Finals of Fresher's quiz 2014, organized by Hans Raj College's Quizzing Society - Illuminati.

3. 1. The quiz shall consist of 5 rounds.
2. The rules and scoring system of each individual
round shall be explained as and when we
reach the round.
3. The quizmaster’s decision is final and binding.
4. And most importantly, enjoy yourself and have
fun.

5. List the 14 football players that feature in Nike’s
FIFA World Cup commercial ‘Winner Stays’.
• 5 points each for correct name.
• 10 points bonus for getting 11-13 names
correct.
• 20 points bonus for getting all 14 minutes.
• Any answer after 14 names shall not be
considered, even if it is correct.
• You have 2 minutes to list ‘em down.

7. 8. David Luiz
9. Andres Iniesta
10. Mario Gotze
11. Andrea Pirlo
12. Tim Howard
13. Thibaut Courtois
14. Thiago Silva
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Neymar
3. Wayne Rooney
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
5. Gonzalo Higuain
6. Eden Hazard
7. Pique

8. +15/-10 on pounce
15 questions

9. 1.
While in his days in London as a civil engineer, X witnessed
the Gunners' remarkable run to the European Cup
Winners' Cup final in the 1993/94 season. So enthralled
was he by George Graham's side that he bought his
eldest son an Ian Wright replica shirt.
As a teenager too, he shared the love for the beautiful
game and played as a center forward, making use of his
tall 193 cm frame.
He joins Fidel Castro, Darren Ferguson, and Queen Elizabeth
as an unlikely entrant to the list of ‘Celebrity Gooners’, a
list of famous Arsenal fans.
Who?

12. 2.
Silver nitrate, on exposure to NaCl and proteins
with exposed sulphur atoms, forms salts that
are largely pale. But light soon reacts with the
silver and removes it from its compounds,
depositing it as a metal.
What is the most common application of this
process?

15. 3.
The tournament ‘X’ was first played in 1934, though
it was only officially designated as ‘X’ in 1998.
It is the only series in cricket which is decided on a
points system, taking into account tests, ODIs and
T20s. Six points are awarded for a Test victory
(two points to each side in the event of a draw),
and two points for a victory in any of the One Day
Internationals and Twenty20 games.
Give X.

17. Women’s Ashes

18. 4.
According to Akira Toriyama, X's design is an
amalgamation of what he thought monsters looked
like in his childhood.
According to the Daizenshuu, X was also inspired by
Toriyama's second editor, Yu Kondo.
According toDaizenshuu 2, Toriyama was also inspired
to create X due to the events of the Japanese
economic bubble that had occurred at the time he
was writing the _______ saga, with X specifically
being based on real estate speculators, which
Toriyama claimed were "the worst sort of people.“
Who/what is X?

21. 5.
This company has 26 showrooms under X brand. Its
main showroom is situated in Mumbai and is said
to be the largest of its kind in the world.
It recorded a revenue of Rs 8.8 billion in 2010 and
even proposed an IPO in July 2011.
It made the news headlines in 1987 for a rather
unfortunate reason, and again in 2013, for a
somewhat similar reason.
Give X.

24. 6.
In America, the book’s publishers thought that
children wouldn't understand the word A, so they
would only publish the book if the author changed
the title to something else.
Thus, A became B in American editions only, and the
author has since said that changing the title is one
of X’s biggest regrets.
A is still the official name of the book (and is for the
film adaptation as well, but it's marked as the
"international name“, which makes no sense
because the film is not American).

27. 7.
“We don't believe in the star system. We want the focus to be
on the music. If we have to create an image, it must be an
artificial image. That combination hides our physicality
and also shows our view of the star system. It is not a
compromise.We're trying to separate the private side and
the public side. It's just that we're a little bit embarrassed
by the whole thing. We don't want to play this star system
thing. We don't want to get recognised in the streets. Yes.
Everyone has accepted us using masks in photos so far,
which makes us happy. Maybe sometimes people are a
little bit disappointed but that's the only way we want to
do it. We think the music is the most personal thing we
can give. The rest is just about people taking themselves
seriously, which is all very boring sometimes.”

