Quiztopher Columbus - General quiz

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1. Abracadabra
Who has authored the following
books?
• Break with a Banshee
• Gadding with Ghouls
• Holidays with Hags
• Marauding with Monsters
• Travels with Trolls
• Voyages with Vampires
• Wanderings with Werewolves
• Year with the Yeti

Answer
• Gilderoy Lockhart
The professor for Defense against dark arts in
Harry Potter 2

2. A _______, also known as an outtake or boner is a
short sequence of a film or video production, usually a
deleted scene, containing a mistake made by a member
of the cast or crew.

It also refers to an error made during a live radio or TV
broadcast or news report, usually in terms of
misspoken words or technical errors.

The term was popularized in the 1950s in a series of
record albums entitled Pardon My _______, in which
the definition is given thusly by the record series'
narrator: "Unintended indiscretions before microphone
and camera.“

Fill in the blanks

3. 24 | Sarcoma
Pazuzu is often depicted as a
combination of animal and
human parts with its right hand
pointing upwards and its left
hand downwards. It has the
body of a man, the head of a
lion or dog, eagle-like taloned
feet, two pairs of wings, and a
scorpion's tail.
He was made famous in 1971
by William Peter Blatty and in
1973 by William Friedkin. How?

4. Espanol!
The word X originated from the Mayan-Indian
word for smoking. However, the word itself, and
variations on it, did not come into general use
until 1730.
Two of the largest producers of X are Atladis, a
company based in ‘Spain’ and ‘Swedish Match’.
X’s outermost leaves come from the widest part
of the plant and the color is often used to
describe X – ranging from Double Claro, Claro,
Colorado, Maduro, Oscuro etc.

What is X?

5. A _______ provides information which is needed to
manage organizations effectively and efficiently. It involves
three primary resources: people, technology and information.
It is used to analyze operational activities in the organization.

Today, the term is used broadly in a number of contexts and
includes (but is not limited to): decision support systems,
resource and people management applications, enterprise
resource planning (ERP), enterprise performance
management (EPM), supply chain management (SCM),
customer relationship management (CRM), project
management and database retrieval applications.

FITB with the name of a software which you are ‘forced’ to
use daily.

Answer
• MIS (iRunway specific question)

7. Name the device whose working is explained
below.
a) Any detected ethanol is oxidized into acetic acid
at Anode
CH3CH2OH(g) + H2O(l) → CH3CO2H(l) + 4H+(aq) + 4e-
b) At the cathode, oxygen is reduced
O2(g) + 4H+(aq) + 4e- → 2H2O(l)
c) The overall reaction is the oxidation of ethanol to
acetic acid and water
CH3CH2OH(l) + O2(g) → CH3COOH(l) + H2O(l)
The electrical current produced by this reaction is
measured by a microprocessor, and displayed as an
approximation of overall BAC.

8. X is a famous novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It
was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and
has become a classic of modern American literature. The
plot and characters are loosely based on the author's
observations of her family and neighbours, as well as on
an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936,
when she was 10 years old.

The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite
dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial
inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served
as a moral hero for many readers.

X was made into a successful movie, which currently
figures in the IMDB Top 250.

What is X?

Answer
• To kill a mockingbird

9. When Indian forces drove away the Portuguese
from this colony, it became in the eyes of international
law, an independent country.

The residents of the colony requested the Government
of India for administrative help. Mr. K.G. Badlani, an
officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was
sent as the administrator. In 1961, Mr. Badlani was, for
one day, designated the Prime Minister of the
‘country’, so that, as Head of State, he could sign an
agreement with the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal
Nehru, and formally merge the ‘country’ with the
Republic of India.

Identify this former Portuguese colony.

Answer
• Dadar and Nagar Haveli

10. One of the major
objectives of LHC experiment
at CERN is to demonstrate
the existence of an
elementary particle, the
Wikipedia summary of which
is shown here.
What are we talking about?

• 11. A ______ is a batter or dough-based cake
cooked in a ______ iron patterned to give a
distinctive and characteristic shape. There are
many variations based on the type and shape
of the iron and the recipe used.
• _______ are eaten throughout the world,
particularly in Belgium and the United States.
• Common toppings are strawberries,
chocolate, sugar, honey, syrups, ice cream, and
more.

