The first quiz to be held online by the Quiz Club of IIT Jodhpur. The quiz was held on 31st August, 2020.

1. The
“Socially Distant”
QUIZ
Presented by : Anish, Jeevesh & Gaurav

2. ● There are 21 questions in the quiz.
● Please answer the questions in the Google-doc
provided to you.
● Cheaters would be subject to an online trial on
Aryabhatta.
● Googling is for CHINESE.
● Please pay the semester fee before entering the
quiz.
● The quiz doesn’t have three semesters unlike our
academic year.
● Please sanitise your hands and mind before
typing anything.
● Quiz masters like IITJ admin wouldn’t listen to
your problems.
● The quiz isn’t proctored :(

3. You You will be remembered….

5. A faceless person with round spectacles and a
fedora hat in a white enclosure in a dark
background is a popular symbol for X designed
by Sebastian Gabriel.
The logo is also symbolic to being faceless when
you want to avail their services so that when the
next customer avails the same service from the
same source, they do not get to know any of the
activities performed by the previous user.
Some people avail this service on a daily basis as
a habit but most people avail this for very specific
reason for a limited period of time.
What is being talked about over here ?
1.

6. During the starting days of lockdown, Ramayana broke all the TRP
records. The image shown in the slide does have connection with
the Ramayana. It is currently a ghost town abandoned in 1964.
Identify the ghost town.
2.

7. Jeremiah Andrew denton Jr. was United States Navy rear
admiral, naval aviator and a former Republican U.S. senator for
the state of Alabama. He spent almost eight years as a prisoner
of war in Vietnam.
Denton is best known for the 1966 North Vietnamese television
interview he was forced to give as a prisoner, in which he
ingeniously used the opportunity to communicate to American
Intelligence using a very creative method.
He transferred the message X to the Intelligence on national
television by communicating in Y and transferred the message
by irregular movements of his body part Z.
ID X, Y and Z.
3.

8. Swoosh is the sound we hear when something zips quickly by our
side. This word stands for fast sound, speed and motion.
The wings of a greek Goddess X is also known as swoosh and Greek
folklore has it that this Goddess influenced countless brave warriors
to win battles for their motherland.
A big American multinational corporation X is believed to have
inspired its name as well as its logo from these two points.
ID X.
4.

9. The building in the photo has been in the
recent news, it has been second of such
kind in the recent days. Because of the
news, Greece has been critical. Identify
the city in which the building has been
situated.
Picture on next slide
5.

11. Give Funda.
Where would you see all these symbols together ?
Armenian ⟨Վ⟩ Greek ⟨Ω⟩ Latin ⟨W⟩ Ethiopic ⟨ው⟩
Cambodian ⟨វិ⟩ Chinese ⟨維⟩ Japanese ⟨ウィ⟩ Arabic ⟨‫⟩و‬
Bengali ⟨উ⟩ Kannada ⟨ವಿ⟩ Cyrillic ⟨И⟩ Korean ⟨위⟩
Devanagari वि Hebrew ⟨‫⟩ו‬ Thai ⟨วิ⟩
Georgian ⟨ვ⟩
6.

12. In the month of May-June when there was
lockdown measure around the world, borders
were sealed around the globe.
Because of a misunderstanding by the military of
country X, who thought that their border extend
to some of the land of Y, it forbade the citizen of
country Y to go to the church which was within Y,
but the military of X thought it to be the part of X,
and hence forbade the citizen of Y to enter the
church.
Technically, X invade Y because of a
misunderstanding.
Identify X and Y.
7.

13. Organising the Olympics games is a very
big deal, which involves a lot of
expenditure ranging from sports facilities,
transportation facilities, accomodation and
many other thing.
One such expenditure is procuring metals
for the medals.
But the organisers of Tokyo Olympic
Games came up with an innovative idea,
cutting the cost for medals to almost
negligible.
What idea they came up with for the
medals?
8.

14. Lisa del Giocondo was an
Italian noblewoman born in
Florence in the later half of
the 15th century.
You all might have seen the
lady in movies, in TV or over
the internet.
Why is this lady famous?
9.

15. X was firstly started in 1666 in
Germany. In India, X was formed in
1948 . A committee headed by Pandit
H.N Kunzru recommended it’s
establishment at a national level.
Following the 1962 Sino-Indian War, to
meet the requirement of the Nation, it
was made compulsory in 1963. In 1968,
it was again made voluntary. What is
this X?
10.

