Pokquiz

Harish Krishna V

Q1

Devaneya Pavanar was a Tamil activist,

etymologist and author of over 35 books.

He strongly believed that Tamil was a proto-

world language (perhaps the oldest language world language (perhaps the oldest language

of the world) and a language from which

several modern languages are derived from.

Q1

In his books, he details a timeline of human evolution and how civilisation and language came from the homo dravida of Lemuria.

According to him, there was a lost Tamil culture on ______ ______, which had an advanced civilisation sometime around 20000 culture on ______ ______, which had an advanced civilisation sometime around 20000 BC.

The place was discovered on 5th April 1722, a Sunday, by a Dutch navigator.

Identify this UNESCO World Heritage site protected within the Rapa Nui National Park.

Easter Island

Nosepass and Probopass are take-offs on

Easter Island moai.

It was discovered on Easter

Sunday.

Q2

This church in Vatican City (fleetingly mentioned

in Angels and Demons) is dedicated to the saint

depicted in the painting.

The saint also lends her to this ship.

Identify the saint. Why is she venerated?

Saint Anne

Mother of the Virgin Mary and hence

grandmother of Jesus Christ.

The ship is SS Anne.

Q3

Earlier, certificates were used to denote a Dan

rank. Then, this man came along and he

decided to use obis to denote the Dan rank.

What trainer class in Pokmon got its name

from this innovation of this person?from this innovation of this person?

Black Belt

Kan Jigor also founded Judo

Q4

This American Sharpshooter and exhibition

shooter, Americas first female superstar

because of the show Buffalo Bill's Wild West

which starred her, was very popular for a which starred her, was very popular for a

certain trick she performed which involved

repeatedly splitting a playing card, edge-on,

and putting several more holes in it before it

could touch the ground, while using a .22

caliber rifle, at 90 feet.

The theatre business began referring to

complimentary tickets with the name of the

shooter. Such tickets traditionally have holes

punched into them (to prevent them from being

resold), reminiscent of the playing cards she shot

through during her sharpshooting act.

These two antagonists are named after her. These two antagonists are named after her.

Identify.

Annie Oakley

The duo are called Annie and Oakley.

Q5

Several things in Pokmon are named after

this colour.

For example, the German, French and Italian

version of Cerulean city is a reference to this version of Cerulean city is a reference to this

colour.

Halfway between cyan and blue, this colour is

typically used to describe the colour of the sky

on a clear summers day.

Q5

The colour gets its name from the name of

this semi precious mineral that has been

prized since antiquity for its intense color.

Identify. Identify.

Azure

Q6

Hebrew for unshaped form , this word is

used today as a metaphor for a brainless lunk

or entity who serves man under controlled

conditions but is hostile to him under others.conditions but is hostile to him under others.

Adam was initially created as one of these.

It is said that Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the

16th century rabbi of Prague created one of

these to protect the Prague ghetto.

Identify.

Golem

Q7

The volcano on Cinnabar island is most likely a ______ type volcano.

This type of volcano, which gets its name from their shape, is formed by effusive highly fluid lava which accumulate in sheets giving its lava which accumulate in sheets giving its distinctive shape.

The Mauna Kea is an example of this type of volcano.

Identify.

Shield Volcano

Q8

This forest in the Unova region is named after the childrens toy in the image.

Initially known as the whirligig, this toy was invented in the 19th century by Brittany invented in the 19 century by Brittany Penland though there similar devices right from around 500 BC.

The spiral galaxy in the image is also named after the toy.

Identify the toy.

Pinwheel

Q9

When Manaphy hatched, the first thing it saw

was May and hence thought of her as its

mother.

Known as filial imprinting, this part of

pschology was studied extensively and made

popular by this ethologist who won the 1973

Nobel in medicine.

Identify him.

Konrad Lorenz Lorenz found that the geese could also imprint

on inanimate objects. In one experiment, they

followed a box placed on a model train in

circles around the track.

Q10

It was the legendary filmmaker D.W. Griffith

who first used this three-word phrase.

One day, frustrated on set and running out of

time, Griffith started barking orders to the time, Griffith started barking orders to the

assistants and the technicians around him.

The phrase probably became popular because

of its simplicity, how it rolls off the tongue,

and how it captures the essence the craft with

brevity.

Q10

At least two episode titles are a play on this

three-word phrase. The two episodes feature

these two Pokmon.

