liquid water on its
surface and thus life. The best examples of such planets is
Earth itself.
FITB

17. A7
Goldilocks

18. Q8
ExtremeKolStylz
How do we better know Nick van de Wall?

19. A8
Afrojack

20. Q9
The process for manufacture of this product does figure
prominently in the 1962 novel Dog Years, the third book
of GunterGrass’s “Danzig Triology”
Info about this product was first published after the World
War II by Alain Resnais.
However, mainstream scholars of the Houlocast consider
this product to be part of WWII folklore.
Lately it has been proven that the existence of this
product is a mere myth.
What rather horrific product are we talking about?

21. A9
Soaps synthesized from the corpses of Jews.

22. Q10
The ‘X’ is believed by the indigenous Sinhalese ethnic majority to have
originated among the Hela civilization of Sri Lanka in the time of King
‘Y’. In the original X, bowl is made of a cut coconut shell that is covered
with goat hide. A dandi, made of bamboo, is attached to this shell. As
most royalty of that era were patrons of Art and Music, Y is known to
have gifted ‘X’ to his in-laws.
‘X’ became so popular during medieval era that, X was the first
instrument to be learnt by princes. The Sangeet tradition of Rajasthan
further helped in popularizing ‘X’ among ladies as well. When ‘X’ was
taken westwards to the Middle East and Europe, where in the 9th
century, it came to be called the ‘Y’ strong.
Simply identify X.

23. A10
X- Ravanhatta

24. Q11
X was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He held numerous academic
degrees and is hence well known as "the most qualified person" of India and is noted likewise
in Limca Book of Records.He holds the Limca Book of Records for the most qualified person in
the country. Began as a Medical Doctor (MBBS and MD) he did his Law (LL.B.) with Post-
graduation in International Law (LL.M.) and his Masters in Business Administration (DBM and
MBA) and in Journalism (B.Journ). He did his Masters in ten subjects. M.A. (Public
Administration ; M.A. (Sociology) ; M.A. (Economics); M.A. (Sanskrit); M.A. (History);
M.A.(English Literature); M.A. (Philosophy); M.A. (Political Science) ; M.A. (Ancient Indian
History,Culture and Archaeology); M.A (Psychology). He got his D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) in
Sanskrit, the highest of any Degree in a University. Most of his Degrees are with First Merit
and he has obtained 28 Gold Medals. Between 1973 and 1990 he has written 42 University
Examinations, every summer and every winter. In 1978 he wrote the IPS (Indian Police
Service) examination and got into it, resigned, wrote the prestigious IAS (Indian
Administrative Services) examination in 1980 and got into it, resigning in four months to
contest his first general elections. In 1980 he was elected to Maharashtra Legislative
Assemble becoming the youngest MLA in the country at 25 and subsequently became a very
powerful government Minister holding 14 portfolios at a time. He had one of the biggest
personal libraries in India with 52,000 books. He was also an academician, painter,
professional photographer, and stage actor. He has been member of Maharashtra Legislative
Assembly (1982–85), Maharashtra Legislative Council (1986–92) and served as Minister of
State, Government of Maharashtra. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha (1992–98). He
joined I.P.S. in 1978 and I.A.S. in 1980.

25. A11
X- Srikant Jichkar

26. Q12
It has been the subject of many theories, that X, and Y are in fact brothers. Z,
the director, who penned these characters himself admitted that he
meant it as a back-story to the characters, though they never appear
together. X made his appearance first, and after two years, Y followed. Z
had intended to make a separate prequel named “The ___ Brothers”, but
it never carried out.
Although, the storylines never get affected due to this relationship, one can
find similar allusions in the cinematic universe by Z, for example when
another character in the film in which Y appears, says that she has written
a TV pilot-the plot of which is nearly identical to a real movie trilogy that Z
started seven years later.
The actor which played X, recently said regarding the much-talked about spin-
off: “I’d be X’s twin brother, and he’d be Y’s twin, and we’re both on a flight
from Los Angeles, having just been released from prison, and neither one
of us know that we’re the twin brother of the other one and we’re both on
our way back to LA to avenge the death of our brothers.”

