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AcknowledgementsRituraj Kashyap, for reviewing the set and giving some valuable inputs.Bibhuti and his team for organising such a wonderful quiz fest in Guwahati.All of you for turning up on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Rules:20 questions in the prelims.All the even numbered questions are starred which are to be used to resolve ties both in prelims .If tie still persists, sudden death will be used starting from the first question.Top 8 teams qualify for the finals.In case of tie in the finals, marks of prelims would be considered.Test yourself, not Google.NO arguments with the QM at any stage of the Quiz. Dispute or errors, if any can be settled over a cup of coffee after the quiz.

(1) What does this recent meme compare ABDs posture to?

*(2)The scientific explanation for this godly miracle was that the offerings in the bowl were pulled up by capillary action and hence looks to have disappeared. Which incident is this that caused much hullabaloo in India in 1995 and also had references in movies like Oh my God starring Paresh Rawal?

(3)The Deadly Assassin, a 1976 episode of Doctor Who is about the good doctor who enters a vast neural network to track the master(his nemesis) and thwart off his plans, the only catch being that if he dies in the network, he also dies in real life.Close to two decades later, how did a similar concept resurfaced into the world of pop-culture?

*(4)Economic liberalisation came to India in 1991 with the Congress government of P.V. Narasimha Rao. BJP and the Left were one in opposing a liberalised economic and industrial regime.Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, the BJP ideologue coined the slogan FDI for X chips Yes! Y chips No! But the Congress argued that main reason why a country like India with clearly inadequate capital resources wanted foreign investment was to create jobs and generate value addition for the economy(which was possible more with Y than X)X and Y please.

(5)Dominique Jean Larrey was a famous French military surgeon who published the first description of trench foot in 1812.However his greatest contribution is something that he appropriately called flying hospitals. What am I talking about?

*(6)Which earlier feature depicted with a yellow outline inside the red disc on the flag of Bangladesh was subsequently deleted owing to difficulty in rendering it correctly on both sides of the flag?

(7)This word (X)is commonly used to refer to a bus(even train) station serving as an end station.The same name is also shared by a Roman deity who acted as boundary markers during ancient times.A famous UNESCO world heritage site in India which is said to have undergone one of the biggest sex change shares a part of its name with X.

*(8)The relationship between theoretical and experimental physicists have been strained for long as most of the theoretical ones were guilty of being involved in horrible experimental errors.This particular physicist who won the Nobel prize in Physics in the year 1945 (for his work involving spin theory)was often involved in laboratory mishaps including violent explosions, mismatch between theoretical and practical values , improper handling of apparatus etc.Who is this famous physicist whom you cannot exclude from your list of guesses?

(9)A few years back, scientists revealed more than 200 new species of life that they discovered in a remote region of Papua New Guinea which included new mammals, frogs, insects and plants.Most photogenic of the discovered animals is a tube-nosed fruit bat that bears a startling resemblance to somebody from the world of popular culture. Take a proper look at the animal on the next slide and tell me its popular nickname.

*(10)This one-eyed predecessor of Hawkeye was the first technological umpiring aid used in Tennis, making its debut at Wimbledon in 1980. There was once a famous instance when Illie Nastase went down on his knees infront of it and screamed Were you made in Russia?What am I talking about?

(11)Since there are technically no last names, the people of this country refer to each other simply by first name. All directories such as the telephone directory are alphabetized by first name. To reduce ambiguity, the telephone directory goes further by also listing professions. For example, their President will be addressed as lafur, whether formally or casually and same goes with the PM Jhanna.But probably the most peculiar tradition is that the women here don't take their husbands' names upon marriage as they believe that a woman cannot suddenly become somebody elses daughter.Which country is this that came recently into news for their technique and superior skills in a different field?

*(12)Kirron Kher has a credit for a specific reason in DDLJ though she doesn't appear in the film. What was her small yet significant contribution that would definitely prove one of the popular Shakespeares quote to be wrong?

(13)How did Patricia Highsmiths novel The Price of Salt (the inspiration for the new Cate Blanchett movie Carol) held a rather unique or odd position when it came to Lesbian literature of the mid-to-late 20th century?

