The general quiz conducted as a part of IEEE fest Encomium.

1. BUZZINGA
THE GENERAL QUIZ
FINALS

2. CLOCKWISE

3. Rules:
• +10/-10 on pounce
• +10 on direct
• -10 on out of turn voicing out the answers

4. 1.
•Quatorzième is one of the enviable jobs around:They
are professional dinner guest.Why are they employed?

6. His job is to be the 14th person at a function or
dinner whereas he would join if the total
number of guests totalled 13 which is
considered by some people to be unlucky

7. 2What does this probability graph indicate?
Hint : it reaches exact 1 at a value of 367?

9. Probablity of two people having the same
birthday date in a group of ‘n’ people

10. 3
• Edward Headrick was hired as toy companyWham-O’s general manager andVP of
marketing. Headrick took a hands on approach to the business and helped refine
what was then known as the Pluto Platter into a more easily controlled toy we’d all
come to know as the __________.
• Headrick remained very involved in _______ design and ______ sports over the
course of his life. Upon his death in 2002, his last wishes were honored and he was
cremated, the ashes mixed with plastic polymer, and the mixture then molded
into a set of memorial ______s given to family and close friends (some were also
sold to benefit theThe Ed Headrick Memorial Museum).FITB

12. Frisbees

13. 4
• She is sharbat gula. She was living in Pakistan
on fake documents, prompting authorities to
launch a probe. Four officials were suspended
recently for allegedly issuing fake Computerised
National Identity Card (CNIC) to Sharbat Gula
and her two sons .According to Pakistani
officials, Gula applied for a Pakistani identity
card in the northwestern city of Peshawar in
April 2014, under the name ‘Sharbat Bibi’. What
is her claim to fame?

16. 5
• Jaipal Singh founded Jharkhand Party on March 5, 1949 at a large conference
in Ranchi.This party was in news in 2009 when a Jharkhand Party candidate Raja
Peter defeated sitting Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Shibu Soren by over 9,000
votes.
• How is Jaipal Singh connected to the field of sports?

18. Captain of Indian HockeyTeam in 1928
olympics

19. 6
• X andY became friends in the 1890s, thanks in part toY’s lifelong fascination with
technology and new inventions. So great was X andY’s mutual admiration that
each man even claimed the other had once cured him of an illness. In his
autobiography, X wrote that when he was bedridden from sickness as a young
man,Y’s “captivating” novels had been a much-needed solace that helped jump-
start a recovery. After the two became friends, X repaid the favor when he cured
the writer of a severe bout of constipation by having him stand on a high
frequency oscillator.

22. 7
A _______ is a unit of volume used for dry measure in the UK. Outside of the wine
industry the use of _______ as a unit of measurement has fallen out of favor, the
legacy of the ______-size wine cask lives on as a slang “______ _____” to informally
denote that the amount of something is quite sizable.
1 _______ roughly equals 108 Gallons.

25. 8
• ID the Painting and painter.

27. Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche
By Edvard Munch (of The Scream fame)

28. 9
Lathyrism is a neurological disease of humans and animals caused by eating
legumes of the genus lathyrus, mainly Lathyrus sativus or grass-pea. The patient
gets paralyzed from the lower limbs or develops an inability to move from the waist
down.
Grasspea has often been eaten during famines because they can grow in drought
conditions.
The artwork Thanks to the grasspea, an aquatint, shows its use as a famine food but
also the ill-effects of eating it.
• Identify the painter
• How do we better know grass-pea in India? (Hint - Contextual, was in news few
months ago)

31. Francisco Goya
Khesari Dal

32. 10
• His first and most famous novel was banned in several countries—as well as some
U.S. schools—because of its subject matter and what Catholic World reviewer
Riley Hughes called an "excessive use of amateur swearing and coarse language"
One diligent parent counted 237 appearances of the word "goddam" in the novel,
along with 58 of "bastard", 31 of "Chrissake" and six of "fuck". He dated Oona
O'Neill( who later got married to Charlie chaplin), daughter of the playwright
Eugene O'Neill.
• The 2000 film “Finding Forrester” in which Sean Connery plays a reclusive author
was loosely based on the life of this author who passed away in 2010. Name him
and his most famous novel?

35. 11
• The "Great Sign" is the roadside sign used by this
company during their original era of expansion in
the 1950s-1970s. It was perhaps their greatest
advertising. It was extremely large and eye-
catching, but was expensive to construct and
operate.The manufacturer of the sign was Balton &
Sons Sign Company. In 1982, following Wilson's
departure, the Company’s board of directors made
the decision to phase out the "Great Sign" in favor of
a cheaper and less catchy backlit sign.Wilson was
angered about this, saying, "It was the worst
mistake they ever made".Wilson so loved the sign
that it was engraved on his tombstone. Name the
company.

