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V-Quiz Informal Session
Names and Etymology
- Jose Thomas

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Clockwise
• 17 Questions
• Bounce and Pounce
• 10 Points Each

1. X the Dread : The Laughter and Twenty Million was a book by
Martin Amiss about the Soviet regime and its Twenty Million
victims. X was the pseudonym by Stalin during his revolutionary
days. Stalin was inspired by X , a major character in the book 'The
Patricide' by Alexander Kazbegi . The name X was also used in a
recent movie series for one of the major antagonist , who in
certain ways are similar to Stalin
X?

 2. The original meaning of this usage emphasises that 'ultimate
reality' is abstract and formless , as propogated by the likes of
Adi Sankara and not anthropomorphic like in the Vaishnavas
and Shaivas theologies . What usage, often quoted out of
context in mild deregotary sense is being talked about.

3.Conversation between English speaking Travis Marshall and a
Spanish speaking street vendor in the sixth season premiere of
Dexter
Travis Marshall : I'd like some X, please.
Vendor : Ah, Y.
The word X and Y trace there origins to Sanskrit and Dravidian
Languages. While Y is more or less similar to the root word(still
very commonly used in Malayalam , Tamil etc.) in the Indian
languages . X's differences of from the root word could be due
to the loss of a consonant due to confusion with definitive
article or influenced by the French word for 'Gold'.
X and Y .

4. According to first century Roman historian Pliny the Elder , this
place was named _____________ Insulae because of the
presence of a “vast multitudes of _________ , of very large
size”. Other speculations include presence of Monk Seals which
the Ancient Romans or the people of the area worshipping
___________ or from the name of a tribe inhabiting the region.
Though the coat of arms of still features ________, the region is
more synonymous with another species which the region lends its
name to.
What region?

5.Some of the theories about origin of 'X and Y' the narrative
of a failed endeavor by two individuals are :-
Cardinal Wolsey and Bishop Turbes who negotiated the wedding
between the Mary Tudor and the French King
 Half Pint and Quarter Pint glasses becoming smaller as King
Charles II reducing liquid volume measures to collect more tax
 Deposition of Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette (though
chronologically improbable)
 A pregnant spinster from who died at child birth and the
alleged father who had died in an accident earlier
X and Y

6. The first flower(picture next slide)derives its name from an obsolete
French word meaning tobacco plant .The flower is often used to represent
anger , resentment and not losing hope. The second flower represents
innocence and purity . Its name appears in English Bibles as the translation
for Shoshanna(Hebrew) in Old Testaments and Krinon (Greek) in New
Testaments.
Identify the flowers which lend their names to a pair of popular fictional
sisters.

7. _____________ is confectionary item with primary ingredients
sugar syrup , butter , cream etc. The early usage of the word is
found in association with Doncaster in South Yorkshire , the
recipe listed as Doncaster _____________ in 1848 issue of
'Liverpool Mercury' . In 1855, F. K. Robinson's Glossary of
Yorkshire Words explained ____________ as "a treacle ball with
an amalgamation of butter in it”. One of the many inconclusive
theories about name of the sweet is that it comes from 'to cut or
to score' as it had to be cut into pieces before it hardened . FITB

8. Story goes that when Daphne who Apollo had loved turned
into a Bay ________ tree(also called sweet bay) , he promised
that her leaves would adorn the heads of leaders and be depicted
in weapons etc. So the winners in the Pythian Games, one of
the Pan Hallenic Games held in honour of Appolo , recieved a
wreath made by interlocking the leaves and branches
_________. In modern idiomatic usage _________ refers to
victory or honor won for a achievement in a field or activity.

