General Quiz Prelims - IIT Roorkee, September 27, 2016.

1. Admiral General Quiz
Prelims
Quizzing Section IITR
की सप्रेम प्रस्तुतत

2. Rules
●Prelims has 20 questions.
●There is no Aladeen marking.
●Top 8 teams will qualify for the mains.
●There is no one more open to bribery than us.
●Don’t Cheat though. Upar wala dekh raha hai.
●But if you still want to, read point 4.

3. 1.
After finishing a morning TV show where his last song included the words “When I
shudder in my dark tomb, dear Prophet, look after me”, two motorcyclists opened
fire on X's car in Karachi, critically injuring X, an associate and his driver. X was
shot twice in the head and once on the ear. The three men including X were taken
to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where X died shortly after. His murder occurred near
an underpass named after his father.
The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused
X of blasphemy.
Tens of thousands of people attended X's funeral in Karachi. The murder met with
condemnation from many public figures in Pakistan, and several protests were
organised against the killing.

4. 2.

5. 3.
Melbourne was briefly named 'X-ia' after one of its founders, John X.
Other proposed names included Bearbrass, Bareport, Bareheep,
Barehurp and Bareberp.
In 1837 the town was officially granted a seal of approval and in 1851
the colony of Victoria was formed and formally separated from New
South Wales.

6. 4. Whose logo?

7. 5.
The word X meaning “so be it” is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew
Bible and the New Testament. Common English translations of the word amen
include "verily" and "truly". It can also be used colloquially to express strong
agreement.
The usage of X, meaning "so be it", as found in the early scriptures of the Bible is
said to be of Hebrew origin; however, the basic triconsonantal root from which the
word was derived is common to a number of languages, such as Aramaic, in the
Semitic branch of the Afrasian languages. The word was imported into the Greek
of the early Church from Judaism. From Greek, X entered the other Western
languages.

8. 6.

9. 7.
Video

10. 8.
Celebrities are rarely allowed to play
themselves or even a “normal”
character on South Park. For instance,
when X lent his voice for an episode he
played a homosexual dog.

11. “Bedard thi zindagi, bedard hai”
- Stephen Hawking

12. 9.

13. 10.

14. 11.
Made entirely from raw material that is tanned and cured using only natural
ingredients without chemicals, these objects are known for their versatility and
usefulness in the hot and sweaty months of the summer – all of which have
contributed to the claims of them having medicinal properties.
Over the last one year, the raw materials used for them have become sharply
more expensive in the prime manufacturing town – prohibiting their availability and
escalating costs for both producers and consumers, which has led to the decline
in livelihood of several stakeholders, apart from that of the product’s own
popularity.
What objects are these, known by the place of their manufacture?
Why the decline recently?

15. 12.

16. 13.
The pupillary sphincter is a muscle in the eye that encircles the pupil of the iris and
controls its adjustment in times of dim and bright light. Apart from its regular
behavior – it is observed that in the final hours of one’s life, the control over this
muscle is entirely lost which leads to its involuntary relaxation and the subsequent
dilation of the eyes. The functioning of this muscle was a matter of particular
interest to a certain duo last year, who spent hours trying to study this complex
anatomical process in detail to achieve a desired effect.
What were they working on?

17. “Choo lo jo mujhe tum kabhi,
kho na jau main raat din”
- Your copy of Word Power made Easy

18. 14.
A recent probe launched by the Madhya Pradesh government found at least 114
doctors who gained admission by fraud since 2009, apart from several practicing
ones who could have similar lack of credentials. Suspecting complicity from
government officials, it was also determined that many of these malpractices
were due to imposters writing examinations with their photos on the ID cards.
What appropriate nickname was this scam given in the media, a comparison to
something from popular culture more than a decade ago?

19. 15.
Account Executive
Acrobat
Actor
Army private
Ambulance driver
Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler
Asking man at products demonstration
Astronaut for NASA
Assassin
Attack-dog trainer
Baby Proofer
Bartender
Bass player
Beef Jerky Manufacturer
Blackjack dealer
Bodyguard
Bowling alley employee
Bounty Hunter
Boxer
Butler
Bum Wrestler
Bon - Ah
Candle maker
Car designer
Caricaturist of open coffins
Carny
CEO of Nuclear Power Plant
Chauffeur
Child Caretaker
Choreographer
Chiropractor
Cook
Con artist/Grifter
Conceptual artist
Convenience store
Curling player
Detective
Drug Smuggler
Door-to-door knife salesman
Door-to-door sugar salesman
Door-to-door spring
salesman
Deacon of the Church
Employee
Executive Vice
President
Farmer
Film critic
Film producer
Fireman
Fish gutter
Fisherman
Food critic

20. 16. Evolved stage of this
proposed pokemon?

