Orientation and Recruitment Quiz 2020-21

ORIENTATION &
RECRUITMENT QUIZ
2020-21
VEDA - THE QUIZ SOCIETY OF MSI(T)

ABOUT US
❏ Veda, the quiz society of MSI and MSIT is one of the most engaging societies of our college.
❏ With many junior members and a dedicated core team, we have quizzers who are collectively
dominant in almost every genre of college level quizzing.
❏ At Veda, raising the bar higher is the norm, and success is routine.
❏ When you join Veda, you will be joining a team that embraces the grind, enjoys the hustle and
celebrates teamwork.
❏ Everything we value, everything that defines us, is the result of a legacy that was envisioned
by the founders of this society, and neither they, nor us, have ever looked back.
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OUR PRIORITY
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WE
ORGANIZE
Quizzing sessions for our
members to help them
enhance their knowledge in
all fields.
WE
ENCOURAGE
To participate in various
quizzes and help them
connect with different
quiz societies.
WE
PROVIDE
Significant exposure to
organize intra-college
events as well as inter-
college events.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT ?
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We are not a one-directional flow society where
seniors are constantly commanding juniors. In
fact, you’ll notice quite the opposite here
Level of
Interaction
Students are constantly sharing questions
relating to their favorite genres and others are
busy geeking out on its details.
Sharing of
Information
This interaction between the curious and intellectuals,
allows for a highly intuitive environment which helps in
collective growth among society members.
Collective Growth

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
1st Anugoonj 2017
GGSIPU
1st Marvel Vs DC
Aryabhatta College
1st GOT/Friends Quiz
MAIT
1st at Infinity Combat-Comics Quiz
Hindu College
1st Quizkid – CODOSTAV’18
CVS
1st Cricket Quiz
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
1st Fandom Quiz
Dyal Singh College
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1st Freshers Quiz
JDMC
1st Bizmaavat – Biz Tech
MSIT
1st Pop Culture Quiz
IIIT Delhi
1st Quizomania
NSUT
1st Marvel DC Quiz
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
1st Monoply Biz Quiz
DTU
1st General Quiz
Deshbandhu College
… And many more (40+) podiums across different years.

QUIZ TIME
Submit responses at:
bit.ly/veda_answer_form
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RULES
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● There are a total of 20 questions in the quiz
● Write your answers in the google form provided. Do not post answers in the chat.
● Each question is worth 1 point. Part points will be given if a question requires multiple
answers
● Multiples of 4 will be used to resolve ties, i.e Qs 4,8,12,16,20
● Googling is banned. Anyone caught cheating will be disqualified
● QM is GAWD

Q 1 Vedic Plaster is an organization which makes plaster for walls and floors without using
the conventional method and components. Vedic plaster is a gypsum based plaster that
replaced cement with X. According to them steel, cement, stone dust and pucca bricks are
good conductor of heat and cannot block environmental factors efficiently.
Vedic Plaster can act as a thermal insulator because of X and has a cooling effect in
summers and keeps houses warm in winters. They also claim it blocks radiation and acts
as an air purifier too.
Traditionally, kuccha houses are made with X roofs.
ID X
8

Q 2 X is celebrated on the day after Christmas, December 26th each year in various countries
around the world, generally those that were settled by the British Commonwealth. It is
believed that X originated because the servants of wealthy families typically had to work
on Christmas Day. So X was a day off for servants and they also received a gift from their
employer.
In Australia, New Zealand, Canada and UK, X is the heaviest shopping day of the year. It’s
even busier than Black Friday & Cyber Monday.
On the occasion of X, Y is held every year on 26th December since 1950 and it usually
happens in Australia.
Identify X
9

Q 3 X is perhaps one of the most valuable brands in UK. Started in 1981 as a subsidiary of Racal
Electronics the name X was chosen by the company to reflect the provision of voice and
data services over mobile phones.
Its logo comprises of a motif which symbolizes conversation and voice communication.
The motif brilliantly renders an iconic telecom brand that puts forward its intended
message with the help of a graphically elegant and sophisticated insignia.
Id the company which has recently gone about a changeover in India.
10

Q 4 Born on August 2, 1876, Pingali Venkayya was a geologist and agriculturist who set up an
educational institution near his home town.
He was a freedom fighter who deserved a place in Indian history for creating something
that flies high but was forgotten for many years. He was eventually honoured in 2009 with
a stamp that displayed his creation.
What iconic symbol of the nation did Venkayya design?
11

Q 5 Connect the following:
Druk (The Thunder Dragon)
Double tailed lion
Phoenix
Garuda
Unicorn
Why is it unusual that they don’t exist?
12

