Quiz

1. ITEMS QUIZ
ANIKET KHASGIWALE

2. FORMAT
• 25 questions which you will get only if you are a true
quizzer
• 5 Simpsons references that you never noticed before
• 16 questions that will blow your mind
• These participants thought they were in a serious quiz
round .… you’ll never guess what happens next
• 16 more questions that will blow your mind

3. 25 questions which you will get only if you are a true quizzer
Written elimination. No negatives. +1 for each answer.

4. • ________ was initially included to make users familiar
with graphical user interfaces and it proved useful in
familiarizing them with the use of a mouse and basic
techniques such as the drag-and-drop.
• It has raised concerns of lost business productivity and in
2006, a New York City worker was fired after Mayor
Michael Bloomberg saw him using it on his office
computer.
• What?
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5. • Solitaire

6. • This is a photo of Axelle Despiegelaere, a
Belgian who was offered a modeling
contract by L'Oreal after being spotted at a
certain place.
• However, her contract was later cancelled
after images of her posing with a hunting
rifle and a dead animal were found on her
Facebook feed.
• So where was Axelle spotted by L'Oreal,
leading to her short-lived celebrity status?
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7. • At the 2014 Football World Cup

8. • From a blog post titled “All our ________ are belong to
you” on a certain company’s website
• “Yesterday, there was a wall of ________ in the lobby of
our Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case.
They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source
movement”
• Name the company which has made this move, which
seems to be a mix of good business sense and altruism.
• Also mention what they have done.
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9. • Tesla Motors
• They have made their patents for electric car design open
for the public to use

10. • This messaging service was launched in 2010 and was
called "Weixin" which means "micro message".
• It became wildly popular in China and for its international
expansion it was renamed and the company has hired
various brand ambassadors for its international expansion,
including a popular footballer as well as an Indian Actor
and Actress as their brand ambassador in India.
• Which service?
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11. • WeChat

12. • What does this graph show? 05

13. • Most deadly actors, in terms of on-screen kills

14. • Where would you most probably be if on the morning of
the 7th of July, you wake up early, dress in whites with a
red waistband and neckerchief, enter through the gate of
the Town Hall and wait for the rocket that sets off at 8
AM?
• (Some of you attention seeking types might also want to
carry the day's newspaper rolled up)
06*

15. • Pamplona

16. • In 1992, George HW Bush made a speech which included
the statement "we are going to keep on trying to
strengthen the American family, to make American
families a lot more like the X and a lot less like the Y.“
• The creators of the Y responded by creating an opening
scene where they see this speech and one of the
characters says, "Hey, we're just like the X. We're praying
for an end to the Depression, too.“
• Simply identify X and Y
07*

17. • X – Waltons; Y - Simpsons

18. • X is a character from a short story which has been made
into two movies - one in the 40s and another in 2013 -
although neither is really true to the short story
• It is believed that the character was largely based on the
author himself. Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran has
suggested that the author may have had a neurological
condition that causes vivid and bizarre hallucinations even
in blind patients, which would explain what happens to X.
• Name the short story in which X appears.
08*

19. • The secret life of Walter Mitty

20. • The August 31, 1946 edition of the New Yorker was
somewhat deceptive with the cover showing a summer
picnic in a park.
• Inside, the entire edition was dedicated to a single story
around the events that happened on a particular day in
the lives of six people.
• This was done because most people in the US were
unaware about the details of the event.
• So what event was the story around?
09*

21. • The atomic bomb dropped at Hiroshima

22. • F. Mark Bell, Charles Bronson , Malcolm Couch, Elsie
Dorman, Robert J. E. Hughes and Tina Towner have also
shot a film of this, however X’s film is the most popular
one.
• Don DeLillo once said that X’s famous little film “could
probably fuel college courses in a dozen subjects from
history to physics”
• Who is X?
10*

23. • Abraham Zapruder

24. • In January 2014, an Indian Trail councilman from North
Carolina, David Waddell tendered his resignation letter in
a rather unique manner, which caused great excitement
among certain fans.
• The image shows his letter.
• So what caused all the excitement?
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26. • It is written in Klingon

27. • According to legend, when the voting was taking place for
the first Academy Awards, the most votes for Best Actor
went to X who starred in various movies including Hills of
Kentucky, Tracked by the Police, Jaws of Steel and A Race
for Life.
• However, it was later felt that this would result in the
awards not being taken seriously and the award ultimately
went to Emil Jannings.
• Who is X?
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28. • Rin Tin Tin

