IIT Roorkee Fresher Cooker Quiz - 2023 (FINALS)

IIT Roorkee's 1st Quiz for the fresher batch of 2023

1. FINALS!!!

2. RULES

3. Pounce/Bounce Trial Question: "You are entangled like a trap    Just like a darling    With a desi style, I speak to the world The Jat boy dances.” What do you better know this as?

4. A. System pe System

5. Q1 Chennai-based company GM ____ International Pvt Ltd, had been the Indian licensee of a US-based company X for about two decades, during which time, they became a household Indian brand because of a certain 5 Rupee product they made under the brand name X. The company also made several ads featuring arguably the most famous Indian cricketer. However in 2016, GM decided to dissolve ties with X, and decided to go solo because of export restrictions, and thus changed their name. This change was perceived by many to be simply a change in the brand name, but was actually was reflective of a change in ownership. Give me the change and the brand being talked about.

6. A Reynolds —> Rorito

7. Q2 ‘The Artist’, a French black-and-white film was released in 2011, as an homage to 1920s movies. It went on to achieve several awards, including the Best Picture at the Oscars. It also had a certain quality which only one other Best Picture Winner has had before, which was ‘The Wings’, which won at the first edition. The interesting part about the movie is that despite being a French Movie, it was not allowed in the Foreign Language Category due to this same quality, citing that it did not have enough French spoken in it. What was this special “quality”?

8. A It was (mostly) a silent movie.

9. Q3 In the next slide, there’s an instagram post containing a reference from “Game of Thrones”, released by X, a politician, after winning against Y in a lok sabha constituency, this being a shocking defeat for Y, considering he was the party leader. The 2 politicians are again trending over the internet for an “action” done in the parliament by Y, which was highly criticized by X. ID X and the “action”(funda).

10. I've come to bargain

11. A X: Smriti Irani Rahul Gandhi’s flying kiss to the parliament

12. Q4. FIFA World Cup is one of the most popular sporting events in the world. But not many know that the official match ball used in the world cup is manufactured in an Asian city X, in country Y. X is also known for producing surgical instruments at a large scale. These are used all over Y and exported to other countries. X also has its own prominent cricket stadium, which earlier hosted many international matches. The number has now significantly reduced due to security concerns , but it still hosts domestic games. ID X and Y.

13. PHINEAS FRONT VIEW

14. A X : Sialkot Y : Pakistan

15. Q5. X, former American president is known to release his favourite music list every year. In 2019, an Indian artist Y featured in this list, who has become popular in India for his concerts. The music video stars Jim Sarbh, an Indian actor, who also performed in bollywood movies and series, for eg: Neerja, Padmavat, Rocket Boys. ID X and Y.

16. X: Barack Obama Y: Prateek Kuhad ​

17. Q6 You must have sung/heard a rhyme X in your childhood. X is highly popular but not all know its diseased origins, dated back to 17th century. The fatalism of the rhyme is brutal: certain words in it pertain to “euphemism for deadly rashes ”, “a supposed preventative measure ”, “ sneezing sounds ”, and death . X is thus aptly used in the game Y in a creepy way, which gained even more popularity in 2020 due to the circumstances at that time. ID X and Y

18. A X: Ringa Ringa Roses Y: Plague.inc

19. Q7 X(5 ) Y(5 ) Metro is an integrated transport system serving the Greater X region in ______, India. It is the first Y metro system in India and the first integrated Y transport system of this size in Asia, which connects X ’s 10 island communities with the mainland through a fleet of 78 battery-operated electric hybrid _____ plying along 38 terminals and 16 routes spanning 76 kilometers. Id X and Y .

20. A X: Kochi Y: Water

21. Q8 Saat Hindustani was a movie released in 1969, that dealt with the themes of nationalism, and won several National awards. The movie depicts the struggle of seven people from different parts of India to achieve a certain objective post-independence. However, the movie is also famous for another reason, completely unconnected from the freedom struggle, as this is the first time you might have seen a certain person. ID the "objective" and who you saw for the first time.

22. A Objective - Liberation of Goa from the Portuguese It was Amitabh Bachchan's debut movie

23. Rules There are 5 image questions Each slide contains an indirect reference to the TV advertisement of a brand/product. 5 marks for each correct answer Correct answer means both the tagline and the product/brand

24. Q1

25. Q2 Tagline: “Ye ___…___ hai ”

26. Q3

27. Q4

28. Q5

29. Answers 1. Bolo Zubaan Kesari (Vimal) 2. Ye No.1 yaari hai (McDowells No.1) 3. Hello Hunny Bunny (Idea) 4. Badshah Masala (no tagline required) 5. Sabki pasand nirma(Nirma)

30. Even though people might consider the origin of this popular phrase(X) to be from games like snakes and ladders where you would lose all your progress thus X. Its roots lie in football.  Basically, when football was broadcasted on radio, it was difficult for people to follow the game thus the field was divided into ______ .The commentator would say how a ball is passed from ______ 4 to ______ 6.  Thus, when goalie would get the ball back it would technically mean the ball is X.  What is this popular phrase? Q1

31. A Back to Square 1

32. Q2 The map in the next slide depicts how good each country is at a particular skill. Tell me what skill this is, that came to prominence a few years ago. (Pay attention to the colors on the map).

33. Q2

34. A2 Wordle

35. Q3 Given in the next slide in a meme referencing a certain event that occurred in the late 20 th century China, and changed said country’s political climate. The event was immortalized in an image taken by American photographer Jeff Widener, who received widespread recognition for it.

36. A3 Tiananmen Square Massacre

37. Q4 The 1998 music album X was the first album, that made Y famous. It was in collaboration with _____ ______, a prominent lyricist, who has also worked with Y in many big albums in the following decade. X’s title track, 3 minutes long, never mentions the title in its lyrics, but is popular across the nation due to a particular feature (which is the title itself). There was also an attempt to implement this feature in a 2012 Arijit Singh song in its first stanza, which also gained huge success and was remade in 2017. ID X and Y.

38. A4 X: Breathless Y: Shankar Mahadevan

39. Q5  Pritam has been known for reproducing tunes for his songs from various old International hits. One such example is this song from the movie Y whose tune has been inspired from the famous song Z. ID Y and Z.

40. A Y: Agent Vinod Z: Rasputin by Boney M.

41. Q6. Give Funda.

42. A Lay’s Country Flavours Sold in India

43. Q7 X is an Indian city which is famous for crude oil deposits.  The town gets its name from the phrase (which is the same as the name of the book) which is what the English and Canadian miners ordered the male labourers as they dug for crude oil. Give me the town and the phrase.

44. Digboi Dig Boy Dig

45. Q8. This organisation had become very famous by 2002, but due to a lawsuit by another nature-related organisation, it had to change one letter in its name. Thus, the name by which we now know the organisation was born. For marketing the new name, this organisation ran a campaign called "Get the F Out". ID the organisation.

46. WWE from WWF