Prelims with answers

KAUSHIK BANERJEE
Memorial Quiz 2016
PRELIMS
RESEARCHED AND CONDUCTED BY:
Samanway Banerjee

House Rules
 25 questions, worth 30 points…
 Questions 11-20 are starred question, to be used in
case of a tie.
 Questions 21-25 are 2-pointers.
 Most answers can be worked out… so go for it!
 Kindly switch off your mobile phones…
> Decision of the quiz master stands true and final.

1. Shortly after Singapore became an
independent nation in 1965, its founding
PM Lee Kuan Yew was said to have
remarked that he wanted this city-state to
be like X ( a city), which was quite
surprising, given how founding fathers
tend to build their nascent motherland
following western society.

2. Barcelona won the 1992 European Cup,
thanks to a Ronald Coeman free-kick at
the extra time. In doing so, they became
the 2nd Spanish club to win the
tournament.
Who coached Barcelona to their 1st
European Cup triumph in 1992?

3.Which 125 year old institution, the building
of whose was designed by William Emerson
(yes, the same guy who designed Victoria
Memorial) is the subject of this fairly recent
book?
Despite not being in its geographic proximity,
it initially functioned under the University of
Calcutta.

4.What was originally assigned the
name LOST, after the scientists Herren
Doktoren Wilhelm Lommel
and Wilhelm Steinkopf, who developed a
method for the large-scale production of the
same for the Imperial German Army in 1916?

5. Although _______ was originally a part of the
IPC, as drafted by Thomas Macaulay, it was
bizarrely dropped from the law when it was
enacted in 1860. The provision, as it reads today
after some amendments, defines it as any action
— whether by words, signs or visible
representation — which “brings or attempts to
bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or
attempts to excite disaffection towards the
Government established by law in India”.
What’s the good word?

6.According to pharmacologist Rudolf Boehm's 1895
classification scheme, the three main types of X are:
Tube or bamboo (so named because of its packing into
hollow bamboo tubes).
Pot (originally packed in terra cotta pots).
Calabash or gourd.
What am I talking about, which forms an important plot
point in a 2015 Bengali sleuth movie?

7. Looking for a 2 word answer:

8. Coined by Johann Lukas Schönle in 1839, from a Latin
word meaning “small, swelling bump or pimple”, it was not
until 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the bacillus,
for which he won a Nobel Prize in 1905 that the name
began being exclusively used to refer to the disease
formerly popularly known as consumption.
Which disease, estimated by Hippocrates as the most
widespread disease of his age?

9. Key models in the history of which company?
51 (1941)
61 (1956)
45 (1964)
75 (1964)
25 (1975)
95 (1988)
An additional hint: This particular company is a
premium one in its category. All of you present here
are probably using a product made by other
affordable companies of the same category.

10. Page from a Bhagavat Puran manuscript.
Which incident is being depicted here?

11. The Hartman brothers sought advice from
Coca-Cola about newly developed Whiskey mixer X,
but Coke didn’t help. Pepsi was interested, albeit 35
years later.
Not only was X invented for Whiskey, it’s named
after it too. The name X was a slang term for
moonshine and of course moonshine is a slang
term for homemade whiskey. It’s called
“moonshine” because it was made at night to hide
the smoke from the stills during prohibition.

12. Pic from Pablo Bartholomew’s collection…
Simply, id the gentleman…

13.Pictured on the next slide is “Le Chahut” by
Georges Seurat.
The title of the painting refers to the name a
particular dance was called in its early days.
Which high-energy, physically demanding
dance which became a popular music
hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in
popularity in French cabaret to this day and
may be derived from the French for tittle-tattle
or scandal?

14.The Lubyanka was originally built in 1898 as the
headquarters of the All-Russia Insurance Company. It is
currently an affiliated prison on Lubyanka Square. It is a
large Neo-Baroque building with a facade of yellow brick
designed by Alexander V. Ivanov in 1897 and augmented
by Aleksey Shchusev from 1940 to 1947.
Before being a prison, it served as the headquarters of
which organization, which dissolved in 1991?

15.
• A picturesque location….a photographer’s paradise.
• Where can you see such a beautiful war memorial?
• Looking for
a 2-word ans

16. Described by Rolling Stone as the “Mark
Zuckerberg of the online underground”, Christopher
Poole founded X in 2003 when he was just 15 years old.
In January 2015, Poole retired from running it, and in
September 2015, the site was sold to a Japanese
entrepreneur.
However its founder is back in the news, as Google
hired him to tackle social media, one of the few areas
of the internet where Google has failed to compete.
Which highly notorious and controversial site was
founded by Poole?

17. In the summer of 2013, after George
Zimmerman's acquittal for the shooting death of Trayvon
Martin, the movement began with the hashtag (of the
same name). The movement was co-founded by three
community organizers: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and
Opal Tometi.
This international activist movement became nationally
recognized for its street demonstrations following the 2014
deaths of two African Americans: Michael Brown, resulting
in protests and unrest in Ferguson, and Eric
Garner in New York City.

18.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first
recorded use of the word in English is from 1630, and the first
person known to have used the word in the sense of "a speech
error" is Lord Byron in 1814.
However, this word comes from a character named "Mrs.
________" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The
Rivals. Mrs. ________ frequently misspeaks (to great comic
effect) by using words which don't have the meaning she
intends, but which sound similar to words that do. Sheridan
presumably chose her name in humorous reference to a
word, an adjective or adverb meaning "inappropriate" or
"inappropriately", derived from the French phrase literally
meaning "poorly placed".

