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

• Total of 12 Questions

• +10 for a Right Answer (Direct)

• +10 for a Right Answer (Pass)

Infinite Bounce I

During the time of the Crusades the members of a certainsecret Muslim sect engaged people to terrorize theirChristian 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 orsmokers of hashish. X evolved into the word Y.

The word Y derives it’s meaning from the very actmentioned above of murdering, looting et al

Mention X or Y.

Question 1 of 12

X:HashashinY: Assassin

Answer

The name of this Japanese City means little beach. Around2006, the city inhabitants and the administrations notedthat a certain person was gaining widespread internationalpopularity and thus decided to associate with the person. Itsent that person a set of the city’s famous lacquerchopsticks, a DVD about the city and a letter wishing himthe best. As the person became even more popular in early2008, it began to organize parties, posters and T-shirts insupport.

Why the association ? Give Funda.

Question 2 of 12

The city is called Obama. This was the time when Obama’sPresidential campaign was on in the United States ofAmerica

Answer

The author Larry Niven, in a 1973 English language novellawritten by him describes a free transfer booth that could takeany one anywhere on Earth in milliseconds. The plot centersaround a television journalist who, after being fired for hisinadvertent role in inciting a post-robbery riot in Los Angeles,seeks to independently investigate the teleportation system forthe flaws in its design allowing for such spontaneous riots tooccur.

The free transfer booth and the incidents that occur haveserved as the originating source of a phenomenon which oflately has increasingly gained popularity in India & abroad.

What ?

Question 3 of 12

Flash Mobs

Answer

Shown above is a famous Italian actress who won a GoldenGlobe and her credits include films like Come September andHotel Paradiso. She happened to be the favorite actress of anIndian. This fondness actually lead to something veryinteresting. What ?

Question 4 of 12

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

Answer

• The Power Failure at the K.L Saigal show in Amritsar

• Talat Mehmood caught smoking by Naushad in the recordingstudios

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

Question 5 of 12

• The Power Failure at the K.L Saigal show in AmritsarMohammad Rafi was present in the crowd with his brother-in-law AbdulHameed 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 recordingstudiosNaushad was annoyed and hired Rafi to sing all the songs of the movie BaijuBawra. This was Rafi’s first major break and the rest is history

Answer

Give funda behind this image.

Question 6 of 12

Answer

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

Shown above is Paolo Uccello's depiction of Saint George andthe Dragon, c. 1470. The painting is regarded as a classicillustration of a situation X. X has also entered colloquial Englishand is a commonly used phrase to describe a certaincase/situation. What ?

Question 7 of 12

Damsel in Distress

Answer

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

Question 8 of 12

Powerpoint Poisoning / Death by Powerpoint

The criticism of slide-based presentations referring to a state ofboredom and fatigue induced by information overload duringpresentations such as those created by the Microsoft applicationPowerPoint

Answer

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

Question 9 of 12

Underdog

The use of the term is believed to have come from the blood-sport known as bear-baiting where the "top-dog" was trained toattack the bear's throat and head, and the "underdog" wastrained to attack the bear's underside. The top-dog had a betterchance of surviving and of beating the bear, whereas theunderdog was more likely to die.

Answer

The following interesting events happened after the release ofsomething

• The number plate of a certain Volkswagen Beatle with thenumber LMW 281F was repeatedly stolen

• In 1986, the very car was sold at auction for £2,530 and in2001 was on display in a museum in Germany

• Paul Cole, an American fond of travelling, much to his surprisebecame popular worldwide

What is being discussed ? / Give Funda.

Question 10 of 12

The events happened after the release of Abbey Road, the Beatles11th album in 1969. The iconic cover image shown above had thementioned Volkswagen Beatle & Paul Cole in the background

Answer

This popular cocktail was created by the head bartender, JoeGilmore, at the legendary American Bar in London’s Savoy Hotelin 1969 marking a tribute to the event X which happened thatvery year . According to legend, it was the first drink which wasserved after X finished. The tasters were so impressed that oneof 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.

