"A messed up quiz"- General Quiz by IMQC

“A MESSED-UP QUIZ”
Hosted By:
Arpit Omprakash
Anubhav Srivastava

1.
Professor Auguste Piccard was a phenomenal man who worked on ballooning
experiments. These ballooning experiments of his are being studied world over
for internet innovations today for connectivity.
Professor Auguste Piccard is remembered in a different form today in the world.
What?

2.
The phrase ___________ very commonly found on the back of trucks has been
banned in Maharashtra. The reason being that “It encourages people to honk
every time you pass a truck or a tempo. It sends an extremely wrong message to
people.” If this phrase is there, then the fitness certificate will not be awarded
to the vehicle and a fine of Rs100 will be levied.
Which phrase? (Exact phrase)

3.
First aired on October 3rd, 2014 which programme has become a major sourece
of revenue for AIR? While the usual ad slots sold for Rs 500 per 10 seconds, a 10
second ad slot for this programme cost Rs 2 lakh.
Which programme or broadcast?

4.
This is a replica of first what? (Many hints given in the picture.)

5.
X was a mythical enchantress avatar of Lord Vishnu which he is said to have taken when
during the fight over Amrit between Devas and Asuras. Asuras had taken hold over
Amrit therefore he took the form and perform a very seductive and charming dance
and gets hold of the Amrit and gives it back to Devas hence saving them.
This dance form is one of the two very famous dance forms of Kerala.
Give me X and Y.

6. *
The origin of the phrase XY can be traced back to ancient Rome where X was used
separately as a common epithet for Ceres, Cybele, Venus and other mother goddesses.
X meaning “kind/ nourishing” while Y means “mother” in Latin. This phrase was later
used by Christians in association with Virgin Mary.
Now this phrase is used entirely differently in academia. Give me the phrase.

7.
X diplomacy is a very well known diplomacy adopted by China in which they gift a very
special thing which is very common to their mainland but not in the rest of the world.
The first example was when Empress Wu Zetian sent a pair of X to Japanese emperor.
From 1958 to 1982, China had given 23 of X to 9 different countries. After 1984, China
has started giving X to other nations on 10-year loans. The per annum loan fees is upto
US $1,000,000. Next slide there is a map in which the world distribution of X is shown.
Give me X.

8.
X is a pejorative term describing web content that’s aimed at generating online
advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy , relying on
sensational headlines or eye-catching word-phrases/ thumbnails. Give me X. (ask for
hints if required)

9.
The logo of X was derived at by drawing multiple intersecting circles and then
taking only a portion of it. Which company ?

10.
Following is a screenshot of IMDB rating of a movie. Id the movie and why is it rated out
of 11?

11.
This railway station is situated in the Raigad District of Maharashtra between the
railway stations Rasayani and Jite. The station is amidst hills and greenery which makes
it visually attractive and it is situated in a curve which makes it possible to look at the
whole train. How do we know this/ Why is it famous?

12.
Following is a list of latin words with their meanings. What do they inspire?
• Arduus – steep
• Levo – I lift
• Expellere – to drive or force out
• Incanto – having been bewitched
• Imperatum – command or instruction
• Seco – having been severed

13. *
Who are the two people conversing here?

14.
Whose cameo is there in this clip of “Big Hero 6” at the last?

15. *
Following letter led to a major change. What?

16.
Who is the first person to ever score a double
century in ODI cricket?

17.
In Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix, when Mr. Weasley escorts Harry to his
hearing, they arrive at the Ministry through the visitors entrance which is a
broken phone booth.
Mr Weasley dials 62442 on the broken phone and the booth slides underground.
Why does he dial 62442?

18. *
The legend goes that King Philip prepared and sent secret orders to all of his
governors to arm themselves on Thursday October 12, and on the following
night, no sooner, on pain of death, to open the king’s letter and act on it. On
the next day, Knight Templars within France were arrested at the break of the
day, their property seized and they were told in the letters to subject them to
torture if deemed necessary.
What belief started?

19.
X is popularly known as the “Father of Symbolic Logic”. After his surname is
named one of the most important data type in languages. Give me X and the
data type. Following is the google doodle in his honor.

