PARAKH 2.0 | Trials by Trivia - The General Quiz | 13 August 2022

Trials
By Trivia
TEAMS OF 2 | 13TH
AUGUST 2022
OPEN
GENERAL QUIZ
PRELIMS

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20 questions in the quiz.
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RULES

QUES 1
In 1974, a military protocol in Sierra Vista, Arizona, prevented soldiers
from wearing their uniforms in public. Realising that this policy was
causing a loss of customers, the company X opened a service Y for
the soldiers. This turned out to be a huge success. The inhabitants of
Sierra Vista remember large lines of soldiers waiting at X.
Later that year, the company opened another of this service in
Oklahoma, leading to a significant gain in revenue. By the end of the
1970s, more than half of X's locations had this service. These days
almost every location of X has this service, unless it is in a congested
area.
Identify the company X, and the service Y.

ANS
X: McDonald’s
Y: Drive-Thru
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QUES 2
X is a British children's television series originally aired from 1997 to 2001.
The show had four main characters, each with a different “signature”,
who have fun in their magical world.
The show was filmed on an iconic hill which was turned into a large pond
by the owner because fans kept trespassing on the hill.
In the land owner's words, "People were jumping fences and crossing cattle
fields. We’re glad to see the back of it."
Identify X.

QUES
The ___ effect was first coined when a new species of Rhinoceros
beetle was discovered in 2006. The design of its horn was
surprisingly similar to the horn design of a certain insect from the
1998 movie X.
The fascinating fact is that, the insect’s horn’s design was designed in
a way never seen before in nature or any other form of art. And, 8
years later, the same horn design was found in nature for the first
time.
Describe the effect and identify X.
QUES 3

ANS
Dim Effect- It is a natural
phenomenon in which Nature mimics
Art
X- A Bug’s Life
ANS 3

QUES 4
Replying to a “footballing conspiracy you 100% believe in” on
r/FootballHotTakes, u/Kasboi69 is convinced that the spanish striker Alvaro
Morata is used as a <redacted> by big clubs such as Real Madrid,
Juventus, Chelsea and Atletico.
“He’s been signed back and forth for tens of millions when he isn't even
that good. There’s something very fishy when you consider the financial
circumstances of these big clubs too and yet Morata has been signed for
a cumulative fee of over 200 million euros and has never been able to
perform up to his price tag.”
What is Morata being used as, according to u/Kasboi69?

ANS
Morata = Money Laundering
4

QUES 5
In December 2021, a german chemical and agriculture company BASF
launched product X in Italy. It was a result of more than three decades of
work, and the company called it a "gamechanger" and a breakthrough in
innovation.
The main feature of X is that it helps with a process that is irritating and
can be a watery nightmare for some people. People used to go to great
lengths to help with this process, like soaking in water and freezing the
item before the process.
“X is a clear example of our ambition to make healthy eating enjoyable”,
says Bilgehan Suer, project leader for X in Europe.
Identify X.

QUES 6
While preparing for the arrival of Belgium's king and queen, Rideau Hall,
Ottawa was decorated with Canadian and Belgian flags. It was decided
that a small flag will be used to help identify the tree planted by her
majesty Queen Fabiola in a previous visit in 1977.
But in an embarrassing turn of events, _______'s flag was spotted on
the tree instead of Belgium’s. Thankfully, it was rectified immediately, prior
to their majesties' arrival at the tree planting site. King Philippe and his wife
Mathilde would plant a sapling commemorating this visit, unbeknownst of
this troubled layout.
What caused the mix-up?

ANS
A German flag with horizontal
stripes of black, red and yellow
was affixed to a tree along with
Canada's flag instead of a
Belgian vertical black, yellow and
red stripes.
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QUES 7
Built in 1156 by King Rawal, X dominates the countryside in the far
northwestern corner of Rajasthan, near the border of India and Pakistan.
It's massive yellow sandstone walls are a tawny lion colour during the
day, fading to honey-gold as the sun sets, thereby camouflaging the fort in
the yellow desert. For this reason, it is also known as the Sonar/Golden
____ .
Today, X remains a labyrinth of residences, shops, temples, and a palace
complex. Its walls surround a thriving city - its 2,000 residents makes it the
last of its kind in India. Conservation and preservation are integral to the
longevity of this medieval architectural marvel and to the lives of people
who call X home.
Identify X.

