ISTE General Quiz 2015

PRELIMSQuizmasters: Bedanga Kashyap Das

Amit Kumar Oli

Special thanks to Amresh Pandey for

the Editing part

Rules of the prelims:

There are a total of 31 questions. In case of tie, star mark questions will be

used and if tie still persists, “sudden death” will be used.

All odd numbered questions except Q.No 1 is star marked.

Don’t google. Googling can give u information but no knowledge.

Please keep your mobile phones on the desk

Every question has ample hints so read the question carefully and take a

calculated guess.

Quiz Master is the gawd so u better know it.

Eight best teams qualify.

1.

The X is a national, professional, non-profit Society registered under the

Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860. First started in 1941 , it was

converted into “X" in 1968 with a view to enlarge its activities to advance the

cause of Technology education.X has an Executive Council at National level. It

has active membership of more than 97286 technical teachers, 5,66,466

student members, more than 2345 institutional members (including IITs,

IISc.., NITs and other leading technical institutions), 1166 faculty chapters

and 1280 students’ chapters throughout the country. The major objective of

the X is to assist and contribute in the production and development of top

quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industries and

other organisations

2.

Though originally they came in a

variety of colors like yellow,purple

, red,white etc. the present color

was chosen due to historical

reasons(pic. on the right). What

am I talking about?

Orange colored carrots first appeared in the Dutch in the 17th century and it

was believed to be a tribute to House of Orange and its member “William of

Orange”.

(3) Whose family tree ? Left one is 17th

cousin of the right one.

(4) This is one of the most rare and

innovative Indian Ad by a famous

company. Give me the name of the

company or the product it is

advertising.

(5) In most documents in the world of security and subsequently in the world of

Insurance and sometimes in the world of Brokerage , the AOG factor became

quite popular in India a few years back due to something in Bollywood. So what

is AOG??

Act of God, made famous by the movie “Oh! My God”.

(6) X is one of the unofficial holidays by the franchise’s film series, books and

culture. It was chosen due to an easy pun on the popular catchphrase used by

it.

In 2011, the first organized celebration of this day took place in Toronto,

Ontario, Canada at the Toronto Underground Cinema. Produced by Sean Ward

and Alice Quinn, festivities included an Original Trilogy Trivia Game Show; a

costume contest with celebrity judges; and the web's best tribute films,

mash-ups, parodies, and remixes on the big screen. The second annual edition

took place on Friday, X, 2012(pic. On next slide).

(7) Red X is one of the finest novels written by Mo Yan and was also made into

a movie in 1987. Red X's plot revolves around three generations of

the Shandong family between 1923 and 1976. The narrator tells the story of

his family's struggles, first as distillery owners making X wine and then as

resistance fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

X is a genus of grasses with about 30 species, one of which is raised for grain

and many of which are used as fodder plants, either cultivated or as part of

pasture. The plants are cultivated in warm climates worldwide including

India.(Pic next slide)

(8) The Khabees Baba Temple is

one of the most unique temples of

India. The temple has no idol or

priests. Instead, it has two slipper-

shaped structures that are taken to

symbolise the feet of the Saint

Khabees Baba. Here something

“holy” is offered to the deity and

later distributed as prasad among

the devotees.

What am I talking about?

Liquor!!

(9) The X defence popularly called the “X Y”. was played in chess long before,

but it gained special prominence during World Championship 2000 when

Vladimir Kramnik became the world champion defeating the all time legend

Garry Gasparov. Even after 15 years many top players have not found a

definitive way of combating “X Y”.

While the real life “X Y” was dismantled more than two decades ago, “X Y” or

X defence was exclusively played in the 2014 Anand- Carlsen World

Championship, proving quite beneficial to the latter.

X: Berlin Defence

XY: Berlin Wall

(10) When Simon Campbell and David Roberts, two researchers working at the

pharmaceutical company Pfizer, began studying the effectiveness of a new

drug, they had no clue what their product would turn into. The two

developed a drug they hoped would treat high blood pressure and a heart

condition called angina.

The team administered the drug -- called UK-92480 -- to patients in a trial

and learned that it wasn't as effective as researchers predicted. Yet as

scientists looked at the side effects of the trial, they noticed multiple

patients reporting that the treatment led to something else.

Though it failed to treat heart conditions but metaphorically it was able to

mend broken hearts!! (Pic on the next slide)

(11) Born at Bedeti in northern Assam’s Sonitpur district and son of a daily-wage earner, Manoj Roy lost his mother when he was all of four days old. He dropped out of school when he was in Class V and chose to beg to eke out a living.

“My father would often fall sick. Not knowing what to do, I left for Delhi and started begging at Jantar Mantar, pretending I was blind. One day, two gentlemen came calling asking me if I knew acting. I said it was acting that is giving me two square meals. They gave me `20 and a phone number before leaving. When I called up, I was asked to go to Nehru Stadium. The next day, when I reached the stadium, I found myself in a crowd , and the next few months was a complete change of fortune for me”.

He now has a stable income , a Facebook account, job in a village shop and is a local hero. Where did u see him few months back??

(12) Hasta Siempre, Comandante", or simply "Hasta Siempre", is a 1965 song

by the composer Carlos Puebla. The song's lyrics are a reply to

revolutionary X’s's farewell letter when he left his native country, in order to

foster revolution in the Congo and later Bolivia.

The song(next slide) was sung again by French actress and singer Nathalie

Cordon.

Che Guevara

(13) One of the most unusual tribes of the world — X lives in Ethiopia. They are considered the most aggressive ethnic group. All men of this tribe have Kalashnikov’s automatons which are illegally transferred for them through the border. Besides they start to drink since the early morning, and become uncontrollable till the evening.

