Q-factor General Quiz 2022

Rules
1) There are 20 questions each carrying 1 point.
2) There is no negative marking.
3) Part points will be given wherever applicable.
4) QM discretion is ﬁnal.

Question 1
Reddit recently changed their logo to the pixelated version (shown in the
next page) to celebrate r/Place which was brought back from 2017 for April
Fools day. r/Place is a social experiment involving an online canvas which
users can edit by changing the colour of a single pixel from time to time.
Some people are speculating, however, that Reddit added a subtle touch to
this to bring attention to something else.
What is being talked about here?

Question 2
These are a few conditions to be considered as X:
1. The individual must be a human of regal lineage, either by birth or
marriage.
2. They cannot debut in a sequel and must be a main character from the
start.
3. On-screen they should sing at least one song.
ID X.

Question 3
The use of the term X, was ﬁrst recorded in 1923, in an episode of "Fat Anna's
Future". It came to use ﬁrst when Adolph Spreckel’s heir to the Spreckel's
sweet fortune, married a woman and called himself as X.
Papa Sucker is a candy bar on a stick manufactured by Tootsie Roll
Industries. It was later renamed as X in 1925 with a slogan "Of all the pop
family, this is papa". The reason for the name change might be due to its
increasing popularity at that time (Spreckels). A series of the chocolate bars
were later released in 1965 featuring other members.
ID X.

Question 4
In February this year, a priest in America resigned after a church investigation
discovered that he had been doing baptisms incorrectly for over 20 years.
The Father used to say, "We baptize you in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
However, one word was wrong in this statement, since the baptism is in fact
not done by a _________.
Which word is misused here, and what is it supposed to be? Put funda as to
why it is wrong.

Question 5
Evolution has proved that humans and Chimpanzees are more closely related
to each other than any other primates. But in 1996, it was observed that
Chimps do not have a similar fingerprint to humans whereas another animal X
has very much identical ones. Apparently, fingerprints are a perfect example of
convergent evolution similar to the wings of bats, birds and insects.
Firstly, they aid in grip and help X to hold on to rough surfaces like branches
and tree trunks for a long period of time. Secondly, they increase the
sensitivity of touch. Xs are very picky eaters and their fingerprints allow them
to inspect the food before chomping down.
ID the animal X.

Question 6
The reason X got his name is not explicitly mentioned in the movies.
However, there is a story behind it.
Apparently, young X was initially named ‘Taka’ which usually means garbage
in Swahili. His brother's name meant ‘king’. The story of how ‘Taka’ became X
goes so - X tricked a buffalo into attacking his brother, but when X started
laughing at his own trick, the buffalo attacked Taka instead.
He was saved by his father, to whom the newly damaged X said, “From now
on call me X. Father, I won’t forget what happened today, I promise.”
Who is X and his brother?

Question 7
In India millions die due to diseases caused by poor hand hygiene every year.
The simple act of washing hands before a meal can make all the difference,
yet people forget to do so. In order to remind people Lifebuoy undertook a
campaign during a major periodic religious event where millions of people
gather.
Over 30 days, people in 100 kitchens stamped 2.5 million hot and freshly
prepared Xs using a specially crafted heat stamp. The stamp contained a
message reminding people to wash their hands before they sat down to eat.
What was the religious event? What was the simple reason behind choosing
Xs to convey the message?

Question 8
In Bolivia, there are very few ATMs making them accessible to only the privileged.
Due to the scarcity of ATMs, people are unable to access their money and younger
people do not open bank accounts at all. However Xs in Bolivia are present at
almost every street corner and carry a significant amount of cash with them.
Taking advantage of this, a start-up converted the Xs promoting financial inclusion
and changing the lives of millions. Using the app built by the start up, users simply
had to enter the amount they required and a nearby X would accept and deliver
the amount.
What did the start-up do, something that was a first of its kind?

Question 9
In today’s interconnected world there have been various name changes
of different common terms to avoid confusion due to the language
barrier. One such example might be the abbreviation of X.
X which when abbreviated in French is TUC and in English is CUT. This
led to a compromise resulting in the widely used acronym not actually
meaning anything.
ID X.

