So basically... (General Quiz)

So Basically…
Dedicated to the Govs. of the People’s Socialist Quiz Committee of the
Proletariat Republic of IIT Kharagpur
By the FirstYears

Acknowledgements
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Lal Salaam
■ 1 GLC + 30 dries + 1 List-it + 1 written round
■ Rolling bounce on direct questions
■ +10/0 on bounce
■ +10/-5 on pounce
■ Part points where mentioned by the QMs
■ There can be many “gaawwwwwwddd”s in the audience but for this quiz the only one
we’ll listen to is the QM
■ Any negative undertones throughout the quiz are unintentional and solely induced by
lack of sleep
■ Watch out for safety slides where we document our journey to gold in the Inter IIT
event at IIT Kanpur
■ Chalo mandir banaya jaye!

Long Connect
■ 10 written questions each carrying 5 points.
■ Pounce for the connect, points for it are mentioned in the slides.
■ The connect is very specific

1. Reminded of Itachi, eh…? Or Sasuke?
■ According to the Kojiki (oldest surviving chronicle in Japan), Shinto's genesis
gods Izanagi and Izanami were responsible for creating the first land. To help
them do this, they were given a X decorated with jewels, named Ame-no
(heavenly) nu-hoko (jewelled X), by older heavenly gods.
■ In Japanese mythology, Kamiumi is the story of the birth of the gods.
According to it various gods were born from the relationship between Izanagi
and Izanami until the fire deity, Kagutsuchi, at birth burned Izanami's genitals
and wounded her fatally.Izanagi, witnessing the death of his beloved wife, in
rage took the ten-grasp sabre and crushed his child, Kagutsuchi. A number of
gods were born from the blood and remains of Kagutsuchi. Subsequently,
Izanagi went to the land of Yomi (the world of the dead) to find Izanami,
however when he found her, she had become a rotting corpse and from her
parts other gods had arisen, causing the flight of Izanagi to the world of the
living. Then Izanagi performed the misogi ritual purification through which
more gods are born.
+50/-25

1 (contd.)
■ The last of these are the three most important gods of Shinto
known as the ‘Three Precious Children’: Amaterasu, goddess of
theY;Tsukuyomi, deity of the ____; and Susanoo, god of the ___.
■ It was Amaterasu who sent Japan’s first ruler from the heavens to
Japan, so the emperors of Japan are considered divine and direct
descendants of Amaterasu.
■ X &Y
+50/-25

2.These are all different types
of? +45/-23
•File
•Archer
•Butterfly
•Discus
•Surgeon
•Cardinal
•Dog
• Damsel
• Scorpion
• Fighting
• Trigger
• Mandarin
• Trumpet
• Wolf
• Unicorn
• Sun
• Flat
• Crocodile
• Lion
• Box
• Needle

3. Programmers, do u know this
language?
■ X is the fastest animal on the planet. It can reach speed of 200
miles per hour when it rushes towards the prey.
■ X were very popular during the WWII due to ability to intercept
homing _______ that were carrying various messages.
+40/-20

4. X DeWitt Bukater
■ The Golden X is a gold ornament, which popes of the Catholic Church have
traditionally blessed annually. It is occasionally conferred as a token of
reverence or affection. Recipients have included churches and sanctuaries,
royalty, military figures, and governments.
■ The X is blessed on the fourth Sunday of Lent, Lætare Sunday (also known as X
Sunday), when X-coloured vestments and draperies substitute for the
penitential purple, symbolizing hope and joy in the midst of Lenten solemnity.
■ A particular characteristic of X, according to Pope Leo XIII, "shows the sweet
odor of Christ which should be widely diffused by His faithful followers" (Acta,
vol. VI, 104), and another characteristic of X and a part of X refer to His bloody
Passion.
+35/-18

5. Davy Jones’ "beastie"
■ The X is a legendary sea monster of giant size that is said to dwell
off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. Authors over the years
have postulated that the legend originated from sightings of giant
squids that may grow to 12–15 meters (40–50 feet) in length. The
sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the X have made
it a common ocean-dwelling monster in various fictional works.
+30/-15

6.What?
■ It is found in the Dachigam National Park where it receives
protection but elsewhere it is more at risk. In the 1940s, the
population was between 3000 and 5000 individuals, but since then
habitat destruction, over-grazing by domestic livestock and
poaching have greatly reduced that number.
■ It has a light rump patch without including the tail. Its coat color is
brown with a speckling to the hairs. The inner sides of the buttocks
are greyish white, followed by a line on the inner sides of the
thighs and black on the upper side of the tail. Each antler consists
of five tines. The beam is strongly curved inward, while the brow
and bez tines are usually close together and above the burr.
+25/-13

7. Football fans should crack
this!!!
■ The XY (Italian: Leone d'Oro) is the highest prize given to a film at
theVenice Film Festival.
■ Aparajito by Satyajit Ray and Monsoon wedding by Mira Nair are
the Indian winners of this award so far.
+20/-10

8.Workingman's Dead
■ The largest ancestral canine that ever lived, the X (Canis dirus)
terrorized the plains of North America until the end of the last Ice
Age, ten thousand years ago—and lives on in both popular lore
and pop culture.
■ X was a Hypercarnivore and competed for Prey with the Saber-
ToothTiger.
+15/-8

