A General Quiz with a bit of Medical Flavour

This Quiz ,titled "The Alphabets" is a General Quiz with a bit of Medical Flavour - It is the Inaugural Quiz of "Tesseract" ,the Quiz Club of Kottayam Medical College...

1. The Inaugural Quiz of TESSERACT Quiz Club Kottayam Medical College THE ALPHABETS The Next Dimension Quizzing

2. Teams of 3 less. Write the answers clearly in the answer sheets provided. If the answer is not readable, it will be regarded as equivalent to an incorrect answer . Quizzing is a Gentleman’s game – Play Fair. ( Do not use Mobiles or Discuss with other teams…) The Quiz Master does not know everything !!! ( But he certainly knows most of the things about his questions. So Respect the Decisions of the Quiz Master ) The Decision of the Quiz Master is final. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

3. ARE U READY ?

4. 26 questions – All the answers are Guessable The answer (or the key word in the answer) begins with the alphabet corresponding to the question number (For example, for Q1 it’s A ; for Q2 its B; …… ;For Q26 ,its Z ) Some questions have more than 1 points (To be specific, there are 7 questions with 2 points , 1 question with 4 points & the rest of the questions carry a single point) The total score is 36. In case of a tie, the team that makes the most number of answers right in the alphabetic order will be adjudged as the winner. Specific Instructions

5. X was born on 22 May 1859 at Edinburgh , Scotland . From 1876 to 1881 , he studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. In 1882 , he joined one of his former classmates as his partner at a medical practice in Plymouth, but their relationship proved difficult, and X soon left to set up an independent practice .  Arriving in  Portsmouth in June 1882 with less than £10 (£900 today) to his name, he set up a medical practice at Elm Grove,  Southsea .  The practice was initially not very successful . While waiting for patients, X began to do what made him world famous. Who is X ? Q1 .

6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ANSWER

7. Q2. Victoria was the Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. Following her death in 1901,a memorial was built in her honour - The Victoria Memorial(Image next slide) The designer was Thomas Brock & the memorial was unveiled in 1911. The Memorial was built outside a building where the queen resided from 1837 (after her accession to the throne) Name the building .

8. The Victoria Memorial

9. T he Buckingham Palace ,London ANSWER

10. The explanation given in the 9 th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica (dated 1877) about this game (Image next slide) is that , the ancestral form of the game was introduced to Britain from France during the reign of Charles II of England, and was played under the name of  ”paille-maille”  or pall mall, derived ultimately from Latin words for "ball and  mallet“ . In the latter part of the 19th century and early 20th century , this game grew very rapidly in popularity – it was a leisure time game for the upper classes . When lawn tennis took off , the popularity of this game declined. It is even said that snooker probably owes its origins to this game. The game is ? Q3.

11. Alice playing this game in the Wonderland

12. Croquet ANSWER

13. Q4. This network , a trusted brand in their field since 1983 , has more than 100 branches in Kerala ( and a few in Tamil Nadu as well) - making it the largest in that particular field in Kerala. They operate in a joint venture with a famous Company from the same field. They are popular because they provide quality service to the customers . Id this network ( logo shown )

14. Doctor’s Diagnostics & R esearch Centre (DDRC) ANSWER

15. He was born on 14 th June 1928 to parents of Irish descent. Referring to his "restless " nature, his father declared  "the first thing to note is that in my son's veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels". Very early on in life, he developed an "affinity for the poor“. Despite suffering crippling bouts of acute  asthma that were to afflict him throughout his life, he excelled as an athlete, enjoying swimming, football, golf, and shooting; while also becoming an "untiring" cyclist .  He was an avid rugby union player ,  and played at fly-half  for a local Club. His rugby playing earned him the nickname " Fuser” his aggressive style of play . He loved to travel & his travels taught him much - he came in "close contact with poverty, hunger and disease“ –his experiences taught that in order to help these people, he needed to leave the field in which he works at present & enter into another arena. Who is he ? Q5.

16. Ernesto Che Guevara ANSWER

17. Q6 .

18. These two Google doodles appeared on January 12 th 2016. It was the 388 th birthday of a French author Charles Perrault who laid the foundations for a new literary genre , …………. , with his works derived from pre-existing  stories . The best known of his works include    Little Red Riding Hood,    Cinderella,    Puss in Boots,    The Sleeping Beauty, and Bluebeard . Which genre ?

