Enthuzia Quiz Finals

Enthuzia 2017
General Quiz
Finals
IBQC – 2017
(IISER Bhopal Quiz Club)
Quizmaster - Sreepadmanabh M

Round Uno
●+ 10 / 0 direct
●Pounce + 15 / - 10
●Clockwise , of course

1. Mightier than the Sword
On January 20, President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the new integrated
terminal at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport .
The Airports Authority of India had hired a Thai-Indian consortium, Italian-
Thai Development Public Co. Ltd-ITD Cementation, to build the new terminal
which was to feature segments from classic Bengali culture , folklore and
literature and serve as a tribute to the Bengali heritage.
Following is a snapshot of the roof of the newly constructed terminal .
Identify the design and what exactly it is supposed to be .

Lines from Rabindranath
Tagore’s works in his own
handwriting .

2. “Oh , it’s a bit of this , and a bit of that . The rest is
magic , you SEE ?”
The Gustav Gun was a German railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp as
siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot
Line, the strongest fortifications then in existence. The fully assembled gun weighed nearly
1,350 tonnes, and could fire shells weighing seven tonnes to a range of 47 kilometres .
It was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat, the heaviest mobile artillery
piece ever built in terms of overall weight, and fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece.
Said to be almost immune to aircraft fire and artillery bombardment , the Gustav had one
fatal flaw which could allow it to be destroyed by just a simple chemical reaction that could
be initiated in seconds by a single enemy soldier.
Which reaction / combination of chemicals could achieve this ?

3. Where it all began
The following slide shows one of scientific history’s most famous pictures ,
almost self-deprecatingly named simply as Photograph 51 .
It was to become the keystone evidence for one of the 21st century’s stellar
achievements and equally generate great controversy .
What was the discovery and why was it controversial , especially with
respect to Photo 51 ?

DNA structure by James Watson and Francis Crick
The controversy was over the fact that almost all the primary evidence ,
including photo 51 was collected by Rosalind Franklin , who was never
felicitated for her contributions , whereas Watson , Wilkins and Crick went on
to win the Nobel.

4. Evil in shining armour
According to various character histories , he obtained an item from
his abusive father that would employ it in a perverse nightly
“game” that always ended with a beating. This would instill in him ,
his lifelong struggle with freewill and his eventual inability to make
choices on his own . This reflected in other facets of his life as he
staged events to happen at 10.22 pm.
Contrary to his popular depiction in the film , this character was
“created” due to acid and not oil.
Who am I alluding to ?

5. The Labours of Hercules
Put Funda . That’s all .
Why did Pirate Bay change their logo in the fashion shown on the
following slide.
Tell me the logic , and part points will be doled out .

The Stockholm district court ordered the two main domains used by
Pirate Bay , namely , .thepiratebayse and .piratebayse to be seized
for copyright violation.
Taking a cue from the myth of the Lernaean Hydra , which could
grow two more heads each time one was cut off , Pirate Bay
instituted redirects from these two domain names to 6 other domain
names across the world , thereby avoiding prosecution .

6. Tu-Tu-Mey-Mey
The Yasukuni shrine in Japan has been the epicenter of a fair amount of
controversies primarily due to the fact that several of the Japanese
“martyrs” buried therein are accused of heinous war crimes during WW II
against the Chinese.
Recently , Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s visit to this place , attracted an op-ed
from the Chinese ambassador to the UK which ran as “If militarism is like
the haunting X of Japan , the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a kind of Y ,
representing the darkest parts of the nation’s soul” . The Japanese
Ambassador to the UK countered by writing “China risks becoming Asia’s
Y”
What are X and Y

X – Lord Voldemort
Y - Horcruxes

Round II :
The Gambler
Direct +10 / 0
Pounce is allowed
Scoring for pounce : 5 X No. of teams not giving / giving incorrect
answers
Negative for pounce = - 5

1. The enduring legacy
One of modern day research’s most indispensable tools , X was originally
brought into lab research without the source / origin’s knowledge or
consent. Since then , X has gone on to become one of the most enduring
and symbolic research tools as well as has inspired a film and a best selling
book (shown on the next slide)
The immense utility of X has found application in research into cancer,
AIDS, the effects of radiation and toxic substances, gene mapping, and
countless other scientific pursuits. X has been used to test human
sensitivity to tape, glue, cosmetics, and many other products. Scientists
have grown some 20 tons of X and there are almost 11,000 patents involving
X.

HeLa cell line , derived from the
cervical cancer cells of Henrietta
Lacks .

