Answers of Quatechetics- the NITS Mirza open Quiz 2014,

QUATECHETICS

QM
Bhrigu Talukdar
Last Gate Inc.

Research
• Bhaskar
Sharma
• IIMC

Research
• Kaustav
Chakraborty
• IT
professional

Research & Grammarian
• BABA NOGEN
DAS
• AKA
• Nayanjyoti
Medhi

Rules
• Mobile phones in switch off mode
• The whole Quiz will be in pounce format
+10/-10
• The decision of the Quiz master is final and
binding

1
Every year began on the first day of the week,
Saturday, and ended on the last day of the
week, Friday.
The mid-year‟s day ,and in leap-years the over
lithe had no weekday name.
The lithe before mid-years day was called 1
lithe, and the one after was called 2 lithe.
The Yule at the end of the year was 1 Yule, and
that at the beginning was 2 Yule.
This is a description of a calendar of a
particular place. You have to name it.

3.
• Where will you find them together?
• Picture next slide

4. The game that these people are
playing ?

5. Something that this person did
made his name „indelliable‟

8.
• What has been blanked out?
• Picture next slide

10.

• The author of
this book
please

12
He is supposed to be a very important
Character in Buddhism. Born as a brahmin
he was given the name of Ahimsaka. He went
to Taxila to for his studies. But the other
students of his guru became jealous of him
and turned the guru against him. The Guru
said that he had to give him a Dakshina
which required the cutting off of body parts of
humans. He followed his Guru‟s orders and
became a highway robber in Kosala kingdom
to collect the body parts which he would wear
in the neck. Thus giving him THE „NAME‟
Gimme the name

13. These are the medicinal uses of
something. What?
• Fighting influenza:- in 1918 to fight the
Spanish influenza pandemic it was used.
• Remedy for asthma and bronchitis
• An antimicrobial
• A contraceptive/abortifacient:
• Antiepileptic
• Balancing the vata and kapha
• Antidote for opium
• Antiflatulent:- medicine for flatulence and
constipation.

14.

• The „Assuwa league‟ was a confederation of
states in western Anatolia, defeated by
the Hittites under an earlier TudhaliyaI around
1400 BC. The league formed to oppose the
Hittite empire. The list of its members
contains 22 names, including uqqa, Warsiya,
Taruisa, Wilusiya and Karkija (Caria).
• This confederacy is mentioned only in the
fragmentary tablets making up Laroche's
CTH 142/85.
The name of this league is suggested as the
origin of which word (pic next slide)

15.
• In the middle of the town is this structure. It was
conceived as symbol of the Divine's answer to
man's aspiration for perfection. Silence is
maintained inside it to ensure the tranquility of the
space. The entire area surrounding it is called
Peace area. The surface of the dome has 56 kg of
Gold, which was sandwiched between as thin
sheets. At its centre is a 70 cm crystal ball in a
gold mount which glows with a single ray of sun
light that is directed on the globe from the top of
the structure. This represents a symbol of future
realisation . This is a brief description of a
structure
 Give me the name of the structure. PIC NEXT

16.
• This substance can be produced from the oils
of coniferous trees and can be distilled
from turpentine. It is used as
a moth
repellent, as an antimicrobial substance, in
embalming, and in fireworks.
• It is used in the cullinary world especially in
India to cook sweet dishes. However in large
doses it is potentially lethal. It is used in folk
Remedies especially in insect bites. It is also
Used in hindu religious ceremonies.
 Gimme the name of the substance…

17.
The following are the first lines of a body of work. It
is in four volumes and the volumes were published
in the year 1867, 1885, 1894 and the author could
not complete the 4th manuscript. His friend and
collaborator finished it and published it later.
Give me the name of this very famous and
influential body of work

• The wealth of those societies in which the
capitalist mode of production prevails,
presents
itself
As
an
immense
accumulation of commodities its
unit
being
a
single
commodity. Our
investigation must therefore begin with the
analysis of a commodity……

18.
• This Hand Gesture was used to implore
God for protection. During the times when
the Christians were persecuted then this
gesture is used to identify the believers
from the non-believers among the
Christians.
• Now the gesture has acquired newer
connotations
• Give me the name of the gesture

20. Which „non medicine‟ man‟s
drawings

21. What is this method called?
• The Method of loci
(plural of Latin locus
for place or location),
is a mnemonic device
introduced in ancient
Roman and Greek
rhetorical treatises (in
the
anonymous
Rhetorica
ad
Herennium,
Cicero's
De
Oratore,
and
Quintilian's
Institutio
oratoria).
In
basic
terms, it is a method of
memory enhancement
which
uses

22.
• The area
marked is blue
is known as the
Shekhawati
region of
present day
Rajasthan,
• What is its
„contribution‟ to
Indian

• Marwari business families originate from here

23
• Identify
the
person
at the
right of
the
„Marlin‟

25.
• This is the dargah
of Hazrat Shah
Miran located at
Sivasagar
• How do we know
him better?