20. *
Clara Ma is the winner of a worldwide competition in which she wrote the following
poem:
“__________ is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed
in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. __________ is such a
powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. ____________ is the passion that
drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to
ask questions and to wonder.”
What was the competition about? (Figure out the blanks, you will get the answer)

6.
The origin of the phrase XY can be traced back to ancient Rome where X was used
separately as a common epithet for Ceres, Cybele, Venus and other mother goddesses.
X meaning “kind/ nourishing” while Y means “mother” in Latin. This phrase was later
used by Christians in association with Virgin Mary.
Now this phrase is used entirely differently in academia. Give me the phrase.

This is Spinal Tap
A nod to the fact that the bands
amps goes upto 11

13.
Who are the two people conversing here?

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg

15.
Following letter led to a major change. What?

Introduction of toilets in rail coaches
of trains

Its MAGIC in T9 format(old mobile
phones)

18.
The legend goes that King Philip prepared and sent secret orders to all of his
governors to arm themselves on Thursday October 12, and on the following
night, no sooner, on pain of death, to open the king’s letter and act on it. On
the next day, Knight Templars within France were arrested at the break of the
day, their property seized and they were told in the letters to subject them to
torture if deemed necessary.
What belief started?

20.
Clara Ma is the winner of a worldwide competition in which she wrote the following
poem:
“__________ is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed
in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. __________ is such a
powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. ____________ is the passion that
drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to
ask questions and to wonder.”
What was the competition about? (Figure out the blanks, you will get the answer)

CURIOSITY
Naming NASA’s Mars rover

1.
“OWN” is an American television channel produced in a joint venture by “Harpo
Productions” and “Discovery Communications”. It debuted on January 1st, 2011.
Who is the owner of the OWN Communications?
Lance Armstrong admitted for the first time that he used performance-
enhancing drugs for the first time on this show.
Expand OWN.

2.
In a short video of 9 minutes which was recorded on , we can see that the then
Prime Minister of India is having a conservation with X, in which he quotes one
of the Indian poet Iqbal- “Sitaaro se jahaan aagey aur bhi hai, and now you have
seen them, how do you feel about them?”
Give me X and the then PM of India.

X – Kalpana Chawla
PM – I.K. Gujral

3.
The following song is played in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Askaban, It is
composed by John Williams. Give me the inspiration of the lyrics of this song.

4.
A 200 pages novel written by Sheridan Simove has the title “What every man
thinks about apart from Sex”. He says that the book is a result of extensive
research of 39 years and he wanted his findings to be known to the world.
The book outperformed “Harry Potter” and “The Da Vinci code” on Amazon.
What is so special about this book?

5.
It is the only entity of its type to get patented. It is made in a guarded room called
“Potu”. It has been 301 years since its distribution started on 2nd Aug, 1715. The list of
per-day consumption of ingredients to make this entity is:
• 10 tonnes of Gram Flour
• 10 tonnes of sugar
• 150 kg of cardamom
• 300-500 L of Ghee
• 500 kg of sugar candy
• 540 kg of raisins

6.
What is “AIBOHPHOBIA” the fear of?
(Deducible)

7.
“My music background is western but I am surrounded by people who are doing Indian
Classical.
Also, I am a big Game of Thrones Fan! So , one day I thought of making an Indian
Arrangement of the theme song. I called a bunch of my friends, recorded the whole
thing, shot the video and that’s where it all started!”
What started and who is this person?

The missing type campaign
Blood donation (A,B,O letters are
missing.)

9.
According to the website Ancestry.com, X, 40yrs old and Y who died in 1930 were 16th
cousins. Their common ancestor was John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, fourth son of
King Edward III and father of Henry IV. John of Gaunt was Y’s 15th great-grandfather and
X’s 17th great-grandfather.
This relation is however very co-incidental as X plays the role of one of the characters
invented by Y.
Give me X and Y.

X – Benedict Cumberbatch
Y – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

10.
Khatushyamji temple present in Khatu, Rajasthan is one of the most important
temples for Hindus. Well, the real name of Khatushyamji is X and he is supposed
to be the grandson of Y who is considered to be one of the strongest man on the
Earth in Hindu mythology. Lord Krishna asked him to cut his head and give it to
him otherwise the war of Mahabharat would never have ended as he was bound
to always fight on the losing side.
Give me X and Y.

11.
■ Gambler and other lowlifes; also messengers
■ City guard or policeman
■ Innkeeper
■ Merchant/Moneychanger
■ Doctor
■ Weaver/Clerk
■ Blacksmith
■ Worker/Farmer
Where in the world of sports would you find the aforementioned practitioners in
that order from left to right?