2. Narcos
At the height of its power, Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel supplied 80% of
the world's cocaine and smuggled 15 tons of cocaine into the US per day.
They would often write off 10% of their annual revenue , or $ 2.1 BILLION as
damages due to rodents and water spoilage.
However , they also faced a rather elementary problem with the excess of
money , which required them to spend $ 2500 a year on something vitally
important , but easily overlooked due to its commonality and everyday
usage.
What item was this ?

Rubber bands to hold the bank
notes together

3. What’s trending ?
In late December 2013 , there began a search trend , documented by
Google , which continued to show a spike for around 2 months .
The trend saw people increasingly search for winter sports , in
particular skiing .
What particular event , that overnight became a global news, caused
this trend to arise ?

Michael Schumacher's skiing accident on Dec 29th 2013
The search term “Schumacher” itself showed a 4500 % spike in number of
global searches.

4. A small mistake
On the night of June 17 1972 , Frank Wills , a security guard on night shift ,
stumbled on a small piece of tape stuck to the latchet of a door to keep it
unlocked.
What followed was the probably the biggest political scandal in history , which
was devastating in its impact. The aftermath saw the indictment of 69 people,
with trials or pleas resulting in 48 being found guilty, many of whom were X’s
top administration officials. X himself resigned shortly afterwards in order to
avoid impeachment proceedings. The scandal inspired the classic film, All the
President’s Men , starring Dustin Hoffman and was billed as “The most
devastating detective story of this century”
Name the scandal and X .

The Watergate Scandal
X = President Richard
Nixon

5. School teacher turns billionaire
“ X is a shark in the ocean . We are a crocodile in the
Yangtze river
If we fight in the ocean , we will lose .
But if we fight in the river , we will win. ”
Y
CEO , Z

X – Ebay
Y – Jack Ma
Z – AliBaba.com

6. “Say my name”
X was a graduate student at Caltech , where he worked on proton
radiography , a work that later helped a research team win the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry. He also founded a company called Gray Matter
with his close friend and dated his secretary briefly. He later abruptly
left the venture , after which his friend and the secretary married and
made a fortune worth $ 2.6 billion from X’s research work , which X
resents deeply.
Identify the fictional character X who has a cult following.

Walter White ,
a.k.a Heisenberg
from Breaking
Bad

Friends , IISER-ians , Quizzers
Who is this living
legend who had a
cameo in Season
2 of the Big Bang
Theory

Round III :
Chakravyuh
( first man standing )
Each team’s direct question has two sub questions – one easy , one tough
One person from the team , one alone , has to answer that easy one . If you
answer the easy one , your team can attempt the tough one.
If the easy one is unanswered , question passes to the last team which gave
a correct answer . Tough questions alone will pass .
Scoring : Easy + 10 / -5
Tough +15 / 0

1. B.
"The X" were a group of prominent Jewish-Hungarian scientists (mostly, but not
exclusively, physicists and mathematicians) who immigrated to the United States
in the early half of the 20th century. They included, among others, Theodore von
Kármán, John von Neumann, Paul Halmos, Eugene Wigner, Edward Teller,
George Pólya, and Paul Erdős.
Since they all spoke English with a strong accent they were considered outsiders
in American society. The Hungarian scientists were seemingly superhuman in
intellect, spoke an incomprehensible native language, and came from a small
obscure country. This led to them being christened X, a name which they adopted
after finding it humorous.

2. A.
X is being sold by Ringing Bells Private Limited and is marketed as the
world's cheapest of its kind.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirit Somaiya has stated that the phone is bogus
and the promotion is a Ponzi scam. He filed a complaint which led to an FIR
being registered against Ringing Bells Director Mohit Goel and company
president Ashok Chaddha under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC)
as well as the Information Technology Act, however the Allahabad High
Court stated the FIR as premature.
What controversial product is this ?

2. B.
Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific
mathematicians of the 20th century. He was known both for his social practice of
mathematics (he engaged more than 500 collaborators) and for his eccentric
lifestyle. He devoted his waking hours to mathematics, even into his later years—
indeed, his death came only hours after solving a geometry problem in a
conference in Warsaw.
Erdős published around 1,500 mathematical papers during his lifetime, a figure
that remains unsurpassed. He firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity,
living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers
with other mathematicians.
He coined the term Erdos Number . What is it a measure of ?

The Erdős number describes the
"collaborative distance" between
mathematician Paul Erdős and
another person, as measured by
authorship of mathematical papers.

