K circle quiz

K-Circle Quiz

22nd March, 2008
Anupam
Rohan

• This word in Spanish literally means
“arrival”and refers to a significant
biological phenomenon.What’s the good
word?

• Shah Jahan fancied himself practically a
reincarnation of ______, having supposedly
been born,during the conjunction of Venus
and Jupiter, leading him to assume the title
of 'Second Lord of the Auspicious
Conjunction' (Sahib-i-qirani Mani).
• Who was the first Lord?

• Abul Fazl in the Akbar Nama, traces Akbar’s
ancestry from Adam in 52 generations, listing 5
Biblical Prophets. However, Akbar’s spiritual
authority is ascribed to his descent from
Alanquwa, a Mongol Princess, a woman of utmost
purity, from whose forehead shone the ‘lights of
theosophy’ and the ‘divine secrets’.
• Abul Fazl attributes what miraculous deed to her?

• Who is the
author of this
letter?

• "500 guests from the United States and
Europe feasted on 50 pounds of caviar, 600
bottles of Champagne and other gourmet
delights around a swimming pool scented
with 200 gallons of eau de Cologne." The
couple intended to have another marriage
ceremony in India, but the plan was
cancelled because ______’s pregnancy had
become too obvious.

• Hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide ,are stored in
a reservoir that through a controlled valve onto a
thick-walled reaction chamber. This chamber
contains catalysts such as catalases and peroxidases.
When the contents of the reservoir are forced into the
reaction chamber, the catalases and peroxidases
rapidly break down the hydrogen peroxide and
catalyze the oxidation of the hydroquinones into p-
quinones.These reactions release free oxygen and
generate enough heat to bring the mixture to the
boiling point and vaporize about a fifth of it. Under
pressure of the released gasses, the valve is forced
closed, and the chemicals are expelled explosively
through openings. What am I talking about?

• Fortunio Liceti, was an Italian scientist who
studied at the University of Bologna,
graduating with doctorates in philosophy
and medicine. He then took a position of
chair at the University of Pisa. He later
returned to Bologna and then to Padova. In
1616 he published De Monstruorum Natura
in which he gave medical reasons behind
__________. This happens to be first
reported instance of providing medical
reason behind ____________.

Etymology for which word
c.1710, from French for "sutler's shop,"
from Italian for"wine cellar, vault." Perhaps
another of the many meanings, now
obsolete, that were applied to the Latin
word for "corner" in this case, perhaps
"corner for storage." From 1870 it acquired
another meaning and most of us recognize
this word through this meaning.

• The _______ is a kind of dormitory where
unmarried men and women freely establish
sexual relations. This is sanctioned by the tribe
and is an integral part of Muria society.There is
an intriguing legend behind the origin of the
custom. It is said that Lingo Pen is a Phallic
deity and founder of the Muria _______. In
the mythological accounts of the Murias, Lingo
Pen is all-powerful. No witch or ghost can
invade the atmosphere of the ______ because
of his invisible presence. Since Lingo is also
the God of love, sin has no place within the
_______’s boundary. Dr Verrier Elwin, who
has studied the system of _____ in detail,
there are two types of ______. In the older
type, the boys and girls pair off in a somewhat
permanent relationship that lasts until
marriage.

• The Dongba or Tomba script is a writing
system used by the Bon priests of the Naxi
people. In the Naxi language it is called
'stone records'. It is about a thousand years
old. The script is used solely as an aid to the
interpretation of ritual texts during
ceremonies, it is reputated to have more
than 2000 symbols in 20,000 religious
scriptures. What is so special about this
script?

What’s the good word?
• Its a term used in heraldry for the shield displayed
in a coat of arms.
• In medicine, refers to the male or female
distribution of pubic hair.
• It’s a plate on the stern of a ship inscribed with the
ship's name.
• In plumbing, the term used for any back-plate,
ornamental or otherwise (usually round) used to
cover a gap between a penetrating pipe or control
valve, and the finished wall surface from which it
protrudes.

• ________ is a term in Classical Arabic used to
address non-Arab Muslims. In the second half of the
seventh century, the _______ were considered a
second class in Arabian society beneath free
tribesmen. The term gained prominence in the
centuries following the Arab Muslims conquests in
the 7th century ,when many non-Arabs such as
Persians, Egyptians, and Turks entered Islam. These
new Muslim converts were treated as second class
citizens by the ruling Arab elite, until the end of the
Umayyad dynasty. We Indians know and use this
term for a totally different reason/meaning.

• In optics, a _______is the envelope of light
rays reflected or refracted by a curved
surface or object, or the projection of that
envelope of rays on another surface. _____
can also refer to the curve to which light
rays are tangent, defining a boundary of an
envelope of rays as a curve of concentrated
light. Therefore in the image to the right,
the _______ can be the patches of light or
their bright edges.

