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Examples of bad questionskind of questions we don't ask

WHO IS THIS MAN?

Taneti Mamau, President of Kiribati, an island nation in thecentral Pacific Ocean.

Kind of questions we do ask

The tale dates back to 1791, when a manager of the Theatre Royal inDublin, Richard Daly, bet his friends that within 48 hours he could

make a nonsense word be spoken throughout Dublin. His friends tookhim up on the bet. So Daly sent out his employees to write this word

in chalk on doors, windows, and walls throughout Dublin. Theappearance of this mysterious word became the talk of the town,allowing Daly to win his bet. And it caused this word to pass into

popular usage.The tale ran in a number of publications, such as the New York Mirror(May 2, 1835), The Mirror (Feb 21, 1835), and The London and ParisObserver (Feb 15, 1835). However, there is no evidence to supportthe story and the word was seen in use before the alleged bet in1791. Oxford English Dictionary suggests that its current meaningmay come from its association with a word derived from the latin

inquirire (to inquire). Which word it is?

and the answer is...

X Buyukkokten is a Turkish software engineer at Google.During his early years at Google hedeveloped this service by savingtime over coffee breaks. Hisproduct manager thought of

naming the service after its creatorand hence X.com was launched in2004. It became one of the mostvisited websites in India and Brazil

in 2008. Identify X.

Orkut Buyukkokten, creator of

RULES25 questions in total, each carry +10/0 marks

Star marked questions would be used to resolve ties. If a tiepersists still then sudden death shall be used starting from firstquestion.

Use of mobile phones/internet = DISQUALIFICATION

On the sheet:

Write your team name (be creative)Names of the team membersContact number of atleast 1 team member (not landline)

Please use numerical ordering only (1,2,3,...) because we hatebullet points _

DISTRIBUTION OF QUESTIONS

1On 19 October 2007, at New York's Carnegie Hall, a fanasked X, "Y, who believed in the prevailing power of love,

ever [fell] in love himself", X replied,

"My truthful answer to you … I alwaysthought of Y as gay. … Y fell in love withGellert Grindelwald, and that added to hishorror when Grindelwald showed himselfto be what he was … falling in love canblind us to an extent … he was very

drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly,terribly let down by him."

X = J.K ROWLING Y = ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

2He is known in Japan as Kinopio and is a fictional characterwho is portrayed as a citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom.

The name "Kinopio" appears to be a mixture of theJapanese word for mushroom ("kinoko") and the Japanesename for the character Pinocchio ("Pinokio") which bothroughly blend together showcasing his characteristics. Italso represents the constant lie this annoying character

repeats throughout the history, a constant annoyance fromour childhood.

Where have you seen him? Or what lie?

3Ignez Semmelweis was a 19th century Hungarian doctor whorevolutinalized the world of medicine with a simple suggestion.Semmelweis realized that there was a direct correlation between

infection and puerperal fever in obstetrical clinics. Puerperal fever wasa common problem in the 19th century and had a mortality rate of up to18 percent. However, doctors simply refused to believe that they could

be responsible for so many deaths. A few years later Pasteur proved germ theory and people finally

realized Semmelweis’s ideas had some merit. Unfortunately for him,the recognition came too late. By then, Semmelweis went insane tryingto convince others and was committed to an asylum, where he was

beaten to death by guards. What exactly was Semmelweis suggesting?

ASKED DOCTORS TO WASH HANDS BEFORESURGERIES.

4According to Manusmrti

18 nimesas (twinklings of the eye) = 1 Kastha30 Kasthas = 1 Kala

30 Kalas = 1 X = approximately 48 minutes or two Ghadiyasor Ghatika

30 X = one day and night.Identify X?

X = MAHURAT

5X was interested in playing cricket, but his elder brother

encouraged him to try some other sport. X was coached byS. M. Arif before Y accepted him at his academy.

Surname of Y, is the name of his village to which his familybelongs, it literally translates to West room or room in west

direction in Kannada. In 2001, X won the All England Open Badminton

Championships becoming the second Indian to achieve thisfeat after Y. In 2008, X started his own academy after

reportedly mortgaging his house. His daughter Gayathri, isthe current U13 National Badminton Champion.

Identify X and Y.

X = PULLELA GOPICHANDAND

Y = PRAKASH PADUKONE

6She served in a hospital dispensary during the first worldwar. Witnessing the painful last moments of many youngmen, she was turned off by violent deaths. Her writingshows the emotional effects these bloody deaths had onher. Discouraged from using gruesome methods, her

writings employ more subtle techniques, the most commonbeing poisonings. As a nurse, she had access to differentpoisons and toxins. This is why there are 83 instances of

death by poison in her works. Who?

AGATHA CHRISTIE

7*X was born in Darbhanga, Bihar in 1952 in a Kayasthafamily and spent most of his childhood in Patna. He was

trained with basic arithmetic by hisfather who was a teacher. As a

student who struggled for passingmarks was changed into a thirdplace student in Patna University,receiving a B.Sc. (Honours) degreein Physics. X joined the IIT Kanpurfor his M.Sc and doctorate. He

spent eight years of his life in writing this 'work' which was ahuge success and made him a hero of young Indian

students. Identify X.