Fill in the blanks

12. Connect (5 clue groups in all)

Answer
• Indian currency notes

13. Traveler's diarrhea or traveller's diarrhoea (TD) is the
most common illness affecting travelers. An estimated 10
million people—20% to 50% of international travelers—
develop it annually. TD is defined as three or more
unformed stools in 24 hours passed by a traveler,
commonly accompanied by abdominal cramps, nausea,
and bloating.

There are a number of colloquialisms for travelers'
diarrhea contracted in various localities, such as
"Montezuma's revenge" in Mexico; and "mummy's
tummy" in Egypt.

In India, it is known as _____, which is also the name of a
successful Bollywood movie.

Fill in the blanks

14. Identify the speaker of this historic
speech and the event he is talking
about? (5 marks for each)

Answer
• John F Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis

15. Identify this famous rockstar
• Born: November 27, 1942 in
Seattle, Washington
• Ancestry: Mostly African
American, part Cherokee
• Died: Kensington, London at
the age of 27
• Occupations: Singer,
Songwriter, Guitarist
• Labels: RSVP, Track, Barclay,
Polydor, Repsrise, Capitol,
MCA

16. On September 16, 2009, Google acquired a
system that is currently digitizing the archives of
The New York Times and books from Google Books.

The system was developed by a Carnegie Mellon
University professor, Luis von Ahn, who realized "he
had unwittingly created a system that was frittering
away, in ten-second increments, millions of hours of
a most precious resource: human brain cycles.“

Name this public Turing test system whose primary
purpose is to prevent automated access to a system
by computer bots.

17. Originally developed by a Russian programmer,
Alexey Pajitnov, X was first released on June 6,
1984. He derived the name from a Greek numerical
prefix and the name of his favorite sport.

X is available for nearly every video game console
and computer operating system, as well as on
devices such as graphing calculators, mobile
phones, portable media players, PDAs, Network
music players and even as an Easter egg on non-
media products like oscilloscopes.

Name the product X which has sold over 70 million
copies till date.

Answer
• 26/11 attacks
• Clockwise from top left – Oberoi, Taj, Nariman
house, Leopold café, Mumbai CST

19. A specialized agency of the United Nations
came into being on July 14, 1967. It's goals are
to administer the acts of the Berne Convention
and the Paris Convention.

It currently has 184 member states, administers
24 international treaties, and is headquartered
in Geneva. On October 1, 2008, the helm of this
agency was passed to Francis Gurry.

Name this famous UN agency.

20. What are the following the variants
of?
• Draw
• Stud
• Omaha
• Lowball
• High-low split
• Anaconda
• Twist
• Razz

22. Give the most famous of these
famous group of surnames.

McCormick, Marsh, Broflovsky and
_______ ?

23. This famous electronic instrumental theme
from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop performed
by Harold Faltermeyer is named after the lead
character’s name (played by Eddie Murphy). It
topped musical charts in 1985 and remains a
popular remix track. Mixes of this song topped
European pop charts in 2003, and again in 2005
as the Crazy Frog song. What is this song known
as?

24. Whose discography is show below?
Year Album

1990 MCMXC a.D.

1993 The Cross of Changes

1996 Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

2000 The Screen Behind the Mirror

2003 Voyageur

2006 A posteriori

2008 Seven Lives Many Faces

25. Originally titled 'Insomnia Cafe', this
television show created by David Crane and
Marta Kauffman has garnered fans round the
world.

The series finale (the 236th episode), airing on
May 6, 2004, was watched by 51.1 million
American viewers, making it the fourth most
watched series finale in television history and
the most watched episode of the decade.

Name this famous series.

26. Zyklon B is a cyanide-based pesticide
consisting of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid), a
stabilizer, a warning odorant methyl 2-
bromoacetate, and one of several adsorbents.

IG Farben held the patent for this pesticide and
owned 42.2 % shares of Degesch, the company
which manufactured it.

This pesticide is very famous in human history
because of a certain usage on a mass scale.
What “usage” is being talked about here?

Answer
• Gas used in gas chambers by Nazis

27. Connect

2004 2005 2006, 2007

2008 2009 2010 2011

Answer
• ICC Player of the year

28. Which tournament’s details are
shown here?
Year Winner Score Runners-Up

1997 Brazil 6-0 Australia

1999 Mexico 4-3 Brazil

2001 France 1-0 Japan

2003 France 1-0 Cameroon

2005 Brazil 4-1 Argentina

2009 Brazil 3-2 USA

29. The NATO phonetic alphabet is the most widely
used spelling alphabet. It assigns a telephony word
to each letter in the English alphabet so that words
can be pronounced and understood without any
confusion.

