The document appears to be a quiz with multiple choice and written response questions covering a wide range of topics including history, current events, entertainment, science and more. It includes the following rounds: Trivia Bites with 5 current event questions, Brain Fry with 12 general knowledge questions, The Core Quotient focusing on materials science with 12 questions, Pick Your Pill allowing the participant to choose between categories for 5 questions, and Mega Connect with 7 written response questions aimed at identifying a theme. The quiz is being facilitated by QM: Mahendra Mohan Das for the finals of an event organized by the Indian Ceramic Society and Department of Ceramic Engineering.

1. BRAIN GRILL
The General Quiz
Indian Ceramic Society in association with
Department of Ceramic Engineering presents
QM: Mahendra Mohan Das10th April, 2014

2. Welcome to the finals!
• The rounds in the finals:
• The Starter:
1) Trivia Bites
• Main Course:
2) Brain Fry
3) The Core Quotient
4) Pick Your Pill
• Dessert:
5) Mega Connect
Special Thanks: Somnath Chanda

3. Trivia Bites
• +5/0
• +5 bonus if all correct.
• Questions on topics which came in news in the last 6
months.

4. 1)
• The _____ War (October 1853 – February 1856) was a
conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France,
Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. While
neutral, the Austrian Empire also played a role in
defeating the Russians.
• The immediate issue involved the rights of Christians in
the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman
Empire. The French promoted the rights of Catholics,
while Russia promoted those of the Orthodox.
• This name also came to news recently. Which war?

5. 2)
• This is a crime thriller
published last year. Who
wrote this book in the
pseudonym of Robert
Galbraith?

6. 3)
• Some of the famous books written by which famous
personality?
• Delhi: A Novel, 1990
• The Company of Women, 1999
• Truth, Love and a Little Malice (an autobiography),
2002
• The Illustrated History of the Sikhs, 2006
• Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles,
2009
• The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous, 2013 (Co-
authored with Humra Qureshi)

7. 4)
• He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. A few
months ago, he became the third scientist after C.V.
Raman and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to be a part of an
elite list.
• Who?

8. 5)
• Identify all
three.

9. Exchange your sheets

10. 1)
• The _____ War (October 1853 – February 1856) was a
conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France,
Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. While
neutral, the Austrian Empire also played a role in
defeating the Russians.
• The immediate issue involved the rights of Christians in
the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman
Empire. The French promoted the rights of Catholics,
while Russia promoted those of the Orthodox.
• This name also came to news recently. Which war?

11. Crimean war.

12. 2)
• This is a crime thriller
published last year. Who
wrote this book in the
pseudonym of Robert
Galbraith?

13. J K Rowling.

14. 3)
• Some of the famous books written by which famous
personality?
• Delhi: A Novel, 1990
• The Company of Women, 1999
• Truth, Love and a Little Malice (an autobiography),
2002
• The Illustrated History of the Sikhs, 2006
• Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles,
2009
• The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous, 2013 (Co-
authored with Humra Qureshi)

15. Khushwant Singh.

16. 4)
• He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. A few
months ago, he became the third scientist after C.V.
Raman and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to be a part of an
elite list.
• Who?

17. C N R Rao.

18. 5)
• Identify all
three.

19. Oh yes!
• Arvind Kejriwal
• Narendra Modi
• Rahul Gandhi

20. Brain Fry
• +10/0 in direct or pass.
• +10/-10 on pounce.
• 12 questions.
• Questions covering all the topics under the sun;
especially entertainment (who doesn‟t watch movies,
TV series or listens to songs?)

21. 1)
• This is the Royal Standard
of Thailand, the official
flag of the King of
Thailand, adopted in its
present form in 1910
under King Vajiravudh, or
Rama VI. Which figure
from Hindu mythology is
depicted on the flag?

22. Garuda.

23. 2)
• An Absolut ad is shown.
• FITB.

25. 3)
• It is a cold and sweet
beverage made by mixing
rose syrup with vermicelli
noodles, psyllium (ispaghol)
or basil (sabza/takmaria)
seeds, jelly pieces and
tapioca pearls along with
either milk, water or ice
cream.
• What Hindi phrase is
originated from this
beverage?

