General Quiz

2. Cuts and Crosses
VEDA – SESSION 2 – SHUBHANKAR BAHL

3. General Rules
o The quiz consists of 3 rounds with 30 questions in total.
o Rules will be explained at the start of each round.
o Civilised Pounce applies throughout the quiz. Screaming pounce at
any moment during the quiz will result in a 10 point penalty.
o ”Bhai pen hain?” will automatically result in -2 points from the
league score.
o Quizmaster is God.

4. Round 1 - Crossword
o Please keep the crossword sheet distributed at the start legible for
the checking procedure.
o All 10 questions will be shown first, do not discuss or shout out any
answer during the round.
o +10 for any correct answer.
o All answers are 1 word.
o Beware of spelling errors.

5. For those viewing this online

6. Q1.1 - (9/Across)
o X is a kind of musical form structured as ABCDEF..., the same
as medley or, sometimes, fantasia. It is often used in light, easy-going
and popular types of music.
o The term has been in use since the beginning of the 18th century,
or to be more specific, since it was used by the French music
publisher Christophe Ballard (1641–1715) for the edition of a
collection of pieces in 1711.
o The interesting thing about X though, is that it can be found in the
restrooms of many hotels/homes, in a physical form, acting as both
an aesthetic and aromatic experience.

7. Q1.2 – (5/Down)
o a connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
o a central or focal point.
o High Tech Computers, a Taiwanese manufacturer
o Connect

8. Q1.3 – (5/Down)
o According to Wikipedia, X is a term for people with obsessive
interests and its contemporary usage originated with Akio
Nakamori’s 1983 essay, Manga Burikko.
o The term was also a part of the Media name given to infamous
Japanese serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki - ‘The X Murderer’.
o Urban Dictionary defines X as extremely negative in meaning as it is
used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn’t
have a life.
o Obligatory uncle joke: Basically, X = Vaishakh.

9. Q1.4 – (8/Across)
o Identify this region.
o It is the home state of
a former waitress,
Pharma rep, and aspiring
actress.

10. Q1.5 – (7/Down)
o X nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the
brain (including the brainstem), in contrast to spinal nerves(which
emerge from segments of the spinal cord).
oX nerves relay information between the brain and parts of the body,
primarily to and from regions of the head and neck.
o The name may remind us of a certain machine which assists in
lifting heavy objects or a bird of the gruidae family, found in every
continent except South America and Antarctica.
o Image to follow.

12. Q1.6 – (4/Across) Obligatory Daaru question
o This is the logo of which
company, a pioneer in the Indian
wine industry.
o Its founders were the first in
India to commercially plant the
French Sauvignon Blan and
Californian Chenin Blank varities in
India.

13. Q1.7 – (6/Down)
o If Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot was the first, elected on
August 15, 1947, and both Manzoor Wattoo and Shehaz Sharif have
held the chief ministerial post three times, which region am I talking
about?
o If their neighbours are included into the equation, the first was
Gopi Chand Bhargave while a certain Forman Christian College,
Lahore graduate holds the record of holding the post 4 times.

14. Q1.8 (5/Across)
o X is a Khatri family name which originated in the Potwar plateau
region of Punjab.
o X, with a slight spelling variation but the same pronunciation, is an
English sur name first recorded in the 13th century, originating
probably from someone of a cheerful disposition.
o Both terms will certainly remind us of a Christmas song sung by
Burl Ives which Michael Buble famously covered in 2011.
o X please?

15. Q1.9 – (9/Down)
o Lord Ayyappan is a popular Hindu deity worshiped mainly in South
India.
o He is believed to be born out of the union between Lord Shiva and
the mythical enchantress Mohini, who is regarded as an avatar
of Lord Vishnu. Therefore, Ayyappan is also known as ‘X Puthiran' or
’Xputhra,' which literally means the son of both Vishnu and Shiva.
o X is a portmanteau of names by which Vishnu and Shiva are also
known, both of them starting with H.
o Image to follow.

17. Q1.10 – (5/Across)
o The full name of the condition of uncontrollable sneezing in
response to stimuli such as sudden exposure to bright sunlight is
Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst
Syndrome,commonly known as what syndrome?
o X syndrome. X goes into the crossword.

18. Honesty is not the best policy.
In politics. But this is quiz.
ANSWERS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SELF CHECK. +10 FOR EVERY
CORRECT ANSWER.

20. Round 2
o 10 questions
o Finite Bounce and Pounce
o Will move clockwise
o +10, +10, -10

21. Q2.1
o On the morning of August 23, London’s Heathrow Airport’s
baggage claim counter was a site of true chaos as passengers who
just arrived from two flights twenty minutes within each other were
unable to find their own bags among others.
o The section became a sea of red when airport authorities decided
to move all the bags to the floor and examine the name tags, one at
a time, for the passengers to step forward and claim them.
o Who were the arriving passengers? Why the confusion?

