K-Circle Weekly Quiz - May 2015

WEEKLY QUIZ | K-CIRCLE
RAMA SUBRAMANIAN
30TH MAY, 2015

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABHISHEK VEERARAGHAVAN
PRAVEEN VR
RAGHAV PANDEY

THE DEAL
I. WRITTEN (5)
II. INFINITE POUNCE (15)
III. WRITTEN (8)
IV. INFINITE POUNCE (15)
V. WRITTEN (9)
THE QUIZ IS VERY SIMPLE
REALLY!

WRITTEN ROUND- 1
 Gustave Dore’s Illustrations of Works of Literature
 5 questions in total
 +5 per correct answer

4. RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

1. Don Quixote
2. Divine Comedy
3. Raven
4. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
5. Little Red Riding Hood
ANSWERS

INFINITE POUNCE-1
 +10 on the bounce
 +10/-5 on the pounce
 Want to pounce? Come to me.

1.
Mahatma Gandhi is often portrayed as a man against machinery.
But there have been instances where he has spoken about them in
a positive light. He once told G. Ramachandran, the founder of
Gandhigram Rural Institute - “The supreme consideration is man.
The machine should not tend to atrophy the limbs of man. For
instance, I would make intelligent exceptions. Take the case of the
X’s ______ _______. It is one of the few useful things ever
invented, and there is a romance about the device itself”
What is this machine that Gandhi is talking about?

2.
This 24-hour celebration was a marketing gimmick by Joyce Hall,
founder of Hallmark cards, who chose the day for its celebration
because it was the centre of the largest lull between holiday
celebrations. Not surprisingly the celebration fell out of favour in
USA. However it has seen a recent resurgence following social
networking and US recognition which in 1998 named Winnie the
Pooh as the world’s Ambassador of _______ at the UN.
What celebration?

3.
Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique used in theatre, haunted houses,
dark rides, and magic tricks. It is named after John Henry Pepper, a
scientist who popularized the effect in a famed demonstration in 1862.
The Guinness World Record for most simultaneous shows of the Pepper's
ghost illusion is now held by Raj Kasu Reddy and Mani Shankar
It was first held by them 2012 and then they broke their own record
again in 2014
What specifically did they do to enter the Record Books ?

4.
On his recent trip to Germany Narendra Modi met a certain Surya
Kumar who had a discussion with him on the declassifying certain
documents. Surya is also the president of the Indo-German Association
in Hamburg and was invited by the Indian Embassy to attend the
reception for Modi.
His brother, Chandra has also gone on record to say, “The time has now
come to declassify these files. Saying it would affect India’s relations
with other nations is simply a lame excuse. The Modi government has
been talking of transparency and now it is the time to provide it.”
What is Surya Kumar’s more important claim to fame/What set of
documents do they want declassified?

HE IS SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE’S GRAND NEPHEW
FILES RELATING TO HIS DEATH

5.
Lord Tebbit was once a harsh critic of mass immigration, but now
he seems to have changed it stance and says Britain should open
the door to most of Europe, including Russia. Mexicans and
Brazilians too, would be welcome under his new regime. But they
are welcome only if they or rather their grandparents met one
condition. What?
He courted controversy back in 1990 saying that Britain’s Asian
population should be subjected to another test. What?

WHICH SIDE THEIR GRANDPARENT’S FOUGHT IN THE
WORLD WARS?
WHAT TEAM THEY SUPPORT DURING CRICKET
MATCHES?

6.
A thin grade of paper used for printing books which have a large
number of pages, the lightweight offset paper is a type of wood
free uncoated paper. This paper grade often contains cotton or
linen fibers to increase its strength in spite of its thinness, leading to
it’s usage in dictionaries and encyclopedias.
However, by what alternate name do we know this type of paper
owing to it’s usage in it?

7.
In his relatively short life, Paganini dramatically increased the
technical possibilities of the violin. He could do what no one had
ever done on the instrument. The virtuoso made left hand pizzicato
and harmonics hallmarks of his style, and was even said to be able
to play three octaves of notes across the four strings. Most violinists
consider this impossible today.
So, what explanation do scholars give for Paganini's crazy ability ?

8.
Its just a coincidence that it shares it name with an establishment in
Todos Santos, a town on Mexico's Baja California peninsula. There
is the belief that it represents Aleister Crowley’s mansion in Loch
Ness, where weird happenings have occurred apart from
suggestions that it’s actually the Playboy Mansion. The truth
however is less exciting. The place being talked about is in reality
a combination of both the places show in the next slide.
What are we talking about?

