The document contains a quiz with 20 multiple choice questions. It provides the rules for the quiz, which include that there are 20 questions each worth 1 mark and questions 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 will be used as tie-breakers. The top 6 teams will qualify for the finals. The quizmaster's decision is final. It then lists the 20 questions and spaces to provide answers.

1. PRELIMS

2. Rules
▪ There are 20 questions. All questions carry one mark each
▪ Q 1, 5 10, 15, 20 are star marked which will be used for any ties
▪ Both answers are needed for questions with 2 parts, unless specified
▪ No –ve marking
▪ Top 6 teams will be qualified for the Finals
▪ Quizmaster’s decision is final
▪ Happy Quizzing !!!

3. Q1
Which term was developed (and was later added to the dictionary) to
describe the famous SuperBowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy on
1st February, 2004.
Give the term which has gained wide popularity since then?

4. X came up with the discovery and development of Y, he was asked if he
would get it patented. He said "There is no patent," "Could you patent the
sun?
When news of the his development was made public on April 12, 1955, X
was hailed as a "miracle worker," and the day "almost became a national
holiday.“
According to Forbes magazine- “If he would have got it patented, he would
have been richer by $7 billion.” He lost 7 Billion Dollars but became a
public hero.
Q2

5. German scientist and philosopher George Christopher Lichtenberg’s idea
forms the basis for the standard size series, based on an aspect ratio of
the square root of 2.
The significant advantage offered through this system is that each entity
in this series when divided into two, yields the next size.
Which series is this?
Q3

6. The evolution of X brand started in 1982 with the establishment of Racal
Strategic Radio Ltd a subsidiary of Racal Electronics .
The same year ,Racal Strategic Radio Ltd. Formed a joint venture with
Millicom called ‘Racal X’ ,which would later evolve into the present day
X.
Id X
Q4

7. Connect the following movies
Q5*

8. These characters are named Uys and Buys in Afrikaans, Tik and Tak in
Arabic, Hernandez and Fernandez in Spanish, and Dupont and Dupond
in the original French.
Who are these characters belonging to a famous streak ?
Q6

9. 2015 brings with it yet another James Bond film, Spectre. Forgetting
Spectre for a moment, we pan back across 2012 to Skyfall.
Even though Skyfall was a commercial success, this was not very sure
before the film was released. Major fan backlash had occurred, accusing
the filmmakers of giving in to commercial greed and destroying an iconic
feature of the franchise to honor a $45 million deal with a Dutch business
giant in its own field.
Spectre will go back to the iconic feature, making Skyfall the only Bond
film to keep this change. What was the deal, and how would it irrevocably
change something iconic ?
Q7

10. If a Quora post is to be believed, the identity of the picture, was a boy
named Neeru Deshpandey from Nagpur.
However, Mayank Shah, group product manager, put all the folklore to rest
and revealed: “It's actually an illustration by Everest back in the 60s.”
It is one of the largest selling products in the world, if the number
equivalent to its annual sales is kept end to end, 192 is the number of times
one could go around the world.
What?
Q8

11. Time magazine ran a cover sometime in March 2013 with the title
“Man, Superman, Gunman”, along with the photo of a certain
individual.
Which individual?
Q9

12. Its designer French mechanical engineer Louis Réard named it after the
group of islands in the Pacific Ocean where the United States had
conducted its first peace-time nuclear weapons test.
His hope was that it would create an explosive commercial and cultural
reaction, similar in intensity to society's response to the nuclear test.
It did, and the name stuck with the media and public.
What are we talking about?
Q10*

13. Where can you see all of these symbols together?
Try to connect it with a brand
Q11

14. An Interesting Exchange between Two Geniuses:
X to Y: What I most admire about your art. You don't say a word,
and the rest of the world understands you.
Y to X: It is true. But your glory is even greater !! The whole world
Admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you
say!!
ID X and Y.
Q12

15. Arjuna, from the Mahabharata, was nicknamed “Savyasachi”. What
ability, also seen in sportsmen such as
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Kobe Bryant
• Ronnie O’Sullivan
• Paolo Maldini
• Jonny Wilkinson
does this refer to?
Q13

16. This recent Amazon Print Ad created a controversy. What?
Q14

17. The Office Assistant was an intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office
that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character, which
interfaced with the Office help content. In Microsoft Office for Windows,
it was included in versions 97 to 2003 and in Microsoft Office for Mac, it
was included in versions 98 to 2004.
The feature drew a strongly negative response from many users &
Microsoft turned off the feature by default.
On April 1, 2014, it appeared as an Office assistant in Office Online as part
of an April Fool's Day Joke. What is the common name of this office
assistant…!!
Q15*

18. John Charles Miller, worked at the São Paulo Railway Company
becoming the Royal Mail's agent.
In 1884 he was sent to the Banister Court Public School in
Southampton, England, where he acquired sufficient knowledge in a
particular field.
When he returned in 1894, Miller brought a book and what else to
Brazil in his suitcase?
Q16

19. Identify the organization and significance of this picture.
Q17

20. Who is this cricketer with a rather unique name ?
He may remind you of the French revolution or probably the ‘ideal
brand ambassador for centre shock’.
Q18

21. The one minute between 6:02 am and 6:02pm on October 23 every
year is celebrated by some scientists around the world as what ?
Q19

22. What does this map represent ?
Q20*

23. ANSWERS

24. Q1
Which term was developed (and was later added to the dictionary) to
describe the famous SuperBowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy on
1st February, 2004.
Give the term which has gained wide popularity since then?

25. WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
ANSWER

26. X came up with the discovery and development of Y, he was asked if he
would get it patented. He said "There is no patent," "Could you patent the
sun?
When news of the his development was made public on April 12, 1955, X
was hailed as a "miracle worker," and the day "almost became a national
holiday.“
According to Forbes magazine- “If he would have got it patented, he would
have been richer by $7 billion.” He lost 7 Billion Dollars but became a
public hero.
Q2

27. ANSWER
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine

28. German scientist and philosopher George Christopher Lichtenberg’s idea
forms the basis for the standard size series, based on an aspect ratio of
the square root of 2.
The significant advantage offered through this system is that each entity
in this series when divided into two, yields the next size.
Which series is this?
Q3

29. ANSWER
The A series of paper sizes

30. The evolution of X brand started in 1982 with the establishment of Racal
Strategic Radio Ltd a subsidiary of Racal Electronics .
The same year ,Racal Strategic Radio Ltd. Formed a joint venture with
Millicom called ‘Racal X’ ,which would later evolve into the present day
X.
Id X
Q4

31. ANSWER

32. Connect the following movies
Q5

33. ANSWER
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

34. These characters are named Uys and Buys in Afrikaans, Tik and Tak in
Arabic, Hernandez and Fernandez in Spanish, and Dupont and Dupond
in the original French.
Who are these characters belonging to a famous streak ?
Q6

35. ANSWER
THOMSON AND THOMPSON

36. 2015 brings with it yet another James Bond film, Spectre. Forgetting
Spectre for a moment, we pan back across 2012 to Skyfall.
Even though Skyfall was a commercial success, this was not very sure
before the film was released. Major fan backlash had occurred, accusing
the filmmakers of giving in to commercial greed and destroying an iconic
feature of the franchise to honor a $45 million deal with a Dutch business
giant in its own field.
Spectre will go back to the iconic feature, making Skyfall the only Bond
film to keep this change. What was the deal, and how would it irrevocably
change something iconic ?
Q7

37. ANSWER
Heineken replacing the Vodka Martini

38. If a Quora post is to be believed, the identity of the picture, was a girl
named Neeru Deshpandey from Nagpur.
However, Mayank Shah, group product manager, put all the folklore to rest
and revealed: “It's actually an illustration by Everest back in the 60s.”
It is one of the largest selling products in the world, if the number
equivalent to its annual sales is kept end to end, 192 is the number of times
one could go around the world.
What?
Q8

39. ANSWER

40. Time magazine ran a cover sometime in March 2013 with the title
“Man, Superman, Gunman”, along with the photo of a certain
individual.
Which individual?
Q9

41. ANSWER
OSCAR PISTORIUS

42. Its designer French mechanical engineer Louis Réard named it after the
group of islands in the Pacific Ocean where the United States had
conducted its first peace-time nuclear weapons test.
His hope was that it would create an explosive commercial and cultural
reaction, similar in intensity to society's response to the nuclear test.
It did, and the name stuck with the media and public.
What are we talking about?
Q10*

43. ANSWER
BIKINI

44. Where can you see all of these symbols together?
Try to connect it with a brand
Q11

45. ANSWER

46. An Interesting Exchange between Two Geniuses:
X to Y: What I most admire about your art. You don't say a word,
and the rest of the world understands you.
Y to X: It is true. But your glory is even greater !! The whole world
Admires you, even though they don't understand a word of what you
say!!
ID X and Y.
Q12

47. ANSWER
ALBERT EINSTEIN &
CHARLIE CHAPLIN

48. Arjuna, from the Mahabharata, was nicknamed “Savyasachi”. What
ability, also seen in sportsmen such as
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Kobe Bryant
• Ronnie O’Sullivan
• Paolo Maldini
• Jonny Wilkinson
does this refer to?
Q13

49. ANSWER
AMBIDEXTROUS

50. This recent Amazon Print Ad created a controversy. What?
Q14

51. ANSWER
THE PRINT AD CONTAINED ONLY
21 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF
INDIA AND MISSED OUT ON
SINDHI

52. The Office Assistant was an intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office
that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character, which
interfaced with the Office help content. In Microsoft Office for Windows,
it was included in versions 97 to 2003 and in Microsoft Office for Mac, it
was included in versions 98 to 2004.
The feature drew a strongly negative response from many users &
Microsoft turned off the feature by default.
On April 1, 2014, it appeared as an Office assistant in Office Online as part
of an April Fool's Day Joke. What is the common name of this office
assistant…!!
Q15*

53. ANSWER
CLIPPY

54. John Charles Miller, worked at the São Paulo Railway Company
becoming the Royal Mail's agent.
In 1884 he was sent to the Banister Court Public School in
Southampton, England, where he acquired sufficient knowledge in a
particular field.
When he returned in 1894, Miller brought a book and what else to
Brazil in his suitcase?
Q16

55. ANSWER
Football, he is known as the Father of football in Brazil.

56. Identify the organization and significance of this picture.
Q17

57. ANSWER

58. Who is this cricketer with a rather unique name ?
He may remind you of the French revolution or probably the ‘ideal
brand ambassador for centre shock’.
Q18

59. ANSWER
NAPOLEON EINSTEIN

60. The one minute between 6:02 am and 6:02pm on October 23 every
year is celebrated by some scientists around the world as what ?
Q19

61. Avagadro minute 6:02- 6:02 on 10/23
ANSWER

62. What does this map represent ?
Q20*

63. ANSWER
WORLD ACCORDING TO DONALD TRUMP

64. SCORES PLEASE !!