16. Seth Everman is a famous youtuber who
currently holds the record for the most
liked youtube comment (currently at 3.2
million likes).
He commented a very clever pun on the
music video ‘Bad Guy’ by Billie Eilish and
was sent a custom award by youtube in
the year 2019 for being the first
comment to cross a million likes.
What was the exact comment ?
P.S The picture is a good hint for the answer
11.

17. Hijli detention camp was a former detention camp during British
rule in India. The British Government built this to keep the people
who participated in armed struggle or the non-cooperation
movement.
The detention camp was closed in 1937 and was reopened in 1940.
In 1942 it was closed for the final time and the detainees were
transferred elsewhere. During World War II it was occupied by US
Air Force.
Currently this structure is famous as a completely different name
and serves a completely different purpose. What is this structure
currently known as ?
Ironically, this was a place where people were jailed because they
fought, but now people fight to enter this place.
12.

18. Indian Ocean is an Indian rock band
formed in New Delhi in 1990, who are
widely recognized as the pioneers of the
fusion rock genre in India. We even had the
opportunity to see this band perform live in
our campus during Ignus.
Rahul Ram, a founding member, in the
year 2010 had composed a song to pay
tribute to one of his friends whom he
referred to as ‘Buddha Sadhu’ who
apparently helped him in his difficult times.
Who is this friend ?
13.

19. Identify X
☆ :
Hyderabad
♢ : X
○ :
Noida
No symbol : Kolkata
14.

20. Following recent events, X broke the record
of Y of gaining the maximum number of
gaining 2 million followers in less than 3
hours. Y’s record was also recently made
when he/she joined instagram (which took
down instagram’s servers).
Identify X and Y.
15.

21. An example of a very unique happening in
the world of chess, this game is the shortest
game of GM Magnus Carlsen's Chess career.
Magnus came to play the game, played 5
moves and offered a draw to Y. Describe the
context and Identify Y.
Hint: Y is the current 3rd highest ranked
Indian chess player.
16.

23. Already in the process of making the season 5 of the
popular show X, the makers had to stop making it
any further. The creators of this very famous show,
came under the radar of people due to a video which
was created by one of the creators.
The video (made in 2009 before the release of the
pilot of X) was a parody of another famous show Y in
which the protagonist was shown “raping” a baby
doll. This clip recently resurfaced causing a
widespread outrage, leading the makers to stop (and
possibly cancel) the show.
Both the shows were aired on Cartoon Network.
17.

24. Which famous scientific principle is illustrated
below?
18.

25. In technical analysis, a ________ pattern is a movement in prices shown graphically on a chart that
some believe can predict a particular market movement. The recognition of the pattern is
subjective and programs that are used for charting have to rely on predefined rules to match the
pattern.
Here is an example of such pattern. FITB
Hint: The shape of the graph is indicative of the blank.
19.

26. X was an American financier and convicted sex offender. He
began his professional life as a teacher but then switched to
the banking and finance sector in various roles, working at
Bear Stearns before forming his own firm. He developed an
elite social circle and procured many women (including
underage girls) who were then sexually assaulted by him and
some of his contacts.
He is widely linked with Y. Y is a debunked conspiracy theory
that went viral during the 2016 United States presidential
election cycle, accusing many prominent personalities of very
serious offenses.
Identify X and Y.
20.

27. X is one of the most famous 90’s game. Every 90’s and early
2000s kid would have played this game at least once in their
childhood. Paired with Super Mario Bros, it was the best thing
to happen to games in that decade. But there was something
intriguing to the game, a gun instead of controller, used to kill
the birds popping out of the bushes.
The NES Zapper gun was the most simplest of the intriguing
devices which followed it, using just a light sensor and a
button.
Identify X.
21.

32. The
“Socially Distant”
QUIZ
Presented by : Anish, Jeevesh & Gaurav

33. ● There are 21 questions in the quiz.
● Please answer the questions in the Google-doc
provided to you.
● Cheaters would be subject to an online trial on
Aryabhatta.
● Googling is for CHINESE.
● Please pay the semester fee before entering the
quiz.
● The quiz doesn’t have three semesters unlike our
academic year.
● Please sanitise your hands and mind before
typing anything.
● Quiz masters like IITJ admin wouldn’t listen to
your problems.
● The quiz isn’t proctored :(

34. You WAKANDA Forever!.

36. A faceless person with round spectacles and a
fedora hat in a white enclosure in a dark
background is a popular symbol for X designed
by Sebastian Gabriel.
The logo is also symbolic to being faceless when
you want to avail their services so that when the
next customer avails the same service from the
same source, they do not get to know any of the
activities performed by the previous user.
Some people avail this service on a daily basis as
a habit but most people avail this for very specific
reason for a limited period of time.
What is being talked about over here ?
1.

