The first ever in-house Quiz conducted at Ashoka University. Open to the UGs, Young India Fellows, Staff and Faculty.

1. Don Quizote - Finals

2. Audience Question
(if there is any audience)
_______ (/ˈhʊtspə/ or /ˈxʊtspə/) is the
quality of audacity, for good or for bad.
The Yiddish word derives from the
Hebrew word ḥutspâ (‫ה‬ָ‫ְפּ‬‫צ‬ֻ‫,)ח‬ meaning
"insolence", "cheek" or "audacity".)

4. 1. What is the software X?
• Inori Aizawa , also known
as _______ - tan , is an
anthropomorphic mascot
character of the software X.
• She was created in 2013, and
is featured in a video,
Facebook profile as well as a
special edition of the
software.
• Inori's purpose is to help
advertise X , and to convince
anime fans to return to using
X, due to the its falling
popularity.

5. 2. Name the character or the story
• X is a character from a short story made into
two movies, one made in 1940s and the
other in 2013.
• It is believed that the protagonist was based
on the author himself.
• Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran has
suggested that the author may have had a
neurological condition that causes bizarre
hallucinations even in blind patients,
explaining what happened to X.

6. 3. Like Nelson Mandela and
Morgan Freeman
• As often happens to certain celebrities,
in August 2012, the names of 3
celebrities were mixed up on Twitter and
Facebook, leading to some hilarious
posts.
• Based on the image in the next slide –
give me the names of the celebrities.

8. 4. Give context to this picture

9. 5. Id X and Y
In the song Y, which has become one of
X’s most famous songs, Jody Perpick was
once a part of X group during his early
gigging days but quit to concentrate on
the equipment for X as he achieved
success. Drummer Jim Wesley, who
worked for X in his club gigging days,
who quit the band because he and X did
not get along.

10. 6. Name the contraption
•This contraption was originally used to
harness the power of animals or humans
to do work, usually to grind flour. In later
times they were also used as punishment
devices for people sentenced to hard
labour in prisons.
•In modern times, the usage has totally
changed, now the contraption relates to
health and fitness. What are we talking
about?

11. 7. Whose famous gesture?
• The _______-Raute (“______ rhombus”, also called
the _____ diamond or “Triangle of Power”) is
a hand gesture made by resting one's hands in
front of the stomach so that the fingertips meet,
with the thumbs and index fingers forming a
quadrangular shape.
• It is probably one of the most recognisable hand
gestures in the world
• _______ said “There was always the question,
what to do with your arms, and that's how it came
about.”
• _____ also famously supports the country’s
football team.

12. 8. Whose words?
"Their works contain incredible mathematical
discoveries, and were very inspirational to me. The
classic works of Pingala, Hemachandra, and
Brahmagupta have been particularly influential in my
own work.“
“My work was primarily about deciding when certain
fundamental equations in mathematics (such as
quadratic forms and elliptic curves) have solutions in
the whole numbers. My work introduced, in particular,
a new geometric method for answering such
questions.”

13. 9.
• Who was active in teaching a course at
the Harvard Business School on The
Business of Entertainment, Media and
Sports in May 2014?
• He did this after retiring for what he is
known for, which he did for 27 years.

14. 10.
• Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas, a school
dropout, votes in the midst of Gujarat's
Gir forest, and has done so for every
election he has been eligible to vote for,
including the April 2014 one. He votes
from a place called Banej.
• What is so unusual about him voting?
And for 5 extra points, why does this
happen?

15. Audience Question!
Several participants at the 2014 Tour de
France complained about a social media
phenomenon that added to the physical
dangers of the competition. In this case, a
non-participant could potentially cause a
self-inflicted form of injury. What were the
cyclists and the Tour de France organisers
worried about?

17. 1. Name XY
• It’s been incredibly easy to be cynical about the
upcoming XY movie. The animated big screen
adaptation of the popular game couldn’t be
more of a textbook cash-in.
• Will feature the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh
Gad, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Maya Rudolph,
Danny McBride, Kate McKinnon, and Keegan-
Michael Key.
• Fans of the game unlocked the cast list by
launching one billion _______ , making it the
most literal “flock to unlock” campaign of all
time.

