FINALS

ILLUMINATIFRESHERS QUIZ

ROUND 1

• Pounce +10/-10• Bounce +10/No negatives• QM IS STILL GOD

1.

In Switzerland it is illegal to own a single _____ _______ as they are prone to loneliness

Guinea Pigs

2.

• The name came from the X region in West Africa, where much of the gold used to make the coins originated.

• The X was a coin of approximately one quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814. It was the first English machine-struck gold coin, originally worth one pound sterling, equal to twenty shillings, but rises in the price of gold relative to silver caused the value of the guinea to increase,

• The popularity that is term gained is such that to this day gold coins are called X in India and elsewhere.

Give X.

2.

GUINEA or Ginni

3.The term …………. ………… is reputedly derived from Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers during the War of 1812. Samuel was widely known by friends and business acquaintances as “……………… ……………. ” for his genial character and sense of humour. Taking their cue from his reputation and the “U.S.” he stamped on meat casks, army troops began joking that their food came from “……….. ………” and calling themselves “……….. ……….’s soldiers”. After the war, people started to associate “……… ……….” with anything related to the U.S. government.The iconic …………. …………. was shown publicly for the first time, according to some. The figure in the long-tailed coat, stove pipe hat and sideburns was captioned “What Are You Doing for Preparedness?”. More than four million copies of this image were printed between 1917 and 1918.FITB

3.

Uncle Sam

4.

• The literal meaning of this organizations meaning is The Army of Mohammed. It is an islamist group based in Kashmir with the mansooba of separating it from India.

• It has been banned in Pakistan since 2002, yet continues to operate freely and is the one responsible for attacks in Pathankot and Uri.

What organization?

4.

Jaish-e-Mohammad

5.

In France and Belgium, farmers every Spring do the ‘‘iron harvest’’ where over 900 tons of stuff is harvested. Not a very easy job, in the last 65 years, on an average 10 people have died every year in this activity. The potential for the ‘’iron harvest’’ is maximum in Laos with 80 million units waiting to be recovered. Since 1974, 0.55% have been harvested. What is this harvest?

IMAGE ON NEXT SLIDE

5.

Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)- bombs, mortars, shells etc. which did not detonate at

the time of the war.

6.

• Mahavir• Geeta• Vinesh• Ritu• Priyanka• Babita

Connect.

6.

Phogats

7. • X was the only warrior to possess the weapons of all the

three Chief Gods. He possessed all three Pashupatastra (Shiva’s Astra), Vaishnavastra (Vishnu’s Astra) and the Brahmastra. X has been called an Atimaharati and is the only one to have that adjective.

• X upon defeating Y tied him onto his celestial chariot and dragged him to his city, X decided to kill Y but Lord Brahma intervened and Y was saved.

• He was granted a boon by Brahmaji that he would never be won-over in any battle, until his Yagna was disturbed and destroyed. X was cautioned that whoever will disrupt this yagna would also kill him.

Give X and Y.

7.

X= Indrajit, Y=Indra

8.X is an annual gathering that takes place at Black Rock CityX, this year, was held between August 28 and September 5, 2016.The X event and its affiliated communities are guided by ten principles that are meant to evoke the cultural ethos that has emerged from the event. They were originally written by Larry Harvey in 2004. They are:• radical inclusion• gifting• decommodification• radical self-reliance• radical self-expression• communal effort• civic responsibility• leaving no trace• participation• immediacy.GIVE X

8.

The Burning Man Festival

9.Judo: History, Theory, Practice is a book published in 2004 and its

description on Amazon.com reads as follows :

“Authors X, Vasily Shestakov, and Alexy Levitsky give a complete history of judo, from its origins in Japanese jujitsu through its development into an Olympic sport, including Russia's contributions to the art. The rules and basic concepts are covered, followed by detailed instruction in break-falling, throwing techniques, and ground grappling. Judo theory is examined, and key practice points are presented, as well as strategies for the beginner and an exploration of kuzushi, Judo's art of unbalancing. Lastly, the authors present the self-defense techniques of judo and introduce the unique Russian art of combat sambo.”

Give X.

9.

Vladimir Putin

10.

Ahmad Ali Khan, Nawab of X, bred these dogs by combining the blood lines of very powerful but ferocious Tāzī, brought in by the Afghans, and the English Y that was more obedient but less resistant to the varying climatic conditions. He gave the name XY to the dogs he bred.

It was the favored hound of the Maharajahs for jackal control but was also used to hunt lions, tigers, leopards, and panthers. The XY is built to cover great distances at high speed but is also capable of great endurance.

