Finals - The Lone Wolf Quiz, Waves 2018, BITS Goa

The Waves Lone Wolf Quiz, 2018 – The Finals
Crafted and hosted by – Lucky Kaul
Credits to Dept. of Photography, BITS Goa for this electrifying image

All present (and not present) here, some of whom I’ve known for more
than 2 years.You inspire me to keep setting better stuff.

Shubhankar Bahl
Varun Rustagi
Ashish Singh
Krittibas Majumdar
Gaurav Haloi
Mayukh Nair
Preetham Upadhya

 Special thanks to Haloi who helped me with framing some of
the questions so that both framing/funda are equally worthy

 Written Round – 6 questions
 Infinite Bounce/Pounce I – 12 questions
 Only Connect Round – 4 questions
 Infinite Bounce/Pounce II – 14 questions
 Starting score = Ceiling(3*Prelim score)

 6 questions
 10 points for every correct answer
 Part points wherever applicable
 No negatives, so do guess
 Theme – Alliterations

Finals - The Lone Wolf Quiz, Waves 2018, BITS Goa

 Which organisation awards these tokens of appreciation as a
means of encouragement to its members?

 A critic by the name of Robert Fox while analysing two classic
novels, X andY, had the following to say regarding the title ofY –
 After the success of X, nothing would have seemed more natural
than to bring out another novel using again the formula of antithesis
and alliteration for the title. It should be pointed out that the
qualities of the title are not exclusively assigned to one or the other
of the protagonists.
 Which two novels, which were also used to differentiate between
those who voted leave and stay in the Brexit poll?

 It was originally erected in 1923 and was supposed to stand
only for 18 months. However, its future association with its
surroundings had it remain there for much longer. As a result, it
sustained much damage and deterioration – including one
suicide committed from it in 1932 and a car crash into one of its
components in the early 1940s. By 1978, it was at the brink of
collapse when a campaign headed by someone set out to
restore the same – aptly having nine donors contributing a
total of 250,000 dollars to restore each of its components.
 Which landmark is this? Which hedonist headed the restoration
campaign?

 His first name comes from the Anglo-Saxon for someone who
rules with the almighty.
 The first part of his surname comes from the creature pictured.
 The second part of his surname possibly comes from the
French for made of gold or as a suffix that means gift of.
 Who? Image follows.

 Haseena Parkar(2017) is a biographical crime film that is based
on Dawood Ibrahim’s sister, Haseena.
 Its trailer was screened on the afternoon of July 19.The venue
for the same was chosen owing to its proximity to Dongri, where
the two siblings grew. However, this announcement did not go
very well with one section of citizens, as it would result in a
particular first in more than two decades.
 What explained the resentment above?

 The origins of this invention lie in car paint jobs. In the 1920s, a two-
tone paint job was popular for cars and a headache for painters.The
look was created by painting the car one color, applying a barrier to
the painted portion, and then painting the next section. A number of
such “barriers” were imposed, but most of them would leave a
residue on the paint that was difficult to remove.The invention in
question got its name as a result of the creator’s boss scolding him
when he was trying to test the exact quantity of material needed to
ensure no residue is left when it is removed after use.
 What invention, whose name has nothing to do with a demonym?
 Which company owns the trademark to it?

 12 questions
 Clockwise
 Bounce – +10/0
 Pounce – +10/-5

 _______ Sodvonnecho Awaz was a radio station that ran from Amboli.
Started on 25 November 1955, It ran programmes of one hour each
daily at 7am and 8pm for the next few years for its target audience,
with many of them talking about the conditions of countries like
Angola and Mozambique and their people at that point of time, in an
attempt to achieve the intended purpose. On achieving the same, it
quietly shut down and its creators went back to their normal lives.
 What exactly was this purpose? ORWhy was this station started?
 Why was 25 November chosen as the date to start the same?

