T@6 Weekly Quiz - Aug 01, 2012

Presented by : Sumanth Patlolla
01-August-2012
Mixed Bag

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Tick Tock
• Translates to “whirlwind” in French
• Attempts to improve accuracy by negating the effect of gravity
• Was first produced by it’s inventor for Napoleon

Tourbillon – can be found today in some expensive, luxury watches
Invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the founder of Breguet company - wh
is now the luxury watch division of the Swiss Swatch group

?
Connect (Hint : Literature)
1.
2.
3.

Hint?
• ___ District of England
• 1 & 2 were the pioneers of Romanticism

Lake Poets
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2. William Wordsworth
3. Robert Southey
They followed no single "school" of thought or literary practice know
during that period (i.e. at the turn of the nineteenth century)

Name ‘Em
• ____ Islands are legally recognized as a nationality of Spain.
• Geographically it is a part of the African Continent.
• Contrary to its name, the islands have nothing to do with the __
• They form the outermost region of the European Union.

The Canary Islands - derived from Latin Insula Canaria,
meaning "Island of the Dogs"

LaunchPad??
________ is a typeface designed by Vincent Connare
for the Microsoft Corporation in 1996.
It is named after the _______, a medieval siege machine.
The name was inspired by a puzzle question that Connar
heard at Microsoft headquarters: "Can you make a
_______ that could launch a person from main campus to
the new consumer campus about a mile away?
Mathematically, is it possible and how?"
Connare "thought that would be a great name for a font
that launches words across the Internet"

Trebuchet MS – named after trebuchet, a siege engine that was
employed in the Middle Ages

The percentage of species in several groups which are listed as critica
endangered, endangered, or vulnerable on the IUCN (International Un
for Conservation of Nature) Red List.

What is the Black Line?
• Built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885, to keep _____ out o
the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent and protect the sheep
flocks of southern Queensland.
• It is one of the longest structures in the world and stretches 5,614 km (appr

Dreamweaver!!
• A mythical character in Northern European folklore who brings good dreams b
sprinkling magical ___onto the eyes of children while they sleep at night.
• Hans Christian Andersen's 1841 folk tale Ole Lukøje was the first-known insta
where this character appears.
• It has been referenced by musicians/bands like Roy Orbison, Metallica, Metho
etc,.
Identify the character!!

The Sandman
• "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison
• "Enter Sandman" by Metallica,
• "Mr. Sandman" from Tical by Method Man

That bad?
• It was one of the only two films ever to perform the "Razzie grand slam"
(the other being Jack and Jill)
• Achieved this feat by winning in the Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst A
Worst Actress, Worst Writing and Worst Screenplay categories.
• There was significant media attention and popular interest prior to its relea
primarily because the film's lead stars, were romantically involved at the tim
Which movie?

Directed by Martin Brest (remember Scent of a Woman?)

Comical coincidence
• ‘X’ is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip that debuted on
March 12, 1951 in 16 newspapers.
• Coincidentally, another cartoon strip ‘Y’, with the same title was
published
in the British comic The Beano in 1951.
• The comic went on sale several days in advance of the cover date
(actually
being published up to ten days previously), and therefore predates the
debut
of ‘X’.
• The UK character is quite different in appearance and is
characterized by
his red-and-black striped jersey, his dog, and his gang of friends.
• Like the American character, the UK one remains popular to this day

X – Dennis the Menace Y – Dennis and Gnasher

Highly Risky…
Connect
EURO ‘12

Panenka penalty – named after Antonín Panenka, who had scored th
winning penalty in the shootout with a softly chipped ball up the middl
as the goalie dived away, and won the 1976 European Championship
for Czechoslovakia in the final against West Germany.
The Panenka penalty has been successfully duplicated by both Andre
Pirlo and Sergio Ramos at the recently concluded UEFA Euro 2012.

