This quiz was conducted by Team Learningroots at Sathaye College during Synergy 2017.

1. Quizards
Final

2. • Three rounds
• Round 1: 16 CW infinite bounce (+10/-0 on direct), (+10/-10 on pounce). Wherever the
question demands two part answer, both parts required on pounce
• Round 2: SYNERGY written round
• Round 3: 16 ACW infinite bounce (+10/-0 on direct), (+10/-10 on pounce). Wherever
the question demands two part answer, both parts required on pounce
Rules of the game

3. Round 1

4. _____X_____ - _____Y_____
Sofía Vergara - Padmapriya Janakiraman
Emjay Anthony - Svar Kamble
John Leguizamo - Chandan Roy Sanyal
Scarlett Johansson - Sobhita Dhulipala
Who is X? Who is Y?
Q

5. X - Jon Favreau
Y - Saif Ali Khan
Answer

6. In Babel No More, Michael Erard delves into the lives
and minds of intriguing individuals and discovers the
upper limit of the human ability to do this.
Some of the names that you would associate with this
are: Alexander Argüelles, Ray Gillon, Steven Kaufmann,
Timothy Doner, Emanuele Marini, Richard Simcott, Luca
Lampariello, and Ziad Fazah.
What’s this or what’s the term used for these folks?
Q

7. Polyglotism / hyperpolyglot
Answer

8. Q
There is a 15 paise surcharge collected by Maharashtra state since 1971. It was started
after the Indo-Pak war, so that the refugees could be provided relief by the government.
Through this, as per RTI, an amount of Rs 388.96 crore has been collected and has not
been used for the intended purpose. Hence, a PIL was filed in 2014 demanding the
authority to either stop the surcharge or use it for noble causes, such as tackling drought,
malnutrition and protection of women.
Where will you find this 15 paise surcharge?

9. Bus tickets
Answer

10. Q
Ravindra Kelekar is the only one (so far) to have received Jnanpith Award for his writing in
X language. Satya Vrat Shastri is the only (so far) to have received Jnanpith Award for his
writing in Y language. What’s X and what’s Y?

11. Ravindra Kelekar - Konkani
Satya Vrat Shastri - Sanskrit
Answer

12. Q
‘Rogapahari Vigyanam Lok Kalyanasadhanam’
meaning ‘alleviating human suffering through Science
and thereby serving the welfare of the people’ is the
mandate of this institute.
The logo of the institute also incorporates the flask
which was specifically designed for the culture of the
plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
Which institute is this?

13. Haffkine Institute
Answer

14. Q
Have a look at the graph on the next slide.
What is this a graph of?
What is the green dot in the top right corner?

16. Graph of the most expensive paintings
The green dot is Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi
which was sold at $450 million in 2017.
Answer

17. Q
In 1976, when the author in question died, a 19-month-old girl from Qatar was brought
to Hammersmith Hospital, London, suffering from a mysterious disease. A nurse noticed
that the symptoms resembled those of victims in The Pale Horse.
When she reported this, doctors immediately tested for this element X (atomic number
81), found it, changed the treatment and saved the girl's life. Inquiries revealed that her
parents had been using X Sulphate to kill cockroaches in their home.
Who is the author and what’s the element?

18. Agatha Christie, Thallium
Answer

19. Q
If you look at Google India trends of 2017, searches for “how to” looked like:
1) How to ______ 6) How to file GST returns
2) How to book Jio phone 7) How to invest in mutual funds
3) How to buy bitcoin in India 8) How to mine bitcoin
4) How to take a screenshot 9) How to vote for Bigg Boss 11
5) How to remove holi color from face 10) How to buy ethereum in india

20. How to link Aadhaar with PAN card
Answer

21. This is a 2015 novel by X and the title is a reference to Y.
X has long been enchanted by Y and images from Y can
be found woven into much of X’s works.
When asked on a radio programme what book he’d take
to console himself, the answer was Y.
What’s X and what’s Y?
Q

22. Salman Rushdie & Arabian Nights or One Thousand and
One Nights
Two years, eight months and 28 nights = 1,001 nights
Answer

23. Q
Oyakodon (literally meaning “parent-and-child donburi”) is a Japanese rice bowl dish
which was invented at Tamahide, a nearly 300 year old Tokyo restaurant, in 1891.
The recipe used at Tamahide is now used as the standard recipe for this dish in Japan and
the name of the dish is a poetic reflection on the ingredients used to make the dish.
What ingredients are these?