9.
Dodda Mallur is a village in Channapatna, Karnataka. The village
is famous for its temples of Sri Aprameya Swamy and Ambegalu
Krishna.The sleepy hamlet has had just one great story to tell in all
these years -- that Lord Rama had prayed at the Shri Ambegalu
Shri Krishna temple before he set out to Lanka to battle Ravana.
But after April 24 2011, there has been a lot of interest in the
village with lots of people visiting hospitals and all.
Why so?

PUTTAPURTHI SATYA SAI BABA’S REINCARNATION

10.
 Wisden Trophy 1984 – West Indies vs. England – West Indies won the series 5-0.
 Wisden Trophy 1985-86 – West Indies vs. England – West Indies won the series 5-0.
 Chappell Hadlee Series 2007– New Zealand vs. Australia- New Zealand won the series 3-0.
1. The above three series have been given the same nickname.
What?
2. The nickname was given to the third series for a slightly
different reason than the one for the first two. What reason?

BLACKWASH
THIRD TIME DUE TO UNIFORM COLOUR.

11.
X is a famous folk theater and operatic drama form, popular in northern
India especially in Uttar Pradesh. Before the advent of cinema in India, it
was the most popular form of entertainment prevalent in these areas.
Usually it consisted of folklore and mythological dramas with interludes
of folk songs and dances. Now it has taken other forms. In many areas it
has been restricted only to female dance shows. It has its origins in the
folklore of North India about a princess with incomparable beauty, who
was so delicate that she weighed as mush as a flower.
The word X comprises two words, one meaning "nine" and the other
referring to a "silver coin weighing four grams", and thus metaphorically
implies that the graceful princess weighs only 36 grams (9 X 4).
X?

12.
There seem to be two major reasons as to explain his unique trait.
Firstly, he felt that X could be distracting and therefore could
potentially take the viewer’s attention away.
Secondly, he was a “master of control”. His technique of “Zone
System” and the idea of “previsualization”, allowed him nearly
total control of all the potential variables that factor into his final
work. Because of his love for control, he disliked X since it lacked
this element that he had mastered with Y.
However he despite with dislike for X, he did experiment with X,
which are shown in the next slides.
Who is he and what this trait of his works that is being talked
about?

WHY ANSEL ADAMS ONLY TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS IN
BLACK AND WHITE.

13.
When Marc Okrand first decided to construct this, he did not intend
it to have any verbs at all.
In fact the verb “be” was not there at all. However, Nicholas
Meyer, who was one of the staffs present, wanted this to be
changed for a very specific reason.
Okrand would then go on to make minor modifications to
accommodate this request.
What did Okrand create? What was Meyer’s request?
FUNDA CURTSEY – NAVIN RAJARAM

OKRAND CREATED THE KLINGON LANGUAGE.
MEYER WANTED KLINGONS TO QUOTE SHAKESPEARE’S
“TO BE OR NOT TO BE” AND HENCE VERBS WERE
INCLUDED

14.
This poster was inspired by an earlier such poster. Who was
responsible for the original and what was the original poster’s
idea?

JOAN BAEZ AND HERE SISTERS.
ANTI-DRAFT POSTER DURING VIETNAM WAR.

15.
From The Satanic Verses:
“Gibreel, captive aboard the AI 420 , sank into forgivable
rhapsodies, fixing Chamcha with his glittering eye, explicating the
mysteries of the runners' coding system, black swastika red circle
yellow slash dot, running in his mind's eye the entire relay from home
to office desk , that improbable system by which
________________________ and on a bad day, maybe 15 were
mislaid, we were illiterate, but the signs were our secret tongue.”
What secret tongue is being talked about?

THE DABBAWALAS
GIBREEL’S FATHER WAS ONE AND SO WAS GIBREEL, WHEN
HE WAS YOUNG.

WRITTEN ROUND-2
 Famous Locations appearing in
popular culture
 8 questions in total

1.
Ahead of their arrival into the city X, some locals openly questioned
whether the city was in any state to receive these guys. But a month or two
into it, and despite misgivings over increased traffic, these guys have won
praise for helping to clean up rubbish-strewn, graffiti-plagued areas.
The visitors are said to have worked with city council workers on the clean-
up project, while their introduction of private security firms has helped rid
the city of much-detested unlicensed parking attendants in the touristy
districts. Location fees have brought an estimated €1m into public coffers
and news website Linkiesta summed up the positive reaction to the arrival
of the visitors with the header –
“The mayor of X is _____ . _____ _____”.
Which city? Who are these visitors?