Identify the phrase. Identify the phrase.

Lights, Camera, Action

o The two episodes are

Lights, Camera, Quacktion

Lights, Camerupt , Action

Q11

This normal type move has the Pokmon

waggling a finger which stimulates its brain

into using any move at random.

Q11

This move gets its name from this device that

produces regular, metrical ticks and is used by

musicians to maintain a constant tempo.

Identify. Identify.

Metronome

This thing is a

talanome app,

pretty useful

for Carnatic for Carnatic

musicians

Q12

This man served under King Louis XIV as a

captain. Also the unpopular governor of Lille,

he longed to return to battle, which he did

during the Franco-Dutch War.during the Franco-Dutch War.

He was the inspiration for three novels which

give a fictionalized account of his life, from his

humble beginnings in Gascony to his death as

a marshal of France in the Siege of Maastricht

in 1673.

Q12

The second and third novels are Twenty Years

After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten

Years Later.

What was the first novel in the series?

The Three Muskateers

The first book of the d'Artagnan Romances by

Alexandre Dumas, pre.

Keldeo is modeled on Comte d'Artagnan with

the other three legendary musketeers

representing Porthos, Athos and Aramis. representing Porthos, Athos and Aramis.

Q13

What phenomenon, a corollary of a certain

Fosters rule, connects these animals?

Island Gigantism

The animals are Hassats eagle, Moa bird (New

Zealand)

Kakapo (New Zealand)

Dodo (Mauritius) Dodo (Mauritius)

Giant tortoise (Galapagos islands)

Komodo dragon (Timor)

Elephant bird (Madagascar)

The episode Island of the Giant Pokmon is

probably a nod to this phenomenon.

though the Pokmon in the episode are mechanical

Q14

This is the anime-exclusive Space-Time Tower

found near Alamos Town.

Which incomplete magnum opus, designed by

the Catalan architect Antoni Gaud, served as

the inspiration for the appearance of the the inspiration for the appearance of the

tower?

Q14

Sagrada Famlia

UNESCO World Heritage Site in Barcelona.

Q15

This trainer class alludes to these clowns who

were an integral part of several pantomimes.

The name and inspiration for them seems to

have come from classical Sufi masters who

were known to wear a pieced robe made of a were known to wear a pieced robe made of a

patchwork of coloured fabric.

Q15

A doctor in the world of comics gets his/her

nickname from the name given to these

jesters. This character appears in the top 50 in

IGNs Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time.IGNs Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time.

Identify the name given to these clowns.

Harlequin

The fictional character is Dr. Harleen Frances

Quinzel, M.D or Harley Quinn.

Q16

The country has three national flowers.

Two of them are Jasminum sambac and

Phalaenopsis amabilis

Q16

The third was discovered by an assistant of

this naturalist during an expedition. The genus

is named after the leader of the expedition

while the species after this man.

Identify the flower. Identify the flower.

Rafflesia arnoldii

Named after Sir Thomas Raffles and Dr. Joseph

Arnold, this is a national flower of Indonesia.

Gloom and Vileplume are inspired by this.

Q17

The Pokdex entry for Venipede in Pokmon

White speaks about its ability to inject a very

potent poison that can paralyze even birds.

Many millipedes also secrete a poisonous Many millipedes also secrete a poisonous

substance from their exoskeleton but this

usually is not effective against bigger animals.

Now, why do Cappuchin monkeys and some

lemurs deliberately irritate millipedes?

Q17

To use the poison as mosquito repellent

The poison, containing benzoquinones and

cynide is very effective against insects.

This is also used to kill the parasites that

appear just after monsoon, the time when appear just after monsoon, the time when

millipedes are also abounding.

Images from this Animal Planet video : http://animal.discovery.com/tv-

shows/other/videos/fooled-by-nature-medicinal-millipedes.htm

Q18

Once upon a time, there was a priest who maintained a temple in Gotokuji, west of Tokyo. The priest kept a cat named Tama, and though he was very poor, he would often share his food with it. share his food with it.

One day, though, the priest found that there was no food left, and in his hunger, he shouted at the cat: "I've always fed you in spite of my poverty, so couldn't you do something for this temple for once?" The cat got up and wandered out of the temple.

As it happened, the samurai lord of the

district, Ii Naotaka, was out riding near the

temple at the time. It started to rain heavily,

prompting him to take shelter beneath a tree. prompting him to take shelter beneath a tree.