 The ChicagoWorld’s Fair was an expo that spanned from May
1933 to October 1934.
 Among its offerings existed one strange exhibition created and
run by Martin Couney as he wasn’t allowed to run it in his
workplace. It comprised of 58 specimen kept in glass
enclosures, and for which, Coney charged 25 cents to whoever
wanted to view them.The exhibition left people in awe, and
later, most of these specimen would be thankful to him on its
success— such enclosures later receiving a warm welcome in his
workplace and its likes thereafter.
 What/Who were these specimen?What is Coney credited with
introducing in his profession?

 By now, it’s well known that theTata Group was founded in 1868.
 1868 also saw the birth of another brand that came about as a
result of one Edmund constantly trying to grow crops in his
garden in Louisiana. After experimenting with one such crop
(whose freshness is today checked by comparing it to a little red
stick), he mixed it with vinegar and salt and packaged it inside
cork-top two-ounce bottles. Around a century later, these bottles
found much use when they had small booklets wrapped around
them and sent to lands about 4000 miles west in camouflaged
containers to help a certain group of people survive.
 Which brand is this? What was the utility of these booklets?

 A Dec 2014 report in The Guardian revealed that a certain privilege
offered by PL clubs to a particular category of its fans was actually
chargeable between 450 and 600 pounds in the case of a few clubs.
 Most of these packages included, other than the privilege, a free
kit, signed footballs, photos of the day and match tickets. Some
clubs describe the deals as “great value for money” and say that
there are long waiting lists for the same, yet supporters have
questioned the exorbitant charges as it restricts the poorer strata of
fans from availing it.
 What exactly is this pampering source of revenue for PL clubs that
burns a maximum of 22 pockets every match?

 Two weeks back Google came out with this interactive map
that showcases the top 300 cities in the world performing a
particular search, with one country clearly toppling all others
in the world, and also occupying the top five city spots.
 What search ORWhat was Google visualising? Images follow.

 Athlone Castle was a ship built in 1936 by Harland &Wolff at
Belfast. It served as a major plot point in a 1939 event, the 99th of
its kind.This event was the subject of the 2017 book Edging
Towards Darkness, which presented the jarring juxtaposition of the
____ ticking over at the pace of a grandfather’s clock winding
slowly down, while Europe hurtled inexorably towards war.The
people involved in the event were unanimously dissatisfied with its
result that had each of them deliver a marathon performance, only
to see the farcical end.
 What event? How exactly did Athlone Castle serve as a plot point in
the same?

 Scene from The Shawshank Redemption follows.
 This scene raised the eyebrows of an entity that objected
to its shooting and let it continue only after its suggestions
were taken into account.
 Why did this scene initially raise its eyebrows? OR What
was its suggestion?
 (I got the video from the full movie;This link gives the
answer: )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08BGKvRGtYo&t=41s

 In astronomy, axial precession refers to the gradual shift in the
orientation of the earth's axis of rotation.
 At certain timestamps of the year, the sun can be found in
these two constellations (image follows). Over the years, the
two constellations it has been a part of (during the same
timestamps) have kept changing owing to axial precession. A
very long time back, one such combination of constellations
gave their names to something else that has stuck ever since,
despite the components of this duo changing over time.
 Whose nomenclature am I talking about? Images of the
present two constellations follow.

 “He speaks too much about God. My mind resents the vagueness of such
references . . . I have fed upon the philosophy of the Upanishads all my
life, but there is an aspect of [his] mysticism that I dislike.”
 This is a quote from a certain man’s reassessment of someone (and
something) he was intensely involved with during the period of June
to November 1912, which largely contributed to a certain momentous
first, and, in turn, ending the Occidental monopoly.The religious and
devotional aspect that had enamored him to the man in the first
place, later became shallow and uninspired in his eyes.
 Who?What was he intensely involved with in the latter half of 1912?
Which historic first did it contribute to?