Question 10
Contrary to popular belief, the main reason for X being banned from Y
was not due to the decrease in air quality. In fact Xs being allowed in Y
led to better air quality for all passengers as it forced Y to replace the air
more frequently.
The actual reason X is banned from Y is due to the extra cost Ys had to
incur for replacing air. Without Xs, Y now uses a mixture of recycled and
fresh air leading to worse, more infection ridden air.
ID X and Y.

Question 11
The company X is one of the world’s largest producers of a certain product
which dominates 90% of the market of an Asian country which has been the
talk of the world's newspapers.
The product is brought illegally in the country and can be clearly seen as a
tool used by the people to roam on it’s terrain. Reason for its popularity can
be attributed to an early anti-Western sentiment during the Soviet Union's
occupation of the country in the 1980s and the fact that they’re rugged
enough for the country’s terrain, and they have air-conditioning to beat the
summer heat.
Id the country and X.

Question 12 (to be continued)
Kapparot is a traditional Jewish religious ritual that takes place around the
time of the High Holy Days, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Classically, it is performed by grasping a live chicken/rooster by the shoulder
blades and moving around one’s head three times, after which it is
slaughtered. Then it is donated to a charitable cause to be eaten, or simply
sold and its value donated.
Animals lived and died in order for us to live. Of course, the slaughtering of
the chickens does not erase one’s __________, but it does force one to confront
them.

Question 12 (continued)
What did the chickens represent? (Blank not indicative)
Also, why was there a controversy in the Western world regarding this
tradition (which didn’t make sense due to the fact that the chickens were still
being eaten)?
Hint: A parallel in Christianity exists regarding the central ﬁgure sacriﬁce.

Question 13
Legend says that X ﬁrst appeared during World War 2 on the Pentecost Island
in the South Paciﬁc. According to the natives of the village, one day a couple
had a quarrel and during that, the husband died after falling from a tree, but
the wife didn't by doing something.
From that day, men in the village started practicing _______. Every man has a
ritual bath and then climbs the tower while his wife is brought to the tower.
She then has to listen to husband’s complaints in front of the whole village.
After the speech, the man has to ____ to prove his manhood.
The tradition remained till today and has become a tourist attraction, not just
in this area but around the world. ID X.

Question 14
Research was conducted on a question which barely requires any thinking
to answer.
To conﬁrm if any external factors can change the answer a person gives to
this question, they were blindfolded. To the researchers’ surprise a good
percentage of the participants went against the answer, which any normal
individual would provide if they are not blindfolded.
Hence they came to a conclusion that like size-weight illusion, differences in
how easily the objects can be controlled by muscular forces also affect a
person’s judgement.
ID what question the research was conducted on.

Question 15
The earliest documented case of this phrase is said to have appeared in
1970s episode of Saturday Night live, used by Chevy Chase during the
weekend update on the show. The phrase got popular at that time
because of its usage in Wayne's World skits on SNL and later in the
Wayne's World movie, but most of us got to know about this phrase
because of its repeated usage in a popular sitcom from the 2000s.
However, it is also believed that this phrase is a twist of a British phrase
from the 1900s, as the actress says to the Bishop.
What phrase?

Question 16
X was a popular name for Y in its homeland in earlier days. When the
rules were first being defined, it was named ___ Y to distinguish it from
the other forms of Y. Out of habit, some students at Oxford University
shortened the term, after a common practice of adding 2 particular
letters to the end of nicknames. Shortly after this, with a slight
modification, the term changed to X and got popular all over the world.
However, this nickname X is still used in most of the countries where
other forms of Y are dominant.
What is being explained?

Question 17
The Miraculous Journey is a series of 14 bronze sculptures by the artist
Damien Hirst. The sculptures are situated outside the Sidra Medicine in
Doha, Qatar.
The sculptures show the development of ______, ending with a 46ft tall
sculpture of ______. Hirst said that "Everyone talks about our life's
journey, but we have a whole journey before you're ____, hence these
sculptures.”
What do these series of sculptures depict?

