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Inquizitive – The Open Quiz Conducted by: Infinite Bounce Supported and Organized by: Knol & Magboard, UIET Panjab University

Goonj 2012 University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Panjab University

Inquizitive – The Open Quiz The Finals

Round 1 Infinite Bounce I • Total of 12 Questions • +10 for a Right Answer (Direct) • +10 for a Right Answer (Pass)

Question 1 of 12 During the time of the Crusades the members of a certain secret Muslim sect engaged people to terrorize their Christian enemies by performing murders as a religious duty. These acts were carried out under the influence of hashish, and so the killers became known as X , meaning eaters or smokers of hashish. X evolved into the word Y. The word Y derives it’s meaning from the very act mentioned above of murdering, looting et al Mention X or Y.

Answer

X:Hashashin Y: Assassin

Question 2 of 12 The name of this Japanese City means little beach. Around 2006, the city inhabitants and the administrations noted that a certain person was gaining widespread international popularity and thus decided to associate with the person. It sent that person a set of the city’s famous lacquer chopsticks, a DVD about the city and a letter wishing him the best. As the person became even more popular in early 2008, it began to organize parties, posters and T-shirts in support. Why the association ? Give Funda.

Answer The city is called Obama. This was the time when Obama’s Presidential campaign was on in the United States of America

Question 3 of 12 The author Larry Niven, in a 1973 English language novella written by him describes a free transfer booth that could take any one anywhere on Earth in milliseconds. The plot centers around a television journalist who, after being fired for his inadvertent role in inciting a post-robbery riot in Los Angeles, seeks to independently investigate the teleportation system for the flaws in its design allowing for such spontaneous riots to occur. The free transfer booth and the incidents that occur have served as the originating source of a phenomenon which of lately has increasingly gained popularity in India & abroad. What ?

Answer Flash Mobs

Question 4 of 12

Shown above is a famous Italian actress who won a Golden Globe and her credits include films like Come September and Hotel Paradiso. She happened to be the favorite actress of an Indian. This fondness actually lead to something very interesting. What ?

Answer

The actress is Gina Lollobrigida. She happened to be the favorite actress of Babita. Babita nicknamed here daughter Lolo after her favorite actress. We better know Lolo as Karishma Kapoor.

Question 5 of 12 • The Power Failure at the K.L Saigal show in Amritsar

• Talat Mehmood caught smoking by Naushad in the recording studios

Both the above mentioned events are related to a single person and in an interesting manner. Mention both the fundas (part marks will be awarded for answering one of the two)

Answer • The Power Failure at the K.L Saigal show in Amritsar Mohammad Rafi was present in the crowd with his brother-in-law Abdul Hameed who forced him to go to the stage while the power failure happened. Rafi sang for the first time and was spotted by Shyam Sunder

• Talat Mehmood caught smoking by Naushad in the recording studios Naushad was annoyed and hired Rafi to sing all the songs of the movie Baiju Bawra. This was Rafi’s first major break and the rest is history

Question 6 of 12

Give funda behind this image.

Answer

Shown in the image is Frank Sinatra at The Fight of the Century Match between Joe Frazier & Mohammad Ali in June 1971. The fight had become very popular and awaited. Sinatra had to disguise as a journalist of Life Magazine to gain access to the sold-out event.

Question 7 of 12

Shown above is Paolo Uccello's depiction of Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1470. The painting is regarded as a classic illustration of a situation X. X has also entered colloquial English and is a commonly used phrase to describe a certain case/situation. What ?

Answer

Damsel in Distress

Question 8 of 12

Which common phrase (prevalent with respect to corporate & business meetings) originates from the Dilbert comic strip shown above ?

Answer

Powerpoint Poisoning / Death by Powerpoint The criticism of slide-based presentations referring to a state of boredom and fatigue induced by information overload during presentations such as those created by the Microsoft application PowerPoint

Question 9 of 12

Which term popular in sports/competitions originates from the sporting practice shown above ?

Answer Underdog The use of the term is believed to have come from the bloodsport known as bear-baiting where the "top-dog" was trained to attack the bear's throat and head, and the "underdog" was trained to attack the bear's underside. The top-dog had a better chance of surviving and of beating the bear, whereas the underdog was more likely to die.