26. Izzat ka falooda.

27. 4)
• Who is the lyricist of the song?
• (video inserted)

28. Kapil Sibal.

29. 5)
• Which two famous names are missing? What is this a
list of?
1. Abu'l-Fazl
2. Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
3. Faizi
4. Hamim Humam
5. Raja Man Singh
6. Raja Todar Mal
7. Shaikh Mubarak
8. X
9. Y

30. Birbal, Tansen.
• Navaratnas of Akbar.

31. 6)
• Majdur paida huwe, majdur hi maroge
Vote na diya hamein, to zinda jaloge.
• Jal kar hum shola bane hai,
Kaun jalayega zinda aap ko, jab hum aap ke saath
khade hain.
• Slogans of which famous political rivalry?

33. 7)
• In this meme, Davy Jones asks if
one fears death, and when he
sees the person in the middle
panel, he is shocked and
frightened.
• Who is the person? Or, what is
his famous creation?

34. George R R Martin.
• Writer of A Song of Ice and Fire series, on which the
Game of Thrones series is based.

35. 8)
• A minimalist poster is
a type of poster
which signifies a
main plot, dialogue,
portion or minimal
portraying of a
movie/song/series/p
ainting etc. with
which it can be
identified.
• The poster on the
right is a minimalist
poster of a famous
Bollywood movie.
Name the movie.

36. Deewaar.

37. 9)• Which famous Indian is missing from the list? What is
this a list of? (non-exhaustive)

38. Mahatma Gandhi.
• Father of the Nation.

39. 10)
• Sonu Nigam and Taufiq Qureshi sang this song. What
is this song based on?
• (video inserted)

40. The Shiva Trilogy.
• Jo vayuputra ho.

41. 11)
• The first building is located on the hill top of the
Mashobra, Shimla; whereas the second one is
located at Bolarum, Hyderabad. These two are part
of a certain list of 3 buildings. Which list is being talked
about? What is the third building?

42. Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
• Presidential palaces of India.

43. 12)
• About one tonne of besan flour, 10 tonnes of sugar,
700 kg of cashew nuts, 150 kg of cardamom, 300 to
500 litres of ghee, 500 kg of sugar candy and 540 kg
of raisins are used daily.
• The spices are bought at the auction at the
Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi.
• Where in India is such huge quantity of these is used
and why?

44. Tirupati laddus.
• To make Tirupati ladoos at Tirupati balaji Temple in
Andhra Pradesh.

45. The Core Quotient
• +10/0 in direct or pass.
• +10/-10 on pounce.
• 12 questions.
• Questions covering topics related to Ceramics and
Materials Science.

46. 1)
• These are sedimentary rocks consisting of round
fragments and individual clasts within a finer-grained
matrix that have become cemented together.
• With which business term does it share its name?

47. Conglomerate.

48. 2)
• This organization was
established in 1919 as the
successor of the
„International Congress of
Applied Chemistry‟, for the
advancement of chemistry.
However, it finds importance
in all the branches related
to chemicals.
• Which organization? Just the
acronym will do.

49. IUPAC.
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

50. 3)
• Alexandre Grilletta created this game after getting
enraged by the closing of two furnaces of a well
known steel company at its plant in the French town
of Florange. The ultimate aim for players, who take on
the role of factory workers, is to defeat the owner,
who appears in the game as a robot.
• Who is the owner of that company?
• (picture on the next slide)

53. 4)
• In 1938, a gentleman named Roy Plunkett was
attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant. He saw
that the tetrafluoroethylene gas in the bottle stopped
flowing before the bottle‟s weight had dropped to
the point signaling „empty‟. He finally resorted to cut
the bottle apart and found a waxy white material
which was oddly slippery.
• What was thus accidentally discovered?

54. Teflon.

55. 5)
• This star in the Alpha Centauri star system is of prime
importance to human beings because of the
presence of substance X, which is valued at $20
million a kilo, the cost escalating to $3 billion when
one takes into account the effort required in
transporting it to earth. X is a valuable room-
temperature-superconductor and the largest reserves
are found beneath a structure approximately 460
metres tall.
• No need to identify the star. Which material is being
talked about?

