InBloom 2015 GenQuizChrist UniversityAbhishek Upadhya7th Feb

Prelims

Rules

• Teams of up to 3 members.

• Cross-College Teams Allowed

• Use of mobile phones, and any other Internet connectivity devices during the duration of this quiz, is strictly discouraged, at risk of disqualification. So is collaborative efforts with people not belonging to your team.

• Top 8 teams qualify for the finals.

• (Scores from Prelims) will be carried over to the Finals

• Write your names and team names on the answer sheet.

• Starred questions will be used to arbitrate ties (more stars win): no. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Mentioned on the slides. Please mark them on the answer sheet.

• Answers only on the paper, please. No need to shout it out.

1.

• This is a patent about modifying cable structure filed by a company.

• Which company? What common problem does it address?

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2.

• Id this supervillain and adversary of Batman, who has featured in many Batman comics since the 70s.

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3.

• In a 2013 Indian animated film TVC titled “Children’s Dream”, to be played before movies in theatres – something extra on a ~50 year old character, was seen for the first time. What?

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4.

• His co-director is Jeetu Arora ______ .

• His official spokesperson is Aditya ______.

• Everyone associated with him attach _____ at the end of their names.

• <jokey : Maybe they take Salman’s tshirt brand too seriously>

• What’s the project we know him by?

• Fill in the blank.

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5*.

• Internationally, these two are used for the same purpose, when the use of the

official well-known version might cause religious issues.

• What is the original version?

• Which country insisted that it will not use the original or the Crescent, thus leading to the creation of the Crystal symbol?

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6.

• Which beelike nickname of a famous American happened because his sister couldn’t pronounce “Brother” when she was little, and hence called him something that we now know him by?

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7.

• For a long time, it was erroneously reported that the name of this disease was derived from the “Swahili” language, both in lay press and the media and reputed medical journals.

• The word is derived from the Makonde language, spoken by an ethnic group in south-east Tanzania and northern Mozambique meaning “to dry up or become contorted”/ “that which bends up” and signifies the cause of a contortion or folding and the stooped posture developed during the disease.

• In Congo, it has been called “buka-buka”, meaning “broken-broken” once again reflecting the common acute manifestations of this fever.

• What disease, that is tremendously prevalent in India?

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8.

• When you open the homepage of “MakeMyDrink.com”, a website that specializes in door-delivery of Booze/Cocktails, you see only such products. Why?

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9.

• This is the Plot synopsis of a TV series from 1990.

• “While business keeps their business executive mother on the road, Americans Chris and Max Townsend are sent to live with their uncle Gustav, in Europe. The teenagers soon discover that Uncle Gustav is a hunter and his goal is the destruction of billionaire industrialist Alexander Lucard”

• Well, why does Uncle Gustav want to destroy this billionaire?

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10*.

• Why would the Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Grain Crops, Fertility, and motherly relationships be of interest to you etymologically, at the Breakfast table?

• This image is a clue.

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11.

• When Ken Livingstone became mayor in 2000, he proposed a number of measures to reduce this menace

1. Stop vendors from selling feed in the area

2. Introduce Harris Hawks at £60,000 spend per year

3. Introduce Megaphones in the vicinity that blares sounds

• An organization called STTSP by activists was started to try to stop these measures from being implemented.

• What was the menace he was trying to solve? Be specific

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12.

• Who directed this Sony Xperia ad?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnlfPvd5AI

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13.

• Teams from the previous World Cup. Explain the blanking.

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14.

• In the soon-to-be released Bollywood movie X, the following dialogue exchange happens.

• Kid (who’s just been caught watching a B-grade film) : “Sir, woh poster ka mistake ho gaya. Mujhe laga _____ ______ hain, is liye dekhne aa gaya”

• Cop: “_____ ______ dekhne aaya tha, ya _____ _____ baDa karne aaya tha?”

• Id this Hindi movie, and the blanked out 15 year old Hindi movie.

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15*.

• A Swedish group in Stockholm known as Planka.nu is an organization with only two prerequisites for admission:1. Members must pay a monthly fee of about $152. As part of a continuous demonstration, promise to not do something.

