THE NITK QUIZ BLOG

Six Degrees

Sumeet — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:23:35 +0000

A published more than 1525 mathematical papers in his life. His friends honored his work with the idea of AX, which works on the same principle of six degrees of separation.
There also exists a BX, which honors the prolific actor B. Consequently there is ABX. Natalie Portman and Richard Feynman, both have an ABX of 6.
There is also CX which concerns musicians. Stephen Hawking is the only person to have a single figure ABCX.
Who are A,B and C?

Stupid Connect.

Sumeet — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:15:09 +0000

X is an island in the Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 km (140 mi) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the center of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks.

It is a major international tourist destination and is frequented by many celebrities as a honeymoon destination.

In the New Testament, Jesus prophesied the betrayal by Peter: “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, Peter, before ___ _______ _____ _____, you will deny three times that you know me.’” (Luke 22:34) Thus it happened (Luke 22:61), and Peter cried bitterly. This made the X a symbol for both vigilance and betrayal. It serves as a tangible vessel of Christ for some as in the gospel of Matthew, Mark and Luke in the New Testament with Christ speaking through the X. In the sixth century, Pope Gregory I declared the X the emblem of Christianity. This has led to the presence of something on the top of church steeples. What?

Erm….The scientific name of the answer goes into the connect.

X is a Dutch manufacturer of automotive navigation systems, including both stand-alone units and software for personal digital assistants and mobile telephones. It is the leading manufacturer of navigation systems in Europe. It was a follow-up of Palmtop Software.

On June 11, 2012, at an event for Apple’s iOS 6 preview, X was announced as the main mapping data provider for Apple’s revamped iOS 6 “Maps” app replacing long time provider Google Maps.

X is a 1977 American musical-drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as standards, to Scorsese’s home town.

In 1979, the theme song from the movie was recorded by Frank Sinatra, for his album Trilogy: Past Present Future , and has since become closely associated with him. The song has been embraced as a celebration of the city, and is often heard at social events and in works that revolve around it.

X refers to any of several types of sweets, especially small candies enrobed in chocolate.

The first reports of Xs come from the 17th century, when they were made at the French royal court. Their name arose from infantile reduplication of the French word for meaning ‘good’. In modern French and several other European languages, the term simply refers to any type of candy or small confection.

This sweet inspired Johann Strauss II to compose a waltz named “Wiener Xs”.

Ferrari launched its replacement for the Enzo this year in the Geneva motor show. It has a naturally aspirated 6.3-litre V12 along with a KERS system (first for any road going Ferrari). The mid-mounted, direct injection engine is an evolution of the F12Berlinetta’s unit, and is hooked up to a dual-clutch gearbox and electric motor charging a 120-cell, 60kg lithium ion battery pack. The V12 spins to 9250rpm and produces 790bhp; the electric motor adds the equivalent of another 160bhp making it a total of 950bhp and 663lb/ft of torque in a car that weighs around 1300kg dry (roughly the same as the Enzo).

What is it called?

S. S. Daterape

Sumeet — Wed, 01 May 2013 05:12:56 +0000

Exit… Van Left

Caress of Krieger

Vanispheres

Do you watch Archer?

These are Krieger’s various vans through the series. Apparently the paint job is a reference to something. So is their names. What?

Buzz Inyourear

Sumeet — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:33:32 +0000

G is a person who upsets the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or just being an irritant. In his defense while on trial for his life, S pointed out the high cost to society of silencing individuals who were irritating- “If you kill a man like me, you will injure yourselves more than you will injure me,” because his role was that of G, “to sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth.”

G also appears in Greek mythology as a tormentor to I. Z lusts after I and turns her into a white heifer to hide her from his jealous wife. She is not fooled, and demands her as a gift from Z. She then sends K, the 100-eyed monster to guard her. H, on Z’s orders, kills K. When she finds out that K has been killed, causing I to become loose, she sends the G to torment and sting I, forcing her to wander far away from home.

The G also plays a role in the myth of how B loses P while riding it to the top of Mt. Olympus. Z is enraged by the human’s attempt to ascend to the home of the gods. He sends G to sting P, who is startled and he rears backward. B loses his grip and falls back to Earth. His life is spared, but he becomes blind and wanders the earth until he dies, being hated by both men and gods. He never finds P again.

Erm…G,S,I,Z,K,B and P please.

