This document contains the questions and instructions for a preliminary quiz round. It provides 24 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions across various topics to test general knowledge. The rules state there are no negative marks, answers will be used as a tiebreaker, and mobile phones must be silenced or turned off. The research team members and date of the quiz round are also listed.

1. Preliminaries

2. RULES
24 questions in the prelims. (One excluded for this
ppt)
No negative marks. So take your best shot.
1 mark per question unless otherwise intimated by the
QM.
In case of a tie, ‘sudden death’ based upon the prelims
answers will be resorted to.
Mobile phones to be switched off and inside
pockets/bags.
Audience’s mobiles on silent mode please.
Quizmaster’s decision will be final and binding.

3. Research Team
Sukanya Lenhardt
Pankaj Phukan
Arindam Phukan
Bhaskar Sharma
Daktar Vinay
Abhra Das (Q 21-24)

4. The following is the preliminary round to ‘Quiz Time’
held on 23rd November 2014 at ITA, Machkhowa.

5. 1
Once when Lord Shiva was engrossed in deep
meditation, three drops of perspiration originated
from his forehead and fell down on the earth. From
those drops manifested a very beautiful infant, who
was of reddish complexion and who had four arms.
The child was handed over to the earth goddess for
upbringing by Lord Shiva. He was named Bhauma as
he was nurtured and brought up by 'Bhumi'. He is
painted red or flame colour, four-armed, carrying a
trident, mace, lotus and a spear. His mount is a ram.
How do we know him better?

6. 2
Print ad by?

7. 3
Why were you born when the snow was falling?
You should have come to ___ _______ _____,
Or when grapes are green in the cluster,
Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster
For their far off flying
From summer dying.
Why did you die when the lambs were cropping?
You should have died at the apples’ dropping,
When the grasshopper comes to trouble,
And the wheat-fields are sodden stubble,
And all winds go sighing
For sweet things dying.
This is a Dirge by Christina Rossetti. Give me the
missing words.

8. 4
"Home Taping Is Killing Music"
was the slogan of a 1980s anti-copyright
infringement campaign
by the British Phonographic
Industry (BPI), a British music
industry trade group. Their logo is
given alongside. This slogan has
been parodied many a times.
Where are you most likely to see
this logo incorporated in current
times?

9. 5
Before the days of trains or cars, port cities which
depended on trade would suffer during a particular
season because the extreme weather prevented
commercial ships from entering the city.
Small ships known as “________” would rescue these
ships by _____ _____ ____ and creating a path for them to
follow.
In common parlance, this word is used in a different
context, usually in social gatherings or interpersonal
meetings. Which word are we talking about?

10. 6
In journalistic parlance, this word is used to refer to the
opening paragraph/ intro of a news story. It usually
contains the most important facts that must be made
known to the reader.
But in order to avoid confusing it with a metal which
was used in typesetting, a deliberate misspelling came
into use in the 20th century which reverted to original,
archaic, phonetic spelling.
Which word, "intended to entice the reader to read the
full story", am I talking about? Or what is the
‘misspelling’.

11. 7
Give the four-lettered word that connects the marked area
of the two pictures.

12. 8
“In the 88th minute we were losing 1-0 and won a
free-kick on the edge of the area. When I took the
kick, the wall [of opposing players] was three metres
away. The referee didn’t book anyone and didn’t do
anything. We lost the game, and driving home later
with a mixture of anger and bitterness, I thought that
we must invent something to stop this.”
These are the words of Argentine journalist Pablo
Silva. What did he do to stop it?

13. 9
Just one of the 20 amino acids present in the human
body. Its name is the same as an Indian brand that was
endorsed by these famous cricketers. The name please.

14. 10
Who or what connects? (inexhaustive list)

15. 11
Who publishes this
fashion and
lifestyle
magazine?

16. 12
(Audio removed- A Black Sabbath Song)
Most people mistakenly associate this song to be
associated with a comic character. However, when a
movie was made featuring the character, this song was
included in its soundtrack, and aptly so. You can also
relate to it from an Indian point of view- specifically a
certain celebration in recent days. Just name the song.

17. 13
The name of this mudra please.

18. 14
This word has its origins in a French word which means
‘to open’. It may be an alcoholic beverage which is usually
dry rather than sweet. Common choices include
vermouth, champagne, pastis, gin, or other styles of dry
sherry and any still, dry, light white wine. It may also
refer to snacks like chocolate, crackers, cheese, pates or
olives. Which word?

19. 15
(Audio removed. Bhupen da’s rendition of ‘Aji
Fagunor Puwa Belatei’
The lyricist please.

20. 16
(Audio removed- Clip of
the song- ‘Blowing in the
Wind’
Expected question maybe.
Who connects these two
items?

21. 17
The arrows represent chronological order. What comes
latest in the chronology?

22. 18
On the left is a male and a female on the right. It is a
migratory bird which breeds in Siberia and Northern
China before migrating across India and over Arabian
Sea to winter in Southern Africa. Just name it.

23. 19
(Audio removed- Song- Aankhon me tera hi chehra’
Down memory lane for some of us. Just name the
band.

24. 20
(Video removed- Clip of the song- Nonsense ki
Night from Happy New Year)
What, according to the designer, is the inspiration
for these costumes?

25. 21
Her name is Conz Preti. This picture recently went viral
on social networking sites like FB,Twitter etc . What is the
reason ? (Next slide : better image)

27. 22
Charles Barbier de la Serre was the creator of night
writing. He was a Captain in the French Army during the
early 19th century. "Ecriture Nocturne" (night writing) was
invented in response to Napoleon's demand for a code that
soldiers could use to communicate silently and without
light at night.
Barbier's system was related to the Polybius square in which
a two-digit code represents a letter. This system later
inspired what ?

28. 23
Waldi was the first official Olympic mascot. Created for
the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was a
dachshund, a popular breed of dog from Germany. Waldi
was created by German designer Otl Aicher. Otl Aicher
also known as Otto Aicher was a German graphic
designer and typographer who is best remembered for
designing which famous logo?

29. 24
-------- Airport Doncaster Sheffield is an international
airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at
Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
within South Yorkshire, England.
The airport lies 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southeast
of Doncaster and 18 mi (29 km) east of Sheffield. Handling
around 700,000 passengers in 2012, ---------Airport is the
smaller of Yorkshire's two large commercial airports, the
other being Leeds Bradford Airport.
The airport's first commercial flight flew to Palma de
Mallorca in Majorca, departing at 0915 on 28 April 2005.
This is the probably only airport to have been named after
a fictional character. Name it.

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