9. 'Darlie' is toothpaste brand is sold in China , Hong Kong ,Malaysia , Taiwan and
Thailand by Hawley & Hazel, a joint venture company that is owned 50 percent
by Colgate-Palmolive . The name 'Darlie' and the new logo were adapted on
persuation from Colgate Palmolive , following an international outcry when they
entered into the joint venture with Hawley & Hazel. The Chinese name 'Hai Ren'
was not changed as 'research shows that Chinese consumers perceive the "Hei
ren" toothpaste brand to be trustworthy, international and modern.” The brand
notoriously features in 'C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America' , a 2004
alternate history mockumentary in which Confederates with the American Civil
War
What was the original name of the toothpaste

10. This term originated in an article by Mark Simpson published
on November 15, 1994, in The Independent. Simpson wrote:
___________ man, the single young man with a high disposable income,
living or working in the city (because that's where all the best shops are), is
perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade. In the Eighties
he was only to be found inside fashion magazines such as GQ. In the
Nineties, he’s everywhere and he's going shopping.
The term became popular globally with another Mark Simpson
article published in Salon.com in 2002, where is offered an
updated definition and called ____________ as “the biggest
__________ in Britain”

11. Below are the excerpts from the article America's Favorite National
Pastime: Hating __________ published on the website of
conservative American social and political commentator Ann Coutler
in July , 2014.
There are no heroes, no losers, no accountability, and no child's fragile self-esteem is
bruised. There's a reason perpetually alarmed women are called "______
______," not "_______ ________."
FITB

“Soccer Moms” not “Football Moms”

12.The folk etymology of the name of this race of female warriors,
though there is no corroborating evidence, is that it means
'without breast' , related to the practise among them to cut of
their right breast , so they could draw bowstring more effectively.
The race lends its name to a geographic feature , after Spanish
explorers were attacked by a tribe of women(or perhaps long
haired men without beards) around this region.
What name?

13. Excerpts from Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish Tripathi describing
Shurpanakha
“her hair was blonde, a most unusual colour; every strand of it was in place.
Her eyes were magnetic. Perhaps she was the child of Hiranyaloman
___________ ; fairskinned,light-eyed and light-haired foreigners who lived
half a world away towards the north-west; their violent ways and
incomprehensible speech had led to the Indians calling them barbarians.”
FITB

14. Referring to its origins , this is called 'Alfiere' in Italian, 'Alfil'
in Spanish , 'Pil' in Persian and Turkish all derived from the
Arabic word for Elephant . What is it called in English.

15. The ______________ day , widely known as the birthday of the church is
celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter(the fiftieth day after Easter).
The ___________(meaning Fiftieth day) was the Greek name for the
Jewish Festival Shouvat- initially a harvest festival but later turned to
commemorate the giving of the laws at Mount Sinai. As narrated in the
Acts of Apostles book of New testaments , when the disciples and
followers of Jesus Christ assembled on the Fiftieth Day after the
resurrection, they were filled with the holy spirit and started speaking in
languages they did not know. The day is celebrated as 'Whitsunday' and the
following Monday a public holiday. FITB

16. Jasbir Singh(aka X) and Kuljeet Singh (aka Y) were convicted
and later executed on January 31 , 1982 for one of the most
sensational cases in the history of independent India , the kidnap
and murder of siblings Geetha and Sanjay Chopra(both of the
kids being awarded the Kirti Chakra and National Bravery Award
categories being named after them).
Give X and Y, names with immense legacy in South Indian cinema

17. Conventional rules for the use of X in different parts of the World
United States of America: Almost always capitalised.
Suriname and Netherlands: Is written in lower case, except when used
in standalone then first the letter is capitalised and filed under the first
letter of the next word.
Belgium : Always capitalised and filed under its first letter.
South Africa : Not capitalized but filed under its first letter
In many countries X is used as a concatenation with the next word.
X?

AZED
• 4 Blanks , 5 points Each , 5 Bonus for getting all correct

___A____ was first used in the late 19th century as a word for dandy, an
extremely fashionable male. The word A is supposed to be a shortened
form of _______C______ , as in ____B_____ ______C______ from a
poem derogatory poem by the British Army troupes making fun of the
Colonial soldiers who fought along with them in the French and Indian
Wars. _____C_____ is derived from an Old German word meaning
“playing bad music” referring to a “simpleton”. The song makes fun of
the colonial simpletons who think that they could , by imitating , be like
______D______, a society of high born Englishmen who returned after
their European ventures with a taste for effeminate dressing and Italian
food

