Prelims of the Manipal Freshers' Quiz Tournament '18 conducted as part of LitStock '18.

1. Manipal Fresher’s
Quiz Tournament
Researched and conducted by
Ashwin Mathur & Sahana Nag

2. Acknowledgments
The content team, Anjana, Sanjana, Ranjib, Sahil, Tanay, Utkarsh,
Sachi for their research
Achintya, Adhiraj, Rohit, Ayush for their knowledge in helping make a
quiz
Tanay & Yudi for the posters
Moyukh and the rest of the logistics team for getting this room and
everything else
Rahul & Sourav for being the guinea pigs for this quiz

3. Rules
All questions carry 1 point.
There are no negatives. Feel free to guess.
Question 2,4,7,11,14,15 are star marked and
will be used in case of ties.
Quiz Master is God.

4. 1. What’s being talked about?
This is a still from the TV show
Disenchantment where a
human, Princess Teabeanie is
visiting Elfwood, the land of
elves.
An element in this picture is an
easter egg from another fantasy
world, which makes the overall
setting of this picture seemingly
incorrect.

6. 2* ID X
The world's first X stock exchange was established in 2009 in
Harardheere, some 250 miles northeast of Mogadishu. Open 24 hours
a day, the exchange allows investors to profit from ___ collected on
the high seas, which can approach $10 million for successful trips.
When an operation is successful, it pays investors a share of the profits.
According to a former member who spoke to Reuters, "The shares are
open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally or on
land by providing cash or useful materials. . . . We've made X a
community activity."

7. 3. What section of people?
A concerned mother had
written a letter to
Hindustan pencils about
conventional pencil
sharpeners being
inconvenient for a certain
section of people who
were “differently abled”.
The company replied with
this letter.

9. 4* What does the packaging do?
Hungry Jack's, the company that
franchises and oversees Burger King's
presence in Australia, decided it was
time to do something about a
problem affecting their fries
"Printed on holographic paper, the
glittering surface reflects light, and
protects our new thick-cut chips,"

10. 5. What is its purpose?
This passive, 24x7,non
powered equipment is
placed along the
Australian desert. It helps
in focusing something for
you.
What does it focus/ what
is its purpose?

11. 6. Whose recruitment poster is this?

13. 7* Identify the artist.
This is the inside
of something
used by a prolific
artist who was
the pioneer of his
craft.

15. 8. What is X?
A non-Newtonian fluid is one in which you can dip your hands
into ,but if you are to punch it, it goes hard all of a sudden and is
more like a solid than anything else.
A Spanish company has designed a/an X that won't hinder
people following the law but will still stop those pushing the limits.
The X is filled with a non-Newtonian liquid which changes
viscosity when pressure is applied at high velocity.
They've been installed in Villanueva de Tapia, Spain and there
has also been interest from Israel and Germany.

16. 9. Put funda.
The Japanese public is being asked to donate old phones
and small appliances ahead of 2020, hoping this would
promote sustainability and reduce costs.
The project's goal is to collect about 8 tons of metal, which
will be recycled down to about 2 tons and will be used to
make something for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and
Paralympic Games, according to the committee

17. 10. Put funda.
"We’re very proud of the X. What the X and the stairs allowed us
to create is two things. One is the set design of most __
apartments gives you an L-shaped entrance where the
characters enter this way and then walk toward the cameras.
And it’s really short. If you want a longer conversation, if you
want a walk and talk conversation, you have to come up with
another set for it. You often do this by driving in the car or
walking on the street. But this way we were able to do our walk
and talk on our stage. So it’s terrific."
This is the apparent explanation for a certain problem.

18. 11* How were they executed?
Ancient Romans were unique in a lot of
ways, but one that particularly stands out is
how they executed criminals. They didn't
hang or behead criminals, but killed them
in a rather interesting way to make things
seem more realistic.

19. 12. What originates from this?
Irish legend holds there
was an actual man
named ___, who was
“cursed to spend all of his
time roaming the Earth
with only a burning coal
(inside a carved out
turnip) to light the way, as
his punishment for trying
to trick the devil.”

21. 13. What is blanked out in the image?
Here is a still from a 'Carpool
Karaoke' episode from The Late Late
Show with James Corden. This
episode featured Paul McCartney
and explored the journey of the
various Beatles hits while driving
around Liverpool. In this image,
they stop by a sign that says
something and click a selfie and
later Paul even signs on the board.
What is it that was written on the
board?

23. 14* ID X
Few forms of sadistic torture in this world are more
excruciatingly painful than having to walk across a
field of X s left on the ground. Fortunately, there is
now a way to protect yourself from these domestic
minefields: X, working together with French
advertising agency Brand Station, has invented
anti- X slippers! It only took them 66 years, too!