38. 12
• There are only three people in
the field of sports to have
received PadmaVibhusan.Two
areVishwanathan Anand and
SachinTendulkar. Who is the
third?

40. Edmund Hillary

41. THE SIGN OF FOUR

42. Written round
• +5 for each part

43. SET 1
• X lived in Cuba from 1939 until shortly after the Cuban Revolution. He lived at FincaVigía,
in the small town of San Francisco de Paula, located very close toY’s Modelo Brewery for Z
in Cotorro, Havana.
• In 1954, the owner of Y threw X a party when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature – soon after the publication of his novel ‘W’ – in which he honored the company
by mentioning its Z. A sign at the event read “Y welcomes the author of B".
• This is the passage where he mentions the product:
• “He sent two beers.”
• “I like the beer in cans best.”
• "But this is in bottles, Z, and I take back the bottles.
• “That’s very kind of you” the _____ ______ said. “Should we eat?”

44. SET 2
• Three different movies with the same name X were released in
1971, 1995 and 2005 respectively.The movie released in 1995
had a pair W, who later became real life couple, essaying the role
of the main leads.The leading lady replaced the original choiceY
subsequent to an unfortunate incident.There is however one
common person Z in the star cast of all the three movies.W,X,Y
and Z

45. ANSWERS

46. SET 1
• X lived in Cuba from 1939 until shortly after the Cuban Revolution. He lived at FincaVigía,
in the small town of San Francisco de Paula, located very close toY’s Modelo Brewery for Z
in Cotorro, Havana.
• In 1954, the owner of Y threw X a party when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature – soon after the publication of his novel ‘W’ – in which he honored the company
by mentioning its Z. A sign at the event read “Y welcomes the author of B".
• This is the passage where he mentions the product:
• “He sent two beers.”
• “I like the beer in cans best.”
• "But this is in bottles, Z, and I take back the bottles.
• “That’s very kind of you” the _____ ______ said. “Should we eat?”

47. Set 1
• W=The old man and the sea
• X= Ernest Hemingway
• Y=Bacardi
• Z=Hautey Beer

48. SET 2
• Three different movies with the same name X were released in
1971, 1995 and 2005 respectively.The movie released in 1995
had a pair W, who later became real life couple, essaying the role
of the main leads.The leading lady replaced the original choiceY
subsequent to an unfortunate incident.There is however one
common person Z in the star cast of all the three movies.W,X,Y
and Z

49. Set 2
• W=Kajol and Ajay Devgan
• X= Hulchul
• Y= Divya Bharti
• Z= Amrish Puri

50. ANTICLOCKWISE

51. 13
X, meaning “exceeding treasure”, was a heavily armed trading ship belonging to the
Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, that finds its mention in pirate folklore.
X was on its way from Mocha inYemen to Surat along with its escort Fateh
Mohammed, when it was captured by the English pirate Henry Every on 7 September
1695.
Despite being outnumbered, Every managed to capture the two ships and went
away with a loot of £600,000 including 500,000 gold and silver pieces, making it one
of the most profitable and biggest pirate raids in history.
The raid soured Mughal and British relations to the point that Aurangzeb closed all
Company factories, and almost decided to attack and expel all Englishmen in India.
As fate would have it, the English pacified him and would stay in India.
Give X, whose looting almost expelled all British from India.

53. Ganj-i-Sawai (anglicized as Gunswoy)

54. 14The following is the list of women’s singles winners at the AsianTableTennis
Championships for the years mentioned.
What happened, that Japan was able to break the stranglehold of China in 1996?
1976 – Zhang Li (China)
1978 – CaoYanhua (China)
1980 – Qi Baoxiang (China)
1982 – CaoYanhua (China)
1984 – He Zhili (China)
1986 – He Zhili (China)
1988 – He Zhili (China)
1990 – Qiao Hong (China)
1992 –TangWeiyi (China)
1994 – DengYaping (China)
1996 – Chire Koyama (Japan)

56. He Zhili, who was the champion thrice from 1984 to 1988, and
fed with up with the ‘fixing’ of matches between Chinese
players, migrated to Japan and married a Japanese. She
changed her name to Chire Koyama and represented Japan

57. 15
• Beer enthusiasts
• PregnantWomen
• People who work out
• People with steroids and high cholesterol
• People dressed in striking colors
This is a list of possible answer to one of an eternal question.

60. 16
To address a perennial problem in certain competitions in this sport, this
organisation has been using ‘TW3’, introduced in 2012 under a former
Olympian’s guidance.TW3 replaced ‘Greulich & Pyle’, which had been in use
since 2005.
What are we talking about?Who was the former Olympian?