24. Chicken (parent) and eggs (child)
Answer

25. Q
X’s first major marketing campaign, “Did You Mean X?”, began slowly rolling out in
January 2017, but it is not what you might expect from an established brand looking to
say “Hello” and introduce itself to a new audience. Instead of the expected brand
campaign, the company created an ecosystem of additive, artful and playful experiences.
This inspired a collection of cultural activations, from creating hit singles and a new brand
of potato chips, to starting fashion trends and making short films about singing
sandwiches. What is X? (image from the campaign on the next slide)

27. MailChimp
Answer

28. Q
In February 2017, advertising for the show X starring (Timothy Olyphant and Drew
Barrymore) sparked criticism in Germany, where Netflix promoted the show with posters
depicting a human finger sliced up like Y, a popular German fast food dish.
After receiving more than 50 complaints that the advertising was glorifying violence and
inducing fear, especially in children, the German Advertising Council forwarded the
complaints to the company. Netflix then decided to end the campaign and remove all
posters (image on the next slide)
Identify X and Y.

30. X - Santa Clarita Diet; Y - Currywurst
Answer

31. Q
In response to X, Vox made a video titled ‘Why this elbow is X?’
The video accepted the fact that the data mentioned in the video did not reflect the
experiences accurately and there was over-and-under-representation. What we are
seeing is just tip of the elbow, the video concluded.
What is being discussed here?

32. TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers
That elbow in the lower right-hand corner is attached to
a young hospital worker from Texas, who anonymously
reported her harassment for fear of the negative impact
it could have on her and her family.
It represents a much larger contingent than the women
on the cover: the silence keepers.
Answer

33. Q
This is a Google Doodle honoring the Sir Fredrick Banting.
Banting pioneered the use of X to treat patients suffering
from Y back in 1922.
Identify X and Y.

34. X - Insulin
Y - Diabetes
Answer

35. Q
Stacey Kent is an American jazz singer and X has written multiple songs of her last few
albums. In an interview, X said, “One of the key things I learnt writing lyrics – and this had
an enormous influence on my fiction – was that with an intimate, confiding, first-person
song, the meaning must not be self-sufficient on the page. It has to be oblique,
sometimes you have to read between the lines.” Identify X.

36. Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer

37. Q
This is an American sports entertainment group on YouTube which consists of twins Coby
and Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones, and Tyler Toney. With over 4.2 billion total
views and 24 million subscribers as of December 2017, they are the 13th most subscribed
channel.
Their channel consists of trick shot videos, battles (where they compete in various
competitions), and a series called Stereotypes, along with occasional videos that do not
belong in any of these categories.
What’s the name of the group?

38. Dude Perfect
Answer

39. SYNERGY

40. S
The “American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language” cites the conventional
wisdom that the word X originated “from the practice in baseball of arranging the
diamond with the batter facing east to avoid the afternoon sun. A left-handed pitcher
facing west would therefore have his pitching arm toward the south of the diamond.”
Identify the term X.

41. Southpaw
Answer

42. Y
These are the last six Macintosh operating systems. What has been blanked out?
2012: OS X Mountain Lion
2013: OS X Mavericks
2014: OS X ________
2015: OS X El Capitan
2016: macOS Sierra
2017: macOS High Sierra

43. Yosemite
Answer

44. N
In its 2013 decision in People’s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, the Supreme
Court declared that a sign had to be designed that needed to be “simple and
unambiguous, denoting disapproval”.
In light of this ruling, Prof. Tarun Deep Girdher and his team at NID, Ahmedabad were
tasked with creating such a sign. In September 2015, his design – a rectangle
superimposed with a cross – was granted official approval.
What was the design?