9.Fictionally Richest or not???
■ A X is a legendary creature. However, one has rarely heard of X in Indian
mythology.The only prominent example is of aAsura namedVritra.
■ In the early Vedic religion, Vritra (Sanskrit: वृत्र, vṛtra, lit. 'enveloper') is a
serpent or X, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra.
■ In Hinduism, Vritra is identified as an Asura. Vritra was also known in the Vedas
as Ahi (Sanskrit: अहि ahi, lit. 'snake') and is said to have had three heads. He
appears as a X blocking the course of the rivers and is heroically slain by Indra.
■ For this feat, Indra became known as Vritrahan "slayer of Vritra" and also as
“slayer of the first-born of X.”
+10/-5

10. Buffalo Bill
■ X, also known colloquially as skinning, was a method of slow and painful
execution in which skin is removed from the body. Generally, an
attempt is made to keep the removed portion of skin intact.
■ One can find many examples of X throughout history and mythology.
Also X has been depicted in many different art works including
Michelangelo’s Last Judgement where the skin carrying a self-portrait
face of Michelangelo, held by Saint Bartholomew is shown almost in the
centre of the art piece.
■ The “X of Marsyas” is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance artist
Titian.(image on next slide)
+5/0

1.Reminded of Itachi, eh…? Or
Sasuke?
■ According to the Kojiki (oldest surviving chronicle in Japan), Shinto's genesis gods Izanagi and
Izanami were responsible for creating the first land. To help them do this, they were given a X
decorated with jewels, named Ame-no (heavenly) nu-hoko (jewelled X), by older heavenly
gods.
■ In Japanese mythology, Kamiumi is the story of the birth of the gods. According to it various
gods were born from the relationship between Izanagi and Izanami until the fire deity,
Kagutsuchi, at birth burned Izanami's genitals and wounded her fatally. Izanagi, witnessing
the death of his beloved wife, in rage took the ten-grasp sabre and crushed his child,
Kagutsuchi. A number of gods were born from the blood and remains of Kagutsuchi.
Subsequently, Izanagi went to the land of Yomi (the world of the dead) to find Izanami,
however when he found her, she had become a rotting corpse and from her parts other gods
had arisen, causing the flight of Izanagi to the world of the living. Then Izanagi performed the
misogi ritual purification through which more gods are born.

■ The last of these are the three most important gods of Shinto known as
the ‘Three Precious Children’: Amaterasu, goddess of theY;Tsukuyomi,
deity of the ____; and Susanoo, god of the ___.
■ It was Amaterasu whose name means “shining in heaven”, who sent
Japan’s first ruler from the heavens to Japan, so the emperors of Japan
are considered divine and direct descendants ofAmaterasu.
■ This all Amaterasu thing explains the Civil ensign of Japan.
■ X &Y

X-Spear ,Y-Sun
■ A red sun pierced
by a gold spear,
on an orange
field
Formerly just a
gold spear on an
orange field

2.These are all different types
of?
•File
•Archer
•Butterfly
•Discus
•Surgeon
•Cardinal
•Dog
• Damsel
• Scorpion
• Fighting
• Trigger
• Mandarin
• Trumpet
• Wolf
• Unicorn
• Sun
• Flat
• Crocodile
• Lion
• Box
• Needle

Fish
■ A silver trout
leaping on a
red and blue
background.

3.Programmers, do u know this
language?
■ X is the fastest animal on the planet. It can reach
speed of 200 miles per hour when it rushes toward the
prey.
■ They were very popular during theWWII due to ability
to intercept homing pigeons that were carrying
various messages.

Falcon
■ A white falcon
volant and
crescent moon
on a blue field.

4. X DeWitt Bukater
■ The Golden X is a gold ornament, which popes of the Catholic Church have
traditionally blessed annually. It is occasionally conferred as a token of
reverence or affection. Recipients have included churches and sanctuaries,
royalty, military figures, and governments.
■ The X is blessed on the fourth Sunday of Lent, Lætare Sunday (also known
as X Sunday), when X-coloured vestments and draperies substitute for the
penitential purple, symbolizing hope and joy in the midst of Lenten
solemnity.
■ A particular characteristic of X, according to Pope Leo XIII, "shows the sweet
odor of Christ which should be widely diffused by His faithful followers"
(Acta, vol. VI, 104), and another characteristic of X and a part of X refer to His
bloody Passion.

Rose
■ A golden rose
on a green field

5. Davy Jones’ "beastie"
■ The X is a legendary sea monster of giant size that is said to
dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. Authors over
the years have postulated that the legend originated from
sightings of giant squids that may grow to 12–15 meters (40–
50 feet) in length. The sheer size and fearsome appearance
attributed to the X have made it a common ocean-dwelling
monster in various fictional works.

