IIM-B selections quiz made by Shreyan and Karthik

1. IIM-B SELECTIONS QUIZ
RESEARCHED & CONDUCTED BY DC & KARTHIK

2. 1) Put funda.

3. Answer: Arnab Goswami quitting Times
Now.

4. 2) Put funda.

5. Answer:
When Dipa Karmakar raise the
hopes of an entire nation by being
the first gymnast from India to
qualify for the Olympics.
When Tanmay Bhatt learnt the hard
truth about freedom of speech in India
When entertainers from across the
border like Fawad Khan were banned.

6. 3) What is this artifact?
Kenji Ekuan, the designer behind the Kikkoman soy
sauce bottle, has written a book-length essay about a
certain artifact. Visually it offers a mandala for
contemplation, while its four-part structure may also
remind the user of the seasons, or even variations of
landscape in the archipelago. It highlights system as a
means of problem-solving, and symbolises a culture
where limited space calls for the elimination of excess.

7. Answer:The Bento Lunchbox Strictly
speaking, Makounochi Bento.

8. 4) They began in 1986, and were first held at a city that
had also hosted the Olympics. The next edition, in 2017,
will be held in the same city. Either name the city or
identify what we are talking about.

9. Answer:Winter Asian Games OR
Sapporo

10. 5) Who? What preference is this?
When the New York Times asked her about this
trademark preference, she said it is a gesture she
makes in honour of her assassinated father, who
was killed in 1947, when she was 2 years old. She
apparently remembers him threading them in the
head for her.

11. Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi & Her habit of
wearing flowers in her hair.

12. 6) Id X.
The place name X is attested in this area since at least 1711, though how this
came to be is unknown. The origin of the word X itself is obscure. It was once
used to reference a _______-shaped pin stuck in the edging of a row boat to act
as a pivot for the oar (also known as a "thole pin" or "dole pin").It was used as
early as the 16th century for a cylindrical object such as a X glass (test tube).The
name, then written as “______", was first applied to X Island, located offshore
from the present-day town of X. This use was recorded in 1711 and 1775, and the
name was thereafter applied to the X Arm of Trinity Bay and other local physical
features. Social scientist William Baillie Hamilton notes that Captain James Cook
and his assistant Michael Lane, who mapped Newfoundland in the 1760s, often
displayed a sense of humour in the place names they chose, and were not above
selecting names that might offend over-sensitive readers. Regardless of the
origin, the name has brought the town of X a measure of notoriety. In the 20th
century there were several campaigns to change the name, though all failed.

13. Answer: Dildo

14. 7) Why were these teams fined?
• A statement from FIFA read: "England has been fined CHF 45,000 for several
incidents in the framework of the England v Scotland match, including the
display by the host association, the English team and spectators of a _________
symbol and several cases of spectator misconduct.
• "Scotland, as the visiting association, has been fined CHF 20,000 for the display
of the same _________ symbol and cases of misconduct committed by its own
group of spectators.
• "Wales has been fined CHF 20,000 and Northern Ireland CHF 15,000 in relation
to several incidents, including the display of _________ symbols in the context
of the Wales v Serbia and Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan matches."

15. Answer : For wearing the poppy
symbol./poppygate scandal
People in Britain wear poppies in
November to remember the country's
war dead and England's FA said it
would be an "appropriate tribute" for
the players to wear black armbands
with red poppy emblems.

16. 8)Why should Elton Gomes be
remembered?
Elton Gomes is a Brazilian who plays as an attacking midfielder
for Saudi club Al-Fateh. Elton was signed by Romanian side
Steaua Bucuresti in 2007. His strong performances led to the
fans voting him in the best side of the decade.
His unique technique and dribbling has made him a fan
favourite, and so has his trademark afro style. Last season, this
____-_____ footballer smashed in 11 goals for his side which
enabled them to win the league title for the first time.

