Inquizzed Prelims (General Quiz) held on 5th November 2017 @ Amalthea '17, the annual Technical Summit of IIT Gandhinagar
Quiz Master: Shantanu Sharma
Quiz set by: Kanishk, Karthik, Rajas, Mohit, Sanjeet, Shantanu & Sinan
2. Rules
1. 20 questions in the prelims.
2. Usage of electronic devices is
not allowed during the quiz.
3. Quiz Master’s decision will be
final.
4. Enjoy the Quiz
(Please take note of Rule4)
3. Q. 1
The city X, once known as Pragjyotishpura, meaning ‘The light of the East’,
derives its present day name from the local words for ‘arecanut’ and ‘market’.
X is famous for having within it the smallest inhabited river island in the world,
the British calling it Peacock island courtesy its shape and is the home to Golden
Langur.
Identify the city.
4. Q.2
X is a popular street food created in the 1970’s. By the 1980s, when the textile
mills began shutting down, the Y made a cunning culinary manoeuvre to capitalise
on this sentiment. Mill workers who lost their jobs to the closures had begun
putting up X stalls around those factories that were still running.
n 2008, Y attempted to boost employment in the state using X. It wanted to train
people to make the snack and sell it on the streets.
Ironically, Y teamed up with McDonald’s and Coca-Cola to lend “slick consumer
appeal to their logo and food-cart design,”.
Identify X & Y.
5. Q. 3
Operation X was a secret program of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency
(JIOA) in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians,
such as Wernher von Braun and his V-2 rocket team were recruited in post-Nazi
Germany and taken to the U.S. for government employment, at the end of World
War II.
The primary purpose of Operation X was to provide the U.S. military advantage
in the Russo–American Cold War, and the Space Race.
What is X, sharing its name with a common office item.
6. Q.4
X express, started early last year is part of a superfast express series of trains.
Presently, it is running on the following 4 routes:
Y- New Delhi
Bhopal- Khajuraho
Vadodara- Y
Vadodara- Allahabad (this runs as a holiday special)
Tell me both, X & Y
7. Q. 5
X amide is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain that binds to the THC
receptors.
It is called the “bliss molecule”, aptly named after the Sanskrit word for “joy,
bliss, or happiness.” It is considered an endocannabinoid — a substance produced
in the body that binds to cannabinoid receptors.
Eventually, X amide was found to do a lot more than producing a state of
heightened happiness. It’s synthesized in areas of the brain that are important in
memory, motivation, higher thought processes, and movement control.
ID X
8. Q.6
This term was originally used in the United States in the late-19th and early-20th
centuries to refer to small traveling circuses that toured through small towns and
rural areas, deriving its name from the two animals that were the main
attractions.
By the latter part of the 20th century, the original meaning of the term had been
largely lost.
Now, in its present form, it means a highly promoted, often over-staged
performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince opinion for
political or commercial ends.
10. Q. 8
Yusuf Meherally was actively involved
with India’ s independent struggle and was
a staunch socialist leader.
Despite being in prison at Yerawada jail, he
was elected as the mayor of Bombay in
1942. All this is common knowledge, but
what is not known to many people is that
he had coined 2 terms in the process:
1) X- it was while chanting this and
expressing dissent that Lala Lajpat Rai died
2) Y-a common misattribution to Gandhi ji,
only made popular by him, there being a
gap of about 14 years between X and Y
11. Q. 9
The city of X hosts one of the biggest Diwali Celebrations outside India.
X is also home to the first Jain Temple to be established in the West.
Even though ‘X Ladies FC’ is the oldest established women's football club in the
country, X is famous for its men’s football team, putting the city on the football
map.
Identify X
12. Q. 10
Look at the items in this exhaustive set:
Jornada del Muerto
Montebello Islands
Semipalatinsk
Reggane PG, French Algeria
Lop Nur
X
Ras Koh Hills
Punggye-ri
Identify X or tell the connect.
13. Q. 11
The origin of Y is in an Irish myth about Stingy Jack, who tricked the Devil for
his own monetary gain. When Jack died, God didn’t allow him into heaven, and
the Devil didn’t let him into hell, so Jack was sentenced to roam the earth for
eternity.
In Ireland, people started a practice with turnips to frighten away Jack’s
wandering soul. When Irish immigrants moved to the U.S., they continued the
practice albeit a bit differently using something native to the region. What
practice did the Irish start, now popular all over the country?
14. Q.12
X, officially stateless persons’ passports, were internationally recognized refugee
travel documents from 1922 to 1938, first issued by the League of Nations to
stateless refugees.
They quickly became known as "X" after their promoter, Y. Y was also a famous
scientist, explorer, adventurer, trekker, zoologist, humanitarian, diplomat, and a
champion skier who could ski 50 miles a day.
Recently google commemorated him on his birth anniversary with a doodle.
Identify X or Y.
