Quiz held as part of the Panjim October Monthly

1. Panjim Monthly- Oct ‘16
@AAM_aadmi__

2. General Rules
• +1 on a direct, +1 on a pass
• If unanswered, the next question goes to the
next team
• Blanks are generally indicative of answer
length
• Harsh rule: -1 for blocking a clue and not
answering correctly
• Pounce throughout the quiz
• You pounce on your own question, you retain
the next

3. Written Round
• 15 questions
• +1 for correct answers
• +5 bonus for all correct

4. • In quizzing parlance, what is FUQ?
• If Brexit: Britain’s exit from EU :: Rexit: ?
• Bajaj launchedAvenger FLG.What does FLG
expand to?
• Many athletes competed under ROT flag.
What it stands for?
• What Olympics sport has these types: foil,
epee, sabre?
• IoT: Internet ofThings :: IoE : ?
• What flavour did Durex purpotedly launch?
• Wire or rim, bridge, pad arm, Hinge, end

10. Exchange Papers

11. • ________ were village-sized exile
communities mainly of fugitive Brazilian
slaves in colonial Brazil, during
the Portuguese rule between the 18th and
19th century.The purpose of these
settlements was to protect the slaves from
the Portuguese opposition, thanks to their
hidden location, which was difficult to find for
the punitive military expeditions. Clue
Anybody?
• The name was in news last month thanks to a
Restaurant.

12. This viral phenomenon is attributed to Sanjay
Londhe who lived in a small 8x10 feet room in
Rajewadi, a slum area at Nanapeth. He created
it for his daughter Prajakta, his ‘creation’ was
inspired by the day to day life incidences and
books that he has been reading all these years.
Though it has its roots around 20 years back, it
came into prominence just last year. Clue: ?
Some of SEQC-ians got a live demo of this at
DTR

13. Eric Moussambani Malonga from Equatorial Guinea won
brief international fame at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He
swam his heat of the 100m freestyle in 1:52.72 - more than
double that of his faster competitors. Still, it was his new
personal best and an Equatoguinean national record. He
later became the coach of the national swimming squad of
Equatorial Guinea.
At Rio, An Ethiopian Olympic swimmer Robel Kiros Habte
(5ft 9 tall and 179lbs) was swimming in the Preliminary
Men's 100m Freestyle heats at the OlympicAquatics
Stadium. Of the 59 competitors across the eight heats, the
24-year-old swimmer was ranked 59th and only managed
to finish half a lap behind everyone else with a time of 1
minute 4.95 seconds.
What moniker did the
audience/media bestow upon them?

14. In Apr 2015, the Maharashtra State transport
commissioner Mahesh Zagade issued a circular
banning the use of something, as it was seen to
cause severe noise pollution and an urgent need
was felt to do away with it and culturally
sensitize people regarding the same.
The origins of whatever was banned is not
clearly known, but many theories have been
proposed, including the use of Kerosene during
WW II (and its extremely unreliable nature).
What did Maharashtra ban?

15. You will watch a song clip as a part the Durga
Puja theme of Suruchi Sangha, one of the
popular pandals in south Kolkata.The song has
been sung by Shreya Ghoshal and the music
composed by Jeet Gannguli.Which famous
‘artist’ has penned the lyrics?

16. The _________ Cup is an architecture prize, given
annually by the magazine Building Design to "the
ugliest building in the United Kingdom". It was
launched in 2006, with the first winner being Drake
Circus Shopping Centre in Plymouth by Chapman
Taylor.The award was inspired by the _________
Awards, which the Scottish architecture magazine
Urban Realm, had been presenting to buildings and
areas in Scotland since 2000.The names of both
awards are derived from a comment by Charles,
Prince ofWales, an outspoken critic of modern
architecture, who in 1984 describedAhrends,
Burton and Koralek's proposed extension of

17. Connect

18. Which is the Longest “domestic” flight?
IATA (InternationalAirTransport Association)
defines “domestic” as two places with the same
ISO country code.
St. Denis, Reunion-RUN to Paris-CDG operated
by Air Austral covering 5,809 miles in 11h
10mins on a B777.This is same ISO code to same
ISO code, so quite technically it’s the longest
non-stop domestic flight in the world.

19. Daicel,Takata , Autoliv,TRW and KSS are the
major manufacturers the Supplemental
Restraint System that has become an important
part of our life.What am I talking about?
SRS airbags?