17. Answer: Shortest football player in the
world right now.

18. 9) Id X.(exhaustive list)
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Oliver Hart
J.Michael Kosterlitz
Fraser Stoddadrt
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Duncan Haldane
David J.Thouless
Bengt Holmstrom
Juan Manuel Santos
Ben Feringa
X

19. Answer: People who won Nobel Prize in
2016.
X- Bob Dylan

20. 10) Id X & Y.
In 1966 George Harrison married Pattie Boyd, a model he met during the
filming of “A Hard Day's Night”. During the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison
became close friends. Clapton contributed uncredited guitar work on
Harrison's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on The Beatles' White
Album, and Harrison co-wrote and played guitar pseudonymously (as
L'Angelo Misterioso) on Cream's "Badge" from Goodbye. However,
between his tenures in Cream and Blind Faith, Clapton fell in love with
Boyd. The title, “X", was inspired by the story of Y, Clapton had been told
the story by his friend Ian Dallas,who was in the process of converting to
Islam. Nizami's tale, about a moon princess who was married off by her
father to a man she didn't love, resulting in ______'s madness, struck a
deep chord with Clapton.Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married
Clapton in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Harrison was not
bitter about the divorce and attended Clapton's wedding party with Ringo

21. Answer: X-Layla
Y- Layla and Majnun

22. 11) Minimalist poster of what?

24. 12) Put funda.

25. Answer: India and Bangladesh share a
3rd
enclave border which means that a part
of India is in Bangladesh which is in India
which is in Bangladesh. Phew!

26. 13) Which mission are we talking about?
Who are pursuing this mission?
The mission relies on building the lightest spacecraft ever flown -
a tiny ‘nanocraft’ weighing less than a gram which would be
fitted with a small sail.
Back on Earth a huge array of laser beams will be fired up into
space, coming together to form a 100 gigawatt beam of light
which will blast the tiny craft off into the solar system,
accelerating to speeds of 100 million miles per hour.
Although Voyager One has ventured outside the Solar System,
and is currently in interstellar space, no spaceship has ever
reached another star system.

27. Answer:
Breakthrough Starshot by Stephen
Hawkings and Yuri Milner.

28. 14)Id P, X & Y.
The video to “P" shows X! members Y and Z accompanying girlfriends to see
friends at an unspecified ski resort: the cable-car that can be seen in two shots is
from Saas-Fee, Switzerland. It becomes clear early on, that the character of Z's
girlfriend was previously in a relationship with Y, and that the song is aimed at
her. She can easily be spotted throughout the video by the fact that she's usually
wearing red, but everyone else is wearing more muted colors. There is a brief
flashback to “P" showing Y's character presenting her with a jewelled brooch. In
the present time, Z is wearing the brooch, suggesting that the girl gave the same
gift to her new love after she and X parted ways. Interestingly, when the girl
wears the brooch from Y's character, it is "right side up" and when Z's character
wears it, he wears it "upside down". On numerous occasions Y presents a
thoughtful expression, suggesting his conflicting emotions. Her seeming
indifference to Z's open displays of affection makes the viewer wonder if
Ridgeley's heart is the next to be broken. However, at the end of the video,
everyone leaves properly "paired off" so perhaps it is suggested that Y has
worked out his confusion and now realizes he is after all with the right girl.

29. Answers:
X: Wham
Y: George Michael
P: Last Christmas

30. 15) Id X & Y.
J. Wellington X, generally referred to as X, is one of the characters in the
long-running comic strip Y, created by E. C. Segar and originally called
Thimble Theatre, and in the Y cartoons based upon the strip. X was one of
the dominant characters in the newspaper strip, but when Y was adapted as
an animated cartoon series by Fleischer Studios, he became a minor
character. The character seems to be inspired by someone whom Segar
encountered during his career. According to fellow cartoonist Bill Mauldin,
the name was suggested by that of Wellington J. Reynolds, one of Segar's
instructors at the Chicago Art Institute. His personality was based upon that
of William Schuchert, the manager of the Chester Opera House where Segar
was first employed. "Windy Bill", as he was known, was a pleasant, friendly
man, fond of tall tales and hamburgers.