Question 10 of 12 The following interesting events happened after the release of something

• The number plate of a certain Volkswagen Beatle with the number LMW 281F was repeatedly stolen • In 1986, the very car was sold at auction for £2,530 and in 2001 was on display in a museum in Germany • Paul Cole, an American fond of travelling, much to his surprise became popular worldwide

What is being discussed ? / Give Funda.

Answer

The events happened after the release of Abbey Road, the Beatles 11th album in 1969. The iconic cover image shown above had the mentioned Volkswagen Beatle & Paul Cole in the background

Question 11 of 12 This popular cocktail was created by the head bartender, Joe Gilmore, at the legendary American Bar in London’s Savoy Hotel in 1969 marking a tribute to the event X which happened that very year . According to legend, it was the first drink which was served after X finished. The tasters were so impressed that one of them wrote a letter of thanks to Joe for creating the drink. The cocktail derives it’s name from the event X itself.

Name the cocktail.

Answer

The Moonwalk

The Moonwalk was created by the head bartender, Joe Gilmore, at the legendary American Bar in London’s Savoy Hotel in 1969 as a tribute to the achievements of the Apollo 11 mission. According to legend, it was the first drink the astronauts sampled on their return to earth and Neil Armstrong was so impressed that he wrote a letter of thanks to Joe for creating the drink.

Question 12 of 12 For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk. We learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together, subdue the impossible . Mankind's greatest achievement have come about by talking. And it's greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes will become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unlimited. All we need to do is to make sure that we keep talking.

The above piece was written and spoken by an eminent person in a British Telecom Television advertisement. However, what made it more popular was a certain X done by Y. The portion blanked out in red was used entirely in X, and the text portion blanked out in yellow was taken as the title of X. (The portions blanked in black have been done so as they would have been a distinct help towards working out answer)

Mention either X or Y.

Answer For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk. We learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together, subdue the impossible . Mankind's greatest achievement have come about by talking. And it's greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes will become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unlimited. All we need to do is to make sure that we keep talking.

Talked by Stephen Hawking, the starting blanked-by-red part of this piece was used in Pink Floyd’s song Keep Talking

Hence, X is the song Keep Talking Y is Pink Floyd

Round 2 The Goonj Round • Teams will be asked a total of 5 Questions • The teams are supposed to write the answer to each of the 5 Questions on the sheet provided • The answer to each of the question shall begin with one of the letters of the word Goonj. The questions will be in the order G-O-O-N-J

• +10 for a Right Answer. No Negatives

The G Question

Initially held by P & G through it’s brand Gillette, it was later transferred to Genpact and it currently held by it. People commonly mistake it to be held by Google.

What ?

The O Question

The origin of the word is found in different words from Old Norse which mean accusative & representative. The first preserved use is in Sweden. In the Danish Law of Jutland from 1241 the term means a royal civil servant in a hundred. From 1552, it is also used in the other Scandinavian languages such as the both Icelandic and Faroese.The word bears a distinct connect with India.

Identify the word.

The O Question

Shown here is Giovanni Lanfranco's painting Orlando Furioso, depicts Norandino and Lucina during their honeymoon. The painting is regarded as one of the earliest depictions of X.

Identify X

The N Question

How does the world better know the highlighted man ?

The J Question

How has this man been (very interestingly) immortalized in the history ? Mention name.

The G Question

Initially held by P & G through it’s brand Gillette, it was later transferred to Genpact and it currently held by it. People commonly mistake it to be held by Google.

What ?

Answer G (The Ticker Symbol at NYSE)

The O Question The origin of the word is found in different words from Old Norse which mean accusative & representative. The first preserved use is in Sweden. In the Danish Law of Jutland from 1241 the term means a royal civil servant in a hundred. From 1552, it is also used in the other Scandinavian languages such as the both Icelandic and Faroese.The word bears a distinct connect with India. Identify the word.

Answer Ombudsman

The O Question Shown here is Giovanni Lanfranco's painting Orlando Furioso, depicts Norandino and Lucina during their honeymoon. The painting is regarded as one of the earliest depictions of X. Identify X Answer Ogre (imaginary beings which are usually depicted as large, hideous, humanoid monsters. )

The N Question

How does the world better know the highlighted man ?

Answer Nine Inch Nails (Trent Raznor)

The J Question

How has this man been (very interestingly) immortalized in the history ? Mention the immortal name.

