Inquizzitive Minds 1.

0 Prelims

Soham, Pratyush B, Revanth, Roopak

The term -----------refers to the three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and logic. The Latin Meaning of this word is A place where three ways meet.

1.

2. A _________ is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.

3.

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.

Identify this person who made the above quote.

4. This Nobel Laureate donated his bicycle to the Nobel museum situated in Stockholm,Sweden. Name him.

5. Bhu, Bhuvas, Svar, Mahas, Janas, Tapas, Satya, Atala, Vitala,Sutala,Rasatala,Talatala,Mahatala,Paatala.

What are these collectively known as in Hindu mythology?

6. Invented by Walter Morrison. Originally_____________were called pluto platters. WhamO was the company which manufactured these initially.

7. Tapers,votives, pillars, tea lights, floating all are types of ???

8. According to the famous physicist Arthur Eddington, only two persons understood General Relativity. One was Einstein. Who was the second person?

9. Recently the I.O.C granted Full Recognition status to three sports. Two of them are power boating and federations climbing. Name the third sport.

10.

The French were bred to die for love They delight in fighting duels But I prefer a man who lives And gives expensive jewels A kiss on the hand may be quite continental _________________________________________ Fill in the blanks

-appeared in movies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Moulin Rogue.

11. Titanic, Avatar and Aliens have two things in common. What are they?

12. This famous politburo member termed a decision taken by the CPI(M) as a historic blunder. Who is he?

13. Dilbert, the central character of the comic strip Dilbert, had graduated from MIT. What was his major?

14. This famous Argentinian Doctor helped overthrow the Fulgencio Batista regime in Cuba and also helped to incite revolutions in Congo-Kinshasha and Bolivia. Whats his full name?

15. T h is co m p a n y w a s fo u n d e d in 1 9 2 3 u n d e r th e n a m e 'Id e a l' . Its e n g in e e rs u se d to m a rk g o o d s w h ich h a d p a sse d th e ir strin g e n t q u a lity te sts in a ce rta in w a y . S o o n , th e co m p a n y b e g a n to b e id e n tifie d w ith th e q u a lity m a rk . H o w d o w e k n o w th is co m p a n y to d a y ?

16) Participants at the Visit Scotland Adventure Triathlon were provided an insurance cover of one million pound sterling each against a very unique occurrence. What?

17) W h ich a re th e o n ly tw o co u n trie s in th e w o rld to h a v e th e ir m a p o u tlin e s o n th e ir re sp e ctiv e n a tio n a l fla g s ?

18) On what movies poster would you find these lines, What does it take to find a lost lover? (a) Money (b) Luck (c) Smarts (d) Destiny

19) Which well known britishcompany agreed to a $ 1 9 . 5 b illio n ta k e o v e r b id b y K ra ft fo o d s re ce n tly ?

20) W h ich a n im a te d m e m b e r o f th e p o rife ra sp e cie s a n d a re sid e n t o f B ik in i B o tto m is th e la te st a d d itio n to M a d a m e Tu ssa u d s W a x M u se u m in N e w Y o rk ?

FINALS

Infinite Bounce

ROUND 1

1. During 12th -13th Centuries the north-eastern part of this region was ruled by the Chutiyas, whereas the South and Central parts were ruled by the Kacharis. This region become a state of the Union of India during 1947. In 1963 another state was carved out from this state. Name both the states.

 Nagaland and Assam

Stalin's accusations that he had betrayed the working class, he thanked his friends, and above all his wife and dear companion, Natalia Sedova, for their loyal support : For forty-three years of my conscious life I have remained a revolutionist; for forty-two of them I have fought under the banner of Marxism. If I had to begin all over again I would of course try to avoid this or that mistake, but the main course of my life would remain unchanged. I shall die a proletarian revolutionist, a Marxist, a dialectical materialist, and, consequently, an irreconcilable atheist. My faith in the communist future of mankind is not less ardent, indeed it is firmer today, than it was in the days of my youth. Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere.-----------------------. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full. L. Trotsky 27 February 1940 Coiyoacan. Fill in the blanks.the above line is also the name of an oscar winning italian movie and was also the name of a hoax virus in 2002

Life is Beautiful.

