FRESHERS QUIZ 2012

PRELIMS

Brought to you by
Douche a.k.a Abhineet Kama a.k.a. Pallavi Fucking Hari a.k.a Hari Kayala Kala Vignesh

Rules
20 Questions. 1 point per question. No negatives, so feel free to attempt all of them. Not even Justin Bieber fans copy. So dont. QMs decision is final. Keep the arguing to debsoc. In case of a tie, starred questions will be used to resolve them. //starred qns, names

Question 1 Think Simble

There is a well-known myth about the word X, which says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within 24 hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write the word X, which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test) and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is no evidence to support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791. It is was also used as an 18th century nick-name for "yo-yo" in England. What is X?

Question 2 : What is the black box?

Question 3
Where would you come across these lines? An ancient dance of hokey pokey Umm.. Crispy Explorer Feeding Time You fell to your death Remember to Duck Trees Hurt

Question 4
Memories of X as a lovers paradise go back to 1980s when Mani Ratnams debut movie, Pallavi Anu Pallavi, was released. The famous song Naguva Nayana Madhura Mouna from the Anil Kapoor starrer was shot there. But in a bid to recreate the lost charm of such a magical place, beginning from the month of June, the saplings of several tree varieties like Perfume Tree, Shorea Talura (Jalari in Kannada), Mesua Ferrea (Suragi in Kannada), which are known to spread fragrance up to two kilometres will be planted. Also an expansion is being planned to ensure more privacy and a refreshing silence. Lovebirds, we are assured, will love this once-again-paradise. What is this place?

Question 5
There is a video on the next slide. Identify the very famous award winning movie being parodied in the video. The video is by spoof cartoon robot chicken (not important)

Question 5 contd.

Question 6
The London Velopark is a cycling centre located in Leyton, East London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It has a velodrome and a BMX cycling track. It is informally known as the X because of its distinctive shape. What is X? (Picture on next slide)

Question 7

Fill in the Blanks (FITB)

Question 8
The first of the X rolled out towards the end of 1957 under the banner of the 'Bachchraj Trading Corporation' before the company was renamed ______. According to corporate lore, the term X was coined by N K Firodia as an improvement over the manual counterparts in many parts of the country. The Firodias who were in partnership with the ________ since Independence stayed together till the early 1970s when the second generation of the two families pulled apart and __________ became the flagship company in the X business. All blanks are the same. Give us X, part points for the blank.

Question 9
Pictures on the next slide. Connect them to a common theme. Write only the theme, we dont need you to identify individual pictures.

Connect

Question 10
'Diya aur baati hum' is a TRP topping Hindi serial. The overwhelming popularity of X in India prompted the writers of Diya aur Baati hum to incorporate a version of X in their show. While X was praised for it's ethical values, multiculturalism, and was even called an 'antidote to cynicism'; Diya aur Baati Hum of course could not live up to this, was criticized for their poorly researched facts, and unnecessary drama including a mild racism row. And to appeal to Indian audience sensibilities, they went overboard with campaigning for vegetarianism, to the point of being silly. Again. to appeal to the average Indian, they went against mushrooms and wine, by spreading the weird notion that sauteing mushrooms in a red wine sauce is poisonous.

ID X.

Question 11

Free what? FITB. Both blanks are the same.

Question 12
Known as Moksha Patam, the game was popular in ancient India and emphasized the role of fate or karma. Moksha Patam was associated with traditional Hindu philosophy contrasting karma and kama, or destiny and desire. The game has also been interpreted and used as a tool for teaching the effects of good deeds versus bad. The X represented virtues such as generosity, faith, and humility, while the Y represented vices such as lust, anger, murder, and theft. The morality lesson of the game was that a person can attain salvation (Moksha) through doing good, whereas by doing evil one will inherit rebirth to lower forms of life. What do we now know this game as?

Question 13
Identify the blanked out portion.

Question 14
The Oxford English Dictionary contains a reference to the term dating back to 1320, when the term was used to describe a disputed territory or one over which there was legal disagreement. The same term was later used as the name for the piece of land outside the north wall of London that was assigned as the place of execution. It is most commonly associated with the First World War to describe the area of land between two enemy trenches to which neither side wished to move openly or to seize due to fear of being attacked by the enemy in the process This term is of special importance in the current day scenario, between bickering nations and lawless armies. What term?

Question 15

An artists modern version of what? Name everything please.

Question 16
When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early 40s, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupilsPagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? This is the plot of a certain authors first attempt at a book for adults. Who is this extremely famous author?

Question 17
This is a 2 slide connect of pictures. 4 pictures overall connect to a common theme. Identify the theme. No points for individually identifying the pictures.

Question 18
The two visuals, the live animal and the stuffed animal, are really a dichotomy, or a separation of two parts of one thing. When Y is an anthropomorphic toy in one panel and alive in the next, Im juxtaposing the grown up version of reality with Xs version, and inviting the reader to decide which is truer, said Mr Bill. So what does it all mean? Basically, Y is 100% real when hes seen from Xs perspective, and 100% unreal when seen from someone elses. So rather than Y just being imaginary, there is no real definition of his reality. What is being spoken about? Or give us X and Y.

Question 19

FITB

Question 20
The USA Olympic swimming team made a video for the song _________ by X. The song by X became viral on the internet just a few days after its release. ID the song and the artist X. Part points.

 Thats all folks!

THANK YOU!