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How things will work out today30 questions, 1 point each, No negative scoringQuestions 11 to 20 will be used as tiebreak questionsIn case of further tie, sudden death will be usedPart points available when indicatedTop 8 teams go into the finalsThe QMs decision is final

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Written preliminary round

Written Elimination Round

Q1The English word for this very common seasonal object is either derived from the Latin name of a small Roman flower with a flat bottom and a rounded top or, more popularly from another Latin word meaning shadow or shaded a word you might have come across in your astronomy class.

Using both likely etymologies as clues, what common object is this?

UDGHOSH 2016 GENERAL QUIZ (VIKRAM JOSHI)

A1Umbrella

From umbel or umbra


Q2The Earl of Ronaldshay, a traveller and writer wrote of this experience in 1923:One steps into a railway carriage which might be easily be mistaken for a toy, and the whimsical idea seizes hold of one that one has accidently stumbled into Lilliput.With a noisy fuss all out of proportion to its size, the engine gives a jerk and starts No special mechanical device such as a rack is employed unless, indeed, one can so describe the squat and stolid hill-man who sits perched and scatters sand on the rails

What was he describing?


A2Darjeeling Himalayan Railway


Q3This man is shown seated, dressed in a toga, with one arm raised and pointing to the sky. The other holds a sheathed sword, the point of which is facing him. This is indicative of the fact that he willingly gives power (the sword) to the people - to keep or remove him.

Though not his most famous depiction in Greek style, it is to be currently found in the National Museum of American History in Washington DC.

Name him.



A3George Washington

Who rejected a proposal by the newly independent American people to rule over them as King.


Q4To qualify as an X, any piece of writing has to fulfil the following three criteria:

1. Use of 3 lines of up to (and not exceeding) 17 syllables 2. Must use a season word3. Use of a cut to compare to an image explicitly

What is X?


A4Haiku


Q5The first plant mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Genesis, it is mentioned in the context of a leaf of the _____ tree being carried in the mouth of a dove sent by Noah to check if the flood was over.

Also besides dates, pomegranates, figs and grapes, the _____ fruit is listed as being one of the special products of the Land of Israel.

Name this very Mediterranean fruit.


A5Olive


Q6Connect these two groupings with a phrase:

Historically womens colleges in the USA the counter part to Ivy League universitiesBarnard CollegeBryn Mawr CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeRadcliffe CollegeSmith CollegeVassar CollegeWellesley College


A6Seven Sisters


Q7In Norse mythology, she is a daughter of the God Loki. She is half blue and half flesh-coloured and has a gloomy, downcast appearance- she presides over a realm named after her, and a portion of all people who die go to her realm.

In the Norse sagas, the phrase for to die is literally go to _____.

Who is this? (Note: Spelling important for full point. Half point for incorrect spelling)


A7Hel

The origin of our word hell


Q8Identify both personages you see in what turned out to be the last photographs clicked of them.Order is important.




A9Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar


Q9Listen to this pre-announcement and identify the speaker.


A9


Q10The Yemeni traditional dagger or janbiya shown in the next slide is a necessary part of the ritual to manhood for every Yemeni boy.

The design of this dagger and sheath is considered to be a reason why the ecologies of both Africa and Asia have been so affected for the last 1000 years. In Asia, this damage is specific to both Nepal and the state of Assam in India.

What aspect of the worlds ecology is affected through this dagger design?




A10Rhinoceros poaching

The handles of the daggers are made of rhino horn.


Starred questions begin here

Q11This year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, making him the 26th Head of State or Government to have won the Nobel Prize.

Now, 25 of these 26 have won for Peace, which seems to be obvious. Only one of them has won it in a different discipline.

Who and for what?


A11Sir Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United KingdomWon in 1953 for Literature


Q12This classic composition consists of songs, poems and lyrics from a manuscript published by Johann Schmeller in 1847. It is a compilation of 12th and 13th century work written by monks in Bavaria. In 1937, this composition was premiered by the Frankfurt Opera in Frankfurt.

Name the composition you can hear a song from it in this old Old Spice TV ad.


A12Carmina Burana


Q13A hybrid Indo-European style of painting developed in the early 1800s in the major European settlements in Calcutta, Delhi, Patna and Madras.Painters were Indian trained in classical Mughal-Rajput style but the patrons were British officials and the hybrid style reflected both.

You see some examples of these highly collectible works here commissioned and paid for by Lord Hastings, Col. Skinner etc.

What is this school of painting called?




A13The Company Style


Q14Many parts of the sky are listed by the US Federal Aviation Administration as no fly zones. Any planes flying through this area are liable to be shot down by the US military.

After a long hiatus (since 2000), a certain patch of American sky was recently listed in November 2016 as a no-fly zone.

Which area can you no longer flyover?


A14Trump Tower


Q15When she viewed the photograph her husband had clicked of a part of her body in 1895, Anna Bertha ______ turned away with the words Today, I have seen my death.

Ironically, similar images have served to save millions of lives since enough to win her husband the first ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

Identify the husband.