Question 11 of 12

The Moonwalk

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

Answer

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals Then somethinghappened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned totalk. We learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas,enabling human beings to work together, subdue the impossible . Mankind'sgreatest achievement have come about by talking. And it's greatest failuresby not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes will becomereality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities areunlimited. 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 BritishTelecom Television advertisement. However, what made it more popular was acertain X done by Y. The portion blanked out in red was used entirely in X, andthe text portion blanked out in yellow was taken as the title of X. (The portionsblanked in black have been done so as they would have been a distinct helptowards working out answer)

Mention either X or Y.

Question 12 of 12

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals Then somethinghappened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned totalk. We learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas,enabling human beings to work together, subdue the impossible . Mankind'sgreatest achievement have come about by talking. And it's greatest failuresby not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes will becomereality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities areunlimited. 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 wasused in Pink Floyd’s song Keep Talking

Hence,

X is the song Keep TalkingY is Pink Floyd

Answer

Round 2

• 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 Goonj Round

Initially held by P & G through it’s brand Gillette, it was latertransferred to Genpact and it currently held by it. Peoplecommonly mistake it to be held by Google.

What ?

The G Question

The origin of the word is found in different words from OldNorse which mean accusative & representative. The firstpreserved use is in Sweden. In the Danish Law of Jutlandfrom 1241 the term means a royal civil servant in ahundred. From 1552, it is also used in the otherScandinavian languages such as the both Icelandic andFaroese.The word bears a distinct connect with India.

Identify the word.

The O Question

The O Question

Shown here is Giovanni Lanfranco's painting Orlando Furioso,depicts Norandino and Lucina during their honeymoon. Thepainting 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 thehistory ? Mention name.

Initially held by P & G through it’s brand Gillette, it was latertransferred to Genpact and it currently held by it. Peoplecommonly mistake it to be held by Google.

What ?

Answer

G (The Ticker Symbol at NYSE)

The G Question

The origin of the word is found in different words from OldNorse which mean accusative & representative. The firstpreserved use is in Sweden. In the Danish Law of Jutlandfrom 1241 the term means a royal civil servant in ahundred. From 1552, it is also used in the otherScandinavian languages such as the both Icelandic andFaroese.The word bears a distinct connect with India.

Identify the word.

Answer

Ombudsman

The O Question

The O Question

Shown here is GiovanniLanfranco's paintingOrlando Furioso,depicts Norandino andLucina during theirhoneymoon. Thepainting is regarded asone of the earliestdepictions 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 (veryinterestingly) immortalized inthe history ? Mention theimmortal 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

• Total of 12 Questions

• +10 for a Right Answer (Direct)

• +10 for a Right Answer (Pass)

Infinite Bounce II

Give the funda behind this spoof advertisement campaign

Question 1 of 12

The spoof is based on the antenna issues some people hadwith the new iPhone 4. The wireless signal strengthdegraded if the phone (some, not all) was held by the lowerleft corner. To which Steve Jobs gave the unreasonablesolution of holding the phone differently . Hence a popularspoof campaign started on the internet

Answer

One night in the early 1980s, a model coordinator namedDavid Whitbread was working on a campaign shoot foradvertising agency Avenues. It was on the terrace of aMumbai building because they weren’t able to get anystudio space. As the shoot wound down, the Avenues’ artdirector, pulled Whitbread aside to talk to him. Whitebreadasked the director “‘Ok, tell me what do you want” . Thedirector replied saying “We want you.”

What iconic thing came out of this conversation ?

Question 2 of 12

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

Answer

In 1862, the founders of this company purchased a tin-roofed factory building to start a distillery. In the roof of thebuilding lived a family of bats, considered to be a good luckomen in Cuban mythology.

What came about as a result of this ?

Question 3 of 12

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

Answer

___________________________ X 2Just another blunderJust another lousy callJust another clap of thunderAnd apologies ring hollowFrom the guilty in WhitehallAnd there's no hint of sorrowJust the whitewash on the wallJust one man deadAnd nothing is gainedNothing at allAnd 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

Question 4 of 12

Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd

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

Answer

The credits to the movie Khakee, and the Khiladi movies ofAkshay Kumar feature the words producer as Keshu and not thereal name of the producer.

