The 3rd edition of Q-Factor, a quiz by ISTE Students' Chapter, NMAMIT, Nitte held on April 3rd, 2019.

1. Q-Factor 3.0
By Shreyas R P

2. Rules for the Prelims
• 15 questions of 1 mark each and no negative marking.
• Last 5 questions are tie-breakers.
• Teams can block hints by raising their hands and asking
for the same.
• No usage of mobile phones.
• Quiz Master’s decision is final.

3. 1.
• What is the smallest measurable movement of a computer
mouse, typically equal to 1/200th of an inch, or just over
0.1mm?

4. 2.
• Matilda Ziegler is an English television, stage and film
actress who started her career in 1987 with the show East
Enders. In 1989, she went on to star in a popular British
sitcom playing the character of Irma Grobb.
• She reprised her role by lending her voice for the same
character in 2002.
• Identify the sitcom.

5. 3.
Connect
• Je t’aime
• Te amo
• Ich liebe Dich
• Ya tebya liubliu
• Ana bahebak
• Se agapo

6. 4.
• Negilu
• Hagga
• Ada Halege
• Kana Halege
What are these terms associated with?

7. 5.
Connect.

8. 6.
• The game's title is based on the slang term for the severe
friction burns that can occur in a fall where skin comes
into contact with the ground at high speed.
• Six different games were released from 1991 to 2000, and
an alternate version of one game was developed for
the Game Boy Advance.
• Identify the game.

9. 7.
• "At the time, it was the most popular search query we
had ever seen. But we had no surefire way of getting
users exactly what they wanted: J.Lo wearing that dress."
As a result, Schmidt says, “X was born.”
Identify X.

10. 8.
• The invention of the first X is attributed to British Post
Office engineer, Donald Macadie, who became
dissatisfied with the need to carry many separate
instruments required for maintenance
of telecommunications circuits.
Identify X.

11. 9. This is the English translation of which Bollywood song?
• Rise from your own ashes, wake up in the search for redemption.
• You can fly so high as a butterfly, that even the sky would look up
to see you.
• ***
• You won’t find a cool trickster like me.
• This eruption of words will melt my shackles.
• What you sow, you’d only reap that much.
• My ambition is such, that would even scare away fear.
• My dreams are very much alive, how would you bury them?
• Now live with an intent,
• There’s no fear in the heart.
• We’ll cut through every road (obstacles)
• We’ll snatch the victory (from the grasp of defeat)
• I’ve achieved everything with my sweat,
• And now have a meaning to live.

12. 10.
Connect
• Camila Cabello
• Phoebe Robinson
• Lilly Singh
• Jennifer Lopez
• Rita Ora

13. 11.
What will this train station be renamed to bring a fictional idea
to reality?

14. 12.
• Which is the cleanest city in India according to the latest
rankings by the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan scheme?

15. 13.
Connect

16. 14.
• Identify this person.
• Why was his name in the news recently?

17. 15.
• Which is the 3rd most-subscribed channel on Youtube?

18. Answers
1. Mickey
2. Mr. Bean
3. I Love You (In different languages)
4. Kambala
5. Founders of Facebook
6. Road Rash
7. Google Images
8. Multimeter
9. Apna Time Aayega
10. Appeared in the song, Girls Like You
11. Malgudi
12. Indore
13. Torrents
14. Vinoo Mankad. Ashwin dismissing Butler in a recent IPL match
15. 5-minute crafts

19. • End of the Prelims

20. Technical Firsts
• There will be 10 slides consisting of either a picture or
text of a release which was a first in the world
• Write down the answers as accurately as possible
• Scoring for each slide: +5/0
• Bonus of 5 points for getting all 10 answers right

21. 1. 1971

22. 2. 1971
• QWERTYUIOP

23. 3. 1982

24. 4. 1985
• symbolics.com

25. 5. 1992

26. 6. 1995

27. 7. 2000

28. 8. 2003
• “Tere, kas sa kuuled mind?”
(“Hello, can you hear me?”)