18. 2. Give X and Y.
• In 2007, Microsoft made a major change
by changing a default X to a new default
Y.
• The change was made for 2 reasons : the
rise of digital reading, and the need for
modernisation as X was used for a
looong time.

20. 4.
Relate basketball player Andrei Kirilenko’s
nickname to someone who died last year.
•Looking for two names– give both.

22. 5. Mono Sodium Glutamate
• Lady Gaga has done this 7 times.
• Justin Bieber was the youngest to do this
at 16.
• Elton John has done this 64 times!
• Identify the most recent person to
achieve the same feat.

23. 6. Shiva + Norwegian
• Senator Tom Harkin and University of
Iowa law professor Lea VanderVelde
have been trying to do something since
2005, and have finally succeeded this
year.

24. 7. Which adage in economics?
The expression refers to the once-
common tradition of saloons in the United
States providing a ____ _____ to patrons
who had purchased at least one drink.
Many foods on offer were high in salt (e.g.,
ham, cheese, and salted crackers), so
those who ate them ended up buying a lot
of beer, making the saloons a lot of
money!

25. 8. Etymology of?
• _____ was the favourite sport of the
medieval French knights; the original
version of the game included no _____ while
the players had to strike the ball with the
palms of their hands. The game was
originally called La Pulme, simply meaning
palm but the players' service cry, X,
eventually identified the game.
• The word X in turn gives rise to a word that
describes a strong, unrelenting hold.

27. Jeopardy!
Where the answers are questions
+10 for correct answers
Rest of the rules are the same

28. Why can’t this foul creature get around
without having its motives being
questioned?

29. The most famous dialogue in the play asked by
________ is the most misunderstood. One protagonist
is asking the other why he was _______ and not asking
for his location, as famously believed.
The feud between the two families, which makes their
union impossible, is what causes ______ to ask the
question in the first place. Which famous question?

30. A 1957 Associated Press piece refers to the
question as "a riddle which beats the Sphinx,
since it's still unanswered". A more concrete
answer was published by the Associated Press in
1988, which reported that a New York fish and
wildlife technician named Richard Thomas had
calculated the volume of dirt in a typical 25–30
foot long _______ burrow, and had determined
that if the _______ had moved an equivalent
volume of timber, it could move "about 700
pounds on a good day, with the wind at his back".
Another study determined that a ________ could
ingest 361.9237001 cubic centimeters of timber
per day.

31. In Asterix and the Magic
Carpet, what is the name of
the Indian Fakir who asks for
Asterix’s help?

34. This form/type of music
was used in religious music
especially in churches and
the name of this type of
music is Italian for “in the
manner of the church” or
“in the manner of the
chapel”.

35. The most toxic substance known is botulinum
toxin. 100 nanograms is enough to kill a full-
grown man; 1kg (2 pounds) would be enough to
wipe out the entire human race.
It is secreted by a bacterium, C. botulinum. It
causes muscle paralysis by cutting off proteins
which normally enable vesicle function at the
neuromuscular junction.

37. The books consist of a series of detailed
double-page spread illustrations depicting
dozens or more people doing a variety of
amusing things at a given location.
Many illustrations contain "red herrings"
involving deceptive use of striped objects.
Some character names are – Wilma,
Wenda, Odlaw, Woof, Wizard Whitebeard.

39. 1. Hint - Think recent!
Ramesh Srivats :
So, Flipkart is giving 44% off on X. Which of
course makes it just slightly over a Quarter
_________.

40. 2. #BadlyExplainedFilmPlot
A man's wife is brutally murdered by a
serial killer and his son is left physically
disabled. In a twisted turn of events, his
son is kidnapped and he has to chase the
kidnapper thousands of miles with the
help of a mentally disabled woman.

42. 4.

43. 5.