Techofes Buzzer Quiz - Finals

Techofes Buzzer Quiz
Finals
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1
What is the inspiration behind the design?

2
What distinct list did he join?

In the third ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of South Africa, Virat Kohli played
a Man of the match innings of getting 160* runs off 159 balls. The innings
happened to be the longest ODI innings of Kohli with 12 fours and 2 sixes.
Along with this being Kohli’s 34th ODI century, this innings gave Kohli a
certain distinction of being the first Indian to something in ODIs (which has
only been replicated 4 other times by batsmen from other nations) and also
placing him 5th in that particular list which is headed by Gary Kirsten.
What very particular feat that Kohli achieved?

Getting a century only by running
Out of his 160*, 100 runs were from running between the wickets.

This sculpture called Non Violence was made after a certain incident in 80’s.
What?

In the old days sailing ships used tar and pitch to seal the wood hull from
sea water and to keep the ropes from rotting. To protect their hands the
officers started wearing gloves. But the gloves turned very dirty so in order
to not show their superiors the dirty palm of their gloves the officers started
this tradition which has followed till this day.
What?

Falconer Madan worked as the Librarian of the Bodleian Library of the
University of Oxford. On 14 March 1930, he read the story in The Times, and
mentioned it to his granddaughter Venetia. She suggested the name X for it
after someone who was able to make himself invisible − and Falconer
Madan forwarded the suggestion to Herbert Hall Turner, who cabled his
American colleagues. On 1 May 1930, the name was formally adopted.
Whether she was really the first person to propose the name has been
doubted on plausibility grounds, but the historical fact is that she was
credited as such.

Collis is a small hill or knob on a celestial body. This word describes only the
external view of the features, but not their origin or geological structure.. On
Venus, the colles are named after sea goddesses and on Mars, after nearby
albedo features.
What are they named after on Titan with names like Handir, Miloth?

On 27th May 2015, technology website Polygon published an article titled,
"You'll never believe what NSFW word Merriam-Webster just added to the
dictionary!“
This title referred to two words that had been added. One of them was
"NSFW"; what was the other?

Chubby Hubby is one of the most famous flavors of Ben and Jerry's ice
cream. In September 2009, the name of the brand was changed from Chubby
Hubby to Hubby Hubby for the whole month. Why?

9
What is the purpose of the wall?

The picture of a wall in the Peruvian capital city Lima.

South Korea passed the Shutdown law on May 19, 2011. The Shutdown Law
forbids children under the age of 16 in South Korea from playing online video
games between 12:00 A.M. (midnight) and 6:00 A.M. During the shutdown
period, access to online games is to be blocked for all gamers aged under 16.
This law has also been called the X law after a famous literary character.
Find X.

Where has he picked this up from?

In 1999 this industry needed a marketing name for the new products that
conformed to the technical specifications called 'IEEE 802.11'.
'IEEE 802.11' didn't have much of a ring to it, and the industry association
wanted a catchy name. They came up with X, and that's what's been used
ever since
"It didn’t hurt that the name rhymes with a term that, back in the day,
referred to high-quality sound systems. Some people even say that X
therefore stands for '____ ____,' but those who were involved in the industry
association's process of selecting a name say it's not really true. They say
that the name was always just X"

It is commonly believed that the inspiration for X comes from a
near-symmetrical pyramidal peak in the Alps. However, according to the
founder’s sons, it originates from a certain pyramidal formation that dancers
at the Folies Bergères created as the finale of a show that he saw.
X?

The X Party (Swedish: Kalle Anka-partiet) is a Swedish frivolous political
party named after the character X. The party has received joke or protest
votes without actually existing for several years. In the 2014 elections, the
party received 133 votes, the 24th most voted for party in the Riksdag
elections and the third largest party without pre-printed ballots.
Watching the character’s shows were a Christmas tradition in Swedish
culture. According to mobile provider Telenor, data usage on their network
dropped by 28 percent during the hour when the show was aired last
Christmas.

5
The Times of India came up with this acrostic a few weeks back. What was
its theme?

6
The Global Language Monitor (GLM) has been selecting the Top Words of the
Year since 2000.
On December 7, 2017 GLM announced Truth as the Top Word for the Year and
X effect as the Top Phrase of the Year along with #MeToo.