HC VERMA

8X, also known as asklepian, is a rod wielded by the Greekgod of healing and medicine. Today the symbol of X isassociated with medicine and health care, but frequently

confused with Y, the staff of the Hermes. One survey found that 62% of professional healthcareassociations uses the X as their symbol, while 76% of

commercial healthcare organizations uses the Y symbol,which has consistent associations with trade and trickery.Contrary to popular belief Y has a quite modern origin: Itsdesign is derived not from the ancient staff of Hermes butfrom the printer's mark of a popular 19thcentury medical

publisher. Identify X and Y.

X IS THE STAFF OF ASCLEPIUSAND Y IS THE CADUCEUS

X is a single serpententwined rod +2 whereas Y features twosnakes winding around an often winged staff +2

9*X was initially rejected for a hero's role on account of his "crude andharsh" face, later he went on to appear in more than 400 films. Steven

Spielberg was reportedly so impressed with X that he exclaimed “X is my favorite villain The best the world has ever produced

and ever will!”

Y, who once directed X in a cult classic of 1987, wrote in his blog I was nervous. I could not just say “_______ ____ ___” to an actor

of his stature, could I... So I said “Imagine you are playingShakespeare to 9 year old kids that have no idea who he was.Imagine you have to make it feel mythic and entertaining”. Andsome time later as I was watching Kapil Dev hit a six over theSharjah grounds I saw a huge banner go up in the Indian

supporters. It said: “_______ ____ ___”Identify X and Y.

AMRISH PURI AND SHEKHAR KAPUR

10Masabumi Hosono was a civil servant who worked for theJapanese Ministry of Transport. In theearly twentieth century he survived a

famous calamity, in fact he was the onlyjapanese to survive it. But after he

escaped his death, people defamed himas a coward person. Japanese school

textbooks described him asdishonorable and immoral. He was

accused that he disguised himself as awoman in order to survive. What was

the calamity?

TITANIC SINKING"He escaped disguised as a woman"

11After barely managed to clear the 10th standard, R S. Kamath assisted

his father in selling fruits in Mangalore. Being the youngest in thefamily, his suggestions about _________ were turned down. In 1984,he borrowed Rs 4 lakh and bought a 250sqft outlet at Juhu and that's

how first X outlet was launched.

Today there are 70 X outlets across the country. However themanufacturing hub is just one, located in Charkop, Kandivali. Everymorning, a fleet of trucks rolls out from the factory carrying the__________ to all the X outlets, thus ensuring quality is not

compromised. In the fiscal year 2014–2015, the chain's annual retailturnover crossed Rs. 100 crores.

Identify X.

NATURALS ICE CREAM

12Kitex Garments is the world’s third largest garment exporterin the infant segment. In June ’15, Forbes listed it among

Asia’s 200 best in their underabillion list. In a village of Ernakulam district, ‘anthi chanda’ (night

market) run by Twenty20, the CSR wing of the AnnaKitexgroup, did something as a part of their CSR initiative whichworried public intellectuals like cultural critic and former MP

Sebastian Paul, who remarked that "it is setting adangerous precedent". What did they do?

WON ELECTION

The company won the panchayat elections in Kizhakkambalam

13*"Ek Doctor Ki Maut" is a 1990 award winning film by notedBengali director Tapan Sinha,which depicts the ostracism,bureaucratic negligence,

reprimand and insult of a doctorand his research, instead of

recognition. The movie is looselybased on the life of whom? andwhat was his research about?

DR. SUBHASH MUKHOPADHYAYwho created the world's second and India's first child using invitrofertilisation, Durga who was born 67 days after the first IVF baby in

United Kingdom. +5

14In 1831, George X hired this brilliant young mathematician, RadhanathSikdar (then only 19), at a salary of thirty rupeesper month as a "computor". Apart from masteringthe usual geodetic processes, he invented quite afew of his own. George retired in 1843 and Col.

Andrew Waugh became the Director. At the order of Col. Waugh he started workingnear Darjeeling and compiling data about

_______ XV from six different observations, heeventually came to the conclusion that the

______ XV holds a world record. The norm wasthat while naming a _______, the local name should be preferred (likeSikdar). But in this case, Waugh made an exception. He paid a tribute tohis exboss by proposing that the _____ be named after X. X agreed, and

Sikdar was conveniently forgotten. Identify X.

EVERESTSikdar precisely calculated its height as 29002 ft

15In 1855, X approached his colleague Henry Vandyke Carterwith his idea to produce an inexpensive and accessible______ textbook for medical students. By dissecting

unclaimed bodies from workhouse and hospital mortuaries,the two worked for 18 months on what would form the basisof the book. Their work was first published in 1858 and earlyeditions of this book were called ______: Descriptive andSurgical and X's ______: Descriptive and Applied, but

the book's name is commonly shortened to its current namewhich is very popular not only in medicine fraternity butamong nonmedicos as well (with a slight alternation).