He then noticed Tama sitting in front of the

temple, doing something. The cat's behavior

puzzled him, and so he approached Tama with

interest. As he walked, a bolt of lighting struck

the tree he had been underneath and brought

it crashing down. Tama had saved his life.

Q18

The samurai picked up Tama and rushed into the temple. When he discovered that the priest was the owner of the lucky cat, he was filled with gratitude. Gotokuji Temple was adopted as his family temple, and went from being dilapidated to a place of splendor. The priest would never go family temple, and went from being dilapidated to a place of splendor. The priest would never go hungry again, and Tama lived a life of luxury.

When Tama died, he was buried with great ceremony, and a shrine to the cat was erected in the temple grounds.

This is one of the many origins of which ubiquitous cultural symbol of Japan?

Maneki-neko (beckoning cat)

Meowth is largely based on maneki neko.

The oval emblem on Meowth's head is a

koban. Maneko-neko also typically hold a

koban. koban.

Meowth's signature attack, Pay

Day involves Meowth hurling

koban at its opponent, and each

use of the move produces money

that can be picked up after battle.

Q19

She was the daughter of Minos, the King of

Crete and his queen Pasipha.

She was found abandoned on an island and

Dionysus rediscovered and wedded her. Her Dionysus rediscovered and wedded her. Her

wedding diadem was set in the heavens as the

constellation Corona.

Q19

A character from an award winning

Christopher Nolan movie was named after her.

This Pokmon is also named after her.

Identify this character from Greek mythology. Identify this character from Greek mythology.

Ariadne

She aided Theseus by giving him a sword and

a ball of string to help him navigate the

labyrinth which was the prison of the

Minotaur.

The Pokmon is Ariados.

Ariadne from Inception who is recruited to

construct the various dreamscapes, which are

described as mazes.described as mazes.

Q20

Some Arabs of Algeria were said to be excited

to rebel against French colonialists by a

section of religious leaders called Marabouts

with their good-luck amulets, future-with their good-luck amulets, future-

predicting abilities and necromancy.

Whom did Louis-Napoleon, emperor of

France, send to Algeria in 1856 to dissolve the

excitement of the rebels and pacify the tribes?

Robert-Houdin, the great French

magician

He presented an empty box (with an iron

bottom) that anyone could lift. By turning on

an electro-magnet hidden under the floor, he

made it immovable, proving that through will made it immovable, proving that through will

power, he could make it impossible to lift for

the strongest Algerian warriors.

He was given a certificate from the leader

Bou-Allem, who henceforth wore a red robe

symbolizing his loyalty to France.

Alakazams Japanese name Houdin (also spelt

as Foodin) is named after him. There is also the chance for Foodin to be named after Harry Houdini.

Q21

Many animals have periodical life cycles i.e.

they tend to repeat their activates, the period

typically being a few years. For example, some

birds are known to return to a certain land birds are known to return to a certain land

every year while there are some that return

only once in eight years.

Q21

Cicadas usually live under the ground for a long time and emerge en masse (so that the probability of an individual organism being eaten is reduced) to shed their skin and mate.

Now, it is observed that almost always,all species of cicadas emerge after a gap of 13 or 17 years to molt.

Why do cicadas have only 13 or 17 year cycles?

They are prime numbers

Let's picture a cicada species that emerges

from the ground every 12 years. These would

be vulnerable to the predators that come

around every second year, plus those that around every second year, plus those that

come around every third year, every fourth

year and every sixth year. There would be no

shortage of predators queuing up to devour

our 12-year cicada.

But let's increase that cycle length by just one year, and see what happens. Because 13 is a prime number, a 13-year cycle isn't going to regularly coincide with the cycles of predators. Let's imagine that a 13-year cicada species happens to emerge while a 4-year predator is Let's imagine that a 13-year cicada species happens to emerge while a 4-year predator is in the area. The two species won't meet again for another 52 years.

With such a long period of time between meetings, the predator isn't going to be able to reliably predict when the cicadas are due to emerge.

Nincada (middle), Ninjask (left) and Shedinja

derive heavily from the molting habits of

cicadas.

Q22

This idiomatic expression is often used to

describe a situation where a person or group

accepts wholesale and uncritically an idea or

set of beliefs.set of beliefs.

It comes from the three essential pieces of

fishing tackle in angling.