45. NOTA symbol
None of the above option on Electronic Voting Machines
Answer

46. E
One night in 1977, at the age of 29, after having
suffered from long periods of depression, he
experienced an inner transformation.
He is best known as the author of ‘The Power of
Now’ and ‘A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's
Purpose’. In 2008, an article in The New York
Times referred to him as "the most popular
spiritual author in the United States".
Identify.

47. Eckhart Tolle
Answer

48. R
The lyrics of her signature song are autobiographical and won three Grammy Awards in
2008, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance. What’s the blanked out word?
They tried to make me go to ______ I said, no, no, no
Yes, I been black but when I come back, you'll know, know, know
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me go to ______, I won't go, go, go
I'd rather be at home with a Ray, I ain't got seventy days, 'Cause there's nothing,
there's nothing you can teach me, that I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway

49. Rehab by Amy Winehouse
Answer

50. G
Viceroy's House is British-Indian historical
drama film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian
Anderson, Manish Dayal, and Huma Qureshi. It
was released as Partition: 1947 in Hindi.
Who directed the film?

51. Gurinder Chadha
Answer

52. Y
Incorporating the artist’s famous green apple piece, and her slogan art, plus her winsome
white hat, this Lego figurine was created out of 240 pieces by Lego “Master Sculptor”
Veronica Watson.
Who is the artist?

53. Yoko Ono
Answer

54. Round 2

55. Q
Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam is a temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha.
Between 1320 and 1360, Malik Kafur, a general of Alauddin Khilji, invaded South India
and it is said that 13,000 devotees died in the fierce battle defending the temple.
But the sanctum’s idols were pre-emptively removed by the senior-most acharya before
the troops reached Srirangam and moved to a safe location. After the cessation of the
invasions, these were once again shifted back to Srirangam.
Where were they kept?

56. Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati
Answer

57. Q
These were the reactions to a November 2017 announcement. What are they talking
about?

58. Star India tuning out Channel V
Answer

59. Q
On the first season DVD director’s
commentary, the creator X said that his
first ideas for the show’s name were
‘Aloha, Mars!’ and ‘Doomsville’ but both
titles were met with indifference.
The title they eventually settled on was
lifted from the 1939 New York World's Fair
where visitors lined up for the General
Motors pavilion and its exhibit called Y.
Identify X and Y.

60. Matt Groening and Futurama
Answer

61. Q
In 2013, Giorgos Katidis, while playing for AEK Athens, scored winning goal against Veria
F.C. and celebrated in a certain way. Apparently, he was simply pointing at Michalis Pavlis
in the stands to dedicate the goal to his team-mate who was battling multiple sclerosis at
that time.
He later said, “I sincerely apologize to my teammates and everyone involved with the
club that I have insulted in not knowing exactly what I had done in my celebration.
Nonetheless, the fact that I did not know what I was doing is no excuse.”
The Hellenic Football Federation imposed a lifetime ban on Katidis, barring him from
participating in all Greek national teams. What did he do?

62. Nazi salute
Answer

63. Q
Critterati is a luxury hotel located in Gurugram and claims to be the first of its kind in
India. They have various packages depending on hourly stay, short stay, full day stay and
so on that go on for 7-14-21 and 30+ days and offer standard and deluxe rooms.
With prices ranging from 199 INR for an hour to 116974 INR for 30+ days package, the
hotel is aiming to bridge a gap in the consumer market.
What is special about Critterati?

64. Dog luxury hotel
Answer

65. Q
According to Indian mythology, Lord Ganesha had two
sons named X and Y. The story behind these names is that,
Ganesha (who stands for wisdom) when coupled with
Riddhi (intelligence) and Siddhi (perfection) leads to
prosperity and luck.
Identify X and Y.

