2016 KQA Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz Prelims

2016 Ganesh Nayak Memorial Open Quiz Prelims

Your quizmasters…Venky & KiVi!

Prelims Rules…

30 questions, all-written

11 to 17 are starred questions to resolve ties

No negative marking, please take guesses

1 point per answer

8 team finals

Ganesh Nayak 2016 Prelims 1

In the early 1950s, when this project—which used among other things

“Magadi pink” and “Turuvekere black”—was ongoing in Bangalore,

there was a requirement of about 5000 unskilled labourers.

a. Which project that saw light of day on Vijayadashami day in 1956?

b. Which group of people largely made up this workforce, given their

definitive availability? They were given a special ‘reward’ once the

project was completed in 1956.


Scottish sculptor David Mach created this permanent public work in

1989 in Kingston upon Thames, London. It takes the form of a row of

twelve of these objects, the first one upright, the others gradually

falling over like dominoes.

a. What are the objects?

b. What three-word title that you would associate with such objects

when they’re dysfunctional, is the name of this installation?

Ganesh Nayak 2016 Prelims


These films are the start and end of whose career?

Of course, many people know him for his post-film career.


James Clerk Maxwell was the first to hold this position from 1871–79. The position itself was a pre-requisite of the patron of this

institution—he wanted this position to be established in lieu of him funding a large research lab.

Other luminaries in the role include Lord Rayleigh (1879–1884), J. J. Thomson (1884-1919), Lord Rutherford (1919–1937), and Richard Friend has been currently in this position since 1995.

Which position in which institution?


This neighbourhood located at the shore of the Golden Horn got its

name either because of Celtic Gauls who settled there temporarily, or

from the word for milkmen, as the area was used by shepherds for

grazing in the Byzantine era.

Which area that we are familiar through a bridge,

a tower and a football club?

The area might remind Tamilians of chaos or confusion!


This is the caterpillar of the Charaxinae family, which gives the

Nawab and Rajah butterfly species. All of them have “4 horn-

like projections, covered in a layer of spines, often coupled

with a decorative curl at the end.”

Given its distinctive appearance,

what name is it often known by?


These two Hindi film stars co-starred in about ten films (cameos

included). In each of these films, Y, got screen billing ahead of X.

However, in one movie in 1977, X’s name appeared before Y,

keeping with the name of the characters they played and how

they were ordered in the movie title.

Name the movie.


This is the first logo of which

well-known brand?

The logo on this box of

noodles—their first product—

is a good representation of

their name.


Located in Peloponnese, this idyllic wilderness was the home of Pan,

the god of the forest, according to Greek myth. Virgil wrote his first

major work, Eclogues, a series of poems set here.

Over the years, the word and its variants have been used extensively

in the magical/utopian sense, including in the name of the patriarch of

Macondo in 100 Years of Solitude, a character in The Second

Foundation, and a play by Tom Stoppard.

What’s the seven-letter name, also a part of the title of this Poussin

painting?


This phrase originated during WWII. The earliest reference seems to be in the 1942 film, The Flying Tigers. The screenplay, which was written by Kenneth Gamet and Barry Trivers, has a character saying this in a reference to the flight of replacement pilots:

Gordon: Any word on that flight yet? Rangoon hotel clerk: Yes sir, it was attacked and fired on by Japanese aircraft. She's coming in on one ___ ___ _ ________.

What’s the phrase, which has come to mean, “with miniscule chance of success”?

Starred questions begin…

Ganesh Nayak 2016 Prelims 11*

What ‘double’ have these eight players (exhaustive) achieved?

Who joined this list recently?

•Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1998 Sydney

•Steffi Graf 1999 Sydney

•Martina Hingis 2001 Australian Open

•Kim Clijsters 2002 WTA Finals

•Lindsay Davenport 2004 Los Angeles

• Justine Henin 2007 US Open

•Kim Clijsters 2009 US Open

• Jelena Jankovic 2010 Rome


What are these lines describing?

While in the background, a couple is walking away

and a woman caresses her man

as he bends toward her. And on the river that is full

of reflection, white sails, long boats

And in the left foreground, a sportsman or worker

in cap and sleeveless orange shirt, smokes his pipe

looking out at the river, as the sunlight

on the ______ __ __ ______ ______

begins to creep up his leg made of dots


This is the double-headed eagle motif of the Byzantine empire. One of

the interpretations is that one head is looking eastward while the

other is looking towards the west.

