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Freshers Quiz 2021 Finals

The document outlines rules and scoring for a quiz competition involving multiple rounds, including written and pounce/bounce questions. It features various trivia questions covering topics such as history, sports, and pop culture, with specific instructions on answering and discussing within teams. Participants must identify answers related to themes such as art styles, notable historical figures, and scientific principles.

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Rules ▪ 22 dries (11 clockwise, 11 anticlockwise) ▪ 2 written rounds (7 + 6) ▪ Dries (+10/0) with pounce (+10/-5) ▪ Please refrain from googling
Pounce ● To balance privilege of direct questions ● Teams on direct and pass answer for +10/0 ● Teams can take a risk to pounce for +10/-5 ● No part points on pounce
Bounce ● To balance privilege of seating order ● Next question goes to team sitting after the team which got the question correct ● If no one gets it correct, question goes to next team
Chimping ● Points out of thin air ● Example -- Question has two answers A and B Team 1 guesses A and C (5 points) Team 2 guesses D and B (5 points) Team 3 combines and says A and B (10 points XD)
How To Answer and Discuss ▪ You can join another meeting with your team (on Google Meet, Messenger, Discord etc) or you can discuss on the WhatsApp group we have formed. ▪ For written rounds and for answers on pounce, compile your final answer and reply to that message tagging the relevant checker for your group. ▪ Please note only the message which you have tagged will be considered and not your discussion.
Written 1 CLIP Guided GAN is a machine learning method used to produce synthetic images. In this written round there are 7 questions with a Pokémon drawn in the style of a painting/painter.You need to identify the Pokémon and the painter/painting for points. Scoring Scheme +5 for each (2.5 + 2.5) +5 for full house Hints on demand
1) Pokémon and Artist
2) Pokémon and Artist
3) Pokémon and Artist
4) Pokémon and Painting
5) Pokémon and Artist
6) Pokémon and Artist
7) Pokémon and Painting
Answers
1) Squirtle in the style of Monet
2) Meowth in the style of Mondrian
3) JigglyPuff by Jackson Pollock
4) Snorlax as Ophelia
5) Charizard in the style of Da Vinci
6) Pikachu in the style of van Gogh
7) Magikarp in the Great Wave of Kanagawa
Pounce/Bounce Clockwise
This item’s design (having two compartments packed into one case) allows it to be an apt name for a late 19th century creation. It’s creator was known for leading people down the rabbit hole into the fantastical worlds of his imagination. Some examples of this creation are bound to make you chortle. Name the creation and its creator. Q1.
▪ Lewis Carroll ▪ Portmanteau A1.
▪ When a certain first was carried out far away from public eyes (and cameras) in New Mexico in the mid 1940s, its effects were felt in certain products and led to the company discovering something months before anyone else. ▪ They found out because they were receiving complaints from customers trying to immortalize moments, that there was fog being developed along with small black dots on these defective products leading to contamination. ▪ Which company and what are these products?What is the certain first that was conducted? Q 2.
▪ Kodak Film ▪ Manhattan Project A2.
▪ The temple of the X in Y is a temple located in a country south of the birthplace of the concerned religion. ▪ This temple is believed to store a X of the founder of the religion. If you pronounce the name of the temple incorrectly in just the right way, you may assume that the followers of this faith have a sweet tooth. ▪ For geography buffs the answer will be so easy, it’ll be like stealing it from a baby. ▪ What are X andY? Q3.
▪ X = Tooth ▪ Y = Kandy ▪ (The Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka) A3.
▪ The first reported instance of this was in (around) 1947-48 by M, and thus came to be named after him. ▪ When it occurred it was met with mass confusion and then led to a rift between those who felt it was perfectly within the rules, and those who felt it went against the spirit of things. ▪ It has occurred many more times since, and each time it gives rise to the same old debate. ▪ A more recent (and prominent) occurrence of this was in March, 2019, and a recent (and also significant) non-occurrence was in October, 2020. Both instances involved the same person. What is being referred to here? Q4.
