156

QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

QUIZMASTERSSrinath Bhashyam and Siddharth Manickasundaram

Big Bazaar Gen Quiz

Title Sponsor

Quiz Sponsors

Associate Sponsors

Our sincere thanks to

Special thanks to our donors

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian

Vinay Sekhar

Dnyanesh

Rajiv Rai

Raghav Chakravarthy (Walnut

Knowledge Solutions)

VV Sivakumar

Arun Ramanathan

Dinesh Kirthivasan

Sumant Srivathsan

Vinod Hariharan

Sandeep Pedam

Samanth Subramanian

Navin Ragade

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 2: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Title Sponsor

Quiz Sponsors

Associate Sponsors

Our sincere thanks to

Special thanks to our donors

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian

Vinay Sekhar

Dnyanesh

Rajiv Rai

Raghav Chakravarthy (Walnut

Knowledge Solutions)

VV Sivakumar

Arun Ramanathan

Dinesh Kirthivasan

Sumant Srivathsan

Vinod Hariharan

Sandeep Pedam

Samanth Subramanian

Navin Ragade

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 3: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Quiz Sponsors

Associate Sponsors

Our sincere thanks to

Special thanks to our donors

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian

Vinay Sekhar

Dnyanesh

Rajiv Rai

Raghav Chakravarthy (Walnut

Knowledge Solutions)

VV Sivakumar

Arun Ramanathan

Dinesh Kirthivasan

Sumant Srivathsan

Vinod Hariharan

Sandeep Pedam

Samanth Subramanian

Navin Ragade

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 4: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Associate Sponsors

Our sincere thanks to

Special thanks to our donors

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian

Vinay Sekhar

Dnyanesh

Rajiv Rai

Raghav Chakravarthy (Walnut

Knowledge Solutions)

VV Sivakumar

Arun Ramanathan

Dinesh Kirthivasan

Sumant Srivathsan

Vinod Hariharan

Sandeep Pedam

Samanth Subramanian

Navin Ragade

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 5: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Our sincere thanks to

Special thanks to our donors

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian

Vinay Sekhar

Dnyanesh

Rajiv Rai

Raghav Chakravarthy (Walnut

Knowledge Solutions)

VV Sivakumar

Arun Ramanathan

Dinesh Kirthivasan

Sumant Srivathsan

Vinod Hariharan

Sandeep Pedam

Samanth Subramanian

Navin Ragade

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 6: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Special thanks to our donors

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian

Vinay Sekhar

Dnyanesh

Rajiv Rai

Raghav Chakravarthy (Walnut

Knowledge Solutions)

VV Sivakumar

Arun Ramanathan

Dinesh Kirthivasan

Sumant Srivathsan

Vinod Hariharan

Sandeep Pedam

Samanth Subramanian

Navin Ragade

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 7: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Our sincere thanks to

Dr MS Siva KumarDr LS Ganesh

Ananth Sundararaman amp VishalIIT Madras Quiz Club Conveners

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 8: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

The Written Qualification

Round

bull 40 Questions in all

bull Questions 11-20 starred ndash to be used

to resolve ties (Questions not

necessarily easier or tougher)

bull Please turn off all electronic devices

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 9: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

The First Questionhellip

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 10: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

1 The 1971 edition of this event featured the first

incarnation of the Pyramid Stage Conceived by Bill

Harkin the stage was a one-tenth replica of the Great

Pyramid of Giza and was built from scaffolding and metal

sheeting

From 1981 the structure became permanent and doubled

as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter

Which event

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 11: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 12: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 13: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A The Glastonbury Festival

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 14: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

2 In military engineering this term (X) is used for an artificial

slope that is part of a medieval castle or an early modern fortress

Such slopes may be constructed of earth in a temporary structure

or of stone in a more permanent structure

More generally the term can denote any slope natural or

artificial which fulfills the above requirements

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made

dangerous with ice hence the similarity to another geographical

term that we are more familiar with

Chennai folk will recognize this term as it forms a part of the

address of many buildings in the north of the city (RBI building to

name one)

X

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 15: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 16: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 17: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Glacis (Fort Glacis in Chennai)

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 18: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