Which two locations do the heads—

which point in two opposite directions—represent?


Seen in this picture with Nehru and Indira, are two

people famous in their own right. The bearded

gentleman, at whose estate in Kulu this pic was taken,

was an archaeologist and theosophist.

The person on the extreme right is an Indian diplomat,

who among other things set-up the Pragati Maidan in

Delhi, and has a famous namesake Nobel Prize winner.

Name both – full names required.


These three elements go together. The first is usually made of metal or

thin wire. Steel is good as it does not rust easily. The second piece is

made of a thin filament, providing flexibility and being lightweight.

Nylon or any similar new-age polymers are used. The last piece is a

weight, and is made of a heavy metal such as lead.

What are the three, users of which profess it gives them utter,

thorough, wholesome joy?

No part points.


This is a morphed image that did the rounds after a breakthrough win

in 2014. The point was to underline the association of what was on

the player’s left forearm with a pessimistic writer.

Name both, the player and the writer.


Glow-in the-dark stickers, such as this, are erroneously named. Their

name is a misnomer, for obvious reasons. The substance that gives

them their name is not used to make them, and in all probability has

never been. Silver-activated zinc sulphide or doped strontium

aluminate is what is used nowadays.

The misnomer is a trade name that has stuck, however. Most

shopping sites such as Alibaba list them as such.

What are they called?

End of starred questions


Leo Gorcey was an American actor famous for his roles as the head of

hooligan gangs on screen, most famously The Bowery Boys.

For a 1967 ensemble effort by Jann Haworth and her husband, Leo

suffered the same fate as Gandhi, Hitler and Jesus—in his case, he had

demanded a hefty fee for being part of the crowd.

Some of the other reactions for being a part of the same project: Fred

Astaire was pleased. Mae West was aghast that she would be a

member of such a club. Shirley Temple asked to hear the output

before she agreed.

What is Leo Gorcey’s claim to fame / infamy?


We are familiar with the asp that supposedly killed the Egyptian

Queen Cleopatra. Mythological accounts say that it is believed to have

come to the region as a result of a packaging issue while something

was being transported—Our hero puts on winged boots lent to him

and takes off to Mount Olympus with his trophy. On the way, stuff

starts leaking as our man is over Egypt, and so the story goes.

What is the myth?


In his defence, Greg Armfield says he turned away and started doing

other things instead because the action got quite boring. It can

reportedly go on for a couple of hours.

The Mail called him ‘bungling’ in their headline. The Metro took a

more humorous angle, with “Greg, it’s behind you!”. The general

public trolled Greg Armfield to death. Some even said it was

Photoshopped.

Why was everyone going, “I can’t believe you missed that, Greg.”

back in May 2016?


Fill in the blanks.

Both words are the same.


In the early part of the 20th century, the realisation of increased

commercial potential and public relations value brought about

what noble idea that links all these people (non-exhaustive)?


Remember the Jubilee Test of 1979-80, with its known piece of

quizzing trivia of the solar eclipse pushing the rest day forward?

England won the game easily by eight wickets by the fourth afternoon.

Ian Botham took the individual honours with a superb all-round

display. Botham was the first to score a century and take 10 wickets in

a match. Even with such a performance, he had to share honours with

another player.

What was the other world record set in this match, one that was

broken 15 years later?


This signboard is at the entrance/gate to which organised unit?


This is the 6250 chair, launched by the British company G Plan in 1962.

The black vinyl version of this model became iconic through an on-

screen appearance in 1967.

For the first two ‘appearances’ of the character—in 1963 and 1965—

Anthony Dawson as actor and Eric Pohlmann as voice artist are both

uncredited. The end credits show a ? instead of an actor’s name.

Which character? What was the 1967 movie?


A famous aviator of World War II, he captured America’s hearts and

headlines in 1942 after saving the carrier Lexington. In a daring attack

he downed five attacking Japanese bombers. This was two months

after Pearl Harbour.

He died in combat on Nov. 26, 1943, during one of the earliest night-

fighter missions flown from an aircraft carrier.

