Quiz conducted at PICT as part of the event Credenz

1. ELIMS

2. 1
• Originally in Italian, the name meant belief. In the 16th century
the act of Z was the tasting of food and drinks by a servant for a
lord or other important person (such as the pope or a cardinal)
in order to test for poison. The name passed then to the room
where the act took place, then to the furniture. The
term Z became very fashionable in the US during the second
half of the 19th century. In modern times, a Z is more often a
type of sideboard used in the home or restaurant. In dining
rooms, it is typically made from wood and used as a platform to
serve buffet meals. In restaurant kitchens, made from stainless
steel, it provides a side surface and storage cupboards.

3. Credenza

4. 2
“I have always said I was Bob Marley reincarnated. I feel I have
always been a Rastafarian. I just didn’t have my third eye open,
but its wide open right now.”
This was a statement issued by Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. after
a certain change in his life, leading up to a new album called
‘Reincarnated’.
1. Who is this guy?
2. What change is he talking about?

5. Snoop Dogg, Dogg to Lion

6. 3

8. 4
• Shankar Kistaiya
• Gopal Godse
• Madan Lal Pahwa
• Digambar Badge
• Narayan Apte
• Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
• ???

9. Nathuram Godse

10. *5
• Speaking about his most famous race, he says: “Going into the
stadium for the final, I was quite relaxed but when I saw my
rivals, tension mounted. And with each minute it increased. I
drew lane five with the South African Malcolm Spence to my
left and the German Manfred Kinder on my right. I was going
strong till about 250 meters. But then I slowed down a bit. I
thought the pace was very fast and I would fizzle out in the end
if I continued at that speed. At that point I even looked back or
maybe it was just a side -glance. But that fraction of a second
decided my fate. One by one they all caught up with me…”

11. Milkha Singh, 1960 Olympics

12. 6
• Europe: Benzin/ Benzine
South America: Naphtha
US: X
UK/India: Y

13. X- Gas Y-Petrol

14. 7
Why is this Polish Jew suddenly in the news recently
,95 years after his death ?

15. Aaron Kosminski/Jack the Ripper

16. 8
• When the North Atlantic island nation gained independence
from Denmark in 1944, it simply took the Danish constitution
and made a few minor adjustments, such as substituting the
word "president" for "king." A thorough review of the
constitution had been expected ever since, but action didn't take
place until 2011. The comprehensive review of the constitution
was carried out with the direct participation of the people.
• How were the people involved ?

17. Iceland . They used various social media
platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, You
Tube,etc.

18. 9
• Founded in 1761 at Stein near Nuremberg by cabinet
maker Kaspar X , the enterprise has remained in the X family
for eight generations. It opened branches in New York (1849),
London (1851), Paris (1855), and expanded to Vienna (1872)
and St. Petersburg (1874). It opened a factory in Geroldsgrün
where slide rules were produced. It expanded internationally
and launched new products under Kaspar X's ambitious great-grandson,
Lothar . In 1900, after the marriage of Lothar's
granddaughter with a cadet of the Counts of Y, the A.W. Y
enterprise took the name of X-Y and a new logo, combining the
X motto, Since 1761, with the "jousting knights" of the Ys' coat-of-
arms.

19. X-Fabre Y-Castell

20. *10
•Designed by Jean Nouvel, this project
is under construction on Saadiyat
Island and is expected to complete in
2014. A petition signed by more than
4650 experts, archaeologists and art
historians have accused the UAE‘s
European partner in this project of
behaving like a corporation with profit
maximization in mind. What project?

21. Louvre, Abu Dhabi

22. 11
Claim to fame of the person on the right ?

23. Julian Bharati, Liz Hurley kiss

24. 12
Where in the world would you find??
Route A. Einstein
Route E. Rutherford
Route W. Pauli
Route J. Bernoulli
And more

25. CERN

26. 13
• It is a unique 27 by 15 feet structure
conceptualized and built by Skyline
Group, Bangalore comprising 10,000
units.
• The highlight is a large metal statue of X.
There is a live electronic unit, at the right
hand top corner. It also has the following
words on it:
• “Commitment, Consistency, Class: A
tribute to X”.

