This is the prelim-answers of the Bangalore round of Conquiztador 2013, the annual school quiz conducted by PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

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6. Prelims
• The prelims consist of 30 questions.
• Questions 1, 4, 9, 16 and 25 are starred.
• Starred question will be used to break ties if
need arises.
• Nakarathmaka Tantragalige Avakashavilla.
• The top 8 teams will make it to the final with a
maximum of 2 teams from 1 institution.
• The decision of the Quizmaster will be final in all
disputes and regards.

7. 1*. Ad after which recent event ?

9. 2.
This is a clip from a movie named “The Fifth Estate”.
Identify the actor and the character he is portraying.
(Guy on the left)

10. • Benedict Cumberbatch
• Julian Assange

11. 3.
Like many of his countrymen he aspired to be a
fast bowler.
But in his own words,
"I was not fast enough..... Some of my friends
used to make fun that my run-up to the crease
was faster than my deliveries."
He took their advice and took to something else.
Who?

13. 4*. Fill in the Blank
“ In wooden ships, old planks are replaced by new
ones. if piece by piece, the entire ship is replaced, is
it the same ship we knew originally? Also, what
would happen if the original planks were gathered up
after they werereplaced, and used to build a
second ship. Which ship, if either, is the original
____________? “
This is an ancient paradox.

15. 5. Identify the singer

17. 6.
According to the Stress Management Centre
in the US, the country suffers a loss of approx.
$800-900 million on this particular day, due to
people avoiding business.
Also, on the same day in Holland, accidents
are fewer as people tend to be more careful.
Which day?

18. Friday the 13th

19. 7. Which region ?
The name of this region is said to be derived from
trilinga, as in Trilinga Desa, "the country of the three
lingas". According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended
as linga on three mountains
namely, Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama,
which marked the boundaries of the Trilinga desa.
The earliest reference to the present day name can is in
the name of Malik Maqbool ________, who captured
the region in 1323.
The region has then been ruled the Satavahanas,
Kakatiyas, Qutbshahis and Nizams?

20. Telengana

21. 8.
• X, the CEO of Y, took an online test and
realized that he was red-green colorblind.
According to The New Yorker, X had quoted
“_____ is the richest color for me, I can see all
of it,” during one of his interviews.
• Hence the prominence of _____ in Y.
• X and Y?

22. • X – Mark Zuckerberg
• Y – Facebook

23. 9*.
• Paragram is defined as “A type of verbal play
of the alteration of a letter of a series of
letters in a word.”
The above concept is used in which everyday
use technology?

24. T9 Predictive Texting

25. 10. What does this map depict ?

27. 11. The company ?
X was established in Palo Alto, California in October
2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and
Chris White to develop, in Rubin's words "smarter
mobile devices that are more aware of its owner's
location and preferences".
Despite the past accomplishments of the founders
and early employees, X operated secretly, revealing
only that it was working on software for mobile
phones.

29. 12. Identify X
Innovations by X, an organisation include a
scavenging - free two-pit pour flush toilet, safe
and hygienic on-site human waste disposal
technology, a new concept of maintenance
and construction of pay-&-use public toilets,
popularly known as X Complexes with bath,
laundry and urinal facilities being used by
about ten million people every day.

30. Sulabh International

31. 13. Identify the Advertiser

33. 14. 14
The above words were a part of an Amul ad,
released to mark which occasion ?

34. • Sachin Tendulkar being nominated to the
Rajya Sabha

35. 15.
Branches and Phone numbers of which store ??
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J P Nagar : 080 2663 1007
Jayanagar 3rd Block : 080 2653 2007
BTM Layout : 080 2668 1007
Jayanagar 9th Block : 080 26781007

37. 16*.
• He is currently writing a
dining guide wherein he
discusses maintaining a
healthy lifestyle.
• He played Commander
Sugata in the 1987 Super
Sentai series, Hikari Sentai
Maskman.
• What is his most famous
avatar?

