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QF1 22nd November #LandmarkStylz
Srinath Bhashyam
a. This term was coined by a British East India Company official
Henry Piddington (who was a scientist and a merchant captain) to
describe an experience that made a freighter move in circles. What?
b. The German word for the same term achieved infamy in the mid
20th century. How so?
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A. a. Cyclone b. Zyklon B
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2. In 2014, a group of Yale psychologists tried to understand
this phenomenon better by conducting experiments. Their finding was
that this was the bodys way of restoring emotional equilibrium. The
psychologists deemed that, by responding to an overwhelmingly
positive emotion with a negative one, people are able to recover
better from strong emotions.
What in the news phenomenon?
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A. Tears of Joy
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3. The Pacific Regal Blue Tang is a fish that is found
throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is seen in the reefs of East
Africa, Japan, Samoa, New Caledonia, and the Great Barrier Reef. It
is also one of the most common and most popular marine aquarium
fish all over the world. A common name for the fish derives from a
distinctive characteristic found near its tail this sharp feature
presumably reminded people of instruments wielded by people
belonging to a particular profession. What is it?This breed was in
the news in November 2015, and will be further in the news in 2016.
Why?
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a. Surgeon Fish b. Finding Dory (sequel to Finding Nemo)
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4. This type of a composition is usually composed in a minor key
and in a slow simple duple metre. The audio is one such composition
by Chopin.What two word term is it known by?Why is it composed in
this specific metre?
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A. a. Funeral March b. Imitates the solemn pace of a funeral
procession
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5. Connect Think local and give me a Hindi term as answer
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A. Firangi. Parangimalai, Parangikkai and Franks (Parangi in
tamil refers to Europeans)
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6. According to the Economist, the Chinese Government collected
around USD 314 billion in the period between 1980 and 2012 as
Social Maintenance Fees from certain people in China.What are these
fees, which will see a drop from 2015 onwards?
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A. Fines from people who violated the One-child policy. The
policy is being changed by the Chinese to a Two-child one in
2015.
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7. Audio. This genre of music is described as one that adheres
to an aesthetic of failure, where the sources of sound material are
usually malfunctioning or abused.Two word term. The first word is
supposed to be from the Yiddish word for slip, and was popularized
in the 1960s by the US space program.What is the name of the
genre?
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A. Glitch Music
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8. The Academy Award for writing the movie Roman Holiday went to
this person posthumously in 1993. He is being played by Bryan
Cranston in a November 2015 biopic. Name him.
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A. Dalton Trumbo
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9. Dwight Eisenhower was the first to refer to this theory in a
speech, when he mentioned that the fall of French Indochina to the
communists would lead to wide reaching consequences in the whole of
Southeast Asia, and thus many more countries would subsequently
come under the influence of communism.Two word term First word
derives from the Latin word for Lord, Master. The connection is not
evident, but one theory is that it refers to the black color cloak
worn by priests. We have heard this Latin word in the context of
dates as well.
What is the term?
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A. Domino principle/theory/effect
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10. Connect
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A. Both Rakhi Gulzar and Saleem Sinai born on 15th August
1947
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11. This Latin phrase made its first appearance in Virgils poem
Moretum to describe salad dressing. The ingredients, he wrote,
would surrender their individual aesthetic when mixed with others
to form one unique, homogenous, harmonious, and tasty
concoction.
What phrase did he use, which is now famous in a different
context?
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A. E Pluribus Unum
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12. What is the name of the international airport in Odense? You
can use the below image (taken during a recently held badminton
tournament) as a clue
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A. Hans Christian Andersen airport (His birthplace)
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13. The Sakteng wildlife sanctuary in Bhutan was created to
specifically protect the habitat of which creature?
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A. The Yeti! (Yeti/Migoi)
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14. One of the options for the new flag of New Zealand, was the
one you see in picture. However, this variant was quickly overruled
due to controversial visual imagery.Why was it overruled?
