Freshers' mains quiz 2k18

F R E S H E R S’
M A I N S
AKHIL SACHAN SHAMBHAVI GUPTA AYUSH SINGH

MARKING SCHEME:
Round 1: BOUNCE
+30/-10 for direct questions.
Round 2: PICK YOUR POISON
+40/-20 on all Questions.
Round 3: POUNCE
+20/-10 on all Questions.
+40/-20 if you Pounce.
Round 4: LONG VISUAL CONNECT
As shown in slides.

WEIRD RULES THAT NO ONE
CARES ABOUT (But Should):
1. 42 might be the answer to everything in the Universe but it
answers none of the questions in this quiz. Kindly refrain from
answering that.
2. Once you pounce, there’s no taking it back. You will have to
answer.
3. Part points will be awarded as per the discretion of the QM.
4. Hints will not be given if more than one team objects to it.
5. ‘Something about the QM being the saviour of humanity yadda
yadda’

1. X was a philosopher in Classical Greece and
founder of the Academy of Athens.
The original name of X has the letter “n” at its
end but it is skipped in English.
In Urdu, no such letter that sounds similar to
the first letter of X’s name exists. Hence, his
name was eventually popularised in Indian Sub
continent as Aflatoon.
Id X.

PLATO/PLATON
Letter “p” does not exists
in Urdu and hence, ef/af
is used in place of P.

2.
X (image in next slide) is an American football quarterback who is
currently a free agent.
In 2016, after kneeling during the playing of the U.S. national anthem
prior to NFL games in protest to what he believed to be racial injustices
against black Americans, X pledged to donate one million dollars to
"organizations working in oppressed communities.“
In 2018, X announced that he would make the final $100,000 donation
of his "Million Dollar Pledge" in the form of $10,000 donations to
charities that would be matched by celebrities.
In 2017, X was named GQ magazine's "Citizen of the Year" for his efforts.
X is again in news due to an advertisement by the company Y.
Id X and Y.

3. Long Walk to Freedom.
• False memory is a psychological phenomenon wherein a
person or a group of people recall something from the
past that did not happen.
• This is possible due to social reinforcements of the event,
misleading photographs or news hoaxes.
• In 2010, this was dubbed the “X Effect”, when Fiona
Broome claimed that she and thousands of other people
felt that X had passed away in the 1980s. This of course
was untrue, and X went on to live another 3 years after
2010 before a state funeral in 2013. Identify X.

4. Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in Alnwick in the
English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the Duke of
Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and
renovated and remodelled a number of times.
Where in popular culture would you have seen this castle?

5.
In his early days, X referred to himself as Herr Wolf and
his sister as Frau Wolf.
His first name is a derivative of a word that means
meaning Nobel Wolf. He even named three of his military
headquarters Wolfsschanze, Wolfsschluchlt and
Werewolf.
He referred to his major paramilitary organization Y as
“my pack of wolves”.
Identify X and Y.

X = ADOLF HITLER
Y= SCHUTZSTAFFEL

6.
X was a mathematician who made fundamental
contributions to Y, differential geometry and the study
of Partial Differential Equations. X’s work has provided
insight into the factors that govern decision making
inside complex systems found in everyday life.
X designed the Royal Pavillion in Brighton and also had
Russel Crowe play him in a major motion picture.
Identify X and Y.

7.
A 2018 fantasy/science fiction movie rated 8.6 on IMDb had the actors
X and Y. Both the actors X and Y have another fictional character Z,
common between them who is widely popular in pop culture.
When the movie came out in 2018, fans expected that X and Y will
share proper screen time together and at least one of them will make a
reference to Z by using the phrase _________. This phrase is often used
as a sarcastic remark to someone who says something that is too
obvious. It is sarcastic because the phrase is about Z who is famous for
his intelligence and observational skills.
However, in the movie, X and Y shared screen for a very short duration
of time and no such phrase or reference was made.
Id X, Y, Z and the phrase.

X – ROBERT DOWNEY
JR. (IRON MAN/
TONY STARK)
Y – BENEDICT
CUMBERBATCH (DR.
STRANGE)
Z – SHERLOCK
HOLMES
Phrase: NO SHIT,
SHERLOCK

8.
This dynasty was founded by Qutb-ud-din-Aibak when he took over
control as the Sultan of Delhi from Mohammed of Ghur. The
interesting thing is that Qutb-ud-din-Aibak was not a rival, a relative,
a direct descendant or even a friend of Mohammed of Ghur.
Their relationship was of an inferior and a superior. Their
relationship is what gave the name to this dynasty which went on to
produce great Sultans like Illtutmish, Balban and even the first
female Sultan, Raziya.
Identify this dynasty.