Answer Jude (The man is Julian Lennon, son of Cynthia & John Lennon. After John divorced Cynthia, Paul McCartney wrote the song Hey Jude for him to comfort him. It was initially written as Hey Jules)

Round 3 Infinite Bounce II • Total of 12 Questions • +10 for a Right Answer (Direct) • +10 for a Right Answer (Pass)

Question 1 of 12

Give the funda behind this spoof advertisement campaign

Answer

The spoof is based on the antenna issues some people had with the new iPhone 4. The wireless signal strength degraded if the phone (some, not all) was held by the lower left corner. To which Steve Jobs gave the unreasonable solution of holding the phone differently . Hence a popular spoof campaign started on the internet

Question 2 of 12

One night in the early 1980s, a model coordinator named David Whitbread was working on a campaign shoot for advertising agency Avenues. It was on the terrace of a Mumbai building because they weren’t able to get any studio space. As the shoot wound down, the Avenues’ art director, pulled Whitbread aside to talk to him. Whitebread asked the director “‘Ok, tell me what do you want” . The director replied saying “We want you.” What iconic thing came out of this conversation ?

Answer

David Whitebread was signed by Gopi Kukde, the Art director as the Onida Devil. Thus the Onida devil was born

Question 3 of 12

In 1862, the founders of this company purchased a tinroofed factory building to start a distillery. In the roof of the building lived a family of bats, considered to be a good luck omen in Cuban mythology.

What came about as a result of this ?

Answer

The company was Bacardi. It decided to include bat in it’s logo

Question 4 of 12 ___________________________ X 2 Just another blunder Just another lousy call Just another clap of thunder And apologies ring hollow From the guilty in Whitehall And there's no hint of sorrow Just the whitewash on the wall Just one man dead And nothing is gained Nothing at all And Jean Charles de Menezes remains ___________________________ During a 2011 tour, this artist added the above para to an existing, iconic song while it's live performance. The para refered to an unfortunate event which had happened in London some years ago .

The title of the song and the blanks are the same. Fill in the blanks

Answer Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd

The above para was included to criticize the London Police role in the Jean Charles de Menezes killing. He was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts.

Question 5 of 12

The credits to the movie Khakee, and the Khiladi movies of Akshay Kumar feature the words producer as Keshu and not the real name of the producer. Why does the producer did not want to highlight his real name ?

Answer

The producer actual name is Keshu Ramsay. Stereotyped by the Ramsay Brother’s label, he didn’t want people to think it was a B-Grade horror movie so he remained as producer Keshu.

Question 6 of 12 afraid of bells, confused by stairs. His possibly machine like or at least nonhuman body is hinted at by revelations that his voice can only be heard by cats. He never blinks, naturally faces magnetic north, all his legs are hydraulic, he has two sets of knees, and heart ticks like a watch. He is even hinted at being a wild creature, spending his spare time catching fish with his tongue or foraging for wolves in the woods. Other odd details revealed in these introductions have included such facts as his face appears on high-value stamps in Sweden, his left nipple is the shape of the Nürburgring, one of his eyes is a testicle, that he invented the curtain, that he daydreams of Rubens Barrichello being caught in a ham slicer, his salary is paid by the BBC in strong pornography, and that he developed the wonderful scent of Wednesday.

Who has been described above ?

Answer

The Stig from Top Gear The Stig is a character in the British motoring television show Top Gear. The character plays on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face helmets, with the running joke that nobody knows who, or indeed what, is inside the character's racing suit.

Question 7 of 12 The name (X) of this company in Urdu means 'heaven sent, or gift from God'. The company originated in what is now Pakistan through founder Allah X. It specialized in field hockey, cricket, and table tennis equipment, but has since dropped the last two to focus exclusively on field hockey. The brand name was bestowed by Allah's son, Mr. K. M. Iqbal, in his honor.

It is more famous in Europe & USA. In USA,it sponsors the Coach of the Year award.

Identify the company/ X.

Answer

Dita Field Hockey

Question 8 of 12

What, according to a popular legend, is the largest hand-dug hole in the world ?

Answer

Kimberley Diamond Mines With the news of the huge diamond field, labourers were rushed in and from mid-July 1871to 1914 up to 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels , yielding 2,720 kilograms (6,000 lb) of diamonds. The Big Hole has a surface of 17 hectares (42 acres) and is 463 metres (1,519 ft) wide

Question 9 of 12

It divides the spirit world into the Rada and Petwo, and further divides them into families such as the Ogou and Ezili. Its creator god, Bondye, is distant from his creation and may have even moved to another world. The loa are spirits that are identified with Roman Catholic saints. Its priests are called houngans or mambos, and Papa Legba is the first spirit invoked at all rituals.