Image in next slide.

10.

Rampur Greyhound

11.• ______ ______is a slang term for the film genre dealing mainly with

love and romance which is targeted to a female audience. It can be specifically defined as a genre in which a woman is the protagonist. Although many types of films may be directed toward the female gender, it is typically used only in reference to films that contain emotion or themes that are relationship-base.

• ______ _______often are released en masse around Valentine's Day.

• Feminists objected to the use of the term as derogatory and stereotypical.

• Examples include Twilight, The devil wears Prada, The bodyguard etc.

FITB

11.

Chick Flick

12.

• X accepted in an affidavit filed in the Hon’ble supreme court that Y is reserved only for Hindu Jaat, Hindu Rajputs and Jat Sikhs.

• X claimed that there was no bias in this and it is based completely on functional requirements, though the petitioner felt otherwise.

ID X and Y.

12.

Rashtrapati Angrakshak

Round 2

• Pounce +10/-10• Bounce +5/No Negatives• QM IS GOD EVEN NOW

13.

While X is now a renowned professional television host, there were many roadblocks in the way. X had to undergo a lot of training to appear more graceful and likeable so as to be able to co‐host the 46th Emmy Awards. This story as per X’s own account, inspired the movie Y.Id X and Y.

13.

X – Ellen DeGeneresY – Miss Congeniality

14.

14.

Birthday of Mary Shelley, the British author of Frankenstein

15.

• X was founded by Rahul Roushan, a Delhi based management consultant known by the pseudonym Pagal Patrakar( crazy journalist),

• X uses the same style of news presentation that is pioneered in the USA by the digital media company The Onion.

• It is now owned by Network 18 led First Post.Give X

15.

Faking News

16.

• "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs."• "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz."• "The five boxing wizards jump quickly."• "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!"• "Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack."• "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."Connect

16.

PANGRAMS or holo-alphabetic sentences!Sentence using every letter in the alphabet at least once

17.

Identify the writerand the reason he wrote this

17.

Theodore Roosevelt His wife and mother died within hours of one another in the Roosevelt house in New York City.

18.

LAKSHMI, KRISHNA BALRAM, GANESH

CONNECT

18.

Julia Robert’s children

19. A minimalistic poster of?

19.

20.• X is a form of intellectual exchange among members, who were

originally of the same socio-economic strata, but the process has democratized in modern times. It is most popular among the youths belonging to the so-called "middle-class intelligentsia".

• Although many Kolkatans boast of the city being the birthplace of X culture, Satyajit Ray traces back the origin of the tradition to regular intellectual dialogues prevalent in Ancient Greece at the time of Socrates or Plato.

• Xbazi is a prominent leisurely activity in India and Bangladesh. Elders often indulge in Xbazi but try and prevent their children from as it is seen as something jobless people do.

Give X

20.

Adda , Addebaazi.

21. Identify and give FUNDA

21.

Blood FallsBlood Falls is an outflow of an iron oxide-tainted plume of saltwater.

22.• HE became the first cartoon to be on the US postage

stamp, in 1997. • The only time Disney's biggest star Mickey Mouse and HE,

Warner Bros' biggest star, came together was in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

• HE holds a world record of being the ninth most portrayed film personality in the world.

• In the a cartoon, HE was seen in the end wearing a USMC dress uniform. As a result, the United States Marine Corps made HIM an honorary Marine Master Sergeant.

• HE was one of the very few animated animals who received a star on the Walk of Fame.

Who am I talking about?

22.

Bugs Bunny

23. ID the logo.

23.

Mazagaon Docks Limited

24.

• X is sent from the County Clerk Office in Texas to the International Space Station.

• Once X has been received at the International Space Station, it is utilized for its purpose and sent back to County Clerk Office usually within a day.

• The County Clerk Office is the only place on earth capable of sending X.

• X is usually sent once in 4 years.ID X.

24.

The ballot sheet for astronauts to vote!

25.

• A X is a non-imaging radiometer installed on reconnaissance and navigation satellites to detect atmospheric nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon.

• The name of the detector is a playful pun, derived from the Hindi word for a locally grown variety of cannabis which is smoked or drunk to induce intoxicating effects, the joke being that one would have to be on drugs to believe the X detectors would work. Give X

25.

Bhang Meter

26.

Id the gentleman and the company that he started in 19th century, the company has been witness of farm revolution in India at its every step.

26.

Laxman Rao Kirloskar

27.