▪ Mankading ▪ The 2019 event was Ashwin Mankading in the IPL 2019 to dismiss Jos Buttler. ▪ The 2020 event was when Ashwin decided against Mankading Aaron Finch. A4. Vinoo Mankad
▪ Do not be fooled by X’s resemblance to Latin. In spite of the resemblance, X conveys nothing of meaning. ▪ In fact, this lack of meaning allows X to serve its purpose as a placeholder with no influence on the layout. ▪ The ‘words’ in X are meant to approximate the frequency of letters in English usage, which is why at a glance it looks quite real. ▪ X’s similarity to sections of a famous Latin work [quoted below] might give a clue about the origins of this now ubiquitous tool, with the most notable passage excerpted below: ▪ “… porro quisquam est, qui do_____ _____ quia dolor sit amet, conse…” What is X? Q5.
▪ Lorem Ipsum A5.
▪ Although most people have never heard of EN, her theorems are vital to the field of physics. ▪ Her theorem lets physicists get conserved quantities from a 'special property' of some of the laws of nature. A talk earlier this year, discussing EN’s work was rather aptly titled ‘__________ of Nature and Nature of __________’ FITB (both blanks are the same word). Q6.
▪ Symmetries A6.
▪ Below is the description of a certain, now ubiquitous object: - Before 1939: <1 letter> <4 digits> - 1939 - 1947: <2 letters> <4 digits> - From 1947 until the late 1980s : <3 letters> <4 digits> ▪ This object also saw some other changes, including one in colour scheme in the early 2000s, when it went from white on black to black on white for most people, and a bright primary colour for certain others. ▪ A few important entities used to do without this object till 2018 and used a blank red thing instead. ▪ What is being referred to here? Q7.
▪ Car Number Plates A7.
Many know that X, an archetypal sailor, only visited India in around 1958-60 when he grudgingly accompanied his journalist friend and his canine companion on a trip to Tibet via New Delhi. •A little known fact is that his family-namesake, a Capt. Joseph (1631-1696), commanded a ship from Madras to China and back from May 1689- March 1690. •Joseph’s brother Richard too was in the Royal Navy and is noted to be one of the inspirations for X’s ancestor, Sir Francis. • Identify X Q8.
▪ Captain Haddock (from Tintin) A8.
This place inaugurated in 2010 shares its name with a Mughal era garden next to it which has an interesting etymology. The first half of the name is due to the tank/water reservoir situated next to it while the second half of the name is due to the utensil like shape the combined structure makes as it is surrounded by the Aravallis from both sides. What place is this? Q9.
▪ Talkatora stadium A9.
▪ X valley (shown on the map) gets its name from a sanskrit word which sounds almost identical to X. ▪ X is also the name of the 7th step (out of 12) in an exercise to greet a regular part of our everyday lives. ▪ Y is a Sanskrit synonym for X and one can find many mythological references to the Y people who are half-human and half-‘Y’. The Y king played an important role in the episode depicted in the next slide- ▪ Identify X andY. Q10.
▪ X -> Bhujang ▪ Y -> Naga A10. The Churning of the Ocean, Nagaraja was used as the churning rope.
▪ While beginners would resort to a linear trajectory of the projectile, professionals would try and perfect the non-linear approach to scoring more consistently. ▪ There are multiple factors that ensure that no two attempts are ever identical ranging from varying oil patterns, orientation, and the angular velocity of the projectile. ▪ Mathematically, it is seen that an entry angle of about 4 to 6 degrees would do the trick. The sequence of motions that takes place before the final impact are skidding, hooking and then rolling before striking. Which sport is this? Q11.
▪ Bowling A11.
Written 2 ▪ 6 Questions ▪ +5/0 for each, +2.5 for partial
Q1. D__ HOW IT’S D__!
Q2. PORTUGAL BREAK FAST WITH ______ _____
Q3. _______ PROVES THAT HE IS NO SMALL CHANGE           
Q4._____’S DILEMMA: ____ WAY OR THE HIGHWAY           
Q5. ___ ___ __ , ARGENTINA           
Q6. PHIR BHI DIL HAI ___________
Answers
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A2.
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A4.
A5.
A6.
Pounce/Bounce Anticlockwise
▪ This Lok Sabha constituency has always seen a 100% voter turnout every election. The Election Commision of India goes through the pain of ensuring that this election booth is set up regardless of how inconvenient it may seem, given the circumstances and its very existence truly shows the democratic spirit of India. ▪ It can be said that the use of a certain indelible item that's common in election booths isn’t really necessary here given how solitary and unique this circumstance is. What is special about this constituency and where is it located? Q1.