Identify X and the name of this book.

GRAY'S ANATOMYBy Henry Gray

The American medical drama Grey's Anatomy takes its name fromthe textbook.

16St. Nicholas was the patron saint of prostitutes. Once heanonymously donated dowry money to the daughters of a

formerly wealthy man so they didn't have to becomeprostitutes. Not wanting to be thanked by the father, hesecretly delivered a bag of gold to their house, but in anunusual way. Later this way of Nicholas became popular

and immortalized him. What was the method?

SANTA CLAUSEHe dropped the bag of gold from chimney. The bag fell into a

stocking that had been hung by the fire to dry!

17This is the most widely performed dance in world. The

dance consists of one to 100 or more circuits, each of whichconsists of two phases: thewaggle phase and the returnphase. The dance involves

running through a small figureeight pattern.

By performing this dance, dancersshare information about food andwater with other members of the

group. Austrian Nobel laureate Karl von Frisch was one ofthe first who translated the meaning of this dance. Where is

this dance performed?

this dance performed?


BEE HIVES

18*X was an Egyptian polymath and designer of the world's

first known monumental stone building, the Step Pyramid atSakkara. Also considered to be the earliest known physicianin history. He is said to have extracted medicine from plants

and treated diseases such as appendicitis, gout andarthritis. A commoner by birth, X's intelligence enabled himto be accorded divine status, as a deity of medicine and

healing, after death. However he is famous in popular culture due to differentreasons. In 2010 Marvel Comics, X was the man who

formed the very first version of S.H.I.E.L.DIdentify X.

IMHOTEP

19Born in Bangladesh of 1947, X was educated at the Scottish ChurchCollege in Kolkata and earned his degree in Chemistry. Before joiningFTII, Pune and entering Bollywood, he was a Naxalite; But tragedy

struck his family when his only brother was electrocuted and killed in anaccident. He returned to his family and left the Naxalite fold.

During his days as a Naxalite, he became friends with Ravi Ranjan, apopular Naxal figure, known to his friends as 'Bhaa' (the ultimate

savior). He had also undergone expert training in martial arts to thegrade of black belt and trained in the GraekoRoman style of wrestling.X's acting in "Swami Vivekananda" was widely appreciated and he won

his third National Film Award for it. Identify X.

MITHUN CHAKRABORTY

20X Chess was invented by Darren Provine of Rowan University afterreading Iain M. Banks's book The Player of Games. The changes are asfollows:• The rooks, bishops, and knights are concealed in some way. Theplayer has to remember which is which.• The six concealed pieces go in the usual locations, in anyarrangement.• A concealed piece can move atmost two squares in any direction.Revealing a piece is considered a move. Once revealed, a piece movesaccording to the traditional rules.• If a piece is captured while still concealed, it remains concealed untilthe game is over.• Uncovering the rook doesn't count as a separate move for thepurposes of castling.

SCHRÖDINGER'S CHESS

21X was the son of Rishabha, the founder of Jainism. After thenonviolent duel with Bharata, his elderbrother, X abandoned his kingdom tobecame a Jain monk. He meditated

motionless for a whole year because ofwhich climbers grew around his legs. X isalso called Gommatesh because of the

statue dedicated to him."Gommateshwara" statue, built by the

Ganga dynasty. It is one of the largest freestanding statues in the world. On August5, 2007, the statue was voted by Indians

as the first of Seven Wonders of India. Identify X.

as the first of Seven Wonders of India. Identify X.


22*The calculus controversy was an argument between 17thcenturymathematicians Isaac Newton and Gottfried X over who had first

invented the mathematical study of change, calculus.

A Brief History Of Time By Stephen Hawking

"Isaac Newton was not a pleasant man with otheracademics where notorious, with most of his latter life spentembroiled in heated disputes... A more serious dispute

arose with the German philospher Gottfried X. Both X andNewton had independently developed calculus... Newtondiscovered calculus years before X, he published his worklater... As the row (dispute) grew, X made a mistake ofappealing to Royal Society... Newton, as president,

appointed an 'impartial' commitee, consiting entirely ofNewton's friends... Newton wrote the commitee report

himself and accused X of plagiarism. Following the death ofX, Newton is reported to have declared that he had taken

great satisfaction in 'breaking X's heart'"

LEIBNIZGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

23On December 4, 2002, 300 farmers of Naluvedapathy (acoastal village in Tamil Nadu.) planted 80,244 Casuarinasaplings in 24 hours, achieving a new Guinness World

Record in the process forming what has been called "TheGuinness Garden". The saplings were spread over 20

hectacres next to the coast.Later in 2005 a massive tree plantation was againorganized planting 254,464 saplings creating a newGuinness World Record. What happened back in

Naluvedapathy, in 2004, which led this massive plantationdrive in 2005?

2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMINaluvedapathy emerged virtually unscathed/unharmed in 2004

Indian Ocean tsunami +10

23The video is based on 8bit stop motion graphics (the

graphics used in games like Contra). The question is, whatis actually shown in the video? what is happening? what is it

all about?

25This is a commercial for what?

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