General Quiz Pantheon 2012

2. RULES
• Straight Questions to all teams on an
infinite bounce basis.
• +10 for each correct answer.
• +10 for pass.
• No negative marking.

3. 1. The term POTUS was first used by Walter
Philips, a journalist and telegraph operator
in Washington in 1879. He used it to cut
costs on the telegrams he sent to the
newspaper bureau. Presently, the
Washington Post maintains an active
column called the Potus Tracker, which
constantly updates the activities of the
Potus. Lately, the term FLOTUS has been
used alongside Potus.
What are Potus and Flotus?

5. POTUS: President of the United States
FLOTUS: First Lady of the United States

6. 2. Ad for?

8. BURGER KING

9. 3. ______________ (5 words) was a propaganda poster
produced by the Government of the United Kingdom in
1939 during the beginning of the Second World War,
intended to raise the morale of the British public in the
event of a Nazi invasion of Britain. The poster was the
third in a series of three, the first to being “Freedom is
in peril, defend it with all your might.” and “Your
courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution will bring
us victory!”
Forgotten until recently, the poster has now become
very famous over the World Wide Web.
What?

11. Keep Calm and Carry On.

12. 4. The Cynic Greek philosopher Diogenes, used to live
in a large jar. When strangers at the inn were
expressing their wish to catch sight of the great orator
Demosthenes, Diogenes is said to have done something
and exclaimed "this, for you, is the demagogue of the
Athenians”
This is probably the first historic use of the ________.
What did Diogenes do?

14. Gave them the finger!

15. 5. This is a page from the Indian
Express editorial in 1975. Why did they
do this on purpose?

17. Protest against the Emergency.

18. 6. The earliest technical use for _____ was defined by
Gilbert Newton Lewis. He defined it as the amount of
time light takes to travel 1 centimeter (about 33.35 ps).
In electronics, a ______ is the time between alternating
power cycles, 1/60 or 1/250 seconds in most power
supplies.
In computing, it is the duration of one tick of the
system timer interrupt. In the Linux machines running
i386, it is typically 4 ms.
What is this unit of time?

20. A Jiffy!

21. 7. What present day icon did this guy
become?

23. Ronald McDonald

24. 8. Map of?

25. N

26. Malgudi

27. 9. The Mahabharata mentions that only four people
listened to the BhagvatGita directly from Krishna.
Arjuna was the one it was addressed to, Sanjaya
listened to it because of his divine vision; and VedVyasa
who was experiencing the past, present and future at
the same time. Dhritarashtra heard it indirectly from
Sanjaya.
Who was the fourth?

29. Hanuman!
Hanuman was doing a favour to Arjuna
by being present in the flag on his
chariot. When Krishna drove the
chariot to the middle of the battlefield;
Hanuman too became a witness to the
Geeta.

30. 10. What are these? (not exhaustive)
Finger Wave
Pixie
Bouffant
Farah-do
The Rachel
Wedge
Pompadour
Fauxhawk
Hi Top Fade

32. Hair Cuts!

33. 11. A company exhibits backward vertical integration
when it controls subsidiaries that produce some of the
inputs used in the production of its products. In India, X
was the pioneer of backward integration.
X started by selling imported Kayla Silk, then took to
producing _____ , and then went on to make his
company a petrochemical giant.
X’s interest in producing _____ earned him the
sobriquet, ‘The ________ Prince’; also the name of his
unauthorised biography which used to be banned in
India.
ID X and fill in the blank. (5 points for each)

35. X: DhirubhaiAmbani
‘The Polyester Prince’

37. 12. Hassan-i-Sabbah led an order of
armed militants, terrorising the Seljuqs
in the Persian territories in 1091.
They were believed to be addicted to
hashish, and hence the name ______.
Their legend was recreated by a recent
video game, which is named after the
English variant of the term _______.
What game?

39. Hashishin
Assassin’s Creed

40. 13. In 1996, X was pitted against Jake “The
Snake” Roberts. At the time of the match,
Roberts was portraying a born again Christian,
so after the match, X cut a promo during his
coronation as the King, telling Roberts:
"You sit there and you thump your Bible, and you
say your prayers, and it didn't get you
anywhere! Talk about your psalms, talk about
John _____... X ______ says I just whipped
your ass!"
How do we know this catchphrase better?

42. Austin 3:16!