20. Orchis italica, or the Italian orchid, is a species
of orchid native to the Mediterranean. It prefers partial
shade and low nutrient soil and flowers in April. O. italica
grows up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in height, with bright
pink, densely clustered flowers and are found commonly
and widespread in the Mediterranean in large clusters.
What are they commonly known owing to their
distinctive appearance?
Naked Man Orchid

21. Credits of which movie read thus:
• “Starring God’s Perfect Idiot”,
• “A Hot Chick”
• “A BritishVillain”
• “A CGI Character”
• “A MoodyTeen”
• “A Gratuitous Cameo”
• “Produced by Asshats,”
• “Directed by an OverpaidTool,” and
• “Written by the Real Heroes Here.”

22. • Identify this voice of the actor who starred on
Broadway in the musical BuckWhite. Billed by
his birth name, he played a militant black lecturer
who addresses a meeting organized by a black
political group in Oscar Brown Jr.'s musical
adaptation of Joseph DolanTuotti's Off-
Broadway play BigTime BuckWhite. Clue?
• He was famous at a different profession which
the government banned him from pursuing and
he needed to pay lawyers to keep him out of jail,
paying alimony to his first wife, supporting his
current wife and child.

23. Thanks to one ‘Italian Stallion’, a group of aspiring
actors looks set to ‘graduate’ from the ‘University of
____’, courtesy of Italian actor, Rocco Siffredi.
Bestowing a group of hopefuls with all the knowledge
he has acquired from his time as a actor – which has
seen the star take the lead in over 1,300 films – the
‘Siffredi Hard Academy’ is a reality show which will
strive to document the actor’s training.
Italian news site, Perfil, reports how the actor is eager
to show his methods of working and, emphasizing how
the show will not be scripted.
From the thousands of individuals who applied, Siffredi
helped to whittle the number of ‘students’ down to the
final 21 – seven women and 14 men – where he will

24. The 4th edition of what world festival was held
at the Jungle Dance Café,Arambol-Goa in
January 2016.What festival?

25. NBC has revealed that a new 10 episode show
based on the popular app is in the works.The
show will put in-studio contestants in direct
competition with viewers at home using their
mobile devices.The in-studio players can win up
to $1 million if they are successful in the eight
rounds. At-home players will receive the money
allocated to the round they win only.To be one of
the at-home players, you will need to qualify
through the app. Launched as an app in 2013 and
has since amassed over 75 million users and has
peaked at the top of the App Store rankings in
over 100 countries to date. In recent months, the

26. In September 2015, a girl named Meadow sued
Porsche for wrongful death on Monday,
claiming their sports car (Porsche Carrera GT)
suffered from numerous design defects.The
lawsuit filed by Meadow Rain ______ seeks
unspecified damages for defects that her
lawyers claim kept the driver trapped in the car
when it crashed and burst into flames. How do
you better know this girl?
PaulWalker’s daughter

27. Arthur Edward Jeune "James“ Collins (18 August
1885 – 11 November 1914) was an
English soldier. He is most famous for achieving
something for Clark’s House against NorthTown
in Clifton College in 1899 over four afternoons in
June 1899.This record stood for 116 years
before being recently broken by an Indian lad.
What record?
Pranav Dhanawade scored 1,009 not out,
from 327 balls, for K. C. Gandhi High School,
Kalyan

28. X named to orchid varieties grown at Sikkim
Cymbidium Sardar and Lycaste Deendayal,
while Chief Minister Pawan Chamling had
named one orchid Cymbidium X.

30. Which ‘work’ ‘literally authored’ by Prem Bihari
Narain Raizada and decorated by Nandalal Bose
and Beohar Rammanohar Sinha has such
beautiful motifs and frames?
Images in the following slides

32. Officials said they have finally solved the
mystery after days of leaving officials and
spectators bewildered — and kind of grossed
out.
The reason was mentioned as 160 liters of
hydrogen peroxide that was ‘mistakenly’
dumped into the water by a contractor.This
had an adverse reaction with the chlorine in the
water, neutralizing the chlorine and allowing
“organic compounds” to grow, including algae.
Many have complained about the murkiness of
the water, and some said their eyes hurt after
using it. However officials said the water did not
pose a health risk to its user. What much in news

