The document provides details about the October edition of the Quanta Monthly Quiz, including the rules and structure of the 4 rounds. Round 1 involves 8 questions with a clockwise rotation and points awarded for direct answers, bouncing questions to other players, and pouncing on questions. The questions cover identifying places, people, and diseases from clues. Round 2 involves connecting 5 individual questions into a single connection. Round 3 involves visually connecting pictures, and Round 4 is not described.

1. QUANTA Monthly Quiz
October Edition
Prepared by : Adhithyan V
Rahul Shouri

2. Rules
• The Quiz will consist of 4 Rounds
• Each round will have it’s own specific set of rules
• Quizmaster’s decision is final

3. Round 1 – Bounce and Pounce
• 8 Questions
• Clockwise Rotation
• +10 for a direct answer(No negatives)
• +5 for Bounce(No negatives)
• +10/-5 for Pounce

4. 1)X is one of the most popular Hindu shrines in
India.Mythology says that Lord Shiva came here
after having lost everything in a game of dice
against his wife Parvati. When Parvati came
looking for him , he disguised himself as a tiger
and frightened her.Parvati uttered the words
“Trahi Mam Grisha” . The place where this tale
occurred was marked by building X.
Find X

6. MANGESHI TEMPLE

7. 2)X was an Austrian Formula one driver, a three time champion
winning in 1975,1977 and 1984.He was the only driver in F1
history to have been champion for both Ferrari and Mclaren .
X was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand
Prix during which his car burst into flames and was severely
injured.But he recovered and won the Grand Prix next year.
The 1976 F1 rivalry between X and James Hunt was shown in
the 2013 film , Rush.
Find X.

9. NIKKI LAUDA

10. 3)2112:The Birth of X is a short film about the life of X from
birth. The birthdate of X is 3rd September 2112 according to
the film. The film deals with the life of X from birth and is sort
of a prequel to the entire series. It showed the life of X
before travelling to the 20th century: how he was made, how
he was partially broken, how he lost his ears etc.
Id X

12. DORAEMON

13. 4)
• The disease sounds as if it came straight out of Grimms’ fairy tales
• Teens fall asleep, dozing weeks or even months at a stretch. Marathon
sleeping spells come and go, cropping up intermittently for roughly a
decade. Then symptoms vanish as mysteriously as they first appeared
• Called Kleine-Levin syndrome, the condition is so rare that only a few cases
have been reported in the world. Though the disorder is little known or
understood, a flurry of recent research could change that. A few centuries
ago, KLS might have been attributed to a witch’s curse. Now the hunt for its
cause focuses on genes and infectious agents
So what is the disease name?

16. RIP VAN WINKLE DISEASE

17. 5) Les Horribles Cernettes was an all-female parody pop group, self-
labelled "the one and only High Energy Rock Band", which was founded
by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related
events. Their musical style is often described as doo-wop. The initials of
their name, LHC, are the same as those of the Large Hadron Collider,
which was later built at CERN. Their humorous songs are freely available
on their website.
But they are most famous due to another reason, that is?

19. First photo
uploaded on
world wide web

20. 6)X was honoured with a wax statue at Madam Tussauds
Singapore on 4th of September 2019.The wax statue will hold a
special value for fans of X as it is inspired by X's Hawa
Hawai avatar from 1987 film Mr India. In addition to the wax
double, Madame Tussauds Singapore has also introduced a
special memorial wall where fans can leave their tributes and
messages dedicated to X. Madame Tussauds Singapore
describes X's statue as a "unique" and "exclusive addition" to
the museum.
Id X

22. SRIDEVI

23. 7)
1. Dudley Nicholas-1936(Best screenwriter)
Movie: The Informer
2. George Scott-1970(Best Actor)
Movie: Patton
3. Marlon Brando-1973(Best Actor)
Movie: The Godfather
Only 3 such incidents have happened in the history of mankind.
What incident am I talking about?