23. A2.1
o The Passengers were Team GB athletes returning from Rio.
o The confusion was caused due to all bags being exactly identical
except for the name tags.

24. Q2.2
FITB with a Pawan Singh
single most of us have
heard or heard about.

26. A2.2

27. Q2.3
o Distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic, it is widely fished
and identified by a black lateral line running along its white side and
a dark blotch above the pectoral fin, often described as the "Devil's
thumbprint”. It is the main ingredient of Norwegian fish balls and of
the classic Anglo-Indian kedgeree. (Thank you MasterChef)
o The name may remind you of a certain drunkard, woven from the
hands of a Belgian artist.
o Name the fish I’m talking about.
o Image to follow

30. A2.3
o The fish is called Haddock.
o The drunkard of course, was Captain Haddock from The Adventures
of Tintin.

31. Q2.4
o The Vilakazi Street is perhaps the most famous street in all of
Johannesburg due to its historical significance in the continent.
oIt has been home to famous Africans like Nelson Mandela and
Desmond Tutu and was also the location of the Hector Pieterson
shooting, which sparked massive riots.
o This Street has a unique claim to fame, which can be derived from
the people mentioned above.
o What is its c2f?

33. A2.4
o It is the only street in the world which has had two Nobel Prize
Winners as permanent residents.
o Both Mandela and Tutu resided here.

34. Q2.5
o Hazrat Nizamuddin, the famous Sufi saint, was depressed after the death of his
nephew. His followers longed to see him smile once again. One day, Khusrau, a
follower saw some women dressed up in yellow sarees, singing on the road
near the Khwaja’s retreat. Khusrau asked the women where they were going
dressed like this, who replied that they were going to the temple to offer
flowers to their God. On hearing this, he asked them whether it would make
their god happy and when they said it would, Khusrau immediately dressed up
in a saree and carried flowers went before the saint. Recognising his disciple
and amused by the sari, the saint finally broke into a smile. This was
commemorated as an occasion for rejoicing. This led to the start of something.
o What?

36. A2.5
o The celebration of Basant Panchami every year at the Dargah.
o It is traditional to wear yellow saris and turbans during the festival.

37. Q2.6
o On the next slide, you will see a famous image depicting ‘icons’ of
the 20th century. Now, this image was used by various trolls to
represent the political viewpoints of a certain political candidate and
spread across social media like wildfire.
o What I want to know is, which aspiring candidate was added to this
image?
o and as always, thoko lal salaam.

40. A2.6

41. Q2.7
The following moves are named after the same person in the
following three categories:
o Floor exercise: Split leap with a full turn to land in a split
o Uneven Bars: Clear hop to handstand, half turn to L or mixed L grip
o Balance Beam: Jump forward with half twist to back pike salto
The name was circulated across Indian social media following our
performance at the Olympics.

43. A2.7
Produnova

44. Q2.8
o While the burkini debate rages on in France, another Western
nation has ‘Okayed’ the hijab for its Federal and National Police
Force, members of which are commonly called ‘Mounties’
o The term ‘Mounties’ came from the fact that originally (and still to
some extent), they formed the Royal X Mounted Force, wearing the
traditional bright red dresses which symbolize the bygone era of the
British empire.
o Which country do the ‘Mounties’ serve?

46. A2.8
Canada

47. Q2.9
o Identify the asana depicted in the image on the next slide.
o The answer can be derived from the name of a mythological
character who made a giant leap to an island in order to secure the
eternal conjoined bond of two souls.
o Image to follow.

50. A2.9
Hanumanasana

51. Q2.10
o In the next slide you will see a list of 15 types of games which were
banned by someone, whom the Nepalese will swear was born in
Lumbini.
o Who is this person? What reason were all of these particular types
banned?

52. o Games on boards with 8
or 10 rows.
oThe same games played
on imaginary boards.
oGames of marking
diagrams on the floor such
that the player can only
walk on certain places
oGames where players
either remove pieces from
a pile or add pieces to it,
with the loser being the
one who causes the heap
to shake
oGames of throwing dice.
oBall games.
oBlowing through a pat-
kulal, a toy pipe made of
leaves.
oPloughing with a
toy plough.
oPlaying with
toy windmills made
from palm leaves.
oPlaying with toy measures
made from palm leaves.
oPlaying with toy carts.
oPlaying with toy bows.
oGuessing at letters traced
with the finger in the air or
on a friend's back.
oGuessing a friend's
thoughts.
oImitating deformities.