19. Fairy Tales ANSWER

20. The trivalent ion of this particular element is toxic to mammals. But chelated forms are far less toxic. It is used in up to 30% of MRI scans (Image next slide) to improve the clarity of the scanned images or pictures of the internal structure of the body. This improves the diagnostic accuracy of the MRI scan. ( it increases the visibility of inflammation, a tumour or growth, blood vessels, cardiac muscle scarring and assesses the blood flow to organs such as the brain and heart ) Q7.

21. The Image Without The Contrast The Image with T he Contrast

22. Gadolinium ANSWER

23. Q8. (2 points) The U nited States’ Naval academy educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps . The students are officers -in- training and are called midshipmen . In 1912,during t he G raduation ceremony at the Academy, the graduating batch of midshipmen were awarded a new …….. The midshipmen did something with their old …… (the ones they were using) This attracted the attention of students all over – this over time became a tradition. FITB (1 point) What did the graduating batch of midshipmen do ? (1 point)

24. Hat The Midshipmen threw the hat they were using for the last 4 years into Air – The beginning of “Hat Tossing Ceremony” ANSWER

25. ………. is a private game development company estabalished in the year 2008 ,by the husband wife couple  Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova based on Raleigh, North Carolina. Their goal was to create small fun games for everyone to enjoy . They initially created some games but none were a commercial success. In 2011,they designed a game – it was a Mega Hit – it was initially released for iOS ,then ported later for Android & Windows . In 2014,the game crossed 1 Billion downloads. In 2012 & in 2013, Disney studios teamed with this Company to release 2 games to promote two movies released by Disney. Id the company & the game. Q9. (2 points)

26. Imangi Studios Temple Run ANSWER

27. X is a poem written by Lewis Carroll , and included in the book ,”Through the Looking G lass & What Alice Found T here” (the book is a sequel to The Adventures of Alice in wonderland) X is considered one of the greatest poems written in English. There is a monster mentioned in the poem (the name of the monster is also X ) . A well known American dance crew have their name inspired from this monster . Name the poem & and the dance crew . Q10. (2 points)

28. The Monster The Dance Crew

29. Jabberwocky (The Fictional Monster) JabbaWockeez (The Dance Crew) ANSWER

30. F ounded in 1810 , this institution located in Sweden is one of the largest & most prestigious medical universities in the world. In 1895,a Swedish man in his death will entrusted this institute to perform something. The institute started to do it in 1901 & has continued it till 2015 (except in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1940, 1941, 1942 ) There is a special Assembly consisting of 50 Professors from the institute for performing it. Name the institute . (1 point) What was entrusted to this institute in that death will ? (1 point) Q11. (2 points)

31. Karolinska Institute The Institute awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. ANSWER

32. This city, which is the largest Indian city north of New Delhi, was founded in 1480 & named after the then rulers of Delhi Sultanate. This city was referred to as The Manchester of the East by BBC in 2006. The World Bank ranked this city as the city in India with the best business environment in 2009 and 2013 . The city is home to the largest agricultural university in Asia . The first M edical S chool for women in Asia was founded in this city by  Dame Edith Mary Brown in 1894 . Name the city. Q12.

33. Ludhiana ANSWER

34. …….. are small creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from single-celled organisms into beings who exist only to serve history's most despicable masters .  After serving a great deal of masters over the centuries, they find they enjoy serving humans the most. However , after a disastrous end to their service to Napoleon, they are driven into isolation and decide to start a new life in a massive cave in Antarctica . All goes well at first, but after many years, they become depressed, restless and unmotivated without a master to serve. To regain their dignity and sense of purpose, 3 in the group journeys to New York city in 1967. The above is the plot for a film released in 2015 . (it became one of the highest grossing films of all time !!! ) The film is ? Q13.

35. Minions ANSWER

36. The B urning of Incense ( Image next slide) is an integral part of daily life in large parts of Asia, and in addition to use in places of worship, approximately half of populations across South-East Asia burn incense at home on a daily basis. The incense used in Asian countries is made of plant material mixed with essential oils, and forms a combustible mixture which releases fragrant smoke upon burning . One of the postulated etiologies for this condition ,the prevalence of which is high in the South East A sian countries, is the burning of incense. A herpes group virus & a papilloma virus may be associated with this disease The other factors that contribute are a Vitamin C deficient diet & increased consumption of salted foods . The disease is ? Q14.