Even More Metallic People

Sumeet — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:07:38 +0000

The initial 1963 versions were made from ultra-fine 3-D knit iron alloy, powered by flat linear armature DC motors (rechargeable via any electrical outlet), short-wave radio (even a rotary phone was used once), collapsible roller skates. Most functions were controlled by miniature electronic switches mounted on the insides of various pieces; by pressing various combinations of them (using even the tongue), different systems were engaged.

The modern version is almost unrecognizable when compared to that.

Actually it looks almost exactly the same.

What is being talked about here?

Crud

Sumeet — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:33:54 +0000

FITB

What Really Happened

Sumeet — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:32:33 +0000

…..erm its pretty lame….What is being blanked out?

Clue(Really?)-look at the hands

Retool

Sumeet — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:12:09 +0000

Where would you find this?/Who was this aimed at?

Hard to Swallow?

Sumeet — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:41:42 +0000

A history buff receives a call from a radio jockey asking,” Who shot A in that famous duel? “. Answering the question will win him 10000 dollars. He seems more than capable of answering the question (B) as his house is full of artifacts pertaining to the duel. However his mouth is full of peanut butter and all he can say is “Awwon Buww”, as he doesn’t have C to wash it down.

This is the first instance of an award winning advertise campaign and was directed by D. However these ads are more fanservice than trivia nowadays.

What ad campaign? Answer everything.

Last Man Standing

Sumeet — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:36:03 +0000

X is a philosophical idea concerning the existence of oneself. It is quite wacky to say the least an thus has been referenced in many works(read satirized). In Iain Banks’ Against A Dark Background, a hovercraft full of Xist mercenaries makes an appearance. Their philosophy however keeps them from being a cohesive unit.

“I used to be called Elson Roa”.

“Elson Roa”, she repeated.

“But then I became God”,he nodded. “Or rather realized that I always had been God. God in the monotheistic sense that I am all that really exists”.

“But if you’re God,” Sharrow said to Elson Roa, “why do you need the others?”

‘What others?” Roa said.

Sharrow looked exasperated. “Oh, come on.”

Elson Roa shrugged. “My apparences? They are the sign that my will is not yet strong enough to support my existence without extraneous help. I am working on this.” Roa coughed. “It is, indeed, in a very real sense, an encouraging sign that we lost six of our number at the Log-Jam, as this indicates my will is becoming stronger.”

“What about the others? Do they – the apparences – all call themselves God, too?” she asked.

“Apparently,” Roa said, without the hint of a smile.

“Hmm.” She bit her lip.

Roa looked suddenly confused. “Um, apart from one, who’s an atheist,” he said suddenly.

“I beg your pardon?”

“We all call ourselves God except for one apparence, who is an atheist.”

“Ah-ha,’ she said, nodding slowly. ‘And what does this person call themself?”

‘”Me.”

“Uh-huh.”

What is X?

Anybody?

Sumeet — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:11:08 +0000

X is Latin for ____ , and also Greek for “I give what is due“. It is, moreover, the Latin rendering of Ancient Greek Outis , the pseudonym Odysseus employed to outwit the Cyclops Polyphemus.
X was the name of a few other fictional characters-

A seafaring Indian Prince

A Fish

The protagonist of the movie “ Mr. ____”, thus making his name ___ ___.

What is X?

Food for Thought

aninditar — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:07:16 +0000

Tomato
Chili Beef
Tomato Rice
Cheddar Cheese
Vegetable Bean
Onion
Black Bean
Clam Chowder
Pepper Pot

Full list has 32. Where would you famously find these names?

The Girl?

Sumeet — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:07:45 +0000

What famous photograph has been subtly modified to create this?

What is this work called and the creator too..

_é_

Sumeet — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:32:08 +0000

Apologies for the …..wall of text. Pretty simple connect though. All answers have inspired something. What is it?

The first known mention of the word was in the third century AD in a book called Liber Medicinalis by the physician to the roman emperor Caracalla, who prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet containing the word written in the form of a triangle. This, he explained, diminishes the hold over the patient of the spirit of the disease.

It was used as a magical formula by the Gnostics in invoking the aid of beneficent spirits against disease and misfortune. It is found on Abraxas stones which were worn as amulets. It was probably derived either from Hebrew or Aramaic language (אברא כדברי) meaning “I will create as my words“. Londoners posted the word on their doorways to ward off sickness during the Great Plague of London. Aleister Crowley regarded it as possessing great power.

