College General Quiz @ Arcania ISBF

Inter College Quiz | Sreshth Shah | Arcania @ Xenia 2016
General Quiz – Arcania
@ Xenia 16
Indian School of Business & Finance
Researched and conducted by: Sreshth Shah

Preliminary Round
Teams of 3 or less
25 question preliminary round
questions 11-18 are * marked
top 8 teams qualify
no cellphones

1
– The Peter Thiel Fellowship is given to
college dropouts aged 22 and under
alongwith a funding of 100,000 dollars to
pursue their entrepreneurial interests.
Who became the first Indian to receive the
fellowship and what's the name of his
entrepreneurial venture?

1Answer
– Ritesh Agarwal of OYO Rooms

2
In 1910s, he published his work in UK and
USA under the pseudonym, HA Largelamb,
so that people would read his article for
the value of its content and not only
because it was written by a famous person.
Who is this, the pseudonym being a
anagram of his name.

2Answer
A Graham Bell

3
The Public Works department of West
Bengal famously helped fund the
production of which film?

3Answer
Pather Pachali

4
Which is the only venue (city) in the world
to have been the home ground for the first
test of two different nations?

4Answer
Dhaka

5
Charqui, a Spanish term for dried meat, gave
rise to the term. Other locals suggest it refers
to the motion of poking meat with a skewer
to help flavour get easily absorbed. Possible
etymological origins behind what style of
cooking?

5Answer
Jerk/Jerky

6
This emoji, used by most of the western
world as a hospital, was actually created by
the japanese to indicate what sort of
establishments?

6
Love Hotels

7
In the 18th
century, Carl Linnaeus named
them after the latin for spirits of the dead,
wandering ghosts. He knew they roamed
an african island's forests at night, their
large eyes brimming with moonlight, their
shrill cries cracking through the treetops.
Which animal?

7
Lemurs

8
The name of which gemstone
comes from the name of a
transcontinental country?

8Answer
Turquoise – from Turkey

9
December 9th
is celebrated as National Day in
which African country? Here's a google
doodle of it's celebration.

9
Tanzania

10
– The trial of Regina vs Penguin Books
in 1960, resulted in the publication
of which book in 1963, 35 years after
it was first intended to be published?

10Answer
– Lady Chatterleys Lover

11
It is believed that sage Vashistha retired to
this place following his differences with
sage Vishwamitra. Another story goes that
a serpent name Arbuda saved the life of
Nandi here, therefore it was also known as
Arbudaranya in the Puranas. Which
modern day location is this?

11Answer
Mt. Abu

12
Kendrick Lamar's album 'To Pimp A
Butterfly' very popular in 2015. But, Lamar
almost ended up naming the album 'To
Pimp a Caterpillar', before he went with
the eventual title. For what reason of
tribute did he want to name Caterpillar
instead of Butterfly?

12Answer
To pimp a caterpillar shortens to 2pac

13
Which hollywood star's shoulder?
What do the coordinates represent?

13Answer
Angelina Jolie, adopted children's
location are tattoo coordinates

14
The myth goes that X married 27 daughters of
Daksha but truly loved only one of them. His other
wives complained about his negligent behaviour to
Daksha , who cursed him that he would become ugly
forever. As a penance X prayed to lord Shiva to
remove the curse. however lord Shiva said that he
could not completely remove the curse , but said that
whenever X lost his beauty completely , he would
again gradually gain his beauty and the cycle would
go on.
Who is X and what resulted thus?

14Answer
Chandra, Lunar Cycle

15
Who has this singer-songwriter duo been
immortalized and will be prominently
noticed this year?

15Answer
Tom (Jobin) + Vinicus (de Moraes) –
names of Rio Olympic mascots

16
He made his first million in 1897. His 3 cubic
acre property is on top of Killmotor Hill
which is atop Futterman's Fault, a fault line
which would prove catastrophic in the
event of an Earthquake. Who, from fiction,
who gets his name from another work of
fiction from which he is based out of?

16
Scrooge McDuck

17
This area was originally inhabited by the
Patowomacks in the 16th century. The name X is
credited to come from a Native American term,
and has been translated to mean "by the large
Stream.” What is X, a buzzword among Indians in
the recent past.

17

18
The Sunnis called her Muhammad's favorite
wife, while the Shias view her negatively.
She lived till a ripe age of 56, even though
she was widowed by the time she was 18.
Who is she, also the title of two musical
works and a film?