A-Dude
B-Yankee
C-Doodle
D- Macaroni

Dude was first used in the late 19th century as a word for dandy, an
extremely fashionable male. The word A is supposed to be a shortened
from of Doodle , as in Yankee Doodle from the poem derogatory poem
by the British Army troupes making fun of the Colonial soldiers who
fought along with them in the French and Indian Wars. Doodle is derived
from an Old German word meaning “playing bad music” referring to a
“simpleton”. The song makes fun of the colonial simpletons who think
that they could , by imitating , be like Macaroni, a society of high born
Englishmen who returned after their European ventures with a taste for
effeminate dressing and Italian food

Anti- Clockwise
• 17 Question
• Bounce and Pounce
• 10 Points Each

1. A _____________ is a curry dish popular in Pakistan ,
Bangladesh and Hyderabad. The dish is made with a meat (as
with all dishes in India , also available in vegetarian) with a large
amount of Onion both cooked into the curry and as a garnish.
Legend has it that the dish was created when a courtier of
Akbar added large quantities of onion to meat by mistake. The
Hyderabadi version usually comes with raw mangoes or lime
juice making the dish slightly sour.

2. The __________ ____________: Mother Teresa in Theory and
Practice was a controversial essay, which was later released a
book, written by Christopher Hitchens in which he criticises
Mother Teresa for helping the poor only for the spread of the
Catholic Church and her fraternizing with tyrants and financial
criminals of the world for financial gains.
Fill in the with very interesting title.

3. In picture(next slide) is US comedian Bob Burns with an
instrument supposed to be invented by him. The instrument
made with two tubes one ending in a flaring bell was used by him
in his radio shows and later in movies starring him. The
instrument did not catch the interest of musicians and therefore
it has been largely forgotten. But during World War II , its name
was used as a nickname for something that resembled it and
because of this the name have since been Internationally popular.
What was nicknamed after Burn's invention

4. In 2008 , the Andhra Pradesh Government officially renamed the
coastal district of Nellore in honour of a X , a prominent
freedom fighter and Gandhian born in there, as X Nellore
District.
Give X who is also called Amarajeevi in Andhra and about whom
Mahatma Gandhi has remarked
“If only I have eleven more followers like __________ I will win freedom
[from British rule] in a year”

5. Chintu Ji is a 2009 movie socio-political directed by Ranjit Kapoor . The movie
stars Rishi Kapoor (Chintu Ji ) playing an exaggerated version of himself who has
relocated to his birth village Hadbahedi , for gaining mileage to his political career.
The movie also features a special appearance by Kseniya Ryabinkina, the Russian
trapeze artist who acted with Rishi’s father Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker.
In the movie , while in Hadbahedi Rishi Kapoor shoots for a movie, in which there
is a tribal song but instead of using usual gibberish they used a novel idea for the
lyrics.
How does the lyrics of this item number starring Sophie Chaudry, sung by Anushka
Manchandani pay tribute to world cinema.

Lyrics with names of accomplished Directors of World Cinema
Tarantino, Vittorio, Mizoguchi, Coppola
Tarantino, Wilder, Capra
Ozu, Bertolucci, Peckinpah
Fellini, Visconti, Oshima, Coppola, Coppola
Wyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Mizoguchi, De Palma
Wyler, Hitchcock, Wajda, Brian De Palma
Akira Kurosawa, Vittorio De Sica
Tarantino, Vittorio, Mizoguchi, Coppola
Bertolucci, Bertolucci, Lumet, Lumet
Bertolucci, Bertolucci, Oooooh
Sergi(o) Leone, Sergi(o) Leone, Truffaut, Truffaut
Sergi(o) Leone, Sergi(o) Leone, Oooooh
SATYAJIT RAY!
Woody Allen, Woody Allen, B DeMille, CB De Mille
Woody Allen, Woody Allen, Oooooh
Milos Forman, Milos Forman, Godard, Godard
Milos Forman, Milos Forman, Oooooh
Tarantino, Wilder, Capra
Ozu, Bertolucci, Peckinpah
Fellini, Visconti, Oshima, Coppola, Coppola

6. This three word phrase is supposed have originated from a gesture used to express
contempt . The use of this gesture in expressing contempt has been illustrated in the
eighteenth century book Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollet as follows
“He looked back and pronounced with a faltering voice, 'O! 'tis very well—damn my blood! I shall find a
time.' I signified my contempt of him by thrusting my ____________in my __________, which
humbled him so much, that he scarce swore another oath aloud during the whole journey.”
A usage more akin to its contemporary usage can be found in the 1842 poem ‘The
Ingoldsby Legends’ as
“ ‘Superbe! Magnifique!'
(with his _______ in his ________) ”
What phrase