56. Unobtainium.
• (Avatar)

57. 6)
• Whose ad?

58. Saint-Gobain.

59. 7)
• This titanium-rich mineral with the chemical formula
(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 was first found at Tranquility Base on
the Moon in 1969 and was named Armalcolite.
• Why was it named so?

60. Armstrong-Aldrin-Collins.
• Named after the first three people to go to the moon.

61. 8)
• At a quarry and mine
near the village, the
rare earth mineral
yttria was discovered
and named after the
village. This crude
mineral eventually
proved to be the
source of four new
elements.
• Name the
village/mine.

62. Ytterby.

63. 9)
• The X process or ammonia-soda process is the major
industrial process for the production of soda ash,
which was developed by Belgian industrialist Ernest X.
The exploitation of his patents brought him
considerable wealth, which he used for philanthropic
purposes, including establishment of various
educational institutions of higher studies.
• What did he famously introduce/establish in 1911,
which usually takes place every 3 years?

64. Solvay conference.

65. 10)
“Glenn T. Seaborg
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
Berkeley
California
America”
• What is so special about this old mailing address of
Glenn Seaborg?

66. • Jeffrey Winters, writing in the January 1998 issue of
Discover Magazine, made the following observation:
• “Not only is Seaborg the first living scientist to have an
element named after him, he‟s also the only person
who could receive mail addressed only in elements:
Seaborgium, Lawrencium (for the Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory where he still works), Berkelium,
Californium, Americium.”

67. 11)
• Austria commemorated
which 1856-invention on
the occasion of the
15th anniversary of
nationalization of the
steel industry?

68. Blast furnace.

69. 12)
• Dated to between AD 1
and AD 25, it is the best
known piece of Roman
cameo glass and has
served as an inspiration to
many glass and porcelain
makers from about the
beginning of the 18th
century onwards.
• Name the famous piece.

70. Portland vase.

71. Pick Your Pill
• Sports
• Business
• Entertainment
• India
• Etymology
• Science

72. • As your quizmaster
is not that much
into sports, he has
picked one of the
easiest one for
you.
• Connect.

73. WC Man of the Tournaments.

74. • Which brand/product?

76. • There are two Hindi TV shows that have been inspired
from this show.
• Name either.
• (video inserted)

77. Comedy Nights with Kapil;
Batliwala House No. 43
• The original show: Kumar‟s at No. 42

78. • During the National
conference of the Indian
National Congress at
Kakinada, he suggested
something. Gandhi liked
the proposal and
suggested that he came
up with details.
• Who is he and why is he
famous for?

79. Pingali Venkaya.
• Designer of the Indian National Flag.

80. • Some legends suggest, that the term comes from a
practise started by the ruler of the Mahim village( now
in Mumbai).
• Everytime he wanted something accomplished he
would ensure the circulation of a plate filled with X
and betel leaves in a meeting of all able bodied men
in the village.
• The one who picked up the first X from the plate
indicated his willingness to do the job.
• What did this practice give way to which is
considered punishable by our law?

81. Giving supari.
• Which the underworld uses as a code to pay a price
for killing off someone.

82. • It is believed that X and Y weren‟t given the Nobel
Prize because of their animosity to each other. There is
circumstantial evidence that each sought to minimize
the other's achievements and right to win the award,
that both refused to ever accept the award if the
other received it first, and that both rejected any
possibility of sharing it.
• Identify both.

83. Edison and Tesla.

84. Mega Connect
• 7 questions.
• Written round.
• +10/0 for individual answers.
• If you crack the theme at any point, raise your hands,
don‟t shout it.
• If you crack the theme in the first 3 slides, +30/-15.
• If you crack the theme in the next 3 slides, +20/-10.
• If you crack the theme in the last slide, +10/-5.

