the quizzzically challenged quiz. prelims

A QUIZ FOR THE QUIZZICALLY

CHALLENGED!

Q THE CLUB presents

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

Hima miss THE QUESTION CONTRIBUTORS!

Bharath Nair Achyuth J

RULES!

20 Questions.15 worded ( blog type as I call ) and 5 visual questions.

Plagiarism shall not be encouraged. 3 starred questions. Question’s 1,4

and 9. Top 6/7* teams to qualify for the

awesome finals! Very important rule. QUIZMASTER IS

GOD. His decision is always final.*- specified on last slide.

PRELIMS!

1

Silver nitrate , on exposure to NaCl and proteins with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that are largely pale. But light soon reacts with the silver and removes it from its compounds depositing it as a metal.

What is the most common application of this process ?

2

X a company, adopted the ancient chemical symbol for iron as its logo as soon as it was reactivated. This is one of the oldest and most common ideograms in Western culture and originally stood for the planet Mars in the Roman Empire.

Identify the company on the basis of the description of its logo.

3

Ravish Malhotra is a retired Air Commodore of the IAF.

He was famous for being the backup of someone that made India really famous!

What or Who was he the backup for ?

4

PUT FUNDA.1. Jimi Hendrix.2. Jim Morrison3. Kurt Cobain4. Amy Winehouse5. Brian Jones. This is an non-exhaustive list for

members of what famous club ?

5

“Mick had a picture of Kali, the Hindu goddess, which he was very keen on. India was very much in fashion at the time, but I thought something like that might go out of date.”

This inspired a certain John Pasche to create which very famous logo ?

6

Whilst facing the wrist-spin of Eric Hollies, Bradman pushed forward to the second ball that he faced, was deceived by a googly, and bowled between bat and pad for a duck.

What did this incident lead to ?

7

Robert Bristow was having a hard time to find a way to not allow water-logging to take place when it is the monsoon season at Willington Island while drawing up its initial plans.

A certain object ‘X’ helped him overnight to solve this issue.

Identify ‘X’.

8

Mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Give FUNDA.

9 Coming up with _________ is a yearlong

process. While there are weekly, formal meetings with fellow ____ers to discuss new ideas, a spokesperson says that just as many ideas come from casual conversation around the office or are thrown around via e-mail. Users can also submit proposals, or even finished ______, to the company via a dedicated e-mail address.

FITB

10 ‘X’ is a Malayalam film movement developed

in the early 2010s, characterized by fresh and unusual themes and new narrative techniques. Films of the new wave differ from conventional themes of the past two decades (1990s and 2000s) and introduced several new trends to the Malayalam industry. While the ‘X’ formats and styles are deeply influenced by global and Indian trends, their thematics are firmly rooted in Malayalee life and mindscapes.

What is ‘X’ ?

11

One of the greatest moments for Cristiano Ronaldo according to his fans (and Goal.com) is when he scored a goal through a freekick from about 23 yards away againt Portsmouth FC.

Who was the goalkeeper ?

12

Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway).-Howard Davies-Carr, father of the ‘boys’.

Identify the 2 boys mentioned.

13

Name Collin-Websterr dictionary word of the year for 2015.

14

Marc Pincus owned an American bulldog.

Name it, which now is the name of a very famous game developer.

15

X is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, who are the only permanent members of the band, though Homme rarely plays live shows because of commitments to other bands.

DISCOGRAPHY – Peace, Love, Death Metal.

Identify the band. ( Currently relevant question)

MAY THE VISUAL ROUND BE WITH YOU.

YOUR ANSWER PAPERS!

ANSWERS

RULES I swear that if you scream the

answers I will kick you out! Don’t expect anything from me for

answering.

1

Silver nitrate , on exposure to NaCl and proteins with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that are largely pale. But light soon reacts with the silver and removes it from its compounds depositing it as a metal.

What is the most common application of this process ?

And the answer is …

2

X a company, adopted the ancient chemical symbol for iron as its logo as soon as it was reactivated. This is one of the oldest and most common ideograms in Western culture and originally stood for the planet Mars in the Roman Empire.

Identify the company on the basis of the description of its logo.

And the answer is ……

3

Ravish Malhotra is a retired Air Commodore of the IAF.

He was famous for being the backup of someone that made India really famous!

What or Who was he the backup for ?

And the answer is …..

He was the backup for Rakesh Sharma for the Soyuz T-11 program.

4

PUT FUNDA.1. Jimi Hendrix.2. Jim Morrison3. Kurt Cobain4. Amy Winehouse5. Brian Jones. This is an non-exhaustive list for

members of what famous club ?


THE 27 CLUB People/Musicians who died in unfortunate circumstances at the

age of 27.

5

“Mick had a picture of Kali, the Hindu goddess, which he was very keen on. India was very much in fashion at the time, but I thought something like that might go out of date.”

This inspired a certain John Pasche to create which very famous logo ?

6

Whilst facing the wrist-spin of Eric Hollies, Bradman pushed forward to the second ball that he faced, was deceived by a googly, and bowled between bat and pad for a duck.

What did this incident lead to ?

And the answer is ….

Don Bradman’s test average falling from 101.63 to 99.94 in his last test.

7

Robert Bristow was having a hard time to find a way to not allow water-logging to take place when it is the monsoon season at Willington Island while drawing up its initial plans.

A certain object ‘X’ helped him overnight to solve this issue.

Identify ‘X’.

And the answer is ….

THE MONKEY PEN

8

Mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Give FUNDA.


Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to Tomas Lindahl, Paul L. Modrich and Aziz Sancar for the study of this subject.

9 Coming up with _________ is a yearlong

process. While there are weekly, formal meetings with fellow ____ers to discuss new ideas, a spokesperson says that just as many ideas come from casual conversation around the office or are thrown around via e-mail. Users can also submit proposals, or even finished ______, to the company via a dedicated e-mail address.

FITB


GOOGLE DOODLES.

10 ‘X’ is a Malayalam film movement developed

in the early 2010s, characterized by fresh and unusual themes and new narrative techniques. Films of the new wave differ from conventional themes of the past two decades (1990s and 2000s) and introduced several new trends to the Malayalam industry. While the ‘X’ formats and styles are deeply influenced by global and Indian trends, their thematics are firmly rooted in Malayalee life and mindscapes.

What is ‘X’ ?


New Generation.

11

One of the greatest moments for Cristiano Ronaldo according to his fans (and Goal.com) is when he scored a goal through a freekick from about 23 yards away againt Portsmouth FC.

Who was the goalkeeper ?


David James

12

Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway).-Howard Davies-Carr, father of the ‘boys’.

Identify the 2 boys mentioned.


Charlie – bit my finger.

13

Name Collin-Websterr dictionary word of the year for 2015.


BINGE-WATCH

14

Marc Pincus owned an American bulldog.

Name it, which now is the name of a very famous game developer.


Zynga ( Name being Zinga )

15

X is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, who are the only permanent members of the band, though Homme rarely plays live shows because of commitments to other bands.

DISCOGRAPHY – Peace, Love, Death Metal.

Identify the band. ( Currently relevant question)


Eagles Of Death Metal ( Band that was performing at Bataclan concert hall at time of attack )


Cricket All-Stars Teams :- Sachins Blasters ( left ) , Warne’s Warrriors (right)


Mars Orbiter Mission


He voiced JARVIS.


George Boole. Boolean Algebra.

And the answer is ……

First recorded selfie.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING!

Finals on Friday if possible. Top 6/7(depending on participation)

qualify.

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