02-08-2019, Gogineni Narendranath

CLUB
IIT PATNA
QUIZ
02-08-2019 ©Gogineni Narendra Nath, Quiz Club IIT Patna 1

Weekly
Arrey Brooo!!
Quiz

Opening Remarks
1. Read the information on the slides carefully without getting overwhelmed. They have a variety of clues to guide you
to the answer.
2. Assume these for all the questions:
The lists are exhaustive, if they are not, I’ll give the clues myself
While answering, I expect X and Y in the same order they are mentioned
Sizes of the blanks are indicative of the actual size of the answers

Bonus
Justin Roiland is the co-creator of the immensely popular TV show ______ ____
_______
While doing an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Reddit, he admitted to doing improv
during animation, saying - “And of course, the Inter-dimensional Cable episodes... all
the fake shows are totally unscripted.. I mean, you can't tell?”
Justin Roiland can’t burp on command and has to drink beer or water during the
recording sessions to perform the voice of ______. After filming the pilot episode,
where ______ burps in almost every line, he had such a bad stomach ache he
considered going to the hospital.

Round 1
Written round
+10 & -0

What automobile company are we talking about?
 In 1971, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Cabinet proposed the production of a "People's car": an efficient
indigenous car that middle-class Indians could afford
 Subsequently a company known as ___X___ Motors Limited was incorporated under the Companies Act and
Sanjay Gandhi became its Managing Director, the company got liquidated in 1977 with no major production
 The company was re-established in 1981 as ___X___ Udyog Limited and the race to produce the first Indian
People’s car began with two foreign companies fighting for the opportunity
 The race came to an end with ___Y___Motors Ltd. Being able to successfully demonstrate feasibility of their
‘model 796’ for Indian roads
 The Government of India has divested all it’s shares in the company, and the company is popularly called
‘XY’ today

Which Company?
Started in 1997 with 8 employees, this company is now
India’s largest integrated services company, with over
75000+ employees. The company utilises the tagline
‘Humanity Ahead’ and provides aggregation services
for security, housekeeping, outsourcing among others

connect

Name this Classic Indian Film
 Katherine Mayo’s polemical 1927 book, written opposing India’s demand of self rule, caused widespread outrage
because of it’s representation of the Indian society and it’s culture, Gandhi famously ridiculed it as “report of a
drain inspector”
 A film made later in the 1950’s chose to use the title of Mayo’s book as the title of the film, because it wanted to
evict from the minds of the people the scurrilous work
 The film draws inspiration from a novel by Pearl S Buck about the hardship faced by an abandoned woman in
bringing up her family
 The movie was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Indian
film to be ever nominated
 More recently, the title of the film has become a regular chant at political rallies

What term?
Often used in frustration by gamers
This term used in computing and networks originates from sonar. Used by the submarines
to reach out to other vessels, this is now used in a similar context. Sailors on submarines
would send out this signal to other vessels and wait for a response.
The response would tell them the location, and hence enable them to prepare for action.
What word is this?

FITB
In 2000 N Syncs' "No Strings Attached” sold
2.42 million copies of the album which was
considered an achievement in the pre
streaming era. For 15 years that record stood
till ___X___ Laurie Blue Adkins broke it with
3.38 million copies in the 1st week in the
streaming era considered an astonishing
record. Who and which album and why is it so
named?

Identify
The Incas built one of the largest empires the world has ever
known which ran up and down the spine of the Andes. Due to
this they needed nourishing foods that traveled well and could
be stored in bulk for a long time. One solution was the Chuño
(pronounced CHOON-yoh). These are a variety of potato
developed by them to serve as supply during food shortages in
a region where periodic droughts could destroy a year’s crop.
The Chuño was known to be a lifeline to Incan soldiers.
This method of preparation and consumption of the Chuño is
still used today in the field of food preservation for which very
specific purpose?

Which book?
The manuscript of the book was intended to be a speech on the authors views about
the caste system, to be delivered at a session in Lahore
However, the reception committee of the meet wanted some changes made in the
script
The author refused and later published the speech as a book, which became the go
to book for opponents of the caste system
Id the book and the author

Id this 2 billion dollar franchise

What are we talking about?
 Former president of the U.S.A Theodore Roosevelt has an inanimate object named after him
 The story goes that, on a hunting trip, Roosevelt spared a bear cub, which made news the next day
 To cash on the opportunity, a toy maker made a stuffed bear cub and it was an instant hit

SAFETY SLIDE

Exchange your sheets
Answers coming up!

Round 2
Infinite bounce/pounce
+10/-0 on bounce
+20/-10 on pounce

FITB
The Tata ____ is perhaps one of India’s most iconic
cars, but while most people might think that it was
named such because of its size and dimensions., It
was actually a tribute to Sumant Moolgaokar, a
former MD of Tata Motors. The name is a play on
the first syllable of his first and last name.

