Freshers quiz tourney in 2022

1. MFQT
Manipal Freshers’ Quiz Tournament
Hosted by Sushant, Tanmay and Anchit

2. Rules:
● 25 questions. 5 questions are two-pointers. In total, 30 points to score.
● No negatives. Part points will be awarded wherever applicable.
● Star marked questions are tie breakers.
● Anything in Italics may be a hint.
● Do NOT shout out the answers.
● Don’t cheat.
● QMs are not God, they are struggling with lab end sems.

3. Let’s
Begin!

4. Q1. Analysis of what?
Alyte Mazeika is a lawyer, and the face behind LegalBytes - a law focused Podcast with
a Youtube channel of the same name. Her channel talks about legal policies, and
explaining legal terms and laws to people in a simple way.
Her channel has seen a growth from 24k to over 250k subscribers right now. This is due
to her streaming almost 10 hours everyday, starting about one and a half months ago.
In these streams, she takes in depth notes, invites guests and engages in
conversations with other lawyers and law youtubers, actively dissecting and analysing
something. She signs off everyday and immediately records a recap of the day's
events, repeating the process everyday.
Why did LegalBytes blow up?/What is she analysing?

5. Q2. What name?
The aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa,
vaguely pig-like in appearance.
Its body is stout with a prominently arched back and is sparsely covered with coarse
hairs. Its greatly elongated head is set on a short neck, while its most
distinctive/prominent features are the disproportionately larger ears.
On January 4, a remarkable Aardvark calf was born at Chester Zoo, the first born after
90 long years. To commemorate the occasion they decided to name it.
Quite aptly a similar looking fictional character's name was deemed fit.
What was the Aardvark named after?

7. Q3. X?
Although sightings of this phenomenon have led to panic, fear of nuclear missile strike,
and reports of unidentified flying objects, this is essentially a rocket launch-related
phenomenon.
It's caused by sunlight reflecting off the high altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a
launching rocket during morning or evening twilight.
The observer is in darkness, while the exhaust plumes at high altitudes are still in direct
sunlight. This luminous apparition is reminiscent of an X, and hence has been named
after it.
What name has been given to the aforementioned phenomenon?

8. Q4. What is X?
The X was a profession whose job was to make the argument against canonization. The
office was established in 1587 during the reign of Pope Sixtus V and was abolished by
Pope John Paul II in 1983.
This abolition streamlined the canonization process considerably, helping John Paul II
to usher in an unprecedented number of elevations: nearly 500 as compared to 98, by
all his 20th-century predecessors combined.
As time went on the title X refers to anyone, who, given a certain point of view, takes a
position they do not necessarily agree with, to explore the thought better.
What profession is X supposed to be?

9. Q5. Who is X?
The Hellenic Air Force Academy is a military academy responsible for supplying the
Hellenic Air Force with military pilots, aeronautical engineers, air traffic and air
defence controllers.
In 1967, the Academy took on an unofficial name, X School, as a nod to one of the
"pioneers" of flight in a way, explaining their choice with "So what if he failed, he tried
didn’t he?"
X also features on the centerpiece of the academy's badge.
Identify X.

10. Q6.Forest of what?
A small “forest” of evergreen trees brightens the otherwise stark landscape outside of
Nome, Alaska each winter. Oddly, this forest sprouts on top of the frozen ocean.
The forest is a result of a 25 year old joke within the community, with locals adding
their contributions to it at the end of every year. Instead of tossing them in landfills,
locals believe their contributions serve a more lasting and visible purpose, leading
second lives on the ice before returning to nature, carried out by waves of the sea.
What is this forest made of?

11. Q7. What is X?
This extravagant thing is the official X, which
people of a faith consider the holiest structure.
It is used to open the gates during the cleaning
ceremony, where what is inside said gates is
cleaned, along with the visitors.
This thing has been bestowed to the Bani
Shaibi tribe about 1400 years ago for
safekeeping, and Saleh Al Shaibi is their 108th
successor who still owns this to this day. What
is this thing im talking about?

12. Q8. Inspiration? Structure name?
In 1987, Jim Reinders built a sculpture in Nebraska using vintage American
automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint.
The 39 automobiles were carefully arranged arranged in a circle measuring
about 29 m in diameter. Some were held upright in pits 1.5 m deep, trunk
end down, and some were used to form arches by welding automobiles atop
the supporting models.
What served as this structure's inspiration?