 Audio of the song My My, Hey Hey (1979) by NeilYoung follows.
 One of its lyrics gained much publicity owing to it appearing in an
infamous document that came into limelight 15 years after the
release of this song.
 Which lyric?Which document?
 Link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cawk2cMTnGo

 A certain locational choice was made back in 2006 as a result of
several factors that included a cool climate, the surrounding
sandstone being suitable for building and low in radiation, good
security measures, daily flights to the place, a reliable source of
energy in the form of local coal supplies and a natural freezing
mechanism to combat power failures and temperature increases.
 What am I talking about, that was ranked #6 inTIME’s best
inventions of 2008, and authorised for use once in 2015?

 On 25April 2018, this Indian organisation posted a short video
showing its rotating logo on itsTwitter account to celebrate the
36th anniversary of an iconic event in India.
 That event was followed by the Indian government sanctioning
the import of 50,000 units of a product.The import levels finally
shot up to almost a lakh, with shops in Singapore and Hong
Kong getting emptied owing to their huge demand – the same
filling the coffers of the government by over INR 70 crore.
 Which organisation and what event? Why the sudden, huge
demand?

 We’ll play this in R1 format
 4 questions, the answers to which are logically connected
 Points for connect in the slides
 Connect is NOT exhaustive
 Otherwise, 5 points for every correct answer
 Examples?

 Every clue in the theme is made up of two numbers
 I’ll give you the second number as a part of the question text
 You have to figure out the first number, which will occur as a part of
each answer
 Once you get the answer, you map the first number to the second one
 You have to give me the logic behind the mapping

 This company has had its presence in India since 1905 and is a
major player in its segment, occupying 85% market share in the
item pictured.
 It effectively uses a number featured in a myth to indicate the
long-lasting nature of its products.
 Which company? How does it use the myth as part of its branding
strategy? Image follows.
 The second number is 4.

 To promote this film, EA in the game Medal of Honor:
Warfighter offered downloadable maps of locations that
were depicted in the film. EA (obviously) charged for it, and
donated $1 to non-profits for each such pack.
 Which 2013 movie?
 Link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub9lmbrUvEs

 In management, benchmarking is a process involving a
company trying to have its operations reach a standard,
often learning from the ones really best at it. At a point in
time, Southwest Airlines, in order to become efficient
decided to improve its turnaround time (time between an
aircraft landing and departing for its next journey).
 Learning from the best, what or who did Southwest take
inspiration from to better its turnaround times?

 Logo of which hospitality chain?

NINE => N + I + N + E = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
ZERO => Z + E + R + O = 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 13
ONE => O + N + E = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
FOUR => F + O + U + R = 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 7

 14 questions
 Anticlockwise
 Bounce – +10/0
 Pounce – +10/-5

 It was brought into a phase one clinical trial in the early 1990s,
to test whether humans can tolerate a new substance.
 As per one John LaMattina, the trial was going fine, except
when the nurses went to check on the patients, it was found
that many of the men were lying on their stomachs instead of
their backs.
 What happened as a result of the above observation?

 Back in May 2016, researchers from Duke University had paid a
visit to Gabon in order to examine its dwindling population of
X’s. In order to do this, they took along three drones, which they
planned to use to count them, follow their groups and track
their behaviour. Except, things didn’t go as planned, as the
usage of drones caused an agitation among the population.
 Why? How did the reasoning for the above make news closer
home last month?

 In the wake of a global event, in an Aug 2016 interview to Slate,
Barry Nease talked about much of the preparation that goes into
making a particular choice.
 As per him, such a choice should fit the individual’s personality,
create appropriate bursts of energy for the many tumbling
elements involved in it and pump up the crowd.The choice, which
is actually a mix, is designed in such a way that any abrupt changes
in its tempo are easily perceived by the individual making the
above choices and is therefore able to respond to the change.
 What exactly am I talking about?

 The origin of this idea took place at the Mathematical Center in
Amsterdam in 1956 when he was working there as a programmer
to demonstrate the capabilities of a new computer called
ARMAC, with an objective to choose both a problem and a
solution that anyone could understand.
 He designed a solution to the problem in twenty minutes without
using pencil and paper and later demonstrated it via ARMAC for
64 cities (64 because each could then be differentiated using a 6-
digit number).
 Who?What problem/solution?

