Freshers' Quiz

FRESHERS’ QUIZ 2019
BY PARTH MISHRA and ANKUR SINHA

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INSTRUCTIONS
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» 40 questions
» Teams of 2-3, not >4
» 1-20 CW infinite pounce/bounce round
» 20-40 ACW infinite pounce/bounce round
» Cheating is obv not allowed
» +20/-10 on pounce, +20/0 on direct
» +10 on pass

QM’s discretion is final !
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QUESTION 1
- Toni Kroos & Franck Ribery in a 6-0 Bayern Munich victory over Hertha
Berlin.
- Marco Reus & Mike Hanke in a 3-0 Borussia Monchengladbach victory
over FC Koln.
What specific occurrences involving these players in the two games above
happened in the 2011-12 Bundesliga season?

ANSWER 1
They played Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide who would take the free kick.
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QUESTION 2
Jiyoun Kim, a South Korean product design came up with Unisignal as an
alternative to currently used design for traffic lights.
What problem did he intend to address with this design? Image follows.
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ANSWER 2
Color blind drivers being able to interpret traffic via different shapes.
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QUESTION 3
This fictional character's name is a portmanteau of two words, the first
being the sound of an electric spark and the second being the sound made
by a mouse.
Which character?
portmanteau: a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others.
for example: podcast is a blend of iPod and broadcast.
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QUESTION 4
The Adventures of Superman radio show ran during the 1940s. In 1943, the
Superman voice actor, Bud Collyer, wanted to take a vacation as he needed
a week off from the fast-paced world of radio drama.
How is Bud Collyer's vacation significant to the world of Superman?
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ANSWER 4
Kryptonite was introduced by the writers to explain Superman’s absence.
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QUESTION 5
A recent article by Kit Simpson Browne for MoviePilot.com, quotes an
interview given by X on his upcoming TV show, also one where he talked
about, among other things, how playing Y earlier on in the decade took a lot
out of him owing to the tremendous physical demands it placed on him.
X, who is 5”9, put on around thirty pounds to play Y. X said that, “I haven’t
damaged my body, but I’m certainly a bit achier than I used to be! I kind of
miss it.” People were introduced to Y in 1993 and was recently voiced by
Doug Benson in a 2017 film.
Identify both X and Y. [Part points will be awarded.]
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QUESTION 6
This character from DC universe is a vampire created to help a white-
supremacy group eliminate non-whites and is notable mainly for infecting
superheroes with HIV.
His name is a “monstrous wordplay” on a term very closely associated with
blood. What's it named?
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QUESTION 7
In March 2015, DC released
variant covers that paid tribute to
some classic movie posters.
Which movie is this cover a
homage to?
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QUESTION 8
“A Fu” and “A Jiao”, modelled after the local Chinese clay dolls, are two
characters which feature as mascots in commercials for a global company
in China around the Chinese New Year.
The ads have achieved iconic status in the country, with people dressing up
like the pair during festivities, and comics being released featuring the
same.
According to the company, the pair have helped in associating their values
of festive fun, happiness and family love with the Chinese consumer base.
Which company do these mascots belong to?
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QUESTION 9
X was created in Bern, Switzerland in the year 1908. The creator along with
cousin developed a unique milk chocolate including nougat, almonds and
honey with a distinctive triangular shape.
The image of a bear is hidden in the Matterhorn high mountain, symbolizing
Bern, which is nicknamed the City of Bears.
Easy points. Give me X.
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QUESTION 10
Shown in the picture is an advertisement by a popular South African chain
of restaurants specializing in Afro-Portuguese cuisine.
The advertisement created quite an uproar, with many including politician
Omar Abdullah claiming it to be sexist.
Just tell me the brand. Image on the next slide.
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QUESTION 11
This commemorative stamp from 1985 was British overseas territory of
Turks and Caicos Islands and it depicts the 150th birth anniversary of an
author and a periodic astronomical observation.
Identify both from the artwork. Image follows.
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ANSWER 11
Mark Twain and Halley’s Comet
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QUESTION 12
It is a little known fact that X adored
cooking, so much so he even released
his very own cookbook, Les Diners de
Gala, in 1973. But true to his roots, it
was far from ordinary. Billed as "an
erotic cookbook" it includes a chapter
on aphrodisiacs and recipe’s including
"Casanova cocktail". It was a homage to
indulgence as X wrote in the
introduction: "If you are a disciple of one
of those calorie-counters who turn the
joys of eating into a form of
punishment, close this book at once."