• Occasional Damages resulting from the 2nd prerequisite, are covered by the collective contributions from the 1st prerequisite.

• The group in principle works similarly to an Indian group that works in Mumbai, that we've read about in email forwards and news articles about Indian Jugaad.

• So, what's the 2nd prerequisite, or alternatively, what does Planka mean?

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16.

• “Most of these were run by the Maratha descendants of Shahaji Bhonsle who conquered Bangalore in 1638. They added the religious prefix to make it clear that they did not serve beef or pork,” says artist and art historian Suresh Jayaram.

• Rajiv L who runs an establishment in South Bangalore is more enthusiastic about it and offers a kitchen funda.

• “They served Bangalore’s many roving soldiers, both British and Indian. People believed that soldiers needed meat every day to fight. They used these to meet here and plan their campaigns”.

• What kvlt three word term?

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17.

• Employees who serve Medical Marijuana to Patients(customers), are known by a portmanteau term that combines the item being served and a similar serving profession found in bars. What’s the one word term that almost sounds like the bar-profession?

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18.

• What 17th century eternal throne was built purposefully a foot higher (This number keeps increasing depending on the faith of the storyteller)

than the Emperor’s throne, in defiance – suggesting that God is mightier than the Emperor?

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19.

• Even the current fastest time is just 13 seconds better than the first instance. He admitted that failing to win the 1500 metres medal made him challenge himself to beat this record in the two years that followed.

• He currently suffers from Parkinson’s and can hardly walk, which he wryly jokes about considering he was a Clinical Neurologist and a Runner.

• Who? What Record?

Answers Follow

20*.

• On the Internet and on the streets, a new form of activism is on the rise for the past few years. Known as Intactivists, they protest against something severe.

• What?

Answers Follow

21.

• In some Comic Book reader softwares, what is the purpose of the Button that is shown to the right?

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22.

• 20th century Urdu Poet Sa’il Dhlavi’s praising poetry – that even appeared in some advertisements and on packaging as well. What’s he talking about?

Jo rang dekho to dilruba hai,Maza jo chakkho to janfaza hal;

Mahak main phoolon se bhi ziyadah.Asar main iksir-e-be-baha hai;Jo is main tafrith-o-taquiyat hai,Na us ki ghayat, na intiha hai;

Na _________ sa koi _______,Kabhi baneyga na ban chuka hai;

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23.

• What are these primitive guitars/string instruments called, because of the primary resonators they have, that can be seen in this image?

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24.

• These are called Ferrite Beads or Chokes – Essentially an Electromagnetic wave-bouncer.

• They look like this from the inside, mostly empty – essentially a magnetic core to prevent EMI interference.

• Where would you most regularly come across this in everyday life?

Answers Follow

25*.

• This is a late-80s DOS game called “Avoid the Noid” based on a famous TV commercial campaign. “You have just been called by Doom Industries to deliver. You must reach the top of the building, while avoiding the "Noid“. You’ve a goal which if unaccomplished, the customer gets a discount, and you lose your job.

• To advertise what familiar promise was the character “Noid” created?

Answers Follow

26.

• Rajshekhar Basu, the Bengali fiction author wrote under the pen name Parashuram.

Parashuram created a character Saralakhyo Hom, and his assistant, Botuk Sen.

• What was the obvious influence for these characters?

Answers Follow

27.

• In the book “Armies, Wars and their Food”, Vijaya Rao describes something called the “Siachen Omelet”, a concoction made by soldiers stationed 20,000 feet above sea level on the Siachen Glacier along the contested border with Pakistan, often described as the world’s highest battlefield.

• The omelet consists of powdered eggs stuffed with a popular food item, possibly two of the only foodstuffs that can survive at that altitude.

• So, what goes into a Siachen omelet?

Answers Follow

28.

• From a recent court decision from France, where the Judge changed the name of a baby.

“This name given to the child is the trade name of a spread. And it is contrary to the child’s interest to be wearing a name like that can only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts.”

