Fresher's General Quiz

Fresher’s Quiz
Quiz Club, IIT Kanpur

1. On a lighter note.
Founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka, the name of this major electronics
maker comes from the Latin word for sound. Which company?

2. What more do I have to say ?
• The picture was clicked by George Tames and was christened by the New
York Times as X. The picture depicts Y, who had a problem with his back
that prevented him from sitting for prolonged periods of time. From behind, it
looks as if he is carrying the weight of the world. Y – Who had a bad back –
simply was reading the newspapers standing up, as he often preferred to
do.
• Although the photo was taken just a few months into Y’s administration, the
photo became of special importance during Z, a period of intense turmoil on
the international front. Identify X,Y,Z.

3.
The Disney studio first began exploring a possible live action/animation biography film
of author and poet Hans Christian Andersen sometime in late 1937. In March
1940, Walt Disney suggested a co-production to film producer Samuel Goldwyn,
where Goldwyn's studio would shoot the live-action sequences of Andersen's life and
Disney's studio would animate Andersen's fairy tales. The animated sequences would
be based on some of Andersen's best known works, such as The Little Mermaid, The
Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, X, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, The Red
Shoes, and The Emperor's New Clothes. However, the studio encountered difficulty
with X, as it could not find a way to adapt and relate the X’s character to modern
audiences. Even as far back as the 1930s and 1940s, it was clear that the source
material contained great cinematic possibilities, but X character proved to be too
problematic. X is still considered one of Hans’s greatest works and the deadlock
surrounding the production of the movie was broken recently, culminating in Y. What
is X, and Y?

4.
• “It started with an Eric Clapton guitar (a Fender Lead II, for the gearheads in the
audience). The beginning of something that nobody even knew was beginning.
It was just a goof. A laugh. A joke among friends.
Back in the seventies, Clapton - the original guitar god, founder of Cream and
Derek & the Dominoes, creator of the immortal "Layla" - liked to eat at this quirky
American diner in London called the X. The place was this funky old building that
used to be a Rolls Royce dealership, and it was run by a couple of young
Americans who liked to keep it loose. Founded by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton,
two enterprising and music-loving Americans, X was an instant classic.”

5.
16 X’s Nobel Prize added to the family’s grand total of nobel prize and making their
family the only family to have won the nobel prize. By family we mean, two successive
generations of scientists. Identify the family.

6.
Google defines it as - 1. a curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a
drooping curve, 2. money or goods taken by a thief or burglar, 3. a traveller's or
miner's bundle of personal belongings. Urban Dictionary defines it as The
most used word in the whole fucking universe. Douche bags use it,
your kids use it, your mailman uses it, and your fucking dog uses it.
If you got ____, you generally wear those shitty hats side way, and
your ass hanging out like a fucking goof cause your pants are half
way down your white ass legs.
What word which is also the subject of a facebook trend that has
recently gripper our Y13s?

7.
• Karen Gravano, daughter of Salvatore Gravano, filed a lawsuit against X
because she felt that X ripped off her story completely. Curiously, the
creators of X face a lot of these lawsuits, because their stories, even their
characters directly lampoon the lives that these people lead and how they
indulge in extravagance. ID X, or the creators of X.

9.
In the Mahabharata, X was the army
commander of Matsya, the country ruled
by King Virata, where the Pandavas hid
during their one year incognito, before their
exile ended. X, famously tried to woo and
subsequently rape the disguised Draupadi,
only to pulled shredded to bits by the mighty
Bheem. The same story forms the basis of
significant event in Tamil Cinema. Identify X,
and the relation to Tamil Cinema.

10.
Whose epitaph-
“He lies somewhere here.”

11.
Me at the Zoo was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo and starred
Jawed Karim, who talked about how elephants have like really really long
trunks, like really long. What is so special about this video?

12.
In Stieg Larsson's 2006 book The Girl Who Played With Fire, the main
character Lisbeth Salander is mesmerized by the Theorem. She spends a great
deal of time trying to prove it herself, stubbornly avoiding the presented proof,
eventually seeing through the riddle at a pivotal point in the action. Salander's
final solution is different from that of Wiles. Salander claims that the solution
was something implied by _____'s declaration that the margin of the book that
the Theorem was printed in was too small for the proof to be shown. The new
solution that Salander discovered was later forgotten by her after she is shot in
the head. What theorem?