27. A12
X- Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega from Reservoir Dogs
Y-Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

28. Q13
Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin was an American medicinal chemist,
biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is
credited with inventing and introducing ’X’ to psychologists in the late
1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and other medicinal research
purposes, but it’s potential as a psychedelic drug was exploited by others,
much to the ______ of the youth of that time.
Due in part to Shulgin's extensive work in the field of psychedelic
research and the rational drug design of psychedelic drugs, he has since
been dubbed the "godfather of psychedelics.” He has himself tested over
200 compounds and drugs, and after exploring a range of psychedelic
experiences during his research, developed the Shulgin Rating Scale to
measure the amount of sensation through different drugs.
How do we better know his invention as of today? And what did Shulgin
apparently inspire in the entertainment?

29. A13
‘Ecstasy’ and Walter ‘Heisenberg’ White form
Breaking Bad.

30. Q14
A great media uproar was created in March, 2006 when X decided to
sell _________________ through Bonhams, a privately owned
British auction house.
This decision came as a result of series of financial problems X was
facing at that time. His ‘X Design Group’ had fell apart and he was
forced to sell his home, speedboat and three life-insurance policies
to pay off millions of pounds in tax and business debt.
But he decided against his decision about a month later and
credited Y for bringing about the change.
"And then Y called me several times and wondered what I was
doing, I guess I woke up: ‘X, what has gotten in to you? Have you
gone completely nuts?”
Identify X and explain the context.

31. A14
X-Bjorn Borg and his temporary decision about selling his 5
Wimbledon Trophies and two of his rackets used in these
finals. Y- John McEnroe.

32. Q15
Moraji Desai was perhaps the most successful Indian statesman
when it came to achieving peace with Pakistan. He shared an
excellent relationship with President Zia ul Haq who described
the two as “brothers who act together.” To maintain good
relations, Desai even went to the extent of revealing classified
details of Indian intelligence operations to Zia and the
Pakistani government.
As a tribute to his efforts the Pakistani government did
something in the 1990, which gives Desai the distinction of
having achieved something that no one has.
What did Pakistan do?

33. A15
Pakistan conferred Morarji Desai with the ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’
award thus making him the only person to have won both the
Bharat Ratna and Nishan-e-Pakistan awards

34. Q16
The ______ were 19th century English textile artisans who
protested against newly developed labor saving machinery
from 1811 to 1817. Though the origin of the term is uncertain,
a popular theory is that it is named after Ned ____ a youth
who allegedly smashed two stocking frames in 1779 and
whose name became emblematic with the movement. The
term is used today to refer to people who fear technology and
innovation and prefer the stays quo.
Give the term.

35. A16
Luddites

36. Q17
The ‘X’ was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected
in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 to latest technology
developed in the Industrial Revolution.
Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, the ‘X’ was 1,851 feet long, with an
interior height of 128 feet. Because of the recent invention of the cast
plate glass method in 1848, which allowed for large sheets of cheap
but strong glass, it was at the time the largest amount of glass ever
seen in a building and astonished visitors with its clear walls and
ceilings that did not require interior lights, thus a/an ‘X’.
Identify ‘X’ which lends its name to something in the world of football.

37. A17
X- Crystal Palace

38. Q18
Author X, while on camping once, had a severe altercation with some other
members, and this event inspired him to write the novel X, which was
intended to be “more than disturbing” for the publisher to read. But
surprisingly the publisher liked it and accepted to publish it.
He later explains:
"Really, what I was writing was just The Great Gatsby updated a little. It
was 'apostolic' fiction - where a surviving apostle tells the story of his
hero. There are two men and a woman. And one man, the hero, is shot to
death."
In interviews, the writer has said he is still approached by people wanting
to know the location of the nearest ‘Y.’ X insists there is no such real
organization, and its depiction in the story is a real-life inspiration from
“The Cacophony Society”, of which X is a member.
Y was critically successful, but owing to the cult-fan following of its movie
adaptation, has now become a collector’s item.
Identify X and Y.