3. A .
X is a British sit-com which has attained almost cult status over the years.
An integral part of the 1990s British pop culture , X’s actual run was just 15
episodes , all of which were written by the actor Y who portrayed him.
Y conceived the idea of X while still studying at Oxford University. The
series draws inspiration from real life performers like Jacques Tati as well
as comic actors in silent films.
X has inspired a popular animated spin-off , two feature films s well as an
appearance at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony.
Identify both X and Y .

Mr. Bean - X
Rowan Atkinson - Y

3. B
In 1913 , Z wrote X , a societal comedy – cum – satire which was based on
the Greek legend wherein a King falls in love with his own sculpture and
ends up bringing it to life and marrying her.
X went on to become one of Z’s best known works and in 1938 , Z wrote the
screenplay for Y , the film adaptation of X , for which Z won the Academy
award for Best Original Screenplay , thereby making Z one of the only two
people to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize (1925) , the other being
Bob Dylan .
Identify X , Y , Z .

X - Pygmalion
Z - George Bernard Shaw
Y – My Fair Lady

India’s indigenous missiles
Agni
Nag
Prithvi
Trishul
Aakash

4. B
They say the program was so secretive that only a grand total of about 300
people were aware about goings on. Among the administration , this
included the then PM Indira Gandhi , her two Defence Advisors , Intelligence
Heads and the Chiefs of Defence Staff. It was jointly led by three renowed
scientists , namely , Dr. Raja Ramana , Dr. P.K. Iyengar , and Dr. Homi
Sethna .
Operation XY took place on May 18th , a day incidentally marked as Y
Jayanthi on the Indian Calendar .
After the successful completion , Dr. Ramanna is said to have relayed to the
PM : “ Mission accomplished . The Y is now X “

Operation Smiling Buddha - India's
first successful nuclear bomb test
on 18 May 1974

Enzo Ferrari – founder of Ferrari
Mesut Ozil - midfielder

5. B
The term X effect stems from an anecdote set at the time of British rule of
colonial India. The British government was concerned about the number of
X in Delhi. The government therefore offered a bounty for every dead X.
Initially this was a successful strategy as large numbers were killed for the
reward. Eventually, however, enterprising people began to breed X for the
income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program
was scrapped, causing the X breeders to set the now-worthless Xs free. As a
result, the wild X population further increased. The apparent solution for the
problem made the situation even worse. The X effect occurs when an
attempted solution to a problem actually makes the problem worse. This is
an instance of unintended consequences. The term is used to illustrate the
causes of incorrect stimulation in economy and politics.

6. B .
Why was Arafat always so
particular about the way his
turban used to be tied ,
often spending hours at it ?

He wanted the shape of his
turban to always resemble the
map of Palestine

Round III :
Seedha zadha , aage - peeche
ANTICLOCKWISE , now
Same rules .
Pounce : +15 / -10
Direct : +10 / 0

1. Lost in the Translation
Designed to orbit Mars as the first interplanetary weather satellite,
the Mars Orbiter was lost in 1999 because the Nasa team used X
while a contractor used Y. The $125m probe came too close to Mars
as it tried to manoeuvre into orbit, and is thought to have been
destroyed by the planet's atmosphere. An investigation said the
"root cause" of the loss was the "failed translation of Y into X" in a
piece of ground software.
Identify X and Y precisely.

2. Artifacts have facts , you know
X is a monument of immense historical importance. In the 7th Century, a group of
Arabs led by Malik Bin Deenar and Malik bin Habib arrived in Thrissur District of
Kerala and constructed X at Kodungalloor, naming it after their contemporary
Cheraman Perumal.
X has an ancient oil lamp which always burns and which is believed to be more
than a thousand years old.
Recently , in April 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a gold-plated
replica of X to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
X holds a unique distinction. Identify X and give me the distinction as well .

X is the famous Cheraman Juma
Masjid
It holds the distinction of being
India’s oldest mosque , having
been built in 629 AD and is still
functional.

3. There’s a maverick behind the camera
X is one of those rare filmmakers who is unabashedly vocal about his
inspirations and once famously remarked “I steal from every movie ever
made” .
A few years ago , an animated flashback in one of his most iconic films was
actually inspired by an Indian film. He admitted this to Anurag Kasyap at
Venice that the idea of violence being animated was derived from an Indian
serial killer movie.
Which giant of modern cinema is X ? And which movie are we referring to ?

4. Arima Arima
The visual appearance of X was inspired by G.I. Joe action figures .
For X’s “bad” look , its hair was spiked and brown colored lenses
were used , whereas for its “good” look , green lenses were used.
For the “bad” avatar of X , a wig with a silver streak down the middle
, made of Yak hair was used , and the leather jackets were designed
by Vogt.
Suits made of copper were also used for X’s costumes .
Identify X , who became a national sensation few years back .

5. Thou art my master
Connect the people in this list with one term . Be specific , get the
points .
Guido van Rossum – Python
Linus Torvalds – Linux
Mark Shuttleworth – Ubuntu Linux
Sebastian Ros – Orchard Project
Matt Mullenweg – Wordpress

Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL)
a title given to a small number of open-source software
development leaders, typically project founders who retain the final
say in disputes or arguments within the community.

6. Vintage stuff
X was a critically acclaimed 1988 film that went on to win all the four major Oscars ,
except Lead Actress , and featured Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in their seminal
film roles.
It went on to stamp its place as one of the most iconic movies of all time and one
which left a lasting impression on pop culture and public imaginations , so much so
that its title itself has today come to signify a commonly used word X , whose
definition is given below :
“Noun. (pejorative) An autistic, or mentally and/or socially impaired person.
(pejorative) A non-autistic or impaired person whose mannerisms are similar to such
people. “
Identify the movie X .

Round IV : Midnight gambling
The final Game changer
Direct +10 / 0
Pounce is allowed
Scoring for pounce : 5 X No. of teams not giving / giving incorrect
answers
Negative for pounce = - 5

1. Kaha se kaha aa gaye
This is a 2005 fiction book . It was made into a multi-Oscar winning movie as well
later . The 13 chapters in the book are named as :
1000 100000 10000000
2000 200000 1000000000
5000 500000
10000 1000000
50000 10000000
Name the book / movie for direct question . Name only the book for pouncing .

Slumdog Millionaire – the movie
Q&A - the book

2. Here , there , everywhere
1. X is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.
2. Necessity is the mother of invention.
3. X comes in packages, big and small.
4. Although X might be a prime element in many public
issues, nontechnical factors take precedence in X-policy
decisions.
5. All history is relevant, but the history of X is the most
relevant.
6. X is a very human activity - and so is the history of X

Melvin Kranzberg's six laws of
technology

3. Baar Baar dekho
In musical notation , a caesura denotes a brief silence during which
metrical time is NOT counted. Its denoted as “//”
A caesura is also used in poetry , denoted with double pipes “ II “ to
denote a natural break that separates a line in poetry into two logical
parts like in :
“ To err is human II to forgive , divine “
This symbol turned out to be the inspiration the design of some
very, very commonplace symbol . What ?

4. Respect the Chemistry
This particular chemical compound , used widely as a chemical warfare
weapon in World War 1 , has a common name that would lead one to believe
that it contains a certain element , which , in fact , it absolutely does not.
Its name is derived by combining the Greek words for light and birth , in
some crude way referring to its synthesis .
What are we alluding to ?

5. Lord ______ , I presume ?
There is something very , very
unique about the presiding
deity at a temple in
Nandrudayan village . Identify
the name of the deity and why
is it so unique ?

Lord Vinayaka / Ganesha
The statue at Nandrudayan
village is one of the rare
depictions of Him in his
human-head form .

6. If only …… ( FITB )
“There was only one ____ and that was ____-__, which specified that a concern for
one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a
rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as
soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr
would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to
fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he
was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of
this clause of ____-__ and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some ____, that _____-___," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.”

Friends , IISER-ians , Quizzers
Connect
King John
Richard II
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V
Henry VI, Part 1
Henry VI, Part 2
Henry VI, Part 3
Richard III
Henry VIII

Historical plays by Shakespeare

Round VI :
Lateral Filming
Reddit user Anton Light posted a series of pictures recently.
Each question is accompanied by a slide with one of the drawings that
serves as the poster of an actual film , albeit with one letter removed from
the original title, so as to generate a new film title .
Work out the new film title from each of the drawings . An imaginary film
plotline is also provided ( as given by Light himself ).
Scoring : +10 / 0

1 .
Two dinosaurs set out to prove they’re more than just killing
machines. Thanks to a loophole in the rules they find a spot on the
PGA tour and golf their way to the top of the food chain

2.
Two mob hit dogs go after a poodle who wrote a slanderous op-ed
about their boss

3.
When deforestation threatens his home, one feisty bear fights back

4.
A farm boy, who apparently farms sand, fulfills his destiny and
becomes the first farmer to do the kessel run in 12 parsecs

5.
Two Jedi abandon the order for love. Also to shoot lightning from
their hands. Because that’s cool

6.
A bovine pugilist comes out of retirement for one last fight. He loses

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