13. Q9. What did she do?
Few people know the story of Claudette Colvin: When she was 15, she did the same
thing a certain R.P. did but nine months before the latter.
Most people know about R.P. and Montgomery, but not the others. Most women were
quietly fined, and no one heard much more.
Colvin was the first to really challenge the law.
Now a 69-year-old retiree, Colvin lives in the Bronx. She remembers taking the bus
home from high school on March 2, 1955, as clear as if it were yesterday.
What did she do?

14. Q10. What product? Country?
This product is often stereotyped and joked about to such an extent that it has reached
legendary status now.
One of the reasons for its endurance is the high-quality polycarbonates the outer
casing (and most of this product) is made of. Another, not so well known reason is that
the country this product originally comes from is full of rugged people who survive
harsh cold winters and have to rely on simple and elegantly designed infrastructure
that is durable and lasts long. This seems to be a major inspiration behind the design
principles of this product.
What product? What country?

15. Q11. Who talking about what?
"I selected a X as the symbol for it because of the humorous sexual
connotation, and because he offered an image that was frisky and
playful. I put him in a tuxedo to add the idea of sophistication.
There was an editorial consideration too. Since others use men as
their symbols, I felt the X would be distinctive; and the notion of a X
dressed up in formal evening attire struck me as charming,
amusing and right.”

16. Q12. Why was the sale of this kettle banned?

17. Q13. What’s the usage?
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene is a thermoplastic polymer used for a certain
application since 1960’s.
One reason why it is used here is because of its extremely high mechanical properties
compared to other plastics. Its properties include high rigidity, high impact resistance
and less warping to make sure the dimensions are intact (so that pieces don’t
mismatch). Another reason is its resistance to colour fading which is important in terms
of aesthetics.
However, there have been concerns of it being a carcinogen, and considerable
research has gone into making it harm free when accidentally consumed.
Where has it been commonly used since the 1960s?

18. Q14. X? Y?
This is a book by author Derek Murphy, that looks at the fascinating parallels between
two of the world's most popular "literary" characters, X and Y.
Describing his book, which was published in 2011, Murphy said, “When I say X is Y,
what I really mean is X symbolises Y.”
1.Both X and Y had prophetic births.
2. Both X and Y are symbolised by the lion.
3. Both of them have major resurrection arcs.
4. Although X seems to disregard and mock authority at times, Y never does so.
5. Both also have companions that stick with them from start to end.

19. Q15. 0.5+0.5

20. Q15. (contd.) 0.5+0.5

21. Q16. Name? What does J.G stand for?
This is one of Batman's most infamous foes. Take
a good look at the image, and tell what his name
is.
Additionally, his real name can be abbreviated
to ‘J.G Day’.
What does the J and G stand for?

22. Q17. AI name? What did this person inspire?
This is a popular AI program that creates images from textual descriptions
(such as “sleep deprived college student”). It uses around 12 billion parameters to
interpret language inputs and present them as images of varying themes and
orientations.
The AI is rather punnily named, taking its name after an extremely famous Pixar
movie, and the individual pictured in the next slide.
What is the AI called?
This person also served as the inspiration for something in the world of pop culture
since 2017. What did his look inspire?

24. Q18. What result?
Several scientists have pointed out that the following chemical reactions are the reason
for something observed by people worldwide. It started with these atmospheric oxidation
processes:
2Cu + O2 → Cu2O
2Cu2O + O2 → 4CuO
The abundance of seawater in the vicinity and the rise of sulphur levels in the atmosphere
gave rise to the following green and blue hydrated salts:
2CuO + CO2 + H2O → Cu2CO3(OH)2
3CuO + 2CO2 + H2O → Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
4CuO + SO3 +3H2O → Cu4SO4(OH)6
What was the world famous result of these chemical reactions?

25. Q18 (contd). What did she do?
Inspired by this, this person did
something that went viral earlier this
month.
What did she do?

26. Q19. Why did this ad blow up among Indians worldwide?

27. Q20. What’s being talked about?
This particular phenomenon has been laughed about, and memed to an extent where
this chain has become notorious for perhaps doing this on purpose.
While higher ups of the company say that this tradition was born out of a personal
relationship and interaction between employees and customers, there is no corporate
policy to get specific details correct and this is what leads to confusion.
However, the main reason that this happens is because employees are insanely busy
most of the time, and asking for specifics could make waiting times longer. This is also
compounded by loud working environments, that can mislead employees into making
mistakes.
What is being talked about?