25. These are the only cases where people
have actually turned down an oscar.

26. 8)_____ embodies the vision of an event that connects and
engages the entire world.The swooping curves of the _____
represent the undulations of desert dunes and the unbroken
loop depicts both the number eight and the infinity symbol,
reflecting the interconnected nature of the event.The
emblem’s central form takes inspiration from a traditional
woollen shawl. During winter months, shawls are worn around
the world .
FITB

29. Round 2 – Connect
• 5 will be there
• Answer them individually and connect them all at any time during the
round and marks for the full connection varies according to question
number
• For answering the questions only POUNCE
• For pounce +10/-5, For connect the points will be written on top of
the respective questions

30. 1)+50/-25
X, a much revered figure among Jains, was the son of Rishabhanatha,
the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata
Chakravartin. He is said to have meditated motionless for twelve years
in a standing posture (kayotsarga) and that during this time, climbing
plants grew around his legs. After his year of meditation,X is said to
have attained omniscience (Kevala Gyana). X is said to have excelled in
studying medicine, archery, floriculture, and the knowledge of precious
gems.
X in english means one with strong arms.ID X

32. 2)+40/-20
• X is the first name of an eminent Indian novelist and poet whose
works include “Mappings” ,“The Golden Gate” etc. He has been
awarded the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to the
Indian literature scene.
• X is also the first name of an Indian army officer who was
posthumously awarded with Param Vir Chakra for his actions during
the Kargil War. He was often referred to as “Sher Shah”.
Id X

34. 3)+30/-15
• The name X means wisdom in Sanskrit
• X is also the first name of an Indian cricketer. He is an attacking slow
left-hand tail-ender batsman. He currently plays for Hyderabad in the
domestic Ranji Trophy. He is the first and one of the two spinners to
ever win the Purple Cap in the Indian Premier League.
• X is also the techno-managerial organisation of NIT Trichy!!
Id X

36. 4)+20/-10
Project A119 was a top secret plan developed in 1958 by the United
States Air Force. The aim of the project was to detonate a nuclear
bomb on the place X, which would help in answering some of the
mysteries. If the project was completed it would have been a possible
boosting of domestic morale in capabilities of the United States.
The project was never carried out, being cancelled primarily out of a
fear of a negative public reaction as it would have caused some serious
issues.
Id this “’place” which US tried to blow off

38. 5)+10/0
X is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Nellore
district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located near the equator which
makes it ideal for a particular operation. And the first operation was
carried out in 1971.
Identify the place

39. ANSWERS

40. 1)+50/-25
X, a much revered figure among Jains, was the son of Rishabhanatha,
the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata
Chakravartin. He is said to have meditated motionless for twelve years
in a standing posture (kayotsarga) and that during this time, climbing
plants grew around his legs. After his year of meditation,X is said to
have attained omniscience (Kevala Gyana). X is said to have excelled in
studying medicine, archery, floriculture, and the knowledge of precious
gems.
X in english means one with strong arms.ID X

41. Baahubali

42. 2)+40/-20
• X is the first name of an eminent Indian novelist and poet whose
works include “Mappings” ,“The Golden Gate” etc. He has been
awarded the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to the
Indian literature scene.
• X is also the first name of an Indian army officer who was
posthumously awarded with Param Vir Chakra for his actions during
the Kargil War. He was often referred to as “Sher Shah”.
Id X

43. Vikram
• The poet’s name is Vikram Seth
• The army officer is Vikram Bartra

44. 3)+30/-15
• The name X means wisdom in Sanskrit
• X is also the first name of an Indian cricketer. He is an attacking slow
left-hand tail-ender batsman. He currently plays for Hyderabad in the
domestic Ranji Trophy. He is the first and one of the two spinners to
ever win the Purple Cap in the Indian Premier League.
• X is also the techno-managerial organisation of NIT Trichy!!
Id X

45. Pragyan
• The cricketer’s name is Pragyan Ohja

46. 4)+20/-10
Project A119 was a top secret plan developed in 1958 by the United
States Air Force. The aim of the project was to detonate a nuclear
bomb on the place X, which would help in answering some of the
mysteries. If the project was completed it would have been a possible
boosting of domestic morale in capabilities of the United States.
The project was never carried out, being cancelled primarily out of a
fear of a negative public reaction as it would have caused some serious
issues.
Id this “’place” which US tried to blow off