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A. The white on black background apparently reminded people of
the IS flag
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15. According to various interpretations, this self-portrait of
a famous artist is supposed to invoke memories of a famous musician
who was his contemporary, with the unkempt hair and long sideburns.
Interestingly, both these personalities suffered from a similar
affliction in their latter years. Name the two figures.
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A. Goya and Beethoven; Both of them went deaf
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16. Which cricket stadium has the bowling ends named the
following?Dwight Gooden endTom Seaver end
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A. The Citi field in New York
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17. This term was originally used for a geological feature in
glacial and gravel beds, and used to refer to depressions such as
the ones in the picture, caused by the action of ice. The first
part of the term stems from Middle English for deep drilling for a
mine, or from peat-digging and perhaps ultimately related to the
notion of a deep, cylindrical shape. Now used in a context that we
are all too familiar with. What term?
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A. Pothole
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18. These performances were started by jewellers or watchmakers
as a display of miniature objects. The initial focus was not on the
stars of the shows but on the miniature masterpieces of
craftsmanship they were attached to. They were hugely popular
between the 1830s and 1960s in England and Germany. Some people
believed that this form of entertainment declined because of
concerns about cruelty. The only genuine such event in the world
can be found in Germany and it performs annually at the
Oktoberfest.What are we talking about?
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A. Flea Circus
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19. In visual, you see Knups. Farmers in one part of India
heavily rely on these objects for their day to day life. What are
they used for?
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A. Used as umbrellas in the North East
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20. This term used to refer to a form of theater that traveled
along the waterways of United States, especially along the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers. It is also the subject of a 1927
musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Edna Ferber's bestselling novel
of the same name, the musical follows the lives of the performers,
stagehands, and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom.The Majestic,
one of the last of the original few, was declared a National
Historic Landmark in 1989.Based on their supposedly gaudy look ,
the term also came to mean someone who wants his or her
ostentatious behavior to be seen at all costs, and is particularly
applied in sports.What is the term?
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A. Showboat
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21. In the context of different types of phishing attacks, what
is the term used for the following?a. Phishing attempts directed at
specific individuals or companiesb. Phishing attacks directed
specifically at senior executives and other high profile targets in
businesses
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A. a. Spear phishing b. Whaling
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22. These are calf-length trousers that were popular during the
1950s and the early 1960s.Often cuffed and worn tight to the skin,
they are related in style to Capri pants, and are sometimes
referred to as "clam diggers. The style quickly became identified
with teenage girls.
Their name originates from the activity they were first used
for.
What is their name?
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A. Pedal Pushers
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23. The People Power Uprising was a series of pro-democracy
marches, demonstrations, protests and riots that happened in Burma
in August 1988, which saw the emergence of Aung San Suu Kyi as a
national icon. It has another popular name because of the date on
which key events occurred.
Name?
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A. 8888 uprising
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24.Identify this incomplete building which is expected to be
completed in 2026, in the centenary year of the architects
death.The architect derived inspiration from what aspect of the
natural world while designing the interiors, the etymology for
which ultimately derives from the Greek for mosquito?
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A. a. Sagrada Familia by Gaudi b. Forest canopy
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25. This AT&T logo was designed by Saul Bass in 1984,
replacing the phone logo that had been in use for nearly 100 years.
It also had an informal name which the competitors used in deriding
the companys policies. Ars Technica referred to it in an article
criticizing the company data policy, and T-Mobile mocked the logo
and AT&Ts empire in a press release. What was the informal
name?
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A. Death Star
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26. John Wood was a Scottish naval officer, surveyor,
cartographer and explorer, principally remembered for his
exploration of central Asia. While writing in 1838, he described
the Bam-i-Dunya as a native expression used for an area that he had
explored. Another Scottish traveller, Sir Thomas Edward Gordon
employed the term as the title of a book.The English translation
used by these gentlemen is a term that we are familiar with.
What?Which region was it used to describe?