Name him / how is he recognised?


Its motto is “Nullius in verba”—an expression of the purpose ‘to

withstand the domination of authority and to verify all statements by

an appeal to facts determined by experiment.’

Christopher Wren’s lecture on a November morning at Gresham

College turned out to be convenient, as it brought together everyone

who was involved.

What resulted from the meeting—the present name which it is

known by coming three years later after a particular nod/ok?


The first one was established to segregate the Jewish residents of

Venice. The area was called so because of its association with the

municipal copper foundry previously located across the canal in the

______ Vecchio (or the Old ______). The word (the blank) is derived

from the Italian word for ‘the pouring or casting of metal’.

What word whose usage increased during the Second World War?


When Byun Jung-il refused to move from the ring after a match at Seoul 1988, the Koreans insisted that he did the right thing protesting a decision he didn’t agree with. It later transpired that the protest had as much to do with surprise as with disappointment. He had been secretly promised a medal by the South Korean authorities.

In an equally shocking final of the light-middleweight division, Roy Jones Jr. lost to Park Si-Hun, even though Jones completely demolished the South Korean, who had arrived to the final with five consecutive disputed victories.

Seoul’s shady dealings got an entire chapter in the go-to book on Olympic corruption published in 1996. What was the book called?


In 2013, one gene was shown to have mutations that can lead to one

of these tailless creatures. The gene likely has been passed on mainly

through selective breeding by humans on the island. Or, as the myth

goes, Noah slammed a door shut and that’s how the creature lost its

tail.

Which island, or what is this breed known as (also a language spoken

by the people from there)?

Hand In Your Sheets


In the early 1950s, when this project—which used among other things

“Magadi pink” and “Turuvekere black”—was ongoing in Bangalore,

there was a requirement of about 5000 unskilled labourers.

a. Which project that saw light of day on Vijayadashami day in 1956?

b. Which group of people largely made up this workforce, given their

definitive availability? They were given a special ‘reward’ once the

project was completed in 1956.

Answer Collected Works – asKQAnce 2014Ganesh Nayak 2016 Prelims

Vidhana Soudha

Prisoners / Convicts


Scottish sculptor David Mach created this permanent public work in

1989 in Kingston upon Thames, London. It takes the form of a row of

twelve of these objects, the first one upright, the others gradually

falling over like dominoes.

a. What are the objects?

b. What three-word title that you would associate with such objects

when they’re dysfunctional, is the name of this installation?

Ganesh Nayak 2016 Prelims


K6 Telephone Boxes

Out of Order


These films are the start and end of whose career?

Of course, many people know him for his post-film career.


Ronald Reagan


James Clerk Maxwell was the first to hold this position from 1871–79. The position itself was a pre-requisite of the patron of this

institution—he wanted this position to be established in lieu of him funding a large research lab.

Other luminaries in the role include Lord Rayleigh (1879–1884), J. J. Thomson (1884-1919), Lord Rutherford (1919–1937), and Richard Friend has been currently in this position since 1995.

Which position in which institution?


Cavendish Professorship of Physics


This neighbourhood located at the shore of the Golden Horn got its

name either because of Celtic Gauls who settled there temporarily, or

from the word for milkmen, as the area was used by shepherds for

grazing in the Byzantine era.

Which area that we are familiar through a bridge,

a tower and a football club?

The area might remind Tamilians of chaos or confusion!


Galata


This is the caterpillar of the Charaxinae family, which gives the

Nawab and Rajah butterfly species. All of them have “4 horn-

like projections, covered in a layer of spines, often coupled

with a decorative curl at the end.”

Given its distinctive appearance,

what name is it often known by?


Dragon-head caterpillar


These two Hindi film stars co-starred in about ten films (cameos

included). In each of these films, Y, got screen billing ahead of X.

However, in one movie in 1977, X’s name appeared before Y,

keeping with the name of the characters they played and how

they were ordered in the movie title.

Name the movie.


Amar Akbar Anthony


This is the first logo of which

well-known brand?

The logo on this box of

noodles—their first product—

is a good representation of

their name.


Samsung

Whose name means “three stars”


Located in Peloponnese, this idyllic wilderness was the home of Pan,

the god of the forest, according to Greek myth. Virgil wrote his first

major work, Eclogues, a series of poems set here.

