general quiz prelims - 7th april'16

General Quiz-UTKARSH BAJPAI

PRELIMSSO IT GOES.

Blanks are indicative throughout the quiz. 20 questions. * marked are the ones numbered in multiples of 5. Do not ask random vague questions. I know your intentions are

good and you just wish to increase the entropy of the universe. All the best.

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Questions – India and Non-IndiaEntertainmentBusinessSportsTechLit ArtMusicRandom Stuff

1. The exhibition game played at the Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz stadium around

five years ago saw multiple steelers players lining up for the “home” and “visiting” teams.

Thomas Tull a co-owner of the Steelers was also involved. The then Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl served as the placekicker for the visitors.

Where would you have seen this game? And you would’ve I swear.

2. Connect

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson Lionel Messi Sameer Gehlaut Bidzina Ivanishvili Jackie Chan 

3. The makers of X claim that it has two primary advantages over

anything else in the market – faster speed and bigger sweet spots. Inspired by Marcus Trescothick, the ToRQ's unique _________ Technology reduces the length of the splice to increase the hitting area and give the biggest, most sizzling sweet spot, increasing it by a whopping 120 percent.

The long handle and short blade allows increased leverage which makes it quicker and easier to manoeuvre, allowing the wielder to make his shot selection at the last possible moment, or change it in a split second.

What is this “weapon”?

The X effect is the sudden, relatively temporary surge in traffic to a Web

site that occurs when a high-traffic Web site or other source posts a story that refers visitors to another Web site.

The effect gets its name from the X Web site, a discussion forum originally about Linux and related software, but increasingly about any technology-related subject.

The X Effect can be perceived when any large Web site posts a high-interest, widely-publicized story about another site. The effect is obviously much more noticeable on smaller sites and the surge in traffic sometimes will slow a site down or make it impossible to reach.

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*5.

X F1 Team (previously known as X Formula and X Racing Developments) is a Formula One racing team established by Gene X. It entered in the 2016 season and is the first American F1 Team in 30 years.

X is also the name of a famous B-school on the west coast.

6. Named after X from the 1843 novel Y, Z is a wealthy Scottish business

magnate and tycoon. He was in his first few appearances characterized as an antihero (as the original character was), but in later comics and animated shorts and the modern day he is more often portrayed as a charitable and thrifty hero, adventurer, explorer, and philanthropist.

His dominant character trait is his thrift, and within the context of the fictional ____ universe, he is the world's richest person.

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London Aquatics Center BMW Central Building, Leipzig Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Dubai Signature Towers, Dubai Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul

Connect.

8. X wanted to use his mother, Hattie, as a model for his painting. X determined that

standing for so long would be far too exhausting for his mother, so he had his sister wear his mother’s apron and pin while posing. For the male subject in the painting, Wood used his 62-year-old dentist.

Id X and the painting.

9. The singer was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she

received a text message from Fusari that read “X". He explained, "Every day, when she came to the studio, instead of saying hello, I would start singing ‘Y'".

The text message was the result of a predictive text glitch that changed “_____" to “____". Fusari said she texted back, "That's it", and declared, "Don't ever call me _______ again."

*10. Joel Gold, a psychiatrist at the Bellevue Hospital Center, revealed that by 2008,

he had met five patients with an unusual case of schizophrenia (and heard of another twelve).

Gold stated that some patients were rendered happy by their disease, while "others were tormented." One travelled to New York to check whether the World Trade Center had actually fallen—believing the 9/11 attacks to be an elaborate plot twist in his personal storyline. Another came to climb the Statue of Liberty, believing that he would be reunited with his high-school girlfriend at the top and finally be released from the show.

Gold named the syndrome “X delusion" and attributed the delusion to a world that had become hungry for publicity. The syndrome predominantly affects young white men.

Id X.

11. X was one of the most famous exponents of the football philosophy known as Total

Football explored by Rinus Michels. He was chosen on the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup

Dream Team in 2002, and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

X's style of play and his football philosophy has influenced managers and players including Frank Rijkaard, Pep Guardiola, Michael Laudrup, Arsène Wenger, Eric Cantona and Xavi. His coaching philosophy helped lay the foundations for the revival of Ajax's international successes in the 1990s.