29. • Inori Aizawa is an anthropomorphic mascot created to
advertise a particular software and to convince anime fans
to return to using it as its popularity has been falling.
• Which software?
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31. • Internet Explorer

32. • Events in August 2012 led to some unwittingly hilarious
posts, tweets etc. by people who were probably confused.
• Subsequently, there were many images making fun of this.
One such image is shown here.
• Simply name all three people being referenced.
• (Full names needed)
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34. • Neil Armstrong; Louis Armstrong; Lance Armstrong

35. • This is the logo of a group which has a large presence in
various e-commerce businesses including B2B online web
portals, online retail and payment services, mobile
commerce and so on.
• In September it raised $25 billion to become the biggest
IPO ever. Identify the group, whose name would surely be
familiar, possibly in a different context.
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36. • Alibaba Group

37. • Whose website is this? 16

38. • Whose website is this?

39. • Weirdass Comedy

40. • In the early hours of Sunday, 22nd February 2009, a
savage virus called ‘CSV’ began to infect millions of
websites worldwide.
• Originating from an unknown source in the UK at around
2am it started corrupting the CSS files of websites through
a server loophole.
• So what exactly did the virus do?
• (Images on the next slide)
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42. • Changed the text to Comic Sans

43. • The Pillars of Hercules was a phrase used for two peaks which
were supposed to mark the end of the known world.
• Traditionally, they bore the warning "Non plus ultra", (nothing
further beyond) to warn sailors to go no further.
• However, after the discovery of the Americas, Charles V
incorporated the pillars into his coat of arms with the phrase
"Plus Ultra", indicating a desire to see the Pillars as an
entrance to the rest of the world.
• While the identity of one of the two peaks is disputed
between either Monte Hacho in Ceuta and Jebel Musa, the
other one is quite clear.
• So which is the other peak?
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44. • Rock of Gibraltar

45. • This is a documentary by Juan Carlos
Zaldivar
• JFK also often used the same phrase
“90 Miles” in his speeches
• So where are these 90 miles?
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46. • Between Key West, Florida (USA) and Cuba

47. • When the app Yo was launched, it was dismissed by a lot
of people .
• However Venture capitalist Marc Andreesen felt it was a
useful instance of "one-bit communication" — like a Police
siren, a flashing stop light or an "Open" sign.
• He also compared it to a major one bit communication
technique, common in South East Asia and Africa.
• Industry estimates of loss of revenue due to this
technique are around 20–30%.
• What technique, which has been used by many
companies and even by the AAP in India?
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48. • Missed Calls

49. • These birds are so vital to the ecosystem that two
separate groups have convergently evolved; one in the
New World and one in the Old World.
• The New World birds are found in North and South
America; Old World birds are found in Europe, Africa and
Asia.
• What birds?
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50. • Vultures

51. • 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of a
certain modern marvel whose cross section is shown
below. Identify this engineering wonder.
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52. • Channel Tunnel

53. • Her real name is Tardar Sauce.
• Her owner says that her look is due to feline dwarfism.
• She first became popular on Reddit and now her Facebook
page has over 6 million likes.
• She was featured on the front page of The Wall Street
Journal and on the cover of New York Magazine.
• Ironically, she is calm and actually really nice.
• How do we better know her?
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54. • Grumpy Cat

55. • In 2007, MS Office made a major change by changing X
(the previous default) to a new one Y.
• The change was made due to two major reasons - the rise
in digital reading and the need for the modernization as X
had been in use for a long time.
• Identify X and Y.
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56. • X – Times New Roman
• Y – Calibri

57. • What is this a list of?
• 1. "Harry Potter" series, J.K. Rowling (21.08%)
• 2. "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee (14.48%)
• 3. "The Lord of the Rings," J.R.R. Tolkien (13.86%)
• 4. "The Hobbit," J.R.R. Tolkien (7.48%)
• 5. "Pride and Prejudice," Jane Austen (7.28%)
• 6. "The Holy Bible" (7.21%)
• 7. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Douglas Adams (5.97%)
• 8. "The Hunger Games" trilogy, Suzanne Collins (5.82%)
• 9. "The Catcher in the Rye," J.D. Salinger (5.7%)
• 10. "The Chronicles of Narnia," C.S. Lewis (5.63%)
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58. • Top 10 books ranked by how often they were named in
Facebook statuses mentioning “10 books that have stayed
with me”

59. Finals will be starting soon