scinti11ations_prelims

SCINTILLATIONS 2011 QUIZ PRELIMS

Q1. NAME IT

A1

• Scintillations grid

Q 2

• The main feature which distinguishes X artifacts from its competitors is it’s formerly patented “burping seal”.

• X, which has been a pioneer in its field since 1946, was the main forerunner to the direct marketing strategy(door-to-door marketing).

• A technique called ‘carrot calling’ helped promote the sale of X artifacts. Representatives would travel door to door in a neighborhood and ask housewives to “run an experiment” in which carrots would be placed in an X artifact and compared with “anything that you would ordinarily leave in”, which would result in people choosing X over the ordinary ones.

• If it helps you, know that the door to door marketing of X is still carried out in many parts of the world, including our country, our state, our city….

A2

• Tupperware

Q3

• There are some crazy inspirations for music band names but the name of this band comes from an unbelievable source for musical inspiration: Cricket.

• Their only album shares the band’s name and contains twelve songs about cricket.

• One of their songs Jiggery Pokery is inspired by Shane Warne’s ball of the century.

• Up in the next slide is the album art of the band’s only album, if that’s of any help to you.

A3

• The Duckworth-Lewis Method band

• (Note the large DLM in the album art)

Q4

• One of Ford’s cars is the Ford X which is not very popular, here in India. However Y-X is well known amongst us! On December 7, 2004, version 1.0 of X was released, and received over 500,000 downloads in its first three days of release, and 1,000,000 in 10 days. 2nd pic is the origin of X and 1st is the logo of Y . Find X,Y

A4

• Mozilla Thunderbird

Q5.PUT FUNDA

A5

• This scene from “The Pursuit of Happyness” has a cameo by the real Chris Gardner, on whose life the movie is based. Will Smith looks back towards the man as he passes.

Q6

First use of what?

A6

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Q7

• A logo was created on the basis of the doodle made by William Wadsworth Hodkinson. Some say the doodle was made on Utah's Ben Lomond and that and that Peru's Artesonraju is in the live logo. Some editions of the logo bear a striking resemblance to the Pfeifferhorn.

• Which company’s logo are we talking about?

A7

• Paramount pictures

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Who was this letter written to?

Q8

A8

• Albert Einstein

Q9

After being issued U.S. patent #6,281 on April 10, 1849Hunt sold the patent to W. R. Grace and Company for $400 (roughly $10,000 in 2008 dollars). Using that money, Hunt then paid the $15 owed to a friend and kept the remaining amount of $385 for himself. What Hunt failed to realize is that in the years to follow, W.R. Grace and Company would make millions of dollars in profits from his invention.

WHAT ?

A9

• Safety pin

Q10

• Some say X was first created in the kitchens by a palace cook named Kakasura Madappa out of the above ingredients. The cook simply made a concoction of besan, ghee and sugar. The sweet that was formed delighted the royalties so much that it became a "Royal Sweet". When asked its name, Madappa obviously didn't have its name, so he simply called it the ‘X’

A10

• Mysore Pak from Mysore palace

Q11

The name of this Club gets it name from a legendary Greek Hero.

It’s one of the most successful clubs in the world.

It’s logo is just a picture of the Greek Hero’s head.

It is how ever drawn of Just 11 strokes to represent each of the 11 players.

What is the club??

A11

• Ajax

Q12

Why the Paduang Women wear it is still a mystery.

Some say that these protected women from becoming slaves by making them less attractive to other tribes.

It has also been suggested these give the women resemblance to a dragon, an important figure in Paduang folklore.

These might be meant to protect from tiger bites, perhaps literally, but probably symbolically.

Enough Said.

What are we Talking about??

A12

• Neck rings

Q13

This Flower is called Magnolia. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles. Hence the Petals are extremely tough. Also it produces _________ as a repellant against "ants, poisonous fungi and nematode worms. FITB.

A13

• Naphthalene

Q 14

• Connect a town called Dubna in Russia, Ernest Rutherford, Glenn Seaborg, Neils Bohr, and Austrian physicist Lise Meitner.