Over the years, the word and its variants have been used extensively

in the magical/utopian sense, including in the name of the patriarch of

Macondo in 100 Years of Solitude, a character in The Second

Foundation, and a play by Tom Stoppard.

What’s the seven-letter name,

also a part of the title of this Poussin painting?


Arcadia

The painting is Et in Arcadia ego


This phrase originated during WWII. The earliest reference seems to be in the 1942 film, The Flying Tigers. The screenplay, which was written by Kenneth Gamet and Barry Trivers, has a character saying this in a reference to the flight of replacement pilots:

Gordon: Any word on that flight yet? Rangoon hotel clerk: Yes sir, it was attacked and fired on by Japanese aircraft. She's coming in on one ___ ___ _ ________.

What’s the phrase, which has come to mean, “with miniscule chance of success”?


Wing and a prayer

Starred questions begin…


What ‘double’ have these eight players (exhaustive) achieved?

Who joined this list recently?

•Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1998 Sydney

•Steffi Graf 1999 Sydney

•Martina Hingis 2001 Australian Open

•Kim Clijsters 2002 WTA Finals

•Lindsay Davenport 2004 Los Angeles

• Justine Henin 2007 US Open

•Kim Clijsters 2009 US Open

• Jelena Jankovic 2010 Rome


Beating both Williams sisters in a tournament

Karolina Pliskova


What are these lines describing?

While in the background, a couple is walking away

and a woman caresses her man

as he bends toward her. And on the river that is full

of reflection, white sails, long boats

And in the left foreground, a sportsman or worker

in cap and sleeveless orange shirt, smokes his pipe

looking out at the river, as the sunlight

on the ______ __ __ ______ ______

begins to creep up his leg made of dots


Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte


This is the double-headed eagle motif of the Byzantine empire. One of

the interpretations is that one head is looking eastward while the

other is looking towards the west.

Which two locations do the heads—

which point in two opposite directions—represent?


Rome and Constantinople


Seen in this picture with Nehru and Indira, are two

people famous in their own right. The bearded

gentleman, at whose estate in Kulu this pic was taken,

was an archaeologist and theosophist.

The person on the extreme right is an Indian diplomat,

who among other things set-up the Pragati Maidan in

Delhi, and has a famous namesake Nobel Prize winner.

Name both – full names required.


Nicholas Roerich

Mohammed Yunus


These three elements go together. The first is usually made of metal or

thin wire. Steel is good as it does not rust easily. The second piece is

made of a thin filament, providing flexibility and being lightweight.

Nylon or any similar new-age polymers are used. The last piece is a

weight, and is made of a heavy metal such as lead.

What are the three, users of which profess it gives them utter,

thorough, wholesome joy?

No part points.


Hook, line and sinker


This is a morphed image that did the rounds after a breakthrough win

in 2014. The point was to underline the association of what was on

the player’s left forearm with a pessimistic writer.

Name both, the player and the writer.


Samuel Beckett

Stan Wawrinka


Glow-in the-dark stickers, such as this, are erroneously named. Their

name is a misnomer, for obvious reasons. The substance that gives

them their name is not used to make them, and in all probability has

never been. Silver-activated zinc sulphide or doped strontium

aluminate is what is used nowadays.

The misnomer is a trade name that has stuck, however. Most

shopping sites such as Alibaba list them as such.

What are they called?


Radium stickers

End of starred questions


Leo Gorcey was an American actor famous for his roles as the head of

hooligan gangs on screen, most famously The Bowery Boys.

For a 1967 ensemble effort by Jann Haworth and her husband, Leo

suffered the same fate as Gandhi, Hitler and Jesus—in his case, he had

demanded a hefty fee for being part of the crowd.

Some of the other reactions for being a part of the same project: Fred

Astaire was pleased. Mae West was aghast that she would be a

member of such a club. Shirley Temple asked to hear the output

before she agreed.

What is Leo Gorcey’s claim to fame / infamy?