Question 18
It was in 1959 that a certain horn antenna was built as a part of NASA’s project
Echo. In 1964, two scientists working on this antenna to remove interference
were unable to identify a source of random noise. Its design was intended to
eliminate noise from the surroundings, but a noise persisted and
interference from urban areas, nuclear tests, or pigeons living in X were all
ruled out.
After they finally figured out what the __________ _________ was, they went on
to win a Nobel Prize for the discovery, which confirmed a theory.
What are we talking about?

Question 19
Gambling is banned in almost all states as it is a pure game of luck and
many people get addicted to it but _______ games are still played almost
everywhere. X is the most popular _______ game in India, which has a lot
of craze generally during summer months.
Stating that, “The public are cheated in the name of "X" game and
people become culprits of gambling and betting without having proper
knowledge of the law”, Chandresh Sankhla went to Rajasthan High Court
to stop this. However, Rajasthan High Court dismissed the plea afﬁrming
that it is not gambling.
ID the company X and the reason given by court while dismissing the
plea.

Question 20
Each year, thousands of children go missing in Pakistan and the resources to
locate them are limited. It becomes especially hard to locate children who get
displaced to areas where there is no media coverage.
In order to tackle this issue, Berger Paints came up with an unusual way to
help out. They made use of a certain 'art form' that is famous in Pakistan as
well as India, usually featuring faces of famous celebrities, cultural motifs
or certain phrases. They replaced these with the faces of missing children to
spread awareness in remote areas across the country.
What did Berger Paints do?

Tie Breaker
Bottlenose dolphins have plenty of techniques of hunting prey including fish
whacking and strand feeding, but their _ technique is a highly intelligent
strategy.
In this technique ,The Bottlenose dolphins work as a team while hunting.
A dolphin hits the ocean floor with its tails as it swims to stir up the mud on
the sea bed and then they swim in a certain manner around school of fishes .
ID the manner in which they move and how it results in hunting their prey.

Answer
Reddit talking about the situation in Ukraine.

Question 3
The use of the term X, was ﬁrst recorded in 1923, in an episode of "Fat Anna's
Future". It came to use ﬁrst when Adolph Spreckel’s heir to the Spreckel's
sweet fortune, married a woman and called himself as X.
Papa Sucker is a candy bar on a stick manufactured by Tootsie Roll Industries.
It was later renamed as X in 1925 with a slogan "Of all the pop family, this is
papa". The reason for the name change might be due to its increasing
popularity at that time (Spreckels). A series of the chocolate bars were later
released in 1965 featuring other members.
ID X.

Answer
"We baptize" should have been "I baptize." And getting that word wrong
nulliﬁed all of the rituals he performed using that language.
The issue with using 'We' is that it is not the community that baptizes a
person, rather, it is Christ, and Him alone, who presides at all of the
sacraments, and so it is Christ Jesus who baptizes.

Answer
X - Scar from the Lion King
Brother - Mufasa

Question 7
In India millions die due to diseases caused by poor hand hygiene every year.
The simple act of washing hands before a meal can make all the difference, yet
people forget to do so. In order to remind people Lifebuoy undertook a
campaign during a major periodic religious event where millions of people
gather.
Over 30 days, people in 100 kitchens stamped 2.5 million hot and freshly
prepared Xs using a specially crafted heat stamp. The stamp contained a
message reminding people to wash their hands before they sat down to eat.
What was the religious event? What was the simple reason behind choosing Xs
to convey the message?

Answer
Kumbh Mela
X - Roti
Rotis were chosen as a medium as
it is a part of almost Indian’s daily
diet, hence ensuring the message
reached everyone.

Question 8
In Bolivia, there are very few ATMs making them accessible to only the
privileged. Due to the scarcity of ATMs, people are unable to access their
money and younger people do not open bank accounts at all. However Xs in
Bolivia are present at almost every street corner and carry a significant
amount of cash with them.
Taking advantage of this, a start-up converted the Xs promoting financial
inclusion and changing the lives of millions. Using the app built by the start up,
users simply had to enter the amount they required and a nearby X would
accept and deliver the amount.
What did the start-up do, something that was a first of its kind?

