The document discusses the origin of the term "deadline" based on its use during the American Civil War. It describes how General Wirz established a "deadline" around the prison enclosure, about 20 feet from the wall, and instructed guards to fire upon any prisoners who crossed it. The document also contains two multiple choice questions about the logo of Dena Bank and the inspiration for the song "12 Angry Men" by Vennu Mallesh.

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2. 1.
• The word owes its origin to a certain __ used in
Civil War prisons, which figured in the Wirz trial.
• General Wirz established within the prison
enclosure containing the prisoners a “__ __,”
around the inner face of the wall enclosing the
prison and about twenty feet from the wall.
• Wirz then instructed the prison guard stationed
at the top of the wall to fire upon and kill any of
the prisoners who might touch, fall upon, pass
over or under or across the “__ __”.

3. Answer
• Deadline

4. 2.
• X is headquartered in Mumbai, and has a network of over
operations spread across the country.
• X was founded 26 May 1938 by the family of Devkaran
Nanjee under the name Devkaran Nanjee _______
Company. It adopted its new name, when it was
incorporated as a public company in December 1939.
• The logo of X depicts Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of
Wealth, according to Hindu mythology.
• The "__" in the logo reflects the dynamism, dedication and
the drive towards customer satisfaction.

5. Answer
• Dena Bank Ltd.

6. 3.

7. Answer
• Portal

8. 4.
• In 2010, certain well known expressions from
a body of work were translated into Hindi.
Some of the translated expressions are "Baal
ki Khaal", and "Karod kasmasate kaale
kacchuve".
• The supporting characters were renamed
Natkhat, Santu and Bantu.

9. Answer

10. 5.
• In December of 2016, the Reykjavik City
Council decided to turn off all street lights in
certain areas between 10 and 11 PM. Citizens
were also asked to switch of house lights as
much as possible.
• Why was this done?

11. Answer
• Northern lights were better visible

12. 6.
• This is a song by Vennu Mallesh. What is his
inspiration?

13. Answer
• 12 Angry Men

14. 7.
• This word comes from the Italian suono,
meaning sound, which in turn comes from
sonus from Latin. The typical Italian musical
suffix of -tto was added to the word (along the
lines of pizzicato). The English word we all
know today dropped the o.
• What's the good word?

15. Answer
• Sonnet

16. 8.
• Live Web Cam streaming service EarthCam has
placed one of its units at the southeast corner,
sixth floor window of the former Texas School
Book Depository in Dallas for a specific
purpose, trying to give a glimpse of a
historically important view.
Image follows.

18. Answer
• This is the building from which Lee Harvey
Oswald shot JFK

19. 9.
• This uses a planchette (a small heart shaped piece of wood or
plastic) to spell out words and letters.
• Participants place their fingers on the planchette, which is then
moved about to spell words.
• This phenomenon is considered to be the result of the ideomotor
response, which means that unconscious muscle movement is
responsible for moving the planchette, and not other forces as
exponents of the item would want you to believe.
• The name of the item, which translates to “Yes yes _____” is
indicative of this.

20. Answer
• Ouija Board

21. 10.

22. Answer
• R.L. Stevenson

23. 11.

24. Answer
• Friends

25. 12.
• Fearless Girl is a is a bronze sculpture of a
defiant girl Kristen Visbal installed by State
Street Global Advisors on the eve of
International Women's Day to "send a
message" about workplace gender diversity
and encourage companies to recruit women.
• In which exact location has this statue been
installed?

27. Answer

28. 13.
• Which common surname in India and
Bangladesh literally means trustworthy? A
title given to trustworthy people during
Mughal and British rule.

29. Answer
• Biswas

30. 14.
• Village Roadshow Limited is an Australian mass
media company, whose name you'd have seen as
the producers for various movies.
• However, from a business point of view, they're
heavily involved in India, and have collaborated
with a local presence to build a pan India
network, spanning more than one hundred cities.
• How do we know this network better?

32. Answer
• PVR
• A joint venture between Priya Exhibitors and
Village Roadshow

33. 15.
• The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's
national P.O Box number has been chosen so
as to honour a person who made the game
very popular. What is their P.O Box number?

34. Answer
• 9994
• After Don Bradman’s average of 99.94.

35. 16.
• There was a special exhibition match held in May
2007 between Federer and Nadal. It was played
at Nadal's home town, Mallorca. The court cost
1.5 million dollars, and was prepared over 19
days.
• This match was special because certain
modifications had been made so that each player
could play to his strengths and exploit his
opponent's weaknesses. How was this match
special?