A15Wilhelm Roentgen

Discovery of x-rays


Q16Purportedly taken by British doctor Robert Wilson in April 1934, this was taken to cover up an earlier fraud by wild-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell who was on assignment from the Daily Mail.

Wetherell used his sons toy and fooled Wilson into participating in the hoax. Wilsons reputation was destroyed by the publishing of it.

What was published under Dr. Wilsons name?


A16The photograph of the Loch Ness Monster


Q17The singular diet of these animals is so limited nutritionally and in caloric content, they are largelysedentaryand sleep up to 20 hours a day.Additionally, they have some of the smallest brains in proportion to body weight due to this terrible nutrition.

They have mistakenly been classified under Arktos or bears even though they are not bears at all as they are usually found in trees.

Name these animals and their singular diet.


A17Koalas

Eucalyptus leaves


Q18Harivanshrai Bachchan, in his autobiography, describes the origin of his caste saying that while the four main castes came from different parts of Brahma, this particular caste came out of Brahmas entire body, or ____ .

Over the years, members of this caste have become writers, administrators, accountants, historians. He calls them outcasts as they do not belong to the four main caste divisions. This allowed them to work in both Hindu and Muslim courts over the years.

Name the caste.


A18Kayasths


Q19Why is this in the starred questions? This is a recent music video from Lil Mafia Mundeer called Chaiwala.

Easy. I want the name of the chaiwala.


A19Arshad Khan


Q20A box was dispatched to the US National Archives by Janet Lee Auchincloss, mother of X, along with an unsigned note saying Xs suit and bag worn November 22nd, 1963.

The items, which were never cleaned, is kept out of public view in "an acid-free container in a windowless room ... the precise location is kept secret. The temperature hovers between 65 and 68F degrees; the humidity is 40 percent; the air is changed six times an hour.

Who is X and who is the maker of this famous suit.


A20Jackie Kennedy

Coco Chanel

The famous pink suit covered with the blood of JFK that she had been wearing at the time


Starred questions end here


Q21This Marvel Comics villain, originally Cain Marco,has an ability that he is physically unstoppable once he is in motion. He got these abilities after finding a Gem in a hidden temple.

What appropriate name of Indian origin does Cain have?


A21Juggernaut

(From Jagannath)


Q22Earlier this year, a certain decision was welcomed by James Hand, a British communications manager, inspite of his initially jokey suggestion being the number 1 public choice for a certain UK scientific endeavour.

He tweeted in response the following.

Fill in the two names missing.



A22Boaty McBoatface

RRS David Attenborough


Q23Identify both voices you hear in this clip.

0.5 each voice.


A23J. Jayalalithaa

Simi Garewal


Q24In the US State of New Hampshire, there is a vigilante group of people who truly believe in the states motto of Live Free or Die.They wish to overthrow the violent monopoly of government and its enforcers, starting with parking officers who write tickets for expired meters.They go around the towns tracking down the whereabouts of police traffic wardens by two-way radio, feed expired meters before $5 tickets can be written, and leave a business card saying that We saved you from the Kings tariff.

What are they called with reference to a similar do-gooder?


A24Robin Hooders


Q25In 1930, an enthusiastic Ahmedabad mill owner Seth Ranchhodlal, bought a part of something that had just been manufactured on the spot for Rs 525. Later on the same year, at a Newsweek magazine auction in 1930, it was put up for re-sale and even though it was of very poor quality and almost unusable it fetched a huge sum of Rs. 1,600 due to the huge significance of the product.

What was it?


A25The salt produced at Dandi.


Q26First published in 1973,Les Diners de Galawas a bizarre dream come truea cookbook filled with surreal illustrations and recipes inspired by the lavish dinner parties that X and his wife organized.

Only 400 of the original publications are known to exist. The book, which includes 136 recipes divided into 12 chapters, is arranged by coursesincluding aphrodisiacs.

Who is X whose original ambition was to be a chef?




A26Salvador Dali


Q27Which is the only NFL team that is publically owned, a distinction that makes it unique across all the teams in all of American professional sport?

Fans/Shareholders wear cheese wedge shaped hats with Owner written on it.



A27Green Bay Packers


Q28The Airbus A300-600ST (Super Transporter) is used to crry aircraft parts and oversized cargo.

However due to its resemblance to something, its affectionate nickname is now the official name of the aircraft.

Give me the nickname.




A28Beluga


Q29In 1987, Mathias Rust, a West German student with only 50 hours of flight experience, took off from Helsinki and did an act when resulted in the firing (and possible execution) of the Minister of Defense,the Marshal of the Soviet Unionand the Commander-in-Chief of theSoviet Air Defence Forces among tens of other officers.Gorbachev also used this incident to implement several reforms with Western countries which ultimately resulted in the events of 1989.

What did Mathias Rust do?


A29He landed his plane in Red Square


Q30What is trying to be proved on this clip from the popular TV show Mythbusters?


A30If both Jack and Rose could have survived the sinking of the Titanic


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