• Note: Specific connect required.

A 14

• Trans actinium metal name inspirations.

• Part points for identifying element name inspirations.

• Points given for artificially synthesised elements, radioactive.

Q15.CONNECT

A15

• (answer: different fonts)

• Gothic, Franklin, cooper, Algerian, Arial, centaur, courier, Bernard, bell, gill, Georgia, broad, Baskerville, trebuchet, comic sans

Q16.

How did this guy gain popularity in 2009?

A16

• Bus driver for Sri Lankan Cricket team

Q 17

• X was sued in 1986 for violations of the Gold Control Act, for illegal production of Gold.

• However he wasn’t sued because the court was afraid as to how the public would react to it.

• Later in December 2000, the magazine India Today published a cover story about X with allegations of fakery made by the magician P. C. Sorcar, Jr.

• ID X

A 17 Puttaparthi Sai Baba

And his famous Gold Lingams.

Q18.

Parody of who/ what event?

A18

• Steve Jobs/ iPhone launch

Q19

• This picture is from a photo-call for a film that has been in the works for a while now, and is set for release in late 2011. You can see Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg here.

• Which film?

A19

• The Adventures of Tintin based on the Tintin stories "The Crab with the Golden Claws", "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure". Peter Jackson is one of the co-producers, while Spielberg is the director.

Q20

• The English cricket season typically opens with the "Champion County" match, in which a team representing the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) plays the current English county champions. In 2010, the match was held at Abu Dhabi in March, and was a four day match played in day-night fashion. Rahul Dravid was part of the MCC team, and starred, scoring a century to help them win. He was reportedly happy with an experimental addition to the match. What significant change to cricketing equipment was made in this match?

A20

• First ever use of the Pink Ball

Q21

• 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?

A21

• Ramlila Maidan

Q22

• What business entity connects the following set of people:

• Manas Sarkar, a 17 year 'cadet' footballer

• Pawan Kumar, a senior associate for quality control

• A tribal beneficiary of the "Tejaswini" Project

• A Commonwealth Games Gold medallist in Archery

• Jyoti Pandey, A Departmental Ethics coordinator

• A Dutch researcher, formerly an employee of Corus

• Sadhan Baske, a tomato farmer

• The fifth woman to scale Mt. Everest

A22

• These people are featured in the Tata Steel "Values Stronger Than Steel" ad campaign

Q23

• The unnamed character made his first appearance within the Parker Brothers' game Dig, released before the U.S. entered World War II. The identity of the artist who designed the character has remained a mystery. He is the round old man who is in a top hat currently ranked 9th in the list. Identify him.

A23

• Rich Uncle Pennybags/ Mr.Monopoly

Q24

• This company came into existence in the year 1884. This multipurpose product made by this company is world renowned solely because of the fact that it is associated with __X__ and derives its name from them. It was originally the sole supplier of the product and regained this position when it acquired the rival supplier of the product in 2005. In 1909, the mother of the company's founder passed away and he decided to name the company in memory of her. The company started using __Y__ in their products in the year 1921 and as a result, the name of the company was altered to accommodate this inclusion. Though this product was originally created to serve the requirements of __X__, it is widely used by the rest of the world, simply because it's so handy and compact. It is even part of the standard equipment used by NASA astronauts.

A24Swiss army knife.

Q25. Symbol of what?

A25

Q26. Map of?

A26

• Hogwarts

Q27.Map of?

A27

• 7 wonders of the world.

Q28

• The poem The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus has a place of importance in __X__. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty _________, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

ID the "brazen giant of Greece" being referred to and what the subject of the poem is.

A28

• Statue of Liberty

29.Id X

• On March 24, 1958 ___X__ accompanied by his parents and a group of family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board. From there, he and twelve other recruits were bused to Kennedy Veterans Memorial Hospital. There, ___X__ was assigned army serial number 53 310 761. After being processed and sworn in,__X___ said his good-byes and was bused with the others from Memphis to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for further processing. There, he received his famous G.I. haircut and coined the phrase 'Hair today, gone tomorrow', in a comment to the news media. He was assigned to the Second Armored Division's 'Hell On Wheels' unit (formerly led by General George Patton) and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Inspite of the fact that there was no war, the army navy and air force vied to get __X__'s attention to join them. (Pic in Next Slide)

A29.Elvis.