47. Moon

48. 5)+10/0
X is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Nellore
district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located near the equator which
makes it ideal for a particular operation. And the first operation was
carried out in 1971.
Identify the place

49. Sriharikota

50. The connect is CHANDRAYAAN 2
• Known as the Baahubali Rocket
• Vikram is the name of the lander
• Pragyan is the rover
• Moon
• Sriharikota is the place from which the rocket was launched

51. Round 3 - Visual Connection
• There are 4 questions in total
• In each question some pictures will be shown and you have to connect
them all
• +5/0 Points for identification of people in the pictures in the 3rd and 4th
question
• +20/0 Points for the connect in each of the question
• Written round(After answering all exchange the papers)

52. 1.)

53. 2.)

54. 3.)

55. 4.)

56. ANSWERS

57. 1.)

58. They all names of the books written by Dan
Brown

59. 2.)

60. All the books were written while in prison.

61. 3.)

62. All of them declined one of the highest
honours in their respective fields.
From top left clockwise,
Marlon Brando declined the Best Actor Oscar in 1973.
Sinead O’Connor declined the Grammy Award in 1991.
Le Duc Tho declined the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973.
Jean Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964.

63. 4.)

64. They all died on the same day, 22nd November
1963.
From top left clockwise,
C.S Lewis
John F. Kennedy
Aldous Huxley

65. Round 4 – Differential Scoring
• Total 12 questions
• Answers only in Pounce format
• No negatives
• Points for each question will be 5*(No of teams that got it wrong)
Example for a written question, teams 1,2 & 3 get it right and teams
4,5,6,7 & 8 get it wrong, then teams 1,2 & 3 get 5*5 points each. ( 5
teams got it wrong)

66. 1) X is the part of an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of vocalist
Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham.
Along with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, the band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be
cited as one of the originators of heavy metal. After changing their name from the New Yard birds,
the band signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom.
Although the group were initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success
with eight studio albums released over ten years.
A X is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von X(German pronunciation:
[ˈt͡sɛpəliːn]) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. X's
notions were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893. They were patented in
Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899.After the outstanding success of the X’s design, the
word X came to be commonly used to refer to all rigid airships.
Id X(Bonus 5 marks added to the differential points if you get the band’s name also :P)

68. ZEPPELIN
• The Rock Band’s name is Led Zeppelin

69. 2)Even though the origin of this phrase is still debatable and has no valid
explanation, one explanation is that it came from a chat on a small road
during the Depression(which the US had experienced around the
1920s). The gamblers then usually plays something that doesn’t always
use money, but when they use money and win, then that means they
can buy meat for supper with that money. This phrase is commonly used
in gambling activities in the 20th century.
Id the phrase

72. 3)This great gateway has the inscription etched on it, “The
world is but a bridge, pass over but build no houses on it.”
Attributed to Jesus Christ, this inscription speaks volumes of
Emperor Y’s famed religious tolerance. On the eastern archway
of the X, a Persian inscription records Y’s conquest over Deccan
in 1601 A.D. The X is one of the tallest gateway entrances in
the world
ID X and Y(No part points)

74. X - Buland Darwaza
Y - Akbar

75. 4)This a cartoon that came recently in a
newspaper. Id the blanked face

77. Imran Khan

78. 5)
• On April 18, 1995, a pathologist Thomas Henry stole X
• After his wife threatened to throw it away, he returned to retrieve it and
took it with him to the Midwest. For a time he worked as a medical
supervisor in a biological testing lab in Wichita, Kansas, keeping the X in a
cider box stashed under a beer cooler
• He then relocated to Lawrence, Kansas, took an assembly-line job in a
plastic-extrusion factory, moved into a second-floor apartment next to a
gas station, and befriended a neighbour, the beat poet William Burroughs.
Harvey would tell stories about the X, about cutting off chunks to send to
researchers around the world. Burroughs, in turn, would boast to visitors
that he could have a piece of X any time he wanted