7
Scene from first match of All Stars Cricket. Who are these fans dressed up
as?

8
Practical reason behind the logo.

The WWF got the idea of using Chi-Chi, a female giant panda at London Zoo.
The team felt "the big, furry animal with her appealing, black-patched eyes"
would make an excellent logo.
What was the other more practical reason for using this?

While strolling along a shopping street in Vienna, Wenner-Gren spotted the
Santo vacuum cleaner, an American machine that was also being sold in
Europe. It had a motor and a pump, weighed 20 kilos, and was sold for the
daunting price of SEK 500 kronor. He then thought that if the machine could
be made lighter and cheaper, he could sell one in every home. It was there
and then that Wenner-Gren hatched the first idea that was to become the
company X.

This tournament has been played every year on Lake St. Moritz since 1988
and a modified version is played in Estonia every year since 2004.The
invention of the Estonian version is credited to Barry Jason, a British expat
and former Estonian cricket president who was determined to increase the
visibility of Estonian cricket throughout the year. The rules are similar to six
a side rules where wides count as two runs with no extra ball, with leniency
given to the bowler as he finds it tough to stand up most of the time.
What Tournament?

The disappearance of red-colored X is a direct result of the limit on X
imports. When the U.S. was importing X , the shells would often be splotchy
in color. The shells got stained from traditional harvesting methods in
which the X weren't immediately hulled and washed. Since the appearance
of these stains was unappetizing, X producers in the Middle East took to
dying the shells bright red to hide the stains
ID X

What is the subreddit reddit.com/r/shubreddit dedicated to?
Dedicated to his aschent as they’ve mentioned in the subreddit.

Leipzig and Luxembourg were briefly considered as the location . The Soviet Union
had wanted Berlin as the location since it was the capital city finally X was chosen as
the site for two reasons, with the first one having been the decisive factor:
• The Palace of Justice was spacious and largely undamaged (one of the few buildings
that had remained largely intact through extensive Allied bombing of Germany), and a
large prison was also part of the complex.
• X was considered the ceremonial birthplace of the Nazi Party. It had hosted the
Party's annual propaganda rallies and the Reichstag session that passed the X Laws.
Thus it was considered a fitting place to mark the Party's symbolic demise.
X?

Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard

5
The sound effect accompanying what was developed by sound
designer Ben Burtt as a combination of the hum of idling interlock
motors in aged movie projectors and interference caused by a
television set on a shieldless microphone?

6
For Sandman, Neil Gaiman took X as the inspiration for Lucifer. Looking at
the strip, guess who Lucifer was based on?

7
What is this New Trend called? Or who is the inspiration for it?

8
Some believe that the oldest recorded use of X comes from ancient Egypt, about 4800 years
ago. Sedges, rushes and reeds, growing alongside the well-known papyrus were twisted and
braided into X.
The circle was the symbol of eternity, with no beginning or end, not only to the Egyptians,
but many other ancient cultures. The hole in this was considered a gateway, or door; leading
to things and events both known and unknown
The materials these were made of didn’t last very long and soon were substituted with
leather, bone or ivory.
The Romans also eventually adopted the usage of X but with their own twist, using these
as a symbol of ownership.

9
The _____ is a type of backsword, usually with a curved, single-edged blade
and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as
the thumb and forefinger. Based on a medieval type of single-edged weapon,
it was adopted as the weapon of heavy cavalry in Early Modern warfare.
An extinct group of mammals had the name of the weapon as part of their
name due to the resemblance of an anatomical feature in their body to the
weapon
FITB.

10.
How do we know the woman better?

10
This is Sharbat Gula being examined by an ophthalmologist for her iris
patterns and eye freckles. How do we know her better?

The rivalry of Indra and Asuras and their descendants derived from Hindu
and Buddhist religions where the Devas, led by Indra, are in constant battle
against the Asuras. In the teachings, Asuras were malevolent and Indra was
benevolent. In this particular series X , however, the brothers' roles were
reversed.This famous series follows the adventures of ____, an adolescent
boy who searches for recognition from his peers and the village and also
dreams of becoming the , the leader of his village.
Id X

X: Naruto uzumaki from the series Naruto

2
The Devotion of Suspect X is a 2005 novel by Keigo Higashino, the third in
his Detective Galileo series and is his most acclaimed work thus far. The
novel won him numerous awards, including the 134th Naoki Prize, which is a
highly regarded award in Japan.
How did this novel make news in Indian movie circles in 2013?