3 Given the popularity of this sculpture many

versions exist around the world In the picture is the

Hebrew version called ldquoAhavardquo which is at the Israel

Museum in Jerusalem This version was made by the

sculptor (of the original) in 1977 as a gift to Israel in

his distinctive quadripartite style from CorTen steel

Which is the original sculpture we are talking about

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 19: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 20: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 21: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A lsquoLoversquo Sculpture by Robert Indiana

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 22: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

4 White represents birth and a new seed

Yellow the sunlight that works on a new seed and begins its life

Orange the power of the sun to help the seed grow

Green is seen as the plant sprouting

Blue is the sky the plant grows toward

Purple represents the sky at dawn

Brown the ripening of the plant

Red is again seen as the sun

Black is the darkness beyond it

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 23: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 24: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Karate Belts

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 25: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

5 lsquoHarmadrsquo is a Bengali slang word meaning

ruffian

It developed during the colonial times and

referred to the poor reputation of the Portuguese

sailors who mostly came up the riverine Bengal

delta as pirates and raiders

What word common in the Iberian peninsula did

it derive from

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 26: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 27: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Armada

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 28: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

6 Childrensrsquo stories portrayed as minimalist posters

-Examples below

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 29: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Identify which stories these two posters represent

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 30: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 31: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A

(a)Hansel and Gretel

(b)Princess And The Pea

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 32: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

7 All these movies have a particular connect

(Non-exhaustive)

The best performing movie that belongs to this

connect was released in 2003

Identify

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 33: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 34: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 35: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Movies based on Disney attractions

Pirates of the Caribbean

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 36: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

8 This book is about an informal literary discussion

group associated with the University of Oxford

England for nearly two decades between the early

1930s and late 1949 The name of the group is a

clever pun on a word which means ldquohaving a slight

knowledgerdquo

Fill in the blanks

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 37: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 38: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 39: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A The Inklings

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 40: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

9 The three buildings in the visuals all share the same

name The first one is in Thessaloniki Greece and is a part

of several monuments in Thessaloniki accorded the status

of a World Heritage Site

The second and third are in Trabzon and Iznik in Turkey

All three share their name with a fourth structure that is

more famous ndash the design for this structure was made

jointly by two Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and

Anathemus of Tralles

What is the name

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 41: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 42: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 43: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Hagia Sophia

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 44: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

10 This person hypothesized that Egyptians may have traveled to the

Americas based upon the building of pyramids in both areas and had a

traditional boat (that would have been available to the Egyptians) built

After naming the boat after the sun god Ra he set off with a crew from

Morocco bound for the Americas on May 25 1969 The ship sank 600 miles

short of its goal but he completed the journey a year later with the Ra II

Another of his expeditions ndash which was in a recreated Mesopotamian-era

reed ship named the Tigris ndash involved sailing from the Tigris River to the

Red Sea but ended after five months The North Yemen government

refused to let the ship pass and the ship was burnt in a port in Djibouti in

early April 1978

Who is this adventurous person

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 45: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 46: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Thor Heyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 47: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

11 This 2011 book by Ben Aaronovitch has a cast of

colourful characters including Father and Mama T

Lady Tyburn Fleet Lea Brent and Ash

(A) Complete the title of the novel

(B) What does the rsquoTrsquo in lsquoFather and Mama Trsquo stand

for

The book cover may help

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 48: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 49: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 50: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A

(a) Rivers of London

(b) Thames

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 51: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

12 Connect

(a)

(b)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 52: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 53: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Titles inspired by Shakespeare ndash (a) Hamlet and (b) Macbeth

(a)

(b)

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 54: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

13 Name these two confectionery items -

(a) When the French mention a toned manrsquos six pack

they often refer to this confectionery item due to

its visual similarity

(b) The French term for this other confectionery item

is lsquoBarbe a Paparsquo meaning lsquoDaddyrsquos beardrsquo

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 55: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 56: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A (a) Chocolate bar (Tablettes de Chocolat) (b)

Candyfloss Cotton Candy

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 57: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

14 Which two members of the world of flora and

fauna are known thus by Indonesians locally

(a) Padma Raksasa

(b)Biawak Raksasa

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 58: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 59: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A (a) Rafflesia (b) Komodo Dragon

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 60: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