The unique “ornament” of the face which they use, is absolutely unusual, even for wild people. The matter is that the lower lip of this tribe’s girls is cut in an early age. They begin to put into the lip the billets of wood, every time with the bigger and bigger diameter. The hole in a lip gradually increases during years. The “plate” of the burnt clay is put into the hole on the women’s wedding-day and larger the plate, more is the dowry(cattle) for the bride.

Give me X.(pic on the next slide).

Mursi tribe.

Put Funda!

(14) To raise awareness for what did Arla Foods coloured 2 million Swedish

milk cartons black, as distinct from the typical white-green.

To commemorate the importance of Earth Hour and to raise awareness about

it.

15.X

X,derived from a latin root, refers to a person that wants to remain

anonymous to the world & others.

The word X has featured in the titles of movies,TV shows,comics,novel,music

albums,Operating System.Some of its uses are:

X was a daytime quiz programme that aired on BBC1 for 2 series from 26

October 1995 until 10 January 1997

X, a comic-book series published by Marvel Comics

X is British acid jazz group

X is an 1997 American crime thriller starring Jason Patric and Irene Jacob

INCOGNITO

16.X

In the song "Slow Motion Angreza“ of the movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,X is the

man wearing a hat and playing the guitar in the Australian pub which Milkha

Singh visits. However,X is a keyboardist, not the guitarist, in real life.

In the initial stages of his career he played piano and keyboards for famous

Indian music composers such as A. R. Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan.

His daughter, Alyssa, made her singing debut with the song Uff Teri Adaa from

the movie Karthik Calling Karthik.

LOY MENDONSA

17.Ad by?

18.X and Y

X spent eight years of his life in writing Y.The non-availability of a good

material in understanding that particular subject motivated X to write Y.The

book was a huge success and made X a hero of young Indian students. The

reasons for book's success are authenticity (i.e. almost zero error), simple

language, interesting examples, and great Indian connect. Y was the great

gift he gave to Indian students,and society.

19.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370)was a scheduled international passenger

flight that disappeared on Saturday, 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala

Lumpur International Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing Capital

International Airport in Beijing, China.

Malaysia Airlines MH-370 was the ______th Boeing 777 ever produced.

20.Who is the singer

Md. Rafi

21.

The next slide is a screenshot from the opening scene of Barfi.What is special

about this scene

ONLY SCENE WHERE RANBIR KAPOOR

SPEAKS IN THE MOVIE

22.X & Y X has been the subject on a number of documentaries in the recent years. A

locally made film documentary was screened at the Jawaharlal Nehru

University. The producer of this locally made film documentary has also been

featured and given recognition for good reporting by projecting the life of X

through his documentary.

William Douglas McMaster's made a film documentary Y in 2013. With 8,327 USD

pledged on its Kickstarter campaign, the film was brought to completion and

taken to a number of film festivals.It was awarded the Best Documentary prize

at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in the American Pavilion at the 2014

Cannes Film Festival.

X=JADAV PAYENG

Y=FOREST MAN

23.X

X was honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, where governor Ted Strickland

declared 26 June as “X Day".The very first X Day (on 26 June 2010) was

celebrated among her fans on popular microblogging sites. T-Series uploaded

numerous songs sung by her and many of her songs occupied the majority of

the playlists of various radio station shows. Many pictures of X were uploaded

and shared on social networking sites.

On 26 April 2013, she was honoured at the House of Commons of the United

Kingdom in London for her contribution to Indian music. The award was

bestowed by the elected Member of Parliaments of the House of Commons

24.

X is celebrated during the monsoon season around the middle of June. It is

the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Y.It is believed

that Y goes through her annual cycle of menstruation during this time

stretch.It is also believed that during the monsoon rains the creative and

nurturing power of the 'menses' of Mother Earth becomes accessible to

devotees at this site during the X. There is no idol of the presiding deity but

she is worshipped in the form of a yoni-like stone instead over which a natural

spring flows.

AMBUBACHI MELA

KAMAKHYA

25.According to Wikipedia

what is this a list of?Also ID

the blanked out movie

LIST OF FILMS SHOT OVER SEVERAL

YEARS

26.Connect

the origin or mode of formation of something

play or move about in a cheerful and lively way

an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

by favor or grace

a component frequency of an oscillation or wave.

dream house

rainbow

HOSTELS OF NIT SILCHAR

27.Id X

X is a musical instrument used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk

music, is the most popular and widely used hand drum in Nepal. X consists of

a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at its center, closed on both ends. This

typical Nepalese percussion instrument is the backbone of most of Nepali folk

music.

The well-known Nepali musician Ranjit Gazmer introduced this instrument

to Bollywood music, when he started working under R.D. Burman, and has

used it in numerous Bollywood songs such as 'Hum dono do premi duniya

chhod chale', 'Kanchhi re kanchhi re' and many others.

MADAL

28.What is being talked about?

24 digital high definition cameras were bought for the first time in history

(including 3 Jimmy jibs and 2 robotic cameras), especially for this purpose.

They had used only 18 last year.

This means more sweeping shots, high level shots and unprecedented clarity

of video.

They also trained 100 broadcast specialists over weeks to ensure that

everything went smooth and glitch free.

DOORDASHAN’S LIVE COVERAGE OF

REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION 2015

29.What was the match popularly known

as(video in next slide)

30.ID the singer and her famous

cousin(brother)

MANJYOTSNA MAHANTA

ANGARAG ‘PAPON’ MAHANTA

31.Exhaustive Connect

17 June 1999-Australia VS South Africa

3 March 2003-Sri Lanka VS South Africa

15 March 2007-Ireland VS Zimbabwe

27 February 2011-India VS England

ONLY TIED MATCHES IN CRICKET WORLD

CUP HISTORY