Q 6 World War 2 began when X was just a teenager. When X turned 18 in 1944, she insisted
upon joining the army.
X registered for war service when she was just 16 under the Ministry of Labour's Youth.
She trained and served as a truck driver and mechanic in World War 2.
Till date she remains the only female member of the _____ ______ to have served in the
army.
13

Q 7 Bhanu Athaiya is a costume designer who started her career as a freelance fashion
illustrator for various women’s magazines in Bombay. In 1982, she and British costume
designer John Mollo (who is renowned for his work in the Star Wars Universe) worked
together on a film by Sir Richard Attenborough, for which they won global acclaim.
What’s the movie and what did Bhanu Athaiya become the first Indian to achieve because
of her stellar work in that film?
14

Q 8 During the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, between Great Britain and
the United States, the border between British Canada and upstate New York saw some of
the fiercest fighting, much of which took place around Lake Champlain.
Anxious to prevent another invasion attempt, immediately following the War of 1812,
America decided to fortify the shores of Lake Champlain.
A small sandy spit called Island Point was chosen as the site for an octagonal fort. The
fort, when finished, was to have 30-foot-high walls and 125 cannons that could blow out of
waters any British ship attempting to sail past.
Construction of the fort began in 1816, and continued for two years when a survey
discovered a problem—the fort was being built on the wrong side of the border. The
actual border passed almost a mile south of the fort.
Once the embarrassing mistake was discovered, construction of the fort was hastily
stopped and the unnamed citadel earned the nickname X. What was the nickname?
15

Q 9 Recently in UK, a certain company came up with a pre-release stunt to mark the launch of
their new product. From one iconic shape to four, they gave the London underground
signs an upgrade in their product’s own unique style.
What is the inspiration behind these signs?
16

Q 10 Discord saw a sharp rise in its usage twice this year. First the usage rose when the
pandemic started and since August 2020 it has again seen a very sharp rise in
usage/downloads.
What lead to the rise the second time?
17

Q 11 This author goes by three names — Jovial Bob, Eric Affabee and the one he is most
popularly known by. Known as the Stephen King of children’s literature, his bibliography
includes hundreds of horror fiction novels that have spawned video games and even a
movie. The most popular among them is a series that gets its name from a feeling one
gets when in horrifying situations.
Who is this author and what is the name of this series that you can find in any bookshop?
18

Q 12 What does the map represent??
19

Q 13 In 2012, Biologists discovered a new species of bees and named it Euglossa X to honor the
clever, funny, captivating “nerd” protagonist of a popular American sitcom.
According to the biologists the character's favorite comic word is X, used by him when
tricking somebody, similarly Euglossa X tricked them for some time due to its similarity
to another species of bees, E. ignita. Ironically, the character is allergic to bees.
ID X
20

Q 14 X is one of the most notable brands of watches in the world. Its founder, Hans Wilsdorf
wanted the brand to have a short name that could be said in any language. Most
importantly, he wanted something that looked good on the watches themselves, and that
was symmetrical in capital letters.
"I tried combining the letters of the alphabet in every possible way," Wilsdorf supposedly
said. This gave me some hundred names, but none of them felt quite right. One morning,
while riding on the upper deck of a horse-drawn omnibus along Cheapside in the City of
London, a genie whispered 'X' in my ear."
Some also claim that Wilsdorf also thought "X" seemed like an onomatopoeia of a watch
ticking. It also hides the brand's English roots, as the brand began in London in 1908 and
moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919.
21

Q 15 This service was created by Eric Yuan, a teenager who hated the 10-hour train journeys to
his university on Monday mornings. He wanted to create a platform where he could visit
his girlfriend minus the travel. His daydreaming then led to what is now a billion-dollar
app that every other student, teacher and amateur quizzer uses almost on a daily basis.
What app is this?
22

Q 16 Assassin’s Creed Unity is a multiplayer adventure game that revolves around the fight
between the Assassins and the Templars.
It is set in Paris during the French Revolution and one of the stand-out features of the
game is the incredible detail that went into modelling the landmarks that served as
locations in the game.
This feature turned out to be a saving grace for engineers who were looking for blueprints
after a devastating event in April 2019.
What iconic landmark is being reconstructed with help from this videogame?
23

Q 17 On 8 January 2020, Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced on Instagram that they have
decided to “step back as ‘senior’ members” of the British royal family. They will be
splitting their time between U.K. and North America to become financially independent.
This event was dubbed as X and the term also became adopted globally on social and news
media.
The word was used so much in the year 2020 globally that Collins English Dictionary
added X to its online edition as a top-ten Word of 2020.
X is actually a fun take on Y, an initiation which finally completed on 31 December 2020.
Id X
24

