fresher's quiz finals 2013

7/27/2019 Fresher's Quiz Finals 2013

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DRIES (CLOCKWISE)



A ROUND BY

HK Saketh Sudeep



Rules

•10 questions

• Infinite pounce and bounce

•+10/0 on direct•+10/-5 on pounce

•

If unsure, try to attempt ondirect. Don’t be inclined topass!



Question : 0

• This location served as the setting for the

movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy.

• The Pride Lands in the Lion King are said to be

modelled after this place.

• This is the home of the Bushmen, who live

here as hunter-gatherers .

Which place am I talking about?



Answer

Kalahari!



Put Funda

Question : 1



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This was an April Fools’ Day prank by Google

maps, which had a Google treasure maps

mode, encouraging users to help them

decipher the map.

Answer



Who wrote this and who is it addressed to?

Question : 2



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This letter wasfrom Gandhi,addressed toHitler. In it, he

advised Hitler toput an end toWW2.

Answer



Alternate poster for what?

Question : 3



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Answer



FITB (taken from Uncyclopedia)•

_______ ___ is a shallow (arguably VERY shallow) estuarylocated near Los Angeles, California, to which approximatelytwenty percent of Southern California's water drains, and inwhich eighty percent of Southern California's clichéd,formulaic action sequences occur, all of which featuregratuitous levels of special effects. The ___ and the land

masses surrounding and within it are famed for their car andboat chases, high-budget explosions, shoot-outs, hostagesituations, criminal and terrorist activities, and daily crisissituations putting the city, nation or entire world in perilous jeopardy.

• Critics of _______ ___say that the highly stylized events that

occur within it on a regular basis are unbelievable, bombastic,vapid, and ultimately condescending to the intelligence of average ___residents.

Question : 4



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Michael Bay, director of the Transformers series (Bay, geddit?)

Answer



FITB

Melatonin, the hormone, is released by the

pineal gland in the brain at night. As soon as

it becomes day, it gradually decreases. Dueto this nature, it has the nickname, _______

of hormones. FITB.

Question : 5



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Melatonin is nicknamed the Dracula of hormones.

Answer



Identify X and Y.

“X got a yellow card in the 42nd minute, so when I got to thedressing room at half-time I spend about 14 minutes of the 15available speaking only to X.“

“I said to him: ‘X, I cannot change you, I have no strikers on thebench, so don’t touch anybody and play only with the ball. If welose the ball, no reaction. If someone provokes you, no reaction,if the referee makes a mistake, no reaction.‘

“The 46th minute – red card!”

Y talking about X. Id X and Y.

Question : 6



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X- Mario Balotelli Y- Jose Mourinho

Answer



Gimme X and Y.

When his _______ had its clutch again to bereplaced, Y rushed to Maranello for an explanation.

“You are a farmer used to drive tractors in thecountryside. Leave my cars alone, or learn how todrive them!” said X.

“You may be right calling me ‘a farmer’, but I willshow you that I’m able to make more beautiful andefficient cars than yours!”

This was Y at the start of this adventure.

X and Y please.

Question : 7



X- Enzo Ferrari Y- Ferrucio Lamborghini

Answer



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This “piece of art” was made by the Mars Curiosity Rover. On Mars.

Answer

Q ti 11



What is X?

X is the name of a sporadically organised

traveling heavy metal music festival

organized by Y.

The tour was founded in 2005 with dates

across North America, and the 2006 and

2007 line-ups also travelled to Australia.

The bands appearing at the festival were

chosen by Dave Mustaine because he

wanted to "put together a festival that

Question : 11



Write Bros



A ROUND BY

Vaishnavi Varsha Paurav

HV

Rules



• Differential Scoring in this round

• You will have to write down your answers

in this round

• Points distribution will be = 5 * No of

team who get it wrong.

• No negatives, so feel free to write down

the guesses.

Rules



Answer



Kama

Answer



Question : 2



M. A. Parthasarathy filed a PIL in the 90s askingthat a colour more natural to the city (NammaBengaluru), such as green, should replace what

he described as the colour with angryassociations (which was red).

As a compromise, the governing body settledon a blue and silver motif. What are we talking

about?

(These days, it can be seen in red, white, greyblue and green, very commonly)

Question : 2

Question : 3



•Vegemite - Australia

• EBI o’ filet - Japan

• Chicken SingaPorridge - Singapore

• Shaka Shaka Chicken - Singapore

• The __Arabia - Egypt

• Banana Pie - Brazil

• __Molletes - Mexico

FITB and what are the above part of?

(Inexhaustive list)

Question : 3



Question : 9



Minimalist poster of which Bollywood

movie?

Question : 9

Question : 10



Identify the advertiser and the product

advertised in this video clip.

(Video)

Question : 10



Exchange Sheets



Question : 1



Minimalist poster of which Hollywood

movie?

Question : 1

Answer



Answer

Question : 2



M. A. Parthasarathy filed a PIL in the 90s

asking that a colour more natural to the city

(Namma Bengaluru), such as green, should

replace what he described as the colourwith angry associations (which was red).

As a compromise, the governing body

settled on a blue and silver motif. What arewe talking about?

(These days, it can be seen in red, white,

Question : 2



Answer



Answer McDonald’s International Menu

Indian McVeggie is also included in this list



Answer



Answer The French Revolution



Question : 6



This couple, X and Y, had an on-off relationship for 43 years from 1961 to 2004,

after which, the creators decided it was time

for them to split up.

A new character called Blaine, an Australian

surfer, was introduced, who briefly dated X

from 2004 to 2006. Then, the romance

between X and Y was rekindled after Y

underwent a makeover (though insiders say

this was due to dipping sales).

Who be this X and Y?

