The Monthly Quiz - June 15 to July 15 Edition - Answers

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before July 10. Make sure you type your name, class, school/college and place in

the mail. If you win, you'll be asked to give your phone number for the prize.

Even if I ask you to not use Google, you are going to use it nevertheless. Anyway,

hoping you’ll obey: DON’T USE GOOGLE!!!

Spelling mistakes are tolerable. To a certain extent. But if the answer is Rahman and

you send me Raman, I’ll be thinking of the scientist CV and not the musician AR. You can’t argue that it was a spelling mistake,

then.

Stick to a single word. Or two words at maximum if it’s a name or something.

Unless rare cases of ‘Put funda’ are asked. For connect questions, don’t send in

paragraphs. Sentences are cuter.

I thought What? Just four rules for an online quiz? And so, this is the fifth dummy rule: Following people will be given preference: Deepika Padukone, Scarlett Johansonn (who's

in the blog's header image), Kriti Sanon, Shraddha Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Angelina Jolie, Emma Stone,

Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, Katherine Heigl, Drew Barrymore, Rebecca Hall, Kiera Knightley, Sonam Kapoor,

Nazriya Nazim and some others.

QuestionsAnswered

1

If you started as Pichu and end up as Raichu, who are you?

And what would the following mean to you: Growl, Nuzzle, Slam, Feint, Play Nice,

Double Team and Light Screen?

Pikachu.And those would be

your attacks or

moves

2

What is this the reason for?

After Von Laue's pioneering research, the field of crystallography developed rapidly, most

notably by physicists William Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg. In

1912–1913, the younger Bragg developed Bragg's law, which connects the

observed scattering with reflections from evenly spaced planes within the crystal.

The Braggs, father and son, shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in crystallography. The earliest structures

were generally simple and marked by one-dimensional symmetry. However, as computational and experimental

methods improved over the next decades, it became feasible to deduce reliable atomic positions for more complicated two- and

three-dimensional arrangements of atoms in the unit-cell.

The potential of X-ray crystallography for determining the structure of molecules and minerals—then only known vaguely

from chemical and hydrodynamic experiments—was realized immediately. The earliest structures were simple inorganic

crystals and minerals, but even these revealed fundamental laws of physics and chemistry. The first atomic-resolution structure to

be "solved" (i.e., determined) in 1914 was that of table salt.

What is this the reason for?

This is the reason why 2014 has been declared as the International Year of Crystallography. 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of table

salt's atomic resolution. From the website www.iycr2014.org:

The International Year of Crystallography 2014 (IYCr2014) commemorates not only the centennial

of X-ray diffraction, which allowed the detailed study of crystalline material, but also the 400th

anniversary of Kepler’s observation in 1611 of the symmetrical form of ice crystals, which began the

wider study of the role of symmetry in matter.

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3

In picture is the Croatian football jersey. What lends the red and white checked

pattern on it?

Picture next slide

The Croatian Coat of Arms which is found in their flag

4

If the guy in the first image is to the second image, then what is to the guy in the third

image?

Images follow

First image

second image

Third image

?

Jumbo.

First image is Brett Lee (don't we all know?). Second image is of the

search engine Bing. Third is Anil Kumble. So, if Bing is to Brett Lee,

what is to Anil Kumble? Bing/Binga is Brett Lee's nickname. So Anil Kumble's nickname is Jumbo.

5

Complete the man in the

image's name: George Uglow

_ _ _ _.

Pope.

Answer: Pope. The G and the U in G U Pope stand for

George Uglow.

6 X? Y? Z?

One of President Nixon's speechwriters, Bill Safire, had prepared an address titled 'In The Event of X Disaster'. It went thus:

Fate has ordained that the men who went to the X to explore in peace will stay to rest in peace. These brave men, Y and Z, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.These two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.

In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.' If the launch from the X had failed, Houston was to close down communications and leave Y and Z to their death. Give me X, Y and Z.

X – Moon, Y – Neil Armstrong and Z – Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin

The clues were aplenty: disaster, Nixon, Houston, stars and

constellations etc.

7

What follows is a graphical representation of an entity: follow any one ant closely to

notice the anomaly. What is this? Two words.

Next slide

Mobius Strip. The cool thing is that it has only one side. Wikipedia.