85. • Some argue that it is impossible for Him to be born on
a particular day. In rig veda he is described as
Swayambhu. Still X Jayanthi is observed on the Kanya
Sankranti Day, which follows the Ganesh Puja. It is the
only Puja of a deity which is celebrated in
accordance to the Gregorian calendar rather than
Saka calendar.
• Who is X?

86. • Whose life is this book
based on?

87. • Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?
• For which film did he/she win?

88. • This famous personality inspired Jamsetji Tata to set up
a research and educational institution when they
travelled together from Yokohama to Chicago on his
visit to the West in 1893. Impressed by his views on
science and leadership abilities, Tata established IISc
in Bangalore and requested this personality to head
the institution. But he declined it citing a conflict with
his “spiritual interests”.
• Identify this famous personality.

89. • After his most famous discovery, he was confident of
winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, but was
disappointed when the Nobel Prize went to
Richardson that year and to de Broglie the next year.
He was so confident of winning the prize the next year
that he booked tickets in July, even though the
awards were to be announced in November, and
would scan each day's newspaper for
announcement of the prize, tossing it away if it did
not carry the news. He did eventually win that year‟s
Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Which famous scientist?

90. • The X Rifles is the most senior rifle regiment of the
Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1921 as part of
the British Indian Army, when six previously existing
regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions
of the 6th X Rifles. The name X Rifles is derived from
the Hindi word X which was the old name of
Rajasthan. It is based on the Sanskrit word ___
meaning son of a king.
• What is X?

91. • He was a notable Indian
engineer, scholar,
statesman and the
Diwan of Mysore during
1912 to 1918.
• Every year, September
15 is celebrated as
Engineer's Day in India in
his memory.
• Identify him. (Just the
surname will do.)

92. Exchange your sheets.

93. • Some argue that it is impossible for Him to be born on
a particular day. In rig veda he is described as
Swayambhu. Still X Jayanthi is observed on the Kanya
Sankranti Day, which follows the Ganesh Puja. It is the
only Puja of a deity which is celebrated in
accordance to the Gregorian calendar rather than
Saka calendar.
• Who is X?

94. Vishwakarma.

95. • Whose life is this book
based on?

96. Ramanujan.

97. • Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?
• For which film did he/she win?

98. Bhanu Athaiya, Gandhi.

99. • This famous personality inspired Jamsetji Tata to set up
a research and educational institution when they
travelled together from Yokohama to Chicago on his
visit to the West in 1893. Impressed by his views on
science and leadership abilities, Tata established IISc
in Bangalore and requested this personality to head
the institution. But he declined it citing a conflict with
his “spiritual interests”.
• Identify this famous personality.

100. Swami Vivekananda.

101. • After his most famous discovery, he was confident of
winning the Nobel Prize in Physics, but was
disappointed when the Nobel Prize went to
Richardson that year and to de Broglie the next year.
He was so confident of winning the prize the next year
that he booked tickets in July, even though the
awards were to be announced in November, and
would scan each day's newspaper for
announcement of the prize, tossing it away if it did
not carry the news. He did eventually win that year‟s
Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Which famous scientist?

102. C V Raman.

103. • The X Rifles is the most senior rifle regiment of the
Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1921 as part of
the British Indian Army, when six previously existing
regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions
of the 6th X Rifles. The name X Rifles is derived from
the Hindi word X which was the old name of
Rajasthan. It is based on the Sanskrit word ___
meaning son of a king.
• What is X?

104. Rajputana Rifles.

105. • He was a notable Indian
engineer, scholar,
statesman and the
Diwan of Mysore during
1912 to 1918.
• Every year, September
15 is celebrated as
Engineer's Day in India in
his memory.
• Identify him. (Just the
surname will do.)

106. M Visvesvaraya.

107. Connect: IIT BHU hostels.
• Vishwakarma Hostel.
• Ramanujan Hostel.
• Gandhi Smriti Mahila Chatravas.
• Vivekananda Hostel.
• C V Raman Hostel.
• Rajputana Hostel.
• Visvesvaraya Hostel.

108. • For brickbats and bouquets:
• Mail me at:
mohandas.mahendra@gmail.com
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