Quiz Club Brainfreeze

1.Which movie is this scene taken from?

1.AnswerBicycle thieves (1948) by Vittorio de Sica

2.What is the significance of this picture?

2. Answer The pose given by Mahatma Gandhi in the picture is the one that was

introduced in the currency note

3.AnswerRhodesia and South Africa

4. A medical term originated from this artistic depiction of black death

that affected medieval Europe

4.AnswerQuarantine

5.Connect

5.Answer They were all owned by parle and were later sold out to the coca cola

company

6.AnswerFlatland

7. He was the critically acclaimed but relatively

lesser known husband of Frida Kahlo. He specialized in the Fresco style of painting and helped in establishing the Mexican Mural movement in Mexican art. He painted murals in Mexico city, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition was held at the museum of modern art in New York City. Who is this painter?

7. AnswerDiego Rivera

“A very advanced form of lie detector that measures contractions of the iris muscle and the presence of invisible airborne particles emitted from the body. The bellows were designed for the latter function and give the machine the menacing air of a sinister insect. The _____ _____ _________ is used primarily by _____ _______ to determine if a suspect is truly human by measuring the degree of his empathic response through carefully worded questions and statements.”

What is being talked about here?

8.

8.AnswerThe Voight-Kampff test from the movie Blade runner

Francesco Baracca, as he became the legendary fighter ace of World War I he is now considered to be, painted the Cavallino Rampante on the side of his plane before flying off to fight. Baracca was shot down and killed in 1918. In later years, Baracca’s mother, Countess Paolina, suggested using the emblem saying it would bring him luck to a certain entrepreneur who went on to use it in his venture. And boy oh boy it did. Name this now famous brand.

9.

9. AnswerThe Ferrari logo

10.To Boddah

Speaking from the tongue of an experienced simpleton who obviously would rather be an emasculated, infantile complain-ee. This note should be pretty easy to understand.

So starts what piece of rock and roll legend?

10.AnswerKurt Cobain’s suicide note

11.AnswerJ.R.R. Tolkien

12.Google doodle tribute to whom?

12.AnswerSally Ride (First American astronautin space)

13. AnswerA- Viking Long SwordB- ShurikensC- ChakramD- StilettoE- Tomahawk

14. This particular bird is unique to South America and is not found

anywhere else. It’s the last surviving species from original lineage that descended just after the extinction of dinosaurs making it the oldest surviving bird. It is also commonly called ‘the stink bird’. Another common peculiar characteristic observed is the presence of claws on the wings of the young ones. They are also considered poor fliers. Which bird I am talking about?

14.AnswerThe hoatzin

15. This particular musician was a part of a famous progressive rock band

in the 1970s along with the legendary Demi Roussos called Aphrodite’s Child. This band was considered as the most successful export from their native Greece. This band soon split up after this short streak of success due to tensions between the members. This event was instrumental in building his later career as he went on to become the music director of movies such as Chariots of fire, Bladerunner, Cosmos (T.V series), Antarctica. Who am I talking about?

15.AnswerEvangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis)

16. In the 1920s, Y.V Subramanium and brothers (Y.V. Srikanteshwaran, Y.V. Krishna Iyer and

Y.V. Ramachandran) served the Maharaja of Mysore a sumptuous breakfast in their traditional attire as a stroke of luck which ended on a positive note eventually encouraging them to shift to Bangalore and starting a small hotel on avenue road. This was a famous meeting place for writers and artists in the 1940s and 1950s, and its name is mentioned in many books and articles. Unfortunately, changed circumstances in the huge joint family caused Subramanium to sell his hotel in the same condition in the mid-1950s. It still has a vintage wall clock and rosewood furniture with Italian marble table tops. It is said the brothers passed on tips about preparations to the new owners along with advice to take care of workers by not overburdening them. It was established as Shree Sagar in 1950 by Raghavendra and the management was passed on to Ramakrishna Holla in 1952. It was bought by Sanjeeva Poojari in 1992 and was renamed_________. Which Bangalore institution I am talking about?

16.Answer• Central Tiffin Room (C.T.R, Malleshwaram)

17. This figure of speech is derived from a greek word which means

‘plain, simple of meager’. This figure of speech includes phrases such as ‘not bad’ which is basically a form of understatement which has a certain level of emphasis. What figure of speech?

17.AnswerLitotes

18.

18.AnswerThe Drosthe effect

19. X is a Romanian born Jewish writer, political activist, professor and

Nobel Laureate (1986 Nobel Prize winner) who wrote this critically acclaimed book called Y which is based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna and Buchenwald concentration camps. Y originally was an 865 pages memoir written in Yiddish which is known for its honest, dark and rather sinister commentary on humanity in general which is in contrast to the usual event by event description. Also, film director Orson Welles approached X about making Y into a feature film to which X refused by saying that his widely read memoir would lose its meaning if it were told without the silences in between his words. X and Y?

19.AnswerX- Ellie Wiesel Y- Night

20.Connect

20.Answer Apart from the fact that all of the three actors acted in the movie

Snatch, All of them (i.e. Adam Fogerty, Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham) were professional sportsmen before being actors.

21. In 1880, the French government awarded X the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs, for

the Y. X used the award to found the Volta Laboratory or Z (as its presently known) in Washington, D.C. The laboratory focused on the analysis, recording, and transmission of sound. X used his considerable profits from the laboratory for further research and education to permit the "[increased] diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf". This resulted in the founding of the Volta Bureau c. 1889. In 1893, X constructed a new building. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972. Now, Researchers working at Z are credited with the development of radio astronomy, the transistor, the laser, the charge-coupled device (CCD), information theory, the UNIX operating system, the C programming language, S programming language and the C++ programming language. Eight Nobel Prizes have been awarded for work completed atZ. What are X,Y and Z?

21.AnswerX- Alexander Graham BellY- The telephoneZ- Bell labs

22. A meteor impact during the Pleistocene period created a high velocity

impact crater in basalt rocks making it the largest crater of its kind in the world. This place is now strongly alkaline or in other words a soda lake. This place has been under constant geological study from the past few decades or so. In 2007, biological nitrogen fixation was also discovered in this lake. Where exactly is this place located?

22. AnswerThe Lonar lake in Maharashtra

23. In medieval India, when the Rajputs were fighting off Muslim

invasion, Rani Karnawati, the widow of the King of Chittor, was in distress, as the Sultan of Gujarat (Bahadur Shah) launched an attack on Chittor. In order to save the city, she asked for help from Humayun and sent a “X” to him. Humayun, touched by the gesture, sent his troops to save Chittor. Time was short and they arrived late, and by then, Rani Karnawati and the women of Chittor had tragically committed Jauhar (mass suicide).What is "X"?

Identify X.

23. AnswerX- Rakhi

24.In 1969, this particular band decided to collaborate with the Royal

Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Before the concert, one of the violinists questioned the decision of the orchestra to play with this band and ended up labeling them as ‘‘an another mediocre beatles cover band’’. This statement led to the guitarist getting annoyed and he ended up surprising the orchestra and also his band members by playing a really long guitar solo halfway through the concerto, this decision also made the band to improvise on the spot and set up a groove from scratch. Which legendary rock band am I talking about and who is the guitarist?

24.AnswerDeep Purple and Ritchie Blackmore