Answer
They created the ﬁrst ever mobile ATM network.
X - Taxis
People enter the amount of cash they require and any taxi nearby would
accept the request and deliver the amount to the person.

Answer
Coordinated Universal Time (called UTC)

Answer
X- Cigarettes
Y- Planes

Question 11
The company X is one of the world’s largest producers of a certain product
which dominates 90% of the market of an Asian country which has been the
talk of the world's newspapers.
The product is brought illegally into the country and can be clearly seen as a
tool used by the people to roam on its terrain. The reason for its popularity can
be attributed to an early anti-Western sentiment during the Soviet Union's
occupation of the country in the 1980s, the fact that they’re rugged enough
for the country’s terrain, and they have air-conditioning to beat the summer
heat.
ID the country and X.

Answer
X- Toyota
Country- Afghanistan

Kapparot is a traditional Jewish religious ritual that takes place around
the time of the High Holy Days, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Classically, it is performed by grasping a live chicken/rooster by the
shoulder blades and moving around one’s head three times, after which
it is slaughtered. Then it is donated to a charitable cause to be eaten, or
simply sold and its value donated.
Animals lived and died in order for us to live. Of course, the
slaughtering of the chickens does not erase one’s __________, but it does
force one to confront them.

What did the chickens represent? (Blank not indicative)
Also, why was there a controversy in the Western world regarding this
tradition (which didn’t make sense due to the fact that the chickens
were still being eaten)?
Hint: A parallel in Christianity exists regarding the sacriﬁce of the central
ﬁgure.

Answer
The chicken represents human sins.
They believe that as they move a
chicken/rooster around one, the sins of
them will go to the chicken and eventually
it will die by saving human lives.
In the Western world, people believed that
this tradition was animal cruelty.

Question 13
Legend says that X ﬁrst appeared during World War 2 on the Pentecost
Island in the South Paciﬁc. According to the natives of the village, one day a
couple had a quarrel and during that, the husband died after falling from a
tree, but the wife didn't by doing something.
From that day, men in the village started practicing _______. Every man has
a ritual bath and then climbs the tower while his wife is brought to the
tower. She then has to listen to husband’s complaints in front of the whole
village. After the speech, the man has to ____ to prove his manhood.
The tradition remained till today and has become a tourist attraction, not
just in this area but around the world. ID X.

Answer
Bungee jumping (used to be called Gol jumping)

Answer
What is heavier, 1 kg of lead or 1kg of feathers?

Answer
Why football is called soccer in some countries
X- Soccer
(Derived from Asoccer)
Original name - Association football

Answer
The sculptures depict the development of a human (inside the
womb (foetus) to a baby boy)

Question 18
It was in 1959 that a certain horn antenna was built as a part of NASA’s
project Echo. In 1964, two scientists working on calibrating this antenna
to remove interference were unable to identify a source of random noise.
The device’s design was intended to eliminate noise from the
surroundings, but a noise persisted and interference from urban areas,
nuclear tests, or pigeons living in the antenna were all ruled out.
After they finally figured out what the __________ _________ was, they went
on to win a Nobel Prize for the discovery, which confirmed a theory.
What are we talking about?

Answer
X - Dream11
Reason: “The competitions where success depends upon the
substantial degree of skill are not gambling and it is not a mere
game of chance.”

Question 20
Each year, thousands of children go missing in Pakistan and the
resources to locate them are limited. It becomes especially hard to locate
children who get displaced to areas where there is no media coverage.
In order to tackle this issue, Berger Paints came up with an unusual way
to help out. They made use of a certain 'art form' that is famous in
Pakistan as well as India, usually featuring faces of famous celebrities,
cultural motifs or certain phrases. They replaced these with the faces of
missing children to spread awareness in remote areas across the
country.
What did Berger Paints do?

