Mains of the General Quiz conducted on the 7th of April'16 at IIT Roorkee.

1. General Quiz
-UTKARSH BAJPAI

2. MAINS
SO IT GOES.

3. Names, phrases and what not.
WRITTEN ROUND - I

4.  6 questions.
 Fill in the blanks/write the name/give X,Y.
 +10 for each.

5. FITB
 The band got its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book ___ _____ of Perception, which
itself was a reference to a quote made by William Blake, "If ___ _____ of perception were
cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

6.  In what is perhaps the most ubiquitous literary reference of all time, X takes its name from Y’s Z.
 Oddly enough, X was not the first choice, after one of the company’s cofounders rejected the
name “Pequod” and “Cargo House”.

7.  X by Michael Leigh was a contemporary mass market paperback about the secret sexual
subculture of the early 1960s that Cale's friend Tony Conrad showed the group.
 MacLise made a suggestion to adopt the title as the band's name. According to ____ and
Morrison, the group liked the name, considering it evocative of “___________ cinema", and
fitting, as ____ had already written "Venus in Furs", a song inspired by Leopold von Sacher-
Masoch's book of the same name, which dealt with masochism.

8.  Jesus answered -
"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both
stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was
going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite
also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain X, as he
travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him,
and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him
to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and
gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will
repay you when I return.‘
— Luke 10:30–37, World English Bible

9.  I wrote “X" at my mother's house in Warrington … I was thinking about the Chinese I Ching, 'The
Book of Changes" … The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be, and that
there's no such thing as coincidence – every little item that's going down has a purpose.
 “X" was a simple study based on that theory. I decided to write a song based on the first thing I
saw upon opening any book – as it would be relative to that moment, at that time. I picked up a
book at random, opened it, saw “______ _____", then laid the book down again and started the
song.

10.  O wonder!
How many godly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O _____ ___ _____,
That has such people in't.
 — William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, ll. 203–206

11. EXCHANGE SHEETS. ANSWERS
FOLLOW

12. FITB
 The band got its name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book ___ _____ of Perception, which
itself was a reference to a quote made by William Blake, "If ___ _____ of perception were
cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

13. The Doors

14.  In what is perhaps the most ubiquitous literary reference of all time, X takes its name from Y’s Z.
 Oddly enough, X was not the first choice, after one of the company’s cofounders rejected the
name “Pequod” and “Cargo House”.

15. Starbucks, Herman Melville, Moby
Dick

16.  X by Michael Leigh was a contemporary mass market paperback about the secret sexual
subculture of the early 1960s that Cale's friend Tony Conrad showed the group.
 MacLise made a suggestion to adopt the title as the band's name. According to ____ and
Morrison, the group liked the name, considering it evocative of “___________ cinema", and
fitting, as ____ had already written "Venus in Furs", a song inspired by Leopold von Sacher-
Masoch's book of the same name, which dealt with masochism.

17. The Velvet Underground

18.  Jesus answered -
"A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both
stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was
going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite
also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain X, as he
travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him,
and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him
to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and
gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will
repay you when I return.‘
— Luke 10:30–37, World English Bible

19. Samaritan/Good Samaritan

20.  I wrote “X" at my mother's house in Warrington … I was thinking about the Chinese I Ching, 'The
Book of Changes" … The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be, and that
there's no such thing as coincidence – every little item that's going down has a purpose.
 “X" was a simple study based on that theory. I decided to write a song based on the first thing I
saw upon opening any book – as it would be relative to that moment, at that time. I picked up a
book at random, opened it, saw “______ _____", then laid the book down again and started the
song.

21. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

22.  O wonder!
How many godly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O _____ ___ _____,
That has such people in't.
 — William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, ll. 203–206

23. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

24. Shut up and Bounce - I
CLOCKWISE. 8 QUESTIONS. THE USUAL.
SO IT GOES.

25.  X became a household name in India with his roles in Raj Kapoor's Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
and Henna (1991).
 In 1995 he was awarded an OBE in recognition of his services to drama, the first Asian to
receive this honour.[
 X recalled in an interview – “While working at Harrods, my former co-star Ingrid Bergman came
in one day. I didn't want her to feel sorry for me, so I put on my jacket and tie and acted like a
customer,"
 "Ingrid said 'Oh X, how lovely to see you, are you buying up Harrods?' When in fact, I had about
two pounds in my pocket.“

27. Saeed Jaffrey

28.  “X" was inspired by a traditional Irish folk song called "Down by Blackwaterside". The guitar
arrangement closely follows Bert Jansch's version of that song, recorded on his 1966
album Jack Orion.
 An overdubbed rapid guitar lick can be heard with the tempo then steadying to 114 beats per
minute throughout the song. ____ did this to simulate the sound of a sitar, for which the song's
dropped-down D♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-A♭-D♭ tuning. ____ played a borrowed Gibson J-200 acoustic
guitar for this recording.
 To enhance the Indian character of the song, drummer and sitarist Viram Jasani played tabla on
the track.
 This song was a component of ___ ________'s live set list until their fifth US Tour in 1970.
Years later it was restored to their set for the 1977 US Tour, the 1979 concerts and 1980
European tour.

30. Black Mountain Side, Led Zeppelin

31.  The Disgrace of Gijón refers to the 1982 FIFA World Cup football match played between West
Germany and Austria at the El Molinón stadium, Gijón, Spain, on 25 June 1982.
 With the outcome of that match already decided, a win by one or two goals for West Germany
would result in both them and Austria qualifying at the expense of Algeria, who had beaten West
Germany in the first game. After 10 minutes, West Germany took the lead. Thereafter, neither
team scored, and few scoring chances were created, along with much own-half passing and few
tackles: with both sets of players flamboyantly missing with apparently no attempt at accuracy
whenever they shot on goal.
 What regulatory change/revision by FIFA did this incident invoke?

33. Last matches of the group stage were
played simultaneously

34.  X, was created by artist Steve Ditko and portrayed in live action by Peter Hooten in the 1978
television movie also titled X.
 Steve Ditko contributed some of his most surrealistic work to the comic book and gave it a
disorienting, hallucinogenic quality. X's adventures take place in twisting dimensions that
resembled Salvador Dalí paintings.
 The character was inspired by the Y program that aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System in
the 1930s.

36. Dr. Strange, Chandu the Magician

37.  In the late 14th century, the first known X recipe was penned in an anonymous manuscript, Le
Ménagier de Paris, written by a husband as a set of instructions to his young wife –
Beat some eggs in a bowl, season with salt and add wine. Toss in some flour, and mix. Then fill,
little by little, two irons at a time with as much of the paste as a slice of cheese is large. Then cook
it on both sides. If the dough does not detach easily from the iron, coat it first with a piece of cloth
that has been soaked in oil or grease
 Liège X, the most popular contemporary X variety, are rumoured to have been invented during
the 18th century, as well, by the chef to the prince-bishop of Liège.

39. Waffles

40.  X and Y are a famous painter couple, both major forces in the Z movement.
 In the early 1990s, three groups of movie makers were developing X’s biographical projects.
 The project that seemed most advanced was a joint venture between Barbra Streisand's
Barwood Films and Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Productions. The script was to be based
on Jeffrey Potter's 1985 oral biography, To a Violent Grave, a collection of reminiscences by X's
friends. Streisand was to play the role of Y, and De Niro was to portray X.
 In 2000, the biographical film _______, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, X: An
American Saga, directed by and starring Ed Harris, was released. Marcia Gay Harden won
the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Y. The movie was the project
of Ed Harris, who portrayed X. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

42. Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Abstract
Expressionist.