18Answer
Aisha

19
The creator refers to the title of work as
the weight of the human soul, measured
by a doctor by weighing a human body
before death and after death. What is the
weight of the human soul, then?

19Answer

20
He was an Indian lawyer, who's father was a
doctor in Cuttack. He went to England to
prepare himself for the bar but was
attracted to something else, there. Who
was he and what first did he achieve in
1958?

20Answer
Mihir Sen – crossed English Channel (first
Indian)

21
Imran Khan's political outfit, Tehreek E
Insaaf based in Pakistan, uses what
political symbol?

21Answer
A Cricket Bat

22
This Florentine woman, has modelled for a
particular artist's work on numerous
occasions. Here she has been depicted by
him in a work, four years before his most
famous rendition. In which piece of work
have we seen her? Who is her most famous
cousin in law?

Answer 22
Birth of Venus by Boticelli– that's Simonetta
Vespucci and her famous cousin in law is,
Amerigo Vespucci.

23
This gets its named from an eponymous
forest near Entebbe, Uganda. Having
originated in Africa, this has now
prominently shifted to South America. It
means overgrown in the Lugandan
language. Colombia has asked people not to
get pregnant for the next 8 months due to
this. What am I talking about?

23Answer
Zika virus

24
This mnemonic is used to remember the
order of what according to size?
Super Heroes Must Eat Oats

24Answer
Size of America's great lakes – Superior,
Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario
Super Heroes Must Eat Oats

25
The middle portion of this Bosch painting,
represents what?

25Answer
7 deadly sins

Finals
36 questions total.
(+10/-10 on Pounce)
18 clockwise (+10 on Bounce)
18 anticlockwise (+10 on Bounce)

1
Because of the popularity of a certain practice
then associated with this group of people,
bloody bandages were used to signify their
practice. This later got reformed into the
customary artifact we associate these people
with today. What artifact and what profession?

1Answer
Barbers, Barber Poles being red and
white come from them wrapping
bloody bandages around white
polesthem – the practice they
were associated with other than
hair cutting was blood-letting, as a
form of treatment, and therefore
bloody bandages.

2
What iconic TV trope from a show that recently
ended was inspired when a writer for the show
saw the name of an 84 old year TV channel
president, William Paley, on a list of eligible
bachelors in New York?

2Answer

3
One of the options for the new flag of New Zealand, was
the one you see in picture. However, this variant was
quickly overruled due to controversial visual imagery.
Why was it overruled?

3Answer
The white on black background apparently reminded people
of the IS flag

4 - Connect

4Answer
These are the 4 organizations that comprise the Tunisian National
Dialogue Quartet, which won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Tunisian General Labour Union
The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade, and Handicrafts
The Tunisian Human Rights League
The Tunisian Order of Lawyers

5
A ____X____ is the mixture of a color with white
A ____Y___ is the mixture of a color with black.
X &Y Please !

5Answer
X - tint ; Y- shade

6
The country _____ changed their flag, national anthem and their
name recently. The changes were outlined in a new constitution
proposed in 2008. The government ordered that the old flags
be burnt after being lowered by a person born on a Tuesday.
The new flags were to be hoisted by a person born on a
Wednesday.
In 1989, the then rulers changed the English translations of
many places, including the name of the country itself to _____.
This prompted one scholar to coin the term _____ to refer to
the top-down programme of political and cultural reform in the
context of which the renaming was done.
Fill the blanks. All the blanks need not be the same.

6Answer
It's Burma or any variations of the name. The word is 'Myanmarification'.

7 – Whose ad?
40 questions total.
17 clockwise
6 written
17 anticlockwise

7Answer
Johnson & Johnson (for babies)

8
Habitat of which mammal?

8Answer
Gangetic Dolphin

9
This activity involves five "S steps" – see, swirl, sniff, sip
and savour. Some even tend to Swallow or Spit! ;)
What am I talking about?

9Answer – Wine Tasting

10
This term was used in alchemy to refer to the fifth
alchemical element, after earth, air, fire, and water.
These days, it is used to refer to something that is the
most perfect example of its type. What word?

10Answer
Quintessence

11
One explanation of the origin of this practice is that it was
sanctioned by Pope Gregory I who, to counter an outbreak
of bubonic plague, also ordered unending prayer and
parades of chanters through the streets.
Another explanation is it was used as a sort of shield against
the body’s invasion by the Devil or evil spirits. The Irish
Folk story "Master and Man" by Thomas Crofton Croker,
collected by William Butler Yeats, describes this variation.
What practice?

