The prelims of the first quiz from Quiz Club for juniors.

1. QuizZathon
Prelims
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2. 1. Who?
 His grandfather was barber to Lord
Mountbatten and Nehru. His father was a
barber too.
 He now runs 329+ salons in 90 cities and 42
training academies across Asia.

3. 2. What could this be?

5. 3. What does this table denote?
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
1 Northern
Kashmir
2 Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
3 Western Rajasthan and Gujarat
4 Western Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
5 Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
6 Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu
7 Eastern West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern
8 Eastern Bihar & Jharkand

6. 4*
 109:23:38 Mr. X: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The
LM footpads are only depressed in the surface
about 1 or 2 inches, although the surface appears to
be very, very fine grained, as you get close to it. It's
almost like a powder. Ground mass is very fine.
109:24:13 Mr. X: I'm going to step off the LM now.
What follows is a very famous quote from Mr. X,
Identify the quote and X.

7. 5. Not Rajinikanth!
An Internet phenomenon began in 2005, ascribing various
implausible or impossible feats to a certain “tough guy”.
Some examples:
 “When _____ _____ falls in water, _____ _______ doesn't get wet. Water
gets _____ _______.”
 “When _____ _____ does pushups, he doesn't lift himself up. He pushes the
world down.”
 “_____ _____ „s tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever.”
 “_____ ______ counted to infinity- twice.”
 “There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures _____ ______has
allowed to live.”
 “_____ _____ can eat just one Lay‟s Chip.”

8. 6. Identify
 _______ is a Caribbean island
that forms part of Haiti, off the
northwest coast of Hispaniola.
Its name in both Spanish and
French means "Turtle Island" or
"Tortoise Island", and it is
sometimes called that in
English. In the 17th century, it
was a major center of Caribbean
piracy.

9. 7.
 In terms of holidays/observances in many parts of
the world, what connects the second Sunday in May
and the third Sunday in June?

10. 8. Identify this Dominican-origin actress. In which
2009 film did you see and not actually see her?

11. 9. What are we looking at?

12. 10.* What is common to them?
 George Yule
 William Wedderbern
 Alfred Webb
 Henry Cotton
 Annie Beasant

13. 11. Irony!
 This cricketer was considered perhaps the greatest
all-rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-
class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32. He was
also a fine batsman (4,140first-class runs with a
batting average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a
result of rheumatism.
 He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer
of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his retirement
from first-class cricket. Identify

14. 12.* Name the cartoonist.

15. 13. What?
When its name was changed some years
ago, Outlook Magazine called it “The biggest
sex change in the History of Modern India”.

16. 14.
 The Sanskrit name for this syllable is Pranava, from
a root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal pra-nu-
being attested as “to make a humming or droning
sound” in the Brahmanas, and taking the specific
meaning of "to utter the syllable" in the Chandogya
Upanishad and the Shrauta Sutras. The Mandukya
Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of
the syllable.
 Which syllable are we talking about?

17. 15. Where would you find this pattern?

18. 16.
 On April 8, 1929, the Central Legislative Assembly
proceedings began with the president giving his
ruling on the Trade Disputes Bill. He next said: “I
now proceed to give my ruling on the Public Safety
Bill”.
 But this ruling was never given on that day. Why?

19. 17. What‟s the significance of this poster?

20. 18. Dedicated to Deepak Venkatesh, 2k8 senior
 Way back in 1883, the Sind-Punjab-Delhi region of
India had a very peculiar problem. The railways
came up with a innovative solution to solve this
problem, this solution from the 1880s have become a
fairly large revenue earner for the Indian railways.
What is this idea??

21. 19. Identify.

22. 20.
X was originally invented by Max Keith in
Germany in 1940 when World War II made
it difficult to get the Coca-Cola syrup to Nazi
Germany. X was originally made from
byproducts of cheese and jam production.
The name comes from the German word for
imagination because the inventors thought
that imagination was needed to taste
oranges from the strange mix.

23. 21. What‟s been blanked?

25. 22. Dedicated to Rahul Jha, 2k8 senior
 In the old theatres, a mixture of CaCO3 and
Phosphorous was used to produce effects on stage.
 Which phrase originates from this?

26. ANSWERS

27. 1. Who?
 His grandfather was barber to Lord
Mountbatten and Nehru. His father was a
barber too.
 He now runs 329+ salons in 90 cities and 42
training academies across Asia.

28. Jawed Habib

29. 2. What could this be?

