IITM Quiz Club Meet , 1/4/15

Quiz Club Meet
1/4/15
Vishal Katariya
Ferril Samal
Nithin Ramesan

An easy one to start. Who said this, and X?
“Thousands of people have come together to demand justice
for X and recognition of the appalling way he was treated.
While X was dealt with under the law of the time and we can't
put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair
and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I
and we all are for what happened to him ... So on behalf of the
______ government, and all those who live freely thanks to
X's work I am very proud to say: we're sorry, you deserved so
much better.”
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Gordon Brown
X – Alan Turing
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The filmmakers of a certain studio visited Sacramento
Zoo to observe and draw inspiration from the beautiful
Himalayan Monal (which happens to be the national bird
of Nepal) while making a certain 2009 movie. Which
movie, and what/who was inspired by the Monal?
(Picture on next slide).

This is a description of the annual X championship, held in
an attempt to revive the tradition of the X.
"The mission of the championship is to spread the idea that the X is
something of ours that must be defended and practiced, because it
is healthy and good for everyone," the association says on its
website. "Being able to do it in public requires having a spirit of a
champion and to be a great X taker."
Eight rounds of the competition are held daily with each involving
five participants on sofas lined up in parallel lanes like those of a
track and field meet.
What is X? (specific term required)

• The origin of the logo of X may
be traced back to a trip made by
the 22-year-old André X
to Poland, where he discovered
an innovative design for
a chevron-shaped gear used
in milling. He bought the patent
for its application in steel. X
hence came to be known as the
inventor of the double helical
gears.
• We of course would know X and
the company X for a whole
other reason.
• X?

The qualities attached to some of the various colours
of X (particularly known for its varied and bright hues,
something that is not actually the norm in real life) are:
• Yellow - someone special
• Blue - quiet, introverted, intellectual
• Red - tomboyish, inconsiderate, loud
• Purple - detached, noble, dainty
• Pink - bright, innocent, naive.
What is X?

The colour of anime characters’ hair.

__X__ __Y__ was the nickname given to
members of the Sicilian Mafia who came to
America as adults in the early 1900s. The XY's
had large X's and committed their first
murders in Italy, in contrast to the younger
generation called Young Turks. The XY's didn't
believe in changing things, or dealing in drugs.
An example of an XY is Don Vito Corleone, and
the reference is made several times in The
Godfather. XY?

In one of the 15
factories of a very
special economic zone,
people wearing dark
blue uniforms and
white hats make the
soles and in the next
room people donning
decorative red
flowers make the
uppers. They are
making shoes under
the Staflid brand.
A flag which is occasionally seen during
major sporting events. First used 1991
during the 41st World Table Tennis
Championships

Both of these are one of the many results of a
process that was officially initiated on July
15th , 2000. However, this process has always
met with many difficulties due to a multitude
of socio-economic, political and cultural
issues.
What are we talking about?

What is X?
Carl Diem devised the idea for the X for the 1936 Olympic Games
in Berlin that was organized by the Nazi Party under the guidance
of Joseph Goebbels. The process was ratified by the International
Olympic Committee and has been repeated at all the Games that
have followed.
Adolf Hitler on X :
"The sportive, knightly battle awakens the best human
characteristics. It doesn't separate, but unites the combatants in
understanding and respect. It also helps to connect the countries in
the spirit of peace. That's why the Y should never die."
(X and Y are similar, but not the same.)

• After disagreements, the producer forced Bobby
Farrell out. He began to tour using the same group
name, because the producer had not registered it
yet. On 30 December 2010, he was found dead in a
hotel room in St. Petersburg due to some respiratory
problems.
• In a strange case of life imitating art, his death was
found to have occurred in the same city exactly on
the 94th death anniversary of an individual who
gave him (and his group) good reason to be
famous. Gimme the guy and the group.

________ is a word found in Austronesian languages meaning power,
effectiveness, or prestige. The exact semantics depends on the language,
but is commonly used to represent a supernatural power or magic. The
concept of __________ is a major one in Polynesian and other Pacific Island
cultures. The concept of _______ was introduced in Europe by
missionary Robert Henry Codrington in 1891.
However, we know this word because of its association with gaming. It
was first introduced in 1974 (in the context that we know it in) by the
release of Dungeons and Dragons, a classic roleplaying game. We now see
the word in both roleplaying and video games.
WTGW?

Instead of _ _ _, the device releases the
chemical compound allyl isothiocyanate (which
gives horseradish, mustard, and wasabi their
bite), and a red LED on the alarm also starts
flashing when _ _ is detected.
This product caters to a certain class of people
for whom the conventional device is redundant.
Which class of people, & what is this device?
(Image on next slide.)

In cricketing parlance, the word X is used to describe one
of the stock deliveries of a left-arm spin bowler. It has
its origins in a Test match played between the West
Indies and England in the year 1933. Elliss "Puss"
Achong, was a left-arm orthodox spinner, playing for
the West Indies at the time. Achong is said to have had
Walter Robins stumped off by a surprise delivery. As
he walked back to the pavilion, Robins said to the
umpire, "fancy being done by a bloody X !", leading to
the popularity of the term in England, and
subsequently, in the rest of the world. X?

