The document provides instructions and questions for a quiz competition to select the top 8 teams. It states that there will be 24 written preliminary questions to choose the top teams, and that the quizmaster's decisions are final. It requests that teams not selected to move on should stay and support the on-stage teams. It then provides 24 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions on various topics ranging from business to science to pop culture.

1. Scibiztech prelims

2. Few rules…
• Written prelims of 24 questions to select the top 8
teams, so write these down on your sheet. Answering
them out loud helps everyone but you 
• In the interest of quizzing, please switch off all google-
capable devices.
• The quizmaster’s decisions shall be taken as final, for
he is the one true Lord inside this room.
e.g for where this applies:
Q: “Arey how is this a science/business/technology
question yaar?”
A:”It is as God wills it.”

3. and a tiny request:
Teams who’s missed the top spot, please stay
back and enjoy the quiz. Teams on-stage may
need your support and some questions on-stage
may come your way 

4. 1.
• Certain collective words
for ferrets are
fesynes
fesnyng
feamyng
the above are ghost
words formed due to
the successive
misspelling of what
word?

5. 2.
• The owner of Bouche à Oreille, in the small
French town of Bourges, Veronique Jacquet, is
tickled, but also a bit nervous. Her regulars are
local workers, and she doesn’t want them to get
pushed out by the sudden influx of would-be
tastemakers. “I’m starting to get snowed under,”
she told The Local. “We don’t have a big area and
we only have four hands.”
This sudden leap in popularity is due to whose
misprint?

6. 3. Which investor is this?

7. 4.

8. 5.
• If William Salice’s
creation is banned in
Venezuela due to an
obesity-reduction law
last year, why is it
banned in the United
States?

9. 6
• The Chemistry IgNobel Prize for 2011 went to
Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, et al, for
determining the ideal density of airborne
______ to awaken sleeping people in case of a
fire or other emergency, and for applying this
knowledge to invent the ______ alarm. What
popular condiment did they use as an alarm?

10. 7.
• What is the name given to a defensive
business strategy used to stave off a hostile
takeover, in which a company that is
threatened with a hostile takeover "turns the
tables" by attempting to acquire its would-be
buyer?

11. 8. Which state’s ceremonial coin?

12. 9. FITB

13. 10.

14. 11: FITB with a word associated with
8-balls and a large number of
complaints about something breaking
after an upgrade.

15. • If this gets its original name as “the Slashdot
effect” from Slashdot.org, and Fark.com and
the Drudge Report have lent the names
“Farked” and “Drudged” respectively, what
would you receive from reddit?
12

16. 13: ID Blanks. Which other celebrity recently
took a much-needed vacation referred to, here?

17. 14. Question from my medico dad.
• Medical professionals generally exercise caution when
prescribing multiple antidepressants to ensure that the
patient will be safe.
• However, psychiatrists often recommend a combined
dosage of Remeron (Mirtazapine) and Effexor
(Venlafaxine), popularized by Californian celebrity
psychiatrist Steven Stahl.
• Because of it’s unique property of combination for a
rapid boost in serotonin levels(happiness), the mixture
is given the nickname “California XY”
What is XY, which finds its relevance usually on the
other end of the country?

18. 15:
• What precautionary
items are the makers of
Mr Robot promoting, a
precaution Mr
Zuckerberg was noted
to be implementing for
his personal use from
his Instagram post
celebrating 500 million
acive users?

19. 16: This man is not an employee of the Scottish traffic police force, but instead he
(after donning a fluorescent vest) is using which common household item to combat
speeding in his village, and how?

20. 17:
• Ben Wilson of Simon Frasier
University in British
Columbia, Canada, set up
tanks in the lab and
recorded between 6-75
pulses issued from salmon,
which his team has termed
“Fast Repetitive Ticks”. It is
believed that these pulses
perform a social function
and help the fish engage in
communication.
How do the fish send out
these ticks?

21. 18:
• Markings on the
abdominal section gives
the five-lettered species
name to this spider of
genus Pachygnatha.
What is the name?

22. 19:
• Given that Apple Stores in this
nation already (and
understandably) sell iPhone-
compatible radiation
detectors, which company
released the Pantone 5 107SH
will make headlines in the
global press for one reason
and one reason only, that it
has a built-in radiation
detector and is the first one to
have so?
So central a feature that
there’s a dedicated button that
opens the detector app on the
phone.

23. 20:
• This sporting company’s
logo is inspired by The Great
Wave off Kagawa, shown
here to the right.
It’s subsidiary, targeted to
young women, is a
modification to the original
logo, to resemble
something that is
hypothesized to be derived
from the seed of the
silphium plant.
Identify both.

24. 21: The processing plant of which product/which
company is responsible for this peculiarity in honey
collected in a small town called Ribeauville, France?

25. 22: Identify this insect, whose name
derives from two animals of the aviary
kind. (a.mp4)

26. 23: Which company’s promotion for its project of
constructing a life-sized LEGO batmobile along with
students from Detroit’s Cody Rouge community?
• Vavvalmanidhan.mp4

27. 24:
• Given that this Shoojit Sarcar short is part of
an initiative by Mirinda, put appropriate
hashtag.