29. 9. 2009
• Who are all of the ***** employees?

30. 10. 2010

31. Answers
The first…
1. Virus
2. E-mail
3. Music Album on CD
4. Domain name
5. Image uploaded on the internet
6. Book sold on Amazon
7. Blueprint of Twitter
8. Words spoken on Skype
9. Question asked on Quora
10. Image uploaded on Instagram

32. Infinite Pounce
• There will be a total of 6 questions.
• Every question is addressed to the team succeeding the
team that answered the previous question.
• If no team answers the question, the next question is
addressed to the team succeeding the team to whom the
previous question was addressed.
• When it is not your turn, you can pounce on the question
by raising your hand and writing the answer.
• To the team addressed: +10/0
• To the successive teams: +5/0
• To the pouncing teams: +10/-5

33. 1.
• X was established in Bangalore on 23 December 1940
by Walchand Hirachand who became Chairman of the
company. The company office was opened at a bungalow
called "Eventide" on Domlur Road.
• The Indian Government bought a one-third stake in the
company in April 1941 by investing 25 lakhs as it
believed this to be a strategic imperative. The decision by
the government was primarily motivated to boost British
military hardware supplies in Asia to counter the
increasing threat posed by Imperial Japan during Second
World War.
• Id X.

35. • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

36. 2.
• What is the following a list (exhaustive) of?
• India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam,
Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.

38. • Neighbours of China

39. 3.
• As an engineer, Sujatha Rangarajan supervised the design
and production of X during his tenure at Bharat
Electronics Limited.
• The Industrial designers of X were faculty members at
the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay.
• X was first used in 1982.
Nepal, Bhutan, Namibia and Kenya have purchased
India-manufactured Xs
• Id X.

41. • Electronic Voting Machines ("EVM")

42. 4.
• Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (2 August 1834 – 4 October
1904) was a French sculptor who first got the idea of X in
1865 from his friend Édouard René de Laboulaye.
• After years of work and fundraising, X was inaugurated
in 1886.
• It was rumored in France that the face of X was modeled
after Bartholdi's mother.
• Id X.

44. • The Statue of Liberty

45. 5.
• X was established in 1897.
• X is a supporter of the World Wildlife Fund in India. It
has developed a green business campus in the Vikhroli
township of Mumbai, which includes 200 acre mangrove
forest and a school for the children of company
employees.
• In April 2011, X and Boyce, a Mumbai-based
manufacturer of mechanical typewriters, closed its doors,
leading to a flurry of erroneous news reports that the
"world's last typewriter factory" had shut down. The
reports were quickly debunked.
• Id X

47. • Godrej

48. 6.
• X Van Melle Group B.V. is a privately held Dutch global
manufacturer of confectionery and gum. It was formed in
2001 with the merger of Van Melle of the
Netherlands and the X group of Italy. Its corporate
headquarters is in Schiphol, Netherlands.
• X Van Melle is the third largest confectionery
manufacturer in the world after Mondelēz
International and Mars, Incorporated.
• Alpenliebe, Centre Fresh, Chlor mint, Fruittella,
Happydent, Marbels, Mentos are some of the products
made by X.

51. Long Visual Connect
• A total of 7 slides, each with a short connect.
• The 7 answers together form a long connect
• Scoring for short connect: +10/-5
• Scoring for long connect is mentioned in the slides

52. 1. +500/-250

53. 2. +250/-100

54. 3. +100/-50

55. 4. +70/-30

56. 5. +50/-25

57. 6. +20/-10

58. 7. +10/0

59. Answers
1. Michael Keaton
2. Josh Brolin
3. Michael Fassbender
4. Halle Berry
5. Ben Affleck
6. Tom Hardy
7. Ryan Reynolds
LVC: Actors who played both Marvel and DC characters

60. Thank you