Drishyam is *allegedly* based on this.

3
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte took over as the President of the Philippines,
after a controversial tenure as Mayor of Davao City. Duterte was known for
his tough tactics against criminals, which allegedly included the use of
vigilante groups.
What nickname was he given thus?

The very first logo, which was supposedly drawn on a napkin, was an
idealized picture of Ben Lomond Mountain. This mountain was a prominent
part of the background for the creator of X, so he decided to make it the logo
of his company.
The 24 stars surrounding the mountain represented the 24 actors and
actresses that had signed with X to create movies. As an added point of
interest, the number of stars would either grow or shrink on the logo
depending on how many actors and actresses were signed on.
X?

5
Who are these people trying to imitate?

6
The title of this book refers to the temperature that the author thought was
the autoignition temperature of paper. Though this is popularly believed to
be correct, scientists place the autoignition temperature at + or - 20 degrees
from the title depending on the study and type of paper.
What?

8
An unconventional fielding position, more commonly found in the lower
reaches of the game, on the midwicket/long-on boundary. The term is
thought to have originated at Dulwich College where there was a part of a
field containing livestock on that edge of the playing area. Fielders were
dispatched to the "___ ______"
What cricketing term?

9
This is Adidas’ultra boost. What is the design inspired from?

This is Spinal Tap being the only movie to be rated out of 11 as a tribute to
the line “These go to eleven” from the movie.

1
The 1968 Summer Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 1968
Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, Mexico. The route was chosen to celebrate
the link between Latin-American and Mediterranean civilisations.
Three locations were seen as key to the route:
Genoa, Italy
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
The island of San Salvador
Why were these places chosen in particular / What were they retracing with this
route?

The route was designed to replicate that taken by Christopher Columbus in
his first visit to the New World. Three locations were seen as key to the
route:
Genoa, Italy – The birthplace of Christopher Columbus
Palos de la Frontera, Spain – The port from which Columbus sailed
The island of San Salvador – The first land encountered on the voyage

2
Ernesto Arturo “X” was a Mexican - American citizen born on March 9,
1941 in Mesa, Arizona. He was a constant troublemaker even from his early
days and was first criminally convicted during his eighth grade. He was
convicted in the kidnapping of an 18-year old girl in 1963. Following the
verdict by Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1966 “X” v. Arizona trial, a new rule
was brought in U.S. law enforcement. He became quite popular after this and
even started signing “X” cards for $1.50.
X?

3
In the 2017 Video Game “Cuphead”, a certain villain is named “Hilda Berg”.
Hilda Berg is a female humanoid, pink skinned, zeppelin hybrid. After the
first phase of the boss fight, Hilda berg changes into a plane like figure.
The second phase form and her name is a direct reference to a famous
entity/incident which happened in 1937.
What entity/incident?

4
These are some artworks by Liu Bolin.
What is special about them?

Camouflage art
He manages this feat without any digital retouching or manipulation.
Instead, he and his team hand-paint his clothes and skin to match every
detail of the scenery, and find just the right camera angles that allow him to
blend seamlessly into any background

5
The tale is that portrait painters used to charge more for larger paintings and that a head
and shoulders painting was the cheapest option, followed in price by one which included
arms and finally the top of the range portrait. This might have been the possible etymology
of a certain phrase.
The Athenaeum Portrait was one such portrait painting without _____________ but the
painter assures it was not for expense reasons. The painter claims that the painting was
shelved only after the death of the person in question.
Also, Identify the phrase.

6
Formula One is ending the use of X as of January.
“While the practice of X has been a staple of Formula One grands prix for
decades, we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and
clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms,” said commercial
manager Sean Bratches.
“We don’t believe the practice is appropriate or relevant to Formula One and
its fans, old and new, across the world,” he added.
What are they doing away with?

7
The transgressor must carry out cleansing rituals, which vary according to
who you ask, but include:
* Turn three times, spit over your left shoulder, and utter a filthy
profanity out loud.
* Recite a line from another ______ ______.
* Leave the theatre, spin around while brushing yourself off, say ‘X’ three
times, then ask for permission to re-enter the building.
What is this ritual about?

