IQuiz Meet May 2016

iQuiz May (belated edition)
Rithwik K

 40 questions (20 Clockwise 20 Anti-Clockwise)
 Infinite Bounce
 Civilized Pounce (+10/-5)
 Think simple. Lots of visuals.

Q1.
 This building was designed by Czech architect Jan
Letzel, as a 3-storey brick building with a 5- storey
core, topped by an elliptical dome.
 Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996,
over reservations expressed by the U.S. and China,
even the locals were long divided over whether to
preserve the building or tear it down.
 Visual next slide.

A-Bomb Dome / Atomic Bomb Dome /
Genbaku Dome / Hiroshima Peace
Memorial.

Q2.
 X hit a 157 MPH serve
during qualifying for the
2011 US Open, which would
have been the record had
the serve not hit a ball girl
directly. He is coached by
Tibor Toth, who is also the
former coach of Sergiy
Stakhovsky of Federer-
Wimbledon upset fame.

Sergei Bubka, son and namesake of the legendary
Ukranian Pole Vaulter.

Q3.
 Dinesh Subasinghe showing his new version of what
instrument?

Q4.
 Famous scene from which iconic 1952 movie?

Q5.
Frederick I, Holy Roman
Emperor, was well known by a
nickname, which came from the
northern Italian cities he
attempted to rule, and means "red
beard" in Italian.
What was the nickname?

Q6.
 In a recent tweet , an author announced that the
name _________ should be pronounced with a
silent "t". The pronunciation of the name of the
character seems logical given the name’s close
resemblance to the French word ___________ in
which the "t" is silent.
 FITB & Who is the author?

Q7.
 Steinway & Sons is an American maker of musical
instruments. Their New York Stock Exchange ticker
symbol is LVB.
 What does it stand for?

Q8.
 The Mwanza flat headed rock agama is a lizard
mostly found in the semi arid regions of Kenya,
Tanzania and Rwanda The female is mostly brown
and difficult to distinguish from other female
agamas; the male however is striking. It has a bright
red head, upper body and shoulders and a deep blue
lower body; making it a fashionable pet of late.
 What is it commonly known as?

Q9.
 Singaporeans first started using this term in lieu of
'vomiting'. It later gained popularity among the
medical staff also, who now use it to refer to a patient
who has intractable vomiting. What term?

Q10.
 The United Fruit Company via its successor Chiquita
Brands, financed Colombian paramilitary gangs to take
care of politicians and activists who interfered with their
business. This is a continuation of a 150 year old
strategy. In the 1890s, they engineered a coup in
Honduras against the president.
 This was parodied by the famous writer O Henry who
inspired what two word term to describe such volatile
countries which are easily bullied by fruit companies?

Q11.
 Kaavalkaaran is a state award winning 1967 Indian
Tamil spy thriller film directed by Pa.Neelakandhan,
starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role and J.
Jayalalitha, Nambiar, Sivakumar, Nagesh among
others. The film ran more than 100 days in major cities
and up to 164 days in Sri Lanka. What is special about
the movie, is a change we see half way through the
movie, thanks to an event that happened on January 12,
1967. It drew the attention of a lot of fans back then
who wanted to see the changeover. What was the
change and why/how?

MGR was shot in the ear by M.R.Radha during
the filming. He luckily survived. His voice
changed midway through the movie.

Q12.
 When Hastinapur conquered Gandhar, the king Achala
Suvala was killed and all the male members of his line
were imprisoned including X and his 100 brothers.
Since all of them were sparsely fed (with one grain of
rice each per day) in prison, the family decided that at
least one of them could survive and gave all the rice to
X, the cleverest of them all, so that he could live on to
take revenge. X then made a memorabilia with his dead
father's bones which later helped him kickstart his
plans. Who, and what did he make?

Q13.
In 1957, when former US
President Harry S. Truman
visited Disneyland, he politely
declined to ride a carousel that
was based on the Disney
character Dumbo. Why?

Truman was a Democrat. Since Dumbo is an
Elephant, he did not want to ride a Republican
symbol.

Q14.ID the person, who played the role of Narada
in the 1941 film Savitri.

Q15.
 This is the old Kingfisher logo prior to 2005. What
major change was made to the logo in 2005 and
why?

The perched kingfisher was changed to a flying
one, because
they launched Kingfisher Airlines

Q16.
 Rameshwar Nath Kao was an intensely private man
who was rarely seen in public and was photographed
with consent only twice throughout his life. He held
the position of Secretary (Research) in the Cabinet
Secretariat of the Government of India. He had also,
during the course of his long career, served as the
personal security chief to Prime Minister Nehru and
as security adviser to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
 What is his most significant contribution to the
nation that came after a series of wars in the 1960s
against China and Pakistan?

He founded the Research and Analysis Wing
(R&AW.

Q18.
 The following is a description of the logo of a 117 year
old organization as explained by its founder.
 The wavy waters in the picture are symbolic of
Karma; the lotus, of Bhakti; and the rising-sun, of
Jnana. The encircling serpent is indicative of Yoga
and the awakened Kundalini Shakti, while the swan in
the picture stands for Paramatman (Supreme Self).
Therefore, the idea of the picture is that by the union
of Karma, Jnana, Bhakti and Yoga, is obtained.
 Who and what logo?

Q20.
 This style of architecture
flourished from the 1950s to
the mid-1970s, descending
from the modernist
architectural movement of
the early 20th century. The
term originates from the
French “béton brut” for "raw
concrete," a term used by Le
Corbusier to describe his
choice of material.
 Id the style.