37. The Chinese burning Incense after Incense in their New Year

38. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ANSWER

39. This name , …….., is derived from Irish language & means “deer lover”. There is a character in Irish mythology having this name. But this name is popular around the world as the nickname of something prestigious. Margaret Herrick ,who was a Librarian ( later became the director) of an institution at California is said to have first used this nickname upon seeing what I mentioned as prestigious in the late 1920s – she remarked upon seeing them , “they look just like my Uncle ……..” The nickname was adopted officially in 1939. FITB Q15.

40. Oscar ANSWER

41. It is an ancient city of historical importance located at the meeting of Punjab, Himachal P radesh and J ammu & Kashmir. It is the last city in Punjab on the national highway that connects Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India . It is a tourist spot – often used as a rest stop before heading into the mountains further north. The city also serves as an   E ducation H ub  for the nearby areas of Jammu & Kashmir  and Himachal. Many students basically from rural areas of these states come to study here . Name the city. (1 point) How did this city feature in the news recently ? (1 point) Q16. (2 points)

42. Pathankot On 2 January 2016, a heavily armed group attacked the  Pathankot , Air Force Station ( part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force ) ANSWER

43. Q are members of a group of religious  Christian movements which is known as the  Religious Society of Friends  in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and parts of North America; and known as the  Friends Church  in Africa, Asia, South America and parts of the US. In the 1870s, Henry D.Seymour who read an E ncyclopaedia article about this group trademarked the brand his Company produced as Q . In 1901, 3 similar companies merged with the above company forming a new Company but they retained the brand name as Q . The logo of the Company has the image of a man in it – popularly called as “ The Q Man “ . T he Company states that the logo does not represent an actual person – the image is that of a man dressed in  Q Garb , chosen because the Q faith projected the values of honesty, integrity, purity and strength At present,the Company is owned by Pepsico . Which Religious group/Company ? Q17.

44. A Q Man in a (somewhat ) traditional dress

45. Quaker ANSWER

46. The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) is an honourary society of the sound editors of motion pictures founded in 1963. The 63 rd Annual Golden Reel Awards ( organized by MPSE) is set to take place on 27 th February 2016. An Indian Sound Designer is nominated for 2 Golden Reel Awards – for his work in 2 films. Both these films were banned in India – One of them is “Unfreedom” a contemporary thriller that chronicles a lesbian love story set in New York and New Delhi. The other is a documentary based on a real incident that occurred in India in 2012 December . It was scheduled to be aired on March 8 th 2015 ,but a court order prohibited its release. But it was uploaded in YouTube on March 4 th ,and it became viral in social media. Id the Sound designer & the film. Q18.

47. Resul Pookutty India’s Daughter ANSWER

48. This phrase ,derived from ……….. , which means “problem” in M allu street slang and a video game by the name of ……….. introduced in the late 1980s. The game about a warrior chasing down villains to rescue the love of his life . The warrior has to overcome difficult terrain and use his wit to get through the levels . But when the warrior is dead , You have to start the game all over again.  The literal meaning of the phrase is “Big Problem”. It was popular in Kochi as a phrase used when people were in a troubled or helpless situation. The usage of this phrase in a 2015 South I ndian film popular made it extremely popular all over Kerala. Id the phrase & the film. Q19. ( 2 points )

49. Scene Contra Premam ANSWER

50. NEXT QUESTION

51. According to the Oxford dictionary ,this English word T2 originated from an Arabic word T1 which meant “ whirl winds” via Portuguese & reinforced by a Chinese dialect that meant “big wind” . There is a disease named T3 ,caused by an obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium , named so because of the cloudy state of consciousness - resembling a T2 like state - that occur in patients not properly treated (as was the case in the past ) This disease T3 when occurred in epidemics had a devastating impact . During Napoleon’s invasion of Moscow in 1812,more F rench soldiers died of T3 than by R ussians. There is another disease T4 ,which means “T3 like” caused by a Gram negative bacterium . What is T1,T2,T3 & T4 ? Q20 . (4 points)

