- The document is a weekly quiz with 15 multiple choice questions about various topics ranging from cities, companies, events, people, animals, and more. It tests knowledge about the origins of Las Vegas and its name, the unintended meaning customers saw in the McDonald's logo, the location of the Homeless World Cup, details about the Indian movie character Chitti from Enthiran, and the artist and details about the record Pharrell Williams buried for 100 years.

1. Weekly Quiz
25/07/19
By:
Nayana Subramanya

2. 2.
• When Spanish came to this American city in the 19th century, they
found wild grass everywhere, so, it was named X which is a Spanish
term for ‘the meadows’. Now, the wild grass has been replaced with a
completely different kind of wildness.
• ID X
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3. 3.
• The logo of this famous company X, came to mean something
unintentionally by customers, at least according to design consultant
and psychologist Louis Cheskin.
In the 60’s, the company wanted to change the logo but Cheskin
insisted on leaving it unchanged. He said it’s because customers
unconsciously recognize the logo as “Symbolism of a pair of
nourishing breasts”.
• ID X
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4. 4.
• The 17th edition of X will take place in Cardiff’s iconic Bute Park,
located in the capital city of Wales. More than 500 players
representing 50 countries will travel to Cardiff to attend this week-
long festival of football.
• ID X
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5. 5.
The visual appearance of X was based on the G.I. Joe action figures. For
X’s “bad” look, its hair was spiked and brown coloured lenses were
used for its eyes, whereas for its "good" look, green coloured lenses
were used. The wig used for X's "bad" look had a silver streak in the
middle, made out of Yak hair, while its leather jacket was designed by
Vogt. Suits made of copper were used for X's costumes.
ID X
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6. 6.
• X made a song and locked it for 100 years (it will be released in 2117).
The record is made from clay and it’s locked in a safe which can only
be destroyed if submerged in water. Name the artist.
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7. 7.
• In the town of Myra in Turkey, citizens worshipped Artemis Eleutheria,
Zeus, Athena and Tyche. However, it was someone else who paid for
the dowries of impoverished girls, and it is their church that makes
the town of Myra famous in history.
• What/Who does this refer to?
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8. 8.
• A popular drink in Scottish Bars is called Adam’s Ale. The drink is
sold/available all around the world but the Scotties like to call it their
own way. Some columnists have dubbed the packaged version of the
drink as the biggest scam of all time.
• What’s the common name of the drink?
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9. 9.
• In January 1950, X attempted his first journey. He traversed 4,500 km
through the northern provinces of his homeland, which gave him a
rough lay of the land. X went on a much more expansive journey soon
thereafter, covering more than 8,000 km, which he kept a meticulous
record of, and which was later published by his granddaughter.
• ID X and the name of the book mentioned.
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10. 10.
• The origin of X is thought to be a descendent of Jordan Almonds, a
Mid-Eastern Turkish delight. The modern day X was promoted to
Union Soldiers during the American Civil War. In the early
20th century, X was a slang term for a man who put forth great effort
to dress stylishly.
• ID X
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11. 11.
• The company X originated in 1884, when Julius X took over his
father’s mill. He quickly became a pioneer of industrial food
production, aiming to improve the nutritional intake of worker
families. X was the first to bring protein-rich legume meals to the
market and followed up with a ready-made soup based on legume
meals in 1886.
• In 1947, a multinational giant took over it after many changes in
ownership.
• ID X
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12. 12.
ID this man, who
became the first
Indian gold-medalist at
the President’s Cup
boxing tournament.
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13. 13.
• Usually, companies pay artists to appear in commercials. In an
unlikely event, X (a music band) wanted to appear in a commercial for
Y (company), that too for no charge.
When the lead singer of X was asked about the association, he said
“These men have helped design the most beautiful art object in
music culture since the electric guitar”
• ID X and Y
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14. 14.
• In 2006, Dr. Lawrence Frank of the California Field Station for
Behavioural Research, sued them for nothing less than defamation of
character in response to their portrayal in the movie X. Later that
year, he also suggested a boycott of X as a way of helping preserve
hyenas in the wild.
ID X
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15. 15.
• This species of bee, found in Australia and was first noticed back in
2012 by a pair of citizen scientists in Wandoo National park. The
female bee lays its eggs on other insects, so that when the eggs
hatch, the babies eat the host insect from inside out, turning them
into zombies. This bee thrives in colder regions and is believed to
have evolved in this manner to avoid being eaten by birds. Name the
bee.
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16. Answers
2. Las Vegas
3. McDonalds
4. Homeless Football World cup
5. Enthiran (Chitti)
6. Pharrell Williams
7. Legend of Santa Claus
8. Water
9. Che Guevara, Motorcycle Diaries
10. Jellybean
11. Maggi
12. Shiva Thapa
13. Beatles, iPod
14. Lion King
15. Night King Bee SJC Quizzers