A general quiz conducted on the occasion of National Education Day

2. Prelims- Answers
 Rules:
 Evaluators please keep in mind the starred questions.
 Let’s Begin.

3. Best of luck

4. Question 1
 Connect:
 Thus sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
 The Blue Danuve- Johann Strauss
 Atmospheres- Gyorgy Ligeti
 Daisy Bell- Harry Dacre

5. Music in 2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY

6. Question 2
 "You've come, have you? ... You've come, you source of tears to
many mothers, you evil. I hate you! It is long since I saw you; but as I
see you now you are much more terrible, for I see you brandishing
the downfall of my country. I hate you!
 The above words by Eilmer of Malmesbury refer to the
reappearance of X.
 X had appeared in 1066 and was seen as an ill omen as King Harold
II of England died an year later, thus provoking Eilmer to say the
above lines.
 What is X?

7. Haley’s Comet

8. Question 3
 X is derived from the Turkish word cevirme meaning ‘turning’.
 It’s main ingredients are lamb, chicken, turkey, beef, veal or mixed
meats.
 X is usually eaten with tabbouleh, fattoush, taboon bread, tomato,
and cucumber.
 Dressings include: tahini (or tahina), amba sauce (pickled mango
with chili), hummus, or flavored with vinegar and spices such as
cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
 ID X, which has now become quite well known in MNNIT.

9. Shawarma !!

10. Question 4:
Connect

12. Question 5
 Antony: “…..A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and ____________________;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.”

13. Let slip, the dogs of war

14. Question 6: His recent claim to
fame?

15. Broke Felix Baumgartner’s record of
highest altitude of free fall jump
 Alan Eustace, Senior VP of Knowledge at Google

16. Question 7.

17. Tiger, student, Delhi Zoo.

18. Question 8**
 The sport of X was one of the sports held during the original
Olympics.
 When the modern Olympics started, X happened 5 times between
1900 and 1920 before being put to rest by the IOC because their
were too many sports and too many participants competing.
 Surprisingly the winners during those editions of the games were
teams comprising of police forces, eg, Liverpool police and
Metropolitan Police of Great Britain.
 In the Oxford dictionary X meant: the decisive contest; the real
struggle or tussle; a severe contest for supremacy

19. Tug of War !!

20. Question 9: The Indian Angle ??

21. Ho gya chutzpah !! :D

22. Question 10:**
"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection”
 X’s chairman issued a challenge
to build the world's best car.
 This challenge prompted X to
embark on a top-secret project,
code-named F1(Flagship One)
 Vectre, Verone, Chaparel, Calibre
are rejected names.

23. Lexus series by Toyota

24. Question 11:
 Commonly remembered as XY, where X refers to a learned man
and Y was a pen name(meaning free) he chose, XY was awarded
the Bharat Ratna in 1992 posthumously.
 There is also a theory which suggests that earlier when he was
offered Bharat Ratna he promptly declined it saying that it should
not be given to those who have been on the selection committee.
 He has also been referred as Mir-i-Karawan and has been called as
"a person of the calibre of Plato, Aristotle and Pythagorus".
 ID him and significance in this quiz?

25. Maulana Azad !!
Happy National Education Day

26. Question 12:**
 One of the most controversial statements by Einstein, Y has caused
a lot of debate amongst the scientific and religious communities.
 What did Einstein mean when he uttered Y keeps has been tossed
around for decades
 The phrase has also given rise to a lot of turmoil regarding the
religious views of Einstein.
Simple, Id the phrase.

28. Question 13:
 X was originally named Y, because of the presence of a Y tree in
front of it’s developers’, James Goslings’, office.
 Y was later changed to Green which was further changed to Z,
because the team which assisted had a huge liking for Z coffee
beans.
 It’s logo also depicts a steaming cup of coffee.
 The product was finally launched with Z as a name and has now
become very popular.

29. Java !!

30. Question 14
 Seven Nightly News aired a story in 1999 featuring a group of young
men in Adelaide, South Australia who coined the term “X" and the
idea of growing Y for charity. In the news report, members of the
Adelaide-based “X Committee" explained how they came up with
the idea for one night in the pub. The group started with 80 men
from Adelaide and soon became a nation wide phenomenon.
 By encouraging men to get involved, X aims to increase early
cancer detection, diagnosis and effective treatments, and
ultimately reduce the number of preventable deaths.
 In 2012, the Global Journal listed X as one of the world's top 100
NGOs (non-government organization)

31. Movember

32. Question 15**
 Dachshund are a popular breed of dog from Germany.
 The standard size dachshund was bred to scent, chase, and flush
out badgers and other burrow-dwelling animals, while the miniature
dachshund was developed to hunt smaller prey such as rabbits.
 However a particular dachshund came into worldwide attention
during the summer of 1972 as it had become the first of it’s kind, or
rather the first in its field.
 What is the field? Chocolate for naming the particular dachshund.

33. The first ever Olympics mascot,
Waldi

34. End of Prelims