Excluded/air-brushed from the Sgt Pepper’s cover


We are familiar with the asp that supposedly killed the Egyptian

Queen Cleopatra. Mythological accounts say that it is believed to have

come to the region as a result of a packaging issue while something

was being transported—Our hero puts on winged boots lent to him

and takes off to Mount Olympus with his trophy. On the way, stuff

starts leaking as our man is over Egypt, and so the story goes.

What is the myth?


Perseus was flying with Medusa’s

head. Blood drips and ends up

spawning snakes on the ground.


In his defence, Greg Armfield says he turned away and started doing

other things instead because the action got quite boring. It can

reportedly go on for a couple of hours.

The Mail called him ‘bungling’ in their headline. The Metro took a

more humorous angle, with “Greg, it’s behind you!”. The general

public trolled Greg Armfield to death. Some even said it was

Photoshopped.

Why was everyone going, “I can’t believe you missed that, Greg.”

back in May 2016?


The mating rhinos


Fill in the blanks.

Both words are the same.


Stoic


In the early part of the 20th century, the realisation of increased

commercial potential and public relations value brought about

what noble idea that links all these people (non-exhaustive)?


The usage of titles like King, Queen, Count and Duke

to refer to musicians


Remember the Jubilee Test of 1979-80, with its known piece of

quizzing trivia of the solar eclipse pushing the rest day forward?

England won the game easily by eight wickets by the fourth afternoon.

Ian Botham took the individual honours with a superb all-round

display. Botham was the first to score a century and take 10 wickets in

a match. Even with such a performance, he had to share honours with

another player.

What was the other world record set in this match, one that was

broken 15 years later?


Bob Taylor took ten catches,

the record for dismissals by a keeper


This signboard is at the entrance/gate to which organised unit?


Kumaon Regiment


This is the 6250 chair, launched by the British company G Plan in 1962.

The black vinyl version of this model became iconic through an on-

screen appearance in 1967.

For the first two ‘appearances’ of the character—in 1963 and 1965—

Anthony Dawson as actor and Eric Pohlmann as voice artist are both

uncredited. The end credits show a ? instead of an actor’s name.

Which character? What was the 1967 movie?


Blofeld

You Only Live Twice


A famous aviator of World War II, he captured America’s hearts and

headlines in 1942 after saving the carrier Lexington. In a daring attack

he downed five attacking Japanese bombers. This was two months

after Pearl Harbour.

He died in combat on Nov. 26, 1943, during one of the earliest night-

fighter missions flown from an aircraft carrier.

Name him / how is he recognised?


Edward ‘Butch’ O’Hare / Chicago airport is named after him


Its motto is “Nullius in verba”—an expression of the purpose ‘to

withstand the domination of authority and to verify all statements by

an appeal to facts determined by experiment.’

Christopher Wren’s lecture on a November morning at Gresham

College turned out to be convenient, as it brought together everyone

who was involved.

What resulted from the meeting—the present name which it is

known by coming three years later after a particular nod/ok?


The Royal SocietyThe group met in 1660 and formed a sort of fellowship.

They received royal approval in 1663 and from then on are known as ‘The

Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge.’


The first one was established to segregate the Jewish residents of

Venice. The area was called so because of its association with the

municipal copper foundry previously located across the canal in the

______ Vecchio (or the Old ______). The word (the blank) is derived

from the Italian word for ‘the pouring or casting of metal’.

What word whose usage increased during the Second World War?


Ghetto


When Byun Jung-il refused to move from the ring after a match at Seoul 1988, the Koreans insisted that he did the right thing protesting a decision he didn’t agree with. It later transpired that the protest had as much to do with surprise as with disappointment. He had been secretly promised a medal by the South Korean authorities.

In an equally shocking final of the light-middleweight division, Roy Jones Jr. lost to Park Si-Hun, even though Jones completely demolished the South Korean, who had arrived to the final with five consecutive disputed victories.

Seoul’s shady dealings got an entire chapter in the go-to book on Olympic corruption published in 1996. What was the book called?


The New Lords of the Rings


In 2013, one gene was shown to have mutations that can lead to one

of these tailless creatures. The gene likely has been passed on mainly

through selective breeding by humans on the island. Or, as the myth

goes, Noah slammed a door shut and that’s how the creature lost its

tail.

Which island, or what is this breed known as (also a language spoken

by the people from there)?


Manx Cat / Isle of Man

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