Why does the producer did not want to highlight his real name ?

Question 5 of 12

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.

Answer

afraid of bells, confused by stairs. His possibly machine like or at least non-human 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 hastwo sets of knees, and heart ticks like a watch. He is even hinted at being a wildcreature, spending his spare time catching fish with his tongue or foraging forwolves in the woods. Other odd details revealed in these introductions haveincluded such facts as his face appears on high-value stamps in Sweden, his leftnipple is the shape of the Nürburgring, one of his eyes is a testicle, that heinvented the curtain, that he daydreams of Rubens Barrichello being caught in aham slicer, his salary is paid by the BBC in strong pornography, and that hedeveloped the wonderful scent of Wednesday.

Question 6 of 12

Who has been described above ?

The Stig from Top Gear

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

Answer

The name (X) of this company in Urdu means 'heaven sent, orgift from God'. The company originated in what is now Pakistanthrough founder Allah X. It specialized in field hockey, cricket,and table tennis equipment, but has since dropped the last twoto focus exclusively on field hockey. The brand name wasbestowed by Allah's son, Mr. K. M. Iqbal, in his honor.

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

Question 7 of 12

Identify the company/ X.

Dita Field Hockey

Answer

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

Question 8 of 12

Kimberley Diamond Mines

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

Answer

It divides the spirit world into the Rada and Petwo, and furtherdivides them into families such as the Ogou and Ezili. Its creatorgod, Bondye, is distant from his creation and may have evenmoved to another world. The loa are spirits that are identifiedwith Roman Catholic saints. Its priests are called houngans ormambos, and Papa Legba is the first spirit invoked at all rituals.

What is being talked about ?

Question 9 of 12

Voodoo; or Vodou; or Vodun

The religion derived from African indigenous beliefs, practicedin Louisiana, Brazil, and Haiti.

Answer

Shortly after Rome was founded by Romulus and his mostlymale followers, seeking wives in order to make families, theRomans negotiated unsuccessfully with the Sabines, whopopulated the area. Fearing the emergence of a rival society, theSabines 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 proclaimedthe festival among Rome's neighbors. Many people from Rome'sneighborhood attended, including folk from the Caeninenses,Crustumini, and Antemnates, and even the Sabines. At thefestival Romulus gave a signal, at which the Romans grabbed theSabine women and fought off the Sabine men. The indignantabductees were soon implored by Romulus to accept Romanhusbands. Name the sculpture that represents this uniqueepisode of the Roman history.

Question 10 of 12

The Rape of the Sabines

Answer

Question 11 of 12

Easter Eggs

A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, in-joke, orfeature in a work such as a computer program, web page, videogame, movie, book, or crossword. Shown here were the VLCChristmas Logo, Google Let It Snow & Google Do A Barrel Rolleaster eggs.

Answer

Question 12 of 12

X is a fictional mysterious extraterrestrial vessel that is the subjectand setting of the science fiction novel Rendezvous with X by ArthurC. Clarke, and the later sequel trilogy. It exists in a fictional futuretimeline of our own world. It is essentially a dark, featurelessmetallic cylinder, but is distinguished by its size: 54 km long and 20km in diameter. If the cylinder were unfolded, its internal area wouldbe 50 km long and 50 km wide, giving a surface area of 2500 km2.Although it qualifies as a vessel, carrying an advanced propulsionsystem capable of interstellar travel, it is better described as a mobile"worldlet”

When asked about choosing an unusual name X, Clarke said thatname of all other Greek & Roman counterparts of X had already beenused in fiction. Hence, he took up the name X.

Identify X

X: Rama

Answer

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

+60 | -15

Element 2 of 12

+55 | -15

Element 3 of 12

+50 | -10

Element 4 of 12

+45 | -10

Element 5 of 12

+40| -10

Element 6 of 12

+35 | -5

Element 7 of 12

+30 | -5

Element 8 of 12

+25 | -5

Element 9 of 12

+20 | No Negative

Element 10 of 12

+15 | No Negative

Element 11 of 12

+10 | No Negative

Element 12 of 12

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

“ Filmi Duniya ka Time Hai KharabKyunki 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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