26
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Carnation - Portugal
Velvet
- Czechoslovakia
Yellow
-Philippines
Bulldozer - Yugoslavia
Rose
- Georgia
Orange
– Ukraine
Purple
– Iraq
Tulip
– Kyrgyzstan
Cedar
- Lebanon
Blue
- Kuwait
Jean s
-Belarus

Givw me the X and Y

•
•
•
•

Saffron- Myanmar
Grape- Moldova
Green - Iran
X Y

27.
• This style of cooking XY means slow oven.
This style is supposed to have originated
in the old Awadh region. The cooking is
done on a very low flame so that the meat
and other marrow can cook in their juices.
• X also means to breathe in and Y means
to cook.
• This form of cooking is done in the a very
large pot with the lid sealed tight.
• Give me XY

• Ticker tape was the
earliest digital electronic
communications medium,
transmitting stock price in
formation over telegraph
lines, in use between
around
1870
through
1970.
• It consisted of a paper strip
which ran through a
machine called a stock
ticker
,which
printed
abbreviated
company
names
as
alphabetic
symbols
followed
by
numeric stock transaction
price and volume in
formation .
• What „celebratory‟ purpose

28.

• Ticker tape parade of New York

29
• He was an Indian aerospace engineer, widely regarded as father of
experimental fluid dynamics research in India.
• Born in Srinagar, he was a graduate of University of the Punjab in
Lahore, British India (now Pakistan), where he completed a Bachelor
of Arts in mathematics and Bachelor of Science in physics, followed
by a Master of Arts in mathematics from the same institution.
• In 1943, moved to United States to further his education. He attended
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and completed a Bachelor of
Engineering in mechanical engineering.
• In 1947, he completed a Master of Science in aerospace engineering
and Aeronautical Engineer‟s Degree from California Institute of
Technology followed by a double PhD. in mathematics and aerospace
engineering under the supervision of his advisor Dr. Hans W.
Liepmann 1951
• Who is he?

30.
• This is a
daguerreotype of
Robert Cornelius
taken in 1835
• Connect this to a
current
phenomenon

• The phenomenon is Selfie
• This is the first self photograph

32.
• When Bhrigu's wife Puloma was pregnant
and lived in her hermitage, a Rakshasa
harassed her. Puloma's child slipped from her
womb, called a 'chyut' child in Sanskrit, (early
delivery) and thus received his name.
• He was powerful enough to oppose the Vajra
of Indra and was responsible for the Ashvins
getting their share of the sacrificial
offerings.... the ashvins also restored his
youth using a substance which bears his
name...
• which brand?

33.
• A‟s character is represented by the word
oikake, which means “to run down or pursue”
• B‟s is characterized as machibuse, meaning
“to perform an ambush”
• C‟s is portrayed as kimagure, meaning “a
fickle, moody, or uneven temper”
• D‟s character is described as otoboke,
meaning “pretending ignorance”, and his
nickname is “Guzuta”, meaning “one who
lags behind
• Who are A, B , C and D?

• ANSWER
• The four ghosts of pacman

34.
• According to a published a study, led by Graham
Johnson of the emergency department of Royal Derby
Hospital, this person‟s weekly alcohol consumption
totaled 92 units a week, which is more than four times
what doctors recommend. A real person would not be
able to carry out such complicated tasks and function
that he normally does.
• According to the researchers this person has
considerable risk of developing alcoholic liver disease,
cirrhosis, impotence, and other alcohol-related health
problems, together with being at serious risk of injury
or death because of his drinking.
• The researchers have put this person‟s life expectancy
to be around the age of 56.
• Who are they talking about?

• International Federation of Vexillological
Associations

37.
• Sir David Brewster began work leading towards
invention of this „scientific toy‟ in 1815 when he
was conducting experiments on light polarization.
His initial design was a tube with pairs of mirrors at
one end, pairs of translucent disks at the other,
and beads between the two.
• Brewster chose renowned achromatic lens
developer Philip Carpenter as the sole
manufacturer of this toy in 1817. It proved to be a
massive success with two hundred thousand of
these were sold in London and Paris in just three
months.
• Brewster wanted to patent it and make money
from this invention. But a fault in his application
facilitated others to make copies of this invention.

38
• Connect both the
pictures.
ELABORATE

39.
• An American actor of
Indian origin active
from 1930-40.
• His role in his first film
was the same as his
father‟s profession.
• Shares his name with
an
Indian
comic
character and an
ECW wrestler who
was named after him.

40
• The phrase „Sic Temper
Tyrannis‟ means "death
to tyrants"
• This phrase connects
two historical events A
and B that happened
within a gap of 2000
years.
• How does the phrase
connect
these
two
events?

• A: Brutus Killing Caesar
• B: John Wilkes Booth Killing Abraham Lincoln
• This phrase was uttered in both the above
cases after the killers killing both the
personalities

41.
It was designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978
The first of this type had the following colours representing the
following
• hot pink: sexuality
• red: life
• orange: healing
• yellow : sunlight
• green: nature
• turquoise: magic /art
• indigo/blue: serenity/harmony
• violet: spirit
• . After that it has gone numerous revisions due to
manufacturing restrictions culminating into six of the above
colours

42.
• It is An aggressively managed portfolio of
investments that uses advanced investment
strategies such as leveraged, long, short and
derivative positions in both domestic and
international markets with the goal of
generating high returns.
• This sort of portfolios were thought to be
responsible for the recent recession in the
American Financial markets.
• How are they commonly known as?
• Clue: Ornamental Plant

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