11Answer
Bless you after sneezing

12
In various European languages the
medical term is, literally, ‘emperor’s
cut’ or ‘imperial cut’. What is it in
English?

12Answer
Caesarean section!

13
It is a particular word that has become so associated in people's
minds with the Victorian period that the word briefly became a
figurative term for it. However, despite its Victorian
associations It represents an item that is still used on modern
commercial passenger transport vehicles, especially airplanes
and trains.
It derives in part from the name of the capital of South Sulawesi,
Indonesia because the city was where the basic ingredients
(ylang ylang oil and palm oil) for a popular Victorian product
originated. This product was what made it necessary.
What is this rather antagonistic Victorian word?

13Answer
ANTI-MACASSAR (which is basically the covering on sofas or
seats to prevent stains from the hair oil or Macassar oil used in
Victorian times. Macassar or Makassar is the city in Indonesia)

14
The now common term X, related to education, was coined by
Louisa May Alcott in her 1886 novel Jo's Boys and has to do with
the progressive nature of the school that Jo founded (for that
time period). "Never liked X ", is a line uttered by a boy named
Adolphus "Dolly" Pettingill who objects to carrying out
activities with a certain other group of students in the school.
What precisely is he objecting to, still a cause of debate
today?

14Answer
CO-ED (for co-education)

15
1. Prince Court Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
3. Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon,
4. Fortis Hospital, Bangalore, India,
5. Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea,
6. Bumrungrad International, Bangkok, Thailand,
7. Anadolu Medical Center, Istanbul, Turkey,
8. Bangkok Hospital Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand,
9. Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore,
10. Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai, India.
What specific top 10 list?

15Answer
Foreign patients/medical tourism

16
Delhi had a partial green belt around the city.
In 1982, the Indira Gandhi government
took a decision to replace this green belt of
sorts, for reduction of traffic congestion.
Experts currently believe, that, Delhi's
ecological problems stem from this
decision. So, what came up in place of the
green belt?

16Answer
Outer Ring Road

17
Very recently, four of these were revealed
from the total list of 11 known. What is the
most famous entry of this list and therefore
what is this a list of?
Mahoutokoro – located on a volcanic island
Uagadou – located in Africa
Castelobruxo – deep within forests of Brazil
Ilvermorny – in the American Midwest

Answer17
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
These are names of Wizarding Schools in the Harry
Potter universe – these four were revealed recently

18 – Fill in the blank

18Answer – Al Aqsa - along with the Dome
of the Rock, is referred to as al-Haram ash-
Sharif ("the Noble Sanctuary

19
In republics of Central Asia, there's a practice of
proposal, where the bride comes out of her room,
performs a dance – the groom interrupts the dance,
gets on his knees and gives an impetious proposal.
Almost a scene from a bollywood flick, this tradition
mirrors an event featuring two historical characters.
Which pair, one a defender of men and the other
possessing beautiful cheeks?

19Answer
Alexander – means 'defender of men' and Rukhsana /
Roxane – means 'beautiful cheeks'

20
Today (31/1/16), marks the 26th
anniversary
of the biggest day in the history of this
company and marked the beginning of its
world wide domination. It was dubbed “the
biggest launch event in the world”.
Ironically, over 35000 people applied for
the 600 available job spots to work here
(considering how their employees are
looked at back home) and day 1 saw a
footfall of 30,000 people. What and where?

20Answer
First McDonalds in Moscow (Soviet Russia)

21
In the 1940s, the spectacular success of the Allied Air
Force was attributed by them to something that has
thus become a myth with almost no scientific backing.
So, what did the Allied Air Force attribute their
successes to, so as to avoid shedding light on their
actual reason for success, which was the Airborne
radar?

21Answer
CARROT in the diet of these pilots helped their eyesight
to see Nazi bombers attacking at night. That was a lie
intended to cover the real matter of what was
underpinning the Royal Air Force's successes:
Airborne Interception Radar, also known as AI

22
In local language, this range's name translates to – the
benovelent mountain. We know it, ofcourse, by it's
Westernized Avatar. ID both names.

22Answer
Sahyadri and Western Ghats!

23
The director of this movie, carried around
a picture of a particular piece of artwork
for his art director to replicate for the
tone of a particular film of his. (Image in
next slide). For full points, identify the
movie, the director & the artwork being
spoken about.