Kraken
■ A golden
kraken on a
black field

6.What?
■ It is found in the Dachigam National Park where it receives protection but
elsewhere it is more at risk. In the 1940s, the population was between 3000
and 5000 individuals, but since then habitat destruction, over-grazing by
domestic livestock and poaching have greatly reduced that number.
■ It has a light rump patch without including the tail. Its coat color is brown
with a speckling to the hairs. The inner sides of the buttocks are greyish
white, followed by a line on the inner sides of the thighs and black on the
upper side of the tail. Each antler consists of five tines. The beam is strongly
curved inward, while the brow and bez tines are usually close together and
above the burr.

Stag
■ A crowned black
stag rampant on
a gold field

7. Football fans should crack
this!!!
■ The XY (Italian: Leone d'Oro) is the highest prize given to a film at
theVenice Film Festival.
■ Aparajito by Satyajit Ray and Monsoon wedding by Mira Nair are
the Indian winners of this award so far.
■ Image (not so much) useful on the next slide.

Golden Lion
■ A golden lion
rampant on a
crimson field

8.Workingman's Dead
■ The largest ancestral canine that ever lived, the X (Canis dirus)
terrorized the plains of North America until the end of the last
Ice Age, ten thousand years ago—and lives on in both popular
lore and pop culture.
■ X was a Hypercarnivore and competed for Prey with the
Saber-ToothTiger.

Direwolf
■ A grey direwolf
on a white field

9.Fictionally Richest or not???
■ A X is a legendary creature, typically scaled and with reptilian or avian traits.
However, one has rarely heard of X in Indian mythology. The only prominent
example is of a Asura namedVritra.
■ In the early Vedic religion, Vritra (Sanskrit: वृत्र, vṛtra, lit. 'enveloper') is a
serpent or X, the personification of drought and adversary of Indra.
■ In Hinduism, Vritra is identified as an Asura. Vritra was also known in the
Vedas as Ahi (Sanskrit: अहि ahi, lit. 'snake') and is said to have had three
heads. He appears as a X blocking the course of the rivers and is heroically
slain by Indra.
■ For this feat, Indra became known as Vritrahan "slayer of Vritra" and also as
“slayer of the first-born of X.”

Dragon
■ A red three-
headed dragon,
on a black field.

8.Buffalo Bill
■ X, also known colloquially as skinning, was a method of slow and
painful execution in which skin is removed from the body.
Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed portion of
skin intact.
■ One can find many examples of X throughout history and
mythology. Also X has been depicted in many different art works
including Michelangelo’s Last Judgement where the skin carrying
a self-portrait face of Michelangelo, held by Saint Bartholomew is
shown almost in the centre of the art piece.
■ The “X of Marsyas” is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance
artistTitian.(image on next slide)

Flaying
■ A red flayed
man, hanging
upside-down on
a white X-shaped
cross, on a black
background

Q1
A recent rumour from Bollywood went very viral and made many people turn
their heads until someone found this Insta post from January, 2017 by famous
photographer Steve McCurry which ultimately put all the rumours to rest.
What was all the brouhaha about?

Amitabh Bachchan’s rumoured look for “Thugs
of Hindustan”

Q2
■ The Committee for Melbourne is a non profit founded in 1985 to
make it a more livable city to be in.
■ In early March 2017, it lobbied to remove a certain "unconscious
bias" in the city that existed at many places where roads crossed
each other - the bias probably not being noticed by the general
public. It was done with a view to make Melbourne a "more equal
city". The same was welcomed and implemented on a trial basis
without much extra financial burden on electricity operators.
■ What exactly was done?

RANDOM POLITBURO MEMBER SEEKS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE SOME SWAGGER

Installed some female pedestrian figurines, in
addition to the male ones that existed already

Q3
What is the reason behind US flag patches on military
uniforms, aircrafts, etc. being represented in this fashion?

POLITBURO MEMBER LAMENTING AND TRYING TO
CHANGE HIS TIMES

It gives the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as
the wearer moves forward

Q4
■ ‘Form’ is a font that has been created by a graphic
design student in NewYork, who was inspired by
pancakes, and a specific feature in a famous
painting, to create a font that would change with
every use. Given on the next slide is a sample of the
font.
■ Give me the Painting, and the feature of the
painting that is referenced here
■ (image next slide)

LEGENDS BEING UNSUCCESSFUL AT BLUFF-ING
EACH OTHER

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali
(Melting clock on the table)

Q5
■ A lot of nationalist organisations were in news in 2014-15 for
telling people to go to Pakistan if they “did not support Pro-India
cultures/things.”
One of the mocktales (parodies) on the internet based on this
principle said –
One of these organisations decided to place a ban on _________,
because
“We are absolutely free during this time of the year and have
nothing to protest against. So we decided on coming up with
something new and called for a ban on __________. In order to
imbibe Indian values we need to promote brands such as
Haldirams, Bikaji, Sagar Ratna and Shiv Sagar.Those who prefer
_________ are probably against Indian heritage and culture.”
■ FITB

THE POLITBURO COMETH ACROSS NEW
TERRITORY TO CONQUER

Q6
X – “This is my father, ______ ______(Y)”
Y – “I’ve heard so much about you”
Z – “It’s an honor, sir”
Y – “_____(X) says you’re a science whiz.
_______line________”
Z – “I read your research on nanotechnology.
Brilliant”
What is the line?

POLITBURO SEIZING THE MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION

Q7
■ More News Is Good News: 25Years of NDTV is a 2016
book which chronicles the little known facts in the growth
of the channel. In the book, Prannoy Roy explains that
everyone at NDTV wanted it to be India’s only non-tabloid
television network.
■ To this extent, they came up with the phrase ‘__________
________ of journalism’ to state the fact that if you move
towards the sole aim of eyeballs/sensationalism, the very
nature of your own journalists and journalism tends to
change.
■ What mantra, that employees at NDTV swear by?

IT AIN'T NO FUN IF HOMIES CAN'T HAVE NONE

Q8
Practo, an Indian company founded in 2009, is one of the
fastest growing web and mobile based healthcare platforms
in the world.
In 2015, the company launched a campaign to remove the
fear and anxiety faced by patients while conveying their
issues to doctors, by using songs to humorous effect to
depict the situation.The song used for urology
consultations, very aptly, conveyed common symptoms in
the field, like dribbling of urine and the burning sensation
felt during UTIs.
Which 1994 song did Practo use?

Q9
Andrew Masters and AllenWhitman, pranksters in their
youth, developed a unique product called “LiquidAss”.
LiquidAss’ website describes their product as a “power–
packed, super–concentrated liquid” that, once unleashed,
“begins to evaporate, filling the air with a genuine, foul,
butt–crack smell with hints of dead animal and fresh poo.”
But then they found an unusual customer in Stew Segal who
works in a company “that replicates the environment of
______”. It has now become the primary customer of this
product.
What does Stew’s company do?

Conducts simulated medical crises for army
doctors and nurses in training for the battlefield

Q10
■ Raghu Nayak was a gardener from Odisha, recognized as a
hero by the then president Rajendra Prasad in 1952 with a
reward of Rs. 500 and a letter for his heroics a few years back.
He continued with his job in Delhi till he retired in 1968, and
by the time he died in 1983, he had been consumed by both
obscurity and hardship.
■ But, in June 2016, the CM of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik,
announced an assistance of Rs 5 lakh to his widow
Mandodari. With panchayat polls due next year, many
analysts opined that the BJD was just trying to get maximum
mileage by honoring Raghu.
What act, where his khurpi came in handy, was he honored for?

RANDOM POLITBURO MEMBER IN HYSTERICS AS
DADDA LOOKS ON

Captured Nathuram Godse after he shot Gandhi

Q11
■ In Apr 2015, the Maharashtra State transport
commissioner Mahesh Zagade issued a circular banning
the use of something, as it was seen to cause severe noise
pollution and an urgent need was felt to do away with it
and culturally sensitize people regarding the same.
■ The origins of whatever was banned is not clearly known,
but many theories have been proposed, including the use
of Kerosene duringWW II (and its extremely unreliable
nature), a brand of detergent manufactured byTata Oil
Mills etc.
What did Maharashtra ban?

UNIDENTIFIED POLITBURO MEMBER TRYING
TO DO A KGP

The ‘Horn OK Please’ slogan seen behind trucks
• Yet another theory behind “Horn OK Please” is derived from a tradition
thought to date to World War II, when there were worldwide diesel
shortages.Trucks would be filled to the brim with kerosene instead.The
kerosene made the vehicles highly flammable, and prone to exploding
at the slightest accident, so the backs of the trucks were painted, “Horn
Please, On Kerosene,” to warn drivers to keep their distance.This
reason is among the more plausible, given that many Indian truck
drivers continue to mix diesel with kerosene to save money on gas.
• A more fanciful interpretation of the “OK” comes from the fact that the
multinationalTata company used to have a near-monopoly on first
Indian trucks to be manufactured.Tata Motors, the automobile arm of
the huge conglomerate, supposedly painted “OK” on the back of
its trucks as a subtle—and somewhat insidious—way of advertising the
new “OK” detergent and bath soap from itsTata Oil Mills subsidiary.

Q12
■ In the Guitar playing Video Game, Rock Band – The
Daily Battle of the Bands featured 3 songs:
■ Alive by Pearl Jam.
Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi.
Dead by The Pixies.
This set of three songs was given a specific name due
to the choice of songs and the name had absolutely
nothing to do with Rock N Roll or Entertainment.
What is the name given to this set of 3 songs?

POLITBURO STRIKING UP A STRATEGY OF
WARFARE

Q13
Some concepts for this historic difference are:
■ The upper-class women, particularly during the Victorian era,
wore so many layers and required a servant or maid for help
in dressing, while most men did it themselves.
■ A gentleman's sword was always worn on the left side, so that
it could be drawn with the right hand
■ Some trace this back to military, traditionally, only men were
a part of the military, and if you have a gun hidden in your
shirt, it's easier to reach with the dominant hand
■ Mothers who are right-handed tend to hold baby using left
hand and this makes breastfeeding easy
Funda?

BUT WE ALSO KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE ARENA
OUR OWN!

Men’s buttons on the right, women’s on the left.

Q14
■ A Kenyan lawyer attempted to bring cases against Israel
and Italy in the ICJ, after his petition was rejected by a
Nairobi court.
■ He claims that the two countries and many other non-
existent entities selectively and maliciously violated
"human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of
office bias and prejudice”. The petitioner claimed
“Evidence today is on record in the ____, and you cannot
discredit the ____”.
■ Regardless of its zany nature, the ICJ could not try it for
obvious jurisdictional reasons?
Why was the case filed, or what HR violation is being talked
of?

POLITBURO BAND PLANS TO DROP AN
YEAR END ALBUM

Q15
■ Carrier Classics are college basketball games that are
played in specific locations.The first such game was held
on November 11, 2011.
■ The "venue" for the first of these games was chosen over
other similar venues probably because of an activity it
was involved in, just a few months before the game that
which Obama called "justice," drawing a rousing ovation
from the crowd, many clad in uniforms not of the
basketball variety.
Where are Carrier Classics games held?What specific
incident was Obama talking about? (image follows)

EL CAPITAN TRYING TO HIDE THE STRESS

List it
■ Following are LEGO recreations of popular scenes of 10 movies
■ Identify them all
■ +5/0 for each reference
■ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-LZFtsDIQ

Answers
■ Indiana Jones and the Raidersof LostArk
■ Ghost
■ Grease
■ Dirty dancing
■ Dr. No
■ Titanic
■ The sound of music
■ Singing in the Rain
■ The SevenYear Itch
■ E.T.

Written round
■ Identify the origins of some popular characters from the world of literature
■ 7 questions
■ +5/0 for each
■ +10/-5 for stakes

Example Question:
■ The origins behind the name of this person could not be more
apt. First of all, we have X, which is a name known quite well
from a Roman myth which is the tale of the twin brothers
who were abandoned at birth, brought up by a she-wolf, and
went on to found Rome.
■ Then there isY– derived from the Latin ‘______’ – which ‘of a
wolf’. As such, it would seem that XY’s fate was always locked
within his name

1
■ Hands up if you had been pronouncing X’s name wrong when you first
started reading the books.Yep, thought so. Complex pronunciations aside, X
is a name rich in mythological value, as in Greek mythology, X was the
daughter of King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen ofTroy.
■ Meanwhile,Y, according to the Middle English definition, was amusingly an
occupational term for ‘bailiff’ (an official in a court of law who keeps order,
looks after prisoners, etc), which considering how much XY has to tell off the
other main protagonists in the series, is rather fitting.
■ P.S. XY would have definitely pounced on this question.

2
■ XYZ’s name is soaked in a lot of personal meanings for the character.
■ The name that XYZ avoided so much has been around since the 1700s, and is
one of the most popular names in history. Incidentally, both his and the main
protagonist’s name feature in the famous English phrase ‘____, _____ ___
_____’. X usually is defined to mean the male version of something.
■ ‘Y’ isn’t a traditional name, and comes from X’s grandfather.
■ Z back in the 1800s was a Middle English term to mean ‘perforated with
many holes’.
■ ID XYZ

3
■ X’s name is an alternate—or dystopic, if you will—spelling of ____ which is
Latin for bread. Commenters have also pointed out that X is very similar to
Z—and while names in _____ are not generally Biblical, X is, like that apostle,
the closest friend to the savior, and does everything he can for her.
■ ID X

4
■ X has German origins and comes from the name Hrodebert, meaning of the
name is “bright fame” (hrod being “fame” and beraht, “bright”). It is most
likely related to his fame as a professor.
■ Y is a place name meaning “long hill.” _______ chose this surname to his
protagonist because of JohnY, a professor of typography at Drexel
University who is known for his creation of Z. An example ofY’s Z appeared
on the cover of the first edition of _______’s novel and other Z featured
throughout that novel were also designed byY. On the acknowledgments
page, the author callsY “one of the most ingenious and gifted artists alive …
who rose brilliantly to my impossible challenge and created the Z for this
novel.”
■ JohnY also created the logo for the fictional Depository Bank of Zurich,
which appears in the second instalment of the series.
■ Z can be said to be a design that manages to squeeze two different readings
into the selfsame set of curves

5
■ The protagonist of the trilogy has what initially seems like a not-so-heroic
moniker, Catnip. But her name is one of the few that gets an explanation. In
a flashback, her father—who is already dead when the book begins—tells
her that “as long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.” The X plant
has nourishing roots, and is also known as “arrowhead.” It belongs to the
genus Sagittaria, and the constellation of the same name, Sagittarius, is also
known as the archer—a fitting ode to her impressive bow-and-arrow skills.
■ Y rhymes with a fitting English word , as XY is responsible for those around
her year round.
■ One could even read the surname as “____ ____”, which is also quite fitting
as XY always has to serve as a leader.
■ ID XY

6
■ Even though X's background and identity is never revealed, the character X
is at one point an inmate at "Larkhill Resettlement Camp"—one of many
concentration camps where political prisoners, homosexuals, black people,
Jews and Muslims are exterminated by Norsefire, a fascist dictatorship that
rules Britain. While there, he is part of a group of prisoners who are
subjected to horrific medical experimentation, conducted by Dr. Delia
Surridge. All prisoners who are part of the experiment die, with the sole
exception of "the man in room five". As a result of the experiments, the
man develops Olympic-level physical abilities and an incredibly expanded
intellect
■ During that time, the man had some level of communication with Valerie
Page, a former actress imprisoned for being a lesbian
■ Over time, the X is allowed to grow roses (violet carsons) and raise crops for
camp officials
ID X.

7
■ Henry Ford
■ Leonardo daVinci
■ Frederick Douglas
■ Thomas Jefferson
■ Stephen Hawking
■ Dmitri Mendeleev
■ GeorgeWashington
■ Robert Boyle or Robert Hooke
■ Thomas Edison
■ Isaac Newton
■ Galileo Galilei
■ MotherTeresa (her last name is
Agnes)
■ Charles Darwin
■ Albert Einstein
■ Sigmund Freud
■ Benjamin Franklin
■ Winston Churchill
■ Mozart
■ Aristotle
Identify the popular book series where the names of its characters are inspired
from these famous personalities:

2 Tom marvolo riddle
■ Phrase:Tom, Dick and Harry

3
■ X’s name is an alternate—or dystopic, if you will—spelling of _____ which is
Latin for bread. Commenters have also pointed out that X is very similar to
Z—and while names in _____ are not generally Biblical, X is, like that apostle,
the closest friend to the savior, and does everything he can for her.
■ ID X

4 Robert Langdon
Z - Ambigrams

6 V
■ From ‘V forVendetta’

7 The maze Runner
■ Henry - Henry Ford
■ Lee - Leonardo daVinci
■ Doug - Frederick Douglas
■ Jeff -Thomas Jefferson
■ Stephen - Stephen Hawking
■ Dmitri - Dmitri Mendeleev
■ George - GeorgeWashington
■ Rob - Robert Boyle or Robert Hooke
■ Thomas -Thomas Edison
■ Newt - Isaac Newton
■ Gally - Galileo Galilei
■ Teresa - MotherTeresa (her last
name is Agnes)
■ Chuck - Charles Darwin
■ Alby - Albert Einstein
■ Frypan (Siggy) - Sigmund Freud
■ Ben - Benjamin Franklin
■ Winston -Winston Churchill
■ Zart - Mozart
■ Aris - Aristotle

Q16
■ A company in Florida offers the _____ _________ insurance.
The company pays the claimant $1 per year until their death
or for 10 million years, whichever comes first.
■ The payment would double if the insured person was
impregnated during the event. Men were also able to
purchase the impregnation insurance for protection against
the unknown capabilities of _____ technology.
■ At least 30,000 people in the UK and the US are insured.
Howsoever fraudulent it may seem, it is nevertheless
completely legal, as it is unquestionably hard to prove that
_____ _________ of the insured person could never happen.
■ What bizarre insurance policy are we speaking about?

THE TROPHY KGP NEEDS, BUT NOT THE ONE
IT DESERVES

Q17
■ Marking the 5th year after the September 11 attacks, the
New Yorker chose a very powerful illustration for their
cover which was a fitting representation of the strength
of the human spirit, when faced with dire odds. Illustrated
by John Mavroudis and Owen Smith it was called the
‘Soaring Spirit’
■ It harked back to an event in the 1970s which resulted in a
psychiatric evaluation of the ‘Soaring Spirit’ and a trip to
Central Park
What did the NewYorker cover feature?

POLITBURO REVISING ITS STRATEGY ON THE
DIGITAL PLATFORM

Philippe Petit’s rope-walk between the Twin Towers

Q18
■ Argentine Rock was initially inspired by the RnB and
Country sounds based out of the USA, with many songs
being plain rip-offs of famed Rock and Roll songs.
■ In the 1980s, there was an unexpected explosion of
various Spanish Argentine bands like Serú Girán, Soda
Stereo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Los Violadores. Most
concerts now featured such indigenous bands with a
more homely sound to them.
What caused this sudden change in Argentine Rock?

MEANWHILE EL CAPITAN IN HIBERNATION MODE

Banning of English content on radio during
the Falkland wars

Q19
■ Studies from 1915 through to the 1950s have suggested a
certain commonality to the vast majority of dreams.
■ But the tides turned in the 60s, and later results suggest
that up to 83% of dreams are connected by a different
aspect. The reason for this was confirmed through a study
by Eva Murzyn, a researcher at the University of Dundee
What is the reason cited for the dreams from the 60s
onwards being different from the ones before them?

POLITBURO READY WITH ITS WAR ATTIRE
AND DECEIVING SMILES

Advent of colour TVs
(Our dreams became coloured)

Q20
■ In 1995 when Microsoft introduced its main product
Windows95 to India. It was promptly banned from
circulation in the Indian Market as it was seen to be
offending the Indian Govt’s stance over something
■ Microsoft had to recall all 200,000 copies of the OS. The
company’s geopolitical strategy unit identified the culprit
as a tiny shading error in a certain computer program
■ This program was a part of the time setting menu(Date
and Time Properties) and was therefore disabled in all
Indian versions of the Operating system
Why wasWindows 95 banned in India?

POLITBURO BAND DISCUSSING THE TITLE
TRACK FOR THEIR ALBUM

In the selection of Time Zone, they shaded
Kashmir wrong.
TO KILL OR NOT TO KILL?

Q21
■ The “_______” has produced dozens of popular and
unique memes thanks to its quotable all-star cast of
characters, but it is _______ _____ whose crazy antics and
outbursts are just right for memedom
■ One of the best “______” memes comes from a scene in
which _______ finds that his arch enemy Toby is back
from vacation. His reaction is one of absolute disgust and
the scenes conversion into a meme has become very
popular across the Internet
Which meme are we talking about?

Q22 The description given below is about of
the logo of which famous organisation?
■ Hamsa, the swan, is the symbol of the pursuit of knowledge.
The intertwined swans symbolize the integration of the three
major aspects of the work of ______
• Research and Development
•Training
• Extension and Dissemination
 The design has been adapted from an Ashokan period relic of
the third century B.C.E. found in excavations near Maske in
the Raichur district of Karnataka. The motto is taken from the
lsavasya Upanishad and means 'life eternal through learning'.

AND THEREAFTER THERE WAS NO STOPPING
US GUYS!

Q23 Which expression?
■ The expression “____ ___" was rarely used before 1945
■ Some writers credit the 14th century Spaniard, Don Juan Manuel for
first using the term (in Spanish), when dealing with the conflict
between Christianity and Islam as a “____ ___" . However he used
the term "tepid" not ____. The word first appeared in a faulty
translation of his work in the 19th century
■ George Orwell used this term in the essay "You and the Atomic
Bomb" published October 19, 1945, in the British newspaper Tribune.
He also used this term in an article in March 1946
■ Bernard Baruch, an American financier and presidential advisor used
this term in its present meaning at a speech he delivered in South
Carolina in April 1947 saying, "Let us not be deceived: we are today
in the midst of “____ ___”
■ Newspaper reporter-columnist Walter Lippmann gave the term wide
currency, with the book “____ ___" (1947).

PHOTOSHOOT OF NEW YEAR ALBUM
COVER

Q24 #kolstylz
■ What is the inspiration behind these?

Q25
■ The Darvaza gas crater is a natural gas field located near
the village of Derweze, also known as Darvaza . It is in the
middle of the Karaku Desert, about 260 kilometres
(160 mi) north of Ashgabat, the capital ofTurkmenistan.
■ It collapsed into an underground cavern, becoming a
natural gas crater. Geologists set it on fire to prevent the
spread of methane gas, and it has been burning
continuously since 1971.The diameter of the crater is 69
metres (226 ft), and its depth is 30 metres (98 ft).
■ What it is locally known as?
(Image on next slide)

POLITBURO EXPLOITING SOURCES OF
NUTRITION

"Door to Hell" or ''Gates of Hell"

Q26
■ X from Sikkim is expected to hold this record from 28th
April 2018 if any unfortunate event doesn’t happen.
CurrentlyY fromWest Bengal holds the record.
■ X andY on numerous occasions have sweared in the name
of God/solemnly affirm that they will bear true faith and
allegiance to the _______, and that they will uphold the
sovereignty and integrity of India, and that they will
faithfully and conscientiously ____________ and that they
will do right to all manner of people in accordance with
________ without fear or favour, affection or ill-will
Give me X,Y and record (4,4,2)

CROWNING WIN WITH A GARGANTUAN
LEAD

Mr. Pawan Kumar Chamling
Mr. Jyoti Basu
Longest serving chief minister of any Indian state

Q27
■ What is this or what was its use? (Big image next slide)

Acoustic locator
To detect enemy aircrafts during WWI
(before RADAR)

Q28 #Paper_Cutter
■ Parliament, unfortunately, has very limited time for
scrutinising the expenditure demands of all the ministries as
there is a fixed period of discussion for each ministry.
■ Often the time allotted for these ministries is taken up by
other pressing political issues of the day that dominate the
Budget session. So, once the prescribed period for the
discussion on demands for grants is over, the speaker applies
the ‘X’, and all the outstanding demands for grants, whether
discussed or not, are put to vote at once.
■ However, we know X in a very different context and it was
named after a French physician, politician and freemason Dr.
Joseph-Ignace X

POUNCE PE PURE 6 KE 6 MAR DIYA

Q29 #tbt for Indira Gandhi
■ When Lord Brahma was in meditation, _____ ____ was born
to him. Brahma said to him to dwell in the surroundings.
■ One day he entered into a pond and had become a lady. In
this time X and Y were born to him by Indra and Sun
respectively. After another bath he transferred into male
again.
■ Brahma sent them to a place near the present day
Tungabhadra to start and reproduce by making their
inheritance for another important event.
■ Y later went want to become their King.
■ Some believe the people of Mudirajas and Shettys caste in
South India are their descendants.
■ What am I talking about?

Q30 What is this a parody of?
What did it inspire?
■ X was getting cease and desist letters from Bill Cosby's
lawyers for his House of Cosbys series. As a humorous protest,
he created a vulgar parody that featured the older character
forcing the younger character to give him fellatio. As he was
editing the audio, X became enamored with his impressions
of the two characters and decided to drop the protest aspect.
The characters were renamed Doc Smith and Mharti
McDonhalds to avoid a lawsuit.
■ Thus “The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti”, a
short was created that begins with Mharti McDonhalds upset
due to his kite getting stuck in a tree. Mharti's friend Doc
Smith arrives and decides to take Mharti back in time to
before the kite got stuck, much to Mharti's happiness

WHEN ALL THE WINNING GOES TO YOUR HEAD

Back to the Future
Rick and Morty

Surprise
The next set of questions are not from us but from people you know very
well.
All the best!!