Aur kya kahoon?

12.

Family guy parodying what?

13.

London’s Crossrail line was recently renamed to X line.

This is what a twitter user had to say regarding this change –

14. X is a sculpture created by an Italian neoclassical sculptor, Giovanni Maria

Benzoni, depicting _______. Benzoni is believed to have made four copies of this statue. The one at Y, India, has been described as a melody in marble.

It stands at a height of 167.0 cm with the statue and its round pedestal carved from a single block without any joints. The pedestal has an inscription near right foot which, gives the name of the sculptor, city and year.

X is arguably among the most famous sculptures in India. Bata do.

*15. _________ ________ first appears in the book Liber Abaci (1202) by Leonardo of Pisa,

known as X.  X considers the growth of an idealized (biologically unrealistic) rabbit population,

assuming that: a newly born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a field; rabbits are able to mate at the age of one month so that at the end of its second month a female can produce another pair of rabbits; rabbits never die and a mating pair always produces one new pair (one male, one female) every month from the second month on. The puzzle that X posed was: how many pairs will there be in one year?

16.

Who playing what?

17.

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is the "order of chivalry of British constitutional monarchy", rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations and public service. 

It comprises five classes, in civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male, or X if female.

18.

Id the famous son of Bihar, Nitish Kumar is paying tribute to.

19.

The next slide follows a picture of Justin Bieber at a recent concert, kick starting his “Purpose” tour.

Going by the looks of him, who is he dressed up as and where would this concert aptly be?

*20.

On the first of April, X put an advert on its website for a Y, promising to deploy an on demand service to reach remote areas.

“Ensuring Y maintains a light weight frame to cover long distances, Y sees the traditional _____ camera compartment replaced with a wireless modem to beam down coverage to those in video need,” a X statement said.

Y is a portmanteau of the company’s name and the service mentioned.

ANSWERSSO IT GOES.

1. The exhibition game played at the Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz stadium around

five years ago saw multiple steelers players lining up for the “home” and “visiting” teams.

Thomas Tull a co-owner of the Steelers was also involved. The then Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl served as the placekicker for the visitors.

Where would you have seen this game? And you would’ve I swear.

Dark Knight Football Match

2. Connect

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson Lionel Messi Sameer Gehlaut Bidzina Ivanishvili Jackie Chan 

Panama Papers

3. The makers of X claim that it has two primary advantages over

anything else in the market – faster speed and bigger sweet spots. Inspired by Marcus Trescothick, the ToRQ's unique _________ Technology reduces the length of the splice to increase the hitting area and give the biggest, most sizzling sweet spot, increasing it by a whopping 120 percent.

The long handle and short blade allows increased leverage which makes it quicker and easier to manoeuvre, allowing the wielder to make his shot selection at the last possible moment, or change it in a split second.

What is this “weapon”?

Mongoose Bat

The X effect is the sudden, relatively temporary surge in traffic to a Web

site that occurs when a high-traffic Web site or other source posts a story that refers visitors to another Web site.

The effect gets its name from the X Web site, a discussion forum originally about Linux and related software, but increasingly about any technology-related subject.

The X Effect can be perceived when any large Web site posts a high-interest, widely-publicized story about another site. The effect is obviously much more noticeable on smaller sites and the surge in traffic sometimes will slow a site down or make it impossible to reach.

4.

Slashdot Effect

*5.

X F1 Team (previously known as X Formula and X Racing Developments) is a Formula One racing team established by Gene X. It entered in the 2016 season and is the first American F1 Team in 30 years.

X is also the name of a famous B-school on the west coast.

Haas

6. Named after X from the 1843 novel Y, Z is a wealthy Scottish business

magnate and tycoon. He was in his first few appearances characterized as an antihero (as the original character was), but in later comics and animated shorts and the modern day he is more often portrayed as a charitable and thrifty hero, adventurer, explorer, and philanthropist.