30. 8.
When he heard of the impending KurukshetraWar, he
marched forth with his army to join his nephews. On the
way, he was tricked by Duryodhana, who arranged a huge
feast for him and his men. When he was impressed by
the hospitality of his host who he mistakenly thought to
be Yudhisthira, he offered to be at his host's service.
Knowing that he was a great charioteer and forecasting that
he would someday be asked to be the charioteer
of Karna, Yudhishthira extracted a vow from him to the
effect that he would demoralize Karna and dampen his
spirits. He assured the Pandavas that he would do
everything possible to dampen Karna's spirits.
Who is being talked about here?

32. Shalya

33. 9.
This is the only referendum to have been held in
India (on January 16, 1967), with its result
binding on the government. The two options
presented before the people were ‘flower’ for
merger and ‘two leaves’ for retaining
independent identity. 54.20% voted against a
merger, 43.50% voted in favour.
What did the referendum set out to decide?

35. Opinion poll to decide whether Goa should be
merged with the state of Maharashtra or
remain a union territory. The people voted in
favour of it remaining a UT.
It was only in 1987 that Goa became a full-fledged
state.

36. 10.
Before X became a teacher, she worked at a
pickle-packing plant. During World War II, she
served with the Women’s Army Corps,
outranking her present boss Y.
Y is said to be a veteran of the Battle of the
Bulge. However, he jests that his claim
towards being in the "Battle of the Bulge"
refers to his own battle against weight gain,
which he has lost.
Who are X and Y?

39. 11.
‘Sudharma’ is a daily newspaper published from
Mysore. It was started by Kalale Nadadur
Varadaraja Iyengar in 1970. It has a daily
circulation of about 2000 copies.
This newspaper is even subscribed in countries
like Japan, USA etc. and is available online as
well.
What is the specialty of this newspaper?

41. Only Sanskrit daily in the world.

42. 12.
As of October 1st 2013, there have been 95 men
and 22 women in this list. Among the men, the
first was the Indian Zeeshan Ali in 1990, while the
95th, an Italian named Daniele Bracciali, entered
the list in the last week of September 2013. The
most famous in this list is an Indian at 36th. As for
the women, the first was an Indonesian named
Yayuk Basuki in 1994, while the most well known
was a Czech-American at 9th.
What is this a list of?

45. 13.
One of the earliest known descriptions of standard time in India
appeared in the 4th century CE astronomical treatise Surya
Siddhanta. Postulating a spherical earth, the book defined the prime
meridian, or zero longitude, as passing through Avanti, the ancient
name for the historic city of Ujjain and Rohitaka, the ancient name
for Rohtak.
The day used by ancient Indian astronomers began at sunrise at the
prime meridian of Ujjain, and was divided into smaller time units in
the following manner:
Time that is measurable is that which is in common use, beginning with
the praṇa (or, the time span of ____________). The pala contains
six praṇas. The ghalika is 60 palas, and the nakṣatra ahoratra, or
astronomical day, contains 60 ghalikas. A nakṣatra masa,
or astronomical month, consists of 30 days.
Fill in the blank, i.e. what did the book define as a prana?

47. The respiratory cycle

48. 14.
In 2006, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the Chief of
the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia, issued a
secret order to assassinate Somali government
officials. This was widely reported in the
western media but was ferociously denied by
the organisation.
What was significant about this incident ?

50. First ever Wikileak

51. 15.
Actor and
movie for full
points.

55. • This is a written round.
• It shall consist of 6 questions.
• Each question shall have a Google Earth
screenshot and the question shall be
something connected to the image.
• The scoring formula is 2n+5, n being the
number of teams that don’t answer.
• Sheets are to be exchanged at the end of this
round.

56. 1.

57. 2.

58. 3.

59. 4.

60. 5.

61. 6.