Chess
These are the professions of the pawns
of chess in the same order

12.
Madan mohan Malviya went to Nizam of Hyderabad asking for a donation. The
Nizam was annoyed and instead threw his footwear at him Malviya picked up
the footwear and left silently. After a while it was found out that he started
auctioning the footwear in the market. The Nizam thought that it would be very
insulting if anyone else bought his footwear, thus he ordered one of this
attendants to go and by the footwear whatever the price. In this way, Madan
sold the Nizam’s footwear to him for a huge sum of money.
What did he use the money for?

Banaras Hindu University (BHU)

13.
This superhero was created by Nicola Cuti and artist Joe Staton for the Charlton
Comics. Cuti was an admirer of X and his formula Y. He conceived a character
who was caught in a factory explosion and became an energy that could take
any type of matter, but the origin was too similar to Captain Atom, so he came
up with another origin in which the superhero was a packet of sentient energy
created as a star went nova. His chest emblem is the famous equation Y.
Give me X, Y and the name of the superhero.

E- Man
X – Einstein
Y – E=mc2

14.
This extinct lobster-like beast has been named after X because of its sharp scissor like
claws. Who is X and why?(both required)

X – Johnny Depp
Y – Edward Scissorhands

15.
First appearing in the early 1900s, around the time of the Mexican-American
war, there are many stories on how this food item got its name.
A popular tale is about a man, Juan Mendez, from Chihuahua, Mexico, who had
a donkey-led food cart. He would wrap food up in big homemade flour tortilla
to keep it warm.
What dish means “little donkey” in Spanish and supposedly got its name
because it was sold off a donkey cart?

16.
The author X wrote that he was inspired to write the story by a remark made by
Mark Twain: “It is a pity that the best part of life comes at the beginning, and
the worst part at the end”
Which story, now also made into a motion picture? Bonus for the author. (Poster
on next slide)

The curious case of Benjamin Button
Author – F. Scott Fitzgerald

17.
This person is Maria Irudayam. He is a two time world champion in _________ and 9
time national champion in ___________. He is the only recipient of Arjuna award in this
sport till now. Which sport?(Ask for hints if required)

18.
Ecuador may be the smallest Andrean country, but it has four distinct and
contrasting regions. The Costa, or coastal plain, grows enough bananas to make
the country the world’s largest exporter of the fruit. The Sierra, or Andrean
uplands, offers productive farmland, Oil from the Oriente, jungles east of the
Andes, enriches the country. What is the fourth region that is volcanic in origin
and brings in tourism revenue?

1.
X is a distributed key-value data store that Jay Kreps, an engineer at Linkedin
developed. For the name, he says that
“I thought, that sounds like a distributed system. I don’t know whether it is nerdier to
be reading Y or to be wondering what kind of consistency protocol X uses when
keeping all his pieces up-to-date, but regardless, the name stuck.”
Give me X and Y.

X – Project Voldemort
Y – Harry Potter

2.
What is the significance of these statements made in a certain blog post.
“Slowly and steadily we are getting rid of our earthly form and ascending into
the next stage, the cloud.
The cloud, or Brahman as the Hindus call it, is the all, surrounding everything.
It is everywhere; immaterial, yet very real.”

The Pirate Bay ascending to the
cloud (Cloud Storage)

3.
While the members of this quite literally historical duo are completely unrelated to each other, they together
made big news in India in 1996.
X – a European who was no more than five feet tall - had a 50-inch waist by the end of her life, a fact supported
by the auction of her equally large-sized nightgown in 2009. Interestingly, she proposed to her husband for
marriage and not vice versa. She also is believed to be first carrier of a subtype of Haemophilia – one that her
children suffered from as well. It is also believed that as many as six assassination attempts were made on her
and her popularity only rose with each assassination.
Y , on the other hand – a smart and well respected person of his time is in a way responsible for the
establishment of the Indian Navy. His admiral, Mr. Angre is believed to be the “Father of the Indian Navy” as Y
and Angre fought many Naval battles along the coastline, one of the most popular ones being against the Siddis of
Janjira. Give me X, Y and why they were together in news in 1996?

X – Queen Victoria
Y – Chatrapati Shivaji
Change of name of VT to CST in 1996

5.
This man spent 10 years trying to reinvent Mathematics starting at the most
basic, it took him over 360 pages to prove something which we use almost
everyday and even a kid from nursery could tell ‘the proposition’ he was trying
to prove, his work is widely considered to be one of the most important and
seminal works in logic since Aristotle’s “Organon”. Name the man and the
‘proposition’. Bonus for his work that he came up along with Alfred North
Whitehead.

