School Quiz Finals held at Oakridge International School on 22nd August 2014.

1. OAKRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
TREASURE FEST
BRAINWAVE
22ND AUGUST 2014
QUIZ - FINALS
Sree Nihit & Aditya Varma
CONTACT: sreenihit@gmail.com

2. WITH CONTENT CONTRIBUTION FROM THEJA
KANUMARY AND PRADYUMNA TAMBWEKAR

3. FINALS

4. FORMAT
 4 ROUNDS
 45 QUESTIONS
 2 WRITTEN AND 2 ON POUNCE
 QUIZ MASTER’S DECISION IS FINAL

5. ROUND 1
INFINITE POUNCE
+10/-5

6. Q1.
This country’s top-level domain was assigned to this country shortly
before the country ceased to exist.
The country was to be assigned a four letter domain but was instead
assigned this two letter domain. After it formally ceased to exist, for two
years this nation did not have a top-level domain, following which it was
assigned this domain that is in use now.
The old domain is however still in use, with the new government and
users requesting the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers) to not deregister it.
In 2001, ICANN starting accepting domain registrations with this tld once
again

7. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

8. .SU – (USSR)

9. Q2.
________ is hard outer covering of many insects.
However, today, this world is slowly coming to refer to the machines, which
involve performance augmentation involving body armour being developed
for soldiers that will significantly increase their capacity.
General Electric developed the first _________device in the 1960s. Called the
Hardiman, it was a hydraulic and electrical body suit, however, it was too
heavy and bulky to be of military use.
Perhaps the most prolific example of this is Iron Man.

10. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

11. EXOSKELETON

12. Q3. WHAT IS SVII USED TO STUDY?
The Seaview SVII is an underwater camera built by the Catlin Seaview
Survey team to photograph X and provide visual documentation of X's
health. The camera is designed to be controlled by a diver in shallow
waters, and has a propeller mounted at the rear. Only two SVIIs are
currently in existence.
The survey started in September 2012, and was focused on sections of X
across a range of depths. In addition to imaging shallow X, this also lead
to the discovery of one of the deepest known X, located at a depth of 125
metres.
Imagery generated by the SVIIs was also incorporated into Google's
existing Earth and StreetView platforms to increase public awareness of
the risks faced by X.

13. THE SVII:

14. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

15. CORAL REEFS

16. Q4. FITB.
When ______ first appeared in 1939, his chest emblem neither had a
head nor ears. The number of points along the bottom of _____ varied
but 5 was the most common.
Over the years, it has undergone multiple changes, with curves
appearing and disappearing, the head becoming more prominent
and the shape and size changing.
The latest avatar, which will be seen properly next year, is taller and
thicker when compared to the previous one.

17. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

18. BATMAN’S SYMBOL

19. Q5. WHICH ENTITY/ORGANIZATION’S NEW
LOGO?

20. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

21. THE WORLD TRADE CENTER

22. Q6.
A description of one the earliest versions of this
instrument, from China in AD 132 is as follows:
“A large bronze vessel, about 2 meters in
diameter; at eight points around the top were
dragon's heads holding bronze balls. When
there was an _______, one of the mouths would
open and drop its ball into a bronze toad at the
base, making a sound and supposedly showing
the direction of the ________.”
What is being described?

23. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

24. SEISMOGRAPH

25. Q7.
X was badly injured in 1961 as he was driving home in San Francisco. He collided
with another car and was almost killed and slipped into a coma. His son and wife
spent two weeks at his bedside trying to revive him, but got no response.
One day, about 14 days after the accident, one of X’s neurologists walked into the
room and tried something completely new. He went to X’s bed and asked, “Y, how
are you doing today?” There was a pause then, in a weak voice, came the famous
reply that most people in the world would recognize.
One neurologist’s opinion was that X was such a hard-working professional that
things like Y lived on, protected from the brain injury, deep in his unconscious
mind. The doctor’s question must have sounded like a director’s cue.

26. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

27. X = MEL BLANC; Y = BUGS BUNNY

28. Q8.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) introduced a unique measure to
identify over speeding vehicles and reduce the number of accidents. Even
though the initiative was welcomed, its proved to be useless.
Taxi drivers go up and down the hill at their regular speeds, then stop their
vehicles a few hundred meters ahead of the destination and wait.
This has ultimately lead to more traffic jams and pilgrim inconvenience at
the top and bottom of the hill. Even certain TTD officials admitted the use
of laser speed monitors or some kind of similar technology should have
been installed instead of the present solution.
What method did they introduce?

29. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

30. OFFICIALS RECORD START AND END TIME OF
THE TRIPS
You have to take at least 28 minutes going up and at
least 40 minutes going down.
But drivers go normally, stop the car some distance
before the end and just wait until the time limit is
reached.

31. Q9.
Six ceramic figurines were discovered in a royal X tomb in Guatemala in 2012.
A team of archaeologists believe they have unravelled the mysterious
symbolism behind these artefacts.
One role was to accompany the king to the underworld in 500 B.C.
Four stood at the cardinal points, the corners of the X universe.
Two others, positioned east and west, likely represented the daily cycle of the
rising and setting sun.
That symbol of constant rebirth may allude to the staple crop of corn
sprouting anew every year - a nod to the king's own mythical role as the corn
god.

32. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

33. MAYAN

34. Q10. WHY IS IT FAMOUS?
The southwestern hotel was a lavish hotel built in 1872 next to the
Southampton terminus and the Southampton docks. The hotel has a
direct view of the Southampton docks.
Now known as South Western House, the building is no longer a
hotel and instead contains a number of apartments.
This building is famous for a completely different reason. Why?
Picture on the next slide

36. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

37. THE HOTEL AT WHICH THE PASSANGERS OF THE
TITANIC STAYED IN BEFORE BOARDING THE TITANIC.

38. Q11.
During the Nigerian Civil War of the late 20th century, the Nigerian military
formed a blockade around the nation's newly independent region, Biafra.
France was the only major country supportive of the Biafrans and the
conditions within the blockade were unknown to the world.
A number of French doctors volunteered with the French Red Cross to work
in hospitals and feeding centers in besieged Biafra.
They believed that all people have the right to medical care regardless of
race, religion, creed or political affiliation, and that the needs of these people
outweigh respect for nationality.
The birth of which organization?

39. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

40. MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES/ ‘DOCTORS WITHOUT
BORDERS’’

41. Q12. X=?, Y=?
X fans in Y have started an online petition to have the video game include Y-language
support,. The game is one of the most successful video-game
franchises in the world.
Playing X games in Y and “having deeper understanding of the beautiful X
universe is our biggest dream all the time,” the petition says, adding, “There
is an obvious barrier to bring more players in Y there is no in-game Y
support.”
Adding the language might be a good idea for the company, with Y having
lifted a decade-long ban on video-game sales earlier this year. The petition
notes there are also fewer obstacles to investing in the Y market, including a
reduced threat of piracy thanks to stronger copyright protection

42. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

43. X= POKEMON; Y=CHINA

44. Q13.
Marshal Georgi Zhukov was a famous Russian war hero.
When Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced ______ to Zhukov, the Russian
liked it. But he also knew how Stalin would react if one of his generals was
seen with ________ an American imperialist symbol.
The folks at ________ were as accommodating as could be. A chemist removed
the caramel color, and they put it in a clear bottle with a white cap and red
star. The first shipment of White ______ had 50 cases.
In fact during WWII, the German branch of _____ passed out _____ at Hitler
Youth rallies and displayed huge swastikas at conventions.

45. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

46. COCA COLA

47. Q14.
These elevators are special elevators that operate automatically
without human intervention. Such elevators may stop at every floor,
at alternate floors or rise to the top and stop at every floor while
going down.
Such modes in elevators are activated during certain periods only
and are found in certain parts of the world and serve a very specific
purpose and specific people.
What are these elevators?

48. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

49. SHABBAT ELEVATORS.

50. Q15. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND
THEIR HAIR-COLOR?

51. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

52. AURORA BOREALIS.

53. ROUND II
INVENTIONS
Every question is related to the invention or origin of certain objects.
+10/-0
WRITTEN ROUND.

54. Q1
In 1954 Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt invented the _______.
They saw that existing swing doors had difficulty operating in winds.
So the two men went to work inventing a __________ that would
circumvent the problem of high winds and their damaging effect.
They thus formed Horton Inc. was formed in 1960, literally
establishing a brand-new industry.

55. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

56. AUTOMATIC DOORS

57. Q2
Charles Drew was a honor student at McGill University Medical School, where
he specialized in physiological anatomy
It was during his work at Columbia University where he made his discoveries
relating to the preservation of _______. By separating the liquid ________ from
the near solid plasma and freezing the two separately, he found that _________
could be preserved and reconstituted at a later date.
This revolutionized the medical profession.
What did Charles Drew discover/invent?

58. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

59. BLOOD BANKS/TRANSFUSION

60. Q3.
X did not invent the very first Y, he improved upon the designs of
those invented by Peter Desdega and Michael Faraday. X was also the
inventor of the carbon-zinc electric cell , the grease-spot photometer,
the filter pump , the ice calorimeter and the vapour calorimeter .
X co-discovered the element caesium in 1860, and co-discovered
rubidium in 1861 with Gustav Kirchhoff, and advanced the sciences of
photochemistry and organic chemistry.
His improved version of Y is now called the X-Y.

61. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

62. X = BUNSEN; Y= BURNERS (LAB BURNERS)
- BUNSEN BURNERS

63. Q4.
Percy Shaw, a manufacturer and inventor invented _____ in the 1900s.
The area in which Percy Shaw lived was prone to fog and the local roads were
often hazardous for motorists. He decided to create the _____s that would be
set into the surface of unlit roads. He was inspired by the reflection of car
headlights in road signs.
He set up a company to manufacture the _____ , however, sales were sluggish
until the Ministry of Transport made ________ compulsory for British roads

64. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

65. CAT’S EYES.

66. Q5.
This 95th percentile adult __________ was originally developed by Sierra
Engineering Co. under a contract with the United States Air Force, to be used
for evaluation of aircraft ejection seats on rocket sled tests.
Since then ____ have undergone multiple changes and technological
advancements.
In 1987, a popular company now using and developing this technology
transferred its Hybrid III technology to a _______ representing a 5th percentile
female. Also in the late 1980s, the Center for Disease Control issued a
contract for a family of Hybrid III ______, which included a 95th percentile
male, a small female, a six-year-old child, and a new three-year-old Hybrid III.

67. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

68. CRASH TEST DUMMIES

69. Q6.
The first _______was designed by George W. ______, a bridge-builder from,
Pennsylvania. ______ began his career in the railroad industry and then pursued an
interest in bridge building
He built the _______ for the 1893 World's Fair, which was held in Chicago to
commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing in America. The
Chicago Fair's organizers wanted something that would rival the Eiffel Tower.
It was considered an engineering wonder: two 140-foot steel towers supported it;
they were connected by a 45-foot axle, the largest single piece of forged steel
ever made up until that time. The _______ section had a diameter of 250 feet and a
circumference of 825 feet.

70. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

71. FERRIS WHEEL

72. Q7.
Cecile B DeMille was the first director to use a ______, something that is commonly
associated with directors on the movie set.
It is likely that ________ were a consequence of theatrical costumes, an innovation
from Greece in the 6th century BC.
The most important feature of the theatrical Greek costume was the mask, which
indicated the character's age, gender, and customary mood. The masks were
made of linen, cork or wood and were skillfully carved and painted. Their funnel
shaped mouths are thought to have acted as ________ to amplify the voice.
Many cultures also employ masks with which to disguise the voice in magical or
religious rites.

73. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

74. MEGAPHONES.

75. Q8.
__________ was invented by Earl Silas (1908-1983).
He was a plastics innovator, who began experimenting with polyethylene, a
new material used primarily for insulation, radar, and radio equipment.
Eager to work with the new material, he asked for some material to work with
and his supervisor at DuPont gave him a black, inflexible piece of
polyethylene slag, a waste product of the oil refining process.
He purified the slag and molded it to create light-weight, non-breakable
________.
He patented the ________ seal in 1947. and used "_________ Parties" to market
the product.

76. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

77. TUPPERWARE.

78. Q9.
One of the earliest ______ machine was the mechanical lever _____ machine.
On mechanical lever ______ machines, the name is assigned a particular lever
in a rectangular array of levers on the front of the machine. A set of printed
strips visible to the user identifies the lever assignment for each name.
The machine is enabled with a lever that also closes a privacy curtain. The
selected levers are pulled down to indicate choices.
When the user exits the room by opening the privacy curtain with the handle,
the levers are automatically returned to their original horizontal position.
The first official use was in Lockport, New York in 1892.

79. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

80. VOTING MACHINES

81. Q10.
________ was invented by Christopher Cockerell in 1956.
The theory behind the _______, was first tested in 1955 using an empty
KiteKat cat food tin inside a coffee tin, an industrial air blower and a
pair of kitchen scales.
Sir Christopher Cockerell developed the first practical _________
designs, these led to the first ________ to be produced commercially.

82. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

83. HOVERCRAFTS

84. ROUND III
15 QUESTIONS
+10/-5 ON POUNCE

85. Q1.
This weapon was well known as a sailor’s weapon of choice because
it could cut rope and was useful for close quarters fighting.
It became widely associated with Pirates and many believed that they
originally invented the weapon.
It was popular in the Navy of USA and Britain and was last recorded
in use in 1940. It was however available as a weapon choice in the US
Navy until 1949 following which it became a ceremonial add-on for
the official uniform.
What weapon?

86. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

87. CUTLASS

88. Q2.
________ is a ranking system that is used by the Government of India
to allocate House Rent Allowance to public servants and is also used
by the Indian Revenue Service to provide income tax exemptions.
This ranking or classification system was revised multiple times and
the latest was in 2008 after the Sixth Central Pay Commission’s
recommendation which changed the system by renaming “A-1 to X”,
“A, B-1 and B-2 to Y” and “C and unclassified to Z”.
What ranking system is this or what is X,Y and Z better known as?

89. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

90. TIER I, TIER II AND TIER III CITIES.
RANKING OF CITIES.

91. Q3.
X is a fairly modern sport. It's origins can be traced back
the successful marketing of hotelier Caspar Badrutt, who
enticed English tourists to stay over the winter in St.
Moritz. The more adventurous of English guests soon
became bored and adapted boys' delivery _____ to speed
down the village's roads, lanes and alleys.
What sport?

92. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

93. BOBSLEDDING

94. Q4. WHAT IS THIS ALLOY MADE FROM?
From War to Peace is a company that specializes in jewelry and art
made of a special alloy that they have trademarked called Peace
Bronze™.
The company believes in a world without war and with peace ad
harmony and donates 20% of all profits to peace and social justice
organizations committed to transforming the world like Veterans for
Peace, the National Peace Corps Association, and the International
Peace Bureau etc.

95. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

96. DISARMED NUCLEAR WEAPONS

97. Q5. REFERENCE TO?

98. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

99. KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR POTATO SALAD

100. Q6.
 A company in New York
launched a service to
create unique art works
such as these.
 The final product comes in
17 different color schemes
and four different sizes
and every piece in unique,
 How is this art unique?

101. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

102. GENETIC ART
BASED ON YOUR DNA

103. Q7. BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES OF WHAT AND
WHERE?

106. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

107. CURIOSITY ON MARS.
THE RED DUST COATED THE ROVER.

108. Q8. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND
THESE FONTS/CHARACTERS?

109. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

110. INSPIRED BY NATIONAL FLAGS

111. Q9. WHAT IS IT SAID TO RESEMBLE?
The following are pictures of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. The
building's structural design is said to resemble ________, symbolizing
livelihood and prosperity.

112. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

113. GROWING BAMBOO SHOOTS

114. Q10.
______ Equivalent Dose is an informal unit of measurement
of ionizing radiation that is used as a measure of
comparison and is used to describe the potential dose of
naturally occurring radiation that is present in ________.
An individual _____ is insignificant in terms of medical and
environmental terms, but a truckload of _______ can
trigger false alarms when passing through a Radioactivity
monitor.

115. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

116. BANANA.
BANANA EQUIVALENT DOSE. (B.E.D.)

117. Q11.
A _________ is a V-shaped pattern.
The word is usually used in architecture, or used to refer to a badge
or insignia used in military or police uniforms to indicate rank or
length of service. It is also very often seen in flags or in coat of arms.
It is also the name of a large company that has inverted _______ in
honor of Albert Einstein who used to draw ______ in the margins of his
mathematical notes.

118. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

119. CHEVRON

120. Q12. MAKEOVER FOR WHAT STRCUTURE?
BIGGER PICTURE ON NEXT SLIDE.

122. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

123. PANAMA CANAL.

124. Q13.
In addition to the 80 divers involved, there was an 81st diver who was
tasked with filming the others. This diver had a camera attached to
his forehead.
He was not part of the logo and his job was to fly above the rest. He
therefore timed his jump accordingly; he jumped after the others.
This diver wore yellow while the other 80 wore red. This ensured his
presence didn't distract them from their choreographed moves.
About the logo being the heart of the film, he adds, "In our business,
people shy away from the logo… they put it right at the end. But this
film is like 'manufacture speak' for the brand."

125. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

126. HONDA AD – LOGO

127. Q14.
Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. served as United States Naval Aviator during
the Vietnam War.
In 1965, Commander Denton lead twenty-eight planes on a bombing
mission. After his plane was shot down, Denton was taken prisoner and
remained a POW for nearly 8 years.
In 1966, Denton was forced to participate as an American POW in a
televised press conference by his North Vietnamese captors. He used the
opportunity to communicate and confirm for the first time to the U.S.
Office of Naval Intelligence that American POWs were being tortured in
North Vietnam.
He repeatedly _____________ during the interview, spelling out the word,
"T-O-R-T-U-R-E" using ____________. He was later awarded the Navy
Cross for heroism while a prisoner of war.

128. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

129. USED MORSE CODE BY
BLINKING HIS EYES

130. Q14.
A Guide X is an experimental mobility option for blind people who do not
wish to or cannot use a guide dog.
They are provided by The Guide X Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide
miniature X as assistance animals to blind users living in rural areas.
There are several advantages to using a X rather than a dog.:
Miniature X, with an average lifespan of thirty years, live much longer than
dogs, and for those allergic to or frightened of dogs, a X could make a good
alternative.
However, a X must live outdoors, requiring a shelter and room to move about
when not on duty.
Guide X users may also find difficulty in transporting a miniature X on
limited-spaced public transportation, such as on buses or taxis. Some
individuals also are concerned that a X's powerful fight-or-flight instinct may
lead it to have less predictable behavior than that of a dog.

131. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

132. GUIDE HORSES.

133. Q15
In the late 1960s in USA, a man names John Hengel heard a woman say that
she relied on grocery store dumpsters to find food for her children. She gave
him an idea: create a place where food could be _______ and _________, as at a
________. Today X's are on the rise around the world.
In the United States and Australia, X's usually operate on the "warehouse"
model. They act as food storage and distribution depots for smaller front line
agencies; and usually do not themselves give out food directly to the hungry.
Outside North America and Australia, the "front line" model is often found.
Such X give out most or all of their food directly to the end users.

134. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

135. FOOD BANKS.

136. ROUND IV
 WRITTEN ROUND
 ADVERTISEMENTS
 +5 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

137. Q1.

138. Q2.

139. Q3.

140. Q4.

141. Q5.

142. ANSWERS:

143. Q1.

144. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

145. KARATE

146. Q2.

147. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

148. AUDIO BOOKS

149. Q3.

150. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

151. ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

152. Q4.

153. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

154. MONOPOLY

155. Q5.

156. ANSWER FOLLOWS.

157. SAFARI

158. SCORES.

159. THANK YOU!