The F.Y.

I Open
Winter ‘09
The Grand Slam of
Quizzing!
(Supposedly)
PRELIMS
 Thou Shalt Follow:
• 25 Questions.
• In Built tie breakers using ** questions.
Please put a ** after the question number
while attempting these.
• Speilng mistkaes are accetped galdly! But
make sure your answer sounds something
like the real-deal.
• Quiz Master’s discretion shall be used in
tight spots during evaluation.
• 6 Teams battle it out in The Finals…
• Q1. What controversy is linked with this
Google Maps image?
• Q2.
• According to the book, Some Hidden
Facts: Martyrdom of_____ ______ ____—
Secrets unfurled by an Intelligence Bureau
Agent of British-India by K.S. Kooner, on
March 23, 1931, ______ was deliberately
hanged in such a manner as to leave him
in a semi-conscious state, so that he could
later be taken outside the prison and shot
dead by the Saunders family. The book
says that this was a prison operation
codenamed "Operation Trojan Horse."
Q3. She’s the 20th most powerful woman
in the world says Forbe’s. Who is she?
Q4. Symbol for what?
Q5. What is this?
Q6. Who is this man on a commemorative USSR stamp
in 1988?
• Q7. In Amritsar, the sales of washing
machines are extra ordinarily high.
Surprisingly, this boom in sales can
be tracked to the numerous
restaurants across the city. Put
Funda.
Q8.
This is an ad for
what?
Q9. These are the rules to be a ______ _____.

•Be a man who comes of his own free will.

•Believe in a Supreme Being (the form of which is
left to open interpretation by the candidate).
•Be at least the minimum age (from 18–25 years old
depending on the jurisdiction).
•Be of good morals, and of good reputation.
•Be of sound mind and body.
•Be free-born.
•Be capable of furnishing character references, as
well as one or two references from current group,
depending on jurisdiction.
Q10.
This is Gustave
Dore’s engraving
depicting Charon
ferrying across
Acheron, to Hell. This
is the illustration of
which classic?
Q11. What connects
these pretty
birdies?
Q12. This is the description of the test to find out if
you’re a _________.

If you're not sure if you are a ________, you should

take this test.

The point value of answering 'yes' to each question

is listed in parentheses ( ) at the end of the
question. The higher the result, the more likely it is
that you are a __________!

Depending on your browser, browsing away from

the automated test page may cause you to lose all
of your progress. But real __________s don't do that
anyway. Come to think of it, actually they might, if
they want to edit this article.
Q13. This is the OST of which recent Oscar
nominated hit?
Q14. Hydrated magnesium
silicate occurs as foliated to
fibrous masses, its monoclinic
crystals being so rare as to be
almost unknown.

Soapstone is a metamorphic
rock composed predominantly
of X. It is not soluble in water,
but it is slightly soluble in dilute
HCl. Its colour ranges from
white to grey or green and it
has a distinctly greasy feel. Its
streak is white.

Studies have established

preliminary links between X
and pulmonary issues, lung
Q15.
In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs
of the dog that bit you applied to the wound will
prevent evil consequences.

'If this dog do you bite, soon as out of your bed,

take a hair of the tail in the morning.‘ This gives
rise to the popular English phrase. What
significance does this phrase have to an
alcoholic?
Q 16.
When you hear the Miranda Speech, you know
you’re in trouble. So its best to keep your mouth
shut and wait for your attorney. What is the
Miranda speech?
Q 17. Connect:
Q 18.
One part gets its name from the Punjabi word for pants
which in turn is derived from Persian for pants.

The other part comes from the Arabic word for shirt
which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European word
for cloak.

If you put the two words what would you get?

Q 19.
This is the logo of a Pan-Slavist Serbian organisation
that is credited with the onset of what event?
Q 20.
One of the earliest examples of Byzantine art in the
region can be found on Mount Nebo, an important
place of pilgrimage in the Byzantine era where
Moses died. This is why this type of art has a name
which means “pertaining to Moses”.
The other etymology is that it is in reference to the
nine Muses of Greek myth. What work of art?
Q21.** Paintings like these display the ______ ______
effect named after the artist who created them. What
effect?
Q22.**
Once upon a time in an Indian village,
there lived three squaws. Two squaws had
young sons who were very overweight. The
first squaw, whose son weighed 150 pounds,
always placed her son on a bear hide near a
pine grove; the second squaw, whose son also
weighed 150 pounds, put her son on a moose
hide in the shade of a large oak tree; but the
third squaw, who was expecting the birth of
her first son, always rested on a
hippopotamus hide beside a bubbling brook.
Her weight? 300 pounds!
     To this day, mathematicians give credit to
these Indian women and their children. Why?
Q23.** Cuba 1814 to 1830. During this period, rum
was cheaply made and not considered a refined
drink, one rarely sold in upscale taverns. Don
Facundo began attempting to "tame" rum. After
experimenting with several techniques he hit upon
filtering the rum through charcoal, which removed
impurities. In addition to this, Facundo aged the
rum in oak barrels, which had the effect of
"mellowing" the drink. What did Don Facundo invent
in this manner?
Q24. **
The first ____ was a two-piece affair. Each piece went
on its own individually only to joined back together in
the final week before the _______ ______ began.
The second was fashioned from sterling silver and was
engraved with traditional symbols of the creative
artists' families and cultures, including a wolf, a raven
and an eagle with a frog in its mouth.
The third was carried into the stadium on an elephant.
The fourth, was designed to symbolize the uniqueness
of the individual and the common rhythm of humanity.
The fifth contained 71 lights on the front, and had a
video camera fitted to record.
The sixth, has soil from different places incorporated
into it and weighs about 1900 grams.
Two blanks. ID object and event.
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