The Techonomic Quotient 8.0 Finals

TTQ 8.0
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Round 1
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Q 1.
After the Indian team won the World Cup, NKP Salve, Indian cricket administrator
and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Air Marshal Noor Khan floated the idea "Why
can not we play the World Cup in our country?” over a luncheon. India and
Pakistan decided to host the 1987 world cup together; but this was not easy
because the ICC gave the veto power to England and Australia, and was almost
impossible to organize a World Cup outside of England.
Also the socio-political tensions between India and Pakistan made it harder. Many
multi-national foreign companies, which included companies such as Hinduja,
Coca-Cola and Gillette refused to sponsor the event. Reliance Textiles, India’s
largest company, had teamed up with India and Pakistan boards during this
difficult time (thus the event was called Reliance cup) and bagged the hosting
rights by offering 4-5X money to all the countries. Since this tournament was
outside England, a particular change was needed in the format of the game
(something that was not possible outside England). This change got so popular
that it continued and is now a mainstream feature of the game. What change am I
talking about?
#SK

60 overs to 50 overs due to the shorter daylight hours on the subcontinent
#SK

A very popular music streaming application has a bizarre warning in the End User
License Agreement which states ,”You also agree that you will not use these
products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without
limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear,
missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.” Identify this application.
Q 2.
#AB

Q 3. In the early 19th century, Pennsylvania, a so-called Gravity Road was built by
a mining company entrepreneur Josiah White to haul coal from the mines at
Summit Hill to the Lehigh River landing at Mauch Chunk (now the town
of Jim Thorpe)—a 9-mile (14.5-km) downhill journey. Trains of as many as 14
cars, loaded with 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of anthracite coal, sped down
the mountain under the command of a single courageous “runner," who
operated a brake lever. Mules dragged the cars back up the mountain. Coal
was hauled in the morning, but increasingly the afternoon runs along Gravity
Road carried passengers paying 50 cents per person. This became the
starting point of a public entertainment which went to become one of the
most sought after experience of thrill seekers worldwide. What are we
talking about?
#MO

Om Banna is a shrine located in Pali district near Jodhpur, India, devoted to a deity in
the form of a motorcycle. It is on the Pali-Jodhpur highway, near Chotila village.
Hundreds of devotees turn up every day to pray for a safe journey. Om Banna
(formerly known as Om Singh Rathore) was travelling from Bangdi to Chotila, when
he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a tree. He died on the spot whereas the
motorcycle fell into a nearby ditch. The morning after the accident, local police took
the motorcycle to a nearby police station. The next day it was reported to have
mysteriously disappeared from the station and was found back at the site of the
incident. Police, once again, took the motorcycle, this time emptying its fuel tank
and putting it under lock and key. Despite their efforts, the next morning it again
disappeared and was found at the accident site. Legend says that the motorcycle
kept returning to the same ditch. This came to be seen as a miracle by local
population, and they began to worship the bike. News of the miracle motorcycle
spread to nearby villages, and later they built a temple to worship it. It is believed
that Om Banna's spirit helps distressed travellers.
Give me the manufacturer and model of this “holy” motorcycle.
Q 4.
#AS

X was the first person to have Election Campaigns for the Presidency of the USA
using Video Games. X featured in 18 games through Microsoft Corp’s Xbox Live
service, to promote his online voter registration. The “Vote for Change” billboards
appeared in games like Burnout Paradise, Skate, Madden, and more that targeted
the demographic of ages 18 to 34. Identify X.
Q 5.
#AB

Narayan Karthikeyan is a former F1 driver from India. In 2011 he was driving for
HRT, but in Valencia the race marked an unusually historic event in Formula 1 that
to date remains a record. With the result of this race Karthikeyan became the first
person to achieve something in formula 1, it was not necessarily an accolade but it
was a record anyhow.
What was the historic feat that he achieved?
Q6.
#AT

Getting the highest rank in a Formula 1
In Valencia as usual in 2011 there were 24 cars when generally Formula 1 has fewer cars, but specifically in
this race no one retired and there were no disqualifications, this had never happened before, and Narayan
came 24th in this race making him the holder of highest rank ever in a Formula 1 race.
#AT#

The Kings behind playing cards
King of Spades: David, King of Israel from the Old Testament
King of Clubs: Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, who conquered a vast region and lived from 356 to 323 BCE.
King of Hearts: Charlemagne, King of France and the first Holy Roman Emperor, who lived from 747 to 814 AD.
King of Diamonds: Roman Julius Caesar.
#SS