What is being talked about ?

Answer

Voodoo; or Vodou; or Vodun The religion derived from African indigenous beliefs, practiced in Louisiana, Brazil, and Haiti.

Question 10 of 12 Shortly after Rome was founded by Romulus and his mostly male followers, seeking wives in order to make families, the Romans negotiated unsuccessfully with the Sabines, who populated the area. Fearing the emergence of a rival society, the Sabines refused to allow their women to marry the Romans. Resulting into the Romans planning to abduct Sabine women. Romulus devised a festival of Neptune Equester and proclaimed the festival among Rome's neighbors. Many people from Rome's neighborhood attended, including folk from the Caeninenses, Crustumini, and Antemnates, and even the Sabines. At the festival Romulus gave a signal, at which the Romans grabbed the Sabine women and fought off the Sabine men. The indignant abductees were soon implored by Romulus to accept Roman husbands. Name the sculpture that represents this unique episode of the Roman history.

Answer

The Rape of the Sabines

Question 11 of 12

Answer Easter Eggs A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, in-joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, web page, video game, movie, book, or crossword. Shown here were the VLC Christmas Logo, Google Let It Snow & Google Do A Barrel Roll easter eggs.

Question 12 of 12 X is a fictional mysterious extraterrestrial vessel that is the subject and setting of the science fiction novel Rendezvous with X by Arthur C. Clarke, and the later sequel trilogy. It exists in a fictional future timeline of our own world. It is essentially a dark, featureless metallic cylinder, but is distinguished by its size: 54 km long and 20 km in diameter. If the cylinder were unfolded, its internal area would be 50 km long and 50 km wide, giving a surface area of 2500 km2. Although it qualifies as a vessel, carrying an advanced propulsion system capable of interstellar travel, it is better described as a mobile "worldlet” When asked about choosing an unusual name X, Clarke said that name of all other Greek & Roman counterparts of X had already been used in fiction. Hence, he took up the name X. Identify X

Answer

X: Rama

Round 4 The Long Visual Connect

The Long Visual Connect • The round comprises of 12 elements/hints linking to a single entity which is the answer • The elements will be shown one after the other, with certain time provided between successive hints so as to allow the teams to work out the connect & answer • After each element/hint, the QM will confirm if any of the teams wishes to answer the connect. The team will write the answer only in a sheet provided and show it to the QM

• A team can attempt to answer the connect in multiple attempts • The score scheme for the round is Elements / Hints

Correct Answer

Incorrect Answer

1-2-3

NA-60-55

-15

4-5-6

50-45-40

-10

7-8-9

35-30-25

-5

10-11-12

20-15-10

0

Element 1 of 12

Element 2 of 12

+60 | -15

Element 3 of 12

+55 | -15

Element 4 of 12

+50 | -10

Element 5 of 12

+45 | -10

Element 6 of 12

+40| -10

Element 7 of 12

+35 | -5

Element 8 of 12

+30 | -5

Element 9 of 12

+25 | -5

Element 10 of 12

+20 | No Negative

Element 11 of 12

+15 | No Negative

Element 12 of 12

+10 | No Negative

Connect is Shahrukh Khan All of them indicate names of characters played by SRK in different films

“ Filmi Duniya ka Time Hai Kharab Kyunki Wahan Pe Nahi Hai Romi Saab “ Song from Mein Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon ( Played Romi in Trimurti)

Hero Group Logo ( Played Hero in Oh Darling ! Yeh Hai India ! )

The Raj Flag ( Played Raj in DDLJ & Mohabbatein)

Amjad Ali Khan ( Played Amjad Ali Khan in Hey Ram)

The Mohun Bagan FC ( Played Mohan Bhargava in Swades)

Shekhar Ravjiani of the Vishal-Shekhar Duo ( Played Shekhar in Ra One)

The Fall of Max Payne ( Played Max in Josh)

Lord Rama ( Played Maj. Ram Prasad Sharma in Mein Hoon Na)

Rahul Dravid (Played Rahul in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai etc.)

The Arjuna Award (Played Arjun in Karan Arjun)

Dawood Ibrahim aka Don (Played Don in Don & Don 2)

Nageshwara Rao, Dilip Kumar & KL Saigal as Devdas (Played Devdas in Devdas)

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