Parameter Passing!!
• “Europeans call him by name, but Americans call him by value” – This w
introduction given to him at IFIP Congress (1965).
• Chief designer of various programming languages like Euler, Algol W, Pa
Modula, Modula-2, Oberon, etc,.
• Wrote the book Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, which is h
as one of the most influential computer science books of the time.
Id.

Clue?
He popularized the adage now known by his name :
"Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster"

Niklaus Wirth, the Swiss computer scientist best known for designing
several programming languages, including Pascal.
Europeans generally pronounce his name the right way ('Nick-louse Ve
while the Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.'

Czech President Vaclav Klaus admiring a ceremonial pen during a sta
to Chile, and then attempting to slip it into his pocket.
The alleged theft, caught on television cameras, was widely reported
around the world and has been dubbed an "international event“
causing a "diplomatic stir". In order to lower the profile of the incident,
government of Chile said the pen was meant to be a present anyway.

Big Brother
• The ___ __ _____ is an independent non-profit organization created t
promote democracy and change in the international community.
• Composed of 89 former Presidents and Prime Ministers from
58 countries, it is the world’s largest forum of former Heads of State
and Government.
• It works together with governments, inter-governmental organizations
civil society, scholars and representatives from the business world,
to encourage dialogue in order to foster social and political change.
• Some of the current members include Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton,
Mikhail Gorbachev, IK Gujral, Aung San Suu Kyi, etc,.
Identify the forum.

Club de Madrid
Currently Wim Kok, the former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
(1994–2002), is the organization's President, and it also has two
Vice Presidents: Jennifer Shipley (New Zealand) and César Gaviria (Colomb

Ford ‘Icon’
• ‘X’, is a cultural icon whose enduring fame and popularity rests on hi
performances in only three films that he has acted in.
• X’s premature death in a car crash cemented his legendary status.
• ‘X’ was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor and remains the only actor to have had two
posthumous acting nominations.
• In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked X as the 18th best male m
star on their AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list
Id ‘X’

James Dean, famous for his roles in East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cau
The Curse Of James Dean’s “Little Bastard” - Porsche 550 Spyder has
become infamous as the car that killed him.

Who?
Which batsman has career aggregate runs in Test Cricket same as his
birth (DD-M-YY)?
Clue : He is the most capped cricketer of all time in Test matches, for
his country.

Alec Stewart - the most capped English cricketer of all time in
Test matches and 2nd most capped in One Day Internationals,
having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs.
His career aggregate runs in Test Cricket – 8463 is the same as hi
birth date - 8 April 1963 i.e. 08-4-63 in DD-M-YY format.

That dreaded goal...
Strike 1: May 1, 2011: X scores. May 2, 2011: Bin Laden is shot dead
Strike 2: Oct. 2, 2011: X scores. Oct. 5, 2011: Steve Jobs dies from Can
Strike 3: Oct. 19, 2011: X scores. Oct. 20, 2011: Gaddaffi dies from inflic
injures
Strike 4: Feb. 11, 2012: X scores again, same day: Whitney Houston di
The last four times X has scored in the past year, the above
mentioned famous people have died.
Clue : X is currently part of the GB Olympic team
Id X!!

Aaron Ramsey ( Wales & Arsenal)

What?
• Supposedly, the largest brick building
in Europe
• Currently decommissioned, but over
the past 50 years it has become one of
the best known landmarks in London
• It was the subject for the cover image
of one of Pink Floyd’s famous albums
• More recently, it was used as a filming location for The Dark Knight - with it’s st
empty interior used as a setting for a burnt out warehouse
• Chelsea FC were also reported to be considered moving to a new purpose buil
stadium at this location.
Identify

The cover image of Animals, shows a pig floating between two chimneys on
Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station

Logo of?
Finnish video game developer and entertainment company, best known
for its video game franchise Angry Birds

Rovio Entertainment
It has recently announced Amazing Alex, a physics-based puzzle game af
sensational Angry Birds