54. A2.10
o Gautum Buddha banned these types of games.
o He feared they will distort a person’s journey on their path to
enlightenment.

55. Round 3
o Round 2 basically, but anti-clockwise.

56. Q3.1
o The Zafarnama was a victory letter addressed to and criticizing the
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In it, the writer reminds Aurangzeb
how he and his men had broken their oaths sworn upon the Qur’an.
He also states that in spite of his several sufferings, he had won a
moral victory over the Emperor who had broken all his vows. Despite
sending a huge army to capture or kill him, the Mughal forces did not
succeed in their mission.
o Who wrote the letter, a year after his forces/followers helped him
escape from the Battle of Chamkaur in 1704?

58. A3.1

59. Q3.2
o X was started as a promotional tool by the film makers to help
spread awareness about the movie with the hopes of becoming a
commercial success.
o X involved dancing to the rhythms of the X song by Raftaar and
various Bollywood celebrities have further posted about it on their
social media profiles, including Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Lauren
Gottlieb, Varun Dhawan, and of course, KRK.
o What is X?

61. A3.2 Beat pe Booty

62. A3.3
o Muni Tarunsagar is a Digambara monk and the author of a book
series titled Kadve Pravachan (bitter discourse). He started a
movement called Ahimsa Mahakumbh to stop the export of meat
and leather from India. He opposed the High Court's order to impose
ban on Sallekhana, the Jain vow of self inscribed euthanasia.
o However, he recently shot into limelight by doing something quite
unexpected of him in a formal surrounding.
o What is his claim to fame?

64. A3.3

65. Q3.4
o If David Platt and Piotr Swierczewski featured on the first, Erik
Thorstvedt was the first to do it alone, and Jordon Henderson of
Liverpool did it alongside Lionel Messi last year, what am I talking
about?

67. A3.4

68. Q3.5
o The album cover of Nevermind, and everything else to do with
Nirvana, has always had a cult following.
o One fan of the band, famous for lying about robberies at gunpoint
and the subject of one of John Oliver’s many jokes, among other
things, recreated the cover in 2013.
o Who am I talking about?
o Images to follow

72. A3.5
o Ryan Lochte

73. Q3.6 (lifted)
Baumkuchen is a German variety of spit cake. It is a traditional pastry
in many countries throughout Europe and is also a popular snack and
dessert in Japan. It gets its name due to its appearance when sliced.
What does ‘Baum’ mean?

75. A3.6
Baumkuchen means ‘tree cake’ because of its resemblance to tree
rings

76. Q3.7
o Khadakwasla Dam is a dam on the Mutha River 20 km from Pune
and its lake is the main source of water for Pune and its suburbs.
o The dam was built to combat the severe droughts in the 19th
century in East Pune, it just lies a few kilometres up the road from
Sinhagad Fort. It happens to be the first masonry gravity dam built in
the world and that was its claim to fame till 1954, when an
institution was built near it which was, quite literally, of national
importance.
o The motto of this new institution is Sevo Paramo Dharmo i.e.
Service before Self. Which institution is this?

78. A3.7
National Defense Academy

79. Q3.8 (Ye bhi lifted hain lol)
o According to a 2000 research study, when people asked to execute A (which
can be broken down into 11 steps), they got dizzy no matter how many years
they train. Alternatively, while executing B (which seems more complicated as it
can be broken down to 15 steps), people never got dizzy.
oThe reason for this was identified as something called ‘spotting’. When you
turn, your body whips around in one continuous motion, and if your head went
with it, you'd get dizzy very quickly. In order to prevent this, one needs to fix
their eyes on a single point and move their head faster than the rest of them.
People doing B fix their gaze more easily as compared to A because they don’t
need to jump.
oWhat are the two activities being discussed?

81. A3.8
Discus Throw Hammer Throw

82. Q3.9
o In the next slide, you will see a list of videos which are the all time
most disliked videos on YouTube.
o For 10 points, simply identify the uploader of the second video.
o The channel ‘company’ recently entered limelight once again due
to a certain serial kisser being accused of copying one of its many
covers.

86. Q3.10
o Xism is a philosophy and lifestyle inspired by “The X”, the
protagonist of a Coen Brothers' 1998 film.
o The Xist belief system is essentially a modernized form of Taoism
stripped of all of its metaphysical and medical doctrines. Xism
advocates and encourages the practice of "going with the flow",
"being cool headed", and "taking it easy" in the face of life's
difficulties, believing that this is the only way to live in harmony
with our inner nature and the challenges of interacting with other
people.
o Image to follow.

89. Dudeism

90. Finis.
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