63. Answers
1. Ayers Rock/Uluru
2. State Bank of India logo
3. Waterloo
4. Walter White
5. Bondi Beach, Australia
6. Trent, Nottingham

64. +15/-10 on pounce
15 questions

65. 16.
It needs to contain at least four dots and not more than
nine.
Once a dot is lit, it can’t be used again.
You can use one or several “knight moves”, such as in [0 5
4 2]:
You cannot go over an unlit dot without lighting it. For
example, the pattern [0 2 1 4] is illegal, because moving
your finger between 0 and 2 will light 1.
Once a dot is lit, you can use it to reach another unlit dot.
For example, both [0 4 3 5] and [0 4 5 3] are legal.
What is being described?

68. 17.
• A situation in which further action is blocked.
• A situation in which two opposing forces find that fu
rther action is impossible or futile.
• A deadlock
• A situation in the game of chess where the player
whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no
legal move, resulting in a draw.
The good word, please.

70. Stalemate

71. 18.
Once upon a time, not so long ago though, the Aam Aadmi
Party had the full support of the television media of this
country.
That support has now eroded somewhat, due to whatever
reasons.
Obviously, this has made AAP supporters really angry. They
have taken to Twitter and started trending a hashtag #X. This #
targets Times Now and Arnab Goswami in particular.
Now the Bollywood connect with the #name is the fact that it
has been borrowed from a unique form of protest featured in a
superhit 21st century mainstream Bollywood film.
Give me the # and the name of the Bolly movie.
The nation demands an answer.

73. #GetWellSoonArnab

74. 19.
He started his career as a bond trader at Gambit
Trading LLC, a Chicago-based trading firm in
2008. He worked there for the next two years,
when in July 2010, he lost his job.
In early 2010, he bought a ______, and despite
any training, started pursuing his hobby. In July,
he made it his profession, and as they say, the
rest is history.
Give funda.

76. Brandon Stanton, HONY

77. 20.
X was founded by Abrahamadeen in 3696 B.C (or 5636 B.A.)
and has since been subject to violent fighting, up until 19
B.A., after which the modern day single-party lead
government was established under the rule of president-for-life
Omar Aladeen. Since then, the country has been under
strict rule of the Aladeen regime.
As a result, the Western states became increasingly critical of
the supreme leader, His Excellency Haffaz Aladeen, who
succeeded his father after legislative elections voted him as
president with 99.999% of the vote.
Due to his dangerous allegiance with nations such as North
Korea, international relations and foreign investment in X has
plummeted.
X’s flag is displayed on the next slide.

78. Which country?

80. Wadiya

81. 21.

83. Someone accidentally purchased
Winzip

84. 22.
As per fan estimates, there are 109.
It begins with cellular mitosis, and ends with
fireworks.
It also includes mammoths, the Pyramids of Giza,
the Taj Mahal, Abraham Lincoln, the Ford
Model T, a floppy disk and a Playstation 2,
among other things.
What am I talking about?

87. 23.
X was built by Y as the divine kingdom of Sukrani.
Y chose a gorge in a forest near a lake for X,
even though it was decreed that nothing could
be built on the gorge.
X, a huge complex of interlinked courtyards,
palaces, temples and waterfalls, was hidden
from the world for eighteen years before it was
discovered.
Give X and Y.

90. 24.
A X or military X is a government led by a committee of
military leaders. The term derives from
the Spanish word _____,
meaning committee or meeting; specifically a board of
directors.
P.P. Phayuhasena led the first well-known military X in the
country Y in 1933, and in May 2014, following six
months of political crisis, the armed forces of Y
established a X, called the National Council for Peace
and Order (NCPO) to govern the nation after dissolving
the government and the senate.
Give X and Y.

92. Junta, Thailand

93. 25.
This is Wimbledon 2011 :
India faced off against X in the Davis Cup Playoffs in
the same year, and the player in question played
against India in that tie.
In the sporting headlines the past few days, which
player am I talking about?

96. 26.
This place in Delhi used to be a large pond in the old
walled city area. Some time during the decade of the
1930s, the pond was filled up so that an annual event
could be shifted to that place (from which it gets its
name; this year's event is around the corner).
Over the decades, the place has also been used for other
reasons; the Municipal Corporation of Delhi isn't very
happy about all this and wants to turn it into a green
area where people can relax, instead of being agitated.
Which place?