3. It is believed that the game originated in 19th century czarist Russia. Prison guards forced the prisoners to play the game, and they would place bets on the outcome. Although the true history of the practice is very difficult to prove, many scholars maintain that it was there the game developed, thus earning the name_______________. Throughout the next hundred years - and particularly during the violent periods of the Russian Revolution - unhinged and suicidal Russian officers would play the game in front of other officers. What is even more surprising is that perfectly sane and healthy officers engaged in the practice merely to prove their bravery.

Russian Roulette

Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai. It took place near the town of ____________ in northern Italy on June 4, 1859. Napoleon III's army crossed the Ticino River and outflanked the Austrian right forcing the Austrian army under General Gyulai to retreat. The battle of ____________ was not particularly large, but it was a decisive victory for the French-Sardinian forces. Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893) was created Duke of __________ for his role in this battle, and later served as President of the French Republic. The colour ___________discovered in 1859, was named after this battle, as was the Boulevard de __________ in Paris

Magenta

5. United States, United States, __________, __________, ___________, South Korea, __________, ___________, ___________, ____________, ___________, ___________, __________, ___________, ___________, United States, United Staes.

Fill in the blanks.

Had the entire list been given, there would have been 25 blanks.

Cuba. They won the baseball world cup 25 times.

6. What is common between the Hollywood swordsmaster Bob Anderson and stunt co-ordinator Nick Gillard?

Both of them have choreographed the lightsaber duels of the Star Wars seies. Bob Anderson did it for the original 3 movies while Nick Gillard did it for the prequel series.

7. Woman in the Moon (or in original German, Frau im Mond) is a science fiction silent film released during 1929, and is often considered to be one of the first "serious" science fiction films. It was written and directed by Fritz Lang, based on the novel Die Frau im Mond (1928, translated as The Rocket to the Moon during 1930) by his then-wife and collaborator Thea von Harbou It was released in the USA as By Rocket to the Moon, and in the UK as Woman in the Moon.

This film is often cited as the first occurrence of the --------------.

Reverse countdown during rocket launches

8. In Westminster parliamentary systems, a -------------is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. A -------------- may be a new parliamentary member yet to receive high office, a senior figure dropped from government, or someone who for whatever reason is not chosen to sit either in the ministry or the opposition

Backbenchers

Charlton called the press office, where ------------was ensconced (as Head of World Cup Referees), in order to confirm the information that he had read within the newspaper that Kreitlin had booked him.-----------, returning from Wembley Stadium to Lancaster Gate that same evening, had Charlton's confusion in mind during the journey. On the trip, punctuated by many traffic lights, ---------realised that a colour coding scheme on the same amber (steady) - red (stop) principle as used on traffic lights would traverse language barriers and clarify to players and spectators that they had been cautioned or expelled. Thus was devised the system whereby referees show a yellow card for a caution and a red card for an expulsion, which was first used in the 1970 World Cup.

Name this person who also started the practice of using a substitute referee which eventually lead to the appointment of The Fourth Official ; he also introduced the use of number board to show substitution changes in a game.

Ken Aston

10. Hows the Asterix episode Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book different from all the other episodes?

In this episode the story starts in 1 AD instead of the usual 50 BC.

11. This is a photo of the Hobble Skirt. It is a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer's stride, thus earning its name. Now the question is..what was inspired by the design of this dress????

The design for the Coca-Cola bottle.

12. How do you connect the English metal band Iron Maiden with the Greek mythological monster Minotaur?

The song Flight of Icarus. Icarus was the son of Daedalus, who built the labyrinth for Minotaur.

MYTHOLOGY

I am a horse, one of the three, who drew the chariot of the leader of the Myrmidons during the Trojan War. I share my name with a great river of Troy. My mother is Podarge, one of the Harpies and according to some my father is a brother of the North Wind, while others say that my father is Zeus. Hera gave me the power of speech for a short time so that I could talk to Achilles. Who am I?

Xanthus.

Vishrava, one of the 10 prajapatis, and Kaikesi were his parents.

Shiv had gifted him the celestial bow Chandra- Haas.

He made one of his brothers the king of netherworld.

Who is he?