38. • General Lee from Takeshi’s Castle

39. 17.
•Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
•The Tales of Beedle the Bard
•The Casual Vacancy
•The Cuckoo’s Calling
All Novels by which famous author ?

40. J K Rowling

41. 18.
• I Am, starring Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala
and others is a 2011 Indian anthology
film directed by Onir was the first Indian
movie to come up with this production
strategy. Recently, a Kannada movie “Lucia”
which was in contention for being nominated
to the Oscars also made use of the same idea.
Which innovative idea are we talking about ?

42. Crowdfunding/ Audience Produced

43. 19. Logo of which team ?

45. 20. Which word ?
“ A picture taken of yourself that is planned to be
uploaded to Facebook, Myspace or any other sort
of social networking website. You can usually see
the person's arm holding out the camera in which
case you can clearly tell that this person does not
have any friends to take pictures of them. “
This word was also voted by OED as the word of
the year.

46. Selfie

47. 21. How do we know him better ?
• Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra _____ , is an
Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solidstate and structural chemistry.
• He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific
Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.
• He has Honorary Doctorates from 60 Universities
worldwide and has authored around 1,500
research papers and 45 scientific books.

48. Dr C N R Rao

49. 22.
Identify this
handsome youngster
creating havoc on the
shores of Chennai.

50. Magnus Carlsen

51. 23.
A short little walk from Dolphin’s Nose, a
famous tourist spot in Kodaikanal leads you to
Pambar falls. A stream of water cascading
dowm steep rocky escarpments.
A famous advertisement shot at this locale,
gives this falls its most widely known name.
Which advertisement ?

52. Liril

53. 24.
It is named after a Rishi/Sage who first prepared
this on Doshi Hills of Narnaul (presently in
Haryana). Its first ever reference and formula is
found in Charaka Samhita the Ayurvedic
encyclopedia. There is no exact recipe for this .
Herbs used may vary anywhere from 20 to 80.
Some other notable ingredients are bamboo
manna , Blue Egyptian water lily , cardamom,
Indian rose chestnut etc.
Name the Ayurvedic product.

54. Chyawanprash

55. 25*. What are we talking about ?
It has been included on the Windows OS since
Windows 3.0, in 1990. Microsoft intended X "to
soothe people intimidated by the operating
system", and at a time where many users were
still unfamiliar with graphical user interfaces, it
proved useful in familiarizing them with the use
of a mouse, such as the drag-and-drop technique.
Lost business productivity by employees using
it has become a common concern since it became
standard on Microsoft Windows.

56. Solitaire

57. 26.
Jimmy Neutron’s full name is James Isaac
Neutron. Which two scientists are given a
dedication to by naming him thus ?

58. • Isaac Newton and James Chadwick

59. 27.
Gangabishan Agarwal started a sweet and snacks shop
in Bikaner in 1937. In 1941, he increased this business
under his nickname.
In 1950, his son and grandson- Rameshwar Lal and
Prabhu Shankar Agarwal decided to expand their
Bikaner business by setting up a manufacturing plant in
Calcutta, and by the 1980’s the brand became an
ubiquitous name in the worldwide Indian snacks
industry.
Story behind which brand?

60. Haldirams Namkeen

61. 28. X and Y ?
• Lukla is a small town in Khumbu, Solukhumbu
district, Sagarmatha zone, eastern Nepal. Lukla is
the place where most people start the climb to
Mount Everest Base Camp. There exists an airport
in this town, which was rated as World’s most
dangerous airport by a program.
• In January 2008, the airport was renamed as X-Y
airport as a tribute to their achievement.
ID X and Y.

62. • X – Tenzing Norgay
• Y – Edmund Hillary

63. 29.
This is the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Penine Alps on
the border between Switzerland and Germany. It
overlooks the town of Zermatt to the north-east and
Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Vally to the south.
Claim to fame?

65. 30. Poster of which upcoming movie ?