Bertnand Russell
Proposition : 1+1=2

7.
“________” is a derogatory term for someone who attains celebrity status for
no particular identifiable reason(as opposed to people who gain fame for their
achievements) and appear to generate their own fame, or someone who
achieves fame through a family relationship with an existing celebrity.
(Examples: Paris Hilton, The Kardashian family, Trump before his presidential
campaign)

8.
Where have all these pairs come up together?
• Charles Darwin and Ash Ketchum
• Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
• Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
• Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
• J. R. R. Tolkien and G. R. R. Martin
• Gordon Ramsay and Julia Child

9.
X is a brand around digital marketing that SBI launched on 1st July, 2014 in seven digital
branches in 6 cities. Now they are present in prime locations in most of the cities of
India. The main feature of these stores is that they offer instant savings bank account
opening and personalized debit card in 15-20 min, a first of its kind in Asia.
Give me X/ What is the name given to these stores?

10.
This is an image of a beetle which is found in the five humid caves of Slovenia. It was
named by a German Collector, Oscar Scheibel in dedication to a famous person, X . X
when came to know about it wrote a letter to him thanking him for the honor.
This species has no notable characteristics, but is only of interest to collectors of X’s
memorabilia, purely because of its name. Give me X.

11.
While the exact origins of this phrase are disputed, the most popular story goes
back to british naval hero Horatio Nelson, whose ships faced a large Danish-
Norwegian fleet.
When a superior raised his flag to withdraw, Nelson supposedly brought the
telescope to his damaged eye and said, “I really do not see the signal” – before
going on to win the battle.
What phrase, meaning to ignore an obvious sign, possibly came from this
incident?

12.
Sylvilagus palustris __________ is the biological name of an endangered subspecies of
marsh rabbit named after X founder Y. The subspecies was first described in a
publication in the Journal of Mammalogy in 1984 by James D. Lazell Jr. after his
research was funded by X corporation. Thus the rabbit was named after Y.
Give me X and Y. (ask for hints if required)

X – Playboy
Y – Hugh hefner
Sylvilagus palustris hefneri

13.
In Greek mythology, he was a partner to the god Apollo and died in Apollo’s
arms when a flying discus struck him. A forlorn Apollo is said to have
immortalised him by using his blood to create a flower; Apollo’s tears are said
to be the stains on the flower.
What flower gets its name from the Greek mythological character? (Picture on
next slide)

14.
X contains Y in its logo because Y is said to have denser temporal lobes than the
humans. This is the reason that Y is said to have a very sharp memory and has
been used in the logo of X.
X was founded by Stepan Pachikov while Chris O’Neill is the current CEO.
What are X and Y? (Ask for hints if required)

15.
Where will you find all these bridges?

16.
Gilbert Stuart was considered as America’s foremost portraitists. He is known
for his unfinished portrait of X, which is sometimes referred to as the
Athenaeum which begun in 1796 and never finished. Shown below is his own
portrait which is similar to X’s portrait which he was painting.
Who is X and on what object can one see that portrait where it has been for
over a century?

X - George Washington
One dollar note

17.
X is a small cloth placed on the backs or arms of chair to prevent the soiling of
the permanent fabric. The origin of the term X can be traced back to early 19th
century when Y oil was very commonly applied on their hair by men. This term
also refers to the cloth flap or collar on sailor’s shirt, to keep Y oil off the
uniform.
Give me X and Y. (Image on next slide)

X – Anti Macassar
Y - Macassar

18.
The iconic Hourstons Department Store has a display in the window that
features a tribute to much-mourned X in the shape of a mannequin sporting a
lacy bra, stockings and trademark moustache.
The window design is a throwback to the 1984 video, Y in which X hoovered in
a mini skirt.
Give me X and Y. (Image on next slide)

Freddie Mercury , Queens (I Want to Break Free)

1.
Google doodle for what/whom?

3.
Google doodle for what and what is unusual in it (be very very Specific)?

Jules Verne/20thousand leagues
under the sea

150th Anniversary of London tube
network

2010 FIFA world cup finals
The balloons were towards Spain
already because of the prediction by
Octopus Paul.

Louis Brailles’s bday (107th)

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