This document contains various trivia questions and their answers related to pop culture, history and science. Some of the questions identify people, events, publications and more based on cryptic clues and context clues within the explanations.
A Quiz Club IIT Patna Quiz conducted by Abhimanyu and Anshul on 09th April 2021. The quiz was true to its name as it took us on a tour of the world and even beyond that with interesting facts from Astronomy and geography. It's safe to say that the quiz rekindled the love of astronomy in a few.
The Prelims of the SciTech Quiz held at the MCIIE, IIT BHU on 8th Nov, 2015. Presented by IIT BHU Quiz Club.
Quiz #4 of the Annual Quizzing Championship.
Quizmasters- Hemant Kumar & Faizan Khan
Quiz 3 (Modern Science & Space Race) of QUEST-ion quiz series in IIT Patna's technical fest, Celesta '20. Hosted on 15th December 2020 at Dare2Compete.
A Quiz Club IIT Patna Quiz conducted by Abhimanyu and Anshul on 09th April 2021. The quiz was true to its name as it took us on a tour of the world and even beyond that with interesting facts from Astronomy and geography. It's safe to say that the quiz rekindled the love of astronomy in a few.
The Prelims of the SciTech Quiz held at the MCIIE, IIT BHU on 8th Nov, 2015. Presented by IIT BHU Quiz Club.
Quiz #4 of the Annual Quizzing Championship.
Quizmasters- Hemant Kumar & Faizan Khan
Quiz 3 (Modern Science & Space Race) of QUEST-ion quiz series in IIT Patna's technical fest, Celesta '20. Hosted on 15th December 2020 at Dare2Compete.
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The Quiz Society, SRCC proudly presents the Literature Filler Quiz, as a part of Inquizition’22, our annual flagship event.
It is that time of the year again to put your nerdy glasses on and channel your inner bookworms. Grab this opportunity to show your love for literature world through this fun-filled quiz.
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The questions from the prelims of The Illuminati Quiz held on 8th December 08 at Model Engineering College. For more details visit http://illuminati.mec.ac.in
3. Lenna or Lena is the name given to a standard test image originally cropped from a Playboy magazine centerfold picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model who posed nude for the November 1972 issue. The image is probably the most widely used test image for all sorts of image processing algorithms (such as compression and denoising) and related scientific publications. Lena Soderberg in 1997, at the IS&T’s conference.
4. The ____ _____ _____ paper of the form XYZ paper in physical cosmology published by Ralph Alpher in 1948 formed a part of his doctoral dissertion . It was named so because his advisor added his good friend’s name to the paper to have a comic effect . Later when the theory temporarily went to the rocks , the third author is said to have seriously thought of changing his name to Zacharia.
5. In physical cosmology, the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper, or αβγ paper, was created by Ralph Alpher, then a physics PhD student, and his advisor George Gamow. Gamow humorously decided to add the name of his friend—the eminent physicist Hans Bethe—to this paper in order to create the whimsical author list of Alpher, Bethe, Gamow, a play on the Greek letters α, β, and γ (alpha, beta, gamma). Bethe was listed in the article as "H. Bethe, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York."
6. The problem is notable as the only well-known mathematics paper ever written by A , entitled "Bounds for Sorting by Prefix Reversal". Published in 1979, it describes an efficient algorithm for pancake sorting.In addition, the most notable paper published by Futurama co-creator David X. Cohen (as David S. Cohen) concerned the burnt pancake problem.Their collaborators were Christos Papadimitriou (then at Harvard, now at Berkeley) and Manuel Blum (then at Berkeley, now at Carnegie Mellon University), respectively. Identify A .
7. The problem is notable as the only well-known mathematics paper ever written by Microsoft Chairman and billionaire Bill Gates (as William Gates), entitled "Bounds for Sorting by Prefix Reversal".
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9. Chef is an esoteric programming language designed by David Morgan-Mar. It is based on the manipulation of data values in a number of stacks (the same idea is used in assembly programming languages), Each program consists at minimum of the following: A title A list of variables and their data values A list of instructions for stack manipulation The joke is that the variables tend to be named after basic foodstuffs, the stacks are called 'mixing bowls' and the instructions for manipulating them 'mix', 'stir', etc.. A program, then, reads much like a cooking recipe.
14. An illegal prime is a prime number that represents information forbidden to possess or distribute. One of the first illegal primes was discovered in 2001. When interpreted a particular way, it describes a computer program which bypasses the digital rights management scheme used on DVDs. Distribution of such a program in the United States is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Illegal primes are a subset of illegal numbers.
15. This iconic product is named after Hanuman , the company is also named the same , when they first released this product , it was the first time a market survey was done before launching the product. Identify it.
17. X's size is unknown, as large items readily visible from a boat deck are uncommon. Most debris consists of small plastic particles suspended at or just below the surface, making it impossible to detect by aircraft or satellite.Estimates on size range from 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) to more than 15,000,000 square kilometres (5,800,000 sq mi), or up to "twice the size of the continental United States".The area may contain over 100 million tons of debris. X is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of pelagic plastics, chemical sludge, and other debris that have been trapped. Identify X
18. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N. Most current estimates state that it is larger than the U.S. state of Texas, with some estimates claiming that it is larger than the continental United States, however the exact size is not known
19. The X movement is a populist United States protest movement focused on fiscal conservatism. It emerged in early 2009 partially in response to the federal government's stimulus package, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The movement originated in anti-tax protests and arose largely in response to the 2009 stimulus package as well as the 2008 bailouts and later in revelations about bonuses paid to AIG executives. It has been most visible through a series of X protests, which have occurred ever since early 2009.