14.
The _______ is a very valuable, very violent species of magical plant.
________ attack anyone and anything that comes within range of its branches.
A deciduous plant, its limbs function as arms and any damage to them must be
treated in much the same way.

15.
In football the term refers to
The law states that player is _____ when the ball is touched or played by a
teammate, may not become actively involved in the play. A player is ________
when he or she is in the opponent's half of the pitch and closer to the
opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-to-last opponent (usually
the last defensive player in front of the goalkeeper).
In cricket this term refers to an entirely different thing. What word?

16.
In Kanpur, India, an electricity thief provides Robin Hood style
services to the poor in the face of day long power-cuts. Meanwhile
the first female chief of the local electricity supply company has
vowed to put an end to all illegal connections, for good. In a summer
of crisis, both come to terms with India's energy poverty.
Which recently released movie?

17.
A manufacturer of high end musical instruments, Steinway Inc. is a much
known company. Interestingly Steinway’s ticker symbol as found on the Dow is
LVB which seems surprising on first glance. However this ticker is s tribute to a
certain genius in the field of music. Who ?

18.
Yet Another Minimalist Poster.

19.
Born as Temujin, X unified the nomadic tribes into one and was granted the title
he used throughout his life which loosely means ‘great ruler’. X’s virility is
legendary with a popular rumor that 1 of every 6 can trace it’s decent to him.
X’s empire was the largest his world had ever seen. After his death his empire
fell into ruin. Identify X.

20.
The World Series of ____ is a tournament held annually at Las Vegas. It’s
origins comes from a tournament held at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas where
Benny Binion invited the world top 7 players. ____ is an immensely popular
sport which benefited from the advent of social gaming. The sport please.

21.
One such story says that the _____ kebab was created by the Nawab of ____,
Syed Mohammad Haider Kazmi, who, stung by the remark of a British officer
about the coarse texture of the kebabs served at dinner, ordered his rakabdars
(gourmet cooks) to evolve a more refined seekh kebab. After ten days of
research, they came up with a kebab so soft and so juicy it won the praise of
the very British officer who had scorned the Nawab. The winning formula that
his rakabdars came upon included mince obtained from no other part but the
raan ki machhli (tendon of the leg of mutton), khoya, white pepper and a mix of
powdered spices.
The place ____ was also the place where Chandrashekhar Azad and co. looted
a British train. The place/kebab ?

22.
Born Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, or better known as Y, at the age 18 Y
suffered a life threatening paralysis due to a swimming pool accident but
remarkably made a full recovery. He has since tithed his income to a church.
His famous celebration sees him pointing his hands to the sky as if thanking
god for his recovery. In his career he has won numerous honours like the
Ballon D’Or, the World Cup, the Champions League. Who ?

23.
● _______ — Lead Vocals
● Paresh Kamath — Lead guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
● Naresh Kamath — Bass guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
● Kurt Peters — Drums
● Samuel Shetty — Drums
● Naitik Nagda — Indian & Western Percussions
● Jose Neil Gomes - Saxophone, Violin, Acoustic Guitar, Flute
● Sameer Chiplunkar - Keyboard
● Jovian Soans
● Tapas Roy - Mandolin, Dulcimer

24.
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
- Honore de Balzac.
What book begins with this quote?

25.
To end the prelims on a personal
note. Identify this legend,
Die Raumdauter.

The Finals
Round 1 - Infinite Bounce

1. I’ll have that massage at 3.
Working at Columbia University, Edward Kasner specialized in Differential Geometry and was
supervised in his PhD by David Hilbert and Felix Klein. Known for contributions such as the Kasner
Metric, his most famous contribution is known in an entirely different context from mathematics.
Introducing this in his book Mathematics and Imagination, Edward remarked that he asked his nephew
Milton for a word to describe an idea he was thinking of and Milton gave him one.
Milton also would give him another word for an ‘upgrade’ on Edward’s original idea.
Both these words are much known except in an entirely different context.
Words or Funda ?

2. The Island ? Really ?
X literally means The Island and is owned by the the Qatari House of Thani. Due to the ownership by
the Qatari Govt. it’s credibility has often been doubted and back in 2011 resulted in a controversy that
saw UAE, Bahrain & Saudi Arabia withdraw it’s diplomats from Doha. The logo might help.

3. Learned Free Men.
The origin of this term probably comes from the Qur’an’s Surat Al-Baqarah and is used predominantly
to refer respected leaders of the community, however in Persia this refers to none other than Rumi
himself. This word has been borrowed into Swahili too and refers to teachers at a madrasa. What word
?

4. Hard Rock ain’t my genre.
Amongst the numerous controversies surrounding Y, in 2002 the Supreme Court rejected an appeal
by P.N. Oak who claimed that Y was actually a Hindu Shiva temple built by Rajput rulers and based
his appeal on it’s similarity to the Candi Prambanan temple in Java in architecture. In 2005 a similar
case was dismissed this time by A.N. Mishra regardings Y’s history. What ?

Whoa !!
An alien Indian, hailing from afar,
Who in the town of Quito did abide.
And neighbor claimed to be of Bogata,
There having come, I know not by what way,
Did with him speak and solemnly announce
A country rich in emeralds and gold.
Also, among the things which them engaged,
A certain king he told of who, disrobed,
Upon a lake was wont, aboard a raft,
To make oblations, as himself had seen,
His regal form overspread with fragrant oil
On which was laid a coat of powdered gold
From sole of foot unto his highest brow,
Resplendent as the beaming of the sun.
Arrivals without end, he further said,
Were there to make rich votive offerings
Of golden trinkets and of emeralds rare
And divers other of their ornaments;
And worthy credence these things he affirmed;
The soldiers, light of heart and well content,
Then dubbed him ________, and the name
By countless ways was spread throughout the
world.

6. Turtle of Destruction, I cast you !!!
X is word that shall always be associated with a certain TV series, an essential part of our childhood.
Although to the minority of scholars, X is actually a certain Hawaiian King who was the first to unite the
islands of Hawaii and laid down a set of laws. How Akira Toriyama decided to use this name to
describe the release of latent energy all at once from the protagonists body is for us to speculate. The
word X please.

7. This time for a sucky movie.
United Passions a film starring Tim Roth and Gerard Depardieu among others
dealing with the history of a particular organization. The organization in
question itself funded the film with a massive 16 billion outlay. Currently rated
3/10 on ImDb, John Oliver lampooned the show on Last Week Tonight, stating
that the “the movie, like ____ itself looks terrible”.
Which organization which recently came under scrutiny ?

Eugenie Bouchard & Jim Parsons at
Wimbledon.

10. Fava beans with your toast ?
In movies and TV Series spread across decades, this character has been played by Brian COx who
modelled it on Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel, later by Anthony Hopkins, Gaspard Ulliel in a
younger version and lately Mads Mikkelsen in the much acclaimed TV series. Which character ?

11. A Night in Malluville.
Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman, very recently, asked for
permission from the Speaker and then went on to do what in the Lok Sabha?

She asked for permission and then replied verbatim to a question in Tamil.

12. Such bad asses you are.
In a popular Superman comic, which astrophysicist, who also irked Sheldon
Cooper;s wrath for his role in demoting Pluto from planet status, actually comes
to superman’s aid and finds the planet Krypton?

List It - 1
Indian/India Born Nobel Laureates.

Rabindranath Tagore, CV Raman, Har Gobind Khorana, Mother Teresa, S
Chandrasekhar, Amartya Sen, V Ramakrishnan, Rudyard Kipling, Amartya
Sen, Ronald Ross, Rudyard Kipling, VS Naipaul, RK Pachauri, Mohammed
Yunus, Abdus Salam.

Round 3
Infinite Bounce Reversed

Emma Watson’s tweet after Erdogan’s
ridiculous comments on women smiling in
public.