Answer
They used truck art to spread awareness about the missing children.

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Written - Theme
Bounce-Pounce
2

Rules
1) There are 8 questions - Bounce/Pounce
2) K-circle pounce rules
3) +10/-5 on pounce, +10/0 on bounce.
4) Pounce will be open for 30-45 seconds after
the question is read.
5) Part points are applicable only for bounce.

If one were to look at the history of the Kohinoor Diamond, from the mining
stage till its present whereabouts, they would ﬁnd a neat tale of Indian
history.
Originated in the Kollur mines under the jurisdiction of Kakatiya rulers , a
‘patron’ _____(5) was made the owner of the diamond. Later Alauddin Khilji
brought the empire of Kakatiyas under his regime and took the gem for
himself. The diamond travelled through the hands of Babur and Humayun to
Sher Shah Suri to Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb and Maharaja Ranjit Singh of
Patiala. Ultimately it reached the British Crown.
contd…

According to a legend no male owners of the diamond could lead a long
life with the diamond in possession as evident from history. Only a
‘female’ could possess this precious item and survive.
Apart from Queen Elizabeth, there was only one other owner who
theoretically couldn’t face the wrath of the diamond.
ID the other owner.

Answer
Goddess Bhadrakali of Bhadrakali temple, Warangal

Question 2
The origin of the phrase X is not clearly known. One of the believed
reasonings is as follows.
Before the advent of the announcement system in Indian Railway, the
ringing of the bell was used to alert passengers about the arrival of a
train on the platform. It is still used in small stations in India.
The bell was struck 5 times when the train used to reach 2 stations
before destination, 4 times when it reached one station before
destination and the bell would be struck 2 times before leaving the
platform. This inspired the phrase X meaning ____ .
ID the phrase.

Answer
Phrase - Nau do gyarah
Bell used to be struck 9 times (5 times two stations before+4 times one
station before) before train arrives at platform , 2 times when it is going
to leave and then train used to run away (which is symbolized by 11 i.e.
9+2).

Question 3
Ronny and Dany Abergel are social workers from Denmark who started a
unique concept to give out social messages. Established in 2000, the
_____ (5) library aims at removing ‘prejudice, social exclusion or stigma’,
by giving intimate details of the victims through a library analogy. But
instead of lending books, they lend something else. Their library
catalogue changes frequently based on availability of _____.
What is so special about this place?

Answer
The Human Library. They lend humans instead of books. It acts as a
therapy for the victims who share their experiences and interact with
the visiting crowd.

Question 4
Though most of the structures and monuments in Hampi were built
using the Vijayanagara style of architecture, one particular structure
indicates the usage of Indo-Islamic architecture. What is interesting is
that, this structure is perhaps one of the only surviving examples of
_______ housing which symbolises the royalty and power of the empire.
While it may be a common site in ancient Indian kingdoms, for the
west it was something new.
The structure comprises a long line of 11 chambers, all with lofty arched
doorways opening onto a large open space. The above architecture was
done keeping in mind the practical necessity of daily use involved with
the structure.
What was it used for?

A decade ago, an ad agency was instructed to make a safety video for
Melbourne Metro Trains, and they decided to put out a safety message
that was different from any other standard safety message video. More
importantly, Metro Trains reported a 21% decrease in train station
accidents the following year.
As a result, one of the most popular YouTube videos of that year was
produced with colorful and quirky animation, A song also followed
which was on the charts in many countries and at least 6 different
games throughout the 2010s were released based on the same.
contd…

The album art of the above given song portrays 4 bean shaped
characters crossing the road on a metro rail and all the characters are
very injured.
ID what is being talked about here and the inspiration for the album
art.

Answer
Dumb Ways to Die
Abbey Road - Beatles

Question 6 (To be continued)
● In a Dragon Ball Z movie, one of the minor villains is called ‘The
Dictator’. This person was resurrected from hell along with his army
and was invading countries. One of the protagonists, Gotenks is the
one who arrives to save the day.
● ‘The Dictator’ based on how the character looks, proclaims
something which is an allusion to a certain someone from real
history.
● The second picture shows one of the special moves of Gotenks,
where a part of his soul goes and self destructs near the opponent.
This again is a direct reference to a certain something from real
history.