36. Answer
• Half grass, half clay court.

37. 17.
• The _____ effect is a cognitive bias in which
consumers place a disproportionately high value
on products they partially created.
• Experiments demonstrate that self-assembly
impacts the evaluation of a product by its
consumers.
• The results suggest that when people use their
own labour to construct a particular product,
even if done badly, they value the end result
more than if they had not put any effort into its
creation.

38. Answer
• IKEA effect

39. 18.
• This is an excerpt from an article from noted historian
Leonard A. Gordon.
• “The war was ending; all was chaotic in East Asia, and
there were no official reports released by the
Governments of India or Britain. These governments
did nothing to prevent the confusion. Even members of
India's Interim Government waffled on the matter. He
had done this on purpose several times earlier in his
life; so rumours began again and a powerful myth
grew.”
• Identify who and what the historian is referring to in
this article.

40. Answer
• Disappearance of Subash Chandra Bose and
the conspiracy theories that followed

41. 19 & 20.
• This is the album cover of "An Awesome
Wave" by Alt-J which was one of the best indie
albums to come out in the year 2012.
• What exactly is shown in the album cover, a
direct reference to the name of the band?

43. Answer
• The Sundarbans
• Alt+J in mac gives you

44. Dries 1

45. 1
• The company traces its history back to 1860, with the publication by
Henry Varnum 1_____ of History of Railroads and Canals in the
United States. This book was an attempt to compile comprehensive
information about the financial and operational state of U.S.
railroad companies. Henry Varnum went on to establish H.V. and
H.W. 1______- Co. with his son, Henry William, and published
annually updated versions of this book.
• In 1906, Luther Lee Blake founded the 2______ Statistics Bureau,
with the view to providing financial information on non-railroad
companies. Instead of an annually published book, 2______
Statistics would use 5" x 7" cards, allowing for more frequent
updates.
• In 1941, 1___ and 2____ Statistics merged to become 2____ &
1_____'s Corp. In 1966, the company was acquired by The McGraw-
Hill Companies.

46. Answer

48. 2. Id the creator and for which product

52. Answer

53. Matt Groening for Apple

54. 3.
• Id the guy in the cartoon
• What is the cartoon a reference to

56. Answer

57. Cecil Rhodes and Colossus of Rhodes

58. 4.
• ______is a particularly shy man when it comes to
seeing someone he likes and he is a completely
hairless, hunched, and barrel-shaped man
• ________has a strange ability to conduct electricity. He
would often demonstrate this by putting a light bulb in
his mouth, which would illuminate, accompanied by a
loud, crackling noise. He also often appears happy to
suffer from a severe migraine that can only be relieved
by putting his head in a screw press and tightening it to
levels that normal people would not be able to
withstand. ID.

59. Answer

60. Uncle Fester

61. 5.
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a fraudulent
antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for
achieving global domination. It was first published in Russia
in 1903, translated into multiple languages, and
disseminated internationally in the early part of the
twentieth century. Henry Ford funded printing of 500,000
copies which were distributed throughout the United
States in the 1920s.
• X was a major proponent of the text: It was studied, as if
factual, despite having been exposed as fraudulent years
before. In the opinion of historian Norman Cohn, the
Protocols was X's primary justification to carry out Y.
• What is Y?

62. Answer

63. Holocaust

64. 6.
• Pulgasari was a feature film released in 1985, Pulgasari is
similar to the X series. Pulgasari was produced by Y and
directed by Shin Sang-ok. Shing Sang-ok was kidnapped by
Y for this purpose. Teruyoshi Nakano and the staff from the
movie X participated in creating the film's special effects.
The film is about a doll made of rice by a prisoner, which on
coming into contact with blood, grows to become a giant
metal-eating monster. The film is intended to be a
propaganda metaphor for the effects of unchecked
capitalism and the power of the collective.
• Id X and Y

65. Answer

66. Godzilla and Kim-Jong-il

67. 7.
• The Gosaikunda lake has been delineated as a
religious site. Hindu mythology attributes
Gosaikunda as the abode of Hindu deities Lord
Shiva and Goddess Gauri. Its holy waters are
considered of particular significance during
Gangadashahara and the sacred thread
festival Janai Purnima when thousands of
pilgrims from Nepal and India visit the area.
What myth is associated with the formation of
the lake?

68. Answer

69. Gosaikunda is believed to have formed from the
digging of the land by the Trishul (holy three-
pointed sword) of lord Shiva after he drank
the poison from Samudra manthan and
desperately wanted cold water to quench the
overwhelming heat.

