This document provides a quiz with multiple choice questions and answers about various topics. It includes the names of three quizmasters and 15 questions with answers on subjects like films, mythology, sports events, science, television shows, and history. The questions cover identifying people, events, inventions, and more based on images or descriptions provided.

1. War of Words 2k13
Q 'n' A
(prelims answers)
quizmasters
Abhinandan Seshadri
Suraj Suresh
Venkat Athmanathan

2. 1.
 This is a still from Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher’s
latest film. Who is he playing in this film?

3. Steve Jobs

4. 2.
 X was a son of King Aeolus and Enarete. As a
punishment from the gods for an act of trickery, X was
made to roll a huge boulder up a steep hill. Before he
could reach the top, however, the massive stone would
always roll back down, forcing him to begin again.
 The maddening nature of the punishment made all X’s
efforts useless and caused him unending frustration.
 A variant of X’s name is used as an adjective to
describe the type of tasks mentioned above. Identify.

5. Sisyphus.
Sisyphean.

6. 3.
 This is the logo of which international event?

7. ICC Women’s World Cup 2013

8. 4.
 According to popular belief, the original formulation for X was
identified by Ashwin Kumar twins for a sage to help him regain his
youthfulness.
 The first historically documented formula for X is found in the 2000
year old Charak Samhita, the ancient Ayurvedic treatise written by sage
Charak.
 Prepared with an amalgam of herbs and plant extracts, X’s benefits
include maintaining the body's youthfulness, vigor and vitality. Its
antioxidant properties neutralise free radicals that cause cell decay and
aging. This helps protects the body from common diseases and delays
the process of aging.
 What is X?

9. Chyawanprash

10. 5.
 In 1957, these two men
formed their own
animation studio, named
after their surnames and
were responsible for many
succesful programs. Their
most famous creation
however to date continues
to be X.

Identify these two and X.

11. William Hannah & Joseph Barbera

12. 6.
 Google Search has a feature that displays suggested
results as the user types.
 What’s this feature called?

13. Google Instant

14. 7.
This
phenomenon is
caused by the
collision of
energetic
charged particles
with atoms in
the
thermosphere.
What is it
called?

15. Aurora
Aurora Borealis

16. 8.
 The T.V. show ‘The Simpsons’ is well known for its
parodies. Here is a clever wordplay which denotes a
very famous book. This book was in turn made into a
movie. Which movie?

17. Between A Rock & a Hard
Place
127 Hours

18. 9.
 Only three three sets of letters on the standard
typewriter and computer keyboards are found in
alphabetical order when read from left to right.
 One set is O-P. Which are the other two?

19. 1. F-G-H
2.J-K-L

20. 10.
 This is a picture of a French
mathematician & physicist
who is best known for
initiating _________ and
their applications to
problems of heat transfer &
vibrations.
 He is also generally credited
with the discovery of the
greenhouse effect.
 Who is he?

21. Joseph Fourier

22. 11.
 This is a French Revolution
era painting by an artist
called Eugène Delacroix
that personifies Liberty.
 In 2008, a popular rock
band used this image for
their album’s cover. It went
on to win a Grammy for
“Best Rock Album” in 2009
Grammy Awards.
 Which album?

24. Coldplay’s Viva La Vida

25. 12.
 Connect.

26. Versions of Apple’s MAC OSX
1. Panther
2. Snow Leopard
3. Mountain Lion

27. 13.
Who is the speaker?

28. John F. Kennedy

29. 14.
This is a picture of a recent phenomenon that took place
somewhere on Earth. What’s happening & where?

30. Meteor strike in Russia on 15th Feb

31. 15.
How many "minutes of terror" were there between
Curiosity entering Mars's atmosphere and the
touchdown?

32. “7 minutes of terror”