15 This hormone gets its name from the Latinized

name of the region of the organ from which it was

first isolated

Name the hormone and the region of the

organ(named after scientist seen in picture)

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 61: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 62: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Insulin (Insula means island) Islets of Langerhans

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 63: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

16 The name of this Sanskrit Poet (X) is the same as the name of

a month in the Hindu Calendar He is most famous for his epic

poem Shishupala Vadha based on the beheading of Shishupala

by Krishna

According to one theory he derived his name from an attempt to

surpass another poet (Y) whose name meant lsquoThe Sunrsquo A

popular saying during his era went lsquoThe lustre of the sun lasts

until the advent of the coldest monthrsquo which was a clever pun

meaning lsquoThe lustre of Y lasts until the advent of Xrsquo

X and Y

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 64: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 65: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Magha Y - Bharavi

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 66: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

17 Canson (in picture) is a French paper-manufacturing

company which was previously called Canson and X The

story goes that Person X was taken prisoner by the Turks

during the Crusades and was compelled to work in a

paper mill in Damascus There he learned how to produce

paper and he brought the knowledge back to Europe

when he regained his freedom

Who is X How is X honoured in the logo of the company

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 67: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 68: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 69: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A X ndash Montgolfier The logo is a stylized balloon

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 70: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

18 Two related sportsmen X and Y (with same last name

famous in different sports) share their names with two

famous rival artists respectively who painted the works to

follow

The name X is a variant of artist 1rsquos name(which is cognate

to the English version of the name that we know him by)

To clarify - The artist is known by name X in the home

country of the sportsmen

Identify the two sportsmen (X and Y)

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 71: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Artist 1

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 72: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Artist 2

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 73: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 74: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A X - Miguel Angel Nadal (Artist 1 ndash Michelangelo)

Y - Rafael Nadal (Artist 2 ndash Raphael)

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 75: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

19 The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming

(swimming in outdoor bodies such as oceans lakes and rivers)

is sometimes taken to be May 3 1810 This was the date when

person X (who particularly enjoyed adventure relating to the

sea) swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to

Asia In doing so X was trying to emulate person Yrsquos legendary

swims to meet his lover

To commemorate this the event is recreated every year as an

open water swimming competition

X and Y

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 76: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 77: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 78: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A X Lord Byron Y Leander

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 79: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

20 Identify the bird in the video (a)

Its common nickname derives from what it

appears to be doing when viewed from a

distance What is the nickname (b)

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 80: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 81: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 82: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A (a) Jacana (b) Jesus bird

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 83: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

21 The building in the picture was originally

designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel as a product

exhibition hall in 1915

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in the

year 1996 in spite of opposition from American

delegates The United States ultimately disassociated

itself from the decision

Where is this building How do we better know this

World Heritage site

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 84: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 85: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 86: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Atomic

dome Genbaku dome

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 87: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

22 What two word name was given to the image

acquired by the Voyager that captured many

members of the Solar System (many of us might

have the associated object in our homes)

The picture was a mosaic of 60 individual frames and

was also the source of the famous lsquoPale Blue Dotrsquo

image of the Earth

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 88: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 89: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 90: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Family Portrait

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 91: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

23 Olivier Voutier a French Naval officer who fought in the Greek War of

Independence is credited with discovering this artwork in 1820

In his book lsquoDisarmed ndash The story of ___________rsquo author Gregory Curtis

writes about the discovery ndash ldquoAs Voutier and the two sailors were digging

another man a local farmer as it turned out was also working just

twenty paces away trying to remove the stones from an ancient wall to

use in a structure he was building on his farm Voutier glancing over that

way noticed that the man had stopped digging for the moment and was

staring at something in a niche he had uncovered in the wall His posture

was curious enough that Voutier went to look himselfrdquo

What is the artwork in question

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 92: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 93: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Venus de Milo

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 94: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

24 This word meaning lsquoa persons ability to

distinguish between and appreciate different

flavoursrsquo derives from the fact that in ancient

times this part (of the human body) and not the

tongue was considered the seat of taste Hence

the connotation

Whatrsquos the word

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 95: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 96: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Palate

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 97: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

25 Connect

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 98: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 99: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A All inspired by works of Goya

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 100: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