31. Answer: X- Wimpy
Y- Popeye

32. 16)What phrase was born out of this?
X was a king of Phrygia, a region nowadays part of Turkey. One day some of his farmhands
brought him a satyr they had caught napping in the vineyard. This creature, part man, part
goat, still groggy and much the worse for wear, had been thoroughly trussed up to keep him
from escaping. X immediately recognized Silenus, right-hand satyr to the god Dionysus, and
ordered him set free. Silenus explained that he and his master had just returned from the East
where they had been engaged in spreading the cultivation of the grape. Dionysus had brought
back a tiger or two, an ever-expanding flock of followers and one very drunken satyr. Silenus
had conked out in X's vineyard to sleep it off. Now he was grateful to the king for treating him
with dignity, and so was Dionysus. The god was so pleased, in fact, that he offered to grant
whatever X should wish for. Now, you didn't get to rule a kingdom in those days without a
pretty active grasp of what makes for a successful economy. X didn't have to think twice. As
the simplest plan for the constant replenishment of the royal treasury, he asked that
___________________________. Arching a godly eyebrow, Dionysus went so far as to ask if X
were sure. To which the king instantly replied, "Sure I'm sure." So Dionysus waved his
pinebranch sceptre and conferred the boon.

33. Answer: The Midas Touch

34. 17) ID the website.
Pornography is broadly illegal in India. As a result the original website was
censored by the Indian government under its anti-pornography laws. This was
met with criticism from the likes of prominent Indian libertarian bloggers and
journalist Amit Varma. Eventually the mainstream media columnists joined in
criticizing the ban as reflecting a "meddlesome, patriarchal mindset" of a "Net
Nanny" government. This resulted in an online movement to save the website
from being destroyed. Initially the creators of the site chose to remain
anonymous, going under the assumed collective name Indian Porn Empire.
However in 2009, the creator of the site Puneet Agarwal, a second generation
Indian living in the UK revealed his identity in an attempt to fight against the
ban. However a month later, due to family pressure he announced his decision
to take down the comic strip. The presence of a character bearing a resemblance
to Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan also met with criticism on Indian
television channels.

35. Answer: Savita Bhabhi

36. 18) Id X.
• The original X concept was conceived at the National University of
Singapore in 2011, and has evolved into the creation of Singapore
incorporated X Pte Ltd. in 2012.
• Combining resources and developers from Singapore, Sri Lanka,
Spain, Taiwan, USA and China over 2 years. The X development is en
route for shipment of the first batch in 2015.
• X aims to be the world’s leader in embodied emotional
communication hardware manufacturing and product development,
not just a single product company.

37. Answer: X- Kissenger

38. 19) The following is a set of descriptions for a
boxing match. Give me the name of the
“boxer” about whom these remarks are being
made.
• “It’s a disgrace that professional boxers are being put in the same bracket as
what we saw last night. I’m not knocking _______ himself – fair play – but it
really should have been on a white collar show not a professional show.”
• “All this does is deflect the attention from real boxers who have spent years in
the gym and in the amateur ranks before developing careers in professional
boxing. In all honesty, I’ve seen more skills watching two women in a bar room
brawl.”
• “All this does is deflect the attention from real boxers who have spent years in
the gym and in the amateur ranks before developing careers in professional
boxing. In all honesty, I’ve seen more skills watching two women in a bar room
brawl.”

39. Answer: Andrew Flintoff

40. 20) Making of what?
In 1823, while trying to find uses for the waste products of gasworks, X noted
that naphtha - one of the by-products of tar - dissolved india rubber. This
discovery led to his invention of Y; he took wool cloth, painted one side of it with
the rubber preparation, and placed another thickness of wool cloth on top. This
formed the essence of his patent, which he filed soon after, and began
manufacturing _____ and other _________ using the fabric. However, the
invention was not perfect, and problems soon developed. In the process of
seaming a garment, tailors punctured the fabric, allowing ____ to penetrate; the
natural oil in woollen cloth caused the rubber cement to deteriorate; and, in the
earlier years, the garments became stiff in winter and sticky in hot weather. The
X was greatly improved when vulcanised rubber, which resisted temperature
changes, became available in 1839. This made the garments less sticky and
much more durable.