7. The first Europeans to discover the X plant were the soldiers of Hernando
Cortes who were exploring southern Mexico in the 1660s . They named it X ,
meaning ‘little Y’ meaning ‘little sheath’ , as the Latin word Y used to mean
sheath or scabbard ( a cover for the blade of a sword) in those days . Y has
later come to mean something entirely different and its etymology might come
across as politically incorrect.
X and Y

X- Vanilla ; Y-Vagina
ന ോക്കണ്ടെടോ
ഉണ്ണീ
പടം ഇല്ല

8. Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf was a former Iraqi diplomat and politician , he was
the Information Minister under the Saddam Hussein regime and acted as a
spokesperson for the regime during the Iraq War , 2003. In his war time
broadcasts contained elaborate propaganda, like the invincibility of the Iraqi army
, Saddam’s eternal rule etc . He became popular in the Western world when these
broadcasts , originally meant for the domestic audience who are subject to heavy
censorship, were found funny by non-Iraqis. He has since been part of memes
and cartoons for people making false reassurances about thing being positive
when the are not.
What nickname , a wordplay on the nickname of another Iraqi , did this infamy
earn him

9. The 19 March 1945 , contains the translations of a book titles ‘In _______ _________ ______’ ,
recovered by the US troops after the liberation of Paris . The book written by Dr E. Ahlswede , who
claims to have live in the United Sates for ten years draws a Nazi propagandist picture of America. The
translated excerpts of the book included
The American baby knows, before he learns how to walk ,that he marches at the head of civilization , America has the
highest mountains, trees and buildings , and the biggest apples , potatoes and grasshoppers , America has the noblest and
most upright men on Earth , and it has the most crooks and the most outrageous robberies. It has the greatest human
inventions , and the most numerous murders per year and per head of population –and an American is deeply offended if
you doubt one of his claims that – the US is “_________ _________ _____________”
The phrase was very often used by the Germans to refer to the American culture most notably
Goebbels in a an essay in German newspaper Das Reich in 1942 and 1943 Nazi anti-America anti-
Semitic propaganda book whose title translated as ‘USA naked! Photo documents from ____________
______________ _______________’
FITB

10.The word X finds its roots in the Latin word for seed. In the mid 14th century
the word used to mean ‘plot where plants are raised from seeds’ figuratively
meaning a ‘breading ground’. The current meaning of X was first recorded in the
1580s , and was used to refer to any school, especially academies for young ladies,
till early 20th century
Give X , which at present refers to something ironic given its etymology

11. Etienne de ______________ was the Controller General of Finances under
Louis XV. He earned a lot ire from the French upper class when he tried to tax the
rich and privileged to avoid an impending crisis . His penny pinching measures as
treasury chief to finance the Seven Years Wars resulted in his name being
associated with anything cheap ,and an alternative technique to create portraits
.popular at the time ,for people who could not afford the paintings portraits was
named after him . Alternatively it is also said that the technique was named so
because during his tenure he had filled his chateau with such portraits.
FITB

12. The ‘Rhythm Method’ is a type of birth control in which the
woman recognizes days when she is fertile and abstains from sex on
these days and just before them . The method is called natural birth
control as it does not involve any unnatural birth control devices.
Though the method is quite dicey with a lot of women practicing it
getting pregnant , it is the only method of contraception endorsed
and promoted by the Catholic Church and so practitioners of the
method are often euphemistically said to be playing _____________
_______________
FITB
(Method illustrated in the next slide)

13. On of the earliest mentions of the usage in its present day meaning is in the 1951, March 15th edition
of The Los Angeles Times titles “____________ ______________ - A New Measure of a Husband”.
Excerpts
I first heard about them [__________ __________] when the chap standing next to me in the elevator pulled a letter
from his pocket, looked at it in dismay and muttered “ More lost _________ __________.”
Figuring him for an eccentric, I forgot about them until that evening when one of the boys looked soulfully into the foam
brimming his glass and said solemnly:
"I should have been home two hours ago ... I'll never catch up on my _______________ ___________."
_____________ ____________! What esoteric cult was this that immersed men in pixie mathematics?
"You don't know about _______________ ____________? It's a way of figuring where you stand with the little
woman - favor or disfavor. Started way back in the days of the leprechauns, I suppose, long before there were any doghouses.
FITB with a common usage which according to popular etymology traces its origin to the youngest
group of Guides and Scouts and from there to a legendary creature from Scottish and English folkore
who inhabits houses and helps in household chores.

