The document appears to be a quiz containing questions about various topics such as history, culture, and current events. It includes 25 multiple choice questions with the first 8 questions marked with stars. The questions cover topics like landmarks in Ahmedabad, minimalist posters, the origin of words like "geek", devices used in ancient China, the origin of phrases like "saved by the bell", company names and their meanings, the introduction of foods to India, rituals in Mexico, and more.

1. LSD Facha Lit Week
Quiz
The Elims
25 Questions. Top 8 go through
Multiples of 5 are star marked

2. 1. Located on a very busy street in the Lal Darwaza
area of Ahmedabad, the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque is an
unpretentious, small mosque.
The mosque was built by Sidi Saiyyed, an
Abyssinian soldier in the service of the Gujarat
Sultanate, in the year 1573.Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
has a total of 10 windows with intricate stone
latticework on them. Of the 10 lattice windows one
is the most popular and is known as ‘Sidi Saiyyed ni
jaali‘.
What is so special about it?

3. 2. What is this minimalist poster a reference to?

4. 3. The first documented use of the word X dates back
to 1916, when it was used to describe performers
who were known for doing crazy things like biting the
heads of various small live animals or eating live
insects and the like. These performances were thus
known as “X shows”.
This word itself came from a Low German word that
meant a freak or a simpleton. Identify X.

5. 4. This is the picture of a device used by the Chinese
in the early second century AD. What was its primary
use?

6. 5. As scary as it sounds, being buried alive was once
a common occurrence. People who feared
succumbing to such a fate were buried in special
coffins that were connected to bells or chimes above
the ground. At night, guards listened for any noise in
case they had to dig up a living person.
Which modern day English phrase has its origin from
this rather unusual practice?

7. 6. The company X’s name is taken from the last line
of a Chinese poem written during the time of the
Song dynasty. The line goes as follows: “Having
searched thousands of times in the crowd, suddenly
turning back, she is there in the dimmest candlelight.”
X literally means “hundreds of times” and represents
the persistent search for the ideal. What is X?

8. 7. The word X can be traced to the Persian word
sanbosag. It supposedly originated in the Middle
East prior to the 10th century. Abolfazl Beyhaqi, an
Iranian historian mentioned it in his history Tarikh-e
Beyhaghi. It was introduced to the Indian
subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders
from the Middle East.
What is being talked about here?

9. 8. A group of Shamans in San Juan Chamula,
Mexico, believe that X heals worshipers. They
believe that since X induces burping, it releases evil
from the soul. Every group involved in ritual practice
had X with them and took it in quantities almost as if
they were taking a medicine.
Identify X.

10. 9. Before the days of trains or cars, port cities that
thrived on trade suffered during winters because
frozen rivers prevented commercial ships from
entering the city. So, smaller ships known as X would
rescue these larger ships by creating a path for them
to follow. In today’s times, before any type of
business arrangement, it is now customary to
__________ before beginning a project. Fill in the
blank and complete this phrase that has its origins
from the names of these ships.

11. 10. In his article “Celluloid City” on the makings of the movie
industry in Chennai, Theodore Bhaskaran writes “Vincent
Swamikannu, a railway draftsman from Tiruchirapalli, was one of
the earliest travelling exhibitors in 1905. He showed short movies
in a tent in Esplanade, near Parry’s Corner, using carbide jet-
burners for projection, later importing equipment from Pathe. “
Movies of that time were short, silent films of 15 minutes each.
After each movie, there were breaks with entertainment side-
shows such as boxing bouts, magic shows, gymnastics for
another 30-60 minutes before the next movie viewing. Apart from
the fact that these side-shows generated revenue, what
constraint of that time mandated the necessity to host these

12. 11. What administrative position takes its name from
the fact that the individual is supposed to manage the
voting in a fair manner, ensure impartial counting and
give back/submit the winning candidate’s name to the
Election Commission?

13. 12. Greek physicians and medical tricksters were often
shown as putting goats and horses to sleep within a matter
of minutes by applying pressure on this vessel, and then
revive the subject by releasing pressure. This was because
both horses and goats depend entirely on this vessel for
cerebral blood, due to insufficient vertebral blood channels.
What blood vessel, that derives its name from the ancient
Greek root karoun meaning “sleep/drowsiness”?

14. 13. J&K CM Omar Abdullah recently commented on the purpose
of this ubiquitous government office artifact asking “Are the
_____ not clean? Do they have stains?” By one account, it was
a hand me down from WWII days when British soldiers or
American GIs had it in their cars, while others say it was used
by British colonials in the Raj who couldn’t handle the sub-
continental climate.
A third theory has it that it’s an invisible screen that separates
the ruler from the ruled, a new identity maker in the strict
hierarchy of Indian power politics, but protocol lists for officials
show no sign of what size or colour it should be or how much it
should weigh.

