The latest edition of Qriocity : an Interschool Quiz

1. Qriocity 2K14 - Prelims
Welcome one and all

2. Rules
• 20 Questions
• No negatives, feel free to guess
• Multiples of 5 are starred
• Use of electronic devices is injurious to answer
sheet.
• 42 is not the answer of any question
• Have fun

3. ID 'X' and 'Y'
• ‘'X'’ is an ancient form of melodic story-telling where
narration is interspersed with music. This art hails from
South Kerala and Kanyakumari and Thovalai of Tamil
Nadu.
• The main storyteller narrates the story striking the
______ which rests on a mud pot kept facing
downwards. A co-performer beats the pot while
singing.
• The logo of an upcoming and highly anticipated Tamil
film 'Y' is a direct reference to 'X'
1

4. Answer
• 'X': Villu paatu
• 'Y': Uthama Villain

5. Put Funda
2

6. Answer
• Apple’s dig at Microsoft, which has got their
HQ at Redmond, Washington.

7. FITB
Rupturing of the proximal head of the biceps
tendon involves one of two heads of the tendon.
After the ruptured tendon retracts, patients may
notice a bulge in their arm at the biceps muscle.
Doctors often refer to it as ________ syndrome.
3

8. Answer
• Popeye Syndrome

9. • ID the man
4

10. Answer
• Dan Gurney, the first to start the tradition of
spraying champagne in the winner’s podium
after a race.

11. • This inset is the FIFA Executive Committee
Boardroom at their headquarters in Zurich,
Switzerland.
• Here, nations are made to submit to FIFA's
demands that benefit corporate sponsors. Its
design was cleverly compared to another
room from the world of fiction. Which one?
5

13. Answer
The war room in Stanley Kubrick's
Dr. Strangelove.

14. • Brick Mansions was Paul Walker's last
completed film before his untimely death on
November 30, 2013. His co-star David Belle, is
deemed the co-founder and pioneer of which
physical discipline formerly known as méthode
naturelle?
6

15. Answer
Parkour

16. • ID the artists and the original song
7

17. Answer
• Artists: Will.I.Am; Cody Wise
• Original Track: A.R. Rahman’s Urvasi Urvasi
from Kadhalan

18. • The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) makes
it a federal crime to access a computer without
authorization, or in a way that exceeds
authorization.
• It has redundant provisions that enable a person
to be punished multiple times for the same
crime.
• It was then redrafted with most of its flaws fixed
and named after its most famous victim. What is
it now called as?
8

19. Answer
• Aaron’s Law; as a tribute to Aaron Swartz

20. • ID the project from its logo
9

21. Answer

22. • In 1976, cameraman innovator Garret Brown
had a problem to solve: how to make a hand-
held shot appear smooth and fluid rather than
shaky. Back then, the only way to move a
camera was either by mounting it on a dolly,
or by holding it over your shoulder. Garret
needed a technology that allowed for the
smoothness of a dolly, with the freedom of
the hand-held technique, which made him
invent 'X‘.
10

23. Answer
• Steadicam

24. • The patterns of X have long confused evolutionary
biologists, right back to Darwin and Wallace.
• Using computer models and simulations, researchers
have now discovered that the patterns is similar in
function to a type of ship camouflage which works not
by concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a
target's range, speed and heading.
• ID the animal, and the type of camouflage .
11

25. Answer
• Zebra
• Dazzle Camouflage

26. • ID 'X' and 'Y' from the given list
• Zeus (Neutral)
• Hera ('X')
• Artemis ('Y')
• Apollo ('Y')
• Hades (Neutral)
• Aphrodite ('Y')
• Ares ('Y')
• Athena ('X')
• Hermes (Neutral)
• Poseidon ('X')
• Hephaestus ('X')
12

27. Answer
• 'X': Achaeans
• 'Y': Trojans
• The list is about siding of gods in the Trojan
war

28. • ID the brand from its logo
13

29. Answer

30. ID the Album
• The artwork for this album was brought up on
the idea of how different each member of the
group is from each other and how each one is
like a different animal.
• The lead singer is represented by a fox, the
drummer by a mountain lion, the rhythm
guitarist by an owl, the bassist by a gazelle,
and the lead guitarist as the bison.
14

31. Answer

32. • What is this table about?
15

33. Answer
• Dimension of A series standard paper

34. • This is a Technical Drawing of which famous
landmark?
16

35. Answer
• The Kaaba

36. ID X
• ‘X’ became the second governor of Fort St.
George, the British East India Company's post at
Madras, India, in 1687 and was instrumental in
the development of the Govt. General Hospital.
• He was then removed from the post after being
accused of corruption.
• We know him as the donor of funds that
eventually funded the university that is now
named after him.
17

37. Answer
• Elihu Yale
• Yale University

38. • In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP national
vice president Surinder Singh Ahluwalia won
the Darjeeling seat in northern West Bengal by
defeating his opponent 'X'; a reality dance
show (Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa) winner from the
Trinamool Congress by 196,795 votes.
• But, most of us know 'X' for his professional
career. who is he?
18

39. Answer
• Baichung Bhutia

40. • ID the movie and its centric character
19

41. Answer
• The Imitation Game; Alan Turing

42. ID
• News, TV shows and movies often portray ‘X’ as a
gunshot fired from an extremely close range
that's not quite close enough to be a contact
shot.
• The true definition is that, ‘X’ is the range at
which a given weapon/ammunition combination
can be fired at the center or vital area of a target
and hit it without the shooter having to adjust
the elevation of the weapon to account for the
effect of gravity on the projectile's trajectory.
20

43. Answer
• Point Blank range