Q 18 The word X originates from the Greek form βασιλίσκος, which means "little king”.
X is born from a chicken's egg hatched beneath a toad, and is a legendary reptile reputed
to be a serpent king, who can cause death with a single glance.
Identify X
25

Q 19 Asked how he came up with the song that clearly struck a note with the audience, Achint
explains the process was trial-and-error at first.
"I was given a very minimal brief, and the theme was made before they even started shooting.
One of the directors made it ambiguous, he told me that it's a show based in the 80's, on the
rise and fall of the protagonist. The first track I ended up making sounded like a caricature."
"This was the second attempt. This was more gritty, had more attitude, was edgy. To produce
what the theme is now, I did digging into what kind of a person the protagonist was, and tried
to put his attitude into the song.”
"It's kind of sinister, but it still has a hip hop swag going on, which I feel represents his
character quite well. He did have a lot of confidence, and that hip hop sort of symbolizes that.
The tune itself is a creeping tune, with the protagonist being an outsider to the industry and
having to 'creep' his way in," he adds.
The only very audible and coherent lyrics heard through the theme, is a stretched out, "Hey"
which is looped around the track.
Which popular show’s theme song is being talked about? 26

Q 20 Advertisement by which company??
27

Q 1 Vedic Plaster is an organization which makes plaster for walls and floors without using
the conventional method and components. Vedic plaster is a gypsum based plaster that
replaced cement with X. According to them steel, cement, stone dust and pucca bricks are
good conductor of heat and cannot block environmental factors efficiently.
Vedic Plaster can act as a thermal insulator because of X and has a cooling effect in
summers and keep houses warm in winters. They also claim it blocks radiation and acts as
an air purifier too.
Traditionally, kuccha houses are made with X roofs.
ID X
31

Q 2 X is celebrated on the day after Christmas, December 26th each year in various countries
around the world, generally those that were settled by the British Commonwealth. It is
believed that X originated because the servants of wealthy families typically had to work
on Christmas Day. So X was a day off for servants and they also received a gift from their
employer.
In Australia, New Zealand, Canada and UK, X is the heaviest shopping day of the year. It’s
even busier than Black Friday & Cyber Monday.
On the occasion of X, Y is held every year on 26th December since 1950 and it usually
happens in Australia.
Identify X
34

Q 3 X is perhaps one of the most valuable brands in UK. Started in 1981 as a subsidiary of Racal
Electronics the name X was chosen by the company to reflect the provision of voice and
data services over mobile phones.
Its logo comprises of a motif which symbolizes conversation and voice communication.
The motif brilliantly renders an iconic telecom brand that puts forward its intended
message with the help of a graphically elegant and sophisticated insignia.
Id the company which has recently gone about a changeover in India.
37

Q 4 Born on August 2, 1876, Pingali Venkayya was a geologist and agriculturist who set up an
educational institution near his home town.
He was a freedom fighter who deserved a place in Indian history for creating something
that flies high, but was forgotten for many years. He was eventually honoured in 2009
with a stamp that displayed his creation.
What iconic symbol of the nation did Venkayya design?
40

Q 5 Connect the following:
Druk (The Thunder Dragon)
Double tailed lion
Phoenix
Garuda
Unicorn
Why is it unusual that they don’t exist?
43

Q 6 World War 2 began when X was just a teenager. When X turned 18 in 1944, she insisted
upon joining the army.
X registered for war service when she was just 16 under the Ministry of Labour's Youth.
She trained and served as a truck driver and mechanic in World War 2.
Till date she remains the only female member of the ____________ to have served in the
army.
46

Q 7 Bhanu Athaiya is a costume designer who started her career as a freelance fashion
illustrator for various women’s magazines in Bombay. In 1982, she and British costume
designer John Mollo (who is renowned for his work in the Star Wars Universe) worked
together on a film by Richard Attenborough, for which they won global acclaim.
What’s the movie and what did Bhanu Athaiya become the first Indian to achieve because
of her stellar work in that film?
49

Gandhi.
First Indian to win an
Oscar
51

Q 8 During the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, between Great Britain and
the United States, the border between British Canada and upstate New York saw some of
the fiercest fighting, much of which took place around Lake Champlain.
Anxious to prevent another invasion attempt, immediately following the War of 1812,
America decided to fortify the shores of Lake Champlain.
A small sandy spit called Island Point was chosen as the site for an octagonal fort. The
fort, when finished, was to have 30-foot-high walls and 125 cannons that could blow out of
waters any British ship attempting to sail past.
Construction of the fort began in 1816, and continued for two years when a survey
discovered a problem—the fort was being built on the wrong side of the border. The
actual border passed almost a mile south of the fort.
Once the embarrassing mistake was discovered, construction of the fort was hastily
stopped and the unnamed citadel earned the nickname X. What was the nickname?
52