52. T1 – Thoophan T2 – Typhoon T3 – Typhus T4 - Typhoid ANSWER

53. Samuel Wilson (Image next slide) was a meat packer from Troy. During the War of 1812, he was appointed as the meat inspector for the Northern Army. His duties included checking the freshness of meat and assuring that it was properly packaged and that the barrels were according to specification. Each barrel was marked “E.A .- U.S “ . This marking indicated Elbert Anderson (the contractor) , United States. The Army men ,who were mostly locals of Troy, made an association between the US stamp & Samuel Wilson – they began referring to the food as ……. ( the nickname of Wilson ) The local newspaper picked up on the story and ……….. eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. Federal G overnment . Perhaps, the best contributor to the present day image of this personification is the image drawn by J ames Montgomery Flagg during the World War 1 ( over 4 million copies of this poster was printed between 1917 & 1918) . In 1961,the US Congress recognised Samuel W ilson as the progenitor of the America’s National symbol ………… Q21. F I T B

54. Samuel W ilson of Troy Memorial statue in Arlington, Massachusetts

55. Uncle Sam ANSWER

56. George Thomas Valiplackal is a (rich) Rubber planter based in Kanjirapally. He is the owner of “Continental Rubbers” ,the office of which is located at Kodimatha, Kottayam. He was a former executive member of Indian ‘The Indian Rubber Dealers Federation” His group owns a major share in Cochin Cements Limited ,Velloor. Cochin Cements Limited & Hindustan News Print Limited (also at Velloor) donated an amount 40 & 10 lakhs respectively for a building located in Athirampuzha Gram P anchayath. The Building was inaugurated on October 29 th 2005 by O omen Chandy (who was the then Chief Minister of Kerala). W hich famous building am I talking about ? Q22.

57. Valy’s Cancer Care Centre for Children ANSWER

58. Thomas Eakins   (1844   – 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer ,  sculptor, and fine arts educator . He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in American art history . “The Clinic of Dr. Agnew” is an 1889 oil painting by Eakins which was drawn to honour Dr.David Hayes Agnew on his retirement from teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. The medical historians use this painting & another painting drawn by Eakins in 1875 , ”The Gross Clinic” (A painting of Dr.Samuel Gross & his assistants operating on a patient with Osteomyelitis of Femur) – a comparison between these two paintings will reveal a change in a particular custom that existed in medical institutions for centuries !!! What is it ? Q23 .

59. The Clinic of Dr. Agnew

60. The Clinic of Dr.Gross

61. The W hite Coat of Doctors . ( Compare the coat used by the operating doctors in both the paintings ) Earlier, Doctors used to wear Black Robes … Gradually, It became White… ANSWER

62. The meaning of this Greek word is “Yellow Horse”. The name of the Greek thinker Socrates’s wife was also the same. She was a devoted wife & a mother but was strict & argumentative Presently, this word is used to describe any naggish,irritable or quarrelsome women . The word is ? Q24 .

63. Xanthippe ( Xanthos – Yellow & Hippos – Horse) ANSWER

64. Phrases having meaning similar to this were used since the 18 th century. This was most popularized in the 21st century by  rapper Drake , who planned to release a 2011 joint  mix tape titled   ……. along with  Rick Ross . To promote this mix tape, ……. was mentioned prominently on several of their tracks such as "The Motto“ , released on November 29, 2011, with the aim of promoting the tape. This use is said to have elevated the phrase into prominence and common colloquial use . It was one of the most popular phrases in Twitter & a most searched word in Google in 2012 . But the phrase also gained widespread criticism as well – as teenagers used it for explaining their reckless & irresponsible behavior . Q25.Identify the Phrase .

65. A news that came about this popular phrase .

66. You only live once (YOLO) ANSWER

67. A …….. is a temple tower (Image next slide) of the ancient Mesopotamian valley and Iran, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories . The Mesopotamian ………. were not places for public worship or ceremonies. They were believed to be dwelling places for the gods. Through the ……… the gods could be close to mankind and each city had its own patron god. Only priests were permitted inside the …. and it was their responsibility to care for the gods and attend to their needs. There are 32 known …….. near Mesopotamia. Four of them are in Iran, and the rest are mostly in Iraq . FITB . Q26.

68. Ziggurat ANSWER

69. HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT !!