acumen 2015 surprise quiz
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Acumen 2015
Surprise Quiz
1.
The story of the origin of the name X is very interesting.
X was the nickname of Harald Blaatand (940-981) AD, King of
Denmark and Norway.
When X was introduced to the public, a stone carving shown
below claimed to be erected from Harald Blaatands capital city
Jelling was also presented.
The carving was interpreted as X connection
Image
X - Bluetooth
2. Give me X ?
X was created by a Cincinnati fast-food franchise owner named
Lou Groen, in 1962 because his Catholic customers engaged in
the practice of not eating meat on Fridays. Groen made a deal
with the Owner that they would sell two non-meat sandwiches
on a Friday, the owner's own Hula Burger (grilled pineapple
with cheese on a cold bun) and the X, and whichever sold the
most would be added to the permanent menu. X "won hands
down" and was added to menus throughout 1963 until reaching
nationwide status in 1965. What very famous food item are we
talking about here?
X - Filet-o-Fish
3. X ? Y? Z?The X is generally associated with Y who also founded Z of Patiala in 1917, was the proud owner of Patiala Necklace. Interestingly, he was also the captain of the first Indian cricket team that visited Britain in 1911. Y was also the Chancellor of Chamber of Princes from 1926 to 1931. "Y of Patiala had a Polo team, which was undefeated during his reign. Part of his army consisted of legendary warriors of Punjab. Their favourite pastime was skullpegging. The skulls of their enemies buried half way into the ground, they lifted the skulls by pegging them with their spears as they rode their horses, rider and horse inebriated with ‘bhang’. The civilized version of the game came to be known as ‘Tent Pegging'. It was a fearsome Maharaja's generous reward for a fine performance and dire retribution for the loser that made the Patiala team world tent-pegging champions. It was in the Patiala tradition to invite the ‘Viceroys Pride’, for a friendly engagement in the Maharajas territory. The ‘Viceroys Pride’, all Irish men, handsome in their gait, were the ones who would drink till the night’s end, and were still able and proud to walk straight.When the ‘Viceroys Pride’ arrived in Patiala for a friendly match, the home team felt nervous and feared that if they lost the game, it would be their skull on which their Maharaja would peg his spear. So a conspiracy was hatched. …...The upshot was, the ‘Viceroys Pride’ lost to the Y’s team."
Answers
Y - Maharaja Bhupinder SinghX- Patiala Peg
Z-State Bank Of Patiala
4.
X announced the worldwide digital release of the tracks, Don't Say Goodbye and ________ .The songs feature vocals from Y’s own back-up singers, Ricky Nelson, Terry Young and Glenda. X has pledged to donate royalty earned from the tracks to the underprivileged children in Maharashtra. The two songs are a tribute from X, who was associated with Y and remains in touch with his family.X has also worked on an album titled "Mother of the Nation" 1998, dedicated for
Mother Teresa, which was blessed by Mother Teresa. After the 2004 Tsunami, he
recorded Hand to Hand dedicated Album to the tsunami victims as well.
X and Y ?
5. X and the Cooperative ?
This is an all women driven cooperative came into existence
with the effort of 7 ladies in 1950’s with a mere seed capital of
Rs 80.
It soon became a symbol of women strength and is now headed
by the person X who is the president of the organisation. Rabbit
has been an eternal part of the product packaging of the
cooperative.
Identify the person X and the cooperative being talked about.
Cooperative - Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad
X - Ms. Swati Paradkar
6.This is a pictogram of
something ?
2004 - India
2005-2006 - X
2007 - India
2008-2009 - X
2010 - India
2011 - India
2012 - India
Kabaddi
India has won all these world cups.
7. This is a ISO symbol of something
? What ?
Answer
ISO symbol for Control Key
8.
In 1967 X appeared as James Bond 007 in Casino Royale.
X had been Bond creator Ian Fleming's first choice to play Bond in Dr. No.
Casino Royale co-producer Charles K. Feldman said later that Fleming had
written the book with X in mind, and therefore had sent a copy to X.
X was the only James Bond actor mentioned by name in the text of Fleming's
novels. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond visits an exclusive ski resort
in Switzerland where it is told that X is a frequent visitor and in You Only Live
Twice, X is referred to as the only real gentleman in Hollywood.
- Non EON Film Production ! (Extra Points for this)
X- David Niven
9.
Randall Park has starred in movies like Dinner for
Schmucks, Larry Crowne, Sex Tape and the
popular TV show Veep.
He was in headlines in 2014 for his role in a
particular movie.
Which character did he play?
He played Kim Jong un in the interview
Kim Jong un
10. Proposed logo of something
after september. What and Why ?
0
ICloud
After the hack on icloud in September 2014
11.I recently visited this restaurant in Vasant Kunj Ambience Mall.
Yauatcha is a Michelin Star restaurant that has opened branches in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata.
One of the signature cocktails of the restaurant chain is made of Ketel One vodka, lemongrass, lime, Oolong tea and
lychee juice. The cocktail is called X in all of its branches, except in Delhi, where, owing to political objections, it
has been renamed Laila.
ID X.
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu - The drink was named Lalu
12.In December 2014, the Swedish daily
Dagens Nyheter ranked the greatest
Swedish sport stars.
X finished second on the list after Y.
On being asked about his feelings on
finishing second, X replied :
“Thank you but to finish second is like finishing
last. On that list, I would have been
number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with due respect to the
others.”
ID X and Y.
X - Zlatan
Y - Bjon Borg
13.
● A Belgian Maths teacher came in news in March 2014 for threatening his students
with an innovative punishment “if there was too much noise in class”.
● He said he will write down certain names on the board if the class does not shut
up. As the class laughed and still kept talking, the teacher got angry and to prove
he meant business, he went on to write down some such names, much to the
dismay of one of his students, who decided to blog about the incident on
DansTonChat.
● The student said, “About 20 people sighed in disgust. Well I can tell you that
there's been a religious silence since then during the last lesson.“
● What was the punishment ?
Answer
Game of Thrones Spoilers ::
He started writing names of the people who got
killed in GOT :D
14.
● City Lit is an adult education college in Covent Garden, central London,
offering over 4,000 part-time courses in areas such as languages, visual
arts, music, drama, humanities and more.
● It came in news a few days back for becoming the first institute to offer
a certain crash course. This course will be available from March 2015 and
will cost around $160 per head.
● The students will be taught to “explain ideas of space, place and
surrounding issues, use light and significant detail in their work and
even develop new ideas to make their work more relevant”.
● What will be taught in the crash course?
#Selfie - How to take a Selfie
and
People have actually registered for this course !
15.
An Internet meme became popular last year after the
uploader noticed that the Hunger Games : Mockingjay logo
looks like the cartoon character X holding an arrow.
ID X.
Picture Follows
Johny Bravo
16.
In a recent interview, X said that he would love to play a James Bond villain.
He said, “My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think my
voice would fit the part.”
Subject of a 2014 movie himself, who is X?
X - Stephen Hawkings
17.
As an Easter Egg in Google Maps, when you want to find the route between
Fort Augustus and Urquhart Castle in the UK, and you look for estimated time
taken in different modes of transportation to reach one place from the other,
it shows :-
26 minutes by cab ride,
34 minutes by bus ride and
28 minutes by X ride.
ID X.
Google Maps
Easter Egg Dragon
Loch Nessie
18.
● In November 2014, Spanish football club Valencia was sued by DC Comics for copyright
infringement.
● But European outlets were quick to point out that the “point of contention between Valencia and
DC” is a traditional part of Spanish heraldry that dates back to at least the 1300s. Other Spanish
clubs including CD Alcoyano and Levante UD also use it.
● But still Valencia decided to let DC Comics have the final say and stopped the use of the “point
of contention”.
● Why did DC sue Valencia?
0
19.
● YB is an app available in the iTunes Store that allows you to send
“colourful messages to your friends and family, brought to you by X.”
● The app can be used to select voice greetings from a library of over 120
phrases and send the greeting to another user.
● The greetings are send in the voice of X and every greeting ends with a
word X is associated with.
● ID X.
Aaron Paul.(YB stands for “Yo, Bitch.”)
20. Connect the Blanks ?
● “A tomb now suffices him for whom ___ _____ ___ ___ ______.“ –
Alexander the Great’s epitaph.
● Reflections in a ______ ___, a 1941 novel by American author
Carson McCullers.
● “___ ____ ____ _____,Once when you are born,
● And once when you look death in the face.” - Matsuo Basho.
Connect the blanks.
● But since the man that runs away,Lives to ___ _______ ___.” - A
Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman.
James Bond Title Origins
- World is not enough
- Golden Eye
- You only live Twice
- Die Another day
21.
Give X and Y
• X is a fictional character in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker,
played in both films by Y. X is one of the most popular James Bond henchmen and a recurring
character in the James Bond video games.
• X was inspired by Ian Fleming's description of a hoodlum named Horror in his novel The Spy
Who Loved Me.
• The initial script of The Spy Who Loved Me concluded with X being killed by the shark, but
after a rough test screening, X was so well-liked that the scene was changed to have him
survive.
Hint
X’s teeth play a prominent role in the films. He recently died last year.
Answer
X: JAWS Y: Richard Kiel(September 13, 1939 –
September 10, 2014)
22.
In Japanese X means “Iron fist”. The main story revolves around a tournament hosted by
the Mishima Zaibatsu Corporation. The prize is control of the company, which then allows
the winner to host the next tournament.
The X Museum was opened in Osaka, Japan in May’12.The musuem showcases
goods,artworks, life-size statues and various merchandise. The items on display will be
rotated regularly so that the museum is worth multiple visits.
ID X
X- Tekken
23. Id the Logo of ?
Cruel and Unusual Films by Zack Snyder and
wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner.
Producing very big movies
Man of steel
300
Batman vs Superman
24.X is an entrepreneur and the ceo of Y
He is presently on the boards of directors of
Microsoft, Facebook.
In 1997, X was charged a late fee of about 40$,
by a movie rental company for delayed return
of a copy of Apollo 13 DVD. This eventually led
to the setting up of Y.
Id X and Y
X- Wilmot Reed Hastings
Y- NETFLIX
25.
Minimalistic Poster of ?
Whiplash
26.
Funda ?
Sherlock’s Mind Palace
27.
“Life in London, or Days and Nights of ______ Hawthorne and
his elegant friend Corinthian _____” was a journal started in
1823 by Pierce Egan. The name soon gave rise to a commplace
phrase for youngsters indulging in riotous behavior in 10th
Century London.
The phrase is known to us because of its association with two
anthropomophic characters.Which phrase ?
Tom and Jerry
28. Poster Question
Design Question toh b
banta hai..
These Posters were
called back, due to
some reasons before the
movie release. Why ?
These were released before 9/11 ::
World Trade Center could be seen in mask as
a reflection in the eyes.
29.
The X is the imaginary ____ at the front of the stage in a traditional
three-_____ box set in a proscenium thatre, through which the
audience sees the action in the world of the play. The idea is of an
imaginary boundary between any fictional work and its
audience.Speaking directly to or otherwise acknowledging the
audience through a camera in a film or television program, or through
this imaginary _____ in a play, is referred to as Y and is considered a
technique of metafiction, as it penetrates the boundaries normally set
up by works of fiction.
The Fourth Wall
Breaking the Fourth Wall
30.
doctor whos 50th anniversary
31. ID ?
X Y is the biological younger sister of the late Apple Inc.
co-founder Steve Jobs, whom she did not meet until she
was 25 years old. In 1993, she married the television
writer and producer Richard Appel. Appel, a writer for
The Y, used his wife's name for the lead character's
mother, beginning with the episode "Mother Y”
Mona Simpson
The Simpsons
32.ID
It's 70 years since Germany launched one of the most devastating
bombing raids of World War II, on X. But did Winston Churchill have
prior warning of the attack? It has been claimed in a number of books
that the wartime prime minister knew that the city was to be targeted by
the German Luftwaffe, but chose to do nothing because it would have
alerted Adolf Hitler to the fact the Allies had recently cracked the Nazis'
top-secret Enigma codes. X and its people were sacrificed, the theory
goes, "for the greater good" - that is, that the benefits of playing the
long game outweighed the short-term costs of leaving the West
Midlands city to a terrible fate. 19
Bond Air is Go, check with the Coventry lot
SHERLOCK
33.
Analysis of the painting ‘Boy building a X’ by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin:
“This painting points to idleness and the vanity of worldly constructions. The
boy's apron suggests he is a household servant called to clear up after a
gaming party.
Instead, he uses the _____—folded to prevent their being marked and used
again—to build the most impermanent of structures. The stability of the
painting's triangular composition freezes the moment, as the boy is poised,
breathless, to remove his hand and test the fragile balance of his construction.”
“Any representation of a X in art symbolises the fragility of life, and prints after
the ‘Boy Building a X’ contain moralising inscriptions telling us not to mock the
foolish pastime, for we too build castles in the air.” Just give X, which we would
know more in an entertainment context.
House Of Cards
34. X ?
X was banned from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s in most of America's big
cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, where the game was
born and where virtually al of its manufacturers have historically been located.
The stated reason for the bans: X was a game of chance, not skill, and so it
was a form of gambling. To be fair, X really did involve a lot less skill in the
early years of the game, largely because the flipper wasn't invented until 1947,
five years after most of the bans were implemented. Up until then, players
would bump and tilt the machines in order to win the game. Many lawmakers
also believed X to be a mafia-run racket and a time- and dime- waster for the
impressionable youth.
PinBall
35. Funda of this image ?
GSOC
The introduction on Google Summer of Code
was done by this.
So that People in summers don’t flip Burgers
and right code !
36.
Red is a chaser, alternately called Macky, Shadow or Blinky. Pink is an
ambusher, also known as Micky,Speedy or Pinky. Cyan is fickle,
nicknamed Mucky, Bashful or Inky. Orange is stupid, a trait noticable by
his slow movement, and is affectionately referred to as Mocky, Pokey
or Clyde. They aren't really very helpful when you meet them, nor are
they useful in any way, except “4” times for about “10 seconds”
Collectively they are also called "ghosts","goblins” or "octopi". Man,
you’ve probably packed in at least a few hours with these guys.
Where?
They kill PacMan
37.
Funda ?
GOT First Letter Before Release
38.
History of creation of a famous group in pop-culture “Biophysicist and
Security Operations Center expert Dr. Henry 'Hank' Pym decided to
become a superhero after discovering a chemical substance that would
allow the user to alter his size. Armed with a helmet that could control
ants, Pym would shrink down to the size of an insect to become the
mystery-solving Ant-Man. He soon shared his discovery with his
girlfriend, Janet Van Dyne, who became his crime- fighting partner as
the Wasp. The duo would become founding members of
_________________, fighting recurring enemies such as the mad
scientist Egghead, the mutant Whirlwind,and Pym's own robotic
creation Ultron.” Identify the group.
Avengers
39.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the global audit firm, is heavily
invested in the success of ______.They are well known as
the "accountants to the ______". The service PwC is most
famous for is safeguarding a "tally" and keeping it a top
secret. What tally?
Oscars
40.
Daniel Jacob Haugaard is a Danish comedian. He ran for every
parliamentary election as a joke from 1979 onwards. Among his
outrageous campaign promises were: ▪ 8 hours of free time, 8 hours of
rest and 8 hours of sleep ▪ More tailwind on bicycle paths ▪ Promises of
better weather, and ▪ _______ in field rations (was actually
implemented) ▪ FITB for the yummiest confectionary product
(inarguably) from Italy which consumes 25% of world's hazelnut.
Nutella
41.
Fifty Shades of Grey‘ recently overtook the Harry Potterbooks to
become Britain‘s fastest selling book but theworldwide record is still
held by the HP books. Uptil 1981,this record was held by ‗Lady
Chatterly‘s Lovers‘.• The book that held the record in between these
twoestablished works was titled ‗You Can Do The X‘ and waswritten by
a 13 year old called Patrick Bossert based on hisown experiences with
something at the age of 12. The booksold 1.5 million copies world-wide
in 17 editions, ranked asnumber 1 on the London Times and New York
Timesbestseller lists for the entire 1981.What is X, or what was the
book all about?
rubiks cube
42.
The X project was started in 1994, and has been the subject of heavy
criticism in the recent years. Despite this, statistics reveal that X still
rules the _____ market, with more than 50% of the world using X.
Experts believe that although X is not the best, it is definitely not the
worst, especially with the newer versions showing great improvements.
Some also say that since X was not developed by Y, rather Y used the
source code of Spyglass Inc.’s Project Mosaic to develop X (for which
Y was sued in 1996), it is possible that Y did not do enough for X. On
March 17, 2015, Y announced that it is officially going to replace X by Z
as the default _____ on its products, and therefore “killing” the X brand.
Give me X, Y and Z.
ie
microsoft
project spartan
43.
The Wikipedia page for the logo of X reads: “Legend has it that the
mountain is based on a doodle made by W. W. Hodkinson during a
meeting with Adolph Zukor. It is said to be based on the memories
of his childhood in Utah. Some claim that Utah's Ben Lomond is the
mountain Hodkinson doodled, and that Peru's Artesonraju is the
mountain in the live-action logo, while others claim that the Italian
side of Monviso inspired the logo. Some editions of the logo bear a
striking resemblance to the Pfeifferhorn, another Wasatch Range
peak.” Which logo is being talked about? OR What is X?
Paramount Pictures
44.
metro golden mayer shoot
45.
What is the connect? Baboons! Baby-snatchers! Bagpipers! Bald-headed
budgerigar! Bandits! Bashi-bazouks! Bath-tub Admiral! Beast! Belemnite! Big-
head ! Billions of blue blistering boiled and barbecued barnacles ! Billions of
billious barbecued blue blistering barnacles! Billions of Bilious Blue
BlisteringBarnacles! Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles in a thundering
typhoon! Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles! Black beetles! Black Marketers!
Blackamoor! Blackbird! Blackguards! Blithering Bombardier! Blistering
Barnacles! Blistereing blundering bird-brain! Bloodsuckers! Blue blistering
barnacles! Blue Blistering Bell-Bottomed Balderdash! Blunderbuss!
Bodysnatcher! Bootlegger! Borgia! Bougainvillea! Brat! Breathalyser! Brigands!
Brutes! Bucaneers! Bully! Butcher!
abuses by captain haddock
46.
james bond
47.
In March 2015 ,an innovative Salvation Army campaign in
South Africa to raise awareness of domestic abuse against
women took social media by storm. Some of the taglines
used were: “Why is it so hard to see ______ and
________?” “The only illusion is if you think it was her
choice.” Either give me the two blanks or tell me what was
all the hype for this campaign about.
black and blue dress
48.
Catull BQ, a variant of Catull an old style serif
typeface designed by Gustav Jaeger for the
BertholdType Foundry in 1982 is one of the
most viewed fonts in the world.What accounts
for its high viewership?
google font
49.
ricchies rules of commentry
richie benaud recently died
50.
He was the founder and chairman of “Internet User’s
Society of India” which was established in 1995.Though
the world wide web was introduced in 1990, he was
online way before that through a telecom service
connection established with the help of Steve Jobs. He
even had his own website www.junglee.org.in. Identify!
Shammi Kappor
51.
Minimal Poster for ?
127 Hours