31. MegaSitter
Wardrobe of Mario

32. 3. What does this table denote?
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
1 Northern
Kashmir
2 Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
3 Western Rajasthan and Gujarat
4 Western Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
5 Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
6 Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu
7 Eastern West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern
8 Eastern Bihar & Jharkand

33. PIN CODE CLASSIFICATION

34. 4*
 109:23:38 Mr. X: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The
LM footpads are only depressed in the surface
about 1 or 2 inches, although the surface appears to
be very, very fine grained, as you get close to it. It's
almost like a powder. Ground mass is very fine.
109:24:13 Mr. X: I'm going to step off the LM now.
What follows is a very famous quote from Mr. X,
Identify the quote and X.

35. Neil Armstrong. RIP.
 “That's one small step for
[a] man, one giant leap
for mankind”

36. 5. Not Rajinikanth!
An Internet phenomenon began in 2005, ascribing various
implausible or impossible feats to a certain “tough guy”.
Some examples:
 “When _____ _____ falls in water, _____ _______ doesn't get wet. Water
gets _____ _______.”
 “When _____ _____ does pushups, he doesn't lift himself up. He pushes the
world down.”
 “_____ _____ „s tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever.”
 “_____ ______ counted to infinity- twice.”
 “There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures _____ ______has
allowed to live.”
 “_____ _____ can eat just one Lay‟s Chip.”

37. Chuck Norris! Who else? :P

38. 6. Identify
 _______ is a Caribbean island
that forms part of Haiti, off the
northwest coast of Hispaniola.
Its name in both Spanish and
French means "Turtle Island" or
"Tortoise Island", and it is
sometimes called that in
English. In the 17th century, it
was a major center of Caribbean
piracy.

39. Tortuga!

40. 7.
 In terms of holidays/observances in many parts of
the world, what connects the second Sunday in May
and the third Sunday in June?

41. Mother‟s Day & Father‟s Day

42. 8. Identify this Dominican-origin actress. In which
2009 film did you see and not actually see her?

43. Zoe Saldana

44. 9. What are we looking at?

45. Crypts of Shah Jahan & Mumtaj Mahal

46. 10.* What is common to them?
 George Yule
 William Wedderbern
 Alfred Webb
 Henry Cotton
 Annie Beasant

47. British Presidents of INC

48. 11. Irony!
 This cricketer was considered perhaps the greatest
all-rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-
class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32. He was
also a fine batsman (4,140first-class runs with a
batting average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a
result of rheumatism.
 He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer
of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his retirement
from first-class cricket. Identify

49. John Wisden

50. 12.* Name the cartoonist.

51. Aseem Trivedi

52. 13. What?
When its name was changed some years
ago, Outlook Magazine called it “The biggest
sex change in the History of Modern India”.

53. VT to CST

54. 14.
 The Sanskrit name for this syllable is Pranava, from
a root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal pra-nu-
being attested as “to make a humming or droning
sound” in the Brahmanas, and taking the specific
meaning of "to utter the syllable" in the Chandogya
Upanishad and the Shrauta Sutras. The Mandukya
Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of
the syllable.
 Which syllable are we talking about?

56. 15. Where would you find this pattern?

57. Twist Lick  Dunk.

58. 16.
 On April 8, 1929, the Central Legislative Assembly
proceedings began with the president giving his
ruling on the Trade Disputes Bill. He next said: “I
now proceed to give my ruling on the Public Safety
Bill”.
 But this ruling was never given on that day. Why?

59.  Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt bombed the
Assembly.

60. 17. What‟s the significance of this poster?

61. Only Olympic Cricket Match, Paris 1900

62. 18. Dedicated to Deepak Venkatesh, 2k8 senior
 Way back in 1883, the Sind-Punjab-Delhi region of
India had a very peculiar problem. The railways
came up with a innovative solution to solve this
problem, this solution from the 1880s have become a
fairly large revenue earner for the Indian railways.
What is this idea??

63. Platform Tickets

64. 19. Identify.

66. 20.
X was originally invented by Max Keith in
Germany in 1940 when World War II made
it difficult to get the Coca-Cola syrup to Nazi
Germany. X was originally made from
byproducts of cheese and jam production.
The name comes from the German word for
imagination because the inventors thought
that imagination was needed to taste
oranges from the strange mix.

67. Fanta (from Fantasy)

68. 21. What‟s been blanked?

70. 22. Dedicated to Rahul Jha, 2k8 senior
 In the old theatres, a mixture of CaCO3 and
Phosphorous was used to produce effects on stage.
 Which phrase originates from this?

71. To be in the „limelight‟

72. Finals Coming Up…..