• The judge eventually changed the girl’s name to a routine baby-girl-name, by removing a part of the original name.

• What name did her parents give her?

Answers Follow

29.

• If Alimony is the separation money paid after a divorce from a marriage, what is Palimony? (Think about new-age relationship formats)

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30*.

• In the movie “From Paris with Love”, John Travolta’s character brings a paper bag and the following dialogue happens. So, what’s his vice?

Reese: What's the deal with the bag?

Travolta/Charlie Wax: What they got in this bag, will get me killed one day.

Reese: You look pretty bulletproof to me.

Travolta: Reese, every man has got his vices.

Answers Follow

31.

• What’s the nickname of the London Olympic Velodrome, due to the visual similarity it has with a snack.

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1.

• This is a patent about modifying cable structure filed by a company.

• Which company? What common problem does it address?

Answers Follow

1.

• Apple

• Cable structure to “prevent untangling of headphones/earphones”

2.

• Id this supervillain and adversary of Batman, who has featured in many Batman comics since the 70s.

Answers Follow

2.

• Man-Bat

3.

• In a 2013 Indian animated film TVC titled “Children’s Dream”, to be played before movies in theatres – something extra on a ~50 year old character, was seen for the first time. What?

Answers Follow

3.

• Amul Girl in 3D

4.

• His co-director is Jeetu Arora ______ .

• His official spokesperson is Aditya ______.

• Everyone associated with him attach _____ at the end of their names.

• <jokey : Maybe they take Salman’s tshirt brand too seriously>

• What’s the project we know him by?

• Fill in the blank.

Answers Follow

4.

• MSG : The Messenger of God by Sant Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan

• All his followers attach “Insaan” to their name. Being Human

5*.

• Internationally, these two are used for the same purpose, when the use of the

official well-known version might cause religious issues.

• What is the original version?

• Which country insisted that it will not use the original or the Crescent, thus leading to the creation of the Crystal symbol?

Answers Follow

5*.

• The Red Cross

• The Red Crescent and The Red Crystal are used in certain geographies since the Cross is considered to be a Christian symbol.

• Israel didn’t want the Cross or the Crescent

6.

• Which beelike nickname of a famous American happened because his sister couldn’t pronounce “Brother” when she was little, and hence called him something that we now know him by?

Answers Follow

6.

• Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Buzz was because his sister called him “Buzzard” instead of Brother. (as told by Buzz in his Reddit AMA)

7.

• For a long time, it was erroneously reported that the name of this disease was derived from the “Swahili” language, both in lay press and the media and reputed medical journals.

• The word is derived from the Makonde language, spoken by an ethnic group in south-east Tanzania and northern Mozambique meaning “to dry up or become contorted”/ “that which bends up” and signifies the cause of a contortion or folding and the stooped posture developed during the disease.

• In Congo, it has been called “buka-buka”, meaning “broken-broken” once again reflecting the common acute manifestations of this fever.

• What disease, that is tremendously prevalent in India?

Answers Follow

7.

• Chikungunya

8.

• When you open the homepage of “MakeMyDrink.com”, a website that specializes in door-delivery of Booze/Cocktails, you see only such products. Why?

Answers Follow

8.

• The non-alcoholic options are the front. Once you opt-in with your “age-proof”, you get shown the good stuff.

9.

• This is the Plot synopsis of a TV series from 1990.

• “While business keeps their business executive mother on the road, Americans Chris and Max Townsend are sent to live with their uncle Gustav, in Europe. The teenagers soon discover that Uncle Gustav is a hunter and his goal is the destruction of billionaire industrialist Alexander Lucard”

• Well, why does Uncle Gustav want to destroy this billionaire?

Answers Follow

9.

• Gustav is a Vampire Hunter.

• Alexander Lucard = A.Lucard = Dracula

• Slightly more subtle than Dr.Alucard as seen in Batman vs.Dracula.

10*.

• Why would the Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Grain Crops, Fertility, and motherly relationships be of interest to you etymologically, at the Breakfast table?

• This image is a clue.

Answers Follow

10*.

• The Goddess being Ceres (after whom the dwarf-planet is named), also gives the word “Cereal”

11.