26 In Northern Ireland this was commonly used as a

Shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants as

Catholic schools taught the pronunciation in one way

and Protestant schools the other way In essence the

two variants marked the religious divide

Kids in India are frequently chastised by their

teachers (elementary school) for pronouncing this

lsquoincorrectlyrsquo

What are we talking about

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 101: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 102: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Pronunciation of the letter lsquoHrsquo - As either lsquoAitchrsquo or

lsquoHaitchrsquo

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 103: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

27 Torre delle Milizie (in pic) is a fortified tower in

Rome It gets its popular nickname from an event

where a particular person in the history of Rome was

rumoured to have used this as a vantage point

Who What nickname

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 104: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 105: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 106: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Nerorsquos tower ndash Supposed to have watched the

Great fire of Rome from this tower

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 107: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

28 Person A was initially nominated for the Best

Original Dramatic Score award for the Oscars held in

1973 (for the movies of 1972) but his nomination was

later rejected because it was discovered that he had

used music from an earlier score Person B ultimately

went on to win the Oscar along with Raymond Rasch

(Posthumous) and Larry Russell (Posthumous) This

award happens to be Brsquos only competitive Oscar

A and B

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 108: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 109: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A (a) Nino Rota (b) Charlie Chaplin for Limelight

(This film was originally screened in 1952 but it was

not shown in Los Angeles until 1972 at which point it

became eligible for this nomination)

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 110: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

29 What 5-letter Japanese word is the title of this map

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 111: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 112: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Onsen (lsquoHot water springsrsquo)

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 113: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

30 The production of this play written by a British playwright

was revived by the Finborough Theatre in London this year ndash

this was the first production in Britain in more than a century

The theatre took the liberty of making a few additions to the

original script As they expected the audience to anticipate the

arrival of a key scene with a mix of curiosity and dread they

added a part where a female character lets out a farcical

scream

The production was very well received and was sold out

through its last performance on April 14th 2015 which was a

key anniversary for the play

Name the play

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 114: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 115: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 116: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Our American Cousin The female character

lets out the scream just at the moment when

Mrs Lincoln was said to have screamed after

her husband was shot

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 117: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

31 According to the Oxford English dictionary

which word has the most meanings with its verb

form alone having a whopping 645 distinct

meanings

NY Times ran an article with visual clues on

many of the meanings of the word (in picture)

What is the good word

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 118: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 119: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 120: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Run ndash Has overtaken set

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 121: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

32 In the picture are three pairs of muscles in the lateral

neck whose action elevates the ribs and helps laterally

flex the neck from side to side

The collective name for this group derives from the Greek

for lsquounevenrsquo as the pairs are all of differing length

One might recall this term from high school mathematics

What is the name of this group of muscles

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 122: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 123: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 124: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Scalene muscles

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 125: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

33 The Royal Mail in England chose to

commemorate a set of people in a series of

stamps (in pic) in 2015

Aptly what day did they release these stamps

on

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 126: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 127: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 128: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A April Foolrsquos day (Apr 1) ndash All of them are

comedians

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 129: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

34 A clip from a 1964 episode called ldquoThe Project

Strigas Affairrdquo Just identify this TV show

Younger viewers should also be familiar with the

name

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 130: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

>

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 131: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 132: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A The Man From UNCLE

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 133: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

35 a) The Pittsburgh Penguins play their NHL

(Ice Hockey) home matches in the Pittsburgh

Civic Arena What is the popular nickname of this

venue

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 134: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 135: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A The lsquoIgloorsquo

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 136: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

35 b) In the picture is the mascot of an English

Cricket County The name is both a play on the

name of the county and an attribute of the

animal What

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 137: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 138: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Lanky the Giraffe

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 139: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

36 The structure you see in the visual is called the lsquoThree

Countries Bridgersquo because it lies between three countries

It is the worlds longest single-span bridge dedicated

exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists

The Latin name of the city whose Metropolitan area this

lies in was ldquoRegio TriRhenardquo reflecting the heritage of the

three states

Which city

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 140: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 141: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 142: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Basel

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 143: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

37 Name this museum that is located in Washington

DC

The night time photo might be more useful than the

day time one

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 144: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 145: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 146: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A National Geographic Museum

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 147: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