Q 9 Recently in UK, a certain company came up with a pre-release stunt to mark the launch of
their new product. From one iconic shape to four, they gave the London underground
signs an upgrade in their product’s own unique style.
What is the inspiration behind these signs?
55

PlayStation
Controller
Launch of PS5
57

Q 10 Discord saw a sharp rise in its usage twice this year. First the usage rose when the
pandemic started and since August 2020 it has again seen a very sharp rise in
usage/downloads.
What lead to the rise the second time?
58

Q 11 This author goes by three names — Jovial Bob, Eric Affabee and the one he is most
popularly known by. Known as the Stephen King of children’s literature, his bibliography
includes hundreds of horror fiction novels that have spawned video games and even a
movie. The most popular among them is a series that gets its name from a feeling one
gets when in horrifying situations.
Who is this author and what is the name of this series that you can find in any bookshop?
61

Q 12 What does the map represent??
64

Standard colors of
passport of various
countries
66

Q 13 In 2012, Biologists discovered a new species of bees and named it Euglossa X to honor the
clever, funny, captivating “nerd” protagonist of a popular American sitcom.
According to the biologists the character's favorite comic word is X, used by him when
tricking somebody, similarly Euglossa X tricked them for some time due to its similarity
to E. ignita. Ironically, the character is allergic to bees.
ID X
67

Q 14 X is one of the most notable brands of watches in the world. Its founder, Hans Wilsdorf
wanted the brand to have a short name that could be said in any language. Most
importantly, he wanted something that looked good on the watches themselves, and that
was symmetrical in capital letters.
"I tried combining the letters of the alphabet in every possible way," Wilsdorf supposedly
said. This gave me some hundred names, but none of them felt quite right. One morning,
while riding on the upper deck of a horse-drawn omnibus along Cheapside in the City of
London, a genie whispered 'X' in my ear."
Some also claim that Wilsdorf also thought "X" seemed like an onomatopoeia of a watch
ticking. It also hides the brand's English roots, as the brand began in London in 1908 and
moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919.
70

Q 15 This service was created by Eric Yuan, a teenager who hated the 10-hour train journeys to
his university on Monday mornings. He wanted to create a platform where he could visit
his girlfriend minus the travel. His daydreaming then led to what is now a billion-dollar
app that every other student, teacher and amateur quizzer uses almost on a daily basis.
What app is this?
73

Q 16 Assassin’s Creed Unity is a multiplayer adventure game that revolves around the fight
between the Assassins and the Templars.
It is set in Paris during the French Revolution and one of the stand-out features of the
game is the incredible detail that went into modelling the landmarks that served as
locations in the game.
This feature turned out to be a saving grace for engineers who were looking for blueprints
after a devastating event in April 2019.
What iconic landmark is being reconstructed with help from this videogame?
76

Q 17 On 8 January 2020, Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced on Instagram that they have
decided to “step back as ‘senior’ members” of the British royal family. They will be
splitting their time between U.K. and North America to become financially independent.
This event was dubbed as X and the term also became adopted globally on social and news
media.
The word was used so much in the year 2020 globally that Collins English Dictionary
added X to its online edition as a top-ten Word of 2020.
X is actually a fun take on Y, an initiation which finally completed on 31 December 2020.
Id X
79

Q 18 The word X originates from the Greek form βασιλίσκος, which means "little king”.
X is born from a chicken's egg hatched beneath a toad, and is a legendary reptile reputed
to be a serpent king, who can cause death with a single glance.
Identify X
82

Q 19 Asked how he came up with the song that clearly struck a note with the audience, Achint
explains the process was trial-and-error at first.
"I was given a very minimal brief, and the theme was made before they even started shooting.
One of the directors made it ambiguous, he told me that it's a show based in the 80's, on the
rise and fall of the protagonist. The first track I ended up making sounded like a caricature."
"This was the second attempt. This was more gritty, had more attitude, was edgy. To produce
what the theme is now, I did digging into what kind of a person the protagonist was, and tried
to put his attitude into the song.”
"It's kind of sinister, but it still has a hip hop swag going on, which I feel represents his
character quite well. He did have a lot of confidence, and that hip hop sort of symbolizes that.
The tune itself is a creeping tune, with the protagonist being an outsider to the industry and
having to 'creep' his way in," he adds.
The only very audible and coherent lyrics heard through the theme, is a stretched out, "Hey"
which is looped around the track.
Which popular show’s theme song is being talked about? 85

Q 20 Advertisement by which company??
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