2.
It is the largest brick building in Europe and is notable for its
original, lavish Art Deco interior fittings. It served its purpose for
quite some time till a time when finances wouldn’t permit it to
function. Several petitions requesting to not bring the building
down and a series of proposals later, it has been converted into a
living space (Some pictures of its interiors are shown.)
Name the building, which is also the filming location for the
following scene.

3.
What is this
street’s claim to
fame, which
results in a lot
tourists taking
pictures over
here, giving a
certain pose?

4.
Deadvlei ( meaning ‘dead marsh’) is a white clay pan located
near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, in Namib Desert. The
clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river
flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance
of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate
changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the
pan, which blocked the river from the area.
It hence became too dry in Deadvlei for the trees to even
decompose. They simply scorched black in the sun, monuments to
their own destruction. The trees, now over 1000 years old, form a
barren forest
Why is this place familiar to many of us?

5.
This 1961 biographical book called The Agony and the Ecstasy,
among other things, highlighted the conflict between X and Y
which was mainly centred around how a certain herculean task
was to be executed inside a building. The author’s primary
information source was the 495 letters of correspondence written
by X. This also provided the basis for the storyline of the 1965
movie of the same name, where X is played by Charlton Heston.
Who are X and Y?
Which structure is the centre of this conflict?

6.
The restaurant shown, is located at 2880 Broadway, on the corner
of West 112th Street, New York has two popular culture related
claims to fame
One claim has to do with a first in music
The other has to do with its frequent appearance, though in a
modified form, as a meeting location for a certain set of people.
What are the two claims to fame?

7.
The architect firm appointed for the task of restoration of this building
maintained that the main challenge is the exposed-brick structure of the
building. “There are many issues in the old building that have to be
addressed in the present context considering the user needs evolved
over the years. The main challenge is the porosity and quality of the red
brick. Restoration has to be done without damaging the soul of the
building”
Notably, considered as the architectural marvel of the 20th century, it
has aged faster than anticipated, as it withstood the 2001 calamity.
What is this building , which is named after the architect of the place
where this building is situated in?
What was the first film to receive permission to shoot there?.

8.
“Life here has changed since X. A few years ago, the owner of the
café wanted to sell his business, because he had enough. Now that is
totally out of the question! He gives interviews every other day and the
place is always crowded. The tourist trains points out the café when it
passes. Mister Ali, the owner of the Arab grocery, tells everyone who
wants to listen that his life is full of joy thanks to me. At the tourist office
there is a long lines of tourists asking for maps for their pilgrimage
(images follow). And I'm even accused of causing a rise in property
prices! X has really changed more than one life!”
The speaker exaggerates a bit here. Certainly there are more tourists
than before, but compared to the real tourist attractions, this part is still
an oasis of relative peace.
What is X? Which area is being talked about?

1.
Ahead of its arrival into the city X, some locals openly questioned
whether the city was in any state to receive these guys. But a month into
it, and despite misgivings over increased traffic, these guys have won
praise for helping to clean up rubbish-strewn, graffiti-plagued areas.
The visitors are said to have worked with city council workers on the
clean-up project, while their introduction of private security firms has
helped rid the city of much-detested unlicensed parking attendants in
the touristy districts. Location fees have brought an estimated €1m into
public coffers and news website Linkiesta summed up the positive
reaction to the arrival of the visitors with the header –
“The mayor of X is _____ . _____ _____”.
Which city? Who are these visitors?

X- ROME
PRODUCTION TEAM OF SPECTRE

FILMING LOCATION FOR GUZZARISH FROM GHAJINI

X- MICHELANGELO, Y- POPE JULIUS II
PAINTING THE SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING

TOM’S RESTAURANT
The location of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”
Used as the outside for Monk’s Café, from Seinfeld.

7.
The architect firm appointed for the task of restoration of this building
maintained that the main challenge is the exposed-brick structure of the
building. “There are many issues in the old building that have to be
addressed in the present context considering the user needs evolved
over the years. The main challenge is the porosity and quality of the red
brick. Restoration has to be done without damaging the soul of the
building”
Notably, considered as the architectural marvel of the 20th century, it
has aged faster than anticipated, as it withstood the 2001 calamity.
What is this building ,which is named after the architect of the place
where this building is situated in?
What was the first film to receive permission to shoot there?.