8

This is Eric Lafforgue,

a photographer.

The photograph in the next slide was shot by him. It is of a dance form in Kerala

called Theyyam / Theyyom. Why has this photo been in the Tamil film world news

recently / what has this photo supposedly inspired?

The photograph is said to have inspired the poster of Kamal

Hasan’s upcoming movie ‘Uttama Villain’.

9

X toning is a specialized treatment to give a black-and-white photographic print a warmer tone and to enhance its archival qualities. Chemicals are used to convert the metallic silver in the print to a sulfide compound, which is much more resistant to the effects of environmental pollutants such as atmospheric sulfur compounds. Silver sulfide is at least 50% more stable than silver.

There are three types of X toner in modern use:1. Sodium sulfide toners - the traditional 'rotten egg' toner;2. Thiourea (or 'thiocarbamide') toners - these are odorless and the tone can be varied according to the chemical mixture;3. Polysulfide or 'direct' toners - these do not require a bleaching stage.

What is X? Images follow

Sepia. Sitter.

10

Who?

Neymar Sr.

11

Who?

Madam Rolanda Hooch. Who handles Quidditch at Hogwarts.

12

Description of what? And what is X?A map of the world representing an

azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized

branches of the X tree, . . . The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south

latitude, and includes five concentric circles.

The United Nations Flag. X is olive.

13

In the following slides are three pictures of men with a certain hairstyle. What is it

called as?

Caesar Cut :D

14

The title of the film whose poster is given in the left (Image 1) is actually possible. It's a skill, an art (Image 2; in the right). What

is it called as?

For those who don’t know Tamil, the title translates to ‘Shut up you mouth and

talk’. :D

Ventriloquism. Go Google.

15

X, Edward Snowden, Edith Windsor, Bashar Assad, Ted Cruz. Gimme X? And also

gimme what this list represents.

Pope Francis.Those are the people who

finished runner-up to him for

TIME’s Person of The Year

16

Long Visual Connect

DITTO

BRAINSTORM

HEAT + BLASTLogo of Miami Heat

DIAMOND + HEAD

EYE + GUYPoster of Tamil film ‘I’ ;Guy from ‘The Croods’

GREY MATTER

FOUR ARMSWorst clue of all :D

Ben 10 aliens

17

Long Visual Connect

Dante

from Devil May Care

Fred

From Scooby Doo

Hulk

Jo

Nickname of Jyothika,

Tamil actress

Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell of Australia

and KXIP

Oscar

Umm… the award

Victor

From X Men.Wolverine’s

brother.

Brazil’s football squad

18

By far, easiest of all connect questions here. Connect:

Caesar

From Rise of The Planet of

The Apes

Gollum

From the Lord of The Rings world

Andy Serkiz

He played both the characters.

Motion capture.

19

Connect

#1: Latin word for 'son' or 'male descendant‘

#2: Latin word for 'white‘

#3: ******** is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia on the Yarra Junction Noojee Road.

19Connect:

#1: Latin word for 'son' or 'male descendant‘

FILUS#2: Latin word for 'white‘

ALBUS#3: ******** is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia on the Yarra Junction Noojee Road.

GILDEROY

#4:

Quintus_______Flaccus

#4:

QuintusHoratiusFlaccus

a.k.a.

Horace

#5:

Music, poetry, medicine,

commerce, weaving, crafts, magic and one

more thing.

#5:

Minerva.

One more thing being wisdom.

#6

#6: POPPY

#7:

A German camera manufacturer

#7:A German camera manufacturer

ARGUS

First names of Hogwarts

staff.

20

Long Visual Connect

Alpha

There was a mistake in the question’s second image posted.

The error is regretted. Sorry for any inconvenience caused :D

Actual second image follows.

Thank you, Zainab :D

Bravo

Charlie

(Charlie Sheen)

Delta(In picture is the Ganges Delta)

Echo

A character from Ben 10,Echo Echo.

Foxtrot

Golf(Duh.)

Hotel

NATO Phonetic Alphabet

The response wasn’t too good. And it wasn’t too bad either. Had a few sparkling answers and

made friends :)

I hope you enjoyed and appreciated the quiz above as much as I enjoyed creating it. Happy

quizzing.

Next quiz is on July 15, 2014 atwww.gerleonimalan.blogspot.in

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