ANS 7
Jaisalmer Fort - the only “living fort" in India.

QUES 8
In the summer of 2019, graphic designers from an agency decided to visit the
site of a famous event, X. Moved by what they saw, they reached out to the
government of the country with a proposal : a visual brand for the event and its
legacy.
The designers came up with a unique flag: a black octagon, which changes
with time. The choice of the shape is very “core” to the event. Slices of it
disappear each year until the image is completely gone - signifying the
gradual restoration of the affected area.
When the event occurred, it was a complete black octagon. In 2064, it will be a
white void.
Identify the event X.

QUES
In 2016, a tourist destination opened in Kerala which is named after X from
mythology. It is a park which sprawls over 65 acres and consists of a large,
magnificent sculpture of X. It has a stone finish, and is over 200 feet long
and 70 feet high. It holds the Guinness world record for being the largest of
its type. It is said that X took his last breath at the spot where the statue is
now made.
"X symbolises an era when humans and other living beings cared for
each other. A sculpture should have a message. The message is what
attracted me to X", says sculptor Rajiv Anchal.
Narendra Modi once said, "X was the one who fought terrorism for the first
time".
Identify X.
9

ANS
X: Jatayu
It is the world’s largest bird
sculpture.
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QUES 10
Mummenschanz is a Swiss theatre company formed in the 1970s. Their
performances were weird and disturbing sometimes. They became
popular for their performances with bizarre masks, props, lights and
subtle choreography.
Despite clearly not being for a young audience, Mummenschanz was
invited to guest star on one of the season finale of this popular,
colorful show X. And obviously, the act put up by X was too out there
for the fans of the show to appreciate, most of them felt creeped out
or did not understand what was happening.
Give X.

QUES 11
In a recent friendly football (soccer) match of England against
Switzerland, the player’s shirts could be seen to have no names on
them. This is contrary to the norm, where the players have their names
written on the back of their shirts.
This was done as an act of support to the people suffering with a
certain disorder X. The act of not having their names printed on their
shirts had a major significance and was, in a way representing how
the people suffering with X live.
Give X.

QUES 12
The names of the main characters of the famous kids TV show
“Codename: Kids Next Door” are references to their respective code
names.
Like: Kuki Sanban, a Japanese girl has the CODENAME - Numbuh 3 because
her last name “Sanban” refers to 3 in Japanese (called ‘San’)
Similarly, Wallabies Beetles has the CODENAME - Numbuh 4, referring to the
number of members in the famous band Beetles.
Abigail Lincoln is given the CODENAME - Numbuh 5. What could this be
referring to?

ANS
The name refers to Abraham Lincoln, whose face is on the US 5$ Bill
12

QUES 13
In 2013, a Russian scientific institute unveiled a strange and obscure
statue of an anthromorphic animal X. This animal can be seen knitting
Y, something essential to all living beings.
This specific animal was chosen for the statue because of the
importance it holds in the scientific community.
“The image of a ____ and a scientist are combined here, because
they are interconnected and serve the same cause.”(blanks are not
indicative)
Give X and Y.

QUES 14
In 2021, an ad campaign went viral on Twitter after a user posted a photo
of a special truck driving around Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte
prior to Sunday’s game between the Panthers and the Saints. The special
truck trumpeted a message on its back with “Wilmore X” listed as its
benefactor.
In reality, Wilmore X doesn’t appear to exist. Its website is merely a mostly
blank page featuring a message box - clicking on it takes users to
Charlotte provider StarMed Healthcare, and a page providing credible
vaccine information.
What was done in this ad campaign?

ANS
The truck displayed the message of
“Don't get vaccinated” with Wilmore
funeral homes being the benefactor
of the ad campaign.
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QUES 15
For 12 years, the body of X was
moved from place to place, after he
was shot and his head hung in a
street, to let the people know he was
quite dead.
Eventually, the authorities stopped
playing hide and seek with his
remnants. They therefore handed
over the body to his family and he
was buried in the San Cassiano
cemetery in the town of Predappio.
Identify X.