This classic tackle gets its name from the

equipment shown in the next slide.

Q22

A pun based on this three word idiom was

used as the title of both a looney tunes

cartoon featuring Wile E. Coyote and The

Road Runner.Road Runner.

The same title was used for episode 168 in the

Original Series. The episode involves around

the annual Seaking Catching Competition.

Hook, Line and Sinker

The title is hook, line and stinker

Q23

Antlions are a group of insects in the

Myrmeleontidae family. Typically sand-dwelling,

antlions will search for a suitable patch of sand to

dig in, and then move backwards in concentric dig in, and then move backwards in concentric

circles, digging a conical pit in which they lie

buried with only their heads visible.

The walls of the pit are angled precisely so that

they will crumble when an insect that's wandered

in tries to climb out again... thus swiftly delivering

the meal to the antlion lurking at the bottom.

Q23

The antlion's jaws are undoubtedly its most

prominent feature. Compared to the rest of its

body, they are huge.

Trapinch's Pokdex entries describe an almost

identical process, involving sloped, identical process, involving sloped,

inescapable pits that the Pokmon waits at

the bottom of.

Q23

Which creature in the Star Wars saga are

largely inspired by antlions?

One of the largest of this creature appears in

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Sarlacc

They also have an immense, gaping maw lined

with several rows of sharp teeth.

Q24

The word comes from the French for in a

position and holding ; thus the word refers

to somebody who holds a superior's position

in his or her absence.in his or her absence.

19th century British writers argued that the

word be replaced by steadholder since the

French word was allegedly hard on the tongue

for English soldiers and sailors.

Which word?

Lieutenant

The Lightning American served as a lieutenant

(Lt. Surge) and a pilot in a war, during which

Electric-type Pokmon saved his life.

Q25

The FireRed pokdex entry of ponyta is Its

body is light, and its legs are incredibly

powerful. It can clear _____ ____ in one leap.

The blank refers to an inselberg which the

local Pitjantjatjara tribe call it by a name that local Pitjantjatjara tribe call it by a name that

does not mean anything in their language.

A surveyor called William Gosse who sited the

landmark in 1873 decided to name it after this

Premier of South Australia.

Since 1993, a dual naming policy was followed

with both the names separated by a /.

Identify the UNESCO world heritage site. Identify the UNESCO world heritage site.

Ayers Rock / Uluru

Spares

These are Ernst Haeckel's controversial

embryo drawings. Haeckel was an advocate of

the Recapitulation theory.

What was Haeckel trying to show? What was Haeckel trying to show?

ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

During the early stages of human

development, the embryo goes through stages

reminiscent of other creatures. During very

early development, for example, we have early development, for example, we have

what appear to be tails.

Haeckel's idea was that the human embryo, as

it develops, goes through stages resembling

ancestral forms of humans.

Haeckel's drawings turned out to have been deliberately fiddled in order to emphasize similarities between embryos.

Mew is an ancestral form that resembles an

embryo (Mew is supposed to be the ancestor

of all Pokmon).

Turtwig, Grotle and Torterra are inspired by

the idea in several Eastern Philosophies that

the Earth is supported by a turtle.

Which best-seller, first published in 1988,

begins with a story about a certain old ladys

chat with Bertrand Russell at the end of his

lecture on astronomy?lecture on astronomy?

The lady claimed that the Earth was flat and

was supported by a giant tortoise. When

asked what the tortoise was standing on, she

replied with it's tortoises all the way down!,

a phrase that went on to be oft parodied.

A Brief History of Time

Pokmemes

Q1

Which handheld game console is being

parodied?

PlayStation Portable and

PlayStation Vita

Q2

Which meme, also a google Easter-egg?

The term owes its origin to the popular RTS

game Starcraft.

Zerg rush

Q3

Fake Pokmon battle involving whom?

Steve Irwin

Q4

This meme has slowpoke with accompanying

text if people had heard of some piece of very

old or oversaturated information.

Q4

This specific instance of the meme refers to a

certain instance when the CEO (say Y) of a

company fired someone (X).

What is ironical is that it was X who brought in

Y into the companys fold. "Do you want to Y into the companys fold. "Do you want to

spend the rest of your life selling sugared

water, or do you want a chance to change the

world? X famously told Y, who was then the

CEO of Pepsi-Cola.

Identify X and Y.

Steve Jobs and John Sculley

Q5

What is this meme called?

Brock Obama