PICK YOUR POISON
ROUND 2
Pick Your Poison
MUSIC AND
ENTERTAINMENT
1. 2.
BUSINESS
1. 2.
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
1. 2.
LITERATURE
1. 2.
HISTORY
1. 2.
MYTHOLOGY
1. 2.
INDIA
1. 2.
SPORTS
1. 2.

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT 1.
X is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on
September 17, 2013. Produced as a single-camera comedy, Fox
originally ordered thirteen episodes for its first season, eventually
expanding it to 22 episodes.
It has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe
Awards: one for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and one for
Y for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
Y is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and musician. He is a
member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island (famous for
songs like I Just had Sex) and was a cast member on Saturday Night
Live (2005–2012), where he and his fellow group members have been
credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts.
Id X and Y.

X – BROOKLYN 99
Y – ANDY
SAMBERG
BACK TO “PICK YOUR POISON”

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT 2.
German Police have recovered more than 100 items stolen from the
estate of X including a 1980 diary. His last entry was written on the day
he was killed. It was a note about a nude photo shoot with
photographer Annie Leibovitz. One image from the session – showing X
embracing his wife Y – featured on the front of Rolling Stone Magazine.
Urban Dictionary defines “Y factor” as following:
A term used to refer to something that splits up a group of friends.
Usually that something drives the group to become annoyed and angry
with one another until they all go their separate ways. That something is
typically a newcomer to the group that the rest do not like. Or that
newcomer could be there to specifically split up the group for their own
sick pleasure.
Id X and Y.

X – JOHN LENNON
Y – YOKO ONO

BUSINESS 1.
This billionaire
businessman has
unsurprisingly been a
Trekkie since he was a
kid, and he fulfilled a
“bucket list” dream by
making a cameo as a
reptile looking alien in
2016 movie, “Star Trek
Beyond”. Id him.

JEFF BEZOS

BUSINESS 2.
X is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by entrepreneurs
Y and Nik Powell. The net worth of X was estimated at £5–5.5 billion as of November
2014.
The brand name “X" arose when Y and Nik Powell formed a record shop. One of the
famous bands they signed as a record label group company was The Sex Pistols.
Y has described the first letter of X in the logo as an expressive tick, representing the X
seal of approval.
They considered themselves X in business. X (born 18 July 1950) is an English business
magnate, investor, author and philanthropist.
All the products by brand X have the word X in their names except one particular
product which is sold by the name ________. Had this been not done, the product
name would have been quite ironic keeping in mind its utility.
Id X, Y and FITB.

X – Virgin Group
Y – Richard Branson
Condoms by Virgin groups are sold
by the name of “Mates”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1.
Robert Dicke was lecturing in Princeton in the 1960s
and spoke about how general relativity predicted the
complete collapse of certain stars, thereby creating
an environment where gravity was so strong that no
matter and not even light could escape. Dicke
compared this environment to something rather
infamous from India, X of Y, and a shortened form of
the term used was later picked up by other scientists.
Id X and Y (a city).

Black Hole of Calcutta

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2.
This first appeared in 1946, at the University of
California. At the time, it was rendered as magenta,
and was set on a blue background. The modern
version used in the U.S. is magenta against a yellow
background, and it is drawn with a central circle of
radius R, an internal radius of 1.5R and an external
radius of 5R for the blades, which are separated from
each other by 60°.
What is being referred here?

INTERNATIONAL HAZARD SYMBOL

LITERATURE 1.
The legend of Prometheus in the Greek Mythology goes as such:
Prometheus stole fire from the Gods to give it to humans. For this act,
Prometheus was punished by Zeus with eternal torment. He was bound
to a rock for eternity , where each day an eagle feeds on his liver, which
would grow back the very next day, due to immortality, and would be
eaten again.
In the Western tradition, Prometheus became a figure who represented
the human quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching
and unintended consequences. He was regarded as a lone genius whose
efforts to improve the human existence could also result in tragedy .
An instance of this is when this famous author gave the name ‘Modern
Day Prometheus’ as a subtitle to her cult classic novel X.
Identify X.

FRANKENSTIEN

LITERATURE 2.
In 2010, the Culpeper County, Virginia school system banned the 50th
Anniversary "Definitive Edition" of X, due to "complaints about its sexual
content and homosexual themes.” This version "includes passages
previously excluded from the widely read original edition...Some of the
extra passages detail the protagonist’s emerging sexual desires; others
include unflattering descriptions of the protagonist’s mother and other
people living together."
After consideration, it was decided a copy of the newer version would
remain in the library and classes would revert to using the older, non-
controversial version of this popular book.
X was first published under the title Het Achterhuis. Dagboekbrieven 14
Juni 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944.
Identify X and its Author.

BACK TO
“PICK
YOUR
POISON”

HISTORY 1.
X is a well preserved Babylonian Code of Law of ancient
Mesopotamia, dating back to 1754 BC. This code was
enacted by the sixth Babylonian king whose name is a
part of X.
It consists of 282 laws but it is famous for having given us
the principle of retaliation, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for
a tooth”. For example, if person A causes the death of
person B, person A would be put to death in retaliation.
Identify X.

HAMMURABI’S CODE

HISTORY 2.
The 5th episode of Season 16 of The Simpsons
has a title which is very pertinent to one of
the most significant historical events of all
time.
According to Matt Groening, one of the
creators of the show, the first half of the title
pertains to the physical appearance Homer
Simpson and the second half of the title
pertains to the physical appearance of Bart
Simpson (image . Also, before the episode
first aired, Matt Groening, the creator
purchased the domain www.nuclear-
secrets.com but never created a website.
Name the title of the episode.
Homer Simpson
Bart Simpson

Fat Man and Little Boy
These are the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.

MYTHOLOGY 1.
In Greek Mythology, X was a hunter who was known for his beauty. He
was the son of the river God Cephissus and the Nymph Liriope. He was
proud and disdainful of those who loved him, causing some to commit
suicide to prove their unrelenting devotion to his striking beauty.
The goddess Nemesis, having noticed this behaviour, attracted X to a
pool, where he saw his own reflection in the water and fell deeply in
love with it, not realizing that it was just an image. Unable to leave the
allure of his reflection in the pool, X drowns in the pool and dies.
X is the origin of the modern term Y, meaning fixation with oneself and
one’s physical appearance or public perception.
Give me X or Y.

X = NARCISSUS
Y = NARCISSISM

MYTHOLOGY 2.
In Norse Mythology, by the Jotunn Giantess Angrboda, X
is the father of Hel or Hela, the goddess of the dead;
Fenrir, the monstrous wolf, and the World Serpent
Jormungandr.
X’s relationship with the Gods is complicated, sometimes
assisting them and sometimes behaving in a malicious
manner towards them. X’s positive relationship with the
gods turns sour when he orchestrates the death of the
god Baldr, the favourite son of Goddess Frigga.
Identify X.

LOKI

INDIA 1.
Located in the Koderma district in Jharkhand, X is a
combination of two words, meaning bush and lake in
the local dialect. X became well known in the 1950’s
due to its association with Vividh Bharti, when the
radio station used to get multiple song requests from
here. Since then, it has become the Indian equivalent
of Timbuktu, used to signify a mysterious place with a
sense of fantasy.
ID X.

JHUMRI TELAIYYA

INDIA 2.
A X-meter is a non-imaging meter used
to determine the yield of a nuclear
weapon. Fred Reines, who worked on
the X-meter, named it so because he
said that one would have to be under
the influence of X to believe that the X-
meter actually worked. Give X.

BHANGMETER

SPORTS 1.
• The game may have originally developed among
expatriate officers in British India, where it was very
popular by the 1870s.
• Early on, the game was also known
as Poona or Poonah after the garrison town
of Pune, where it was particularly popular and
where the first rules for the game were drawn up in
1873.Initially, the sport was played with sides
ranging from 1 to 4 players, but it was quickly
established that games between two or four
competitors worked the best.
• Identify this sport in which Indian ladies have been
operating on top level lately.

BADMINTON

SPORTS 2.
• In the FIFA WC of 2018,Japan and Senegal had
4 points apiece. Both teams had scored 4
goals and conceded 4.To break the deadlock, X
rule was implemented and this was the first
time it was applied in the WC.
• Give me X which is present in every major
competition across all sports.

FAIR PLAY RULE

1. In May 2017, X said he needed a name for the first tunnelling
machine of his newly founded Boring Company. He got one, taking
inspiration from one of the seminal texts of existential doubt and
procrastination: Samuel Beckett’s 1953 play, Y. “First machine is Godot”,
X said in a tweet. “Still waiting ... Don't know why, when or where.”
This “waiting” is a reference to the play itself, in which Vladimir and
Estragon do next to nothing in a blasted heath, hanging around to meet
the never-seen Godot. But X might also be saying that his first tunnelling
machine is also kicking its heels; waiting around and doing nothing.
Id X and Y.