2. A Sceptre of Temporal Power.
X is the name given to the bi-annual exercise
of shifting the secretariat and all other
government offices from capital city to
another in the state of Y. The tradition was
started during Dogra rule in 1872 by Maharaja
Ranbir Singh. What are X and Y?

X - Durbar
Y - Jammu & Kashmir

3. Da-Dum-Da-Dum-Da-Dum-Da-Dum
Jaipur Pink Panthers
U Mumba
Patna Pirates
Telugu Titans
Bengaluru Bulls
Dabang Delhi
Bengal Warriors
Puneri Paitan
What ?

4. Rolling in it.
For what specific thing did Facebook pay the The American Farm Bureau
Federation 8.5 million dollars?

5. Rolling in it, these blokes too.
__________ also referred to as motor neuron disease (MND), Charcot disease
(in France "maladie de Charcot"), and, in the United States, Lou Gehrig's
disease—is a neurodegenerative disease with various causes. It is
characterised by muscle spasticity, rapidly progressive weakness due to
muscle atrophy, difficulty in speaking (dysarthria), swallowing (dysphagia), and
breathing (dyspnea). ALS is the most common of the five motor neuron
diseases. One of the famous victims of this disease is Stephen Hawking. In
recent times this disease has somehow accumulated the internet's attention.
How so ?

6. A little bemused I am.
____ actually comes from the Roman for for a container or a pot and is a very
very famous form of pasta. This pasta is typically sold as sheets after which it is
cut off and used for cooking. Weirdly enough comic writer Jim Davis helped
popularise this pasta when he talked of one his characters insatiable lust for
this. What character ?

7. <Insert Witty Caption>
Frank Oz was a master puppeteer who worked frequently in the Muppets his
stellar work led him to be cast as one of the most well known characters of the
century. Although Jim Henson (the Muppets founder) was contacted first for
this role, Oz was chosen and the rest as they say is well known quiz trivia.
Which legendary character ?

8. Surreal.
Evanna Lynch’s obsession with Harry Potter is almost legendary. While
hospitalised as an 11 year old, she was allowed to sneak out for an hour to
collect a signed copy of the book. She also maintained an epistolary
relationship with JK Rowling throughout her childhood. In a fairytale moment,
Evanna also won the role of a character in the Harry Potter series and was
described by Rowling as “perfect”. WHich character does Evanna Lynch play?

9. Maharishi what have you done.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was an Indian spiritual guru who developed many
meditation techniques and achieved international fame. However he shall
always be remembered for being the spiritual guru of the band X. X devoted
themselves fully to his instruction however when news came of his sexual
advances towards Mia Farrow, X wrote ‘Sexy Sadie’ dedicated to him which
was originally to be named ‘Maharishi’. Which famous band?

10. The Corner of an Indian Field.
This iconic cricket ground located in India has only ever hosted two cricket
matches, the first, India vs West Indies ended in an Indian loss and was
interrupted due to rain. The second saw India face Australia which ended in a
cliffhanger and saw Australia win however during the match CRPF had to be
deployed as some supporters chanted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’. Now a desolate
and unguarded ruin. The quizmaster himself spent an hour looking at this
forgotten symbol of a forgotten past during his visit to the splendid city, this
ground is located in. Which city?

Sher-i-Kashmir ground is Srinagar.

11. Confusion will be my epitaph.
Which philosopher’s last words -
“Go away! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.”

12. The Sense of an Ending.
Also known as the Kingdom of the Black Pelican, X was described as ‘one of
the numerous Balkan republics’ and lives in a state or political tension with it’s
neighbour. The official currency is a khor and the capital of X is Klow. The
kingdom’s motto is
"Eih bennek, eih blavek!” loosely translating to “If you gather thistles, expect
prickles”. The current regent is King Mushkar the 12th.
Which country ?

It Ends.
Gimme all the movies to have won both the best actor and the best actress.

1934 (7th) Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert -- It Happened One Night
1975 (48th) Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976 (49th) Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway -- Network
1978 (51st) Jon Voight, Jane Fonda -- Coming Home
1981 (54th) Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn -- On Golden Pond
1991 (64th) Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster -- The Silence of the Lambs
1997 (70th) Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt -- As Good As It Gets

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