28. Q21. What problem?
In the 2010 Winter Olympics, German luger David Moeller finished second in Men's
singles Luge. However, he encountered a problem while celebrating his result post his
race. This had to be fixed by his mother back home who was a dentist by profession.
In what unusual way did he get this problem?

29. Q22. What is the game named?
This is a musical guessing game in which a player has to guess a song from a
snippet of given music.
Seconds of the song are played, and points are awarded on the basis of how fast
the song is guessed.
Songs are semi-randomly plucked from a long list of popularly streamed artists,
with the website refreshing with a new song everyday.
What is this game appropriately called, an auditory pun on the more famous
counterpart it gives homage to?

30. Q23. What did Connare come up with?
In the mid-’90s, home computers were becoming increasingly common. More
households were getting their first PC, and they had to learn how to interact with the
software. Microsoft hence developed an interface that mimicked a home environment.
It became known as Microsoft Bob, but was a failure for Windows.
Even though Bob was a failure, an aspect of Bob that Vincent Connare at Microsoft
came up with stuck around. He came up with a rather childish and goofy way to fit the
vibe of the speech bubbles of Bob, inspired by graphic novels in the late 80s.
What did Connare come up with?

32. Q24. What nickname?
Stephen Lund is a Canadian native who cycles an average of 70 KM everyday.
The whopping distance is a result of him carefully planning out his ventures.
Using a GPS tracking app to map his progress, Stephen creates clever doodles
across the Canadian map. [images follow.]
What punny nickname has been given to him by the internet, aptly punning on
his chosen art medium and a Renaissance painter, who also put in significant
physical effort in the creation of something?

34. Q25. Podcast?
Sarah Spain hosts a podcast where female guests from different walks of life
share their stories.
What 4 word title is given to the podcast, immortalized in Pop Culture history?

35. Answers!

36. Q1. Analysis of what?
Alyte Mazeika is a lawyer, and the face behind LegalBytes - a law focused Podcast with
a Youtube channel of the same name. Her channel talks about legal policies, and
explaining legal terms and laws to people in a simple way.
Her channel has seen a growth from 24k to over 250k subscribers right now. This is due
to her streaming almost 10 hours everyday, starting about one and a half months ago.
In these streams, she takes in depth notes, invites guests and engages in
conversations with other lawyers and law youtubers, actively dissecting and analysing
something. She signs off everyday and immediately records a recap of the day's
events, repeating the process everyday.
Why did LegalBytes blow up?/What is she analysing?

37. Ans. Johnny Vs Amber

38. Q2. What name?
The aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa,
vaguely pig-like in appearance.
Its body is stout with a prominently arched back and is sparsely covered with coarse
hairs. Its greatly elongated head is set on a short neck, while its most
distinctive/prominent features are the disproportionately larger ears.
On January 4, a remarkable Aardvark calf was born at Chester Zoo, the first born after
90 long years. To commemorate the occasion they decided to name it.
Quite aptly a similar looking fictional character's name was deemed fit.
What was the Aardvark named after?

39. Ans: Dobby from harry Potter

40. Q3. What’s the Phenomenon?
Although sightings of this phenomenon have led to panic, fear of nuclear missile strike,
and reports of unidentified flying objects, X is essentially a rocket launch-related
phenomenon.
It's caused by sunlight reflecting off the high altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a
launching rocket during morning or evening twilight.
The observer is in darkness, while the exhaust plumes at high altitudes are still in direct
sunlight. This luminous apparition is reminiscent of an X, and hence has been named
after it.
What name has been given to the aforementioned phenomenon?

41. Ans. Space Jellyfish cloud

42. Q4. What is X?
The X was a profession whose job was to make the argument against canonization. The
office was established in 1587 during the reign of Pope Sixtus V and was abolished by
Pope John Paul II in 1983.
This abolition streamlined the canonization process considerably, helping John Paul II
to usher in an unprecedented number of elevations: nearly 500 as compared to 98, by
all his 20th-century predecessors combined.
As time went on the title X refers to anyone, who, given a certain point of view, takes a
position they do not necessarily agree with, to explore the thought better.
What profession is X supposed to be?

43. Ans. The Devil’s Advocate

44. Q5. Who is X?
The Hellenic Air Force Academy is a military academy responsible for supplying the
Hellenic Air Force with military pilots, aeronautical engineers, air traffic and air
defence controllers.
In 1967, the Academy took on an unofficial name, X School, as a nod to one of the
"pioneers" of flight in a way, explaining their choice with "So what if he failed, he tried
didn’t he?"
X also features on the centerpiece of the academy's badge.
Identify X.