15. Q. 13
INS X (image on next slide) is Indian navy’s only warship loss to be lost ever, the
first to be sunk by a submarine since WW II. She was sunk off the coast of Y by
the Pakistan Navy Hangor on 9 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of
1971. This was the first warship sunk in action by a submarine since World War II.
It remains the post-Independence Indian navy's only warship to be lost in war to
date.
The captain, Mahendra Nath Mulla, chose to go down with the sinking ship. He
refused to abandon ship, and passed his life-jacket to a junior officer. He has
remained so far the only Indian captain to go down with a vessel.
(Picture in next slide)
Identify the frigate X
17. Q.14
“Waiting for a visa” is a 20-page
autobiographical story, written during 1935-
1936. It is used as a textbook in the
Columbia University, his alma mater, which
he joined on state scholarship . It was at
Columbia only, where he came under the
influence of John Dewey and developed his
ideas about democracy. Identify this ‘doctor’,
with four doctorates to his name.
PC: Amazon.in
18. Q. 15
The man on the left was the answer to one of the
questions asked by VIRUS in the movie 3 idiots.
Apart from being a legend in his own right, he
served as an inspiration for a popular animated
character.
Identify both.
PC: Wikipedia
19. Q. 16
One of the earliest references to this snack, comes from an Arab cookbook around
the 10th– 11th century CE.
X, as it was called seemed to have been a snack popular among the traveling
merchants. Food historian Colleen Taylor Sen in her book Feasts and Fasts: A
History of Food in India, states that the word X may have come from the Arabic
‘se’ which means three and ‘ambos’ which is a kind of a bread.
According to the Oxford Companion to Food, the popularity of X was thanks to
the convenience of carrying them. Which popular snack item are we talking about?
20. Q.17
What you see here is another unnecessary
extravagant addition in the Hermes Birkin
collection. It is encrusted with 245 additions,
boasting of 18 karat white gold hardware,
crafted from X. When sold for $ 185,000, it
was the second highest price ever paid for a
Birkin bag. What is it made of, making
members of a certain organization really
angry?
21. Q. 18
XY Road, located in Lutyens’ Delhi was earlier called Albuquerque Road. The name
change took place to commemorate a watershed moment in Indian history. It
houses the Birla Residence, now owned by the government and right next to it is
the National Defence College of India.
What is this dated road?
22. Q.19
X is a village and an artists' colony established in the 1920s, when Irish theatre artiste
and environmentalist, Norah Richards, shifted here. Near Palampur in the Kangra
District, it has become a popular tourist attraction in the region.
Nearby X is Bir-Billing, the paragliding destination.
Some of the Visitors' attractions include:
● Norah Richard's Centre for the Arts
● Sir Sobha Singh Art Gallery
Identify X.
23. Q. 20
They are Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. An action of theirs, early last month
brought a long continuing act of disgust into popular consciousness, starting a chain
of events, still piling up, once again exposing the dark side of this much maligned
industry. What did they trigger off?
25. Q. 1
The city X, once known as Pragjyotishpura, meaning ‘The light of the East’,
derives its present day name from the local words for ‘arecanut’ and ‘market’.
X is famous for having within it the smallest inhabited river island in the world,
the British calling it Peacock island courtesy its shape and is the home to Golden
Langur.
Identify the city.
28. Q.2
X is a popular street food created in the 1970’s. By the 1980s, when the textile
mills began shutting down, the Y made a cunning culinary manoeuvre to capitalise
on this sentiment. Mill workers who lost their jobs to the closures had begun
putting up X stalls around those factories that were still running.
n 2008, Y attempted to boost employment in the state using X. It wanted to train
people to make the snack and sell it on the streets.
Ironically, Y teamed up with McDonald’s and Coca-Cola to lend “slick consumer
appeal to their logo and food-cart design,”.
Identify X & Y.
31. Q. 3
Operation X was a secret program of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency
(JIOA) in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians,
such as Wernher von Braun and his V-2 rocket team were recruited in post-Nazi
Germany and taken to the U.S. for government employment, at the end of World
War II.
The primary purpose of Operation X was to provide the U.S. military advantage
in the Russo–American Cold War, and the Space Race.
What is X, sharing its name with a common office item.
34. Q.4
X express, started early last year is part of a superfast express series of trains.
Presently, it is running on the following 4 routes:
Y- New Delhi
Bhopal- Khajuraho
Vadodara- Y
Vadodara- Allahabad (this runs as a holiday special)
Tell me both, X & Y
37. Q. 5
X amide is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain that binds to the THC
receptors.
It is called the “bliss molecule”, aptly named after the Sanskrit word for “joy,
bliss, or happiness.” It is considered an endocannabinoid — a substance produced
in the body that binds to cannabinoid receptors.
Eventually, X amide was found to do a lot more than producing a state of
heightened happiness. It’s synthesized in areas of the brain that are important in
memory, motivation, higher thought processes, and movement control.
ID X
40. Q.6
This term was originally used in the United States in the late-19th and early-20th
centuries to refer to small traveling circuses that toured through small towns and
rural areas, deriving its name from the two animals that were the main
attractions.
