1. Preliminary Round AnswersOpen GeneralQuiz 2.0IIT BombayConducted byRaghav Chakravarthyof

2. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayRules 40 questions. Starred-marked questions to resolve ties. Usual pointers applicable. Good luck! 3. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.1 Which place gets its name from acorruption of the shortened formof a word derived from the formof goddess Lakshmi depictedhere? The shortened form of the wordalso refers to a particular flower. The place got its name because atemple of this goddess waspresent in that region dating backto the 10th century AD as per theArchaeological Survey of India. 4. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayPowaiThe word Powai is thought to have possiblybeen derived from the word Poumw, acorrupted form of Pouma which means Padmain Sanskrit.This is due to the fact that the Padmavati DeviTemple, dedicated to Goddess Padmavati wassituated on the bank of the Powai lake insideIIT Bombay, dates back to the 10th century ADas per the Archeological Survey of India. 5. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.2 If a Quora post is to be believed, the identity ofthe picture, was a 4 year 3 months old NeeruDeshpandey from Nagpur. However, Mayank Shah, group productmanager, put all the folklore to rest andrevealed: It's actually an illustration by Everestback in the 60s. It is one of the largest selling products in theworld, if the number equivalent to its annualsales is kept end to end, 192 is the number oftimes one could go around the world. What? 6. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayParle-G Biscuits 7. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.3 Edisons first patentedinvention was never used forthe purpose for which it wasmade. The people who weresupposed to use it wereunimpressed and moreimportantly they thought itwould reduce the time takenfor performing a particularactivity and this would reducethe time they had to convincepeople. What invention greatly used inthe modern day? 8. Electric Voting Machine (Electric VoteOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayRecorder) 9. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.4* Whose debut film was an English languagefilm, Epistle, released in 1961? The film was produced by Shankar Giri, theson of former President of India Dr V.V. Giri. 10. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayJayalalithaa 11. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.5* They initially calledthemselves asStarfish, since therewas already a bandcalled starfish theynamed themselvesafter a part of the nameof the book ChildsReflections, _________by Philip Horky. Name the band? 12. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayColdplay 13. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.6*Who?PC Balasubramaniam and Raja Krishanmoorthy, bothdirectors of Matrix Business Services India, an HRconsultancy firm have co-authored a book titled______ Punchtantra: Business and Life Managementthe ________ Way.It is a book that deals with management lessonsthrough punchlines. Few of the punchlines featuredinclude My way is a unique way; I will deliver what Ipromise, and deliver even what I didnt; You say thatone must do good according to law, I say doing good isthe law. Name the subject of the book? 14. Rajini Sir! - RajinikantOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 15. Q.7 A tributary of riverOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayZaireHow dowe betterknow thename ofthistributaryof riverZaire? 16. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayEbola virus 17. Q.8 Emma Ferrer made it to the cover ofthe Harper Bazaar September 2014 issue,she is supposed to have the poise andstyle of her grandmother. Name herOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombaygrandmother? 18. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayAudrey Hepburn 19. Q.9 What recent South Korean governmentschoice was motivated to bring aboutawareness about the endangered spottedOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombayseals?In South Korea, spottedseals have been designatedNatural Monument No. 331and second-classendangered species.This is because the sealsfrom South Korea travel toDalian, China to breed everyyear where severalthousands are harvested fortheir genitals and sealskin tobe sold on the black marketfor Chinese medicine. 20. The Asian Games Incheon 2014mascots are spotted seals.Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 21. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.10*What phrase? In olden daysmattresses weresupported byropes. A certainactionperformed tomake a stablemattress and agood nightsrest, gives originto a simplephrase.What? 22. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombaySleep Tight 23. Q.11 Name the writer, Teslas goodOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombayfriend? This famous writer and electricity wizard Nikola Teslaforged a famous friendship around their sharedintellectual curiosity. So great was their mutual admiration that each man evenclaimed the other had once cured him of an illness. In his autobiography, Tesla wrote that when he wasbedridden from sickness as a young man, the authorscaptivating novels had been a much-needed solace thathelped jump-start a recovery. After the two became friends, Tesla repaid the favourwhen he cured the writer of a severe bout of constipationby having him stand on a high frequency oscillator. 24. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayMark Twain 25. Q.12 Representation of what?Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayAs on March 31, 2004United States 51.36%Japan 7.74%Brazil 5.16%Netherlands 4.10%United Kingdom 3.72%Other 27.92%As on May 1, 2014Brazil 48.4%India 14.9%United States 5.9%Japan 5.8%Pakistan 3.4%Other 21.6% 26. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayTraffic of Orkut 27. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.13Simpsons tribute to whom? 28. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayAlfred Hitchcock 29. Q.14 Google doodle on whichcountrys national day?Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 30. Pakistan National MonumentOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 31. Q. 15 Identify the boisterous author of thisOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombaybook on Terrorism ? 32. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayArnab Goswami 33. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.16It is 45-foot-tall (14 m), and is 350 feet (110 m)long. It was originally created in 1923 as anadvertisement for a local real estatedevelopment company _________land, itwas one of the largest advertisement boardsin that era. How do we better know it? 34. Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 35. 17. What image has been blankedOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombayout? 36. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayOf Lord Ganesha 37. Q.18 A few reactions for what?Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 38. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 39. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.19Mr. Manjul Bhargavabecame the recipient of acertain award in 2014.It is the first time a personof Indian origin has beenawarded that prizenamed after John Charles_______.Name the prize? 40. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayFields Medal 41. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.20*This phrases first appearance in other languages,however, makes clear that such acts were viewedas a uniquely and characteristically Malaysianhabit.In 1772, the British ship captain James Cook usedthe words to describe frenzied Malaysians whowould get high on opium, run into the streets, andkill anyone they confrontedan observation thathad been previously recorded in Portuguese asearly as 1516.What phrase? 42. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayRun Amok 43. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.21* Coined in 1897 by psychologists G. Stanley Halland Arthur Allin, knismesis and gargalesisare the two types of _________. While knismesis refers to a light & feather-liketouch, gargalesis refers to a harder touch andgreater use of high pressure to sensitive areas. What are these types of? 44. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayTickling 45. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.22 A recently granted patent diagram of what? 46. The iconic Fifth Avenue Apple Store glasscube, which was designed in part bylegendary company co-founder Steve Jobs,is now a patented ornamental buildingdesign sanctioned by the U.S. Patent andTrademark Office.Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 47. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 48. Q.23 This is how it looksfrom the inside. What are wetalking about? 49. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay DarthVadersHelmet. 50. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.24 Donald Levine, who recentlypassed away, served in the Armyin Korea, said he got the idea forX as a way to honour veterans. The origin of term X is from WorldWar I, when much of theequipment issued to U.S. soldierswas stamped something meaningthat it was made from galvanizediron. Donald Levine is thus credited asthe father of X. What is X? What is X? 51. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayG.I.Joe 52. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.25Startinglines of afamousclassic.Name thebook andtheauthor? 53. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 54. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.26 20 years old whocurrently lives inItaly. What did he createwhich has foundinterest with geeksand others alike? 55. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 56. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.27* Time magazine ran a cover sometime inMarch 2013 with the title Man, Superman,Gunman, along with the photo of a certainindividual. Which individual? 57. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.28 Arranged and written byEnglish composer Tony Brittenin 1992, below is the Englishversion. How do we know theverse better?"These are the best _____They are the very best _____The main eventThe _____________The bestThe great teamsThe _____________A large gatheringA great _________eventThe main eventThey are the bestThey are the bestThese are the _____ 58. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay The UEFAChampionsLeague Anthem,officially titledsimply as"ChampionsLeague. 59. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.29*This German chemistinvestigated emission ofspectra of heated elements,and discovered caesium (in1860) and rubidium (in 1861)with Gustav Kirchhoff.What did he develop alongwith his laboratory assistant,Peter Desaga, that haspractical use for chemistsacross the world? 60. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayBunsen Burner 61. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.30 Who owns the domain name 466453.com? 62. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 63. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.31Chinese President Xi Jinping presents the FivePrinciples of Peaceful Coexistence FriendshipAward to Manorama _______, and therebyperforms a certain tradition. What? 64. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay It has been a traditionwith visiting Chineseleaders to meet thefamily of Dr. DwarkanathKotnis and President XiJinping followed it bymeeting the sister of thefamed physician. 65. Q.32 Connect, and fill in the blanksOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay(Non-exhaustive) Grammy Awards in 1972, 1997 and 2003 ; Johnny Cash 1969; Elvis Presley 1972; Led Zeppelin 1973, 1974; Michael Jackson 1988, 2001; Monster Ball Tour Lady Gaga 2011; ________________, 2014 (September 28,2014) 66. Narendra Modi, Madison SquareOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayGarden 67. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.33 Designer Pedro Shi a createda graphic that mimics thefamous painting LibertyLeading the Peoplecommemorating the FrenchRevolution by EugneDelacroix. He released this modifiedimage to allude to a currenthappening. What? 68. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay The UmbrellaRevolution 69. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.34Some unobserved architecturalfeature of the present buildingconsists of certain sculptures in oddnooks and corners of the walls andceiling on the western corridor,which display sundry heads ofwolves and foxes.Which building? 70. High Court of BombayOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayAn outstanding performance of asculptor is in the first & second floordepicting a monkey-judge (presumablysuggested by Aesop's fable of the judicialmonkey and the two litigious cats) withone eye bandaged and holding unevenlythe scales of justice. There is a talebehind this sculpture. It is said that therewas a dispute between the Europeanbuilding Contractor and the Indian Sub-Con tractor, Indian Sub-Contractorbrought a suit and lost. As some finishingtouches had yet to be done, thedisgruntled suitor avenged himself uponLaw and Justice (both Counsel andJudge) in stone and plaster in theaforesaid manner. 71. Q.35 Why are they across theOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombayfence? 72. No (Scottish Referendum) YesOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 73. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.36The aviator you see tothe right is known tohave pioneered one ofthe first combat aircraftswhich had a forward-firingmachine gun fittedto the aircrafts wingscalled the InterrupterGear.How is this aviatorimmortalized in theworld of sports? 74. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayRoland Garros 75. Q.37 Representation of what?Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-Bombay 76. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayBharat Ratna 77. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.38Dutch cartographersHendrik Brouwer andJoan Blaeu named acountry after thewesternmost provinceof the Netherlands,which in Dutch meantthey were sea lands.Name the country? 78. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayNew ZealandDutch cartographersHendrik Brouwer andJoan Blaeu named thearea Nieuw Zeelandafter Zeeland, thewesternmost provinceof the Netherlands.Zeeland is also made ofislands, and its namemeans "sea land" inDutch. 79. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.39Connect: 80. All suffered from ALS (AmyotrophicOpen Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayLateral Sclerosis ) Lou Gehrig Stephen Hawking Mao Zedong David Niven 81. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayQ.40 Name the person performing this jugalbandiwith Zakir Hussain. In 2001, George Harrison reportedly saidEddie van Halen, eat your heart out, afterhaving stumbled upon one of his albums. [Audio of the performance was played.] 82. Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayU. Srinivas 83. Hope you enjoyed the preliminary round!Finals will follow shortly.Open Gen Quiz 2.0IIT-BombayWe would love to know whatyou thought of the questions.Sachin Ravi(91-9008043525)Raghav Chakravarthy(91-9686566849)E-mail:sachin@walnuts.co.inraghav@walnuts.co.in