45. Ans. Icarus

46. Q6. Forest of what?
A small “forest” of evergreen trees brightens the otherwise stark landscape outside of
Nome, Alaska each winter. Oddly, this forest sprouts on top of the frozen ocean.
The forest is a result of a 25 year old joke within the community, with locals adding
their contributions to it at the end of every year. Instead of tossing them in landfills,
locals believe their contributions serve a more lasting and visible purpose, leading
second lives on the ice before returning to nature, carried out by waves of the sea.
What is this forest made of?

47. Ans. Christmas trees!

48. Q7. What is X?
This extravagant thing is the official X, which
people of a faith consider the holiest structure.
It is used to open the gates during the cleaning
ceremony, where what is inside said gates is
cleaned, along with the visitors.
This thing has been bestowed to the Bani
Shaibi tribe about 1400 years ago for
safekeeping, and Saleh Al Shaibi is their 108th
successor who still owns this to this day. What
is this thing im talking about?

49. Ans. Key to the Kaabah

50. Q8. Inspiration? Structure name?
In 1987, Jim Reinders built a sculpture in Nebraska using vintage American
automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint.
The 39 automobiles were carefully arranged arranged in a circle measuring
about 29 m in diameter. Some were held upright in pits 1.5 m deep, trunk
end down, and some were used to form arches by welding automobiles atop
the supporting models.
What served as this structure's inspiration?

51. Ans. Carhenge, and Stonehenge

52. Q9. What did she do?
Few people know the story of Claudette Colvin: When she was 15, she did the same
thing a certain R.P. did but nine months before the latter.
Most people know about R.P. and Montgomery, but not the others. Most women were
quietly fined, and no one heard much more.
Colvin was the first to really challenge the law.
Now a 69-year-old retiree, Colvin lives in the Bronx. She remembers taking the bus
home from high school on March 2, 1955, as clear as if it were yesterday.
What did she do?

53. Ans. refused to give up her seat

54. Q10. What product? Country?
This product is often stereotyped and joked about to such an extent that it has reached
legendary status now.
One of the reasons for its endurance is the high-quality polycarbonates the outer
casing (and most of this product) is made of. Another, not so well known reason is that
the country this product originally comes from is full of rugged people who survive
harsh cold winters and have to rely on simple and elegantly designed infrastructure
that is durable and lasts long. This seems to be a major inspiration behind the design
principles of this product.
What product? What country?

55. Ans. Nokia 3310, Finland

56. Q11. Who talking about what?
"I selected a X as the symbol for it because of the humorous sexual
connotation, and because he offered an image that was frisky and
playful. I put him in a tuxedo to add the idea of sophistication.
There was an editorial consideration too. Since others use men as
their symbols, I felt the X would be distinctive; and the notion of a X
dressed up in formal evening attire struck me as charming,
amusing and right.”

57. Ans. Hugh Hefner on Playboy logo

58. Q12. Why was the sale of this kettle banned?

59. Ans, It resembled Hitler

60. Q13. What’s the usage?
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene is a thermoplastic polymer used for a certain
application since 1960’s.
One reason why it is used here is because of its extremely high mechanical properties
compared to other plastics. Its properties include high rigidity, high impact resistance
and less warping to make sure the dimensions are intact (so that pieces don’t
mismatch). Another reason is its resistance to colour fading which is important in terms
of aesthetics.
However, there have been concerns of it being a carcinogen, and considerable
research has gone into making it harm free when accidentally consumed.
Where has it been commonly used since the 1960s?

61. Ans. Lego bricks

62. Q14. What is XY?
XY is a book by Ph.D. student turned author Derek Murphy, that looks at the
fascinating parallels between two of the world's most popular "literary" characters, X
and Y.
Describing his book, which was published in 2011, Murphy said, "When I say X is Y, what
I really mean is X symbolises Y. For those unfamiliar with the it, Y was also referred to
as the chosen one, sent to earth by God."
Given that it draws the attention of both religious people and lovers of magic, give me
what is the XY which is also the title of the book?