Question : 6



Answer



Answer Wimbledon’s clothing rules

Question : 8



•

Potassium perchlorate, Anthracene,Sulphur

• Potassium chlorate, Lactose, Chloroform

Resin

These are the characteristic mixtures used in

a world renowned ceremony.The second mixture produces an opposite

effect when compared to that of the first.

Question : 8



STAGE 2



A ROUND BY

Pranav

Jayanta



Theme?



+45/-22

Question : 2



Gimme X

X the Golden, or X the Magnificent, as he isknown, put waste to an ancient land many

years ago, and took its wealth for himself.After years of enjoying this wealth, he usedit to form an armour over his body, butnegligently missed a spot.

This proved to be his undoing, as he died byan arrow piercing that very spot, shot by aBard. This allowed the rulers of the ancient

land to reclaim the wealth as their own.

Q

Theme?



+40/-20



Question : 4



Connect again



Question : 8



Last Call for the Theme



+5/0



Here are the answers!



Question : 1



FITB

One of the best in-gags in gaming history is

the “_____ Nude Cheat." For all the earlier

edition of the game, Core would leak acheat that claimed to turn ____ naked. In

reality, once you'd managed to pull off the

complex moves, your only reward was towatch your heroine violently explode with a

scream, her arms, legs and head flying off in

different directions.



Question : 6



Id the person laughing, in the clipplayed.

(Audio)

Answer



Montgomery Burns



Answer



Dollar, Richie Rich’s dog



Answer



Bruce Wayne A.K.A The Goddamned

Batman



Well Done!



Tejas Raghunath (The Rapist) Vikas Kashyap (TCS Wiz) Sai Krishna VK (Sai-

Tec)



Question : 0



This is the Samosapedia definition of this word.

• Usually used to strongly disagree with something. A one

word response to some preposterous statement.

• _____ Hair

What is the “good” word?

Answer



Shaata



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J

Error 404: J not found

Question : 2



‘Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties’

If we go by the rules of the game since its

inception, we observe every rule but one has been

changed at least once over history.

State the rule that has remained the same

throughout the timeline of the game

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Question : 3



ID the advertisement from the soundtrack

It was voted the best Indian consumer

product advertisement for its ‘reclaim your

life’ campaign, for 2 consecutive years, a

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Question : 4



ID the very recently launched device

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Google ChromeCast – The best

thing to happen to TV, since TV.

Question : 5



It originated in South London, England and emerged in thelate 1990s as a development within a lineage of related

styles such as garage, broken beat and reggae.

The origins of the genre can be traced back to the growth

of the Jamaican sound system party scene in the early

1980s. The music generally features syncopated drum and

percussion patterns with bass lines that contain prominent

sub bass frequencies.

It was revived during this decade and today, dominates the

YouTube indie music charts.

Give me the genre

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DUBSTEP

: 6

Question : 6



Captchas are tools that help a website verify if you

are a human or a bot. Its popular successor, Re-

Captcha has an added benefit besides

distinguishing between humans and bots.

Indirectly, when you use the service, you help in a certain

social experiment/favour of sorts.

What are you helping with?

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It helps digitize old books

Question : 7



This film was unanimously voted the ‘Best worst film of 2013’

Dealing with a water spout and its disastrous effects on Los

Angeles, it was a made-for-television disaster film andreceived only 2 stars in IMDB. However the film has

actively gained a cult status in the internet and clocked in

more than 5000 tweets about the film in an hour during it’s

peak.

It had a zero marketing budget and yet sold out for all

scheduled midnight screenings

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Movie: Sharknado

Question : 8



What is the following video about?

Cant innovate anymore,



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The New Mac Pro : The most

powerful computer built

Question : 9



A product called “Schmeat” has taken the world by storm

recently.

The total cost of the project was 320,000$

and it was fully funded by Seregey Brin.

What is special about schmeat?

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The worlds first lab cultivated

Hamburger. Stem cells were used

to make the beef patty.

Question : 10



Connect



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Companies acquired by Yahoo!Marissa Mayer sure likes shopping.



Long Visual Connect

A ROUND

BY



BYDhvani Patel Janani Ram Nikhil Inamdar

A ROUND

BY



BY

Pramod Rao Sagar “Kathri”sal Aditya

“Balls”Narayan

Question : 0What is blanked out?



What is blanked out?

Answer Slowpoke



Slowpoke

Rules



• In this round, all the visuals shownconnect to a common theme/list.

• Points for guessing the theme are

mentioned after each set• When you get the theme, don’t shout it

out! Write it down and show it to the

QM.

Question : 1



Question : 2



Theme?



+60/-30

Question : 3



Question : 4



Theme?



+50/-25

Question : 5



Question : 6



Theme?



+40/-20

Question : 7



Question : 8



Theme?



+30/-15

Question : 9



Question : 10



Theme?



+20/-10

Question : 11



Theme?



+10/-5

Question : 12



Last Call for Theme



+5/0

Here are the answers!



Let’s see the theme first



Theme



Political Parties in

India (Their electionsymbols)

NCP – National Congress Party

Answers



NCP National Congress Party

BSP – Bahujan Samaj Party

Answers



BSP Bahujan Samaj Party

TRS – Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Answers



TRS Telangana Rashtra Samithi

AIADMK – Too long :P

Answers



g

SP – Samajwadi Party

Answers



j y

Shiv Sena

Answers



DMK – Dravida Munnetra

Answers



Kazhagam

Trinamool Congress

Answers



g

AAP – Aam Aadmi Party

Answers



y

JD(S) – Janata Dal (Secular)

Answers



( ) ( )

BJP – Bharatiya Janata Party

Answers



y y

INC – Indian National Congress

Answers



g

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