41. Answer: Mackintosh after Charles
Macintosh.

42. 21) Put funda.
1. Riquelme left high
2. Crespo long run/right, short run/left
3. Heinze left low
4. Ayala long wait, long run right
5. Messi left
6. Aimar long wait left
7. Rodriguez left

43. Answer: This is the note of Jens Lehman
which helped Germany beat Argentina in the
quarter finals of the 2006 World Cup

44. 22) Name the movies.
a) Drug addicted girl takes advantage of mentally challenged boy….for 3
decades.
b) Paranoid billionaire afraid of immigrant.
c) An alcoholic orphan and his boss burn down his family home.
d) A startup company learns the importance of a proper IT budget.
e) Shirtless teen sells her goods to get a man.

45. Answer:
a) Forrest Gump.
b) Batman vs. Superman.
c) James Bond: Skyfall.
d) Jurassic Park.
e) The Little Mermaid.

46. 23) Put funda.

47. Answer: This puzzle was published on 5th November 1996, the day of the Presidential Election in US in which Bill
Clinton and Bob Dole were the prime candidates. The lead story in the next day's newspaper would naturally be
about the result of the election.
The checking letters for 39A worked out as:
39D Black Halloween animal CAT
40D French 101 word LUI
41D Provider of support, for short IRA
23D Sewing shop purchase YARN
27D Short writings BITS
35D Trumpet BOAST
42D Much-debated political inits. NRA
So, if you answered the crossing clues like this:
39D Black Halloween animal BAT
40D French 101 word OUI
41D Provider of support, for short BRA
23D Sewing shop purchase YARD
27D Short writings BIOS
35D Trumpet BLAST
42D Much-debated political inits. ERA

48. IIM-B SELECTIONS
ROUND 2

49. 1) ID THE TWO PEOPLE.

50. ANSWER:
SALVADOR DALI AND
COCO CHANEL
SHARING A SMOKE
BREAK (1938).

51. 2) PUT FUNDA.

52. ANSWER:
MELTED REMNANTS OF
A FIRE AT MADAM
TUSSAUDS WAX
MUSEUM IN LONDON,
1930.

53. 3) PUT FUNDA.

54. ANSWER:
THE BEATLES WALKING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION DURING THE ABBEY ROAD ALBUM COVER
PHOTOSHOOT.

55. 4) ID THE MAN ON THE RIGHT.

56. ANSWER:
OSAMA BIN
LADEN AND
HIS JUDO
CLASSMATES.

57. 5) PUT FUNDA.

58. ANSWER:
THE BERLIN
WALL BEING
CONSTRUCTED
IN 1961.

59. 6) ID THE STADIUM.

60. ANSWER:
CAMP NOU
STADIUM IN
BARCELONA
(1925).

61. 7) ID THE MAN WHO’S STANDING.

62. ANSWER:
KURT COBAIN AND
KRIST NOVOSELIC.

63. 8) ID THESE TWO PEOPLE.

64. ANSWER:
WILLIAM
HARLEY AND
ARTHUR
DAVIDSON
(1914).

66. •Who doing what and where?
”

90. Q13. A certain combinatorial game being played at a
location in New York. Name the game.

92. Bucephala is a genus of ducks found in the Northern
Hemisphere.
Its more common name is the original name of James Bond
novelist Ian Fleming's estate on Oracabessa bay on the
northern coastline of Jamaica.

94. Q15.
X’s stage performances were often
characterized by his contemporaries as
acrobatic and intensely physical, with him
leaping upon the stage and gesturing with
passion.[
He was an excellent swordsman,
although a fellow actor once recalled that
X occasionally cut himself with his own
sword.
Left is X in Julius Caesar.
Left is X in Julius Caesar.
Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor
was one of the last plays he was
present at. Id X?
Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor was one of the last plays he was present at. Id X?

96. The character achieved widespread
recognition from its role in the story of
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and it
has since become a fixture in popular
culture, often as a symbol of
obsolescence.
This is the character in the 1951 film
version of the book.

102. This is a coin put out by Indonesia. The
unusually large size of the entity on the coin
has been attributed to island gigantism, since
no other carnivorous animals fill the niche on
the islands where they live.
They are often associated with digging up
human corpses from shallow graves and
consuming them.