1. The document summarizes the questions and answers from a quiz meet held on 17-01-2012 with Prakhar Gupta as the Quizmaster. 2. It includes questions ranging from identifying movies from posters, people like Jack the Ripper, scientific inventors with IIT connections, and politicians like Winston Churchill. 3. The questions cover topics in history, science, literature and general knowledge and the document serves to record the interactions and scores from the quiz meet.

1. QUIZ MEET
17-01-2012
Quizmaster -
Prakhar Gupta

2. Question 1
What was originally published
intending to parody these 4
popular comics of 80’s?

3. Answer
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

4. Question 2
Identify the movie from its minimalist
poster.

5. Answer

6. Question 3
Washington Post reported that "India was offered a X
55 years ago, in 1955. But that offer, made by the
United States and the Soviet Union, was declined by
India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru
said the X should be given to China instead." . This
decision by Nehru is seen as a blunder and the loss of
an opportunity to attain a stronger diplomatic stature
by India.ID X.

7. Answer
 Permanent seat at the UN security council.

8. Question 4
X was a Castilian nobleman , military leader and
diplomat. The title given to him in Spanish translates
to "The lord-master of military arts“. He fought for Y
as well as his brother Z when the former was executed
by the later. Later he was exiled by Z and fought for the
Moors. ID X.

9. Answer
 X-Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar known as El Cid
Campeador
Y-King Sancho II
Z-King Alfonso VI

10. Question 5
The flag is designed to portray the "future history" of
X. The red bar, which lies closest to the
mast, symbolizes X as it is today. The green and blue
symbolize stages in the possible terraforming of
X should humanity ever have the will and the ability to
undertake such a task.ID X.

11. Answer
 Mars

12. Question 6
Identify the lady and her unique
distinction

13. Answer
 Graça Machel. She is the third wife of former
South African president Nelson Mandela and
the widow of Mozambican president Samora
Machel. Only person to be the spouse of head
of two different countries.

14. Question 7
Connect-
 Satan’s Alley
 The Scorcher
 The Fatties: Fart 2
 Bust-A-Nut
 Booty Sweet

15. Answer
Tropic Thunder

16. Question 8
X is the only sport that women contest in olympics but
men do not. The sport has been played from 1996 to
2008 but IOC has voted to drop it from 2012
olympics.ID X.

17. Answer
 Softball

18. Question 9
 Whose work.
1.Dear Boss,I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just
yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the righttrack.
That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant
quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady
no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start
again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the
proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went
thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do
I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't
you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My
knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good
Luck. Yours truly
X
Dont mind me giving the trade name
PS: Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it
No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha

19. 2.I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the
tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work tomorrow
double event this time number one squealed a bit
couldn't finish straight off. Had not got time to get ears
off for police thanks for keeping last letter back till I
got to work again.
X

20. 3.From hell
Mr Lusk
Sor
I send you half the Kidne I took from one women
prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was
very nise. I may send you the bloody knif that took it
out if you only wate a whil longer
signed
Catch me when you Can Mishter Lusk.

21. Answer
Jack the Ripper

22. Question 10
X used ancient Sanskrit terminology in his
descriptions of natural phenomena. As early as 1891 X
described the universe as a kinetic system filled with
energy which could be harnessed at any location. His
concepts during the following years were greatly
influenced by the teachings of Y . After meeting Y and
after continued study of the Eastern view of the
mechanisms driving the material world, X began using
the Sanskrit words Akasha, Prana, and the concept
of a luminiferous ether to describe the
source, existence and construction of matter.ID X and
Y

23. Answer
Vivekananda & Nicolas Tesla

24. Question 11
One of the Navratnas of Akbar’s court, he was the son
of a schoolmaster. He mastered Persian and
Arabic, philosophy and astronomy. He was accepted
by Akbar but was disappointed when he was put in
charge of the poultry house. He later went onto to
become famous with a dish that he created, which
according to legend happened when he asked for one
particular ingredient to be increased.Identify him.

25. Mulla Do Pyaza

26. Question 12
 Google founder Sergey Brin wrote on his blog:
"Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a
good chance a little bit of X is behind it."
 As Google emerged from Stanford, Brin wrote: “X remained
a friend and advisor as he has with many people and
startups since. At Stanford, it is with X that I have stayed
the closest and I will miss him dearly. Yet his legacy and
personality lives on in the students, projects, and
companies he has touched."
ID X.

27.  Hint – The guy has an strong IITK connect.

28. Answers
 Rajiv Motwani

29. Question 13
This bird is known as Maldhok in vernacular tongue.
Spread across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan, this bird is now threatened by incessant
loss of habitat. Name this bird, which Salim Ali had
proposed to be the national bird of India but this could
not be done because the misspelling of the bird’s name
may result in otherwise abusive word for the country.

30. Answers
The Great Indian Bustard

31. Question 16
 X were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old
Norse literature to have fought in a nearly
uncontrollable, trance-like fury, a characteristic
which later gave rise to the English word Y.
Give me X and Y??

32. X – Berserker Y - Berserk

33. Question 17
 X was born on June 16. His nickname is Tilu. By his
own admission, Y had based X on Professor
Challenger, by Arthur Conan Doyle. X is a polyglot
who knows 69 languages. His pet cat 'Newton' is 24
years old. His inventions include
 Evolutin - A drug that makes people evolve 10
thousand years in 5 minutes.
 Snuff Gun - A gun that causes snuffing for thirty
three hours

35. Question 18
X was born into the aristocratic family of the Dukes of
Marlborough. His father, Lord Randolph, was a
charismatic politician who served as Chancellor of the
Exchequer; his mother, Jenny Jerome, an American
socialite. He gained fame as a war correspondent and
through books he wrote about his campaigns. He won
the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, and was the first
person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United
States.ID X..

36. Answer
Sir Winston Churchill