Patriotic
If they answer not to thy call walk alone.
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,
O thou unlucky one, trample the thorns under thy tread,
and along the blood-lined track travel alone.
If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O thou unlucky one,
with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart
and let it burn alone.
The song exhorts the listener to continue his or her journey, despite
abandonment or lack of support from others. The song is often quoted in
the context of political or social change movements.
Mahatma Gandhi, who was deeply influenced by this song, cited it as on
his favorite songs
The song was included in the movie Kahaani and is sung by Amitabh Ba

“Jodi Tor Dak Shune Keu Na Ase Tobe Ekla Cholo Re” - written by
Rabindranath Tagore in 1905
Jodi tor daak shune keu naa ashe tobe ekla cholo re
Tobe ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo re
Jodi keu kothaa naa koye, ore ore o abhaagaa, keu kothaa na koye
Jodi shobai thaake mukh phiraaye shobai kore bhoye
Tobe poraan khule o tui mukh phute tor moner kothaa, eklaa bolo re
Jodi shobai phire jaaye, ore ore o abhaagaa, shobai phire jaaye
Jodi gohana pothe jaabaara kaale keu phire naa chaaye
Tobe pothera kaantaa o tui rokto maakhaa choronatole eklaa dolo re
Jodi aalo naa dhore, ore ore o abhaagaa, aalo na dhore
Jodi jhora-baadole aadhaara raate duyaara deye ghore
Tobe bajraanole aapon bukera paajora jaaliye niye ekalaa jolo re

Google Doodle honoring Amelia Earhart on her 115th birthday
anniversary.
Amelia was the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and
mysteriously disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during an
attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937.

Selling Smoke
A term in the computer industry that describes a product, typically computer
hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never
actually released nor officially cancelled.
Examples :
• ‘Chinese Democracy’, an extremely delayed album by hard rock group
Guns N’ Roses, which was finally released in 2008
• Starcraft: Ghost – announced in 2002 but stands cancelled
Windows Vista was once considered to fall in this category, but eventually
surfaced after a prolonged time.

Mirror, mirror…
• Carved out of a single block of wood, this
famous double statue in Salar Jung
Museum shows two life-size figures.
• Two diametrically opposite characters
from the famous German drama “Faust”
by Goethe

The twin statue of Mephistopheles and Margaretta at the
Salarjung Museum

Safety First
The _____ _____ award is a special honor awarded to NASA employees and
contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or
mission success.
The award depicts a character from a comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz
The award is given personally by NASA astronauts as it represents the
astronauts' own recognition of excellence.

Doff
The __ hat is largely believed to be of Greek origin
and later spread to the Ottoman Empire where it was
popularized.
The name originated from the city of __ in Morocco,
where the style first emerged.
Among the Muslim aristocracy of South Asia, it is known as the
Rumi Topi
Identify this felt hat

Identify X, in this excerpt from a 2008 interview, which gains relevance
given recent events.
Q: At the end of the day you’re still zero for three; you have so far
failed to put a _____________ into _____________.
X : We haven’t __________, true, but we’ve made considerable
progress. If it’s an all-or-nothing proposition then we’ve failed. But it’s
not all or nothing. We must __________ eventually, and we will.
It might take us one, two or three more tries, but we will. We will make
it work.
Q : How do you maintain your optimism?
X: Do I sound optimistic?
Q: Yeah, you always do.
X: Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is
my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.
Up in the clouds…

Elon Musk, a South Africa-born American entrepreneur and inventor
best known for creating SpaceX, co-founding Tesla Motors and Paypal
He created the first viable electric car of the modern era,
On May 25, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon vehicle docked with the ISS,
making history as the first commercial company to launch and dock a
vehicle to the International Space Station.