LOUIS KAHN PLAZA AT IIM-A
2 STATES

1. X- Rome, Spectre
2. Battersea Power Station
3. Scream
4. Guzzarish
5. X- Michelangelo ,Y- Pope Julius II, Sistine Chapel
6. Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”, Monk’s Café from Seinfeld
7. Louis Khan Plaza at IIM-A, 2 States
8. X- Amelie, Montmartre
ANSWERS

INFINITE POUNCE-2
 +10 on the bounce
 +10/-5 on the pounce
 Want to pounce? Come to me.

16.
The following video is from the Youtube channel - minutephysics.
He here tries to explain an oft repeated quote from a recently
released book and at the end of the video asserts us that the
quote is mathematically/ scientifically correct.
What this quote, which can be very easily worked out by listening
to the video? Also tell the book this features in.

“SOME INFINITIES ARE BIGGER THAN OTHER INFINITIES”
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

17.
This is John Green, writing an open letter to which term/phrase complementing historians
on coming with a catchy name, which according to him they usually don’t?
“Dear __________,
I don’t want to complement you, but that term __________ is just some fantastic branding.
Such a scary term, it’s a shame that people in the actual 14th century didn’t use it. It was
first coined in 1832 by a German doctor JFK Hecker and the term became popular in
English after it was used in a book by Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose. So great job JFK
Hecker. It took a historian who was also a doctor to come up with a name as catchy as the
__________. But for once historians- You did it! A terrifying thing got a terrifying name it
deserved.
Best Wishes,
John Green”

18.
On doing some research, Hank Green found out that, like his wife, nearly
10% of Americans experience discomfort while performing this activity. So
to tap into the supposedly large market he came out with a product which
helped them. He modified the existing product in such a way that it had the
same polarization in all of its lenses. It selectively lets only one image
through it instead of different images coming through its lenses like in the
original.
What did he come with?

19.
Collabro is a British boy band that hit international fame with its
audition for the eight series of Britain's Got Talent. They eventually
went on to win the contest as well. Despite having been together
for only about a month before their audition, their performance
was a massive success receiving extremely positive reviews from
the all four judges with the crowd also bursting into a rapturous
applause.
Quite appropriately, who could be heard singing in the
background just when leave the stage after their audition?

20.
A Herringbone arrangement describes the
positioning of ____ partially and equally askew in
one direction. As the name suggests, the
arrangement looks very similar to the skeleton of a
fish, and has been called “fish-bone ____” in a few
languages.
What is this arrangement of, or just FITB
Where is this arrangement most popularly used?

SEAT ARRANGEMENT.
FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS OF AIRPLANES, AS IT ALLOWS
ALL PASSENGERS TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO AN AISLE,
AND PROVIDES INCREASED PRIVACY .

21.
The Asur Tribe is mainly predominant in the Chhota Nagpur
plateau of Jharkhand state. They are found in the districts of
Gumla, Lohardaga, Palamu and Latehar of the Jharkhand state.
The modern Asur tribe is divided into three sub-tribal divisions,
namely Bir (Kol) Asur, Birjia Asur and Agaria Asur. By profession,
they are traditionally Iron smelters.
What is unique about the way they celebrate Dussehra ?

THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE DESCENDANTS OF
MAHISHASURA AND THUS THEY OBSERVE A PERIOD OF
MOURNING AS THEY BELIEVE MAHISHASUR WAS
TRICKED AND KILLED ON THIS DAY

22.
They have a couple of other defensive bluffs other than their most
well known one. One of them involves flashing their teeth when
cornered or frightened and backing it up with a horrific-sounding
yell. If that fails, they generally flee.
Actually the way we refer to its most famous response is incorrect
as it is not an intentional act of deception but a genetically
programmed reflex action.
What are we talking about ?

OPOSSUMS “PLAYING POSSUM” – PLAYING MAY BE
WRONG AS IT IS NOT ACTUALLY PLAYING, BUT AN
INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE

23.
What you will hear is a song by Hindustani music by Aman Ali
Khan, a singer of Mumbai’s BhendiBazaar gharana.
 What is the original source for Khan’s song?
 In what very specific way does Khan pay tribute to the original
song?
QUESTION CURTSEY – RAVI MUNDOLI

VATAPI GANAPATIM BHAJEHAM BY
MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITA
Khan’s tune is the same as Dikshitar’s but the words are
different. Except one. Khan wanted to salute Dikshitar and
his song by adding the word “Ganpati” in exactly the same
place as the bhajan. He does this by phrasing the words
“lagan pati” in such a way that it sounds like “Ganpati” is
being sung.

