iim ranchi freshers quiz 2014 (prelims with answers)

FRESHERS QUIZ 2014Prelims

GROUND RULES

• 25 Questions • Each question carries 1 point (Sub-parts have equally divided points)• No cross-talking !• No nosepicking !!• Read questions carefully. We have left more than enough hints !!• *ed questions resolve ties.• And of course, Quizmaster is God

1. Old logo of which famous company ?This logo was controversial for its alleged

hidden references to Satan and 666.

2. What is the significance of this photo ?

Gandhiji’s face on currency notes comes from here

3. Clever ad campaign for ?

FedEx

4. Dialogue from ‘The Social Network’

Divya Narendra: And Mark became the biggest thing on a campus with 19 Nobel prize winners, 15 Pulitzer prize winners, 2 future Olympians and a Movie star.

Who were the Olympians and the Movie star ? (No part points)

Olympians: Cameron and Tyler WinklevossMovie Star: Natalie Portman

5* What is happening here ?

Warne-Muralidaran Trophy

6. Minimalist posters: Bollywood

Answer

• 3 Idiots• Mr India

7.

• The first was held in 1810, in honor of the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig’s marriage to princess Therese Von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Upto 7 Million people attend it each year. Most of it takes place at the tents sitting next to one-another on the huge fairgrounds. There are 14 tents in all, some of which hold upto 10,000 people.• What am I talking about?

Answer

• Oktoberfest

8*

• The origins of this company go back to 1927 when designer Ferdinand Porsche, who had created a number of expensive state-of-the-art cars, turned his attention to a simpler low end vehicle. In 1933, Adolf Hitler took an interest in Porsche’s ideas. In 1937, a company was set up by the German govt. to achieve a single purpose-create a cheap automobile for the masses. Id the brand created by Ferdinand and the car.

Answer

• Volkswagen Beetle

9. Really Simple. Think Science. Who/What?

Answer

• Schrodinger’s Cat

10*

• Which characters are named Uys and Buys in Afrikaans, Tik and Tak in Arabic, Hernandez and Fernandez in Spanish, and Dupont and Dupond in the original French?

Answer

• Thomson and Thompson

11.

• In 1983, Eiji Toyoda summoned a secret meeting of company executives, to whom he posed the question, “Can we create a luxury vehicle to challenge he world’s best?” This question prompted the company to embark on a top-secret project, codenamed F1 (Flagship, and NO 1 vehicle). The name has bee attributed to the combination of the words- luxury and elegance, while another theory claims it is an acronym for “luxury exports to the US”.• Id the automaker and the brand.

Answer

• Lexus

12* iPhone’s ancestor, same company. The name?

Answer

• Apple Newton

13* Reserved Parking spots in UC Berkeley. For who?

Answer

• Nobel Laureates (NL) Parking lot in UC Berkeley.

14.

• What did Outlook magazine humorously describe as “The biggest sex change operation in independent India” in 1995/96?

Answer

• The renaming of VT to Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST)

15. Print ad for what?

Answer

16. This is a photo of the construction of a famous structure. Which?

17* This is a flash mob that meets once a year. The message is spread solely via digital means – mails, messages etc... And these are their rules

1. “Don’t talk about X”2. Don’t be in location until the exact minute.3. Hide your ______s.4. Rush in screaming “X!!!!!”5. After 15mins of excruciating fun, leave.6. Stay off the road and sidewalk. (don’t make this a police issue)7. Do NOT hit anyone with out a ______! (this includes but is not limited to people with cameras, bystanders, civic authorities, cars, use common sense!!)8. “If this is your first [time] at X, you have to fight.”

Identify X (three words) NOT THE MOVIE

Pillow Fight Club

18. This term originated in American Civil War times. To check escapees in prisons, there was a line drawn, around 20 feet from the stockade or the wall of the enclosure. If any inmate was found crossing over the line, they would be shot.

Which familiar term?

Deadlines are sacrosanct

19*. Legend has it that this pizza was invented in 1889, when the Royal Palace of Capodimonte commissioned Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honour of the visiting Queen X. The queen preferred a certain ‘charm’ to her dishes, so the pizzaiolo used tomatoes, basil and mozzarella cheese to make this popular dish.

Name it.

Margherita Pizza

20. Statue of a famous literary character. Name him/the book

The Little Prince

21. What did Stan Ulam claim was named in memory of an uncle who often borrowed money to play the "well known generator of random integers between zero and thirty-six in the Mediterranean principality"?

Monte Carlo

22*. These are known as Lichtenberg figures. You will get these only in a certain type of situation. How?

You get them if struck by Lightning

23. Two players who shared a fierce rivalry during the 90s. The two of them competed against each other again, this year at Wimbledon, though not directly. How?

Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg were coaches of Novak Djokovic

and Roger Federer this Wimbledon

24*. Who as whomIn an upcomingbiopic?

• Alan Turing

25. Over the years, there has been tremendous debate in Germany whether November 9 should be made a national holiday. The reasons given by proponents include that 9th Nov was the end of the 1848 revolution and the date of the 1918 abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the declaration of the Weimar republic.

However, 9th Nov is also the anniversary of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch and the infamous Kristallnacht attacks of the Nazis in 1938. Finally, as a compromise, Oct 3rd was chosen as a national holiday.

What was the major reason given by those who wanted Nov 9th to be made a national holiday?

Fall of the Berlin Wall