A general quiz conducted by me in an informal session of Virya Quiz Club, Palakkad.

1. A GENERAL QUIZ

2.  Clockwise round
 Pounce +10/-5

3.  Mainly 2 convincing signs discovered led to the
final conclusion. First one was the ‘Star of David’
road patterns (pic next slide).Trained eyes were
able to recognize it as a pattern they have seen
before somewhere else.
 The other thing was the images of newly
constructed baseball fields. It was interpreted
that they were not for recreational purposes but
for another something else.
 What conclusion, which turned to be an
important part of world history, was reached
from these information?

7.  Book about whom?

10. ‘X’ , it is said, commissioned a survey of the car scrap-yards
of America to find out if there were parts of the ModelT
which never failed. His inspectors came back with reports
of almost every kind of failure: axles, brakes, pistons – all
were liable to go wrong. But they drew attention to one
notable exception, the kingpins of the scrapped cars
invariably had years of life left in them.With ruthless logic
‘X’ concluded that the kingpins on the ModelT were too
good for their job and ordered that in future they should
be made to an inferior specification.
Hence the metaphor "Nature is surely at least as careful an
economist as ‘X’ “ was coined.
Id ‘X’.

13.  What ‘achievement’ of Mosler Safe’s is being
marketted here? ( pic next slide)

16.  Mosler safe at a bank in Hiroshima survived
atomic explosion

17.  When ‘X’ heard about ‘Y’ s initial plan, he found
it to be too slow and time consuming. Hence he
suggested an alternative to redesign a mini bus
into something so that it could create more
emotional influence too. A modifiedToyota was
finally used for the purpose.The plan was a huge
success and people gathered in masses even to
get a glimpse of ‘Y’.The series of incidents took
place as aftermath led to a tragic event .
 Id Y and what he did.

20.  Opening shot of the movie ‘LawAbiding
Citizen’ swirls around the statue of ‘X’
situated in top of Philadelphia city hall (pic
follows). ‘X’ was an English real estate
entrepreneur, philosopher, an early advocate
of democracy and gave directions for
planning and building the city of Philadelphia.
Id ‘X’ , who is rather known to quizzers due to
a confusing fact related to him.

23.  William Penn

24. Royal Enfield named their recently launched
Red, Blue and Green colours for their
motorcycles after this city in UK.The city is in
fact the home of RE and the first factory was
located here. ID.

27.  This river (pic next 2 slides) in Portugal
,known as Odeleite River to the locals, is
given an apt nickname due to its colour and
shape. Gimme the nickname

30.  Blue Dragon river.

31.  In 1440 the 16-year-oldWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of
Douglas and his younger brother were invited to dine
with the ten-year-old King James II of Scotland.] Later
called the Black Dinner, the occasion was organised
by the Lord Chancellor, SirWilliam Crichton.While
they ate, a black bull's head, a symbol of death, was
brought in and placed before the Earl] The two
brothers were then dragged out to Castle Hill, given a
mock trial and beheaded.The Clan Douglas then laid
siege to Edinburgh Castle.
 Which fictional event, according to its author was
partially inspired from this?

34.  The Vikas is a family of liquid fuelled rocket
engines made by GodrejAerospace.It is used in
the Polar Satellite LaunchVehicle(PSLV) and the
Geosynchronous Satellite LaunchVehicle (GSLV)
series of expendable launch vehicles for space
launch use.The name was widely mistaken as
‘Vikasam’ meaning flowering. It was actually
named so as a way of showing gratitude towards
‘X’ , for his unparalleled contributions.
 Id ‘X’.

37.  The song ‘Jaat Kahan Ho Akeli Gori’ (where
are you going alone, girl) enjoys a rare feat
that only few other songs in the world have.
Its the only Indian song in an elite list along
with 115 images , a calibration image and a
variety of natural sound. List includes printed
messages from Jimmy Karter, UN Sec
General KurtWaldheim etc.
 What is the list?

40.  Anti clockwise round
 Same rules

41.  Comparing some one to ‘X’ to invalidate their
point is so popular it’s been given its own fake
Latin name the ‘reductio ad “X”um’ – a play on
the very real logic term reductio ad absurdum.
It’s mostly used to point out the fallacy of
comparing almost anyone to ‘X’ .

44.  This audio composed by Michael John Blake
was widely acclaimed all over the world since
it release. It is the musical interpretation of
something endless and can be regarded as
one of the foundation stones of a particular
field.
 What is this music signifying?

48.  Google doodle in May 2017,marking 115th
anniversary of what?

51.  The enormous quantity of ‘X’ was aptly
described in a report in Indian Express last
year which said that if ‘X’ was stacked one on
top of the other, they would create a pile that
would be 300 times as high as a Mount
Everest.
 What am I talking about?

54.  Beginning in late June 2016, a number of
unreliable web sites in Africa and elsewhere
published articles reporting this.The hoax was
well circulated in social media that girls of the
country started receiving friend requests in FB
from everywhere in the world.
 The Embassy of the country in Egypt, apparently
became so fed up with inquiries from men
wanting to take part in the scheme that officials
posted a disavowal of the rumour on Facebook.

57.  Some say this to be a hoax perpetrated in 1890 by
JohnWilkie of the ChicagoTribune newspaper. Many
argued that there are no accurate references of this
being done before 1890’s
 There are old accounts from the 9th century (byAdi
Shankara), the 14th century (by Ibn Battuta), and the
17th century (by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir), about
this.
 Adi Shankara wrote of a juggler who throws a thread
up into the sky; he climbs up it carrying arms and goes
out of sight; he engages in a battle in which he is cut
into pieces, which fall down; finally he arises again.
 What am I talking about?

60.  Erythropoietic protoporphyria(EPP) causes
people’s skin to become very sensitive to
light. Prolonged exposure to sunlight can
cause painful disfiguring blisters. People with
EPP are anaemic and look very pale with
increased photosensitivity because they can’t
come out in the daylight.
 What , according to recent studies was
originated due to this blood disorder?

63.  Chinese vendors are well known for their
marketing techniques. Chinese online firms
recently start marketing face masks as shown
in the picture as a protection measure against
something. Put funda.

67.  The picture shown is of Al-Alia International
Indian School situated in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.The school was founded by a Malayali
‘business tycoon’ who also runs a couple of
other educational institutes in Kuwait. Id him,
who is very familiar to us in a different
context and is filled in Malayalam news
channels these days.

71.  During the promotions of Julie 2, when a reporter
asked her about her break-up with ______,actress Rai
Laxmi joked and asked, “Who’s he?” On being further
pestered, she said, “This needs to have a full stop. It
was a long time ago, he is happily married now, he has
a kid. Everybody knows everybody in today’s world
and you may end up with a person tomorrow whom
you don’t know today. It is the process of life and
certain things don’t work out, and then you have to
move on.”
 Above is an excerpt from an article in Indian Express a
few days before.Who is Rai Laxmi referring to?

74.  Jesus Nut, or Jesus pin, is a slang term for the
main rotor retaining nut that holds the main
rotor to the mast of some helicopters; or
more generally is any component that
represents a single point of failure with
catastrophic consequences.The term was
said to be coined by US soldiers inVietnam
war as there was only one thing left to do to
survive if the nut fails.Why is it named so?