 These are the translated lyrics
of the national anthem of
Andorra, El Gran Carlemany.
 What makes this anthem
different from those of all
other countries?

 In July 2015, SoundCloud had a set of many tracks of lengths less
than a minute uploaded on the platform.These tracks had titles
such as Kiss, Mother andChild, Horse andCart, Herding Sheep,
Blacksmith, Sawing, Bengali Greeting, Armenian Greeting (along
with 53 other greetings) and Morse Code among others.
 This upload attracted a lot of attention from the platform’s users
as a result of which the tracks mentioned have been played more
than 100,000 times each.
 Why did this set receive immense attention at that time?

 Pictured is a patent for an invention created in the light of many
people developing taphophobia during the 18th and 19th centuries. It
featured an air inlet into the box and a ladder to achieve the
intended purpose (should it be required).
 If either did not work, it also contained a bell that could be
triggered using a thread connected to it, which would notify people
around to come over to the box.
 What is taphophobia? What exactly was this patent all about?
 Image follows.

 Pictured is KingTut’s Iron dagger, discovered
in 1925. KingTut was however mummified in
1323 BC (part of the Bronze Age) – a time
when Iron smelting was rare and objects
made out of it were only used for artistic or
ceremonial purposes – it being valued more
than gold.
 A 2016 study confirmed the source of the iron
for this dagger after having found a relatively
high nickel content in it as compared to other
similar objects.
 What was this unlikely source?

 In June 2014, one of the more visible objects in the Congress Building
of Bolivia underwent a significant change, which as per its foreign
minister David Choquehuenca is an attempt to rediscover its
indigenous roots and “southern-ness”.
 He adds that one can always be creative and does not have to always
follow the convention.The convention in question is explained by the
movement of the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere.The move also
attracted a lot of scepticism because of the potential confusion that
could have been caused as a result of the same.
 Which object?What change or move am I talking about?

 In early Aug 2017 a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner embarked on an 18-
hour government mandated test flight. It flew 9,896 miles across
22 states.
 It started fromWashington and on its way covered the states of
Michigan, South Dakota, Nebraska andWyoming – following
which the pilots discovered something and they decided to have
some fun on the remainder of the journey which involved them
going to Kansas, Colorado,Texas, Kansas (back), Mississippi, so on
and so forth and finally back toWashington.
 What exactly did they do that causes it to feature in this quiz?

 One of the stories behind their origin traces back to one Kashmiri
Pandit Naraindas, who used to cater to foreign tourists.
Unfortunately, his shop burnt down, and as wooden structures in
Srinagar are wont to for time to time, he moved his remaining
inventory to something called a doonga.
 He went on to restart his shop from this doonga by adding planks
to it, which helped in easy access for customers to the same.
 What are these the origins of?

 Sderot is a small town in Israel. A few years back, it made big news
around the world and had a reporter coin the term Sderot cinema –
where in citizens went to the top of a hill along with water, chips
and other snacks, got front row seats to watch something and
cheer for their side almost everyday.
 What exactly is Sderot cinema all about?

 Answer link
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FHo4OXgi5g

 Pictured are grates that can be found in 52nd and Lexington in
NewYork City.They sit over the downtown 4,5,6 lines of the
NYC subway, providing ventilation to the platform below.
 In the context of an iconic 63-year old event, the trains that
passed below these grates were not fast enough to naturally
produce the effect, hence stronger alternatives had to be used
to create the same (in order to last a few seconds).
 Which event am I talking about? Image follows.

 Zinc Chromate is a chemical compound that finds its use as
coating over iron or aluminium materials. However, it also found
use in art when a 19th century artist decided to use its yellowish-
green look to depict a large portion of a particular artwork – which
saw a lot of other experimentation, including applying the
paintbrush in small strokes in areas close to each other, thereby
creating an impression that is not achieved by mixing colours but
by the superposition of pure colours on the retina. Except, over
time, the Zinc Chromate degraded and turned brown and thus
found rare use in art since then.
 Which artwork?What exactly did the artist use Zinc Chromate for?

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