Although often trivialized and made fun of, this problem is
actually serious and can be fatal. The National Academies of
Science's Institute of Medicine reported in July 2006 that this
issue causes more than 7,000 deaths and 1.5 million injuries
in the U.S. each year. In an attempt to mitigate the issue, there
has been a push to switch to electronic/computerized
methods, with a new program called NEPSI having been
introduced recently.
What is this problem?

Doctors having bad handwriting

• In 1859, Chesebrough went to the oil fields in Titusville,
Pennsylvania, and learned of a residue called "rod wax" that had
to be periodically removed from oil rig pumps. The oil workers
had been using the substance to heal cuts and burns.
Chesebrough took samples of the rod wax back to Brooklyn,
extracted a usable product, and began manufacturing the
medicinal product he called X.
• It is derived from the German for “water” plus the
Greek έλαιον [elaion] (oil) plus a scientific-sounding ending.
• X was made by the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company until
the company was purchased by Unileverin 1987.
• The other things now sold under the same brand name include
skin creams, soaps, lotions, cleansers, deodorants etc.
• X?

• This is what artist Arnold Skolnick had to
say about the genesis of his magnum opus.
• "I was staying on Shelter Island off Long
Island, and I was drawing catbirds all the
time," he said. "It sat on a flute for a day, and
I finally ended up putting it on a _____.“
• The general public mistook the catbird for a
dove, because it fit the theme better.
• What did he create?

FITB/what is the work of literature?
The original title was Tomorrow is another
Day, taken from its last line. It had many other
proposed titles, such as Bugles Sang True, Not
in Our Stars, and Tote the Weary Load.
Its real title is taken from the following lines
of poetry.
I have forgot much, Cynara! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng,
Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind...

The episode titles of this series all incorporate shades of red
(crimson, scarlet, burgundy, carmine) or references to things
that are red (blood, strawberries, cherries, etc.). This trend is
followed until a certain episode (S06E08). Subsequent
episode titles still contain names of colours, albeit ones that
are not red or shades thereof (blue, gold, silver, etc.)
Which series, and why is that episode significant?

Mentalist
End of the Red John story arc.

During the innings break of a one-day
International cricket match between England
and New Zealand at Westpac Stadium in 2002,
X entered and requested the crowd (which was
around 25,000 individuals) to chant "Derbgoo,
nashgshoo, derbgoo, dashshoo," which was
being spelled out on the Diamond Vision
screen. This was for a particular sequence in his
2002 project. X and what sequence?

• Peter Jackson
• War cry of the 10,000 marching Uruk-Hai in
LOTR-TT.

Jackson Pollock was famous for his _ _ _ _ style of
painting. (Image on the next slide). Some said that their
splatter boards were better than his works, and others
said that a trained chimpanzee could've done just as well.
This style of painting earned him a nickname, bestowed
upon him by Time Magazine in 1956, inspired by one of
history's most infamous criminals.
What's the nickname?

On January 13, 1996, 9-year old _______ Hagerman was
abducted while riding her bike in Arlington, Texas. The
police, FBI and media were soon informed, and a search
began. 4 days later, however, her body was found in a storm
drainage ditch, and her killer was never found. The girl’s
parents soon started lobbying for stricter laws against child
sex offenders, and were involved in setting up various
systems to help find abducted children in the USA.
How is this girl remembered today?

• The majority of people are right-hand dominant and bladed
weapons are traditionally carried on the left side of the body so
the dominant hand can draw them. As a consequence, the British
adopted a tradition to make sure that the sword always faces
someone when a horseman draws his sword. In the 14th
century, it was even sanctioned by Pope Boniface VIII who
instructed all pilgrims headed to Rome. This practice is pretty
common in countries with a British colonial past.
• In the late 18th century America, wagon drivers who drove
large teams of animals to haul goods, would sit on the rear left
animal in their draft team so that they could use their right arm
to reach every animal in the team with their whip. Because they
were seated on the rear left side, it was very difficult to see
anything beyond the right side and of the wagon. Hence they
adopted a tradition different from the British.
• What are we talking about?

• Driving on the left
• Driving on the right

● Bell Gothic was a font created in 1938 by Chauncey H.
Griffith when he worked at the Mergenthaler Linotype
Company.
● Bell Gothic was designed to be highly legible at small
sizes, economical in its use of space (and hence
paper), and reproduce well on uncoated, absorbent
paper newsprint stock under less than optimal
conditions.
● What purpose was Bell Gothic used for, specifically?

• A peak in the Manmad Hills has become popularly known as
the “X Pahaar” because of it’s striking resemblance to the
identity of popular brand.
• In 1993, even though it’s market share was incomparable (85%
then, 40% now) to that of Y or Z, Parle Agro (who owned X then)
sold it to Y, tired of competing in the three way battle with these
deep pocketed sugar daddies.
• In 2013, Parle Agro returned to the same market with W, a
product which was 10 years in development. The product has
been praised for its marketing . The adverts make references to
the hip-hop montages in Darren Arronofsky’s “Requiem for a
Dream”.
• Give us X, Y, Z and W. (part points for 3).