8
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, tennis players ordinarily wore "tennis
whites" consisting of long-sleeved white button-up shirts (worn with the
sleeves rolled up), flannel trousers, and ties.
René Lacoste, the French seven-time Grand Slam tennis champion, felt that
the stiff tennis attire was too cumbersome and uncomfortable. He designed
a white, loosely-knit piqué cotton which he called the “jersey petit piqué”
with a shirt-tail longer in back than in front.
What resulted thus?

9
Ryan Reynolds posted this pic on February 12 wishing Josh Brolin a
happy birthday. Who is the guy in the painting?
Ryan Reynolds posted this pic on February 12 wishing Josh Brolin a happy
birthday. Who is the guy in the painting?

His character Brand in Goonies

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X Lungs is a new name for hypersensitivity pneumonitis which is a
potentially fatal inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling certain
allergens.
Something like this probably never happened before because until recently,
X was made from leather and needed to be “seasoned” to stay in working
order. That seasoning had an antiseptic effect.
Now they’re made of synthetic fabric that doesn’t need treating but which
does then provide a perfect environment for dangerous spores to thrive.

1.
How are these guys collectively called?
Kambei Shimada
Gorōbei Katayama
Shichirōji
Kyūzō
Heihachi Hayashida
Kikuchiyo
Katsushirō Okamoto

.ck is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for X. Business
organisations in the country use .co.ck. To avoid misuse domains considered
profane will not be considered on any level, and the application will be
dissolved with the applicant being notified, and future requests for the same
domain name will be ignored.
Which country with total area lesser than Chennai?

3
Explain the symbolism behind the design of the Centre portion

Mount Ararat with Noah's Ark sitting atop it. According to tradition, the ark
is said to have finally rested on the mountain after the great flood. Ararat is
considered the national symbol of Armenia

4
The year 1816 was known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe
climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease
by nearly 1 °C accompanied by severe food shortages in the Northern
Hemisphere.
The Earth had already been in a centuries-long period of global cooling that
started in the 14th century and the existing cooling was aggravated by a
certain incident.
What led to the severe drop in global temperature?

5
Called as crinolines, they were made of
various materials such as horsehairs,
cotton, steel etc.
Reaching its peak fame in the mid 19th
century, what purpose did it serve?

It's not actually an acronym. It's just a word with no phonetic pronunciation
-- a treasured and carefully-guarded point in the space of four-character
strings.
The preferred form is all lower-case. In formal contexts where a lowercase
word shouldn't start a sentence, all capital is an okay alternative
An unofficial explanation as to the origin of the name goes like this

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Leonardo Pisa published a book Liber Abaci (Book of calculation) in 1202.
Part of the book was dedicated to Understanding Indian numerals, but part
of it was a textbook of word problems and solutions.
One of the problems, rephrased a bit, was “How many pairs of rabbits can be
produced in a year from a single pair if each pair produces a new pair every
month, each new pair reproduces starting at the age of one month, and
rabbits never die”. What did this question give rise to?

His other name was Fibonacci .
Gave rise to Fibonacci series .

In a few footballing nations, the national team is called the ‘National
Selection’, meaning that these players have been selected to represent their
country.
Now, just tell me what’s the Portugese word for ‘The Selection’.

When the Normandy landing was being planned in England, the Allied
Forces feared that their progression would be delayed in French cities where
all signage had been taken down or destroyed. So after getting the
permission from the company, these were used as guides for Paris since its
maps were judged the best and most up-to-date available.
However in modern days these are not known for their maps but are
considered as bibles for another profession.
What was used?

An exploding cigar
A cigar laced with botulinum toxin
A tuberculosis-infected SCUBA diving suit
A booby-trapped conch shell
A ballpoint pen containing a syringe full of poison
A jar of cold cream full of poison pills
Thallium salts to make his beard fall out
LSD to make him ramble meaninglessly on the radio
What are these, which include 600 more entries?

Fidel Castro assassination attempts

Which drug was named due to the fact that it was six times as powerful as
existing cough medication?
This drug is also featured prominently in a TV show

Vicodin is six times as potent as codeine when taken orally, hence the name
VI (roman numeral 6)-codin.

3
Hot Shots! is a 1991 film which stars
Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer
and Kevin Dunn.
The plot :
"A talented but unstable fighter pilot
must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a
mission sabotaged by greedy weapons
manufacturers."
By looking at the plot and the poster of
the movie, tell me what this film parodies?