15. 14. During the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s navy
blockaded New Orleans and the Mississippi and Manchester’s
looms came to a halt, sending cotton prices shooting.
The Gujarati merchants on Dalal Street made fortunes during this
time of uncertainty. These early globalizers worked late into the
night when rates were wired in and orders wired out at American
and European times.
However, by this time everyone would be quite tired and the wives
would be asleep at home. What cultural mainstay, with the help of
some Portuguese Jesuit settler of Bombay, resulted in order to
satisfy these traders’ needs ?

16. 15. The book Eat Pray Love is divided into X number of
chapters [specifically X+1 if you include the introduction
which explains why there are X number of chapters].
The reason for X and X+1 is that this book’s chapters are
symbolic reference to an object that is familiar to most of us
in India. Identify X, and the object.

17. 16. From back in the day, identify the two people
pointed out to in the image.
Part points available.

19. 17. There was a 3 minute hoax report broadcast on April
Fools’ Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs program
Panorama, purportedly showing a family in
southern Switzerland harvesting X from their family tree.
At the time, X and its method of preparation was
relatively little-known in the UK. A number of viewers
afterwards contacted the BBC for advice on growing their
own X trees. Decades later, CNN called this broadcast
“the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment
ever pulled.” Identify X.

20. 18. Identify the ad

22. 19. X was established in 1937. It was converted into a
public sector undertaking during 1947.The main
customer of company X is Y and some othe foreign
countries like Nepal, Combodia, Turkey, South Africa,
Nigeria etc.The main product of this company is used
at regular intervals.The logo of company is
given below. What is the main product?

23. 20. The article referring to
the cover (titled “The tea fed
Tiger) refers to this man as a
“Toy Car”, and as “a
Western-educated
intellectual who despises the
West “. Among other things,
he delivered an 8 hour
speech in the UNSC, a
record that still holds. Who?

24. SUBMIT SHEETS

25. SAFETY SLIDE

26. ANSWERS

27. 1. Located on a very busy street in the Lal Darwaza
area of Ahmedabad, the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque is an
unpretentious, small mosque.
The mosque was built by Sidi Saiyyed, an
Abyssinian soldier in the service of the Gujarat
Sultanate, in the year 1573.Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
has a total of 10 windows with intricate stone
latticework on them. Of the 10 lattice windows one
is the most popular and is known as ‘Sidi Saiyyed ni
jaali‘.
What is so special about it?

28. Answer

29. 2. What is this minimalist poster a reference to?

30. Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris.

31. 3. The first documented use of the word X dates back
to 1916, when it was used to describe performers
who were known for doing crazy things like biting the
heads of various small live animals or eating live
insects and the like. These performances were thus
known as “X shows”.
This word itself came from a Low German word that
meant a freak or a simpleton. Identify X.

32. The word is Geek.

33. 4. This is the picture of a device used by the Chinese
in the early second century AD. What was its primary
use?

35. This “device” was used to detect earthquakes. The
large container had water, and if it fell out from the
dragons’ mouths, that indicated seismic vibrations.

36. 5. As scary as it sounds, being buried alive was once
a common occurrence. People who feared
succumbing to such a fate were buried in special
coffins that were connected to bells or chimes above
the ground. At night, guards listened for any noise in
case they had to dig up a living person.
Which modern day English phrase has its origin from
this rather unusual practice?

37. The phrase is “saved by the bell” which means
“escape from a difficult situation narrowly or by an
unexpected intervention”.

38. 6. The company X’s name is taken from the last line
of a Chinese poem written during the time of the
Song dynasty. The line goes as follows: “Having
searched thousands of times in the crowd, suddenly
turning back, she is there in the dimmest candlelight.”
X literally means “hundreds of times” and represents
the persistent search for the ideal. What is X?

39. Baidu, the Chinese search engine.

40. 7. The word X can be traced to the Persian word
sanbosag. It supposedly originated in the Middle
East prior to the 10th century. Abolfazl Beyhaqi, an
Iranian historian mentioned it in his history Tarikh-e
Beyhaghi. It was introduced to the Indian
subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders
from the Middle East.
What is being talked about here?

41. Samosa

42. 8. A group of Shamans in San Juan Chamula,
Mexico, believe that X heals worshipers. They
believe that since X induces burping, it releases evil
from the soul. Every group involved in ritual practice
had X with them and took it in quantities almost as if
they were taking a medicine.
Identify X.

43. Coca Cola

44. 9. Before the days of trains or cars, port cities that
thrived on trade suffered during winters because
frozen rivers prevented commercial ships from
entering the city. So, smaller ships known as X would
rescue these larger ships by creating a path for them
to follow. In today’s times, before any type of
business arrangement, it is now customary to
__________ before beginning a project. Fill in the
blank and complete this phrase that has its origins
from the names of these ships.