X is a smooth progressive ballroom dance form
characterized by long, continuous flowing
movements across the dance floor. It was invented
by Henry Fox in the United States in 1914.

X is also the telephony code for the letter 'F' in the
standard NATO phonetic alphabet.

What is X?

30. A French harp or a blues harp is a free reed
wind instrument used primarily in blues and
American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and
roll.
The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into
the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds
to vibrate creating sound. Each chamber has
multiple, variable-tuned brass or bronze reeds,
which are secured at one end only, leaving the
other free to vibrate.
Its various types include Chromatic, Diatonic,
Tremolo, Orchestral, Chord and ChengGong.

How do we better know this musical instrument?

REVERSE THE DIRECTION

• The quiz will proceed in the reverse direction
now
• Infinite Bounce rules still persist
• We will start with the team with the lowest
total now (Irrespective of where the last
question finished)

31. Known as ‘Operation Al’, this military
exercise conducted by the Japanese Navy on the
morning of December 7, 1941 involved 353
Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes
in two waves.
The major aim of this exercise was to prevent
the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese
conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya.
The second aim was to buy time for Japan to
consolidate its position and increase its naval
strength. The exercise resulted in 2,896
casualties including 2,117 deaths.
How do we better know Operation Al?

Answer
• Attack on Pearl harbor

32. Which television show, whose name literally
means 'a garland of pictures' airs for half an
hour every Friday on prime-time where the
videos of the latest film songs are televised? It's
the longest-running film-based programme in TV
history, having started in the 1960s.

Lately, the show has started using Same
Language Subtitling (SLS), where subtitles of the
song's lyrics scroll across the screen. The idea
behind SLS is to promote literacy, especially in
villages.

Answer
• Rooms in iRunway
• Clockwise from top left – Orion, Athena,
Tethys, Poseidon, Ulysses

35. Originally published as, "Ten Little Niggers",
this famous fiction novel was first published in
the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November
1939. The title was later changed to the current
more famous version, because of the presence
of a racial epithet. The original title of the poem
was chosen because the plot of the novel
parallels the old nursery rhyme, "Ten Little
Niggers".
How do we better know this best-selling novel
which has sold more than 100 million copies till
date?

Answer
• And then there were none

36. Shown here is the logo a
company that merged to
form one of the biggest
multinationals on the planet
today. The current company
logo, very similar to one shown above, modeled
after a 15th century Norse woodcut, is a
mixoparthenos, or “twin-tailed mermaid, or siren”
as she’s known in Greek mythology. The original
logo raised some controversies because it featured
the siren with bare chest, which was covered later
with flowing hair to hide the chest and her navel.
Which company are we talking about?

37. The name of this American
multinational IT giant came from the name
of the creek that ran behind the house of
the founder John Warnock.

He founded this company with Charles
Geschke, after leaving Xerox PARC in order
to develop and sell the PostScript page
description language.

Which company are we talking about?

38. The following pictures relate to the names of the
three main characters from a famous Cartoon show.
What is the name of this show?

Character 2

Character 1

Character 3

Answer
• Powerpuff girls
• Bubbles, Blosson, Buttercup

39. The following cricketers share a unique
distinction in test cricket
• Hugh Trumble
• Jimmy Mathews
• Wasim Akram

The following cricketers share the same unique
distinction in ODI cricket
• Lasith Malinga*
• Saqlain Mushtaq
• Chaminda Vaas
• Wasim Akram

What distinction are we talking about?

Answer
• More than one hatricks (Everybody has two
has except for Malinga who has three)

40. What is this group collectively known as? (5
marks if you can give me the concept and not the
name)

Answer
• Advance Guard
• Resuced Harry Potter at start of HP 5

41. Shown above is the picture of X, a Levantine Arab food dip
made from cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini,
olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. It is popular throughout
the Middle East and in Middle Eastern cuisine around the
globe.

The name X comes from an Arabic word meaning “chickpeas”.
The spelling of X in English can be inconsistent.

What is X?

• 42. Originally the name of this software was
chosen by an author just because it was a
catchy name.
• Soon enough, it was suggested that the name
was indeed appropriate, because its founders
got started by applying patches to code
written for NCSA's httpd daemon.
• The result was a software that was ‘patchy’

What are we talking about?