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QUESTION 13
This competition was the brainchild of acclaimed Canadian writer Douglas
Coupland, author of cult novel Generation X. Out of 1,250 entries from 37
countries, an actor named Daniel Baker from Dorset was chosen as the
winner. Baker, 35, won €5,000 and said he was "utterly overwhelmed" that
his "worn face" had been selected.
What was the competition all about? Image follows.
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ANSWER 13
Vincent Van Gogh
lookalike contest
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QUESTION 14
In a Pottermore article about the Sword of Gryffindor, J K Rowling admitted
that she drew inspiration from the real-world legend of the X.
There are some striking similarities between the two - only a true Gryffindor
can draw the sword out of the Sorting Hat, and in Deathly Hallows, the
sword is retrieved from a frozen forest lake by Harry.
What is X?
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ANSWER 14
Excalibur, King Arthur’s legendary sword
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QUESTION 15
Stephen Marks, who started this business in 1969 as the Stephen Marks
brand, established AB in 1972 – around a year or two after the film of the
same name was released. He said the name came about because he
managed to acquire a large shipment of Indian cheesecloth shirts – via a
French contact – that could be resold in the British Isles at a large profit.
The business expanded into menswear in 1976.
Which company ABCD?
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ANSWER 15
French Connection – United Kingdom
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QUESTION 16
In 2015, Leon Gatys, Alexander Ecker and Matthias Bethge presented a
research paper titled "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style” at the premier
machine learning conference: Neural Information Processing Systems
(NIPS).
In 2016, Justin Johnson, Alexandre Alahi and Li Fei-Fei, three researchers
working at Stanford University published a research paper titled -
"Perceptual Losses for Real-Time Style Transfer and Super-Resolution”.
These two research papers are believed to be the technology used behind
X.
Id X.
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QUESTION 17
This is an emoticon which people use all across Europe. It became popular
in 2013. This emoticon is based on a gesture which has been given various
names like - “X Rhombus”, “X Diamond” and “Triangle of Power”.
Who is the inspiration behind this emoticon?
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QUESTION 18
Orthocarbonic acid (methanetetrol) is the name given to a hypothetical
compound with the chemical formula H4CO4 or C(OH)4. Its molecular
structure consists of a single carbon atom bonded to four hydroxyl groups.
It would be therefore a fourfold alcohol. In theory it could lose four protons
to give the hypothetical oxocarbon anion CO4−4 (orthocarbonate), and is
therefore considered an oxoacid of carbon. In concentrated amounts, the
acid can be quite harmful.
Whom is the acid named after? IMAGE FOLLOWS.
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QUESTION 19
Put funda/Determine the answer.
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ANSWER 19
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
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QUESTION 20
In Greek mythology, the Sirens were creatures, who lured nearby sailors
with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky
coast of their island. In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal
geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed:
sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the islands known as the
Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations were surrounded
by cliffs and rocks.
Basing on the above, X, decided to use a Siren as its logo. It claims that just
like sirens used to lure sailors after enchanting them by its voice, their
caffeinated products will lure you back, again and again.
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“ANTI-CLOCKWISE ROUND BEGINS!
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QUESTION 21
X was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril
Bamford, it continues to be owned by the
Bamford family. A product that X
manufactured was a topic for a lot of memes
recently. The product of the company X due
to its popularity was named after the
company name X. ID X
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QUESTION 22
Progressive writer Elizabeth Magie Phillips created X in
1904 to teach players about the dangers of wealth
concentration. Originally called The Landlord’s Game, it
celebrated the teachings of the Henry George whose
widely read book, Progress and Poverty, published in
1879, argued that governments did not have a right to
tax labour. They only had a right to tax land. ID X?
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QUESTION 23
The X is the combination of legislative actions and technologies
enforced by the People's Republic of China to regulate the Internet
domestically. Its role in the Internet censorship in China is to block
access to selected foreign websites and to slow down cross-border
internet traffic. The effect includes: limiting access to foreign
information sources, blocking foreign internet tools (e.g. Google
search, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia and others) and mobile apps,
and requiring foreign companies to adapt to domestic regulations. X
is apparently very aptly named after another very famous creation in
China with, kind of the same purpose.
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ANSWER 23
The Great firewall of China.
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QUESTION 24
Though the word X was later applied to Japanese suicide pilots
during WWII, it literally means “divine wind” and is also used as a
historical term to refer to two typhoons that swept through the
island nation in 1274 and 1281. Both times, hordes of Mongols lead
by Kublai Khan sailed from China in an attempt to conquer Japan,
and both times, a massive storm swept them back. Japanese
Buddhists of the time believed that the storms had been the gods’
way of preserving their empire, so they referred to the typhoons as
“divine wind.”
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ANSWER 25
Trump called Tim Cook Tim Apple.