4
It was designed by Alec Fraser-Brunner, who was the curator of the Van
Kleef aquarium, for the logo for the tourism board. It does not feature in any
local folklore or myth.
Doctors in the country use it as verb to refer to the act of vomiting, probably
due to the constant gushing of water from the mouth.
What?

Mike Conley was a late 1800s professional heavyweight boxer born
inPennsylvania and resided in Ithaca, New York. He was known as the
"Ithaca Giant". He was described as a bonafide heavyweight with a
"heavyweight" punch. He was reportedly the Heavyweight Champion of the
Northwest. His greatest weakness as a boxer was said to be his lack of
boxing finesse.
How is he now known as or where do you see him?

6
“Zinedine Zidane” is a 2014 song by the Melbourne-based band ‘Vaudeville
Smash’. The song is a simple rap of various football players with each verse
ending with Zinedine Zidane.
The song became a viral hit on Youtube after it was revealed that the singer
was X, who was planning to retire after the World cup at that time.

7
Name the trope or the reference
Guns are weapons. That's why there are various rules for safely handling them. When these
rules are not followed, whether it be by experts or untrained J Public, there's a chance for a
negligent discharge. That's when somebody gets shot. Sometimes in the face. This trope
occurs when somebody didn't follow the Gun Safety requirements or simply has a shoddy
weapon that goes off, hurting, killing, or destroying a lot of property, and the gunshot is not
played for comedy.

8
Put funda to this non-exhaustive list.
Bill Gates - 4
Albert Einstein - 2
Stephen Hawking - 4
Alan Turing - 5
Werner Heisenberg - 4
And who would be credited with the number 0?

X was targeted for death by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), in retaliation for his Algerian
initiatives. Several assassination attempts were made on him; the most famous took place on 22
August 1962, when he and his wife narrowly escaped from an organized machine gun ambush on
their Citroën DS limousine. X commented "Ils tirent comme des cochons" ("They shoot like
pigs").[Frederick Forsyth used this incident as a basis for his 1971 novel Y.
A copy of the Hebrew translation to Y was found in possession of Yigal Amir, the Israeli who in
1995 assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel.
The novel Y received admiring reviews and praise when first published in 1971, and it received a
1972 Best Novel Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The novel remains popular, and
in 2003 it was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
Id novel

X:De gaulle -the french president
Y:The day of the jackal

10
Finkelstein's test is a physical exam maneuver used to diagnose the de
Quervain syndrome. To perform the test, the examiner grasps the thumb and
sharply deviates the hand toward the ulnar side. If sharp pain occurs along
the distal radius (top of forearm, about an inch below the wrist), de
Quervain's syndrome is likely.
What is the other name given to the de Quervain syndrome?

Blackberry Thumb / Texting Thumb

1
The late scientist, Carl Sagan, in his book, Cosmos asserts that the X signifies
the cycle of evolution and destruction of the cosmic universe (Big Bang
Theory). It is the clearest image of the activity of God which any art or religion
can boast of." Modern physics has shown that the rhythm of creation and
destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and in the birth and
death of all living creatures, but also the very essence of inorganic matter.

2
It is described as a yell consisting of a series of approximately ten sounds, alternating between the chest and falsetto registers of the voice,
follow -
a semi-long sound in the chest register,
a short sound up an interval of one octave plus a fifth from the preceding sound,
a short sound down a Major 3rd from the preceding sound,
a short sound up a Major 3rd from the preceding sound,
a long sound down one octave plus a Major 3rd from the preceding sound,
a short sound up one octave from the preceding sound,
a short sound down a Major 3rd from the preceding sound,
a long sound down an octave plus a fifth from the preceding sound.

It is due to the Geordie pronunciation of the word "_ _ _ _". It is actually the "_ _
_ _ army" pronounced in the Geordie way as the "X Army", and the media has
subsequently labelled the team supporters as the X Army.
Geordies represent major portion of the Tyneside or the North East. In many
respects, Geordie speech is a direct continuation and development of the
language spoken by the Anglo-Saxon settlers of this region. So what they
actually mean is the "_ _ _ _ Army", pronounced in the Geordie way as the "X
Army".
This is the reason behind calling the premier league team Y as the “X army”.

Newcastle United - The Toon Army (meant to be The Town Army)

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