X is a village famed for its “wise men”, who supposedly staged acts of
foolishness sometime around the 12th century to affect some royal
plans. Later, an early 19th century author gave Y the nickname X due
to the alleged stupidity prevalent.
Finally, Z, which has been described as Y “after dark”, was named
after X. Z was supposedly built with the purpose of housing the insane,
and it was acknowledged that it may thus have been named. after X
due to the belief that it is populated by those bereft of their wits.
Douchebaggery

“X - Gotham, Nottinghamshire; Y - New York City; Z - Gotham City
The village is most famed for the stories of the ‘Wise Men of Gotham’.
These depict the people of the village as being stupid. However, the reason
for the behaviour is believed to be that the villagers wished to feign madness
in order to avoid a Royal Highway being built through the village, as they
would then be expected to build and maintain this route.
Reminded of the foolish ingenuity of Gotham’s residents, Washington Irving
gave the name “Gotham” to New York City in his Salmagundi Papers (1807).
In turn, Bob Kane named the pastiche New York home of Batman -Gotham City

Quote ‘Em
"Here's Johnny!"
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
"Houston, we have a problem."
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice Chianti."
"Say 'hello' to my little friend!"

"Here's Johnny!“ - Jack Torrance in The Shining
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." – Gordon Gekko in
Wall Street
"Houston, we have a problem.“ – Jim Lovell in Apollo 13
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice Chianti.“ – Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of
the Lambs
"Say 'hello' to my little friend!“ – Tony Montana in Scarface

Elo rating system - a method for calculating the relative skill levels of
Players in two-player games such as Chess. It is named after its
creator Arpad Elo
The Elo rating system was featured prominently in The Social
Network during the algorithm scene where Mark Zuckerberg released
Facemash. In the scene Eduardo Saverin writes the mathematical
formula for the Elo rating system on Zuckerberg's dorm room window.

1. Michael Jackson
2. Shakespeare
3. Elvis Presley
4. Jim Morrison
5. Marilyn Monroe
6. Princess Diana
7. Frank Sinatra
8. Mark Twain
9. Bruce Lee
10. Oscar Wilde
Connect (ranked in that order)

Top 10 Most Visited Famous Grave Sites
(Source : www.toptenz.net)

Failed Escape…
Identify the guy in the centre
A similar incident involving the same guy would later prove to be
rather more fatal.

Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey mock punching Harry Houdini
(held back by lightweight boxer Benny Leonard).
Houdini’s death is speculated to have been caused by a similar punch
by a McGill University student, J. Gordon Whitehead, who delivered
multiple blows to Houdini’s abdomen while he was in Montreal, in
order to test Houdini’s claim that he was able to take a blow to the
body above the waist without injury.

The Walk of Ideas was a set of six sculptures in central Berlin
designed by Scholz & Friends for the 2006 FIFA World Cup football
event in Germany. The sculptures were part of a campaign called
Welcome to Germany - the Land of Ideas
Modern Book Printing
Milestones of Medicine
Masterpieces of Music
The Automobile
The Modern Football Boot
Theory of Relativity

The name of this town literally translates to Cow's Ear.
It is believed that Lord Shiva emerged from the ear of a cow
(Prithvi, the Mother Earth) here. It is also located at the ear-shaped
confluence of two rivers Gangavali and Aghanashini.
Legends indicate that the State of Kerala was reclaimed from the sea
by the Warrior-Sage Parashurama who came from the North
(of the Vindhya ranges) after his wanderings, in which he killed the
Kshatriyas 21 times and threw his axe, the weapon by which he
annihilated the Kshatriyas, into the sea, to prevent the erosion of the
land stretching from _____ to the Southernmost tip of India.
Id the place.
Idyllic

Gokarna - a temple town in the Uttara Kannada district of
Karnataka state famous for its beautiful beaches and landscapes

The Penrose triangle, an impossible object that was devised and
popularized by the mathematician Roger Penrose
The NatWest logo was partly inspired from this structure

A hand game played by two people. The game is also known as
roshambo, or by other orderings of the three items
Lucky by chance…
This game is often used as a choosing method in a way similar to coin fl
drawing straws, or throwing dice.
The objective is to select a gesture which defeats that of the opponent.
The common side-blotched lizard exhibits the pattern of this game in its
mating strategies.
Clue : A variant of this game was also mentioned in three episodes of
The Big Bang Theory

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