27. Rahul Dravid

28. 14
•The early citations of this phrase use
various forms of the spelling of the
name of the founder of the Islamic
religion. The meaning of the phrase is
that ‘If one's will does not prevail, one
must submit to an alternative'. Present
uses of the phrase usually use the
word 'mountain' rather than ‘hill’.

29. If the mountain will not come to Mahomet,
Mahomet will go to the mountain.

30. *15
Below are four lines from the poem Eloisa to
Abelard by Alexander Pope, the story of a tragic love affair,
where forgetfulness became the heroine's only comfort:
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
__________________________________
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Fill in the blank.

31. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

32. 16
August Kowalczyk died at the age of
90 years on 30th July, 2012 in a
small town called Oswiecim in
Southern Poland. He became a
popular actor during his life, among
other things.
Why does his death signify the end
of an era?

33. Last Auschwitz survivor

34. 17
Discovery of what and by whom ?

35. X-ray, Wilhelm Rontgen

36. 18
Identify.

37. Benedict Cumberbatch imitating Alan
Rickman on Family Guy

38. 19
• This term is, according to the Barnhart Etymological
Dictionary, an alteration of the Persian phrase "shāh māt" which
means, literally, "the King is helpless". Others maintain that it
means "the King is dead", as it reached Europe via the Islamic
world, and Arabic māta means "died" or "is dead". However, in
the Pashto language , the word māt still exists meaning
"destroyed, broken".
• Which term ?

39. Check Mate

40. *20
• This explorer is believed to have visited this city around 1275.
In about 1298-1299 while he was imprisoned, he dictated the
following account (next slide) to his cellmate, one of the most
complete descriptions of the city as it existed :

42. Marco Polo on his visit to
Xanadu/Shengdu

43. 21
• These are free-of-cost buses operating for public services at the
Hawaiian airport. They are called X owing to the quickness in
which they transport people. These in turn gave rise to the name
of a giant in the world of free stuff. What famous name did
these give rise to?
• Picture on the next slide

45. Wiki

46. 22
• This band was named after the X air show disaster. At first, the
band had denied this and said that their name was inspired by
the giant doorstop type devices found on old gates, called X.
The extra "m" in the band's name makes it translate literally as
"ramming stone".
Name this band.

47. Rammstein

48. 23
• X is a mythological figure in India, the king of the ghosts and
spirits or demons.
• Per the 1886 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency:
“His features and his body are like those of a man except that
his hands and feet are turned back. His eyes are a tawny green,
his hair stands on end, and he holds a cane in his right and a
conch shell in his left hand. X lives on air. When he does his
rounds, he is dressed in green and either sits in a litter or rides
a horse. Some of his spirits walk before and others walk after
him, holding lighted torches and shouting.”
• Who is this mythological figure ?

49. Vetal

50. 24
• Khalsa Warriors
• Yo Yo Tigers
• Vancouver Lions
• Punjab Thunder
• Lahore Lions
• United Singhs
• California Eagles
• Royal Kings
These teams are participating in which ongoing sport event ?

51. World Kabbadi League

52. *25
“A man was selected, preferably a priest, to take the
________ to the precipice in the wilderness; and he was
accompanied part of the way by the most eminent men of
Jerusalem. Ten booths had been constructed at intervals
along the road leading from Jerusalem to the steep
mountain. At each one of these the man leading the
____________ was formally offered food and drink, which
he, however, refused. When he reached the tenth booth those
who accompanied him proceeded no further, but watched
the ceremony from a distance. When he came to the
precipice he divided the scarlet thread into two parts, one of
which he tied to the rock and the other to the ____'s horns,
and then pushed the _________down..”
This ritual to cleanse one’s self is considered the origin for

53. Scapegoat

54. 26-30 Minimalist Posters

55. 26

56. 27

57. 28

58. 29

59. *30

60. Minimalist Poster answers
• 26) Seinfeld
27) Insomnia
28) Dial M for Murder
29) Shutter Island
30) Thank You For Smoking