By the latter part of the 20th century, the original meaning of the term had been
largely lost.
Now, in its present form, it means a highly promoted, often over-staged
performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince opinion for
political or commercial ends.
46. Q. 8
Yusuf Meherally was actively involved with
India’ s independent struggle and was a staunch
socialist leader.
Despite being in prison at Yerawada jail, he was
elected as the mayor of Bombay in 1942. All
this is common knowledge, but what is not
known to many people is that he had coined 2
terms in the process:
1) X- it was while chanting this and expressing
dissent that Lala Lajpat Rai died
2) Y-a common misattribution to Gandhi ji, only
made popular by him, there being a gap of about
14 years between X and Y
49. Q. 9
The city of X hosts one of the biggest Diwali Celebrations outside India.
X is also home to the first Jain Temple to be established in the West.
Even though ‘X Ladies FC’ is the oldest established women's football club in the
country, X is famous for its men’s football team, putting the city on the football
map.
Identify X
52. Q. 10
Look at the items in this set:
Jornada del Muerto
Montebello Islands
Semipalatinsk
Reggane PG, French Algeria
Lop Nur
X
Ras Koh Hills
Punggye-ri
Identify X or tell the connect.
55. Q. 11
The origin of Y comes from an Irish myth about Stingy Jack, who tricked the
Devil for his own monetary gain. When Jack died, God didn’t allow him into
heaven, and the Devil didn’t let him into hell, so Jack was sentenced to roam the
earth for eternity.
In Ireland, people started a practice with turnips to frighten away Jack’s
wandering soul. When Irish immigrants moved to the U.S., they continued the
practice albeit a bit differently using something native to the region. What
practice did the Irish start, now popular all over the country?
58. Q.12
X, officially stateless persons’ passports, were internationally recognized refugee
travel documents from 1922 to 1938, first issued by the League of Nations to
stateless refugees.
They quickly became known as "X" after their promoter, Y. Y was also a famous
scientist, explorer, adventurer, trekker, zoologist, humanitarian, diplomat, and a
champion skier who could ski 50 miles a day.
Recently google commemorated him on his birth anniversary with a doodle.
Identify X or Y.
61. Q. 13
INS X was a frigate of the Indian Navy. She was sunk off the coast of Y by the
Pakistan Navy Hangor on 9 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of
1971. This was the first warship sunk in action by a submarine since World War II.
It remains the post-Independence Indian navy's only warship to be lost in war to
date.
The captain, Mahendra Nath Mulla, chose to go down with the sinking ship. He
refused to abandon ship, and passed his life-jacket to a junior officer. He has
remained so far the only Indian captain to go down with a vessel.
(Picture in next slide)
Identify the frigate X
65. Q.14
“Waiting for a visa” is a 20-page
autobiographical story, written during 1935-
1936. It is used as a textbook in the
Columbia University, his alma mater, which
he joined on state scholarship . It was at
Columbia only, where he came under the
influence of John Dewey and developed his
ideas about democracy. Identify this ‘doctor’,
with four doctorates to his name.
PC: Amazon.in
68. Q. 15
The man on the left was the answer to one of the
questions asked by VIRUS in the movie 3 idiots.
Apart from being a legend in his own right, he
served as an inspiration for a popular animated
character.
Identify both.
PC: Wikipedia
71. Q. 16
One of the earliest references to this snack, comes from an Arab cookbook around
the 10th– 11th century CE.
X, as it was called seemed to have been a snack popular among the traveling
merchants. Food historian Colleen Taylor Sen in her book Feasts and Fasts: A
History of Food in India, states that the word X may have come from the Arabic ‘se’
which means three and ‘ambos’ which is a kind of a bread.
According to the Oxford Companion to Food, the popularity of X was thanks to the
convenience of carrying them. Which popular snack item are we talking about?
74. Q.17
What you see here is another unnecessary
extravagant addition in the Hermes Birkin
collection. It is encrusted with 245 additions,
boasting of 18 karat white gold hardware,
crafted from X. When sold for $ 185,000, it
was the second highest price ever paid for a
Birkin bag. What is it made of, making
members of a certain organization really
angry?
77. Q. 18
XY Road, located in Lutyens’ Delhi was earlier called Albuquerque Road. The name
change took place to commemorate a watershed moment in Indian history. It
houses the Birla Residence, now owned by the government and right next to it is
the National Defence College of India.
What is this dated road?
80. Q.19
X is a village and an artists' colony established in the 1920s, when Irish theatre artiste
and environmentalist, Norah Richards, shifted here. Near Palampur in the Kangra
District, it has become a popular tourist attraction in the region.
Nearby X is Bir-Billing, the paragliding destination.
Some of the Visitors' attractions include:
● Norah Richard's Centre for the Arts
● Sir Sobha Singh Art Gallery
Identify X.
83. Q. 20
They are Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. An action of theirs, early last
month brought a long continuing act of disgust into popular consciousness,
starting a chain of events,probably still piling up, bringing to light the dark side of
this much maligned industry. What did they trigger off?
