1. OAKRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLTREASURE FESTBRAINWAVE22ND AUGUST 2014QUIZ - PRELIMSSree Nihit & Aditya VarmaCONTACT: sreenihit@gmail.com

2. FORMAT PRELIMINARY ROUND OF 25 QUESTIONS NO NEGATIVE POINTS STAR MARKED (*) QUESTIONS WILL BE USED AS TIE-BREAKERS SIX TEAMS IN THE FINALS QUIZ MASTERS DECISION IS FINAL 3. PRELIMS 4. WITH CONTENT CONTRIBUTION FROM THEJAKANUMARY AND PRADYUMNA TAMBWEKAR 5. Q1.________ is a neurodegenerative disease which is referred to withmultiple names including Motor Neurone Disease and Charcotdisease.Its symptoms include muscle spasticity, weakness due to atrophy,difficulty in speaking, swallowing and breathing.The most famous person with this disease is possibly StephenHawking who has been living with this disease from 1963, despitebeing told he had only two years to live. 6. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 7. ALS 8. Q2.Arab cookery books of the 10th and 13th Centuries referred to these pastries assanbusak , sanbusaq or sanbusaj.By the early 14th Century, it was not only a part of Indian cuisine but also deemed foodfit for a king. Amir Khusrao, the prolific poet of Delhi once wrote that the royalsseemed partial to the "______prepared from meat, ghee, onion and so on.The ______obtained a royal stamp with its inclusion in the Ain-i-Akbari which declaredthat among dishes cooked with wheat there is the qutab, "which the people of Hindcalled the sanbusa.What almost universally popular snack is this? 9. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 10. SAMOSA 11. Q3.HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW THE OXFORD III?The following are early models of the Oxford series of cars made by MorrisMotors. How do we better know one of the later models, Oxford III? 12. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 13. THE AMBASSADOROxford III was the inspiration behind the Hindustan Ambassador. 14. Q4. THE FOLLOWING IMAGES SHOW POPPY FLOWERS BEING PLANTEDAROUND THE TOWER OF LONDON THIS YEAR.TO WHOM IS THIS TRIBUTE BEING MADE, COMMEMORATING 100 YEARSSINCE THIS EVENT. 15. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 16. SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN WW1. 17. Q5. WHAT IS THIS AN AD FOR? 18. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 19. SCRABBLE 20. Q6. THE BEST EXTRA WEIGHT WE HAVE CARRIED LUFTHANSA.TWEET ABOUT? 21. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 22. THE WORLD CUP 23. Q7. WHOSE RESUME? 24. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 25. JAMES BOND. 26. Q8. MAP OF? 27. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 28. HYDERABAD METRO 29. Q9. PICTURE OF? 30. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 31. ALL SATELLITES AROUND EARTH. 32. Q10. WHAT IS THIS COIN RELEASED BY THE VATICANTHIS YEAR COMMEMORATING? 33. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 34. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLINWALL 35. Q11. WHAT IS THIS GRAPH ABOUT? 36. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 37. EBOLA VIRUS 38. Q12. GROWN UP VERSION OF WHICH CARTOONSHOW? 39. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 40. DEXTERS LABAROTORY. 41. Q13. DOWNTON ABBEY IS A TV SHOW SET IN EARLY 19TH CENTURYENGLAND, DURING WW1. THIS PROMOTIONAL PICTURE WENT VIRAL ANDWAS MOCKED ON THE INTERNET. WHY? 42. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 43. THERES A PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE IN THE IMAGE.SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 44. Q14. TRIBUTE TO? 45. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 46. ROBIN WILLIAMS. 47. Q15. WHO IS THIS UPCOMING MOVIE BASEDON? 48. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 49. STEPEHN HAWKING. 50. Q16. WHO WAS THIS PRESCRIBED TO? 51. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 52. IRON MAN. 53. Q17. THIS AIRPLANE CALLED FIREFLY WAS PAINTED IN THESECOLORS BY BRITISH AIRWAYS FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. WHATPURPOSE? TIMELINE: 1 TO 3 YEARS AGO. 54. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 55. TO CARRY THE OLYMPIC TORCH FROM ATHENSTO UK FOR THE 2012 OLYMPICS. 56. Q18. WHAT IS THIS INFOGRAPHIC DESCRIBING? 57. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 58. USAS OIL IMPORTS. 59. Q19. WHAT STOP ZONES IS THE NEW YORKGOVERNOR INTRODUCING HERE IN THIS PHOTO? 60. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 61. Q20. WHAT IS THIS A REFERENCE TO? 62. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 63. ALICE IN WONDERLAND 64. Q21.X's branding was created by Timothy Hanley to distinguish items thatintegrate consumer audio and video with conventional computingproductsThe X logo also represents the integration of analog and digitaltechnology with the ___ representing an analog wave and the ___representing a digital binary code.The sound some X models make when starting up is derived from themelody created when pressing a telephone keypad to spell the lettersof X. 65. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 66. VAIO 67. Q22.Instead of using the typical watercolors to create his paintings, Baghdad-basedartist Othman Toma uses a very unusual paint as his medium. Tomascoops up the liquid with his brushes and begins to paint.The clever collection of work includes lions and tigers bursting from splatters,and minimalist portraits. Toma is able to obtain an incredibly wide array ofsaturated colors without requiring very many materials. He simply has to goto the freezer.When photographing the piece, he includes the ____________ and his brushesas a part of the composition. In doing so, he offers his viewers a smallglimpse into his process of transforming the food into beautiful artwork. 68. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 69. MELTED ICE CREAM 70. Q23.The following are excerpts from a humorous Reader's Digest article titled 13 Things_____ Won't Tell You:Sure, we burn things.Obviously, were not all going to sit around twiddling our thumbs waiting for a roast ora lasagna to cook.Sorry, but we are not going to tell you how bad a recipe is for you.Sometimes, the dishes we taste are stone cold because of a swap-out.The truth is, I have no clue what brand of ketchup or baking powder Im using.What kind of spoon did I use? The one they handed to me.No, thats not my real house or kitchen. 71. ANSWER FOLLOWS. 72. TV CHEFS 73. Q24 IDENTIFY THE TAGLINE XThe tagline X was created by SpiceJet co-founder Ajay Singh.Talking about how X came into place, Singh says "The idea was to make theslogan find resonance with everyone, which included a lot of first time ------.We had a new market to tap into and these stakeholders needed to becommunicated with. There was real anger among people.....To counter it alland attack the existing --------, we, in a team effort, brought out X".During the committee meeting when the tagline was being discussed, seniormembers in ------ were keen on words such as swaraj and sushaasan to beincluded, but Singh was thinking of appealing to a younger India. 74. AB KI BAAR MODI SARKAAR 75. Q25.In the early years of the movie industry, _______ , something we all associatewith movies was actually banned in movie theatres/This was a consequence of the fact that early movies did not have sound andwere silent movies. As movies with sound began to appear, ________ becamecommonplace in movie theaters. 76. POPCORN!