37. Answer
Chrome incognito mode

38. During the starting days of lockdown, Ramayana broke all the TRP
records. The image shown in the slide does have connection with
the Ramayana. It is currently a ghost town abandoned in 1964.
Identify the ghost town.
2.

39. Answer
Dhanushkodi

40. Jeremiah Andrew denton Jr. was United States Navy rear
admiral, naval aviator and a former Republican U.S. senator for
the state of Alabama. He spent almost eight years as a prisoner
of war in Vietnam.
Denton is best known for the 1966 North Vietnamese television
interview he was forced to give as a prisoner, in which he
ingeniously used the opportunity to communicate to American
Intelligence using a very creative method.
He transferred the message X to the Intelligence on national
television by communicating in Y and transferred the message
by irregular movements of his body part Z.
ID X, Y and Z.
3.

41. Answer
X : T-O-R-T-U-R-E
Y : Morse code
Z : Eyes (blinking denoted dots and dashes)

42. Swoosh is the sound we hear when something zips quickly by our side. This word stands
for fast sound, speed and motion.
The wings of a greek Goddess X is also known as swoosh and Greek folklore has it that
this Goddess influenced countless brave warriors to win battles for their motherland.
A big American multinational corporation X is believed to have inspired its name as well
as its logo from these two points.
ID X.
4.

43. Answer
Nike

44. The building in the photo has been in the
recent news, it has been second of such
kind in the recent days. Because of the
news, Greece has been critical. Identify
the city in which the building has been
situated.
Picture on next slide
5.

46. Answer
Istanbul
It was second byzantine era church to be converted to a mosque

47. Give Funda.
Where would you see all these symbols together ?
Armenian ⟨Վ⟩ Greek ⟨Ω⟩ Latin ⟨W⟩ Ethiopic ⟨ው⟩
Cambodian ⟨វិ⟩ Chinese ⟨維⟩ Japanese ⟨ウィ⟩ Arabic ⟨‫⟩و‬
Bengali ⟨উ⟩ Kannada ⟨ವಿ⟩ Cyrillic ⟨И⟩ Korean ⟨위⟩
Devanagari वि Hebrew ⟨‫⟩ו‬ Thai ⟨วิ⟩
Georgian ⟨ვ⟩
6.

48. Answer
Wikipedia logo

49. In the month of May-June when there was
lockdown measure around the world, borders
were sealed around the globe.
Because of a misunderstanding by the military of
country X, who thought that their border extend
to some of the land of Y, it forbade the citizen of
country Y to go to the church which was within Y,
but the military of X thought it to be the part of X,
and hence forbade the citizen of Y to enter the
church.
Technically, X invade Y because of a
misunderstanding.
Identify X and Y.
7.

50. Answer
X: Poland
Y: Czech Republic or Czechia

51. Organising the Olympics games is a very big
deal, which involves a lot of expenditure ranging
from sports facilities, transportation facilities,
accomodation and many other thing.
One such expenditure is procuring metals for the
medals.
But the organisers of Tokyo Olympic Games
came up with an innovative idea, cutting the cost
for medals to almost negligible.
What idea they came up with for the medals?
8.

52. Answer
Tokyo 2020 Medal Project
Extracting metals from small used electronic devices

53. Lisa del Giocondo was an
Italian noblewoman born in
Florence in the later half of
the 15th century.
You all might have seen the
lady in movies, in TV or over
the internet.
Why is this lady famous?
9.

54. Answer
She is famous as the subject of Mona Lisa.

55. X was firstly started in 1666 in
Germany. In India, X was formed in
1948 . A committee headed by Pandit
H.N Kunzru recommended it’s
establishment at a national level.
Following the 1962 Sino-Indian War, to
meet the requirement of the Nation, it
was made compulsory in 1963. In 1968,
it was again made voluntary. What is
this X?
10.