Q30.Stamp issued to commomerate what? which country?

A30

• 1936 berlin olympics, germany.

Q.31.Connect.

• The Eye in the Sky The Pro The Rookie The Ringleader The Inside Man The Grease Man The Fuse The Getaway The High Roller The Bankroll

A31

• Job designations for each person in ocean’s 11.

Q32.

• Statistically, X is the world's most popular transportation company. It is estimated that the equivalent of the world's population travel in X every three days. According to United Technologies, X carry the equivalent of the world's population every nine days. What are we talking about?

A32

• OTIS Elevators

Q 33 Identify the advertiser.

A 33

Monster.com ("Stuck in the wrong job?" Campaign)

Q 34

Statue of who and who at at the Plaza de Españain Madrid ??(Pic in next slide)

A 34

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

Q35

• In Tamil, it literally means “Tied Wood”, but the British couldn’t pronounce it and hence derived an anglicized term for it. They are stream-lined boats found on both coasts of India.

A35

• Catamaran(Kattu-Maram)

Q 36 Jacob Bernoulli discovered this constant , X by studying a question about compound interest . One example is an account that starts with $1.00 and pays 100 percent interest per year. If the interest is credited once, at the end of the year, the value is $2.00; but if the interest is computed and added twice in the year, the $1 is multiplied by 1.5 twice, yielding $1.00×1.5² = $2.25. Compounding quarterly yields $1.00×1.254 = $2.4414..., and compounding monthly yields $1.00×(1.0833...)12 = $2.613035.... Bernoulli noticed that this sequence approaches a limit , X. NOW WHAT IS X??

A 36

X is e.

Q 37

Possibly through his military background, X is portrayed as having expertise with explosives, surveillance, hand to hand combat and evasive driving. X often engages in hand-to-hand combat, having to improvise using unconventional weapons against his opponents. X is also an accomplished sharpshooter. X carries out his business according to strict rules, which he is loath to break, and expects his clients to adhere to them or face a breach of contract. X maintains a uniform of sorts, consisting of a black suit, white shirt, and a black tie. X also puts great emphasis on precise timing and punctuality. He regularly maintains anonymity from his clients, going by the aliases.

A 37

Frank Martin Transporter.

Q38

Where would you find all these:

2 tusked elephants

An old map of the Indian peninsula

4 water lilies

A rising sun

An open book containing the name I want.

A 38

Q 39

It is among the very few words in English of Japanese origin.

It literally translates to Great – lord.

In English it means someone who is extremely successful in business or someone who is ultra rich…

Give me the word…

A 39

Q40

• This Doc born in Mylapore, Chennai has attended Hindu College, University of Delhi, from where he earned his Bachelor Honours degree in Mathematics. He studied for his Masters degree in Statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute. He then went to study at Harvard University on a full Rockefeller scholarship. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics by Harvard University (Class of 1965). He has pointed out that Sonia is none other than a 5th standard pass and was the main reason for the 2G scam to come to light! Who is he?

A40

• Dr.Subramaniya Swamy

Q41

• X was created by Leslie Scott, the co-founder of Oxford Games Ltd, based on a game that evolved within her family in the early 1970s using something the family purchased from a sawmill in Takoradi, Ghana. Scott launched the game she named and trademarked as ‘X' at the London Toy Fair in January 1983 and sold it through her own company, Leslie Scott Associates. The first set of X were manufactured for Scott by the Camp hill Village Trust in Botton, Yorkshire. The V&A Museum of Childhood has exhibited one of the original sets of X since 1982. X actually denotes the swahili word “to build”. Identify X

A41

• Jenga

Q42

X is derived from the French word for ‘Little shoulder.’

It’s color length and diameter

often signify rank.

ID X.

Take clues from the pictures.

A42

• Epaulette