28. Answers

29. 1.
• Certain collective words for ferrets are
fesynes
fesnyng
feamyng
the above are ghost words formed due to the
successive misspelling of what word?

30. • Business!

31. 2.
• The owner of Bouche à Oreille, in the small
French town of Bourges, Veronique Jacquet, is
tickled, but also a bit nervous. Her regulars are
local workers, and she doesn’t want them to get
pushed out by the sudden influx of would-be
tastemakers. “I’m starting to get snowed under,”
she told The Local. “We don’t have a big area and
we only have four hands.”
This sudden leap in popularity is due to whose
misprint?

33. • They were accidentally awarded the Michelin
Star.

34. 3. Which investor is this?

36. • Ashton Kutcher.

37. 4.

38. • Louvre, Mona Lisa

39. 5.
• If William Salice’s creation is banned in
Venezuela due to an obesity-reduction law
last year, why is it banned in the United
States?

40. • Kinder Joy eggs.

41. 6
• The Chemistry IgNobel Prize for 2011 went to
Makoto Imai, Naoki Urushihata, et al, for
determining the ideal density of airborne
______ to awaken sleeping people in case of a
fire or other emergency, and for applying this
knowledge to invent the ______ alarm. What
popular condiment did they use as an alarm?

42. • Wasabi

43. 7.
• What is the name given to a defensive
business strategy used to stave off a hostile
takeover, in which a company that is
threatened with a hostile takeover "turns the
tables" by attempting to acquire its would-be
buyer?

44. • Pac-man strategy.

45. 8. Which state’s ceremonial coin?

47. Ohio.

48. 9. FITB

49. • Litmus Text

50. 10.

51. Victoria’s Secret agent.

52. 11: FITB with a word associated with
8-balls and a large number of
complaints about something breaking
after an upgrade.

54. • Outlook

55. • If this gets its original name as “the Slashdot
effect” from Slashdot.org, and Fark.com and
the Drudge Report have lent the names
“Farked” and “Drudged” respectively, what did
you receive from reddit?
12

56. 13: ID Blanks. Which other celebrity recently
took a much-needed vacation referred to, here?

58. • Dan Bilzerian, Richard Branson, Barack
Obama.

59. 14. Question from my medico dad.
• Medical professionals generally exercise caution when
prescribing multiple antidepressants to ensure that the
patient will be safe.
• However, psychiatrists often recommend a combined
dosage of Remeron (Mirtazapine) and Effexor
(Venlafaxine), popularized by Californian celebrity
psychiatrist Steven Stahl.
• Because of it’s unique property of combination for a
rapid boost in serotonin levels(happiness), the mixture
is given the nickname “California XY”
What is XY, which finds its relevance usually on the
other end of the country?

60. • California Rocket Fuel.

61. 15:
• What precautionary
items are the makers of
Mr Robot promoting, a
precaution Mr
Zuckerberg was noted
to be implementing for
his personal use from
his Instagram post?

62. • Webcam covers.

63. 16: This man is not an employee of the Scottish traffic police force, but instead he
(after donning a fluorescent vest) is using which common household item to combat
speeding in his village, and how?

65. 17:
• Ben Wilson of Simon Frasier
University in British
Columbia, Canada, set up
tanks in the lab and
recorded between 6-75
pulses issued from salmon,
which his team has termed
“Fast Repetitive Ticks”. It is
believed that these pulses
perform a social function
and help the fish engage in
communication.
How do the fish send out
these ticks?

66. • Farting.

67. 18:
• Markings on the
abdominal section gives
the five-lettered species
name to this spider of
genus Pachygnatha.
What is the name?

69. 19:
• Given that Apple Stores in this
nation already (and
understandably) sell iPhone-
compatible radiation
detectors, which company
released the Pantone 5 107SH
will make headlines in the
global press for one reason
and one reason only, that it
has a built-in radiation
detector and is the first one to
have so?
So central a feature that
there’s a dedicated button that
opens the detector app on the
phone.

71. Softbank, from Japan.

72. 20:
• This sporting company’s
logo is inspired by The Great
Wave off Kagawa, shown
here to the right.
It’s subsidiary, targeted to
young women, is a
modification to the original
logo, to resemble
something that is
hypothesized to be derived
from the seed of the
silphium plant.
Identify both.

74. 21: The processing plant of which product/which
company is responsible for this peculiarity in honey
collected in a small town called Ribeauville, France?

75. • M&M’s

76. 22: Identify this insect, whose name
derives from two animals of the aviary
kind. (a.mp4)

77. • The Hummingbird Hawkmoth.

78. 23: Which company’s promotion for it’s project to make
a life-sized LEGO batmobile along with students from
Detroit’s Cody Rouge community?
• Vavvalmanidhan.mp4

79. • Chevrolet.

80. 24:
• Given that this Shoojit Sarcar short is part of
an initiative by Mirinda, put appropriate
hashtag.

81. • #Releasethepressure

82. Stay for a (hopefully) enjoyable finals,
results shall be announced shortly.