This document contains a quiz with 15 multiple choice questions. It provides context and clues for identifying people, places, things, and concepts across a wide range of topics including astronomy, organizations, mathematics, mythology, technology, chemistry, geography, programming, and more. The quizmaster instructs participants to answer each question in 1 minute with the understanding that the answers may not be obvious.

1. P R E L I M S
OBFUSCATE

2. RULES
 15 questions
 1 minute for each question
 There are inbuilt tie-breakers
 The answer is not what you think
 Quizmaster is gawd

3. Q1
 Identify
 (Points only for the name)

4. Q2
 X was originally named ‘Georgium Sidus’, in honour
of King George III. However, the name wasn’t
popular outside of Britain. A number of alternatives
were proposed, such as ‘Herschel’, in honour of its
discoverer. Finally, X was accepted, which is the
Greek god of the sky. Identify X.

5. Q3
 X is an international service organization whose
primary motto is “Service Above Self”. It also has a
service club for young people ages 12 to 18. The
current President was appointed in 2014 itself. There
is one ‘branch’ of X in almost every city, including
Noida. Identify X.

6. Q4
 X, also known as Y, is a geometric figure which has
infinite surface area but finite volume. The name
refers to the tradition identifying the Archangel
Gabriel as the angel who blows the horn to announce
Judgment Day, associating the divine, or infinite,
with the finite. The properties of this figure were first
studied by Italian physicist and mathematician
Evangelista Torricelli in the 17th century. Give X & Y.

7. Q5
 Connect (a recent event)

8. Q6
 Connect the following plant species:
 Annona reticularis
 Annona squamosa
 Annona muricata

9. Q7
 This is the 4-point charter of X. Identify X:
1. X belongs to nobody in particular. X belongs to
humanity as a whole. But to live in X, one must be the
willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness.
2. X will be the place of an unending education, of
constant progress, and a youth that never ages.
3. X wants to be the bridge between the past and the
future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from
without and from within, X will boldly spring towards
future realisations.
4. X will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a
living embodiment of an actual Human Unity.

10. Q8
 When Hanuman took a dip in the waters of sea, after burning whole
of Lanka with the fire burning on his tail, a drop of his perspiration
fell in to mouth of a mighty fish. Out of this the X was born.
 According to another, slightly different version, when Hanuman
took a dip in sea, for cooling himself after burning Lanka; a drop of
his seed got discharged, due to extreme heat generated in his body
and labor by him, which fell in to mouth of a giant fish-cum-reptile
like creature, whose name was X, thus making it pregnant.
 The fish was caught by people of Ahiravana, who ruled Patala, the
nether-world. X, was discovered, when stomach of fish was cut open
and named after it. Ahiravana, seeing his strength & virility gave
him job of guarding, the gates of his Kingdom.
 Name X.

11. Q9
 X is a personal tool manufactured by the X Company
for trainers, in the form of a watch with a touch
screen. X's functionality comes from the
applications, or X apps, that are installed in it,
making it extensible. The X Company, as well as
independent developers, periodically create new
apps. The user scrolls through a X's apps by tapping
a button on the side of its screen. These apps include
Digital Watch, Calculator, Memo Pad, Pedometer,
Friendship Checker, Counter, Analog Watch, Coin
Toss, Calendar, Roulette, Kitchen Timer, Matchup
Checker, Stopwatch, Alarm Clock, etc. Name X.

12. Q10
 The English word ‘X’ is a corruption of the Hindi
verb ‘chāmpnā’, or ‘chāmpō’, which means “to
massage” or “to press”. Identify X.

13. Q11
 What is this the graph of ?

14. Q12
 What is the common name of “Benzoate Ostylezene
Bicarbonate” ?

15. Q13
 The X River, also commonly known by its indigenous
name Legbala, is the headstream of the Mongala
River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern
Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is roughly 250
km in length.
 The name X is a French corruption of Legbala, its
name in the Ngbandi language which means "white
water".
 Give X.

16. Q14
 BDFL is a title given to a small number of open-source
software development leaders, typically project founders who
retain the final say in disputes or arguments within the
community.
 The phrase originated in 1995 with reference to Guido van
Rossum, creator of the Python programming language.
Shortly after van Rossum joined the Corporation for National
Research Initiatives (CNRI), the term appeared in a follow-up
mail by Ken Manheimer to a meeting trying to create a semi-
formal group that would oversee Python development and
workshops.
 Expand BDFL

17. Q15
 The man in the picture is Sandip Vinayak Prabhu.
What is his claim to fame ?