QUES 16
In 1950s, a popular entertainment company X ran a rather controversial (in this
case, in the right sense) short story. This story depicted a dystopian future where
homosexuality was the norm, heterosexuality was outlawed and angry
anti-straight mobs marched through the street chanting “make our city clean
again!”.
As expected, there was tremendous negative reply from the readers; but the
founder of X held his ground and said that if it was wrong to persecute
heterosexuals in a homosexual society, then the reverse was wrong, too.
The founder of X was, to say the least, a complicated figure. He portrayed himself
and his company as defenders of women's rights, but at the same time been
accused of sexism and promoting toxic patriarchy through his company.
Identify X.

QUES
Snake or Zmiinyi Island is a fraction
of a square kilometre in size and
there are no more snakes to speak
of. But there can be no doubt on its
importance for control of the
western Black Sea.
This year, a new postal stamp
featuring the island (picture on the
right) began circulation.
What heroic act of defiance is this
stamp commemorating?
17

ANS
Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Emine Dzheppar,
revealed the stamp commemorating
the 'Snake Island Heroes' who were
reported to have told Russian forces to
"go f*ck themselves" when ordered by
them to surrender.
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QUES 18
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The woman in the picture is Clara de la Rocha, a
noted colonel in the Mexican Revolution
(1910-1920), a movement against the long
dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. She died in 1970 and,
in the photo, is standing next to her father,
General Herculano de la Rocha.
She is known for a key 1911 battle in Sinaloa, in
northern Mexico. "She actually crossed a river on
horseback... and was able to take out a power
station in order to allow the rebel forces to
attack during night without being seen."
What was inspired from this mexican rebel?

ANS
Princess Leia’s iconic
hairstyle
18

QUES 19
“... in London a man may sometimes walk a mile before he can meet with
a suitable corner; for so unaccommodating are the owners of doorways;
passages and angles, that they seem to have exhausted invention in the
ridiculous barricadoes and shelves, grooved, and one fixed above another,
to conduct the stream into the shoes of the luckless wight who shall dare
to profane the intrenchments.”
The following excerpt is taken from “The Farmer’s Magazine” in the 19th
century, when certain devices were common in the streets of London and
used as deterrents against a certain activity. These devices were installed
to keep people away from attractive corners and crannies.
Identify the activity.

ANS
Urinating on the street
19

QUES 20
This ad is the recreation
of the iconic “budweiser
wassup commercial”
from the 2000s.
For what purpose this ad
recreated here?

ANS
It was recreated for Barack
Obama’s presidential
campaign.
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Trials
By Trivia
TEAMS OF 2 | 13TH
AUGUST 2022
OPEN
GENERAL QUIZ
FINALS

ROUNDS
01. ROUND I:
WRITTEN ROUND
02. ROUND II:
CLOCKWISE
POUNCE & BOUNCE
03. ROUND III:
WRITTEN ROUND
04. ROUND IV:
ANTI-CLOCKWISE
POUNCE & BOUNCE
4 QUESTIONS
4 QUESTIONS
12 QUESTIONS
12 QUESTIONS

RULES
WRITTEN ROUND-1
01.
02.
03.
04.
This Round contains
contains 4 questions..
No bonus points for full
house
Answer via the Team
Whatsapp group
Each question worth
+20/-10 - Stake
+10/0 elsewise

QUES
X is the central theme in the first episode
of the latest season of a recently
concluded BBC one and Netflix series.
The MC travels to Miquelon Island,
Newfoundland for a certain new business
opportunity that 1933 brings.
It shows how X was a catastrophic failure
and put "violent people" in positions of
power - quite the opposite effect it first
brought in for in 1920.
Identify X.
1

QUES 2
X’s story was adapted on the big screen
by Raj Kumar Gupta in the 2011.
Upon the movie's release, X’s sister
spoke to Hindustan Times has the
following comments about the movie -
“___ is brilliant. But I don’t think she
was trying to replicate my personality
in any way. No,we are not similar at all.
But the person playing X is so much like
them - in vivacity and joie de vivre.
In fact there’s a sequence of a
candle-light vigil where their picture
looks so much like X in that picture
we’ve seen of X in all the newspapers,"
Identify X.