24. 15* Name the brand.
X Y is the flagship Indian ___ brand, launched in 2015 at the
Belgian Ambassador's residence in India. The company’s first unit
was located in Flanders region of Belgium with ingredients from
France, Belgium, Himalayas and then the product was exported
to India. After initial success, the company thereafter began
manufacturing the in India with the same ingredients.
The name X does not stand for anything literally, however
colloquially it is what one would call his brother and Y is a
number that represents India in something Internationally.

25. 16. What is X?
X is sent from the County Clerk Office in Texas to the
International Space Station.
Once X has been received at the International Space Station,
it is utilized for its purpose and sent back to County Clerk
Office, usually within a day.
The County Clerk Office is the only place on earth capable of
sending X, which it does usually once every four years.

26. 17. Which organization is this?
This organization was constituted in its present form in 1952 under the Ministry
of Human Resource Development. It has a motto which translates to "O
God, Lead Me From Untruth to Truth".
As of date, it has around 9000 entities in India that have incorporated its
methodology, and around 225 entities in other countries.
It has 8 regional offices for proper functioning, in Ajmer, Allahabad,
Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Panchkula, and Patna.

27. 18. What are these used for?
A moderately lesser-known category of pen nibs are the
ones with three tines. They provide increased inkflow to the
wider tip, aiding in quick writing. They are used for a very
specific purpose. When using it for its intended purpose, the
nib must be held at a high angle to the paper, and the nib
is rotated so the wide stroke is the horizontal stroke, as
opposed to the more common vertical stroke, which is
thinner than usual.
What specific purpose are these pens used for?

29. 19. What is this activity X?
People who X are portrayed as the best of humanity
in various meme templates. Originating in Australia,
the meme has produced some creative ways to
make the point that it's common courtesy to X.
In certain European countries, it exists as a button in
most forms of public transports.
On June 27th, 2018, a Redditor submitted a
suggestion to X at around the start of the game. On
August 23rd, Fortnite released an update allowing
players to X.

30. 20. ID X and Y
The “Fallen 9000” project, an ambitious installation that was put together by
hundreds of volunteers, and Masterminded by U.K. sand artists Jamie Wardley and
Andy Moss, was completed on Sept. 21 — the International Day of Peace — with
the help of hundreds of international volunteers.
A tribute to the roughly 9,000 who lost their lives on X, the project involved the
painstaking stenciling of 9,000 silhouettes on the Y at Arromanches where so much
blood was once shed.
“There will be no distinction between nationalities,” he said. “They will be known only
as ‘The Fallen’. It does not propose to be a celebration or condemnation, simply a
statement of fact and tribute to life and its premature loss.”
All of the sand silhouettes were eventually erased by the incoming tide

31. 21. ID the name of the cafe.
"At X Y Café, we don't just sell a bowl of X. We sell X in every way
imaginable," owner Alan Keery Told Business Insider.
X Y Café was opened in 2014 by twin brothers Alan and Gary
Keery. Since then it has sold over one million bowls.
You can choose from over 50 types of X. The café imports them
from all over the world. Countries include South Africa, America,
Spain, France, New Zealand, and Australia.
The name of this café comes from a pun on a very heinous kind of
criminal and changing the spelling of the first word.

32. 22. Identify the store and the product
According to X founder Ingvar Kamprad, "It's difficult to do
business with someone on an empty stomach." With that in mind,
he decided that X needed to offer food to their shoppers. But he
didn't want just any food, he wanted quintessential Swedish food,
and he wanted to keep the food prices in line with their budget-
friendly ___ prices.
A whopping 30 percent of X visitors are there just for the food.
Because of this, X has been testing pop-up stand-alone restaurants
in major cities like Paris, London, and Oslo, affording diners the
opportunity to get their hands on their beloved Y without having to
wade through a maze

33. 23. Id X
Famously known as ‘The Great Canadian X
Heist’, it was a robbery of 3000 tons of X from
the foreign exchange reserve in Quebec,
Canada that took place between 2011-12.
Identify X

34. 24. Identify the actress
Great granddaughter of Maurice ___, the chief
structural engineer during the construction of
Eiffel tower, she has made a name for herself in
the Indian film industry.She is known for playing
dark roles like that of a prostitute,a misfit,a
troubled teenager in hindi arthouse films.
Whom are we talking about?

40. 25. ID X
Named after the American physiologist who
developed it, X test was introduced in the
US armed services to assess the fitness level
of the recruits when the US decided to
enter the world war 2. Today it is common
among fitness enthusiasts.
What is X?