Q 2. Whom did we miss out in the collage?
#AS

The list is exhaustive:-
Amitabh Bachchan
The Truth alone triumphs
A Bow and arrows
Sur Das
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Colt
London
Jack Hobbs
Aramis
Q 4.
#SS

Sucheta Dalal
She was the journalist who debunked the 1992 Harshad Mehta Scam and 2001 IDBI Scam by Ketan
Parekh
#SK

Identify this email serviceQ 6.
#AB

This is a map of fake city of Paris near the town of Maisons-Laffitte, complete with its
own real trains and Paris landmarks like the Champs-Elysees, Gare Du Nord, and Arc De
Triomphe. It even had an intricate pattern of multi-colored lights to replicate large
swaths of the city (designed by Fernand Jacopozzi, the same guy who lit up the Eiffel
Tower). The city never actually served its purpose. Why was this city built?
Q 1.
#MO

To protect real Paris from bomb raids by Germans during WWI
#MO

These people were paid decently to do their job(as pictured), until a simple
device was developed and all of them lost their jobs. What was the device
that we still use till date?
Q 2.
#MO

Alarm Clocks (these people were called knocker uppers.)
#MO

Q 3.
#AT
These are US Customs and Border protection agents with what is called the
"Concertina Wires" which has been used heavily for safety purposes throughout
USA for years. But recently these wires proved to be a reason for humiliation of the
US of A and lead to widespread mockery. What was the reason behind this?

#AT
Tijuana has turned to become quite violent and residents used these wires to
safeguard their houses and thus spread the word
“America is paying for our Wall”

This dating app is going to be launched for a group of people exclusively. The
app called ‘X Dating’ is currently in the early stages of development and will
have an interface similar to Tinder or Bumble, only and the most important
difference being that only a verified X owner would be a potential match
here. Id X.
Q 4.
#SK

Q 5.
#SK
In 2016, Chetan Bhagat released One Indian Girl, a female protagonist telling her
own story in first person. According to his blog, the book is about an 'Indian girl
who is intelligent and successful, because of which she finds it difficult to get
love.’ To get to know of their hardships and “a way to get into women’s head”,
Chetan tried doing something unusual. It wasn’t very well received by his
audience as most of them pointed out that even though women do have lots of
problems, ‘this’ isn’t even a percent of it. What did he do?

Bazid Khan, son of famous Pakistani cricketer Majid Khan and cousin of
Imran Khan, led a Pakistan U-19 side at the age of 17 featuring great players
like Shoaib Malik, Hasan Raza, Abdul Razzaq and the future South Africa
international Imran Tahir in 1998.
By any margin he was not the best player on the team, then why was he
chosen the captain of this team?
Q 6.
#SK

He studied in England so he could speak English fluently and Pakistan Board felt
that captain should be able to interact with media and others with fluent English.
#SK#

In the late 1920’s a soap company called Kutol was facing bankruptcy and
their parent company were ready to dissolve their assets, but in an attempt
to revive the company Cleo Mckiver asked the latter to let him revive the
brand as he had a great product in his mind. So he made a deal with Kroger
grocery chain to produce a product which would make Cleaning Wallpapers
Effortless (Those days coal soot was used heavily and it soiled wallpapers
and was not easy to clean). Later with the introduction of Vinyl Wallpapers
however, this product was rather useless. They were again at the verge of
bankruptcy but this time they changed the same product into a product
that made its way to households all around the world and is still used.
ID the product’s final version
T1.
#AT

X asked a question "how can we get rid of terrorism?" in a simple way on
Yahoo India, which provided a platform for question answer exchange
between online groups. The question he asked ended up garnering reactions
from across the country like nothing before ever had. It not only evoked
reactions from renowned Indian personalities like Sri Sri Ravishankar, Kiran
Bedi and Leander Paes, it also got over 31,000 responses which was also
reportedly one of the highest responses on Yahoo.
Id X.
T2.
#SS

Thank You!
#SK – Shubh Kela
#AT – Ayush Tiwari
#UK – Uttara Khatik
#SS – Sunny Singh
#AS – Aryan Sarkar
#MO – Mourya Choubey
#AB – Abhilash Biswas
#AP – Ayush Pathak
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