QUES
In 2016, Fergal Devitt, who performs
in WWE under the name Finn Balor,
renamed his finishing move to the
X to commemorate this
“festive weekend” event.
X was its country’s first major revolt
against British rule. Though some
see it as an unmandated, bloody
act by unrepresentative secret
conspirators, for many it was the
founding act of a democratic state.
Identify X.
3

ANS
X - 1916 Easter Uprising
3

QUES
In a movie with now a bollywood
remake, its shown that the MC
inspired X. But in reality, X is
rumored to have begun doing his
thing in 1954 at his first paid
performance in Tennessee as an
attempt to cover up nervous
leg-shaking.
Identify X.
4

RULES
POUNCE & BOUNCE CLOCKWISE
01.
02.
03.
04.
This Round contains
Points are conserved.
Marking Scheme as
follows:
+20/0 on Direct Question
+20/-10 on Pounce
+10/0 on Bounce
Goes Clockwise in
order of team 1 to 8

QUES 1
On the following slide, you’ll see the statistics detailing the reduction of
salmon imports from Norway to China. Norway used to be the largest
exporter of salmon to China, enjoying a near monopoly. After an incident,
within a few years Norway’s share in China’s salmon imports plummeted.
(Image follows)
Because of this incident, the diplomatic relations between the two
countries were so strained that Norway’s ambassador to Beijing had to
stay in office 5 years longer than his tenure, because Norway wasn’t sure if
China would accept a new ambassador.
In 2015 when Dalai Lama visited Norway, none of the Norwegian
government officials met him, probably to please China, contrasting with
their previous action which started it all. Since 2016, the relations have
improved between the two countries.
What caused this strained diplomatic relations between these two
countries?

ANS
Liu Xiaobo being awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize
1

QUES 2
● By looking at the first digit, one can tell the type of X.
● The significance of later digits depends on 1st digit. The
second and third digits represent the various parts of the
country.
● The fourth and fifth digits are randomly assigned to make the
number unique.
● Earlier a four digit scheme was followed which was later
changed to five.
What are we talking about?

QUES 3
This design feature on X is probably one of the most common things
we notice but don’t pay attention to. The design feature serve the
purpose of equalising pressure. One common speculation was that it
reduces the lifespan of the product, thereby prompting people to buy
it more often. However, the design serves another simple yet
ingenious purpose - reducing the risk of deaths by choking.
Turns out, people have been chewing on X since it was invented. (No,
it’s not just us!) The large hole maintains airflow and increases the
chances of survival in case X gets lodged in the windpipe.
What are we talking about?

QUES 4
In 1973, an American magazine referred to a situation in Russia as VolgaX,
which the Oxford English Dictionary says was the first subsequent use of
the suffix ‘X’.
From there, X cropped up in print quite frequently, with one writer credited
with introducing more than 20 different terms through his career - William
Safire. The former speechwriter repeatedly used the suffix in his New York
Times columns, giving rise to its prominence and popular use.
Years later, Noam Cohen wrote that this may have been a deliberate ploy
on Safire’s part. In listing multiple instances of its use in political columns,
Cohen said that Safire was attempting to rehabilitate his former boss’s
reputation by "relentlessly tarring his successors with the same rhetorical
brush" - in order to diminish his guilt by association. Safire later did admit
to this accusation.
Identify the suffix X being talked about here.

QUES 5
Every X is designated with two numbers from 1 to 36. By rounding off and
then truncating the magnetic directional angle of X, these numbers can
be obtained.
At some busier places, there are multiple X running in parallel to each
other. For proper identification, these have an additional L (Left), C
(Centre) or R (Right) appended to their number designation.
Give X and Explain why instead of just one, two numbers are needed to
designate X.

ANS
X- Runways
Depending on the direction the
Airplane is landing/taking-off, two
numbers (with difference 18) are used
to designate the runway.
5

QUES 6
Eleanor Roosevelt, the former First Lady of the United States (1933-45), is
known to have held over 300 press conferences over the course of 12
years. These press conferences were special since they were open to a
small, select audience only.
These press conferences initially had a self-imposed ban on any kind of
political topics, but later on covered all sorts of topics like Eleanor’s daily
schedule, low cost menus for households and public policies.
Explain the significance of these press conferences for the “small, select
audience only”.

ANS
These press conferences saved
jobs of women and insured
their access to the news in the
Depression era of the USA.
6

QUES 7
In the clip here from
Spiderman (2002),
Norman Osborn, played by the
brilliant Willem Dafoe, receives
the news of his dismissal from
the board of Oscorp. The
already paranoid and eclectic
Green Goblin then proceeds to
show a variety of emotions in a
microcosm.
What is special about these
emotions?