21. 17.
In later Vedic texts and modern literature dedicated to Indian traditions, X
connotes a "magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not
what they seem”. X is also a spiritual concept connoting "that which exists, but is
constantly changing and thus is spiritually unreal", and the "power or the principle
that conceals the true character of spiritual reality".
It has given birth to a popular phrase ___ ___ X ___ .

22. 18.
The Circular Ruins is a 1940 short story by Argentine writer JL Borges that deals
with the themes of idealism and the manifestation of thoughts as objects in the
real world. The story seems to symbolize every character as a creator whose
imagination brings about real changes in the things and the people around them.
This story was declared to be one of the key inspirations behind a 2010 work that
dealt with similar themes, although on a much bigger scale. What did this story
serve as the inspiration for?

23. 19.

24. 20.
During 1979 – a year before the USA’s 49th Presidential election – this phrase
was coined by Ronald Reagan’s campaign in order to stir up a sense of patriotism
and glory among the electorate, while the country was suffering from a worsening
economy marked by high unemployment and inflation. What four word phrase,
that has now been revived by someone who served on Reagan’s financial
advisory committee for the election?

25. 21. The h/h blood group the X blood group, is a rare blood type.
It is largely because of extensive inbreeding within the same lineage or
close-community marriages, often consanguineous, such that the ‘blood
type’ or the gene pool is greatly restricted. Such intra-community
marriages have happened in small isolated communities such as the
gypsies, Russian Jewish or Parsi communities. It is thus likely that the X
Blood types have common ancestral origins. This special feature is
occasionally dramatized in plays and movies, such as in the Telugu film
Okkadunadu where the villain (antagonist) finds to his dismay that the
hero (protagonist) was the one who donated his X Blood to save him. And
in the Hindi film Kahaani the villain was exposed since he needed X Blood
for transfusion.

26. Answers

27. 1.
After finishing a morning TV show where his last song included the words “When I
shudder in my dark tomb, dear Prophet, look after me”, two motorcyclists opened
fire on X's car in Karachi, critically injuring X, an associate and his driver. X was
shot twice in the head and once on the ear. The three men including X were taken
to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where X died shortly after. His murder occurred near
an underpass named after his father.
The killing was claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused
X of blasphemy.
Tens of thousands of people attended X's funeral in Karachi. The murder met with
condemnation from many public figures in Pakistan, and several protests were
organised against the killing.

28. Amjad Sabri

29. 2.

30. Mark Twain

31. 3.
Melbourne was briefly named 'X-ia' after one of its founders, John X.
Other proposed names included Bearbrass, Bareport, Bareheep,
Barehurp and Bareberp.
In 1837 the town was officially granted a seal of approval and in 1851
the colony of Victoria was formed and formally separated from New
South Wales.

32. Batman

33. 4. Whose logo?

34. Ig Noble

35. 5.
The word X meaning “so be it” is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew
Bible and the New Testament. Common English translations of the word amen
include "verily" and "truly". It can also be used colloquially to express strong
agreement.
The usage of X, meaning "so be it", as found in the early scriptures of the Bible is
said to be of Hebrew origin; however, the basic triconsonantal root from which the
word was derived is common to a number of languages, such as Aramaic, in the
Semitic branch of the Afrasian languages. The word was imported into the Greek
of the early Church from Judaism. From Greek, X entered the other Western
languages.

36. Amen

37. 6.

38. Godwin’s Law

39. 7.
Video

40. Cast of Spongebob Squarepants

41. 8.
Celebrities are rarely allowed to play
themselves or even a “normal”
character on South Park. For instance,
when X lent his voice for an episode he
played a homosexual dog.

42. George Clooney

43. “Bedard thi zindagi, bedard hai”
- Stephen Hawking

44. 9.

45. Forrest Gump Route

46. 10.

47. Manhattan

48. 11.
Made entirely from raw material that is tanned and cured using only natural
ingredients without chemicals, these objects are known for their versatility and
usefulness in the hot and sweaty months of the summer – all of which have
contributed to the claims of them having medicinal properties.
Over the last one year, the raw materials used for them have become sharply
more expensive in the prime manufacturing town – prohibiting their availability and
escalating costs for both producers and consumers, which has led to the decline
in livelihood of several stakeholders, apart from that of the product’s own
popularity.
What objects are these, known by the place of their manufacture?
Why the decline recently?