Ravana

SCI TECH

3 . I e n ti T h i . T h i i th e p ro to typ e o f d fy s s s

Ans.
ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense, was the world's first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the contemporary global Internet. The packet switching of the ARPANET was based on designs by Lawrence Roberts, of the Lincoln Laboratory.

4.
Doesnt the molecule look like a car with two big wheels and two small wheels. What exactly is it?

Ans.
Believe it or not, it is a molecular car( though not technically cause it doesnt have a mechanical motor)! Called the Nanodragster, it is the world's smallest hot rod, and is a molecular nanocar. The name comes from the nanocar's resemblance to a dragster, as it has a shorter axle with smaller wheels in the front and a larger axle with larger wheels in the back. It is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair and has a top speed of 0.014 millimeters per hour (0.0006 in/h). The back wheels are made up of fullerene, composed of 60 carbon atoms each, which are attracted to a dragstrip that is made up of a very fine layer of gold. Designed at Rice University by the team of professor James Tour.

LITERATURE

In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight Let those who worship evil's might, _____________________________________

It is a oath taken by every member of a group of comicbook superheroes (published by DC). What is the last line of the oath? 1.

This oath is taken by the green lantern corps members. Beware my power Green Lanterns light.

2.
An excerpt from the novel The Train from Nowhere by Michel Thaler goes as follows: Fool's luck! A vacant seat, almost, in that compartment. A provisional stop, why not? So, my new address in this train from nowhere: car 12, 3rd compartment, from the front. Once again, why not?

In the preface of the novel, Thaler called the _____ an "invader, dictator, usurper of our literature". Considering the novel a step towards literature comparable with the artistic impact of Dadaism and surrealism, Thaler surmised, "The _____ is like a weed in a field of flowers. You have to get rid of it to allow the flowers to grow and flourish. Take away the _____ and the language speaks for itself." Thaler went so far as to organize a wellattended, tongue-in-cheek funeral for the _____, at the Sorbonne in Paris.

verb

SPORTS

1.

What is being represented by this famous equation? AB stands for at-bats. 1B, 2B, 3B and HR represent singles, doubles, triples and home runs, respectively.

Ans.
In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is a popular measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.

2.
Hawk-eye technology is one of the most sophisticated officiating tools used in sport. It made its debut with cricket and then entered the tennis court. In which other sport is it being used officially?

Ans.
Snooker. Hawk-Eye first introduced its snooker technology at the Snooker Grand Prix in Aberdeen. It then progressed to the Masters at Wembley and, most recently, stepped up to the largest stage in snooker, the renowned Crucible in Sheffield, at the World Snooker Championships

MISC

Adriana Manuerla Ramona Jelinek was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jelinek and his wife Rachel. She played music and had a good soprano voice , but never shared her fathers passion for automobiles. She died at the age of 39 in 1929 from cancer. What is her claim to fame?

She was born on September 16, 1889 and nicknamed (as a term of endearment) Mercedes. She is best known for her father having Daimler's Mercedes line of cars named after her, beginning with the Mercedes 35 hp model of 1901.

A _________________ ball is a bouncy ball made by tying ____________ into a knot and then twisting more ____________ around it until the desired size is obtained. The biggest one till date stands 6 ft 7 in tall and weighs 9032 pounds.

Rubber band

Connect(s)

The top left pic is of Gandalf the Grey from Lord Of The Rings. The right pic is of King Lear by Shakespeare. The bottom left is of Magneto from XMen. Sir Ian Mckellan had played all the three characters.

 In the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, director Robert Zemeckis pays tribute to "Number 2"'s cartoon heritage by using the piece for the "dueling pianos" scene featuring Daffy Duck and Donald Duck Bugs Bunny prepares to play "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" in Rhapsody Rabbit. Woody Woodpecker is held at gunpoint to play "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" in 1955's Convict Concerto. In the tom & jerry short the Cat Concerto which won 1946 oscar for best animated short film,tom attempts to play the hungarian rhapsody no.2 by franz liszt while jerry tries to continuously disrupt him. Answer : HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO.2 BY FRANZ LISZT. Liszt made a total of 19 rhapsodies out of which the 2nd was the most technically demanding and the most covered version.