ANS
Norman Osborn goes through 5
stages of grief - Denial, Anger,
Bargaining, Depression and
Acceptance in this clip.
7

QUES
This heritage structure was built in 1937 without a single screw. Officials claim
that its base reduced to 50% of its original size due to this particular menace.
This menacing act includes slaked lime content has corroded the base,
affecting the structure's strength.
In order to save the structure, officials came up with various ideas like
chemical coatings and fiberglass protection - even taking inspiration from
bollywood and hoped for some divine intervention!
"There will be <redacted> signs written on the fibreglass shields, and
(something) will be added so that people discontinue this activity" one official
said.
Identify the structure and what is the “divine intervention” being talked about
here.
8

ANS
Spitting paan on Howrah
Bridge.
Pictures of gods and
goddesses.
8

QUES 9
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Joseph Schooling made history by winning
Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal. This epic race was supposed to
signal a passing of the torch moment : Schooling won the 100m butterfly,
beating his idol Michael Phelps on the way. He also set a new Olympic
record finishing with a time of 50.39 seconds.
Though the remarkable achievement, Joseph’s thunder was stolen by
another incident that happened in the same race - something that led a
rather awkward podium and only gold and silver medals being given out.
Identify this event.

ANS
Three way tie for Silver Medal
between Michael Phelps, Chad le
Clos and Laszlo Cseh.
9

QUES
Above is an alternative definition of an accident causation model, used in
risk analysis management. It likens human systems to multiple slices of X,
stacked side by side, in which the risk of a threat becoming a reality is
mitigated by the differing layers and types of defenses which are "layered"
behind each other.
Identify X.
10

QUES
A recently rediscovered 1830s song called X recently blew up on TikTok.
John Archer caught wind of its revival before anyone else. From his home
in landlocked Ōhakune, Archer had noticed a sharp uptick in visitors to the
New Zealand Folk Song website he set up in 1998. He suggests that it is the
“cheerful energy and hopeful outlook” – in contrast to other more “dreary”
songs – that has led to X’s rediscovery on social media.
“My guess is that the Covid lockdowns have put millions of young
[people] into a similar situation that young whalers were in 200 years ago
: confined for the foreseeable future, often far from home, running out of
necessities, always in risk of sudden death, and spending long hours with
no communal activities to cheer them up.”
Identify X.
11

QUES 12
“ [...] we left London on Saturday morning at 1⁄2 past 5 or 6, the 31st
July (I have forgot which) we mounted the Dover Coach at Charing
Cross. It was a beautiful morning. The City, St pauls, with the River &
a multitude of little Boats, made a most beautiful sight as we crossed
X. The houses were not overhung by their cloud of smoke & they
were spread out endlessly, yet the sun shone so brightly with such a
pure light that there was even something like the purity of one of
nature's own grand Spectacles.”
Above is an entry from Dorothy's journal. It was freely available to her
brother Y, who said of Dorothy that "She gave me eyes, she gave me
ears" in one of his poems.
What piece of literature did this extract inspire? Or Identify X and Y.

ANS 12
"Composed upon Westminster
Bridge, September 3, 1802" by
Y - William Wordsworth
describing London and the
River Thames, viewed from
X - Westminster Bridge in the
early morning.

RULES
WRITTEN ROUND-2
01.
02.
03.
04.
This Round contains
No bonus points for full
house
Answer via the Team
Whatsapp group
Each question worth
+20/-10 - Stake
+10/0 elsewise

QUES
“Man must riddly talk. But no tricksy. Or boom man head.” – X dwelling in a cave
on Undvik
If while hiking high in the mountains you come across a walking stone, do not
think your eyes deceive you. Instead, draw your sword – for before you stands a
X. True, not every encounter with these creatures ends in a fight - while not
particularly intelligent, they are capable of reason – but it is better to prepare for
the worst. Otherwise, your hike might end not on the summit, but in their stew.
X are able to use fire and simple tools, and some of them have even mastered
the basics of Common Speech. Though linguistic nuances such as conjugations
and declinations escape them, they are extremely fond of riddles, rhymes and all
sorts of wordplay, a fact a witcher in possession of a bit of wit can use to his
advantage.
Identify the beast X from its beastiary entry given above.
1