• A ________ is very much a giant succulent, with
about 75% water content in it's "wood".
• ________ have no growth rings, and leave behind
no fossils. When one dies, the "wood" dries out
rapidly and the entire organism collapses into a
heap of what looks like damp sawdust.
• Elephants, strip their bark to get moisture during
dry seasons.

• What has
been
blacked
out?

• As the hot gases rise from lower levels to higher
levels, eddies form and converge. As cooler gas
falls back, the Coriolis force causes swirling
motion across a region that may be many
kilometers in diameter. These eddies can last for a
long time, because there is no solid surface to
provide friction and because colder cloud tops
above the eddy allow little energy to escape by
radiation. Once formed, such eddies are free to
move, merging with or affecting the behavior of
other storm systems in the atmosphere. What am I
talking about?

• They were four brothers who lived during
the early 19th century. While they excelled
in the art of __________, they have also
authored a number of Tana varnams and
Kritis. The brothers Chinnayya, Ponnayya
Sivanandam and Vadivelu were employed
in the courts of the Maratha king Serfoji II
at Thanjavur and later moved on to
Travancore. What is their claim to fame?

• In ancient Hebrew there is a conspicuous
absence of notations for vowels in the scripts
that they use. Thus the ancient Canaanite
god Moloch (malek in Hebrew) to whom
human sacrifices were offered is written as
XXXX in the letters of this language. The
Sanskrit speaking Indian Aryan culture found
the language of the Middle Eastern Semites
incomprehensible and the absence of vowels
suggestive of a more primitive culture. Thus
the Aryan chauvinists coined a derogatory
word from their god by calling them YYYYY
by adding a few vowels to their word. What is
YYYY?

• In their origins _____ led a gentle,pastoral way of
life and were descendents of “nguni” people who
were supposedly very law-abiding.But in early 19th
century under the aegis of Shaka the chief of
______ they became fierce warriors . Europeans
who had witnessed the rise of Shaka sought some
explanation for it which denied a spontaneous
cause.He introduced a new weapon (a kind of
stabbing spear). He formed “age regiments” of
men born in same years.This led to a fall in birth
rate as these men were separated from their
potential brides. The rise of ______ affected
thousands.By 1824 thousands had been killed and
most of surrounding states had been incorporated
into _______ nation. What am I talking about?

Who on what?
• “Against all the odds known to man, a team
with a 33 year old part time actor as captain,
a semi-retired 35 year old as his doubles
partner and one top class singles player who
was not, even then, ranked in world’s top 30
had managed to……..

• Shams-ul-Umra was a title conferred by the
Nizam on Abul Fateh Khan Tegh Jung who
founded the ______ nobility during the
Nizam II Mir Nizam Ali Khan . He was
entrusted with the security and defense of
the state which subsequently became the
hereditary function of _____ nobles. For
maintainance of troops the ______ were
granted jagirs all over the state . Who?
• (All blanks are same)

What was the innovation?
• In 17th century during a battle pikemen and
musketeers could not occupy the same space,while
their weapons complemented each other , they
could not do the same work. The battles of the
Thirty Year’s War were in consequence confused
and messy affairs. Gustav Adolphus a soldier king
was killed because he rode his horse into a static
struggle between musketeers and
cavalrymen.Hence, something came about.

• Dimmock vs Secretary of State for Education and Skills was a case
heard in September-October 2007 in the High Court of Justice of
England and Wales, concerning the permissibility of the Government
providing ____________ to English state schools as a teaching aid.
The case was brought by Stewart Dimmock, a lorry driver and school
governor from Kent, England, a father of two sons who attend a state
school. Dimmock has twice stood as a local election candidate for the
New Party and received backing for the case from Viscount
Monckton, the author of the New Party's manifesto.Monckton has
received funding from a Washington based think tank of which he is
chief policy adviser, the Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI), to
create a film "Apocalypse No" which will parody
______________ .

• Malassezia (formerly known as Pityrosporum) is a
genus of related fungi, classified as yeasts,
naturally found on the skin surfaces of many
animals and humans.Malassezia were originally
identified by the French scientist Louis-Charles
Malassez in the late 19th century, hence their
proper current name.These investigations show
that in humans the species causing most skin
disease, including the most common cause of
__________ and seborrhoeic dermatitis is M.
globosa (its genome was sequenced recently)

• They were motivated by newspaper accounts of a Berlin
family that had died when a seal in their refrigerator
ruptured, leaking toxic fumes throughout their home.
Theorizing that a device without moving parts would
eliminate the potential for seal failure, XXXX and Szilard
explored practical applications for different refrigeration
cycles. They devised a single pressure thermally driven
refrigeration cycle which uses butane, ammonia, and
water. In the refrigerator ammonia acts as an inert gas to
lower the partial pressure over the refrigerant, butane, and
water later provides separation by absorbing the ammonia.
Identify XXX

• SENSEX is based on globally accepted construction and
review methodology. First compiled in 1986, SENSEX is a
basket of __________constituent stocks representing a
sample of large, liquid and representative companies. The
base year of SENSEX is 1978-79 and the base value is
100. The Index was initially calculated based on the "Full
Market Capitalization" methodology but was shifted to the
free-float methodology with effect from September 1,
2003. How many stocks are represented by BSE?