39. A18
X- Chuck Palahniuk
Y- Fight Club

40. Q19
The disease ‘X’ affects people of all ages, but people in these groups
have a higher chance of acquiring it:
• Individuals older than 60
• History of mental health disorder
• Emotional stress
• Working late night shifts
• Travelling through different time zones
The TV series ‘Z’, initially named XY, had been nominated 6 times
for Emmy Award for outstanding comedy, eventually winning once
in 2002.
XY and Z please.

41. A19
XY- Insomnia Café
Z- F.R.I.E.N.D.S

42. Q20
This is a screenshot from a former Arsenal player’s official website. Just
Identify him.
(Image on the next slide)

44. A20
Jens Lehmann

45. Q21
Fashion historians ascribe its origins of to the 1920s designs of
Coco Chanel. It continued to be popular through the Great
Depression, predominantly through its economy and
elegance.
Hollywood’s influence on fashion helped its popularity. As
technicolor movies became more common, filmmakers relied
on this because colors looked distorted in the screen.
What are we talking about?

46. A21
Little Black Dress

47. Q22
The term X was coined in the late 1800s. At the time, 20,000 veteran soldiers
were brought from the conflict against the settlers of Canudos, in the
Eastern province of Bahia, to Y and were left with no place to live.
When they served the army in Bahia, those soldiers had been familiar with
Canudos's X Hill – a name referring to X, a skin-irritating tree in the spurge
family (Cnidoscolusquercifolius) indigenous to Bahia. When they settled in
the Providência [Providence] hill in Y, they nicknamed the place X hill from
their common reference, thereby using X for the first time.
Give X and Y.

48. A22
X-Favela
Y- Rio de Janeiro

49. Q23
X, a novel considered widely as a modern classic as soon as it released
in the early 60’s, is still a spearhead of it’s country’s literature. X’s
author was awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom in 2007. X
remains the only novel to be written by the author.
Y, a crime – psychological thriller, enjoyed instant success when it was
released in 1988. After that, the author’s works have been adapted
into films as well as two TV series.
The film adaptations of both X and Y, were recently recognized for
contributing something to American Film history, although the
nature of their contributions is the direct opposite of the other.
What?

50. A23
X= To Kill A Mockingbird
Y= The Silence of the Lambs
Atticus Finch, and Dr. Hannibal Lecter were
respectively awarded the topmost Hero and
Villain for all time in American Film History by
the American Film Institute.

51. Q24
The X (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) denizen of the Y
plantations of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi, eats only the
ripest Y cherries.
Unable to digest the Y, the X graciously deposits them on the
jungle floor where they are eagerly collected by the locals.
The stomach acids and enzymatic action involved in this unique
fermentation process produces the beans for the world’s
rarest Y.
Give X and Y.

52. A24
X- Kopi Luwak
Y- Coffee

53. Q25
Satinder Mohan Bhagat is a professor of physics at the University of Maryland
in College Park, Maryland with over 200 research papers to his name.
In 2001, while travelling back home to India he found himself being harassed
by petty extortion demands of government officials and realized that the
common people were also facing such problems on a daily basis.
He devised a method to curb corruption which became more popular in the
subsequent years. This method is nowadays being employed in corruption
stricken countries like Ghana, Benin, Nepal etc.
Satinder Mohan Bhagat currently serves as the President of Association for
India's Development, Inc. USA.
What method did he devise?

54. A25
The Zero rupee note.

55. Q26
He was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, the son of Eileen (née Yates),
a dancer, and Barry, a street seller and lounge singer. He moved to Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk, where he initially chose not to follow his father's
career working the local market stalls and decided to pursue martial arts.
He grew up with football player X, alongside whom he would later go on to
act. X introduced him to football, and he went on to play for the local
grammar school (1978–1983), which he had attended since the age of 11,
a passion that he shared with diving.
He practiced daily in perfecting his diving techniques, and was a member of
Britain's National Diving Squad for twelve years. He competed for England
at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Today, he is known for something completely different.
Who is he?

56. A26
Jason Statham.
X(not needed)- Vinnie Jones

57. See you in the Finals!