45. The smaller ships were known as “Ice-breakers” and
the phrase is “to break the ice”.

46. 10. In his article “Celluloid City” on the makings of the movie
industry in Chennai, Theodore Bhaskaran writes “Vincent
Swamikannu, a railway draftsman from Tiruchirapalli, was one of
the earliest travelling exhibitors in 1905. He showed short movies
in a tent in Esplanade, near Parry’s Corner, using carbide jet-
burners for projection, later importing equipment from Pathe. “
Movies of that time were short, silent films of 15 minutes each.
After each movie, there were breaks with entertainment side-
shows such as boxing bouts, magic shows, gymnastics for
another 30-60 minutes before the next movie viewing. Apart from
the fact that these side-shows generated revenue, what
constraint of that time mandated the necessity to host these

47. Projectors of that time used to get heated up, so you
needed to wait for half an hour for the equipment to
cool down before you could show a new film

48. 11. What administrative position takes its name from
the fact that the individual is supposed to manage the
voting in a fair manner, ensure impartial counting and
give back/submit the winning candidate’s name to the
Election Commission?

49. Returning Officer

50. 12. Greek physicians and medical tricksters were often
shown as putting goats and horses to sleep within a matter
of minutes by applying pressure on this vessel, and then
revive the subject by releasing pressure. This was because
both horses and goats depend entirely on this vessel for
cerebral blood, due to insufficient vertebral blood channels.
What blood vessel, that derives its name from the ancient
Greek root karoun meaning “sleep/drowsiness”?

51. Carotid Artery

52. 13. J&K CM Omar Abdullah recently commented on the purpose
of this ubiquitous government office artifact asking “Are the
_____ not clean? Do they have stains?” By one account, it was
a hand me down from WWII days when British soldiers or
American GIs had it in their cars, while others say it was used
by British colonials in the Raj who couldn’t handle the sub-
continental climate.
A third theory has it that it’s an invisible screen that separates
the ruler from the ruled, a new identity maker in the strict
hierarchy of Indian power politics, but protocol lists for officials
show no sign of what size or colour it should be or how much it
should weigh.

53. Towels on Chairs

54. 14. During the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln’s navy
blockaded New Orleans and the Mississippi and Manchester’s
looms came to a halt, sending cotton prices shooting.
The Gujarati merchants on Dalal Street made fortunes during this
time of uncertainty. These early globalizers worked late into the
night when rates were wired in and orders wired out at American
and European times.
However, by this time everyone would be quite tired and the wives
would be asleep at home. What cultural mainstay, with the help of
some Portuguese Jesuit settler of Bombay, resulted in order to
satisfy these traders’ needs ?

55. Pav Bhaji
Loaves provided by Jesuits
Bhaji made up of the day’s left-overs at
street stalls

56. 15. The book Eat Pray Love is divided into X number of
chapters [specifically X+1 if you include the introduction
which explains why there are X number of chapters].
The reason for X and X+1 is that this book’s chapters are
symbolic reference to an object that is familiar to most of us
in India. Identify X, and the object.

57. Symbolic reference to the Japa Mala which has 108
beads, and a 109thbead that is an additional bead
since
counting should begin and end with the beads next
to it.

58. 16. From back in the day, identify the two people
pointed out to in the image.
Part points available.

60. Mayawati and Kanshi Ram

61. 17. There was a 3 minute hoax report broadcast on April
Fools’ Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs program
Panorama, purportedly showing a family in
southern Switzerland harvesting X from their family tree.
At the time, X and its method of preparation was
relatively little-known in the UK. A number of viewers
afterwards contacted the BBC for advice on growing their
own X trees. Decades later, CNN called this broadcast
“the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment
ever pulled.” Identify X.

62. Spaghetti

63. 18. Identify the ad

65. Answer
KFC, Finger lickin good

66. 19. X was established in 1937. It was converted into a
public sector undertaking during 1947.The main
customer of company X is Y and some othe foreign
countries like Nepal, Combodia, Turkey, South Africa,
Nigeria etc.The main product of this company is used
at regular intervals.The logo of company is
given below. What is the main product?

67. Answer
Mysore paints and varnish limited

68. 20. The article referring to
the cover (titled “The tea fed
Tiger) refers to this man as a
“Toy Car”, and as “a
Western-educated
intellectual who despises the
West “. Among other things,
he delivered an 8 hour
speech in the UNSC, a
record that still holds. Who?

69. Answer
VK Krishna Menon, diplomat and the much
reviled Defence Minister during the Sino- Indian
War of 1962. “ Toy Car” refers to Nehru’s faith in
him "Menon is like a toy car ….Nehru sets its
pace by winding it and watching it go around.
Whenever the car comes to an obstacle, Nehru
removes the obstacle from its path and rewinds
it."