49. Kolahpuri Chappal
#banCowSlaughter

50. 12.

51. Ways Kenny Dies

52. 13.
The pupillary sphincter is a muscle in the eye that encircles the pupil of the iris and
controls its adjustment in times of dim and bright light. Apart from its regular
behavior – it is observed that in the final hours of one’s life, the control over this
muscle is entirely lost which leads to its involuntary relaxation and the subsequent
dilation of the eyes. The functioning of this muscle was a matter of particular
interest to a certain duo last year, who spent hours trying to study this complex
anatomical process in detail to achieve a desired effect.
What were they working on?

53. Jon Snow Death

54. “Choo lo jo mujhe tum kabhi,
kho na jau main raat din”
- Your copy of Word Power made Easy

55. 14.
A recent probe launched by the Madhya Pradesh government found at least 114
doctors who gained admission by fraud since 2009, apart from several practicing
ones who could have similar lack of credentials. Suspecting complicity from
government officials, it was also determined that many of these malpractices
were due to imposters writing examinations with their photos on the ID cards.
What appropriate nickname was this scam given in the media, a comparison to
something from popular culture more than a decade ago?

56. Munnabhai MBBS

57. 15.
Account Executive
Acrobat
Actor
Army private
Ambulance driver
Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler
Asking man at products demonstration
Astronaut for NASA
Assassin
Attack-dog trainer
Baby Proofer
Bartender
Bass player
Beef Jerky Manufacturer
Blackjack dealer
Bodyguard
Bowling alley employee
Bounty Hunter
Boxer
Butler
Bum Wrestler
Bon - Ah
Candle maker
Car designer
Caricaturist of open coffins
Carny
CEO of Nuclear Power Plant
Chauffeur
Child Caretaker
Choreographer
Chiropractor
Cook
Con artist/Grifter
Conceptual artist
Convenience store
Curling player
Detective
Drug Smuggler
Door-to-door knife salesman
Door-to-door sugar salesman
Door-to-door spring
salesman
Deacon of the Church
Employee
Executive Vice
President
Farmer
Film critic
Film producer
Fireman
Fish gutter
Fisherman
Food critic

58. Homer Simpson’s Jobs

59. 16. Evolved stage of this
proposed pokemon?

60. Harambe

61. 17.
In later Vedic texts and modern literature dedicated to Indian traditions, X
connotes a "magic show, an illusion where things appear to be present but are not
what they seem”. X is also a spiritual concept connoting "that which exists, but is
constantly changing and thus is spiritually unreal", and the "power or the principle
that conceals the true character of spiritual reality".
It has given birth to a popular phrase ___ ___ X ___ .

62. Sab Moh Maya hai

63. 18.
The Circular Ruins is a 1940 short story by Argentine writer JL Borges that deals
with the themes of idealism and the manifestation of thoughts as objects in the
real world. The story seems to symbolize every character as a creator whose
imagination brings about real changes in the things and the people around them.
This story was declared to be one of the key inspirations behind a 2010 work that
dealt with similar themes, although on a much bigger scale. What did this story
serve as the inspiration for?

64. Inception

65. 19.

66. Jallianwala Bagh

67. 20.
During 1979 – a year before the USA’s 49th Presidential election – this phrase
was coined by Ronald Reagan’s campaign in order to stir up a sense of patriotism
and glory among the electorate, while the country was suffering from a worsening
economy marked by high unemployment and inflation. What four word phrase,
that has now been revived by someone who served on Reagan’s financial
advisory committee for the election?

69. 21. The h/h blood group the X blood group, is a rare blood type.
It is largely because of extensive inbreeding within the same lineage or
close-community marriages, often consanguineous, such that the ‘blood
type’ or the gene pool is greatly restricted. Such intra-community
marriages have happened in small isolated communities such as the
gypsies, Russian Jewish or Parsi communities. It is thus likely that the X
Blood types have common ancestral origins. This special feature is
occasionally dramatized in plays and movies, such as in the Telugu film
Okkadunadu where the villain (antagonist) finds to his dismay that the
hero (protagonist) was the one who donated his X Blood to save him. And
in the Hindi film Kahaani the villain was exposed since he needed X Blood
for transfusion.

70. Bombay Blood Group