43. By what name does
Google call its new
employees, and even
gives them propeller
beanie hats to wear at
their first TGIF?

45. X is a working group of experts that was
formed by ISO and IEC to set standards for audio
and video compression and transmission. It was
established in 1988 by the initiative of Hiroshi
Yasuda and Leonardo Chiariglione.

X's official designation is ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11
- Coding of moving pictures and audio (ISO/IEC
Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 29,
Working Group 11).

What is X?

47. A ___________ is a place where tickets
are sold to the public for admission to an
event. Patrons may perform the transaction
at a countertop, through an unblocked hole
through a wall or window, or at a wicket.

These days, the term is most popularly used
in another context - that of the film industry.

Fill in the blanks

Answer
• Yojimbo was remade as A fistful of dollars
• Yojimbo means Bodyguard

49. The tuberose ( Polianthes tuberosa ) is a
perennial plant related to the agaves, extracts of
which are used as a middle note in perfumery.
Its common name in Hindi means “fragrant at
night” and was used as the title of an acclaimed
1974 movie. Identify its Hindi name . (Visual
follows.)

50. Which art form , tracing its origins to
wandering minstrels and storytellers, has
three major schools: Benares, Jaipur and
Lucknow?
A less prominent school, Raigarh, combines
techniques from the major schools.
Originally, these performers entertained
audiences in village squares and temple
courtyards, by recounting mythological and
moral tales from the scriptures, and
embellishing their recitals with hand
gestures and facial expressions.

51. The original purpose of this scientific
discipline was data to be used by
governmental and administrative bodies.
The term, in the current sense, was
introduced in German by Gottfried
Achenwall in 1749. It was introduced into
English in 1791 by Sir John Sinclair when he
published the first of 21 volumes titled
_____ Account of Scotland . What?

Answer
• Kiran Bedi
• She was IPS officer, won the Ramon
Magasasay Award, hosted Aap ki Kachahri and
did her PhD from IIT Delhi

53. In Latin, it means “image” or
“apparition”. The word was strictly used to
designate a ghostly optical afterimage by
Goethe in his Theory of Colours and
Schopenhauer in On Vision and Colours .
From 17th century optics, it started getting
used in other contexts also.

Identify this much-maligned term .

54. Which revolutionary mathematician’s 410th
birthday is being commemorated by the Google
Doodle shown below?

55. According to an apocryphal story, it owes
its existence to a section of tightly packed
seats behind the home plate at Fenway Park in
Boston. These seats were so close together
that whenever a fan had to stand up to get a
beer, everyone else in the row also had to
stand. The fans in the next row, frustrated that
they couldn’t see the game anymore, also got
up. This created a domino effect. It caught
worldwide attention in 1986.
What phenomenon are we talking about?

56. Once, Steve Waugh was reading his team's
batting line up. The list went: Shane Lee, Ian Harvey,
Brett Lee. What followed, gave Brett Lee his
nickname. What nickname did Steve Waugh give
Brett Lee and why?
May be this guy can be of some help.

Answer
• Oswald
• Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK

57. Formerly known as the Minnesota Mining
and Manufacturing Company, this company
produces more than 55,000 products, including:
adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire
protection, dental products, electronic
materials, medical products, car care products ,
electronic circuits and optical films.
Two of its products which you might have used
most are Magic Tape and Scotch Brite.

Name this American multinational conglomerate

58. Maurice Tillet is a French wrestler who suffered from a
problem called acromelagy which leads to uncontrolled
bone growth. So, he basically grew into a disfigured giant.
He was the inspiration behind one of the most famous
cartoon characters of all time.
Which cartoon character?

59. One of the theories suggests that this phrase originated from
early radio commentaries of football matches by the BBC in the
United Kingdom. The first live radio commentary featured a
Division One match between Arsenal and Sheffield United,
broadcast on January 22, 1927. A grid of a football pitch divided
into eight numbered squares had been printed in the previous
week's Radio Times so the commentator could describe the
ball's location.
The phrase came into existence, whenever a game was restarted
from a goal kick. Which phrase?

60. Which Roman Catholic saint born in Eastern
France claimed divine guidance, led the French
army to several important victories during the
Hundred Years' War and paved the way for the
coronation of Charles VII?

This saint was captured by the Burgundians, sold
to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court,
and burned at the stake at the age of 19 - later
only to be pronounced innocent and declared a
martyr by Pope Callixtus III.

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