43.  In 1900 the tire manufacturers André ________ and his brother Édouard published the first
edition of X for French motorists. It was given away free of charge, and contained useful
information for motorists, including maps, instructions for repairing and changing tires, and lists of
car mechanics, hotels and petrol stations.
 Based on the principle that "man only truly respects what he pays for," the brothers decided to
charge a price for the guide.
 They also made several changes, notably: listing restaurants by specific categories; the debut of
hotel listings; and the abandonment of advertisements in the guide. Recognizing the growing
popularity of the restaurant section of the guide, the brothers recruited a team of inspectors to
visit and review restaurants, who were always careful in maintaining anonymity.
 What did this lead to/how do we know X today?

45. Michelin Guide, Michelin Star Ratings

46.  A common sentiment of the public during the turbulent 70s was: Nehru was a visionary, Shastri a
revisionary, and X was a televisionary. X knew how to wield and harvest the power of television.
 X wanted the signature tune of Y to be based on Z.
 The task of composing the tune was entrusted to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. But, he
realized that the actual tune of Z was of a bit longer duration. Working with Ustad Ali Ahmad
Hussain Khan, Ravi Shankar finally came up with a variation of the original tune and created
what can truly be termed the 'National tune of India'.
 Give me X,Y and Z.

48. Indira Gandhi, Doordarshan Tune,
Saare Jahaan Se Acha

49.  “X" was a TEDx talk that was given by Y in 2013.
 Parts of X's talk were sampled in Beyoncé's song "Flawless" in December 2013.
 Slide containing sampled parts follows.

50.  We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller
We say to girls: "You can have ambition, but not too much
You should aim to be successful, but not too successful
Otherwise, you will threaten the man"
Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage
I am expected to make my life choices
Always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important
Now, marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support
But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage
And we don't teach boys the same?
We raise girls to see each other as competitors
Not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing
But for the attention of men
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are

52. We should all be feminists,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

53. LATIN Round.
SO IT GOES.

54.  Translate stuff from Latin.
 Give me the latin phrase from the English text.
 +10 for each question.
 It’s okay if it’s the same fucking ballpark.

55.  X too – like it’s counterpart - is used to encourage someone to make the most of their time,
often in the sense of working into the early hours of the morning to get something finished, or
else enjoying themselves in the evening once a hard day’s work is done.

56.  A commonly-used phrase in law, this literally means “may you have the
body” and is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be
brought before a judge or into court.

57.  Translate “Errare Humanum est”
 If it helps : –
Origin – Apna stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, or simply Seneca.

58.  While it’s counterpart is "the voice of the people," X is literally "the voice of nothing."
 It describes an utterly pointless or meaningless statement, but can also be used for the kind of
spelling mistake or textual error in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another—like an
Autocorrect mistake.

59.  American Dictionary defines X as -
 X is an argument made repeatedly (possibly by different people) until nobody cares to discuss it
any more. This may sometimes, but not always, be a form of proof by assertion.

60.  X , is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or
other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument,
rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.

61. EXCHANGE SHEETS. ANSWERS
FOLLOW.

62.  X too – like it’s counterpart - is used to encourage someone to make the most of their time,
often in the sense of working into the early hours of the morning to get something finished, or
else enjoying themselves in the evening once a hard day’s work is done.

63.  Carpe Noctum

64.  A commonly-used phrase in law, this literally means “may you have the
body” and is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be
brought before a judge or into court.

65.  Habeas Corpus

66.  Translate “Errare Humanum est”
 If it helps : –
Origin – Apna stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, or simply Seneca.

67.  To err is human

68.  While it’s counterpart is "the voice of the people," X is literally "the voice of nothing."
 It describes an utterly pointless or meaningless statement, but can also be used for the kind of
spelling mistake or textual error in which one word is mistakenly substituted for another—like an
Autocorrect mistake.

69.  Vox Nihili

70.  American Dictionary defines X as -
 X is an argument made repeatedly (possibly by different people) until nobody cares to discuss it
any more. This may sometimes, but not always, be a form of proof by assertion.

71.  Ad Nauseum

72.  X , is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or
other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument,
rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.