Give the Slang?
In the gaming world, someone ______ could be described
as a hater, who chats so much BS that you wanna break
your headset... Or simply mute them. This applies to PCs
and consoles. ______ gamers don't get along with anyone
other than their friends, honestly no one likes them. They
also usually put new players down, instead of helping
them to get to know the game

Give the slang
The original definition of the term was “to steal an idea from
your friends and make it your own, to either commercial success
or fame or both” , and was created in the urban dictionary by an
anonymous guy from Boston during 2007 at the apex point of a
legal controversy that is now well known. Over time, the term
has become greatly shortened, and now refers to something
different entirely.

Id?

Bonus
FITB

A python

What Medical condition?
Though there are tests in place which screen out most of the candidates with this
medical condition from army recruitments, science backs that people with this
defect are the most useful candidates for a particular purpose
The U.S army used people with this medical condition in WWII
However most countries, including India have a restriction on people with this
condition from joining the armed forces, even though 1 in 7 people have this
condition

Id
Which tech company has used the tagline
“I think therefore _______”, changing just one letter from the
original, thereby obtaining the company’s name

Id
 The first British MP of Indian origin was elected to to the
Finsbury Central seat in 1892!
 He authored many books like The manners and customs of
the Parsees, Poverty of India, etc.
 Id this person who is a father figure to the Indian freedom
cause

Id
D'OCracy - D.E.M., beloved husband of T. Ruth, loving father of L.I. Bertie, brother of
Faith, Hope, Justicr, expired on June 26, 1975

Id
Sometime in 2014, Scott McCoskery inveted a
device, because he would get restless in
company meeting and during conference calls,
he just wanted to keep his hands busy. When his
got requests online to sell his device, he started
selling them under the name ‘Torqbar’. By what
name do we know this immensely popular tool?

Id
X is an online educational service provider
started by X Raveendran. It gives online coaching
for various test entrances, and more recently
courses for kids. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
(CZI), whose creation was announced on 1
December, 2015 invested $50 million in X?

FITB
 Brooks is a sports clothing company based in Australia
 They received an unusual order in 2008 to make a
customized equipment that would be coloured in
camouflage, although not to be used for defence
purposes
 The sports governing body ruled this as being wrong

FITB
 In Dr.Ambedkars 1955 report – Thoughts on linguistic
States, he suggests that the city X should be the
second capital of India because of it’s strategic location
 The city was previously called Bhagnagar(City of
Gardens), Bhagyanagar(after the founders wife)
 Now it is called X in honour of Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib,
also called a lion, because of his valour

FITB
In 1916, Madan Mohan Malviya approached the Nizam of Hyderabad, who was then
the richest man in the world, for funds. But the Nizam grew furious at this request, and
roared – “How dare you come to me for funds and that too for a _____ _______?”
Following his insulting roar, the Nizam took off his footwear and flung it at Malaviya.
Malaviya, picked up the Nizam’s shoe and put up it up for auction. Since it was a shoe
that belonged to the royalty, many rich people came forward to buy it. The news
reached the Nizam in no time and he thought it would be an insult if his footwear were
to be bought by someone who was not as rich as him.
Meanwhile, the bids went through the roof! Nizam instructed his men to disguise as
rich men, attend the auction, and buy the shoe back “for as much amount as possible”.
The men did the same and if the legends are to be believed, a huge sum of money was
paid. This money was eventually used by Malaviya to set up the _______ _____
________.

FITB
In 2015, Jack Ma, bought a $500 million stake in
_______. Alibaba now reportedly provides
assistance to _____ in order to improve fraud
detection and fulfillment systems, among other
things. Parent company of _______ is one97
communications

Id

Id X or the slogan
A company X had a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona, the
novelty is that their logo is not on the top of FCB’s Jerseys, but on
the inside!
However, this is consistent with the company’s tagline - ______
_______
Id this electronics giant

Who?
In 1999, Times Magazine came up with the title for man
of the century. This was awarded to Albert Einstein, with
Gandhi and FDR being runners-up, They based the
awarding criteria on who had the most impact on the
century, however it received criticism, and the argument
was rejected, because following that logic, someone else
would get the award

Id
The tiny Island nation of Tuvalu gets most of it’s income
from licensing out it’s domain name
This can be ascribed to the fact that, the domain name is
synonymous with a regular household item and is
instantly recognizable

Id
Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win a Field’s
medal. Being Iranian-American, newspapers and magazines
in Iran published her photo upon her death due to breast
cancer.
However, something about these photos was different from
how things were usually done in the county.
What?

What are we talking about?
Vulture, Electro and the Green Goblin are well known
anti-heroes of the spider-man series, but when you
photoshop an image of the these three along with the
Rhino (also from the spider-man series), we obtain an
even more lethal combination of Gentlemen. This gang of
four, have become infamous on the internet recently,
doing nefarious, and most often foolish acts and smiling
down after the deeds

Give the slang?
 In 1997, X was charged a late fee of nearly
$40 for delayed return of a copy of Apollo
13 DVD. Angered, he eventually setup a
company Y to overcome this problem
 This entrepreneur is also on the boards of
Microsoft, Facebook among others

Give the slang?
A _____ person is considered politically
active, aware of racial tensions, the
prison industrial complex,
consumerism, gender fluidity, and the
impact of socioeconomic disparity on
minorities

FITB
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