66. Shubha/Kshema and Labha
Answer

67. Q
While reviewing Y, Matt Haig in The Guardian wrote:
Following the gargantuan success of X’s 2012 novel, Y is a publishing mega-event. It’s also
a book some might find easy to not like. It is sentimental, occasionally cliched and ticks so
many teen fiction boxes you sometimes wonder if the author has a form beside him
(troubled teen narrator - check; love interest - check; adults who don’t understand -
check; quirky best friend - check; scene where boy points out stars to girl - check; topical
issue - check). I wondered at first if I wouldn’t like it, but, spoiler alert, I rather did.
What is X, what is Y?

68. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Answer

69. Q
The word taoiseach means ‘leader’ and was adopted in the
1937 Constitution of X (country) as the title of the ‘head of the
Government, or Prime Minister’.
Leo Varadkar has been Taoiseach since June 2017 his
appointment is significant in the history of this country (and for
the world) because:
• At the age of 38, he is the youngest Taoiseach in the history
• He is also the first Taoiseach of partly Indian descent
• He is also the first Y Taoiseach
What is X? Give two-three keywords for Y.

70. X – Ireland
Y – Ireland's first and the world's fourth openly gay head of government
Answer

71. Q
Considering the person in question can’t go everywhere to do this, they started a
program to train others in this activity.
Certified Consultants not only share the knowledge and skills of organizing, but also help
clients identify what they value in life, through the process of organizing. Each Consultant
is officially certified and trained in the same program with levels defined based on
number of sessions done with number of clients.
Which organization/phenomenon is this with the tagline ‘organize the world’?

72. Marie Kondo / KonMari Consultants
Answer

73. Q
X became the first Indian cricketer to be signed up by an overseas Twenty20 franchise,
Sydney Thunder. Inspired by Virender Sehwag, X has a batting style similar to that of
Sehwag.
While X has played a lot of notable innings, X’s peak probably came this year when X
became an international sensation after scoring 171*(115) against Australia.
Identify X.

74. Harmanpreet Kaur
Answer

75. Q
There have been six Academy awards ceremonies where the individuals who hosted were
also nominated in some category.
• David Niven (1959, Best Actor nomination for Separate Tables)
• Michael Caine (1973, Best Actor nomination for Sleuth)
• Walter Matthau Best Actor nomination for The Sunshine Boys)
• Paul Hogan (1987, Best Original Screenplay nomination for "Crocodile" Dundee)
• James Franco (2011, Best Actor nomination for X)
• Seth MacFarlane (2013, Best Original Song nomination for Y)
Give X and Y.

76. X – 127 Hours
Y – Ted (for the song ‘Everybody Needs a Best Friend’)
Answer

77. Q
Some Twitter Exchanges.
Name the person and explain the story.

78. Elon Musk bet that Tesla could build the world’s biggest battery in 100 days.
He won.
Answer

79. Q
Lyricist Manoj Muntashir and composer Tanishk Bagchi re-created two songs for the 2017
film Baadshaho.
The song “Mere Rashke Qamar” was written by Fana Buland Shehri and composed by X
in 1988.
The song “Socha Hai” was written by Sahir Ludhianvi and composed by Y in 1975.
Who is X and who is Y.

80. X – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Y – Rahul Dev Burman
Answer

81. Q
In 2005, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this, 92-
year-old Thomas Stoltz Harvey gave interviews regarding
what he did in 1955.
After his death in 2007, Harvey's heirs transferred all of his
holdings to the National Museum of Health and Medicine,
including 14 never seen before photographs.
What did he do?

82. Conducted the autopsy of Albert Einstein's brain
Answer

83. Q
This is the logo of a team that has received great accolades for their work around the
globe and have an excellent reputation of providing top quality service to support the
world’s top competitors.
What’s the name of the team or what service is offered by them?

84. Yonex Stringing Team
Answer

85. Q
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 movie quotations in American
cinema released in 2005. A jury consisting of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians
selected “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” spoken by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in
the 1939 film Gone with the Wind as the most memorable American movie quotation of
all time.
In the list, there is only one quote that comes from a movie released after the year 2000
which is also the only quote by a CGI character.
Give the quote and the character.

86. My precious - Gollum
Answer

87. Thank You!