● ID what ‘The Dictator’ said after looking at Gotenks.
● Also ID the name of the special move, which is named after
something that happened in real life.

Answer
The Dictator states he should have recruited gotenks into his army as
he has blonde hair, blue eyes and super strength. (Aryan Features)
The special move is Kamikaze Ghost, reference to the Japanese
Kamikaze planes.

Question 7
Although Xs which can be seen on websites are not given any ofﬁcial
names, they are popularly known by the way they look such as kebab,
fries, hot dog, strawberry, etc. The ﬁrst form of X (3 parallel lines) was
invented around the 1980s for a Xerox system. Though it made the task
of organizing easier, it wasn't preferred as companies felt people tend to
miss out on valuable information and not realise the true potential of
their services.
But after three decades, it became highly popular as big companies
started using different versions of it to meet the demands of a new
industry.
What is X and why was it popularized in the last decade?

Answer
X - Navigation Menus
With the advent of smartphones, big
companies like facebook started
using menus to save screen space in
their apps.

Question 8
● A certain occurrence in the 1980s led to Australian beer companies
changing the design of their bottles from the little bumps on the
surface to smooth glass.
● This was due to a problem regarding an insect, which was solved
once the problem was noticed to occur due to the design of the beer
bottle.
● Why did they change their design? Video follows.

Answer
Beer companies in Australia learned that their bottles were having a
discernible effect on the population of jewel beetles due to the
males spending useless hours fornicating. This was because of the
dimpled nature of the bottles, which is quite like the female jewel
beetle.

Rules
1) There are 5 questions based on a theme
2) No negatives, +10 for each correct answer
3) Part points wherever applicable
4) Submit all your answers together at the end

Question 1
Estimates say around 10000 people in total were required for this
task, and surprisingly enough all were well fed.
Papyrus records show enough cattle were killed each day to
produce 4000 pounds of meat. Amount of animal bones near the
work site and nutrition requirements of a person doing heavy labor
(pulling limestone on sledges) was used to make the discovery.
People getting better and meat rich food than what they could get
at home mostly became a driving factor for recruitment.
What was this workforce creating at such a big scale?

Question 2
‘Castle Bravo’ was a nuclear test conducted by the US at the Marshall
islands in 1954. Unfortunately the test wasn’t conducted in total isolation.
As it happened a Japanese ship was in the vicinity of the test site.
Twenty-three crewmen suffered from acute radiation symptoms as a
result. This led to widespread protest in Japan with people comparing
this incident to Hiroshima and Nagasaki episodes of nuclear
catastrophes.
The entire event inspired the creation of a cultural icon which would go
on to become extremely popular amongst their citizens. This creation
became synonymous with anything disastrous, be it nuclear bomb or
an earthquake.
contd..

Question 2 (Continued)
The best example of this is the reaction after Fukushima Disaster. Google
searches for this creation skyrocketed after the plant meltdown. Which
creation are we talking about ?

Question 3
ID what socio-economic
issues these items of
clothing were created to
raise awareness about :

At the age of 17, X began dissecting corpses from the church graveyard
which seems to be the reason of X’s proﬁciency in human anatomy. This
has convinced many historians that everything within X’s famous
artwork has a meaning.
Some people have interpreted that the borders of the red cloth in the
artwork correlate with the parts of the brain such as the frontal lobe,
optic chiasm, brainstem, pituitary gland, and the cerebrum.
contd..

Others speculate that X wanted to depict the human birth process with
the red cloth around ___ depicting the shape of a human uterus thus
showing an idealised representation of the physical birth unlike other
interpretations
ID the artwork.

Question 5
Biomimicry is the latest ﬁeld of inventions which is used to make better
out of the best. Such was a special suit built by ______ which was one of
the main reasons for the record breaking performance by a veteran(X) in
2008 summer olympics. This suit was built with inspiration from Y since
Ys are experts in navigation of their natural habitat when it comes to
hunting, sometimes inciting emotions of fear from their onlookers. ID X,
Y and why was the performance special.