X – ELON MUSK
Y – WAITING FOR GODOT

2.
Here is a photograph of Babasaheb B R Ambedkar and Hasrat Mohani
at Sardar Patel’s reception. (next slide)
Mohani participated in the struggle for Indian Independence (end
of British Raj) and was jailed for many years by British authorities. He
was the first person in Indian History who demanded 'Complete
Independence' (Azadi-e-Kaamil) in 1921 as he presided over an annual
session of All India Muslim League. He was a practising Muslim. He
was among the founders of the Communist Party of India. A few of his
books are Kulliyat-e-________, Sharh-e-Kalam-e-Ghalib, Nukaat-e-
Sukhan, Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan, etc.
However, he contributed to something that eventually became
synonymous to the Indian Freedom Struggle.
What contribution is being talked about?

First coined the slogan
Inquilab Zindabad

3.
• The person in the picture is Emmanuel Santos and a work of his
was badly received and became an object of jokes on the
internet in late March 2017. He had this to say to defend himself-
• “It is impossible to please the Greeks and Trojans. Neither did
Jesus please everyone. This is a matter of taste, so it is not as
simple as it seems. What matters is the impact that this work
generated. There is always the possibility of making a difference,
I was prepared for all this.”
• What is the criticized piece of art?

4.
X met Y in February of 1907, and the two established a firm friendship,
and corresponded extensively over a period of six years. X had
described the, then young, Y as his heir to psychoanalysis. However, as Y
began to expand his own theories and dissented with the basic tenets of
X-ian theory, the relationship started turning sour. This eventually led to
a highly hostile exchange of letters between the two, and Y’s resignation
as chairman from the International Psychoanalytic Congress, where he
had been elected with support from X.
Y went on to form his own school of thought, known as analytical
psychology, while X continued to develop his own views of psychology.
They met for the last time in September, 1913, in Munich, where Y
developed some key concepts on psychological types in analytical
psychology, that would come to distinguish Y-ian theory and X-ian
theory for the next 50 years.
Id X and Y.

X – SIGMUND FREUD
Y – CARL GUSTAV JUNG

5. MOVIE MAGIC, BITE SIZED: MINIATURE
PAINTINGS OF MOVIE POSTERS
Turkish design student Murat Palta recreated scenes of some
movies as Turkish Miniature paintings.
The following questions will depict the paintings and you have
to identify the movies based on the scene depicted. +10 if
you get both correct.

6.
Put Funda:
f(1,2) = 4
f(4,2) = 1
Think Bollywood.

ONE TWO KA FOUR, FOUR TWO KA
ONE, MY NAME IS LAKHAN...

7.
Which animated fictional
character from TV and Films gets
its name from the nonsensical
lyrics in Frank Sinatra’s song
‘Strangers in the Night’?

8. Being a resident of the cricket frenzy
nation like ours, you have to know the
names of these two Gentleman.

8.
“I ain’t got no quarrel with the Vietcong. They never called me a
nigger.” -X
During the Vietnam war in early 1967, X was stripped of his hard
fought honour and forcibly sidelined for a period of three years for
refusing to serve in the US Armed Services. He had faced a 5 year
prison term and his passport was revoked. Upon being asked why
he refused to serve, he had said the above.
Who was X?

9.
Walter Isaacson writes in his book that X asked
him to design a better version of Y which had
recently arrived in the market with following
altercations-
• Y should cost $15 as compared to the cost of
$300 at that time.
• Y should have a simple design and durability of
few months.
• Y must be able to work on any surface…like on
Formica and the blue jeans.
• Give me Y.

10.
Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon. At the location, he
had brought with himself the copy of this novel X written by J.D.
Salinger in which he wrote, “This is my statement.” and signed it as
Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the novel.
Chapman later said, “A big part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the
main person in the book. The small part of me must be the Devil.”
X was originally published for adults but became very popular
amongst adolescent readers for its portrayal of Teenage Angst and
Alienation.
Identify X.

11. Whose unfulfilled vision is this?
“To become the leader of innovation in the
field of technological developments,
capable of producing quality engineers &
technologists compatible with global
standard to deliver the benefits of
developed technologies to the society.”

HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE/UNIVERSITY

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