▪ The Election Commission set up a polling booth for Gir Forest's only resident A1.
▪ Having a _____ _____ with your name on it can be a death sentence in 1940, when the Nazis invaded Denmark. ▪ Sending ___ out of Hitler's Germany was illegal. So if the invading Nazis found these items engraved with the names of certain Germans, it could have led to their executions. So as the Nazi invaders march through Copenhagen in 1940, a certain George started “disintegrating” the two ______ that were illegally taken out of Germany and stored it in a container with the help of an “agent”. ▪ When he returned after the Nazi defeat, the container had not been touched and he got the _____ back. It was then sent back to the academy, where it had originally been made. It was then recast and re-presented to its original owners in a ceremony in 1952. What were these one of a kind items? What “agent” aided the storage of these items in an undetectable form? Q2.
▪ Nobel Prize ▪ Aqua Regia A2.
▪ “________'s ___________ - will it work?” ▪ What apt Kafkaesque headline was given to a news article highlighting the change that a tech company recently went through. ▪ It also signalled that the company was branching out and was linked to more than one product, and that “___” was a better representation of what the company is working towards and transforming into. Fill in the blanks. Q3.
▪ Facebook’s Metamorphosis A3.
▪ The Football team (X) of the University of Florida is named after an animal commonly found in the swamps of Florida. ▪ In 1965 a renal scientist at the University of Florida, was asked to look into their football team's struggle with exhaustion. ▪ He developed something (Y) to help the players and named it after the University's Football team. ▪ What did he create (Y) and what is the football team (X) called? Q4.
▪ Gators ▪ Gatorade A4.
▪ X were originally used for self defence and hunting purposes. ▪ Though its name might remind you of music from another southeast Asian island, it actually originates from a village in the Philippines. ▪ They are widely known for their beautiful movements called ‘flipping’ whose appearance gives it its common name Y. ▪ They have also slowly made their way into first person shooter games as a alternative weapon which has gained fame for being incredibly expensive to own owing to their rarity and lootbox mechanics. Identify the item being talked about here. Q5.
▪ Balisong ▪ Butterfly knife A5.
▪ X is a fashion item which made a resurgence in the 2010s. The X has a long history with artists crafting golden Xs back in 2500 BC. ▪ During the French Revolution women wore red Xs to pay homage to those executed by an instrument. ▪ In the world of sports, X is a term which has come to be associated with a number of teams such as Spurs, the South African Men’s Cricket Team and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. ▪ Identify X Q6.
▪ Choker A6.
▪ The use of shorthand expressions came about during the late 1830s, when it became popular to use abbreviations rather than entire terms during conversations. For example, people would commonly say OFM instead of "our first men" and SP instead of "small potatoes." Most historians believe that __ stands for "all correct". ▪ The trend started out in Boston and spread throughout the West. It soon became fashionable to make facetious abbreviations using purposely misspelled words, such as saying "NC" for "'nuff ced" instead of "enough said." Fill in the blanks. Q7.
▪ OK standing for "oll korrect” A7.
▪ Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean.In recent years however, the island has also been the financial beneficiary of an internet trend, vanity internet addresses. Anguilla owns a certain domain name, which has been in high demand by tech startups and corporations working in a certain field. Identify the domain name owned by Anguilla. (X) ▪ WhenYugoslavia broke up, Serbia and Montenegro retained the domain name of Yugoslavia (Y). In 2006 Serbia and Montenegro split and Montenegro got a new domain name (M). IdentifyY and M. Q8.
▪ .ai ▪ .yu and .me Q8.
▪ Nier: Automata is a 2017 action roleplaying game that which references several philosophies. Its character are named as a combination of a letter and a number. ▪ A fan theory about the character names relating to certain famous literary quotes fit in beautifully with the game's themes and was later adapted as canon by the creator. ▪ According to this theory the main character, an android, is named after a famous quote about the pain of existence, death and life and ties directly into the core themes of the game about whether it is better to live or not. ▪ Another character is an android who deserts after feeling betrayed by her comrades and hence is named after a short quote reflecting her feelings. ▪ Give both the character names and quotes. Q9.