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QuizZathon Prelims

1. Who?

His grandfather was barber to Lord Mountbatten and Nehru. His father was a barber too.

He now runs 329+ salons in 90 cities and 42 training academies across Asia.

2. What could this be?

3. What does this table denote?

1 Northern Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

2 Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

3 Western Rajasthan and Gujarat

4 Western Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

5 Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

6 Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu

7 Eastern West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern

8 Eastern Bihar & Jharkand

4*

109:23:38 Mr. X: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LM footpads are only depressed in the surface about 1 or 2 inches, although the surface appears to be very, very fine grained, as you get close to it. It's almost like a powder. Ground mass is very fine. 109:24:13 Mr. X: I'm going to step off the LM now.

What follows is a very famous quote from Mr. X, Identify the quote and X.

5. Not Rajinikanth!

An Internet phenomenon began in 2005, ascribing various implausible or impossible feats to a certain “tough guy”.

Some examples: “When _____ _____ falls in water, _____ _______ doesn't get wet. Water

gets _____ _______.”

“When _____ _____ does pushups, he doesn't lift himself up. He pushes the world down.”

“_____ _____ „s tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever.”

“_____ ______ counted to infinity- twice.”

“There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures _____ ______has allowed to live.”

“_____ _____ can eat just one Lay‟s Chip.”

6. Identify

_______ is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola. Its name in both Spanish and French means "Turtle Island" or "Tortoise Island", and it is sometimes called that in English. In the 17th century, it was a major center of Caribbean piracy.

7.

In terms of holidays/observances in many parts of the world, what connects the second Sunday in May and the third Sunday in June?

8. Identify this Dominican-origin actress. In which

2009 film did you see and not actually see her?

9. What are we looking at?

10.* What is common to them?

George Yule

William Wedderbern

Alfred Webb

Henry Cotton

Annie Beasant

11. Irony!

This cricketer was considered perhaps the greatest all-rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32. He was also a fine batsman (4,140first-class runs with a batting average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a result of rheumatism.

He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his retirement from first-class cricket. Identify

12.* Name the cartoonist.

13. What?

When its name was changed some years ago, Outlook Magazine called it “The biggest sex change in the History of Modern India”.

14.

The Sanskrit name for this syllable is Pranava, from a root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal pra-nu- being attested as “to make a humming or droning

sound” in the Brahmanas, and taking the specific meaning of "to utter the syllable" in the Chandogya Upanishad and the Shrauta Sutras. The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable.

Which syllable are we talking about?

15. Where would you find this pattern?

16.

On April 8, 1929, the Central Legislative Assembly proceedings began with the president giving his ruling on the Trade Disputes Bill. He next said: “I now proceed to give my ruling on the Public Safety Bill”.

But this ruling was never given on that day. Why?

17. What‟s the significance of this poster?

18. Dedicated to Deepak Venkatesh, 2k8 senior

Way back in 1883, the Sind-Punjab-Delhi region of India had a very peculiar problem. The railways came up with a innovative solution to solve this problem, this solution from the 1880s have become a fairly large revenue earner for the Indian railways. What is this idea??

19. Identify.

20.

X was originally invented by Max Keith in Germany in 1940 when World War II made it difficult to get the Coca-Cola syrup to Nazi Germany. X was originally made from byproducts of cheese and jam production.

The name comes from the German word for imagination because the inventors thought that imagination was needed to taste oranges from the strange mix.

21. What‟s been blanked?

22. Dedicated to Rahul Jha, 2k8 senior

In the old theatres, a mixture of CaCO3 and Phosphorous was used to produce effects on stage.

Which phrase originates from this?

ANSWERS

1. Who?

His grandfather was barber to Lord Mountbatten and Nehru. His father was a barber too.

He now runs 329+ salons in 90 cities and 42 training academies across Asia.