73.  Ad Hominem

74. SHUT UP AND BOUNCE - II
ANTI CLOCKWISE. 8 QUESTIONS. THE USUAL.
SO IT GOES.

75.  X (born February 10, 1950) is a nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in
seven events.
 X is quoted as saying, "When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of _______ ___
_________ off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it—and everybody was
talking about it—that I decided to keep it. I had some fun with a Russian coach who asked me if
my _________ slowed me down. I said, 'No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my
mouth, allows my rear end to rise and make me bullet-shaped in the water, and that's what had
allowed me to swim so great.' He's translating as fast as he can for the other coaches, and the
following year every Russian male swimmer had a _________.“
 Give funda and name the Olympian.

77. Mark Spitz and his moustache

78.  Promulgated by American attorney and author Mike ______ in 1990, X originally referred
specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. It is now applied to any threaded online
discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches,
articles, and other rhetoric.
 X applies especially to inappropriate or hyperbolic comparisons of other situations (or one's
opponent) with _____.
 In December 2015, Mike commented on the fascist comparisons being made by several articles
on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying that "If you’re thoughtful about it
and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to ______ or _____ when you
talk about Trump. Or any other politician."
 In 2012, “X" became an entry in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

80. Goldwin Law

81.  X’s temple is located in the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus. The temple houses a
marble idol of X along with a marble ___ __ _____.
 The Temple, a gift from the nationalists Shiv Prasad Gupta and Durga Prasad Khatri, was
inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936. Mahatma Gandhi said, "I hope this temple, which will
serve as a cosmopolitan platform for people of all religions, castes, and creeds
including Harijans, will go a great way in promoting religious unity, peace, and love in the
country."

83. Bharat Mata

84.  The X was originally the product of Soviet government-sponsored research into proximity
sensors. On of the earliest such instruments, X was invented by a young Russian physicist
named Lev Sergeyevich _______ in October 1920 after the outbreak of the Russian Civil War.
 The X was used in movie soundtracks such as Miklós Rózsa's Spellbound, The Lost Weekend,
and Bernard Herrmann's The Day the Earth Stood Still. It has also been used in theme
songs for television shows such as the ITV drama Midsomer Murders. This has led to its
association with eerie situations.
 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin used a variation of the X during performances of "Whole Lotta
Love" and "No Quarter" throughout the performance history of Led Zeppelin, an extended multi-
instrumental solo featuring X and bowed guitar in 1977.

86. Theremin

87.  The X was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by
the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers,
including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian.
 Xs are not found in Greek mythology, for Greek writers of natural history were convinced of the
reality of Xs, which they located in India, a distant and fabulous realm for them. The earliest
description is from Ctesias, in his book Indika ("On India")
 Aristotle must be following Ctesias when he mentions, the oryx.
 In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely
wild woodland creature, which could only be captured by a virgin.

89. Unicorns

90.  X's mantra for developers had long been “Y“.
 “Y” is at the heart of the philosophy of being scrappy. X was the notable
proponent of this philosophy until recently, but many startups also
believe in it.
 Y is the obscured part in the adjacent xkcd comic.

92. Move fast and break things,
Facebook

93.  In the 1920s, a two-tone paint job was popular for cars and a headache for automotive
painters. The two-tone look was created by painting the car one color, applying a barrier of
some sort to the painted portion, and then painting the next section. In order to get around the
difficulties of this type of paint job, painters and mechanics tested out different ways to achieve
the look. Some automotive shops would glue newspapers over the already painted sections
while others used ____ to prevent paint transfer. However those techniques often left a sticky
residue on the paint that was difficult to remove. Sometimes, it would even mean the painters
had to do the entire paint job over again.
 When Richard Drew and 3M began allowing car painters to test the new X, one painter
supposedly complained about the lack of ________. One version of the story claims that the
painter asked "Why so ______ with the ________?" Another version states that the painter
said "Take this back to your ______ bosses and tell them to put more _________ on it."

95. Scotch Tape