Q21.
Although _______ was originally a part of the IPC, as
drafted by Thomas Macaulay, it was bizarrely dropped
from the law when it was enacted in 1860. The provision,
as it reads today after some amendments, defines it as any
action — whether by words, signs or visible
representation — which “brings or attempts to bring into
hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite
disaffection towards the Government established by law
in India”.
What’s the good word?

Sabarmati Ashram
Atomic Energy Centre at Trombay

Q23.
During the early 1940s in UK, what
specific genre of art had to undergo
an inspection from the Press and
Censorship Bureau, and why?

Landscape paintings
To ascertain that the artists were not spies who
were trying to help enemies by painting the lay
of the land.

Q24.
This is Charles Best. He never
won the Nobel Prize, but he
still got half the money
because the guy who won it
knew the fact that the Nobel
committee ignored him, that
he gave half the prize money
to him.
What is Charles Best known
as the co-discoverer of? And
who was the righteous and
generous Nobel winner?

Basis for the picture of Gandhi on
currency notes.

Q27.
 Pista House. GI owned by them?

Q28.
 In which "neighbouring" context would one have
come across these 2 works of art by Ruth Elisiv
Ekeland?

Q29.
This current Japanese company’s
name is an acronym of a Latin phrase
meaning ‘a healthy mind in a healthy
body’.
This company was formed by the
1977 merger of Onitsuka Tiger shoes
with GTO and JELENK.

ASICS,Abebe Bikila
 Asics - anima sana in corpore sano.

Q30.
 Where can you find these memorials? Reason?

The English translation faces the beaches
where US forces landed and the Japanese
translation faces inland, where troops
defended their position.

The Robert Hooke Biodiversity Bell.
It is contemplated to be rung every time an
existing species goes extinct.
MEMO – Mass Extinction Monitoring Observatory.

Q32.
The ______ Cup is one of two annual rugby
union competitions organized by the ERC (European
Rugby Cup) involving leading club, regional and
provincial teams from the six International Rugby
Board (IRB) countries in Europe (England, France,
Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales). The cup is one of
the most prestigious trophies in the sport since its
inception in 1995.
a. What’s the trophy called?
b. It is simply known as the H Cup in France. Why?

Heineken Cup
Known as the H Cup in France due to
restrictions on alcohol sponsorship

Q33.
 They were not known to the outside world until
American aviator Jimmie ____ flew over them on 16
November 1933 on a flight while he was searching for a
valuable ore bed. Returning in 1937, he tried to land his
monoplane atop Auyan-tepui, but the plane was
damaged when the wheels sank into the marshy
ground. He and his three companions, including his
wife Marie, were forced to descend the tepui on foot. It
took them 11 days to make their way back to civilization
via the gradually sloping back side but news of their
adventure spread and it was named in his honor. What?

 Q34.This fabric is nowadays used for interior
design (mostly upholstery and curtains) and
features patterns of flowers, fruit, and animals. It
gets its name from a certain city on the silk road
where it was actively traded and manufactured
during the Middle Ages. Name the fabric
.

Q35.
 Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (1844-1913) was once
showing the city of Addis Ababa to foreign visitors while
some criminals were being hanged from a tree. The
visitors were horrified by the inhumanity of Ethiopian
capital punishment and told Menelik of the new
invention which had then started gaining currency and
was used for the same purpose. He duly ordered 2 of
them but realized that they would practically be
rendered useless in that country.
 i)Why was that particular invention of no use then in
Ethiopia?
 ii)Understanding the futility, how did Menelik
personally make use of one of them?

 ELECTRIC CHAIR
 NO ELECTRICITY IN ETHIOPIA. IN FACT,
THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS,
ELECTRICITY WAS INTRODUCED THERE
IN 1896.
 HE USED ONE OF THEM AS HIS THRONE.

Q36.Jacob Kurtzberg, Robert Kahn and Stanley
Lieber were early influencers of a certain visual
medium in the early 20th century. They
changed their names and went on to popularize
this medium. What were they pioneers of? And
why did they change their names?

Comic Books
Stanley Lieber = Stan Lee
Jacob Kurtzberg = Jack Kirby
Robert Kahn = Bob Kane
They changed their names because it sounded
too Jewish.

Q37.
 RBI printed these notes between 1957 and 1958. The period saw
us facing a severe foreign exchange scarcity, due to which the
government had put in a certain restriction.
To help the affected set of people, banks of a specific foreign
country had offered to accept Indian currency during this period.
To ensure there was no abuse of the currency, these “HA” marked
notes were printed for that purpose.
Which country? Why?

Saudi Arabia. Specifically meant for the Hajj
travelers.

Q38.
The only times this has happened is
 1924, Chamonix
 1928, St. Moritz
 1984, Sarajevo
 1976, Montreal
 1988, Calgary

The host nation did not win a gold medal in
Olympics.

 Q39.
 The only known statue for this
Indian revolutionary seems to
be tucked away in the Gandhi
memorial lawns in Chennai.
 Much of his revolutionary deeds
were funded by the Kaiser. He
also seemed to have been on the
ship that bombarded Madras, as
it was then called, during the
war.
 His supporters claim that one of
the most iconic phrases
attached to the Indian freedom
movement was coined by him.
 ID the man and the phrase.

Chembakaraman Pillai,Jai Hind.

Q40. These are the top 3 in a certain list. What
list?
Who tops the list for a group of people?

Most Grammys won.
Georg Solti (31), Quincy Jones, Alison Krauss.
U2 is the band with the most Grammys (22).

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