23

23Answer
Ridley Scott
Blade Runner
Nighthawks – Edward Hopper

24
This geographical location's name when
translated to English means "the country of
honorable people" or incorruptible people.
A startup took its name from this location,
founded by Jaydeep Barman and Kallol
Banerjee. Which geographical location and
which start up?

24Answer
Burkina Faso
and

25
In China, there exists an occupation called
Ding Zui – where those willing to
undertake a Ding Zui contract are paid in
full. Although professionals, an average
Ding Zui merely does 2-3 projects in their
lifetime. Who is a Ding Zui?

25Answer
Body Doubles to go to jail and serve time!

26
Story goes that some drunk miners came into a
restaurant, one late night in 1860 in San Francisco,
terribly hungry. The cook came up with something
impromptu, by throwing some leftovers in the pot
and creating something tasty. When the miners
asked him what the dish was called, he replied
______ ___, referring to the fact that he had cut the
pieces of meat and veggies. Apparent origin of
which dish, which locals vow to have never eaten
in their homeland but very popular in the rest of
the world? The fact that it's origins lie in SFO,
might be why a variation of the food item is also an
oxymoron.

26Answer
He said, 'chopped sui' which later became chopsuey
and the apparent origins behind American
Chopsuey

27
Scientific name, Harpandon Neherus is
named after the mode of its transport
and often misattributed to contain a
member of the Anatidae family. Just
name the delicacy.

27Answer
Bombay Duck – not a duck, but actually a
lizard fish.
Gets its name since it was transported on
the Bombay Daak train

28
One often finds this in hotel rooms in some parts
of the world. What does it represent?

28Answer
Direction towards Mecca to aid those wishing to
pray. Seen in hotel rooms in Middle east.

29
Which sport
and who's
World
number 1?

29Answer
Baseball

30
Argentina's 1978 Football World Cup
winning team was suspected to have doped
heavily due to a certain anomaly in their
Urine Test results, which suggested
switching of samples. Who were the
players accused of switching their samples
with? And what was the anomaly?

30Answer
With their partners/wives
They got caught because one of the samples
came out positive for pregnancy!

31
Kishori Mohan Bandhopadhyay received the
1903 Edward VII medal for his
contribution to science. However this seen
by many Indian historians as a travesty of
justice as his boss won the bigger prize for
the same discovery a year before. Who was
his boss and what did they discover
together?

31Answer
Ronald Ross and Quinine

32
This is Daveigh Chase's filmography – What is her
most famous role?

32
Girl from the RING

33
One of the major changes in the Indian army
post independence was the dropping of a
term which is derived from a Persian word
meaning army for a Persian word meaning
young. The first term is preferred by the
British historians to denote an event in
Indian History while India historians
generally don’t use it. What was the original
word and the new word?

33Answer
Sepoy to Jawan

34
The name of this building literally means on
top of the hill. It is often misattributed to be
connected to a dairy product identify this
Delhi building.

34Answer
Malai Mandir in R.K. Puram

35
The origin of the name of this
substance comes from the old English
name for the Beaver. The connection
being a bad smelly fluid excreted by
the glands near the back of the
beaver being similar to the substance.
Name this substance?

35
Castor Oil- The old English word for Beaver was
Castor

36
1. The main village in Sunart, an area in western Lochaber Highland, Scotland, on the
A861 road.
2. A city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany, located in the
southern part of the Rhine Main Area.
3. A town situated approximately 125 kilometres north of Moscow, on the Volga River,
just downstream the Ivankovo Reservoir, it is the northernmost town of Moscow
Oblast.
4. A village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm
archipelago. The name of the village means "outer village".
5. A city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United
States. Its neighbours to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the
north are the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington.
6. The capitals of Denmark, Sweden and France. CONNECT.

36Answer
Elements named after cities
Strontium (38) (Strontian, Scotland)
Darmstadtium (111) (Darmstadt, Germany)
Dubnium (105) (Dubna, Russia)
Erbium (68) (Ytterby, Sweden)
Terbium (65) (Ytterby, Sweden)
Ytterbium (70) (Ytterby, Sweden)
Yttrium (39) (Ytterby, Sweden)
Berklium (97) (Berkley, CA)
Hafnium (72) (from the Latin hafnia for "Copenhagen")
Holmium (67) (from the Latin holmia for "Stockholm")
Lutetium (71) (from the Latin name for Paris)

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