According to the Moscow Times:President Vladimir Putin and ….. ….. ….. share a dubious honour: Anyone who depicts either of them with a swastika can be punished under the law.The Justice Ministry published its list of extremist materials on its web site in 2009, with 414 new entrants.The court in Ufa said it has collected extremist material from the residence of a local extremist, and poor ….. ….. ….., decked out in a swastika, was among them.Among the new entries, extremist material is identified as “a picture of ……. …… ……. wearing a swastika,” “a self-made template for a future newspaper, comic or other print materials,” and “a flag with a cross.”FITB

27.

Winnie the Pooh

28.X is a term for a name of a fictional character that suggests a distinctive trait of that character.Examples:• Draco Malfoy• Snow White• Jaggers• Squire Allworthy• Dudley Dooright• Cuthbert CringeworthyDickens's books are full of them, as are the Harry Potter books (e.g., Severus Snape, Neville Longbottom, Argus Filch, Professors Flitwick, Dumbledore).  Give X

28.

Charactonym

29.

• It is a common slang phrase, used as a simple existential observation that life is full of imperfections and unforeseeable events. The phrase is an acknowledgement that bad things happen to people for no particular reason.

• In the 1994 classic X, it was suggested that X created the slang when he was running across the country.

Which phrase? And ID X.

29.

X – Forrest Gump

30.

Karna, in the epic Mahabharata was set afloat by his mother Kunti in a river for the reasons all of us know.Name the river.

30.

ASHVA

FINAL ROUND

• Pounce +10/-10• Bounce +5/-5• QM IS FOREVER GOD

31.

This is a pictorial depiction of a famous or rather infamous trinity? Who are they and where can we find them?

31.

Al-lat, al-uzza and manat,The Satanic Verses

32.• Beyond the discovery that we humans are all X, the main

point of interest in …….'s long descriptions of these people is the comparison between European and Houyhnhnm Land X.

• The X, however, are not merely animals; they are animals who are naturally vicious and represent Mankind depraved. Author describes them in deliberately filthy and disgusting terms, often using metaphors drawn from dung. In terms of their evolution, the words used to describe the X are "degenerating by degrees”, thus representing the distasteful materialism and ignorant elitism author encountered in Britain. Hence the term “X" has come to mean "a crude, brutish or obscenely coarse person".

Give X

33.

Yahoos

As mentioned in Johnathan Swift’s Gulliver Travels

34.

• The rulers of Delhi Sultanate didn’t understand formal macroeconomics but they knew one lesson very clearly – that it was important to signal the government’s intent to keep speculation in check.

• __________ ______ personally inspected the markets and it worked--- checking prices from rising. Such an effect on market is popular in India as the X effect.

Give X.

35.

KHILJI Effect.

36.• X’s name may be misleading for it was founded in 1963,

during the License Raj, by TPG Nambiar in Kerala, as a company for manufacturing hermetically sealed precision panel meters for the defense forces.

• Following economic liberalization in 1991, X faced increased competition from South Korean companies LG and Samsung. Internal disputes within the controlling family took away attention from external threats, and the company's fortunes declined.

• Another meaning of the name X is of a special significance in the goals of a welfare Indian economy.

Give X

37.

• Decades after his death, Afghan Yusufzai women would say "Chup sha, ____ _____Raghlay" ("Keep quiet, _____ ______is coming") to frighten their children into obedience.

• He holds the distinction of being the commander of the only army that successfully defeated the afghans on the Khyber pass.

• His military tactics are still studied by army officials in defense colleges.

WHO?

37.

Hari Singh Nalwa

38.Who designed this logo of Rupa publications and what did he ask as remuneration?

39.

Satyajit RayHe asked for some books

40.

The modern-day ______, was invented by Gallaudet University quarterback Paul D. Hubbard in 1892.

Gallaudet was among the first schools intended for the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and the first intended for their postsecondary education. When quarterbacking, Hubbard realized that his hand signals could be read by opposing players, a particular concern when Gallaudet played other schools for the deaf.

To remedy this, he had his players do something. This practice is now quite prevalent in modern sport all over the world.

Fill in the blank.

40.

Huddle

41.

You may not know about Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, the inventor of the X. He was one of the most famous magicians of his age; he even performed privately for England's Queen Victoria. He often used his X as part of his act, secretly adding electricity to the apparatus that held the X, so that he could make it strike whatever time a member of the audience called out. Later, X would be exclusively developed for Cartier by watchmaker Maurice Couet. The hands appear to float in a X, unattached to any apparatus. It can take months of work before the jeweller can decorate and create beautiful designs.Give X

41.

Mystery Clocks

ID the blanked out guy. He is NOT a footballer.

42.

42.

Rafa Nadal, his Uncle Miguel played for Barca