LSD Pot Pourri Prelims - 25th January, 2016 @Chaos 2016 - IIM Ahmedabad

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Word of the Month (24 points) Fill in the blanks of the following words. A preset, familiar pattern has been filled out for you. Getting your spellings correct for these ones are super critical. +1 for every correct answer, 0 otherwise. An additional +6 beyond the points mentioned for getting any six of the twelve months. A further additional +6 beyond the points mentioned for getting all of the twelve right.

J A _ _ _ N _ _ _ (adverb) In a manner that is strongly irritating.

“The piano was ________ out of tune.” _ _ F E B _ _ _ _ _ _ The only people besides the children and mothers who were allowed to board the little boats leaving the Titanic. _ M A _ _ _ R Someone who lacks professional skill or expertise. A P _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ Neither too little, nor too much. M _ _ A _ _ Y _ _ _ _ The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space. J U N _ _ _ _ _

The dictionary has several meaning for the word, which beat around the bush with no new inputs. Here are the top 4 definitions according to Merriam-Webster.

an act of joining or adjoining things

the place where two or more things come together

something that joins or connects

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

J U _ _ L _ _ _

1. adjective - joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"

2. full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart"

A U G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Something that is capable of growing in intensity - also capable of being made greater, in size, quantity or say - extent.

S _ E P _ _ _ Royal Staff.

O C T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (noun) someone whose age is in the eighties.

_ _ _ N O V _ _ (noun) Word closely related to the rate which captures how quickly something is replaced within a given period.

Think business.

D E _ _ _ C _ _ _ _

To separate clearly, as if by boundaries.

Up and Down Words (26 points) Look at the clues and solve the puzzle by entering the missing words. The second word of any given clue’s solution is also the first word for the solution of the next clue. Consider a small example:

1. Important Memento - FAMILY __________________ 2. It’s red when it is ripe - _______________ __________________

In this case, you could venture a guess that the first clue leads to “Family Heirloom”.

For the second clue, you would therefore assume the first word is “Heirloom” and venture a guess as “Heirloom Tomatoes”. Build your answers accordingly.

One solution is provided in Block A and Block B. Block C has no hints and carries extra marks.

You get +1 for figuring out each individual word. Repetitions do not count twice.

You get an additional +2 if you solve the entirety of Block A or Block B.

You get a further additional +6 if you can solve Block C entirely.

Block A -

Block b

Block C

Rebus (12 points) A rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words. Figure out what the following pics mean. Expect commonly used words, phrases, sentences or ideas. +2 for every correct answer.

Fill her up: Anagrams (30 points) Fill up these blanks with words which are anaagrams of each other. An anagram of a word is the letters of the same word shuffled such that both words make sense. Eg eat, ate, tea. are anagrams.

For Question 1 and 2, you get 1 point for getting a blank, and 4 points if you get all four blanks (8 points each). For Question 3, you get 2 points for getting a blank, and 4 points if you get all four blanks. (14 points).

1.

She peeked out from behind the _____________________ and stared at the _______________________, her mouth watering. She let out a _____________________ breath but it was noisy and she was ______________________ the embarrassment of being caught by the owners. (6 letters)

2.

The _____________________ have begun and we see the royalty file in, crowding one by one - scattering across 100 _____________________ of land. The animals are roaring in protest as they run inside the hippodrome - but nobody in the audience _____________________. Try not to _____________________them atleast. (5 letters)

3.

That the passengers cooperate with the hijacker was _____________________ to her plan. She did not want them _____________________ the officials any sooner than necessary – to avoid unnecessary _____________________ of the event chronology. The hijacker was well disguised - _____________________ him to her would be nearly impossible. Unless of course they found the sniper, put the pieces together and figured out the realized that there was a third person, all three of them a metaphorical _________ working to blow up the train. (8 letters)

Palindromes (28 points) A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward. Allowances may be made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers. The answers to all of the following clues are palindromes. The number of letters in each word has been provided.

Here’s an example.

Man attending nature’s call respectfully exclaims how he ends up seeing a Leaning Tower.

(2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4)

(Pardon the crassness/immodesty in this example.)

Answer: As I pee, sir, I see Pisa!

(You may note the sentence reads the same way back and forth.)

Scoring: +4 for each phrase.

An 15-year old cat and a 25-year old tiger constantly forgetting things.

___________ _________________ (6, 7)

“But surely sir, you must either be divisible by two - or you may not.”

The circular number looked up defiantly - “The laws of mathematics are beneath me. I am ___________ _____ ___ ______.” (5, 3, 2, 4)

A biblical summary of Abel’s opinion of his brother.

_______ : ____ __________ (4, 1, 6)

It can be quite alienating to be the top American brand of painkillers.

___________ _________________ (6, 7)

What a disappointed Sharmaji said when his son proudly remarked: “Dad, I can interpret eight memos.” ______ ____ _____ _______________ _______ _________ (4, 3, 9, 4, 5)

Palindromes - contd.

It is said that the first palindrome ever spoken was when the first man on Earth disregarded the level of competition and nonetheless serenaded Eve by introducing himself “Madam, I’m Adam.”

Years later, one of the first female programmers in human history had a similar quip for a young man. What did she say?

______, __ ____ (4. 2. 3)

A psychological condition characterized by a strong, and often irrational, fear of palindromes.

___________________ (11)