24.
The X myth was of Persian origin, where its name was "man-eater".
It passed into European folklore first through a remark by Ctesias,
a Greek physician, in his book Indica ("India"), which spoke on the
natural history of India. X was described as a ferocious beast
indigenous to India and very protective of its territory. It first
appeared in English heraldry in c.1470, as a badge of Y, 1st
Baron of Y, whose distant descendant started the conquest of India
and became one of her first British rulers , thus completing the
circle of life for this specific myth.
What are X and Y?

X- MANTICORE
Y- WILLIAM HASTINGS

25. CONNECT
This 2007 work involving a 35-year-old European who lived sometime
between 1720 and 1810 had the creator initially worried if it was going to
end up looking like an Ali G ring, but he was however happy that the work
appeared ‘ethereal and timeless’ (?). The idea for the piece came upon
observing a similar Aztec piece in the British Museum, which was encrusted in
turquoise.
The title of the work was inspired from his mother’s reaction to one of his
early works as she exclaimed (with a mixture of shock and horror one would
assume), “___________, what are you going to do next?”

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD- DAMIEN HIRST

26.
This is a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and
rubber sole developed as beachwear in the 1830s by
the Liverpool Rubber Company. The shoe was originally called a
sand shoe and acquired the nickname ‘X' in the 1870s. This was
because the colored horizontal band joining the upper to the sole
resembled the ________ ____ and, just like the ________ ____,
the wearer would get wet if water got above the line of the
rubber sole.
What are these shoes called?

27.
Roman Catholic charity Caritas runs food and social programs for
the needy and oppressed. Since 2006, it hit upon a clever way to
raise money. Through this, around €3000 is collected nightly and
about $1.26 million annually. It has also been helped by the Rome
Council passing a law which has made it a crime for people who
tried to do the same thing for personal gains.
How does Caritas get this money?

FROM THE COINS THROWN IN THE TREVI FOUNTAIN
BY TOURISTS

28.
A ______ is a temporary ad hoc computer cluster running
specific software to coordinate the individual computers into one
single supercomputer. It is distinct from other types of computer
clusters in that it is set up and broken down on the same day or
during a similar brief amount of time and involves many
independent owners of computers coming together at a central
physical location to work on a specific problem and/or social
event

29.
X is a subreddit and has around 16000 readers as of now. It is for
pictures of adorable/cute things in settings that one would not
normally associate with positive emotions, such as a smiling child in
the aftermath of some terrible disaster. The disclaimer says
“Please do not be offended by the content of this sub, it is meant
to showcase that good can be found even in the worst places. It
is not meant to belittle the horror or devastation of any event or
place.”
What is the name of this subreddit?

30.
It is thought that Brahmins who worshipped Lord Shiva did this to
signify their domicile and to set them apart from the rest of the
population. Soon, however, the rest of the population followed suit
with one possible reason being it helps keep the interiors cool and
fends of mosquitoes.
There's also an argument that termites are the real reason. Proponents
of this theory believe that, historically, termites caused significant
structural damage to a large number of the buildings. Residents tried
to get rid of them using chemicals including copper sulphate.
These are some of the theories behind what?

REASON FOR JODHPUR BEING THE BLUE CITY

WRITTEN ROUND-3
 Keeping it short
9 questions in total. One has two parts
50 points in total

1.
Who is listed in the Limca Book of Records as the fastest Indian
without an Engine (150 km/hr)?

2.
What was the first service uniform registered with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office ?
(U.S. trademark registration number 0762884)

3.
Which European building gets its name because it was house of
the offices of local magistrates. Hence its name literally means
‘offices’.

4.
This is a mashup of which two entities? (NSFW)

6.
Why did Lineker get the FIFA Fair Play award in 1990 ?

8.
Trailer of a Mini- series based on a book by P.D. James.
It’s a tribute/sequel to what?

9.
When Queen Elizabeth got married to Prince Phillip on November
20, 1947 among the several gifts they received was this intricately
woven piece of lace made of cotton yarn. Whom was it from?

4. THE LEGEND OF KORRA (+5)
WHIPLASH (+5)

6. HE HAD NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE BOOKING IN HIS
PLAYING CAREER

9. MAHATAMA GANDHI- WE STARTED WITH HIM, WE
END WITH HIM

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