This document provides the questions and answers for a quiz. It includes 22 multiple choice questions about topics like famous phrases, people, movies, and more. The questions are intended for a quiz being run by Adithya and Anupriy with the contributions of their entire quizzing team. Guidelines are provided that answers will be worth +10 points and there are no negatives for guessing, with marked questions serving as tie-breakers.

1. Fresher Cooker
Prelims
A quiz by Adithya and Anupriy
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ENTIRE QUIZZING TEAM

2. 1. Guidelines
➔ +10 for a correct answer
No negatives for guessing
➔ * marked questions are
tiebreakers
➔ Don’t argue with the
quizmasters. We’ll have to
use our lightsabers.

3. Question 1 : Dafuq?
“__ __ _____” is a Latin phrase. It is notable for its occurrence in William
Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, where it is spoken by the Roman dictator
Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus Junius Brutus at the moment of Caesar
assassination.
The first known occurrence of this phrase is in the play, Caesar Interfectus,
by Richard Eedes.
The phrase is often used apart from the plays to signify an unexpected
betrayal by a friend.

4. Et tu, brute!

5. Question 2* : Keep Peace and answer
This title was created in 1578 by a Mongol chieftian to unite the mongols and
emulate Genghis Khan and still exists till date, given to the spiritual leader of
the Tibetan people .
The current holder is Tenzin Gyatso who is the 14th one. They are considered
to be successor in line of tulkus who are believed to be reincarnations of
Avaloktisevera. They have acted to unify religions , served as regents as well
as cause of many geopolitical controversies.

6. The Dalai Lama

7. Question 3 :
• You’re the best
• bff/bffs
• Best wishes
• You got this
• Congrats
• Congratulations
• Xoxo
What is this? A list of...

8. Facebook Text
Delight Animations

9. Question 4*: Halftime show dekhte ho kya?
Taking inspiration from this satellite, an object was created that almost all of
you saw over the course of a month. What object took inspiration from this?

10. Adidas Telstar ball,
(The one which was
used in FIFA World Cup
18’)

11. Question 5: “A Portable Format for Documents”
The ___ is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents,
including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of
application software, hardware, and operating systems. It was standardized
as an open format, ISO 32000, in 2008, and does not require any royalties for
its implementation.

12. PDF (Portable
Document Format)

13. Question 6 : “Vo thoda kathin hai, ek do hafte me seekhke
batate hain”
This is thought to have originated in 17th century Italy in its current form, but
the concept dates back at least to the time of babylon. One of the earlier
forms was increase in interest after a fixed amount of time. It was considered
as an unethical way to make immortal loans which enriched the lenders.
Jacob Bernoulli discovered the constant e by studying a question about this.
Einstein once called it the eighth wonder of the world.
What two-word phrase do we know this by?

14. Compound Interest

15. Question 7 :
____ _______ is an Indian film which released on 15th June 2018. It consists of
four short stories directed by four “International directors”. It portrays varied
dimensions of love, lust, power, status and romance, from the eyes of the
women in the stories, and what they want.
Though it got mixed reviews from critics and viewers, it became popular
because it provided us with a lot of meme material.
Bonus for naming a similar film that revolved around 4 stories of how
bollywood affected the lives of people released in 2013.

16. Lust Stories

17. Question 8 :
Chapter 4 of the Bhagwat Gita contains a Sanskrit phrase which literally
translates to:
“Without effort, nothing is possible”
Where have all of us seen this phrase?

18. Sramam Vina Na
Kimapi Sadhyam,
Seen on IITR logo
and
Convocation hall

19. Question 9 : Sirf Surname hi kaafi hai
This city is the trade centre for an area in which cotton, millet, wheat,
coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries include cotton and oilseed
milling, textile weaving, distilling, dairying, and the manufacture of metal
handcrafts.
X also has an extensive industry of stone-polishing of a stone called X Stone,
used for the floor and walls of residential and business buildings.
Vinod Kumar ______, an engineer at JK Synthetics, a chemicals company,
however, became the reason why the city is famous. Name the city.

20. Kota, Vinod Kumar
Bansal

21. Question 10* :
The following image shows two strangers, a sailor and a nurse, kissing each
other to celebrate an event that everyone else in the image is celebrating, at
Times Square, New York. What are all these people celebrating?

22. End of World War II,
1945

23. Question 11 :
Where would one get to read this?

24. Indian national
Passport

25. Question 12 : “Yaha toh nahin jana!”
What is this a map of?
{Not all places are marked. There are 31 of them}

27. Map of NITs

28. Question 13 : Horny guy
Agrasen ki Baoli is a historical stepwell in New Delhi. This architectural
marvel sits peacefully in the noisy area of Connaught Place, Delhi. It became
popular because of someone who resided here around four years ago. After
this incident, it became a popular destination and hangout place in New
Delhi.
Tell me who was the resident of this place?

30. PK

31. Question 15 :
Founded in 1991, the logo of this company sports a “speechmark motif”
which symbolises conversation and voice communication. It was created in
1997, by Saatchi and Saatchi, the celebrated London-based advertising
agency.
This is also the company behind the creation of Y, which are white creatures
with balloon bodies and egg heads to promote their services created by
Ogilvy & Mather during the second season of the Indian Premier league.
ID this company and Y.

32. Vodafone, ZooZoo

33. Question 16 : Iss college ko establish hoke 10 saal baad ki
baat
What instance is pictured here?

34. Sepoy Mutiny

35. Question 17* :
According to Howard Schultz, the vision to create X came to him during a
visit to Milan in 1983 where his imagination was captured by Italian Coffee.
Now many years later, the company has taken its first step towards
something which many have compared to taking tulips to Amsterdam,
opening a taco bell in mexico or a Dominos pizza in Italy.
What is X?

36. Starbucks Coffee

37. Question 18 :
Minimalistic poster of which movie?

38. 3 Idiots

39. Question 19 :
What does this illustration represent?

40. Death of Mahatma
Gandhi

41. Question 20 :
The next slide contains a picture of Prof Akshay Venkatesh, who was a child
prodigy, went to Princeton at 13 and graduate school 3 years later. He is
known for his work in various mathematical fields, and famous for profound
contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics.
However, he became famous 2 days ago for an achievement that connects
him with a lot of brilliant and prodigal mathematicians since 1936.

43. Fields Medal, Most
coveted award of
Mathematics

44. Question 21* : Cross the road
In 1970, a group X travelled across Northern India with their final destination
being ‘Chaurasi Kutia’, an ashram founded by Maharishi Yogi.
They stopped at a small town Y on the way and notably ate in a restaurant Z
where they ordered Alu Sabzi and Parathas (something unique for them)
ID X,Y,Z

45. X-The Beatles
Y- Roorkee
Z- Motel Polaris

46. Question 22 *:
______ ______ is a 2000 Japanese dystopian film that was adapted from a 1999
novel of the same name. The film follows a group of junior high schoolers
forced to fight to the death by the Japanese government. The film drew
controversy and was banned or excluded from distribution in several
countries.
Over the past few months, this term has gained significant popularity since it
refers to a genre of games that involved many combatants and ended only
after there was only one survivor.
What was the name of the movie/genre of games?

47. Battle Royale