QUES
X karar - translation friendship contract, was a traditional contract system
from Gujarat, now illegal,that legitimizes a matrimonial-type relationship, most
commonly between a married man and his unmarried mistress. It provides for
a similar live-in relationship to the custom of nata pratha of Rajasthan and MP.
It is commonly used to circumvent the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act,
which prohibits bigamy. The contract is drawn up by a Sub-Registrar with his
seal of affidavit on a stamp-paper of Rs. 10, signed by both parties with two
witnesses. Each contract is customized to the needs of the two parties, and
prescribes financial support by the man to his partner. Though it was never
legally enforceable, it was meant to provide a degree of security to unmarried
woman.
Identify X karar - a practice finding its way back in the society to avoid
cumbersome divorce proceedings.
2

QUES
The video shows a triumphant welcome by a British crowd to a
certain foreigner - rather surprising considering the political
uneasiness between the two respective countries. (Video on
the next page)
Identify the name of the mission the foreigner was part of.
3

QUES
“I wrote to them that law was a lingering profession where success was
uncertain; a stage career was much better, I would now be independent
and not bother them with grants of money at all. My father wrote a long
letter to me strongly disapproving of my project; but there was one
sentence that touched me most: “Do not be a traitor to the family.” I went to
my employers and conveyed to them that I no longer looked forward to a
stage career.”
The signed contract mentioned in the above extract is proof that how
important the stage career was for X - it was possibly his first love. He was
mesmerized by the acting - his dream was to ‘play the role of Romeo at the
Old Vic.’ And this was no passing phase in life- even in later years of his
active political life, he would often read Shakespeare.
But fate had bigger things in mind for X and it was probably the last time he
changed his mind after seriously devoting it to something. Identify X.
4

ANS
Research stations in Antarctica
Bonus

POUNCE &
BOUNCE
ANTI - CLOCKWISE

RULES
POUNCE & BOUNCE ANTI-CLOCKWISE
01.
02.
03.
04.
This Round contains
Points are conserved.
Marking Scheme as
follows:
+20/0 on Direct Question
+20/-10 on Pounce
+10/0 on Bounce
Goes Anti-Clockwise
in order of team 8 to 1

QUES 1
The photo that you see on the next slide, won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in
1980. Till date, it holds a special distinction among the other awards. (Image follows)
The photo was taken by Jahangir Razmi 7 months after the Iranian radicals overthrew the
US backed government. After clicking the photograph, he sent the photo to the newspaper
Ettela'at while staying back himself for his work. At Ettela'at’s head office in Tehran, Mr.
Heydari chose this image from the 70 exposures sent by Razmi.
Mr. Heydari had little time to think -- the afternoon paper was about to go to print. He says
he told himself that the country was conflicted over the killing of the Kurds and angry over
censorship. He decided to publish the photograph, although not in the edition distributed in
the Kurdistan province, where it would be tantamount to a call to arms. The Ettela'at editor
made another snap decision.
By 2 p.m., newsstands across Tehran trumpeted word of the Kurdish executions. The
accompanying photograph was a sensation, and it later went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for
Spot News Photography that year.
What was the other decision that Mr. Heydari made which ultimately resulted in it’s
special distinction among other awards or how was this award announcement
unique/different from others?

QUES 2
MS Dhoni's first major endorsement was an unusual one. It was with a
brand which is not that popular among young people, so they roped
in Dhoni to make their product attractive to the younger generation.
However, this partnership ended in a legal battle which lasted 5 years,
with the company accusing Dhoni of breaching the contract.
The brand came into existence when a state of southern India was
unable to export a certain popular product to Europe during World
War I.
A cartoon was made for this partnership, which edited Dhoni's name
to show the brand’s name. (Picture on next slide)
Identify the brand.

QUES
The following video shows the growth and the eventual refining of the
structure of a slime mold in the presence of multiple nutrient sources (in
white). This slime thus shows more intelligence than a group of qualified
engineers tasked with designing X.
X is an essential entity which is widely used by the citizens of its country.
Identify X and what the positions of the nutrients represent.
3

ANS
X: Japan’s Rail
System
The positions
represent stations.
3

QUES 4
The phrase X was used for expansive empires and showed their size and power over
the world. One of the origins of the phrase can be traced back to Xerxes I, who when
invading Greece said "We shall extend the Persian territory as far as God's heaven
reaches!”
In April of 2432, the Pitcairn Islands will experience their first total solar eclipse since
the mutineers arrived. Luckily, the eclipse happens at a time when the sun is over the
Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.
In fact, no total eclipse for the next thousand years will pass over the Pitcairn Islands
at the right time of day to end the streak. But not forever. Eventually – many
millennia in the future – an eclipse will come for the island, and a certain variation of
X will finally be false.
Identify X.