Question 1
Estimates say around 10000 people in total were required for this
task, and surprisingly enough all were well fed.
Papyrus Records show enough cattle was killed each day to produce
4000 pounds of meat. Amount of animal bones near the work site
and nutrition requirements of a person doing heavy labor (pulling
limestone on sledges) was used to make the discovery.
And people getting better and meat rich food than what they could
get at home mostly became a driving factor for recruitment.
What was this workforce creating at such a big scale?

Answer
The Great Pyramids of Giza

Question 2
‘Castle Bravo’ was a nuclear test conducted by US at the Marshall islands
in 1954. Unfortunately the test wasn’t conducted in total isolation. As it
happened a Japanese ship was in the vicinity of the test site.
Twenty-three crewmen suffered from acute radiation symptoms as a
result. This led to widespread protest in Japan with people comparing
this incident to Hiroshima and Nagasaki episodes of nuclear
catastrophes.
The entire event inspired the creation of a cultural icon which would go
on to become extremely popular amongst their citizens. This creation
became synonymous with anything disastrous be it nuclear bomb or an
earthquake.
contd..

Best example of this is the reaction after Fukushima Disaster. Google
searches for this creation skyrocketed after the plant meltdown. Which
creation are we talking about ?

Answer
1. Child Marriage
2. Malnutrition
3. Single Use Plastic / Using plastic bags while grocery shopping

Question 4 (To be continued)
At the age of 17, X began dissecting corpses from the church graveyard
which seems to be the reason of X’s proﬁciency in human anatomy. This
has convinced many historians that everything within X’s famous
artwork has a meaning.
Some people have interpreted that the borders of the red cloth in the
artwork correlate with the parts of the brain such as the frontal lobe,
optic chiasm, brainstem, pituitary gland, and the cerebrum.
contd..

Others speculate that X wanted to depict the human birth process with
the red cloth around ___ depicting the shape of a human uterus thus
showing an idealised representation of the physical birth unlike other
interpretations
Id the artwork.

Question 5
Biomimicry is the latest ﬁeld of inventions which is used to make better
out of the best. Such was a special suit built by ______ which was one of
the main reasons for the record breaking performance by a veteran(X) in
2008 summer olympics. This suit was built with inspiration from Y since
Ys are experts in navigation of their natural habitat when it comes to
hunting, sometimes inciting emotions of fear on their onlookers. Id X,Y
and why was the performance special.

Answer
X - Michael Phelps
Y - Sharks
8 Gold medals in single olympic

In the early 18th century, due to its popularity, X was seen as a source of
revenue and therefore, a tax was paid on each X. The ﬁrst to implement
this tax was Queen Anne in 1588 .
Until 1828, in order to show that the tax for a speciﬁc X has been paid, a
hand stamp was used on _________ after the wrapper had been removed.
Image on next slide shows stamps that were used at the time.
contd…

In 1828, the stamp practice was replaced with ofﬁcially printed ____ which
were similar in appearance with previous stamped ones . When this
______ was placed inside the X, it meant that the manufacturing
company had paid the tax.
In the 1960, the tax was formally put to an end but the custom of ______
remained.
That's why even today, we can see the special nature of one of the
particular elements of X.
ID what we are talking about.

Answer
X- Deck of cards
Why only Ace of spade is decorated among all

Question 2
Prior to the rise of common literacy, most writing was done with the
intent of being read aloud, as opposed to just being read. Around 1440,
the birth of the Gutenberg Printing Press, due to the increase in literacy
rates, the rules of X began to change, this led to multiple changes to how
the English language was written.
In an attempt to “scientize” language, X was split up into various rules
and methods which led to the decreasing use of the Y in language that
still continues to this day. The use of Y has been increasing due to the
emergence of a relatively recent ﬁeld.
ID Y.