56. Answer
NCC (National Cadet Corps)

57. Seth Everman is a famous youtuber who
currently holds the record for the most
liked youtube comment (currently at 3.2
million likes).
He commented a very clever pun on the
music video ‘Bad Guy’ by Billie Eilish and
was sent a custom award by youtube in
the year 2019 for being the first
comment to cross a million likes.
What was the exact comment ?
P.S The picture is a good hint for the answer
11.

58. Answer
I’m the bald guy

59. Hijli detention camp was a former detention camp during British
rule in India. The British Government built this to keep the people
who participated in armed struggle or the non-cooperation
movement.
The detention camp was closed in 1937 and was reopened in 1940.
In 1942 it was closed for the final time and the detainees were
transferred elsewhere. During World War II it was occupied by US
Air Force.
Currently this structure is famous as a completely different name
and serves a completely different purpose. What is this structure
currently known as ?
Ironically, this was a place where people were jailed because they
fought, but now people fight to enter this place.
12.

60. Answer
IIT Kharagpur

61. Indian Ocean is an Indian rock band
formed in New Delhi in 1990, who are
widely recognized as the pioneers of the
fusion rock genre in India. We even had the
opportunity to see this band perform live in
our campus during Ignus.
Rahul Ram, a founding member, in the
year 2010 had composed a song to pay
tribute to one of his friends whom he
referred to as ‘Buddha Sadhu’ who
apparently helped him in his difficult times.
Who is this friend ?
13.

62. Answer
Old Monk

63. Identify X
☆ :
Hyderabad
♢ : X
○ :
Noida
No symbol : Kolkata
14.

64. Answer
Mumbai
Mintmark on Indian
Coins

65. Following recent events, X broke the record
of Y of gaining the maximum number of
gaining 2 million followers in less than 3
hours. Y’s record was also recently made
when he/she joined instagram (which took
down instagram’s servers).
Identify X and Y.
15.

66. Answer: X- Lionel Messi
Y- Jennifer Anniston

67. An example of a very unique happening in
the world of chess, this game is the shortest
game of GM Magnus Carlson’s Chess career.
Magnus came to play the game, played 5
moves and offered a draw to Y. Describe the
context and Identify Y.
Hint: Y is the current 3rd highest ranked
Indian chess player.
16.

69. Y was GM Vidit Gujarathi .
Context: Apparently Carlson had Doodh Kola
(Kolkata’s famous dish) a day before, which
disturbed his stomach, forcing him to offer a
draw to Vidit which he gladly accepted.

70. Already in the process of making the season 5 of the
popular show X, the makers had to stop making it any
further. The creators of this very famous show, came under
the radar of people due to a video which was created by
one of the creators.
The video (made in 2009 before the release of the pilot of X)
was a parody of another famous show Y in which the
protagonist was shown “raping” a baby doll. This clip
recently resurfaced causing a widespread outrage, leading
the makers to stop (and possibly cancel) the show.
Both the shows were aired on Cartoon Network.
17.

71. X- Rick and Morty
Y- Dexter

72. Which famous scientific principle is illustrated
below?
18.

73. Answer: The pigeonhole principle!

74. In technical analysis, a ________ pattern is a movement in prices shown graphically on a chart that
some believe can predict a particular market movement. The recognition of the pattern is
subjective and programs that are used for charting have to rely on predefined rules to match the
pattern.
Here is an example of such pattern. FITB
Hint: The shape of the graph is indicative of the blank.
19.

75. The candlestick pattern (majorly used in
stock market analysis)

76. X was an American financier and convicted sex offender. He began his professional life as a
teacher but then switched to the banking and finance sector in various roles, working at Bear
Stearns before forming his own firm. He developed an elite social circle and procured many
women (including underage girls) who were then sexually assaulted by him and some of his
contacts.
He is widely linked with Y. Y is a debunked conspiracy theory that went viral during the 2016
United States presidential election cycle, accusing many prominent personalities of very serious
offenses.
Identify X and Y.
20.

77. X- Jeffrey Epstein
Y- Pizzagate

78. X is one of the most famous 90’s game. Every 90’s and early 2000s kid would have played this
game at least once in their childhood. Paired with Super Mario Bros, it was the best thing to
happen to games in that decade. But there was something intriguing to the game, a gun instead
of controller, used to kill the birds popping out of the bushes.
The NES Zapper gun was the most simplest of the intriguing devices which followed it, using just
a light sensor and a button.
Identify X.
21.

79. Answer: Duck Hunt