34. During the height of outsourcing boom this company
SeaCode presented a new concept called “Hybrid-
Sourcing”.An innovative engineering service which
creates high-end software engineering jobs in the
U.S. while still providing lower overall costs for our
clients.This approach combined the capabilities and
convenience of their San Diego-based software
engineering center with the proximity and reduced
costs of our unique engineering facility.The result of
this completely new business model is the creation
of U.S. engineering jobs and lower blended costs for
U.S. clients.
With Hybrid-Sourcing SeaCode brings already
offshored jobs back to the U.S. and ensures that 90
cents of every dollar from our clients stays in the
U.S. instead of flowing to foreign locations.
How did they plan to achieve this?

35. Pictured here is Kenny Backer, who was 3ft 8in
tall and died recently at the age of 81. He was an
English actor and musician.Which to this day
iconic character did he portray which got later
replaced by radio controlled props and CGI?

36. Chaai Biskoot

37. Pehchan Koun?
• 7 Photographs
• 8 people to be identified
• +1 for each correct answer
• Bonus 2 for getting all correct

45. Exchange Papers

46. In India we have the IRNSS, Russia has
GLONASS and China is expanding its regional
BeiDou into a global system, operated by its
military. Europe’s GALILEO is a civil global
system.
Which is the most well-known, one owned by
the U.S. Air Force; which we are all familiar with
and even use quite often?

47. As per one account, this icon was drawn to
resemble Neptune'sTrident, the mighty
Dreizack. In lieu of the pointed triangles at the
tip of the three-pronged spear, its promoters
decided to alter the shapes to a triangle, square
and circle. It also denotes how interconnected
the world has become, thanks to the
technological innovations that it has imparted.
What symbol?

48. The name of this place - full of low rise
structures which had been built there earlier as
tenements for workers employed in the nearby
docks - does not come from the vegetable but is
a corruption of ‘Behind the Bazaar’, the latter
referring to Crawford Market built in 1889.
Name this (in)famous place.
Clue: ?
It has a Hindustani music gharana named after
it.

49. All you must be aware of music composer
Ravindra Jain passing away in the recent past. It
is said that Jain was so enthralled by X's voice
(whom he is credited for bringing to Hindi
movie ), if he ever received his vision, X would
be the first person he would want to see. Jain
has described X as the 'Voice of India' and
together they gifted some very memorable
songs.

50. ______ is a family of confections made
with sugar or honey,
roasted nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios, haze
lnuts, and macadamia nuts are common),
whipped egg whites, and sometimes
chopped candied fruit. It’s consistency is chewy,
and it is used in a variety of candy bars and
chocolates.The word comes from Occitan,
seemingly from Latin panis nucatus 'nut bread'.
There are 3 basic kinds : white, brown
andViennese/German.
Hint: However some recently released
‘flavour/version’ made this much more well

51. ___ debuted its edible nail polishes in Hong Kong in May
2016.The polish is available in couture-quality packaging
in ___'s red and white corporate colours.The product
itself was housed in half-ounce square bottles
emblazoned with the slogan "It's ______ ______ ____".
The "Hot & Spicy" flavour came in a trendy burnt orange
shade similar toTabasco hot sauce and "Original Recipe"
was a dirty olive green colour with black specks.
Both are entirely made of edible ingredients: spice blends
suspended in starch, with vegetable gum added so they
stick to your finger nails for a day or so. With no
preservatives, each batch - made by spice company
McCormick in Singapore - must be refrigerated
and lasts for only five days.

52. This piece (Mogo) is inspired on the one hand,
by Raag Bilawal which expresses innovation and
dynamism, and on the other by Raag Shudh
Kalyan which reflects the caring, humane nature
of the company.You will find contemporary
western instruments such as the Piano and Guitar
accompanying our very own Sitar, thus creating a
wholesome blend of global aspiration and Indian
earthiness.
Our Mogo reflects the two dimensions of what we
stand for:
Trust Created through being caring and reliable
reliable over the last two decades. Progressive
changeTo address the ever changing needs of our
needs of our customers

53. In January 2015, three students aged 20 to 22
died close to a speeding train.They were
travelling toAgra to see theTaj Mahal on
Republic Day and had stopped the car they were
travelling in at the railway track to attempt the
'daredevil'.
In Nagpur, seven youths drowned in a lake in
March a their boat had tipped , while attempting
this.
InTamil Nadu, an engineering student died at
Kolli Hills.The rock on which he was standing
cracked and gave way, plunging him 60 feet and
causing his death from head injuries.
In November, two students died in Gujarat after
slipping down the bank of the Narmada canal

54. CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani, has suggested
that the ministry of information and
broadcasting allow the board to bestow a new
category of certification—the ‘_’ rating—on
_______ films that provide clean family
entertainment.
Apart from government recognition, this rating
would make these films eligible for tax benefits,
the granting of which is a state-specific subject.
Q for quality

56. If Nupoor Abrol, Astrid Lobo, Sherene Pavan,
Sunshine, Massey were the some of the other
part of the ‘crew’, who was the more famous
one missing from the list.
Clue:
The name was back in news earlier this year.

57. America’s top civil servants get feted Hollywood-style,
with a black-tie gala and the presentation of their version
of the Oscars—the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America
Medals. Now in their 15th year, the awards are the
brainchild of the non-profit Partnership for Public Service,
which solicits nominations from government departments
and agencies, the contractors and associations that work
with them on a daily basis, and the public at large.The
goal, in addition to simply recognizing outstanding and
often life-saving work, is to boost the reputation of civil
service and encourage federal employees to strive for
success rather than merely avoiding embarrassing failures.
What are these awards popularly known as?

58. • odds by adidas q.mp4
• odds by adidas.mp4

59. Ad for what?
Question: Govinda ek, Dahi Handi Anek - Q.mp4
Answer: Govinda ek, Dahi HandiAnek - A.mp4

60. In February 2016, Ohood bint KhalfanAl Roumi
was appointed the UAE’s Cabinet thus
becoming UAE’s first Minister for what?
Here is she swearing in.
.

61. • The “grandmaster attack” in online chess is
a ruse in which someone who doesn’t know
how to play chess can beat an expert. Explain
how?
• The player simultaneously challenges two
grandmasters to an online game of chess, and
uses the moves chosen by the first
grandmaster in the game against the second
grandmaster, and vice versa.

62. This place formerly Bandar Beheshtī is Iran's
southernmost city. It is a free port (FreeTrade
Zone) on the coast of the Gulf of Oman.The
overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants
are ethnic Baluch who speak the Baluchi
language. Due to its status, the city has
increased in significance in international trade
and was very much in news in India for
Government has taken up development of the
port and a 900km railway line allowing itself
strategic advantage. Name this port/city whose
name has bases on Persian word for Four
Spring. Hence, it means a place that all four

63. World championship of which ‘sport’ is divided
into
1A Single Hand StringTrick
2A Two Hands LoopingTrick
3A Two Hands StringTrick
4A Offstring
5A Counterweight
AP Artistic Performance

64. Theme Round
• Four questions
• +1 for correct answer
• Connected by common theme
• +4/-4, +3/-3, +2/-2, +1/-1
• Mahesh! Non-exhaustive 

65. Former Miss India(1965) turned actress, known
for her role as Deltan navigator Lieutenant Ilia in
StarTrek, was first Indian to present awards at
the 1980 AcademyAwards, along with actor
William Shatner.
She featured in a few Hindi serials and guest
roles in many series like Mike Hammer. She
wrote and published a coffee table book, titled
'Pride of India' which featured several former
Miss India winners.
She last acted in the role of Chair of the
Congress of Nations in the 1993 pilot episode of

66. Which principal songwriter, lead singer, and
bassist for the new wave rock bandThe
Police from 1977 to 1984 was born as ‘Gordon
MatthewThomas Sumner’. Give me his stage
name.

67. Considered one of the most iconic and widely
used of all novelty items, these were first
marketed in the early 1940s and are instantly
recognizable to people throughout the world.
Today are often used as a shorthand
for slapstick.Also known as the beaglepuss, are
a humorous novelty disguise based on the stage
makeup that caricature comedian _______
____ wore (i.e., large fake mustache, eyebrows,
and glasses).They typically consist of
black horn-rimmed glasses with
attached eyebrows, large plastic nose,
bushy moustache, and occasionally with an

68. This Australian cricketer nicknamed “Long” for
his 2.00 metre (six foot six inch) height has
coached the Sri-Lankan national cricket team
and also the IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad team?

69. The End
• Thanks for bearing the QM
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