21. In 1908, the German industrialist and amateur mathematician Paul Wolfskehl bequeathed 100,000 marks to the Göttingen Academy of Sciences to be offered as a prize for a complete proof of X , and that no prize would be given after 13 September 2007, roughly a century after the competition was begun.Y collected the Wolfskehl prize money, then worth $50,000, on 27 June 1997.Prior to Wiles' proof, thousands of incorrect proofs were submitted to the Wolfskehl committee, amounting to roughly 10 feet (3 meters) of correspondence. In the first year alone (1907–1908), 621 attempted proofs were submitted, although by the 1970s, the rate of submission had decreased to roughly 3–4 attempted proofs per month. X has the peculiar distinction of being the mathematical problem for which the greatest number of incorrect proofs have been published."
30. The Butterfly Effect 12B is a remake of sliding doors In 12B, the man’s is life is shown in two parallel timelines, one if he had boarded a bus, and the other if he hadn't. Similarly, Sliding Doors is based on a similar plot where a lady’s mundane decision of boarding the metro is shown in parallel timelines. The 3 image is that of a butterfly diagram from Digital Signal Prcoessing.
31. The names X and shilling mark have the same background. In the Commonwealth of Nations, before decimalisation, currency sums in pounds, shillings, and pence were abbreviated using the '£' symbol, the 's.' symbol, and the 'd.' symbol (collectively £sd) referring to the libra, the X, and the denarius. The 's.' was at one stage written using a long s, ∫ that was further abbreviated to the X symbol, and suppression of the 'd.'; This usage caused the names X (given the abbreviation's historical root) and shilling mark to be used as names for this character.
34. Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche, is the lady on the santa’s lap. Ram GopalVerma The character Anita Rajan (played by AishwaryaRai) in Sarkar Raj(made by RGV) is actually inspired by Rebecca Mark-Jusbasche who was involved with Dabhol Power Plant.
35. Each episode of the first four seasons began with this voiceover introduction: (Ten years ago / In 1972), a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...
36. Poster of A-team the movie. The New A –Team: Liam Neeson as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as Sgt. B.A. "Bad Attitude" Baracus Sharlto Copley as Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock
37. What am I talking about….? The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism (a cross between Presbyterianism and Lutheranism) is a Protestant Christian religion. The denomination, headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana, is led by "His Holiness, the Parson", who is also the elected head of the National Congress of Deacons.
38. The main branch of Christianity in Springfield (the fictional town in Simpsons Series) ,Almost all the Christians in the simpsons are Presyblutherans
40. All these people made guest appearances on The Flintstones, by lending their appearance.
41. Put Funda……. "to do a Bush" or Bushu-suru in colloquial Japanese." Author Michael Crichton credited the incident with boosting the popularity of his novel Rising Sun, which dealt with Japanese-US relations.
42. In 1992, George H.W Bush while having gone to Japan to strengthen Trade relations with Japan, vomited into the Japanese PM’s lap ,after a heavy dinner and a game of tennis.
43. G is the best selling candy bar of all time and has annual global sales of $2 billion.It was named after one of their favorite horses. They were first sold for a nickel. It is made by forming a nougat center into large slabs, which are cut to size once the caramel and peanuts have been added. After the centers are formed, they are coated with thick milk chocolate. The completed bars are inspected, wrapped, and packed in cases for shipment. From 1949 to 1952, G was a sponsor of "The Howdy Doody Show". The "Fun Size" bar was introduced in 1968 and has been a popular Halloween treat ever since.
46. All Played Adolf Hitler: Sir Alec Guinness, Hitler: The Last Ten Days. David Bamber, in Valkyrie Robert Carlyle, in Hitler: Rise of Evil Bruno Ganz, in DerUntergang( The Downfall)
47. She is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School. She began her career in banking with ANZ Grindlays Bank (acquired by Standard Chartered Bank in 2000)and then moved on to head the Indian operations of Morgan Stanley. She has been awarded with Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian honours bestowed by the Government of India. The announcement was made by Rashtrapati Bhawan on 26 Jan 2007. She has got the honour for her exemplary work in the promotion of Trade and Industry.
51. He "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend, and currently his wife."The phrase "jumping the couch", fashioned after "jumping the shark", is used to describe someone "going off the deep end" in public in a manner extreme enough to tarnish his or her reputation. It enjoyed a short-lived popularity, being chosen by the editors of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang as the "slang term of the year" in 2005and by the nonprofit group Global Language Monitor as one of its top phrases for the year. The "couch incident" was voted #1 of 2005's "Most Surprising Television Moments" on a countdown on E!and was the subject of numerous parodies, including the epilogue of Scary Movie 4 and an episode of Family Guy. Who are we talking about../
53. In 1978, in large part because of the public campaign to restore a landmark by shock rocker Alice Cooper , the Chamber set out to replace the intensely deteriorated sign with a more permanent structure. Nine donors gave US$27,777 each (totaling US$250,000) to sponsor replacement letters made of steel, guaranteed to last for many years Terrence Donnelly, publisher of the Hollywood Independent Newspaper Giovanni Mazza, Italian movie producer Les Kelley, originator of the Kelley Blue Book Gene Autry Hugh Hefner Andy Williams Warner Bros. Records Alice Cooper, in memory of Groucho Marx Dennis Lidtke What landmark…?
59. A chapter in the book You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again (which describes four prostitutes' stories about their sexual encounters with Hollywood celebrities) discusses his preferences for S & M and videotaping of their sessions. He is also known to have had several plastic surgery operations. He is known for producing such hits as Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and The Rock.