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A. Roof of the word; Pamirs
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27. Audio. Who, narrating what (from a recently aged
collection)?
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A. David Attenborough, narrating the video of Adeles Hello (lead
single from Adeles new album 25)
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28. What wedge shaped entities were first copied and deciphered
in 1837 by British army officer Henry Rawlinson ?
Rawlinson copied them down from the steep cliffs of Behistun,
and studied them for years before he realized what they meant.
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A. Cuneiform inscriptions (Cuneiform means wedge shaped in
Latin)
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29. Zufa LLC is an American company that derives its name from
the Italian word for fight. It was founded in January 2001 in Las
Vegas by casino executives Frank Fertita III and Lorenzo Fertita
and is the parent entity of what franchise, which recently hosted
an event in the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne?
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A. Ultimate Fighting Championship
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30. Varus is a Latin term which means bow-legged/bandy. What
word in the English language derives from this root and literally
means to walk crookedly? This word has acquired a metaphoric
meaning since.
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A. Prevaricate
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31. Audio from the 2010 album Maak jou Drome waar. Which phenom
is singing?
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A. AB de Villiers
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32. The Grimpoteuthis is a genus of pelagic umbrella octopus
that live in the deep sea. These octopuses get their common name
from the distinctive shape of their fins, which resemble a physical
feature of a character from the field of entertainment. Additional
clue - Former U.S President Harry Truman refused to board a ride
based on this character when he visited Disneyland. ID the
character.
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A. Dumbo. Dumbo Octopuses
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33. When students in the 17th century came to recite poetry in
this hilly neighborhood of Paris, they nicknamed it after the home
of the nine muses of arts and sciences in Greek Mythology. The
nickname was very apt as this place became famous in the 1920s and
30s as the heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris.
Name this neighborhood.
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A. Montparnasse after Mount Parnassus
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34. This Sanskrit epic poem was composed by P.C Devassia, a
scholar and poet from Kerala, for which he received numerous awards
including the Sahitya Akademi award for Sanskrit in 1980. Composed
in 1976 and first published in 1977, the poem consists of 33 cantos
and over 1600 verses. As a mahakavya, it represents the most
prestigious genre of Sanskrit epic poetry, characterized by ornate
and elaborate descriptions.
Who is the protagonist of this epic?
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A. Jesus Christ called KristuBhagavatam
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35. Two sounds:a. A recent change in this sound has left fans
disappointed. An editor of a prominent motoring magazine bemoaned
It was akin to turning the late Luciano Pavarotti from a tenor into
a soprano. What sound?b. What sound is commonly describe by fans as
potato, potato, potato?
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A. a. Ferrari sound b. Harley Davidson sound
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36. Forest rangers and conservationists have recently been
bemoaning the death of Alpha, a dominant male Great Indian Bustard.
Alpha was so enthusiastic in contributing to the efforts of
resurrecting the GIB population that he was nicknamed by the forest
officials in Maharashtra after a hit 2012 movie. What was it?
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A. Vicky Donor
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37. This typeface was created by Chris Costello in 1982, who
described his goal as a font that would represent what English
language texts would have looked like, if written on this material.
An alternative name for the said material was Bublos, which was
said to derive from an ancient Phoenician city. Name the font.This
font also prominently featured in a 2009 movie. Where was it used
in the movie?
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A. a. Papyrus b. Avatar subtitles
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38. This character from Fantastic Mr. Fox is supposed to be
modelled after which real life personality?
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A. Roald Dahl
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39. If Florilegium is a Latin term for a compilation of excerpts
from other writings, what is the equivalent Greek-rooted English
word for the same term?
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A. Anthology
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40. The singing Tesla coil, sometimes called musical lightning,
is a form of plasma speaker. It is a variation of a solid state
Tesla coil that has been modified to produce musical tones by
modulating its spark output. It has two other names, which are both
puns on two different gods associated with lightning and thunder
and two other musical instruments. What are the two names?
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A. Zeusaphone and Thoremin
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