62. Medical tests to determine age of
players in age-group cricket in India
BCCI’s AgeVerification Programme
(AVP) in 2012 was advised by Dr.Vece
Paes

63. 17
• The phrase entered the mainstream by way ofTom Wolfe's novel The Right Stuff.
This term has since been applied metaphorically to any situation in which a person
or a group is pushing the limits or doing something new in any area of activity. It is
often applied in a self-congratulatory way to highlight the novelty and risk-taking
of the activity.
The phrase has its origin in the field of aviation. It is a reference to the flyable
portion of the atmosphere around the earth.

66. Question 18

69. 19
• The individual sent a short paper to Nature in which he suggested a shorter name
on the following grounds:
• The name X’ has been suggested by Anderson and Neddermeyer for the new
particle found in cosmic radiation. It is felt that the ‘tr’ is redundant in this word
since it does not belong to the Greek root for middle. It would therefore be more
logical and also shorter to call the new particle X than a X’.
• Who wrote the letter?
• Identify the terms -X and X

71. H J BHABHA
• X= Meson
• X’=Mesotron

72. 20
This motif is a common symbol in heraldry, and has found use in histories in
both India and Europe, but with different connotations.
In the West, it has denoted a claim to succession or cultural continuity from
the heritage of the Roman Empire. It has featured heavily in Byzantine, Holy
Roman and Habsburg insignia, where it signified dominion over Church and
State, along with dominion over East andWest. Even modern day flags of
countries and other entities associated with Orthodox Church feature it,
though its origins are from the ancient Hittite civilization.
In India, it is the representation of the Gandaberunda motif in Hindu
mythology as a symbol of strength and is said to have killed the Sharabha
beast incarnation of Lord Shiva that was a eight-legged chimera of man, lion
and bird.
What motif or symbol is this?

74. Two headed Eagle
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I with
the Imperial Banners
Insignia of State of Karnataka, inspired
by the seal of Kingdom of Mysore

75. 21 Scene from Anurag Kashyap’s Gulaal.
Which piece of literature is Piyush Mishra
performing? Give both poem and poet.

77. Rashmirathi, by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

78. 22What does this chart indicate?

81. 23
In the third generation Pokemon games Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, the language is
inscribed in ancient caves and taverns, visually encoding the instructions for opening
the gates inside the three caves that contain the LegendaryTitans trio of Regirock,
Regice and Registeel.
Thus, it appears that the language appears in the game as a sort of ancient
language, but there is no official backstory by Nintendo.
• What language?
• Many fans, due to the appearance of the three Regis, also call it legendary ______
trio, where the blanked out word is a term from Jewish folklore. FITB

84. Braille
Golem

85. 24
Nottingham Forest F.C. was originally founded in 1865 as Nottingham Forest
Football and ____ Club
The blank referred to an outdoor winter sport played on ice, resembling ice hockey,
but with a ball
The sport continues to be popular in Russia and the Nordic countries - with many
crediting this sport for the more elegant style of play of Soviet / Russian ice-hockey
players vis-à-vis their North American counterparts.
Which sport?

88. Bandy

89. THE SIGN OF FOUR
AGAIN

90. SET3
• W, the war hero after whom Chicago’s airport is named, was the son of mob
lawyer who was famous by the name “Easy Eddie” who was an attorney and
business partner of the famous gangster X.There was a point when Eddie decided
to secretly become an informant for the Internal Revenue Service and it was with
his help that the government convicted and imprisoned X for income tax evasion.
• A 1983 movieY which is the remake of a 1932 movie of the same name which is
loosely based on the rise and fall of X. In the 1983 movie the lead role is by the
famous actor Z.

91. SET4. Hats off- Identify
W YX
Z

92. ANSWERS

93. SET3
• W, the war hero after whom Chicago’s airport is named, was the son of mob
lawyer who was famous by the name “Easy Eddie” who was an attorney and
business partner of the famous gangster X.There was a point when Eddie decided
to secretly become an informant for the Internal Revenue Service and it was with
his help that the government convicted and imprisoned X for income tax evasion.
• A 1983 movieY which is the remake of a 1932 movie of the same name which is
loosely based on the rise and fall of X. In the 1983 movie the lead role is by the
famous actor Z.

94. Set3
• W=Butch O’Hare
• X=Al Capone
• Y=Scarface
• Z=Al Pacino

95. SET4. Hats off- Identify
W YX
Z

96. Set4
W=Laadla
X=Dil Hai ki Maanta Nahin
Y=Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Z=Baazigar

97. THANKYOU