70. 8.
• For decades, the X candy bar was believed to be
named after Y and some sports marketing practitioners
used this example of one of the first forms of sports
marketing. However, the Curtiss Candy Company has
steadfastly claimed that X was named after President
Grover Cleveland's daughter, ________ Cleveland.
Nonetheless, the bar first appeared in 1921, as Y'a
fame was on the rise and long after Cleveland had left
the White House and 15 years after his daughter had
died. The company failed to negotiate an endorsement
deal with Y, and many saw the company's story about
the origin of the name of the bar as merely a ploy to
avoid having to pay X any royalties.

71. Answer

72. Babe Ruth and Baby Ruth

73. Dry Round 2
+10/-10 on pounce, +10/0 on bounce

74. Q1. Who was the student?
• When the Industrial magnate, G.D. Birla , was thirty years
old, he received a letter from an unknown student in
Calcutta. This is what the student, in an informal and
forthright manner, had written:
“
If only you can help me with an amount of Rs 22,000 for the
purchase of a special type of instrument which has to be
imported, I may assure you that I may be able to get a Nobel
Prize.
“
• Mr. Birla,the good samaritan that he was, replied to the
student’s letter at once, enclosing a cheque for Rs. 22,000.

76. Dr. C.V. Raman.

77. Q2.
• Events in August 2012 led to some unwittingly
hilarious posts, tweets etc. by people who
were probably confused.
• There were many images making fun of this.
One such image is shown here.
• Simply name all three people being
referenced.

79. <FILLER SLIDE>

80. Lance, Louis and Neil Armstrong.

81. Q3. Who on what?
“
…I went to a store called Retail Slut and I saw this ___ ____ and it just spoke to me.
And, you know, once you decide that you actually like something, there's no turning
back: you just have to get it. I put it on and it looked cool, but then I thought, "How
do you steal a ____ ____?"
It's not just something that you put in your pocket. So I grabbed it and walked out of
the store and I got half way down the block and no one chased me down the street,
so I got away with it. And prior to going to that store I picked up a Concho belt from a
store called Leather Treasures...
…Then I had the proverbial light bulb moment: I took the concho belt, cut it in half
and put it around the ___. And it just became my unsaid signature thing.
“

82. <FILLER SLIDE>

83. Slash on his top hat.

84. Q4. ID the person.
• This was displayed in the Jahangir Art Gallery
in Mumbai in December 2014 in honor of
someone. Who?
• <IMAGE NEXT SLIDE>

86. <FILLER SLIDE>

87. Sachin Tendulkar.

88. Q5. Give us (1) and (2) please.
• PictureD in the following slide is the album
cover to Stone’s Reach, an album by Australian
melodeath band Be’lakor.
• The cover is based on Benvenuto Cellini’s
bronze sculpture of __(1)__ with the head of
__(2)__.

90. <FILLER SLIDE>

91. (1): Perseus ; (2): Medusa

92. Q6. Which organization?
• During the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970 (which was mainly an ethnic
conflict), the Nigerian military formed a blockade around the nation's
newly independent south-eastern region, Biafra.
• At this time, France was the only major country supportive of the Biafrans
(the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States sided with
the Nigerian government), and the conditions within the blockade were
unknown to the world.
• Certain volunteers along with the French Red cross decided to enter the
country. These volunteers, in addition to Biafran health workers and
hospitals were attacked by the Nigerian Government.
• This episode lead to the formation of a certain organization in 1971. This
organization has worked in places like Thailand, Lebanon, Managua and
Bangladesh.

93. <FILLER SLIDE>

95. Q7.Easy enough.FITB.
• West Indies vs. England at Old Trafford, Manchester in
1933.
• Elliss Puss Achong was a left-arm orthodox spinner,
playing for the West Indies at the time. According to
folklore, Achong is said to have had Walter Robins
stumped off a surprise delivery that spun into the
right-hander from outside the off stump.
• As he walked back to the pavilion, Robins said to the
umpire, "fancy being done by a bloody _________.“

96. <FILLER SLIDE>

97. Chinaman

98. Q8. What did this inspire in the world
of entertainment?

99. <FILLER SLIDE>

100. Bohemian Rhapsody.

104. Answers.
• B - Warner “B”ros.
• i - “I”ntel
• Z - Veri”z”on
• M - “M”alibu
• a - Nutell“a”
• S - “S”amsonite
• H - “H”arrods
• U - “U”TV
• P - “P”interest
• S - Bo”S”e