98. Ramlila Maidan

99. 27.
X is a Toronto-based company.
The name of the company is an anagram of the
name of the commodity that X’s products are
looking to replace.
Give X, the name of the company.

102. 28.
It was purchased from the New Jersey-based
company Annin for $5.50.
No one gave it a chance to survive in its harsh
environment. With abrasive ____ dust, it would
most likely disintegrate. It was never intended to
last long.
But in 2012, it was discovered that it was simply lying
on the surface. The general consensus is that its
colours have probably bleached and faded to
white.
What am I talking about?

105. 29.
It was covered with a huge scaffold in 1942
During the ________ in 1971, it was protected
by covering it with a green cloth and making it almost
invisible i.e. camouflaged within the greenery around it.
Even in 2001, the precautionary measure to cover it with
cloth was taken and it took more than 20 days to do
that.
However these days with the advent of high precision GPS,
and satellite imagery an enemy can bomb such precious
targets blindly.
But thankfully, the X has actually never been a target of
enemies.
What is X here?

108. 30.
Jeremy Bujakowski (image next slide) was born in 1939 in
Druskieniki, Lithuania to Polish parents, who were
travellers and travelled to Shanghai from Druskieniki on
motorcycle from 1934 to 1936.
He competed in the Men's downhill event in Alpine Skiing
in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, which he
could not finish due to an injury. He returned in 1968
Winter Olympics in Grenoble in Alpine Skiing,
competing again in the downhill, slalom, and giant
slalom events, where he never made it into the top 50
in any event.
What is his claim to fame?

111. India’s first Winter Olympian

113. • This is a written round.
• It consists of 6 questions.
• Each individual question is worth 10 points.
• The answer to each question goes into the
Mahaconnect directly or indirectly.
• A team can go for the Mahaconnect not more
than 2 times.
• The points on each slide indicate the value of
the Mahaconnect for a right or wrong answer.

114. 1. +50/-40
X is a comic strip written and illustrated by Charles
M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to
February 13, 2000, continuing in reruns
afterwards.
It is the most popular and influential in the history of
the comic strip, with 17,897 strips published in all,
making it "arguably the longest story ever told by
one human being".
At its peak, it ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a
readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was
translated into 21 languages.

115. 2. +40/-30
X is a color motion picture process invented in 1916
and then improved over several decades.
It was the most widely used color process
in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952.
It became known and celebrated for its saturated
levels of color, and was initially most commonly
used for filming musicals such as The Wizard of
Oz and Singin' in the Rain, costume pictures such
as The Adventures of Robin Hood and Joan of Arc,
and animated films such as Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs and Fantasia.

117. 3. +30/-20
William Derham (1657-1735) was an English
clergyman and natural philosopher. He
produced the earliest, reasonably accurate
estimate of X.
Using a shotgun and a pocket watch, and simple
triangulation, he determined X, thus improving
on Newton’s estimates.
What is X?

118. 4. +20/-10
X is an epic poem written by Y and is widely
considered the preeminent work of Italian
literature.
It is divided into three parts, the first of which is a
title of a 2013 thriller novel. The second part is
titled “Purgatory” and the third “________”.
Y shares his name with a footballer who was part
of the team which won the UEFA Champions’
League in 2013.

119. 5. +10/-5
This river, popularly known as the ‘______ River’ is
the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in
the world.
The river plays a large role in the history, culture
and economy of China. Its delta is responsible for
the generation of as much as 20% of China’s GDP.
Also, the Three Gorges Dam, built on this river is the
largest hydro-electric power station in the world.
Which river?

120. 6. +5/-0
Aired from 2004-2010. Won an Emmy for its first
season.

122. Answers
1. Peanuts (Charlie Brown)
2. Technicolor (Life in Technicolor)
3. Speed of Sound (Speed of Sound)
4. Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (Paradise)
5. Yangtze (Yellow)
6. Lost (Lost!)

123. Mahaconnect