*(14)Why did the producers of the movie Planet of the apes spent a considerable amount of money buying the items (shown in the next slide) though it was never shown on screen?These items catered to a certain group of people who are also found in abundance in engineering colleges across the country.

(15)If it's Rashid in MalaysiaBilal in ArabicJose in SpanishQodos in PashtoAnd the female version is EmilyThen what is the equivalent name in English that had stormed the social media few months back and whose name can be cryptically connected to one of the aspiring Presidential candidates in US?

*(16)In her book "Lean In", Sheryl Sandberg says her career has not been like a traditional 'ladder', but compares it to something else, given the number of different lateral moves she's made.The object of her analogy was patented by Sebastian Hinton, whose mathematician father built a wooden version to teach children 3-dimensional spaces and this object has probably been an integral part of our childhood(seen commonly in schools and parks).So what did Mr. Hinton patent?

(17)If the building on the hill top of the Mashobra in Shimla and another in Bolarum, Hyderabad(taken over from the Nizam of Hyderabad) are the lesser known glorified residence, than what is their most famous equivalent?

*(18)Numbers like 8208 which can be written as 8^(4) + 2^(4) + 0^(4) + 8^(4) are named after the Greek mythological character who probably fell in love with the wrong person( at least from biological point of view).In the 2006 Simpson episode called Merge and Homer turn a couple play , this number is shown on a giant screen display during a baseball match. It also finds mention in the Simon Singh book The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets.

(19)What is remarkable(first ever stamps of this kind ) about these stamps that shows different views of the Rock of Gibraltar(shown in the next slide).

*(20)The medal that you see on the next slide were given by a certain countrys government to those firemen, civilians and Army personnel who shed blood to prevent something , which by far is one of the darkest chapters in its history.Go back to your high school Physics to recall what symbols on the medal could mean and hence give me the infamous event.

(1) What does this recent meme compare ABDs posture to?

The IPL logo

*(2)The scientific explanation for this godly miracle was that the offerings in the bowl were pulled up by capillary action and hence looks to have disappeared. Which incident is this that caused much hullabaloo in India in 1995 and also had references in movies like Oh my God starring Paresh Rawal?

Lord Ganesha allegedly drank milk offerings, also called as the Hindu milk miracle.

(3)The Deadly Assassin, a 1976 episode of Doctor Who is about the good doctor who enters a vast neural network to track the master(his nemesis) and thwart off his plans, the only catch being that if he dies in the network, he also dies in real life.Close to two decades later, how did a similar concept resurfaced into the world of pop-culture?

*(4)Economic liberalisation came to India in 1991 with the Congress government of P.V. Narasimha Rao. BJP and the Left were one in opposing a liberalised economic and industrial regime.Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, the BJP ideologue coined the slogan FDI for X chips Yes! Y chips No! But the Congress argued that main reason why a country like India with clearly inadequate capital resources wanted foreign investment was to create jobs and generate value addition for the economy(which was possible more with Y than X)X and Y please.

X: Computer chipsY: Potato chips

(5)Dominique Jean Larrey was a famous French military surgeon who published the first description of trench foot in 1812.However his greatest contribution is something that he appropriately called flying hospitals. What am I talking about?

Ambulances

*(6)Which earlier feature depicted with a yellow outline inside the red disc on the flag of Bangladesh was subsequently deleted owing to difficulty in rendering it correctly on both sides of the flag?

The map of Bangladesh.

(7)This word (X)is commonly used to refer to a bus(even train) station serving as an end station.The same name is also shared by a Roman deity who acted as boundary markers during ancient times.A famous UNESCO world heritage site in India who is said to have undergone one of the biggest sex changeshares a part of its name with X.

TerminusThe UNESCO world heritage site being talked about is Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) which was previously known as Victoria Terminus.

*(8)The relationship between theoretical and experimental physicists have been strained for long as most of the theoretical ones were guilty of being involved in horrible experimental errors.This particular physicist who won the Nobel prize in Physics in the year 1945 (for his work involving spin theory)was often involved in laboratory mishaps including violent explosions, mismatch between theoretical and practical values , improper handling of apparatus etc.Who is this famous physicist whom you cannot exclude from your list of guesses?