ANS
X: The empire on
which the sun never
sets.
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QUES 5
In April of this year, McDonald’s Malaysia and Leo Burnett Malaysia
brought to life the first ever McDonald’s Fries X in the heart of the
Golden Triangle in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. This iconic X is
strategically located as it leads visitors straight into Malaysia’s first
McDonald’s restaurant.
The concept, official approval and execution took seven months and
coincided with McDonald’s 4 decades in Malaysia. It aims to
reinvigorate Bukit Bintang’s intersection and spark feel-good
moments to all pedestrians. This iconic X is the start of a larger
campaign to further generate buzz and encourage social fan truths.
What did they do on this intersection?

ANS
McDonald’s Fries Crosswalk
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QUES
This question is about X, an avid rugby enthusiast who, sadly, couldn’t
witness the success of his fellow countrymen in reaching the last four
of the 2007 Rugby World Cup for the first time.
Had things turned out differently, he would’ve been a 79-year-old
cherishing his typically Argentinian love of sport on 7th October 2007.
But life held different challenges for X - he died around 4 decades
before this.
"A lot of teams didn't want him because he was asthmatic. But
despite his scrawny figure, he was surprisingly strong and a very
good tackler."
Identify X.
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QUES 7
“I would find myself squinting at old engineering reports- degraded to
unreadability by repeated photocopying and faxing- because they
contained the only known data on what happens to human skin in a
supersonic wind tunnel, or the effects of nuclear weapons on filing
cabinets.”
These lines are taken from the preface of a book which is full of answers to
similar absurd scientific questions. The author of the book is an ex-NASA
scientist and author to many other such absurdly funny books tackling
lesser thought of scientific problems - but his greatest claim to fame is in
a much shorter format than these books.
Identify his famous work.

QUES
“ Many of the new X are named after streets, towns or areas, which I
figure is an attempt to capture the feeling or ambiance of that
specific locale. The Clarendon, for example, comes from a street in
San Francisco, while Helena is named after the town in Napa, St.
Helena. Brooklyn is pretty easy to figure out, and Ashby comes from
one of the main drags in Berkeley, Calif. ”
This extract is from an article of 2013 when _____ introduced a new
feature and an update to its X, something they were most known for.
Identify X, who’s modern alternatives are named after famous cities
around the world.
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QUES 9
In 2017, the Odisha state cabinet passed a proposal to formally
urge the center to declare X the first war of Independence but was
denied by the Central Government.
X was an armed rebellion against the British East India Company,
projecting Y as the symbol of Odia unity, and the rebellion quickly
spread across Odisha. In 2018 the Government released the
commemoratives coin and postage stamps in memory of X.
Identify X and Y.

ANS
X - Paika Rebellion
Y - Jagannath
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QUES 10
In the 1920s, due to the rise of new technology, a certain group of
musicians were deemed "unnecessary" and "old-fashioned". They used to
work at a popular recreational place where they found jobs due to a
certain technological restrictions of the time. But by the year 1927, this
“robots” were finally upgraded and the musicians were made redundant.
In response, the musicians formed an organisation and spent over
$500,000 on a scathing ad campaign to combat the advancement of this
technology (Pictures on next slide). This occupation no longer exists today
- the robots did actually win!
Where exactly did these musicians work?

ANS
Live Musicians in Movie
Theaters
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QUES 11
In 1889, Van Kannel was awarded the
John Scott Medal by the City of
Philadelphia for the usefulness of his
invention to society. The invention served
as an airlock and prevented the influx of
cold air into buildings on a chilly, windy
day, and reduced the amount of street
noise. An old urban legend holds that
these were invented to deter horses
from entering buildings.
A diagram of the invention is here on the
right.
Identify the invention.

QUES
The following response was observed on twitter after an event, which
followed a miraculous recovery with a 100% success rate. A documentary
followed later, delineating the happenings of the said event.
Identify the event, a product of which made Twitter known worldwide.
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