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QUESTION 26
Margherita Pizza uses tomato, mozzarella, and basil toppings only and
there is a very interesting reason behind this. What?
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ANSWER 26
To honour the Italian flag and queen of Italy.
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QUESTION 27
In 1971, a Portland State University student named Carolyn Davidson came up with probably one
of the most recognizable logos of our times. Davidson crafted the logo for an unbelievably small
amount of money, just $35, and she even proposed X as a name to the company’s founder, Phile
Knight. His original idea for the brand name supposedly was Dimension 6. X is actually the Greek
goddess of Victory and the logo apparently was derived from the way her statues were made.
Which brand?
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QUESTION 28
The year is 1762, An earl in the British era is very fond of playing
poker so much so that once while playing poker he felt hungry but
denied to get up from the table and ordered his servant to bring him
a slice of meat. As soon as the servant brought him the slice of
meat, the earl immediately realised that if he eats meat with his bare
hands he would end up spoiling them and the deck of cards. So as a
solution to this problem he did something very unique and ended up
inventing a very famous item. What did he do?
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ANSWER 28
Sandwich, Earl of Sandwich.
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QUESTION 29
Zero stroke: “ An alleged mental disorder, reportedly
diagnosed by physicians in Germany during the
hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic(1921-24). The
disorder was primarily characterised by a very unique
desire that arose in the patients. What was the desire?
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ANSWER 29
To write rows after rows of Zeroes.
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QUESTION 30
Intervision was first established back in 1977 as a direct
rival to the Europe-oriented Eurovision Song Contest.
Few people in the participating Soviet nations had
private telephones, so Intervision’s television viewers
would do something very unique to vote for their
favourite song. Their unique voting style was only
possible because of the involvement of the state energy
company. What did the voters do?
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ANSWER 30
Switch lights ON/OFF.
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QUESTION 31
Walter Diemer, an accountant at Fleer( the first company to
successfully manufacture bubblegum) liked to experiment with gum
recipes in his spare time. In doing so, he accidentally stumbled upon
a unique recipe which led to the modern day flexible and stretchy
bubblegums we are fond of, but there was one difference between
our modern day bubblegums and the one which Walter had invented
and the difference was there because he wanted to protect his
recipe from being easily identified and stolen. So he added
something to his original recipe which gave us the modern day
bubblegum. What did he add?
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ANSWER 31
Bubblegums pink colour.
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QUESTION 32
Treefrog is a species of frog that resides in the North
American Pacific Coastal regions more specifically
nearby Hollywood. Its presence and availability near
Hollywood gave rise to a global cliché related to Frogs.
What?
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QUESTION 33
In 1930’s, Warner Bros. was looking for an
effective way to promote their music
catalogue. They settled on making animated
shorts which were set to their music- They
called it X. ID X
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QUESTION 34
X was originally used as a royal handkerchief for the
Mughals, although in modern times X is used for an
entirely different purpose. X derives it’s name from it’s
original purpose appended with it’s modern day use. ID
X.
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QUESTION 35
X literally means a resident of a region of the
Czech Republic in the present context, however,
X may also denote “A socially unconventional
person, one who is involved in arts.” Y generally
refers to a work of epic poetry, or a part of one
that is suitable for recitation at one time. Give
me X and Y.
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ANSWER 35
Bohemian Rhapsody
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QUESTION 36
X is common cooking term jut like roasting, or baking,
but the word is French for JUMP. The food lover’s
companion describes X as cooking food quickly in a
small amount of oil or other fat in skillet or pan over
direct heat. Professional chefs usually flip the food
around in the pan using the handle, which amplifies the
jumpy quality that characterizes this acrobatic cooking
process. What is X?
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QUESTION 37
The Somali militant islamist group Al-
Shabaab has banned the X. In a broadcast on
the Jihadist operated radio andalus last
month, Jubaland regional leader Mohammed
Abu Abdullah said X are a “serious” threat to
both humans and livestock?......Irony?
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QUESTION 38
There is special tree growing at Trinity College,
Cambridge. Several more grow at Parkes Observatory in
Australia, and another at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Such descendants and clones of an old
parent tree at Woolsthorpe Manor Dot college campus
and research centres on every continent, except
Antarctica. Why is this tree deemed so important as to
be bestowed with such vast number of clones and
descendants across the globe?
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ANSWER 38
Newton’s Apple Tree
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QUESTION 40
X is a phrase that came from Alley Craps
back in the depression. They used to play
craps in alleys and didn’t always use money,
but if they did use money and they were
winning, it meant that they could afford a
particular food item for dinner that night, ID
X.
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ANSWER 40
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
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