80. EINSTEIN’S BRAIN

81. 6)
• X was intended to be killed in his second appearance after being stabbed in the heart. The creator wanted him
to die because of the concern that recurring villains would make Y appear inept, but this idea was overruled by
then-editor Whitney Ellsworth. As a result a hastily drawn panel, indicating that the X was still alive, was added
to the comic.
• In the 1988 story “A Death in the family”, X beats Jason Todd with a crowbar and leaves him to die in an
explosion. Todd’s death haunts Y, and for the first time he considers killing X.
• X was also once appointed as the Iranian ambassador to the United nations. However when he tries to poison
the UN membership he is brought down by Y.
• X is also a contortionist and martial arts master
ID X(No marks for getting Y alone as if X and Y is so related that if you get one the other is also done)

83. JOKER

84. 7)Historians believe that the tradition was started by Thomas
Wolsey, an extremely powerful figure in the court of King
Henry VII. He was as the king’s right hand man, as well as the
Lord Chancellor. It is believed Thomas first served X at banquet
in 1509. Back then diary products were seen as peasant food
by the upper class. It’s not clear why the head chef thought to
serve it to the king’s court. Thomas’ palace had a tennis court,
where staff also served X to spectators. It’s thought that this is
the reason why we associate Wimbledon with the dish
Id X

86. Strawberries and Cream

87. 8)X is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel published in1962. It is
set in a near future society that has a youth subculture of extreme
violence. In 2005, X was included on Time magazine’s list of the 100
best English language novels written since 1923. There are many
cultural references to X and some of them are :
• The Simpsons contains frequent references to X
• The Netherlands national football team was nicknamed X in the 1974 FIFA World cup, for its playing
organisation, which became known as Total Football, combined with the team colour
• The opening cutscene to Rare Nintendo 64 video game Conkar’s Bad Fur Day(2001) was a homage
to the film
• In the Phineas and Ferb episode “Phineas and Ferb get Busted!”(2009), the military school the boys
are sent to after getting busted uses the Ludovico technique(a tech used in the novel/film X) in
order to stop Phineas and Ferb from using their imagination
ID X

89. A Clockwork Orange

90. 9)_____ was composed of horizontal stripes of
red, yellow and green. The red strip at the top had
eight white lotuses embossed on it in a row. On
the yellow strip the words Vande Mataram were
inscribed in deep blue in Devanagari characters.
The green strip had a white sun on the left and a
white crescent and star on the right
FITB

92. FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA

93. 10)
In 1997, an episode of X send nearly 700 Japanese children to the
hospital. “Electric Soldier Porygon” included a segment where Y uses
his lightning attack to blow up missiles. Because Y is in cyberspace at
the time of the attack, the animators employed a different technique to
make his usual attack look more high-tech. The strobe effect used
ended up sending kids to the hospital with seizures, headaches and
other symptoms, a phenomenon later called “X shock”. The episode
has not been broadcast since. This turned out to be one of the most
controversial moments in the history of cartoons
ID X and Y

95. X – Pokemon
Y- Pikachu

96. 11) X is an Indian playback singer and music director. X has recorded songs in over a
thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages
and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi an Bengali. In 1974, The
Guinness Book of Records listed X as the most recorded artist in the history with
around 25000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages. However
this entry was discontinued by Guinness in 1991 due to disputes and stating that the
claim was exaggerated
X made X’s Instagram debut yesterday(2019 September 30th)!! and the caption for
the first post was “Namaskar, Aaj pehli bar aap sabse Instagram pe jud rahi hun”
Id X

98. Lata Mangeshkar

99. 12)The ______ceremony marks the beginning of the last mile run in
the preparation of Union Budget. It has been a tradition which has
continued for long. As part of the ritual, ____ is prepared in a big
vessel and served to the staff of the Ministry, in a ceremony that is
attended by the finance minister. With that celebration done, over a
hundred members of the finance ministry descend into the basement
of the North Block. Then the budget printing is done with utmost
secrecy. The ceremony though may appear unusual for some, it lauds
the efforts of every employee that helped shape the budget. It brings
everyone together - from the senior officials to the clerks in a
celebratory fashion.
ID X

101. Halwa

102. THANKS ALL!!