Wolfgang Pauli, famous for his exclusion principle.

(9)A few years back, scientists revealed more than 200 new species of life that they discovered in a remote region of Papua New Guinea which included new mammals, frogs, insects and plants.Most photogenic of the discovered animals is a tube-nosed fruit bat that bears a startling resemblance to somebody from the world of popular culture. Take a proper look at the animal on the next slide and tell me its popular nickname.

Yoda bat, Yoda being inspired from the Star Wars series due to its similar looks with the Jedi master.

*(10)This one-eyed predecessor of Hawkeye was the first technological umpiring aid used in Tennis, making its debut at Wimbledon in 1980. There was once a famous instance when Illie Nastase went down on his knees infront of it and screamed Were you made in Russia?What am I talking about?

Cyclops, which was a one-eyed monster from Greek mythology.

(11)Since there are technically no last names, the people of this country refer to each other simply by first name. All directories such as the telephone directory are alphabetized by first name. To reduce ambiguity, the telephone directory goes further by also listing professions. For example, their President will be addressed as lafur, whether formally or casually and same goes with the PM Jhanna.But probably the most peculiar tradition is that the women here don't take their husbands' names upon marriage as they believe that a woman cannot suddenly become somebody elses daughter.Which country is this that came recently into news for their technique and superior skills in a different field?

Iceland

*(12)Kirron Kher has a credit for a specific reason in DDLJ though she doesn't appear in the film. What was her small yet significant contribution that would definitely prove one of the popular Shakespeares quote to be wrong?

The name/title Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was the brainchild of Kirron Kher.

(13)How did Patricia Highsmiths novel The Price of Salt (the inspiration for the new Cate Blanchett movie Carol) held a rather unique or odd position when it came to Lesbian literature of the mid-to-late 20th century?

Only well-known lesbian novel with a happy ending.

*(14)Why did the producers of the movie Planet of the apes spent a considerable amount of money buying the items (shown in the next slide) though it was never shown on screen?These items catered to a certain group of people who are also found in abundance in engineering colleges across the country.

To help smokers during make-up sessions.

(15)If it's Rashid in MalaysiaBilal in ArabicJose in SpanishQodos in PashtoAnd the female version is EmilyThen what is the equivalent name in English that had stormed the social media few months back and whose name can be cryptically connected to one of the aspiring Presidential candidates in US?

*(16)In her book "Lean In", Sheryl Sandberg says her career has not been like a traditional 'ladder', but compares it to something else, given the number of different lateral moves she's made.The object of her analogy was patented by Sebastian Hinton, whose mathematician father built a wooden version to teach children 3-dimensional spaces and this object has probably been an integral part of our childhood(seen commonly in schools and parks).So what did Mr. Hinton patent?

Jungle gym/Monkey bars/Climbing frame.

(17)If the building on the hill top of the Mashobra in Shimla and another in Bolarum, Hyderabad(taken over from the Nizam of Hyderabad) are the lesser known glorified residence, than what is their most famous equivalent?

These are the Presidential retreats. The most famous one is Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

*(18)Numbers like 8208 which can be written as 8^(4) + 2^(4) + 0^(4) + 8^(4) are named after the Greek mythological character who probably fell in love with the wrong person( at least from biological point of view).In the 2006 Simpson episode called Merge and Homer turn a couple play , this number is shown on a giant screen display during a baseball match. It also finds mention in the Simon Singh book The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets.

Narcissistic numbers, named after Greek mythology character Narcissus, who fell in love with himself.

(19)What is remarkable(first ever stamps of this kind ) about these stamps that shows different views of the Rock of Gibraltar(shown in the next slide).

The Rock of Gibraltar stamps are the first ever stamps in the world to be produced with actual rock incorporated on the stamps.

*(20)The medal that you see on the next slide were given by a certain countrys government to those firemen, civilians and Army personnel who shed blood to prevent something , which by far is one of the darkest chapters in its history.Go back to your high school Physics to recall what symbols on the medal could mean and hence give me the infamous event.

The infamous event talked about is the Chernobyl nuclear radiation leak.The medals were designed to depict the blood shed due to the radiation leak and the symbols alpha, beta, gamma refers to the types of nuclear radiation.