• X-Thumbs Up
• Y-Coca-Cola
• Z-Pepsi
• W-Café Cuba

• The Federal Communication Commission’s servers crashed after angry
customers voiced their displeasure over proposed measures that
would violate net neutrality
• The Society of Women Engineers racked up $25,000 in donations in 2
days, or about 15% of its typical annual collections.
• Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, announced that
he would enact major limitations on civil forfeiture laws.
All of these are instances of the “_____________ Effect”, where the blank is a
TV personality who highlighted the above issues on his show. FITB.

The first recorded signs of _______ are keno slips from the
Chinese Han Dynasty between 205 and 187 BC. These are believed
to have helped to finance major government projects like the Great
Wall of China. From the Chinese "The Book of Songs" (2nd
millennium BC.) comes a reference to a game known as "the
drawing of wood"
In the 17th century it was quite usual in the Netherlands to
organize _______ to collect money for the poor or in order to raise
funds for all kinds of public usages. The _______ proved very popular
and were hailed as a painless form of taxation.
In fact, the English word is derived from the Dutch noun for "fate”.
FITB.

Created in March 1995 as the ISM&H, X received
its current name in 2003. X is a common Hindu
name, which in Sanskrit means 'long-life'.
Originally under the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, X was granted an elevation in
November 2014, under the Modi Government.
On a similar note, June 21 was declared as the
International Y Day by the UN General Assembly
in December 2014.
X and Y are closely related. X & Y?

(Slightly shady.)
Connect (finite, but by no means exhaustive):
Anthropophagus, Baboons, Lubberscum,
Vermicellis, Slubberdegullions, Polygraphs,
Logarithms, Ostrogoth, Filibusters,
Kleptomaniacs, Poltroons, Blunderbuss,
Pachyrhizus, Whippersnapper.

Touched by His Noodly Appendage, a parody
of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, is an
iconic image of the FSM. The FSM is the god of a
parody religion that is against the teaching of
intelligent design (as opposed to evolution) in
public schools. The movement’s name is a
portmanteau of a generic food item and a
religious movement (popularized by a maan)
which claims Ethiopia as Zion . What is the
parody movement?
(Hint: An atheist in the movie Ship of Theseus
wears a t-shirt based on this movement)

X originally dedicated Y to Napoleon Bonaparte,
whom he believed embodied the democratic and
anti-monarchical ideals (Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity) of the French Revolution.
The work was originally titled Bonaparte.
In 1806, it was titled, for a while, Sinfonia Y ...
composta per festeggiare il sovvenire di un grande
Uomo, which meant “Heroic Symphony,
Composed to celebrate the memory of a great
man”.
X & Y?

This company was incorporated on 29 December
1945 in Mumbai as “Western India Vegetable
Products Limited”. It was initially set up as a
manufacturer of vegetable and refined oils, a fact
still reflected in the logo of the company.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the company
shifted its focus to a different field, for which it is
primarily known today. Which company, one of
India’s largest publicly traded companies?

• X is an aquatic,
serpentine Pokémon.
It is considered to be
one of the most
beautiful Pokémon.
This might explain
why it was named
after a certain
entity(which like X ,
lacks something)
known for its beauty.
Give us the entity. (No
points for X).

What significance in the
field of science does the
depicted colour (Cosmic
Latte) have?

It is the average colour of the universe.

The very first _____ was a Swedish concept, created in the 1970s in order to
help the population at a time when food prices were very high. The
version that is the most popular, however, was created in the USA. On
hearing about its development, food industries realized that the _______
could adversely affect their profits, and hence lobbied hard to change it to
suit their own needs – resulting in the version we know today. The result
of all that lobbying was an unhealthier version of the _______, as opposed to
the one initially created by scientists.
The Wall Street Journal noted that “obesity rates in America have steadily
increased since the introduction of the ________, and while that is not the
only cause, it is certainly one of the contributing factors.”
FITB.

• ________ describes a folk tale with the associated implication that sexual
intercourse might result in injury or worse for the man involved.
• Such folk stories are frequently told as cautionary tales warning of the
dangers of unknown women and to discourage rape.
• In Indian myth, Andhaka's son Adi, also an asura, takes the form of
Parvati to seduce and kill Shiva with a ________ in order to avenge
Andhaka (whom Shiva had slain earlier), but is also slain.
• It is also the subject of a cringeworthy 2007 horror-com.
• Suprisingly, there have been records of it to have occurred in the real
world. Dermoid cysts are formed from the outer layers of embryonic
skin cells. They burst and release cells which are capable of maturing
into other structures . These are able to form anywhere the skin is,
or where the skin folds inwards to become another organ.
Dermoid cysts occur most commonly in the ovary.
• FITB

In Greek mythology, the _______ was a bird
consecrated to Apollo, and was therefore
considered a symbol of harmony and beauty.
Aristotle noted that Xs are musical, singing
chiefly at the approach of death, while remaining
mute for most of their life before that.
This characteristic of ________ led to the origin of a
phrase, meaning “a final gesture or performance,
given before dying or retirement”. What phrase?

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