Jawed Habib

2. What could this be?

MegaSitter

Wardrobe of Mario

3. What does this table denote?

1 Northern Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

2 Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

3 Western Rajasthan and Gujarat

4 Western Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

5 Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

6 Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu

7 Eastern West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern

8 Eastern Bihar & Jharkand

PIN CODE CLASSIFICATION

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109:23:38 Mr. X: I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LM footpads are only depressed in the surface about 1 or 2 inches, although the surface appears to be very, very fine grained, as you get close to it. It's almost like a powder. Ground mass is very fine. 109:24:13 Mr. X: I'm going to step off the LM now.

What follows is a very famous quote from Mr. X, Identify the quote and X.

Neil Armstrong. RIP.

“That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind”

5. Not Rajinikanth!

An Internet phenomenon began in 2005, ascribing various implausible or impossible feats to a certain “tough guy”.

Some examples: “When _____ _____ falls in water, _____ _______ doesn't get wet. Water

gets _____ _______.”

“When _____ _____ does pushups, he doesn't lift himself up. He pushes the world down.”

“_____ _____ „s tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever.”

“_____ ______ counted to infinity- twice.”

“There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures _____ ______has allowed to live.”

“_____ _____ can eat just one Lay‟s Chip.”

Chuck Norris! Who else? :P

6. Identify

_______ is a Caribbean island that forms part of Haiti, off the northwest coast of Hispaniola. Its name in both Spanish and French means "Turtle Island" or "Tortoise Island", and it is sometimes called that in English. In the 17th century, it was a major center of Caribbean piracy.

Tortuga!

7.

In terms of holidays/observances in many parts of the world, what connects the second Sunday in May and the third Sunday in June?

Mother‟s Day & Father‟s Day

8. Identify this Dominican-origin actress. In which

2009 film did you see and not actually see her?

Zoe Saldana

9. What are we looking at?

Crypts of Shah Jahan & Mumtaj Mahal

10.* What is common to them?

George Yule

William Wedderbern

Alfred Webb

Henry Cotton

Annie Beasant

British Presidents of INC

11. Irony!

This cricketer was considered perhaps the greatest all-rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32. He was also a fine batsman (4,140first-class runs with a batting average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a result of rheumatism.

He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his retirement from first-class cricket. Identify

John Wisden

12.* Name the cartoonist.

Aseem Trivedi

13. What?

When its name was changed some years ago, Outlook Magazine called it “The biggest sex change in the History of Modern India”.

VT to CST

14.

The Sanskrit name for this syllable is Pranava, from a root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal pra-nu- being attested as “to make a humming or droning

sound” in the Brahmanas, and taking the specific meaning of "to utter the syllable" in the Chandogya Upanishad and the Shrauta Sutras. The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable.

Which syllable are we talking about?

15. Where would you find this pattern?

Twist Lick Dunk.

16.

On April 8, 1929, the Central Legislative Assembly proceedings began with the president giving his ruling on the Trade Disputes Bill. He next said: “I now proceed to give my ruling on the Public Safety Bill”.

But this ruling was never given on that day. Why?

Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt bombed the Assembly.

17. What‟s the significance of this poster?

Only Olympic Cricket Match, Paris 1900

18. Dedicated to Deepak Venkatesh, 2k8 senior

Way back in 1883, the Sind-Punjab-Delhi region of India had a very peculiar problem. The railways came up with a innovative solution to solve this problem, this solution from the 1880s have become a fairly large revenue earner for the Indian railways. What is this idea??

Platform Tickets

19. Identify.

20.

X was originally invented by Max Keith in Germany in 1940 when World War II made it difficult to get the Coca-Cola syrup to Nazi Germany. X was originally made from byproducts of cheese and jam production.

The name comes from the German word for imagination because the inventors thought that imagination was needed to taste oranges from the strange mix.

Fanta (from Fantasy)

21. What‟s been blanked?

22. Dedicated to Rahul Jha, 2k8 senior

In the old theatres, a mixture of CaCO3 and Phosphorous was used to produce effects on stage.

Which phrase originates from this?

To be in the „limelight‟

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