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FRESHERS QUIZ 2013 PRELIMS

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LETS GET ROLLING!

0. Poster for what?

1.
The punctus interrogativus of the late 8th century was described as "a lightning flash, striking from right to left". Some claim that the __________ _______ was actually created as a device to mark places on maps and such that were unknown, and they got the shape from the shape of a cats tail that the cat makes when it is inquisitive. Another story goes that the _________ _______ actually originated from the Latin word _____. This word was reportedly abbreviated in the Middle Ages by scholars as just qo. Eventually, a q was written over the o, and it morphed into it's modern form. What's being described here?

 Question Mark

2. ID the sport

 Muggle Quidditch

3. Solve this!
Official

1. Blindfolded 2. Multiple blindfolded 3. Fewest moves 4. One-handed 5. Using only feet

Unofficial

1. Underwater in a single breath 2. Team blindfold

 Rubiks cube solving competitions

4. Connect

 The 4 kings of the playing cards

*5.
In the Middle Ages, a hard-working peasant was required to split his income. He had to give one third of his income to the King, ______, and one third to the fat nobility, ______, leaving only a final third for himself, ______. How do we better know this today?

 Baa baa black sheep

6.
Whats X?

6.
Pacman

7.
_______ __________ _________, (Juste pour rire, in French) is the largest international festival of its kind. A TV show, also called ________ _________ __________, features highlights from the festival, and it airs regularly on television. Many of these "bits" are visuals that catch people off-guard or somehow surprise them as they go about their daily business.

 Just For Laughs

8. Where have you heard this?

 Axe Blast Ad Ranbir Kapoor

9.
OS : Ordinary XS : Express XX : Death XW : Weather GM : Greeting OCD: Condolence Where were these abbreviations used?

 Telegram codes

*10.
A popular tower defense game, initially going to be called "Weedlings". While the director, George Fan, was looking at the towers in Warcraft III, he felt ______ would make good towers. He experimented with various play elements before using the five and six lane setups that were used in the final version. The development team wanted to bring back aliens from one of their earlier games, but in the end were changed to _______, which players could react to more easily because of how slow they moved. Which game?

 Plants vs Zombies

11.
Xs first tweet is as shown above. When translated in binary code, it refers to a prominent feature/option provided by X. Most people dont understand what this option does and rarely use it, but X insists that they will continue to retain it as it is a part of Xs personality.

ID X, and what is the feature/option being talked about. (Pic in next slide)

 Google Im Feeling Lucky

12.
Old Took's great-grand-uncle Bullroarer...was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of The Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of ____ invented at the same moment. FITB.

 Golf

13. Put Funda

 Lion King Simba, Pumba, Timon

14.
Ramesses II is perhaps one of the most famous egyptian icons in all of its history. In 1974, Ramesses II's condition was found to be rapidly deteriorating of a fungal infection and it was decided that he would be flown to Paris for immediate treatment where he was received at Le Bourget airport. This episode also caused him to be a certain first.

 First mummy to get a passport

*15.
Paypal SpaceX Tesla Motors SolarCity ?

This is a list of start-ups started by South African American business magnate, and inventor, Elon Musk. Whats missing?

 The Hyperloop

16. Patent for What?

 Lego

17.
Mr. Sumant Moolgaonkar, ex-Director-in-Charge of Tata Locomotive and Engineering Co. Ltd, is said to have contributed significantly to one of the most successful projects of this subsidiary. This led to X being named as a dedication to him. The popular misconception is that X was named after an Eastern sport due to its robust and rather spacious(lol :P) design. What product is this?

 Tata Sumo

18.
The origin of this dish dates back to the time of the Mughals- a time when the Mughal empire started flourishing. Initially it was made by mixing home made noodles with ice gathered during winter from the mountain tops. Later on, as techniques improved, it was made by mixing rose syrup with vermicelli, psyllium or basil seeds, jelly pieces and tapioca pearls along with either milk, water or ice cream. What delicacy?

 Falooda

19. Connect

 The Adventures of Tintin

*20.
Commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated, it was drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times. Morison's revision became known as _____ ___ _____ and made its debut in the 3 October 1932 issue of The Times newspaper. FITB.

 Times New Roman

21.

 Google Chrome

22.
2001: "Grama Devathe" 2003: "Excuse Me" 2005: "Jogi" 2006: "C/o Footpath" (as actor and director) 2013: "Teenage" 2014: "Kiran Bond" ( "to dangers")

Filmography of which guiness book of world record holder?

 Kishan Shrikanth Youngest ever music director

23.
2 elements have been blanked out in the periodic table. (Numbers 35 and 56). Connect these 2 elements to the world of entertainment. (Bigger Pic in next slide)

 Bromine and Barium. Breaking Bad.

24. What comes next?

 First and only instance of a red card in cricket.

*25.
This is an ad by a company for a certain incident. Give me both.

25.
Kit-Kat Longest match in Wimbledon John Isner-Nicolas Mahut, Wimbledon 2010, 11hr and 5 minutes. Scoreline: 64, 36, 67, 76, 7068

The End