38 Blue was chosen as the colour for the UN Flag

because it lsquooppositersquo colour of red

This countryrsquos flagrsquos light blue backdrop was

originally influenced by the flag of the United

Nations in recognition of the UNs role in the

countryrsquos transition to independence during the

trusteeship period Which nation

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 148: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 149: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Somalia

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 150: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

39 The Angouleme International Comics Festival is the second

largest comics festival in Europe The four-day festival is

notable for awarding several prestigious prizes in cartooning

The awards at Angouleme were originally called the Alfred

awards after the pet auk from Zig et Puce the famous Franco-

Belgian comic However in 1989 the name was changed to the

X awards which both sounded like Alfred and was also a

dedication to the work of another Belgian

The name also fit because the organizers were recognizing the

efforts of artists

X

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 151: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 152: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Alph-art awards

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 153: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

40 The Maqluba is a traditional dish of Jordan and

Palestine The dish includes meat rice and fried vegetables

placed in a pot and is named after the manner in which it is

served

What does Maqluba mean

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 154: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Answer

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156
Page 155: QFIesta 2015 Aug 16th Gen quiz - Prelims

Gen Quiz

A Upside-Down

  • Slide 1
  • Slide 2
  • Slide 3
  • Slide 4
  • Slide 5
  • Slide 6
  • Slide 7
  • Slide 8
  • Slide 9
  • Slide 10
  • Slide 11
  • Slide 12
  • Slide 13
  • Slide 14
  • Slide 15
  • Slide 16
  • Slide 17
  • Slide 18
  • Slide 19
  • Slide 20
  • Slide 21
  • Slide 22
  • Slide 23
  • Slide 24
  • Slide 25
  • Slide 26
  • Slide 27
  • Slide 28
  • Slide 29
  • Slide 30
  • Slide 31
  • Slide 32
  • Slide 33
  • Slide 34
  • Slide 35
  • Slide 36
  • Slide 37
  • Slide 38
  • Slide 39
  • Slide 40
  • Slide 41
  • Slide 42
  • Slide 43
  • Slide 44
  • Slide 45
  • Slide 46
  • Slide 47
  • Slide 48
  • Slide 49
  • Slide 50
  • Slide 51
  • Slide 52
  • Slide 53
  • Slide 54
  • Slide 55
  • Slide 56
  • Slide 57
  • Slide 58
  • Slide 59
  • Slide 60
  • Slide 61
  • Slide 62
  • Slide 63
  • Slide 64
  • Slide 65
  • Slide 66
  • Slide 67
  • Slide 68
  • Slide 69
  • Slide 70
  • Slide 71
  • Slide 72
  • Slide 73
  • Slide 74
  • Slide 75
  • Slide 76
  • Slide 77
  • Slide 78
  • Slide 79
  • Slide 80
  • Slide 81
  • Slide 82
  • Slide 83
  • Slide 84
  • Slide 85
  • Slide 86
  • Slide 87
  • Slide 88
  • Slide 89
  • Slide 90
  • Slide 91
  • Slide 92
  • Slide 93
  • Slide 94
  • Slide 95
  • Slide 96
  • Slide 97
  • Slide 98
  • Slide 99
  • Slide 100
  • Slide 101
  • Slide 102
  • Slide 103
  • Slide 104
  • Slide 105
  • Slide 106
  • Slide 107
  • Slide 108
  • Slide 109
  • Slide 110
  • Slide 111
  • Slide 112
  • Slide 113
  • Slide 114
  • Slide 115
  • Slide 116
  • Slide 117
  • Slide 118
  • Slide 119
  • Slide 120
  • Slide 121
  • Slide 122
  • Slide 123
  • Slide 124
  • Slide 125
  • Slide 126
  • Slide 127
  • Slide 128
  • Slide 129
  • Slide 130
  • Slide 131
  • Slide 132
  • Slide 133
  • Slide 134
  • Slide 135
  • Slide 136
  • Slide 137
  • Slide 138
  • Slide 139
  • Slide 140
  • Slide 141
  • Slide 142
  • Slide 143
  • Slide 144
  • Slide 145
  • Slide 146
  • Slide 147
  • Slide 148
  • Slide 149
  • Slide 150
  • Slide 151
  • Slide 152
  • Slide 153
  • Slide 154
  • Slide 155
  • Slide 156