The reason for why most companies in this field do this is because of a
certain reaction.
When the ‘hops’, (these are green cone-shaped flowers of the Humulus
plant, whose tiny yellow pods are responsible for the source of
bitterness, aroma and flavor in this product), in this product are
exposed to strong light, a photooxidation reaction takes place, creating
an undesirable compound. This results in a funky taste, similar to the
stinky smell produced by a particular animal. This is why the community
in this field dubbed this process as ________, after the animal.
contd…

To prevent the product from acquiring this unwanted taste, most
companies opt for a certain packaging choice. This is because all that is
required is something that will shield the product from this reaction
(which occurs due to strong light) taking place.
Also, the use of this material over plastic is due to the fact that it prevents
the product from going stale, as plastics let in oxygen over time.
Put funda regarding the product and packaging choice.

Question 4
In Canada reports of domestic abuse went up since the start of the pandemic
as women had to spend more time at home with their abusers. A shelter that
supports women affected by domestic abuse, decided to set up a special
stands at certain places, arguably the only places where abusers allowed
victims to go on their own.
At ﬁrst, the stand seems to be normal but upon closer inspection the stand
contains bruised ___ (5) exposing the rotten truth of abuse. The stands also
provided crucial information and helpline numbers in an ingenious manner
so that women in need had the life-saving information in their hands.
What did the stands contain? How was the crucial information provided?

Answer
Blank - fruit
The stands contained rotten and bruised fruits reﬂecting on the
condition of abuse victims. The crucial information was printed on the
stickers on the fruits.

Question 5
While some beers are bottled before fermentation is complete, most
commercial beers are pumped with CO2 which leads to beer being so
frothy, but alcohol readily absorbs foam and does not steadily release the
absorbed CO2.
A consistent layer of foam on top is possible only if some sudden small
action triggers the formation of CO2 bubbles which ends up rising to
the top to form the foam.
Beer glasses at bars achieve this by modifying the glasses in which the
drinks are poured into.
What modiﬁcation?

Answer
Beer glasses are etched or scratched
at the bottom which serve as the
starting point for bubble formation

Question 6
GPT or Generative Pre-trained Transformer is a language prediction
model that is created by OpenAI. GPT-3 is the third generation of the
model and uses deep learning to produce human like text.
Recently GPT-3 was also used to produce images, with just a line of text
as input, this led to the creators of GPT-3 naming the program _- a
portmanteau of X and Y due to the futuristic model’s ability to produce
images from surreal combination of objects.
ID the model’s name/ X and Y.

Question 7
“________'s _____________ - will it work?”
What apt Kafkaesque headline was given to a news article highlighting
the change that a tech company went through last year.
It also signalled that the company was branching out and was linked to
more than one product, and that “____” was a better representation of
what the company is working towards and transforming into.
Fill in the blanks.

Question 8
The Nike C is the ﬁrst track shoe released by Nike during the 1972
Olympics, but the naming of C was inspired from the previous
edition of the Olympic Games i.e the 1968 Olympic Games held in
Mexico.
The C was to be originally named A but Adidas then threatened legal
action because it sounded similar to their own track shoe model.
In response to Adidas, Nike decided to name the new model after C,
who around 4 centuries ago had conquered the As.
ID both A and C.

Answer
A - Aztecs
C - Cortez
Nike named the shoes after Hernan Cortes, the Spanish Conquistador
who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.

Tie Breaker
Bottlenose dolphins have plenty of techniques of hunting prey
including fish whacking and strand feeding, but their _ technique is a
highly intelligent strategy.
In this technique ,the Bottlenose dolphins work as a team while hunting.
A dolphin hits the ocean floor with its tails as it swims to stir up the mud
on the sea bed and then they swim in a certain manner around school
of fishes such that fishes come closer and closer .
ID the manner in which they move and how it results in hunting their
prey.

Answer
Dolphins moves around school of ﬁshes while stirring up mud in kind of
whirlpool manner which results in ﬁshes coming closer and closer to
each other and thus they jump out of water and get caught by dolphins
surrounding them .

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