19. Raja Rao Dargahi Singh Bhati, the Gurjar chieftain of
______ Bhatner Riyasat, in 1818 possessed 133 villages at a fixed
revenue of Rs.29,000 with capital in Kathera village. He ruled all
over Noida, greater Noida and part of Ghaziabad. In 1828
Britishers attacked the riyasat and he was killed. Britishers took
all wealth, fort and 5000 bighas of land.
Later on land was distributed among farmers quisling in order
to suppress the unrest. It is said by the old persons of the town
that some British were captured where now tahseel is situated
and they were forced to work like a bull in the proceedings.
PHEW! Finally a BULL connection…

21. On the next slides are a couple of photos of
Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to India 5
and a half decades ago.
What are the 2 places shown?

22. The fiction jury had recommended the 1941 Pulitzer
Prize go to X’s Y. Although the Pulitzer Board initially
agreed with that judgment, the President of Columbia
University, Nicholas Murray Butler, persuaded the board to
reverse its judgment because he deemed the novel offensive,
and no award was given that year.
X is the author.
Y is the work.
Years later, an American heavy metal band had to ride the
lightning to feature a song which can be seen as a lyrical
adaptation of a particular scene from the book (chapter 27).

23.
• 2 images on the next slide.
• One represents the initial design, which was
abandoned in July 2015, which on completion
would have cost more than $2bn.
• The other represents the recently unveiled design,
whose estimated cost is $1.2bn.
• Just give me the event and the designer of the
initial prototype…

RESEARCHED & CONDUCTED BY:
SAMANWAY BANERJEE

24. This video is a part of what??
The answer must contain the issue for which this
was made, as well as the organization/company
behind this.
San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Lagos,
Moscow, Cairo, Berlin, London, Paris, Jakarta,
Bangkok, New Delhi and Tokyo were covered
during the making of this video.

25.
ID the singer.
Also, ID the author whose story the movie is
an adaptation of?

1. Shortly after Singapore became an
independent nation in 1965, its founding PM
Lee Kuan Yew was said to have remarked that
he wanted this city-state to be like X ( a city),
which was quite surprising, given how
founding fathers tend to build their nascent
motherland following western society.

2. Barcelona won the 1992 European Cup,
thanks to a Ronald Coeman free-kick at the
extra time. In doing so, they became the 2nd
Spanish club to win the tournament.
Who coached Barcelona to their 1st European
Cup triumph in 1992?

5. Although _______ was originally a part of the
IPC, as drafted by Thomas Macaulay, it was
bizarrely dropped from the law when it was enacted
in 1860. The provision, as it reads today after some
amendments, defines it as any action — whether by
words, signs or visible representation — which
“brings or attempts to bring into hatred or
contempt, or excites or attempts to excite
disaffection towards the Government established by
law in India”.
What’s the good word?

8. Coined by Johann Lukas Schönle in 1839, from a Latin
word meaning “small, swelling bump or pimple”, it was not
until 1882 when when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the
bacillus, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 1905 that the
name began being exclusively used to refer to the disease
formerly popularly known as consumption.
Which disease, estimated by Hippocrates as the most
widespread disease of his age?

THE ANSWER IS…
The Answer is...

The answer to the Question is:
PARKER PEN COMPANY

16. Described by Rolling Stone as the “Mark Zuckerberg
of the online underground”, Christopher Poole founded X
in 2003 when he was just 15 years old.
In January 2015, Poole retired from running it, and in
September 2015, the site was sold to a Japanese
entrepreneur.
However its founder is back in the news, as Google hired
him to tackle social media, one of the few areas of the
internet where Google has failed to compete.
Which highly notorious and controversial site was founded
by Poole?

18.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded
use of the word in English is from 1630, and the first person
known to have used the word in the sense of "a speech error"
is Lord Byron in 1814.
However, this word comes from a character named "Mrs.
________" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The
Rivals. Mrs. ________ frequently misspeaks (to great comic
effect) by using words which don't have the meaning she intends,
but which sound similar to words that do. Sheridan presumably
chose her name in humorous reference to a word, an adjective or
adverb meaning "inappropriate" or "inappropriately", derived
from the French phrase literally meaning "poorly placed".

19. Raja Rao Dargahi Singh Bhati, the Gurjar chieftain of
______ Bhatner Riyasat, in 1818 possessed 133 villages at a
fixed revenue of Rs.29,000 with capital in Kathera village.
He ruled all over Noida, greater Noida and part of
Ghaziabad. In 1828 Britishers attacked the riyasat and he
was killed. Britishers took all wealth, fort and
5000 bighas of land.
Later on land was distributed among farmers quisling in
order to suppress the unrest. It is said by the old persons of
the town that some British were captured where now
tahseel is situated and they were forced to work like a bull
in the proceedings.
PHEW! Finally a BULL connection…

21. On the next slides are a couple of photos of
Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to India 5 and
a half decades ago.
What are the 2 places shown?

• Sabarmati Ashram
• Atomic Energy Centre at Trombay

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
ERNEST HEMMINGWAY

GOOGLE DOODLE on INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S
DAY

TOCHI RAINA
SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY

23.
X is a substance used to treat ischaemia: a lack of
blood flow to parts of the body, particularly in cases
of angina or heart failure.
It is manufactured in Latvia and only distributed in
Baltic countries and Russia. It is not approved by the
Food and Drug Administration for use in the United
States and is not authorized in the rest of Europe.
What is X and why is this heavily in news?

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