14.There are many stories about the origin of the most popular name of this
area which real estate promoters try to sell as Clinton or Midtown West. Two
of the very interesting probably reasons according to a local historian Mary
Clark
...........Another version ascribes the name's origins to a German restaurant in the area
known as ___________ ___________, after its proprietors.But the most common
version traces it to the story of "Dutch Fred the Cop," a veteran policeman, who with his
rookie partner, was watching a small riot on West 39th Street near Tenth Avenue. The
rookie is supposed to have said, "This place is _______ itself," to which Fred replied,
"________'s a mild climate. This is _________ __________."
FITB

15 .According to the preface of the novel “ Manushyanu Oru Amukham”, chronicling the
life and times of Ayyatumpilli clan along three generations, the novelist Subhash
Chandran had written a short story “Novel Samgraham” encompassing his idea for the
the novel . Later having feared he would not be able to complete the novel he
published part of the novel , till what he had written , as a short story , which won a lot
of accolades from literary luminaries like Sugathakumari , which finally prompted him
to write the entire novel.
Under what very self explanatory title did Subhash Chandran publish part of his novel

Manushyanu Oru Amukham Enna Novelinte Onnamadhyayam

16 . An 'X Hunt' is usually a fool's errand(an imaginary task) that
experienced members of a group give to the inexperienced members
as a practical joke. Eg : finding left handed screw drivers, a bucket of
steam or King Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones asking his
squire for breastplate stretchers. The origin of the phrase is
experienced campers sending to inexperienced campers to catch
imaginary X, using ridiculous techniques like running around carrying
a bag, banging stones etc. In real life X is a bird found in marshes ,
usually very difficult hunt because of its camouflage and erratic flight
patterns, and therefore skilled hunters who were skilled to shoot
them down bagan to called Y(Derived from X).
X or Y

17. The word X in Latin means "Another Time , Another Place "
and Y is a name derived from another Hebrew name meaning "
Yahweh is my God". X and Y are not identical in spelling or
pronunciation(UK and US) . Due to the presence of similar
consonants , the different pronunciation of Y and the position of
X in a popular phrase, some Malayalis(not so uncommonly in
online forums) tend to confuse X for Y.
X and Y.

Alternate Titles
Identify movies from their alternate titles
10 Questions , 5 points each , 10 bonus for getting all right

1. Planet Ice
2. Group Hug
3. Everybody Comes to Rick’s
4. A Boy’s Life
5. Tara and Maya
6. Oil!
7. Growing Up
8. A Delicate Balance of Terror
9. Trash Planet
10. It had to be Jew

1. Planet Ice - Titanic
2. Group Hug - Marvel’s Avengers
3. Everybody Comes to Rick’s - Casablanca
4. A Boy’s Life - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
5. Tara and Maya – Kamasutra : A Tale of Love
6. Oil! – There will be Blood
7. Growing Up – Boyhood
8. A Delicate Balance of Terror - Dr . Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the Bomb
9. Trash Planet – Wall - E
10. It had to be Jew – Annie Hall

LVC
• Not an Exclusive List
• No points for identification
• Connect Points mentioned on each slide

Russia
Gaul
California
Cyprus
Scandinavia
France
Germany
America
Poland
Europe
Ytterby Mine

Places after which elements are named
Russia(Ruthenia) - Ruthenium
Gaul - Gallium
California - Californium
Cyprus – Copper(Cuprum)
Scandinavia - Scandium
France - Francium
Germany - Germanium
America - Americium
Poland – Polonium
Europe - Europium
Ytterby Mine – Yttrium,
Terbium , Erbium , Ytterbium

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