• When Ken Livingstone became mayor in 2000, he proposed a number of measures to reduce this menace

1. Stop vendors from selling feed in the area

2. Introduce Harris Hawks at £60,000 spend per year

3. Introduce Megaphones in the vicinity that blares sounds

• An organization called STTSP by activists was started to try to stop these measures from being implemented.

• What was the menace he was trying to solve? Be specific

Answers Follow

11.

• Get rid of Trafalgar Square Pigeons.

• ST = Save the

12.

• Who directed this Sony Xperia ad?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnlfPvd5AI

Answers Follow

12.

• Wes Anderson. That’s the thumbnails created by him for this project.

13.

• Teams from the previous World Cup. Explain the blanking.

Answers Follow

13.

• Team composition if First-generation Immigrants are not allowed to play.

14.

• In the soon-to-be released Bollywood movie X, the following dialogue exchange happens.

• Kid (who’s just been caught watching a B-grade film) : “Sir, woh poster ka mistake ho gaya. Mujhe laga _____ ______ hain, is liye dekhne aa gaya”

• Cop: “_____ ______ dekhne aaya tha, ya _____ _____ baDa karne aaya tha?”

• Id this Hindi movie, and the blanked out 15 year old Hindi movie.

Answers Follow

14.

• Hunterrr

• “Chota Chetan dekhne aaya tha, ya Chota Chetan baDa karne aaya tha?

15*.

• A Swedish group in Stockholm known as Planka.nu is an organization with only two prerequisites for admission:1. Members must pay a monthly fee of about $152. As part of a continuous demonstration, promise to not do something.

• Occasional Damages resulting from the 2nd prerequisite, are covered by the collective contributions from the 1st prerequisite.

• The group in principle works similarly to an Indian group that works in Mumbai, that we've read about in email forwards and news articles about Indian Jugaad.

• So, what's the 2nd prerequisite, or alternatively, what does Planka mean?

Answers Follow

15*.

• “Dodge the Fare”. Promise not to pay for public transport

• Any fines are immediately paid, and the "insurance company" completely reimburses it.

16.

• “Most of these were run by the Maratha descendants of Shahaji Bhonsle who conquered Bangalore in 1638. They added the religious prefix to make it clear that they did not serve beef or pork,” says artist and art historian Suresh Jayaram.

• Rajiv L who runs an establishment in South Bangalore is more enthusiastic about it and offers a kitchen funda.

• “They served Bangalore’s many roving soldiers, both British and Indian. People believed that soldiers needed meat every day to fight. They used these to meet here and plan their campaigns”.

• What kvlt three word term?

Answers Follow

16.

• Hindu Military/Miltry Hotel

• Cheap hotels with excellent Biriyanis, Muddes and everything meat, and often serving Shady clientele.

17.

• Employees who serve Medical Marijuana to Patients(customers), are known by a portmanteau term that combines the item being served and a similar serving profession found in bars. What’s the one word term that almost sounds like the bar-profession?

Answers Follow

17.

• Budtender ( Bud + Bartender)

18.

• What 17th century eternal throne was built purposefully a foot higher (This number keeps increasing depending on the faith of the storyteller)

than the Emperor’s throne, in defiance – suggesting that God is mightier than the Emperor?

Answers Follow

18.

• The story of Akal Takht being a foot higher than the Mughal throne in Delhi.

19.

• Even the current fastest time is just 13 seconds better than the first instance. He admitted that failing to win the 1500 metres medal made him challenge himself to beat this record in the two years that followed.

• He currently suffers from Parkinson’s and can hardly walk, which he wryly jokes about considering he was a Clinical Neurologist and a Runner.

• Who? What Record?

Answers Follow

19.

• Roger Bannister. The sub-4 minute mile.

20*.

• On the Internet and on the streets, a new form of activism is on the rise for the past few years. Known as Intactivists, they protest against something severe.

• What?

Answers Follow

20*.

• Circumcision

• (Human Genitals should be Intact and not be severed– they say, hence Intactivism)

21.

• In some Comic Book reader softwares, what is the purpose of the Button that is shown to the right?

Answers Follow

21.

• Japanese Mode/Manga Mode

22.

• 20th century Urdu Poet Sa’il Dhlavi’s praising poetry – that even appeared in some advertisements and on packaging as well. What’s he talking about?

Jo rang dekho to dilruba hai,Maza jo chakkho to janfaza hal;

Mahak main phoolon se bhi ziyadah.Asar main iksir-e-be-baha hai;Jo is main tafrith-o-taquiyat hai,Na us ki ghayat, na intiha hai;

Na _________ sa koi _______,Kabhi baneyga na ban chuka hai;

Answers Follow

22.

• Na Rooh Afza sa koi sharbat,Kabhi baneyga na ban chuka hai

23.

• What are these primitive guitars/string instruments called, because of the primary resonators they have, that can be seen in this image?

Answers Follow

23.

• Cigar box guitars

24.

• These are called Ferrite Beads or Chokes – Essentially an Electromagnetic wave-bouncer.

• They look like this from the inside, mostly empty – essentially a magnetic core to prevent EMI interference.

• Where would you most regularly come across this in everyday life?

Answers Follow

24.

• The beady looking thing on your Laptop Charger wire.

25*.

• This is a late-80s DOS game called “Avoid the Noid” based on a famous TV commercial campaign. “You have just been called by Doom Industries to deliver. You must reach the top of the building, while avoiding the "Noid“. You’ve a goal which if unaccomplished, the customer gets a discount, and you lose your job.

• To advertise what familiar promise was the character “Noid” created?

Answers Follow

25*.

• The Domino’s “30 Minutes” guarantee

• “Noid” (short for Annoyed) tried to damage pizzas and stop them from being delivered. Only Domino’s “Avoided the Noid”

• This weird mascot was finally taken off the air when a psycho guy named Noidthought that Domino’s was mocking him and took a Pizza shop hostage, and later committed suicide.

26.

• Rajshekhar Basu, the Bengali fiction author wrote under the pen name Parashuram.

Parashuram created a character Saralakhyo Hom, and his assistant, Botuk Sen.

• What was the obvious influence for these characters?

Answers Follow

26.

Saralakhyo Hom, and his assistant, Botuk Sen

• Sherlock Holmes and Watson

• Clearly, he wasn’t aiming for Subtlety

27.

• In the book “Armies, Wars and their Food”, Vijaya Rao describes something called the “Siachen Omelet”, a concoction made by soldiers stationed 20,000 feet above sea level on the Siachen Glacier along the contested border with Pakistan, often described as the world’s highest battlefield.

• The omelet consists of powdered eggs stuffed with a popular food item, possibly two of the only foodstuffs that can survive at that altitude.

• So, what goes into a Siachen omelet?

Answers Follow

27.

• Maggi Noodles.

28.

• From a recent court decision from France, where the Judge changed the name of a baby.

“This name given to the child is the trade name of a spread. And it is contrary to the child’s interest to be wearing a name like that can only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts.”

• The judge eventually changed the girl’s name to a routine baby-girl-name, by removing a part of the original name.

• What name did her parents give her?

Answers Follow

28.

• Nutella

• This is not that kid, but you can now appreciate the judge’s concern.

29.

• If Alimony is the separation money paid after a divorce from a marriage, what is Palimony? (Think about new-age relationship formats)

Answers Follow

29.

• Money paid after separating from a Live-in relationship

30*.

• In the movie “From Paris with Love”, John Travolta’s character brings a paper bag and the following dialogue happens. So, what’s his vice?

Reese: What's the deal with the bag?

Travolta/Charlie Wax: What they got in this bag, will get me killed one day.

Reese: You look pretty bulletproof to me.

Travolta: Reese, every man has got his vices.

Answers Follow

30*.

• “And in my case, the locals call my vice "A Royale with cheese".

31.

• What’s the nickname of the London Olympic Velodrome, due to the visual similarity it has with a snack.

Answers Follow

31.

• The Pringle, due to the saddle shape.

Finals to Follow