#Guest Question 1
■ At one point of time, X was short of money and work.
Desparately looking for some money, X readily agreed took up
a project offered by a wealthy merchant
■ But since then, he had become engaged in a large engineering
project involving River Arno
■ Suddenly being reminded of his earlier project, he decided to
use the hitherto unknown 'sfumato technique' which literally
mean smoky effect.And the rest is history.....
Who was X? What was the first major work done by applying the
sfumato technique?

THAT’S WHAT HE SAID:
“My direct interaction with the IIT Kharagpur
Quiz Club members started just a few months
ago. But whatever little I have seen of this
talented bunch, I become a big fan of them.
Their stupendous show in various quizzes,
especially in the Inter IIT Cult Meet at Kanpur,
proved that they are really governed well.
Brilliant quizzers themselves, Mayank and
Ashutosh has also inspired the junior members
of the club a lot. Keeping up with the tradition of
passing the baton, it's time to move on. It's the
responsibility of the juniors now to follow the
path and scale greater heights. I personally wish
the two outgoing governors - Mayank and
Ashutosh, every success in their future
endeavors..... the grass is more greener on the
other side too.....happy quizzing...”

X – Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa

#Guest Question 2
Her two surnames point to her two
illustrious grandfathers. One was
the last Raja of Wanaparthy, a
small kingdom in Andhra Pradesh,
and the other comes from the first
Indian Governor of Assam post-
independence. Shown here is her
mother (daughter of the Raja of
Wanaparthy), a renowned singer
of classical music. Identify this
contemporary multilingual actress.

THAT’S WHAT HE SAID:
“Here's wishing
you all keep
quizzing and keep
discovering new
things, thanks to
what seems a
useless nerdy
habit”

#Guest Question 3
■The name of this type of
entertainment establishments comes
from the amount that is paid for the
services and a Greek word for roofed-
over theater.
■Which establishments?

THAT’sWHAT HE SAID
■Thanks for
taking the quiz
club to new
heights. It was
my dream to
see the quiz
club at this
level.

#Guest Question 4
■ This alcoholic beverageXY was manufactured by
SherryVine Products . A part of its nameY comes
from the initial of the company that founded it.
However the X is a letter that was added toY so that
the name could sound more classy like an invitation to
a sherry party.What is XY?

■ All the best !
Keep learning and
spreading
knowledge

#Guest Question 5
■ About half a decade ago, a bunch of people toured aroundCalgary,
Canada to meet Rick Sears, a cattle rancher. Sears lent 30o acres of this
land and agreed to farm on it as told - provided he was paid for it, and if
this bunch of people put it to good use, generating enough silage for his
livestock, he promised to pay them back. A year later, this investment
turned out to be fruitful as a "side source of revenue", outside the
money they were earning from their usual sources as a part of
recovering around 165 million dollars. What exactly am I talking about?

■Hi and
All the
best

The cornfield(s) shown in Interstellar

#Guest Question 6
■ Few months earlier, multiple newspapers published articles regarding
the selection criteria of this group of 230 females that were mostly in
their early or mid 20's. Chosen on the basis of appearance and ideology,
most of these are handpicked from students in universities, academies,
etc. and have a thorough background check done to ensure that they do
not defect away from the purpose for which they were to be sent.
■ Since a military event that lasted from 1950-53, such a group has been
formed only thrice, the most recent one being in a global context this
year.
■ What am I talking about?

Cheerleaders from North Korea sporting
events

#Guest Question 7
■ X began his career as a sportsman. He was a good shot put
and discus thrower which won him many prizes in these
sports. He was the champion in discus throw in state games
of Maharashtra in 1994.
■ However, an injury to his foot forced him to give up his
sporting career and turn to something for which he is well-
known today. Ironically, it is something which he does with
his foot that has made him famous across social networks. X?

Safety slide comes later for a reason

Dayanand Shetty (plays the role of Daya
in CID serial) Daya, darwaza tod do

■ Like Daya does
literally, may the
outgoing
governors
figuratively break
all barriers and
limits. Best
wishes!

#Guest Question 8
■ England just missed breaking the world record for the
lowestTest total.That record still stands in the name
of New Zealand.Which otherwise great opening
batsman was the top scorer for the Kiwis in that
forgettable innings ?

■ Well, I haven't been
to conduct a quiz at
IIT Kgp for a few
years, but you guys
are still rated pretty
highly. All the best!

#Guest Question 9
■ Look carefully at the image
and tell us two brands blanked out.

■ Here’s wishing all the current
members and outgoing
Governors of the Quiz Club the
very best.
■ The idea to create this round
of questions from different
quizmasters was very novel and
we at Walnut congratulate
everyone at the Quiz Club for
thinking of the same.

Thank you
Kaustav Mandal
Rupam Kumar dubey
Girish suranje
Rajat Kumar jenamani

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