His dominant character trait is his thrift, and within the context of the fictional ____ universe, he is the world's richest person.

Scrooge McDuck, Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas Carol

7.

London Aquatics Center BMW Central Building, Leipzig Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Dubai Signature Towers, Dubai Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul

Connect.

Zaha Hadid

8. X wanted to use his mother, Hattie, as a model for his painting. X determined that

standing for so long would be far too exhausting for his mother, so he had his sister wear his mother’s apron and pin while posing. For the male subject in the painting, Wood used his 62-year-old dentist.

Id X and the painting.

American Gothic, Grant Wood

9. The singer was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she

received a text message from Fusari that read “X". He explained, "Every day, when she came to the studio, instead of saying hello, I would start singing ‘Y'".

The text message was the result of a predictive text glitch that changed “_____" to “____". Fusari said she texted back, "That's it", and declared, "Don't ever call me _______ again."

Lady Gaga, Radio Gaga

*10. Joel Gold, a psychiatrist at the Bellevue Hospital Center, revealed that by 2008,

he had met five patients with an unusual case of schizophrenia (and heard of another twelve).

Gold stated that some patients were rendered happy by their disease, while "others were tormented." One travelled to New York to check whether the World Trade Center had actually fallen—believing the 9/11 attacks to be an elaborate plot twist in his personal storyline. Another came to climb the Statue of Liberty, believing that he would be reunited with his high-school girlfriend at the top and finally be released from the show.

Gold named the syndrome “X delusion" and attributed the delusion to a world that had become hungry for publicity. The syndrome predominantly affects young white men.

Id X.

The Truman Show

11. X was one of the most famous exponents of the football philosophy known as Total

Football explored by Rinus Michels. He was chosen on the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup

Dream Team in 2002, and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

X's style of play and his football philosophy has influenced managers and players including Frank Rijkaard, Pep Guardiola, Michael Laudrup, Arsène Wenger, Eric Cantona and Xavi. His coaching philosophy helped lay the foundations for the revival of Ajax's international successes in the 1990s.

Aur kya kahoon?

Johann Cruyff

12.

72 virgins

13.

London’s Crossrail line was recently renamed to X line.

This is what a twitter user had to say regarding this change –

Elizabeth Line

14. X is a sculpture created by an Italian neoclassical sculptor, Giovanni Maria

Benzoni, depicting _______. Benzoni is believed to have made four copies of this statue. The one at Y, India, has been described as a melody in marble.

It stands at a height of 167.0 cm with the statue and its round pedestal carved from a single block without any joints. The pedestal has an inscription near right foot which, gives the name of the sculptor, city and year.

X is arguably among the most famous sculptures in India. Bata do.

The Veiled Rebecca

*15. _________ ________ first appears in the book Liber Abaci (1202) by Leonardo of Pisa,

known as X.  X considers the growth of an idealized (biologically unrealistic) rabbit population,

assuming that: a newly born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a field; rabbits are able to mate at the age of one month so that at the end of its second month a female can produce another pair of rabbits; rabbits never die and a mating pair always produces one new pair (one male, one female) every month from the second month on. The puzzle that X posed was: how many pairs will there be in one year?

Fibonacci Sequence

16.

Who playing what?

Randeep Hooda as Sarabjeet Singh

17.

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is the "order of chivalry of British constitutional monarchy", rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations and public service. 

It comprises five classes, in civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male, or X if female.

Dame

18.

Id the famous son of Bihar, Nitish Kumar is paying tribute to.

George Orwell

19.

The next slide follows a picture of Justin Bieber at a recent concert, kick starting his “Purpose” tour.

Going by the looks of him, who is he dressed up as and where would this concert aptly be?

Kurt Cobain, Seattle

*20.

On the first of April, X put an advert on its website for a Y, promising to deploy an on demand service to reach remote areas.

“Ensuring Y maintains a light weight frame to cover long distances, Y sees the traditional _____ camera compartment replaced with a wireless modem to beam down coverage to those in video need,” a X statement said.

Y is a portmanteau of the company’s name and the service mentioned.

Voda-drone