• It was invented in 1875, and on March 7, 1876 the U. S.
Patent Office granted a Patent Number 174,465 regarding
the device. However, XXXX was not the first, however to
invent of apply for a patent for the device. Antonio Meucci
invented the first of the kind in 1871 and in fact, sued
XXXX for infringement. But since Meucci was too poor
to hire a lawyer and in declining health and ended up
losing the court case. Elisha Gray also filed for a patent for
the device literally hours after XXXX submitted his patent
application. XXXX fought off several lawsuits, refined his
invention and in 1877 formed a company of his
own.Device and the inventor.

Which molecule?
• Its a member of the vanilloid family, binds to a
receptor called the vanilloid receptor subtype 1
(VR1). First cloned in 1997, VR1 is an ion
channel-type receptor. VR1, which can also be
stimulated with heat and physical abrasion,
permits cations to pass through the cell membrane
and into the cell when activated. The resulting
depolarization of the neuron stimulates it to signal
the brain.

Name the person
• Avantgarde-composer George Antheil, a son of
German immigrants and neighbor of _______ ,
had experimented with automated control of
instruments. Together, they submitted the idea of a
Secret Communication System in June 1941. On
11 August 1942 U.S. Patent 2,292,387 was
granted to them. This early version of frequency
hopping used a piano roll to change between 88
frequencies and was intended to make radio-
guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or
jam.The idea was impractical and ahead of its time
and mechanical technology.

Name the author and the book.
• This book was published in 1962.The book stated
that uncontrolled pesticide use led to the deaths of
not only animals, especially birds, but also
humans. Its title was meant to evoke a spring
season in which no bird songs could be heard,
because they had all died from pesticides. Its title
was inspired by a poem by John Keats, "La Belle
Dame sans Merci", which contained the lines "The
sedge is withered from the lake, And no birds
sing."

Which number ?
• Tetractys was a revered number for
Pythagoras and his followers. The Tetractys
symbolized the four elements — earth, air,
fire, and water.Using Tetractys,organization
of the space could be represented in zero
dimension,one dimension, two dimension,
three dimension.

Connect the picture to the video

Etymology of which phrase?
• The First Council of Nicaea in 325, was the first
Ecumenical council of the early Christian church. One of
the heresies addressed by the early church fathers was the
Arian controversy, a Christological dispute over the
substance of Jesus. The Arians, who followed the
teachings of Arius, believed that Jesus was of similar, but
not the same, substance as God - they were distinctly
different. The Greek word for this kind of substance is
“homoiousians”. On the other side, those led by St.
Alexander (who eventually won out) thought that the Son
and the Father were of the same substance, or
“homoousian”.

Fill in the blank!
Zeehaal-e miskeen makun taghaful,
duraye naina banaye batiyan;
ki taab-e hijran nadaram ay jaan,
na leho kaahe lagaye chhatiyan.

Shaban-e hijran daraz chun zulf
wa roz-e waslat cho umr kotah;
Sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun
to kaise kaatun andheri ratiyan.

Yakayak az dil do chashm-e jadoo
basad farebam baburd taskin;
Kise pari hai jo jaa sunaave
piyare pi ko hamaari batiyan.

Cho shama sozan cho zarra hairan
hamesha giryan be ishq aan meh;
Na neend naina na ang chaina
Na aap aaven na bhejen patiyan.

Bahaqq-e roz-e wisal-e dilbar
ki daad mara ghareeb _______;
Sapet man ke waraaye raakhun
jo jaaye paaon piya ke khatiyan.

• Atash Dadgah, Atash Adaran, and Atash
Behram: Types of what?
• In India, Behram is found only in Udvada,
Surat, and Mumbai.
• Of the Dadgah, there is one in
Secunderabad!

• Punjabi is officially written with the
Gurmukhi script in India.
– What's the Pakistani equivalent?

• Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy (1793-1887) was a French
occultist, demonologist and writer; he published several works on
cultism and demonology. followed the tradition of many previous
demonologists of cataloguing demons by name and title of nobility.
In 1818 his best known work, Dictionnaire Infernal, was published.

________ is a feminine demon whom the Indians
fear and thus offer great honors. She has four arms
and holds a small bowl in her left hand and a three-
pronged fork in her right. During processions, she
was drawn on a chariot in great splendor and
sometimes her fanatics would throw themselves
under her wheels. Usually goats were sacrificed to
her. During sickness or other dangers, she could be
found among those who took an oath to her.

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