63. Ans. Jesus Potter, Harry Christ

64. Q15. 0.5+0.5

65. 1. Disney buys
Fox Studios
2. Ebola virus
outbreak

66. Q15. (contd.) 0.5+0.5

67. 3. NSA Spying
Scandal
4. Average Joe
in space

68. Q16. Name? What does J.G stand for?
This is one of Batman's most infamous foes. Take
a good look at the image, and tell what his name
is.
Additionally, his real name can be abbreviated
to ‘J.G Day’.
What does the J and G stand for?

69. Ans. Calendar Man, Julian Gregorian Day

70. Q17. AI name? What did this person inspire?
This is a popular AI program that creates images from textual descriptions
(such as “sleep deprived college student”). It uses around 12 billion parameters to
interpret language inputs and present them as images of varying themes and
orientations.
The AI is rather punnily named, taking its name after an extremely famous Pixar
movie, and the individual pictured in the next slide.
What is the AI called?
This person also served as the inspiration for something in the world of pop culture
since 2017. What did his look inspire?

72. Ans. DALL-E, Masks from Money Heist

73. Q18. What result?
Several scientists have pointed out that the following chemical reactions are the reason
for something observed by people worldwide. It started with these atmospheric oxidation
processes:
2Cu + O2 → Cu2O
2Cu2O + O2 → 4CuO
The abundance of seawater in the vicinity and the rise of sulphur levels in the atmosphere
gave rise to the following green and blue hydrated salts:
2CuO + CO2 + H2O → Cu2CO3(OH)2
3CuO + 2CO2 + H2O → Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
4CuO + SO3 +3H2O → Cu4SO4(OH)6
What was the world famous result of these chemical reactions?

74. Q18 (contd). What did she do?
Inspired by this, this person did
something that went viral earlier this
month.
What did she do?

75. Ans. Statue of Liberty turning green,
Blake Lively changed her dress midway
on Met Gala

76. Q19. Why is this ad famous among desi people?

77. Ans. Dum Maaro Dum

78. Q20. What’s being talked about?
This particular phenomenon has been laughed about, and memed to an extent where
this chain has become notorious for perhaps doing this on purpose.
While higher ups of the company say that this tradition was born out of a personal
relationship and interaction between employees and customers, there is no corporate
policy to get specific details correct and this is what leads to confusion.
However, the main reason that this happens is because employees are insanely busy
most of the time, and asking for specifics could make waiting times longer. This is also
compounded by loud working environments, that can mislead employees into making
mistakes.
What is being talked about?

79. Ans. Starbucks misspelling names!

80. Q21. What problem?
In the 2010 Winter Olympics, German luger David Moeller finished second in Men's
singles Luge. However, he encountered a problem while celebrating his result post his
race. This had to be fixed by his mother back home who was a dentist by profession.
In what unusual way did he get this problem?

81. Ans. He bit his medal and broke a tooth

82. Q22. What is the game named?
This is a musical guessing game in which a player has to guess a song from a
snippet of given music.
Seconds of the song are played, and points are awarded on the basis of how fast
the song is guessed.
Songs are semi-randomly plucked from a long list of popularly streamed artists,
with the website refreshing with a new song everyday.
What is this game appropriately called, an auditory pun on the more famous
counterpart it gives homage to?

83. Ans. Heardle

84. Q23. What did Connare come up with?
In the mid-’90s, home computers were becoming increasingly common. More
households were getting their first PC, and they had to learn how to interact with the
software. Microsoft hence developed an interface that mimicked a home environment.
It became known as Microsoft Bob, but was a failure for Windows.
Even though Bob was a failure, an aspect of Bob that Vincent Connare at Microsoft
came up with stuck around. He came up with a rather childish and goofy way to fit the
vibe of the speech bubbles of Bob, inspired by graphic novels in the late 80s.
What did Connare come up with?

86. Ans. Comic Sans

87. Q24. What nickname?
Stephen Lund is a Canadian native who cycles an average of 70 KM everyday.
The whopping distance is a result of him carefully planning out his ventures.
Using a GPS tracking app to map his progress, Stephen creates clever doodles
across the Canadian map. [images follow.]
What punny nickname has been given to him by the internet, aptly punning on
his chosen art medium and a Renaissance painter, who also put in significant
physical effort in the creation of something?

89. Ans. Bikelangelo

90. Q25. Podcast?
Sarah Spain hosts a podcast where female guests from different walks of life
share their stories.
What 4 word title is given to the podcast, immortalized in Pop Culture history?

91. Ans. That’s What She Said

92. See you
at the
Finals!