X is well known as a flower found in a few rain forests in Southeast Asia, although it breaks many of the rules we associate with flowering plants. Its members have no leaves, stems or visible roots. The only visible feature that they have in common with other flowering plants is the flower itself… and even that is only in bloom for brief periods of time. For the rest of the time, the only evidence of the plant’s existence is a closed-up, dark-colored bud.

They can’t photosynthesize as they are parasites. Their roots have evolved into appendages called haustoria, which burrow into the tissue of other plants and suck out nutrients.

In addition, the flowers give off an extremely pungent smell similar to rotten meat. They seem to resemble rotting flesh visually, too. This is to attract flies for pollination instead of butterflies.

In medieval times, cotton plants were depicted as strange half-plant, half-sheep hybrids. Likewise, one popular view of Xs was that they represented a sort of intermediate stage between plants and humans as their roots are very thick and are often forked in a way that makes them resemble a human torso and legs. This led to myths that Xs were a primitive form of humans.

They are very poisonous and produce a class of chemicals (and its most potent variety), which interfere with the nervous systems of humans and other animals. The plants most likely evolved these chemicals as a defense against being eaten, but in sufficiently small quantities, they can be used for medicinal purposes, ranging from asthma to Parkinson’s disease, while in ancient times they were mostly used as a form of anesthetic, since disrupting the activity of the nervous system does have the effect of numbing pain.

Once upon a time, there was a priest who maintained a temple. The priest kept a cat, and though he was very poor, he would often share his food with it. One day, though, the priest found that there was no food left, and in his hunger, he shouted at the cat: “I’ve always fed you in spite of my poverty, so couldn’t you do something for this temple for once?” The cat got up and wandered out of the temple.

As it happened, the lord of the district was out riding near the temple at the time. It started to rain heavily, prompting him to take shelter beneath a tree. He then noticed the cat sitting in front of the temple, _________ to him. The cat’s behavior puzzled him, and so he approached it with interest. As he walked, a bolt of lighting struck the tree he had been underneath and brought it crashing down. It had saved his life.

He picked it up and rushed into the temple. When he discovered that the priest was the owner of the cat, he was filled with gratitude. The temple was adopted as his family temple, and went from being dilapidated to a place of splendor.

One of the primary reasons the fish is symbolic in Japanese culture is because it is known for swimming upstream no matter what the conditions are. These fish are even said to swim up waterfalls. This is viewed as an absolute show of power because they will continue to swim upstream as if on a mission. Their swimming downstream is considered bad luck.

According to Japanese legend, if a X fish succeeded in climbing the falls at a point on the Yellow River, it would be transformed into a Y. Based on that legend, it became a symbol of worldly aspiration and advancement.

Another legend states that the X climb the waterfall bravely, and if they are caught, they face their death on the cutting board bravely like a samurai.

More Metallic People

Sumeet — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:28:59 +0000

Excerpt from a Yes Minister script. Which famous person wrote it?

PM: Yes. It’s all very simple. I want you to abolish economists.

JH: [Mouth open] Abolish economists, Prime Minister?

PM: Yes, abolish economists ….. quickly.

SH: [Silkily] All of them, Prime Minister?

PM: Yes, all of them. They never agree on anything. They just fill the heads of politicians with all sorts of curious notions, like the more you spend, the richer you get.

JH: [Coming around to the idea] I see your point, Prime Minister. Can’t have the nation’s time wasted on curious notions, can we? No.

SH: [Sternly] Minister.

PM: Quite right, Jim. Absolute waste of time. Simply got to go.

JH: [Uncertain] Simply got to go?

PM: [Motherly] Yes Jim. Don’t worry. If it all goes wrong I shall get the blame. But if it goes right – as it will – then you’ll get the credit for redeploying a lot of underused and misapplied resources. Probably get promotion too.

SH: [Indignantly] Resources? Resources, Prime Minister? We’re talking about economists.

PM: Were, Sir Humphrey. Were.

JH: [Decisively] Yes Humphrey, were. We’re going to get rid of them.

PM: Well, its all settled then. I’ll look forward to receiving your plan for abolition soon. Tomorrow, shall we say? I’d like you to announce it before it all leaks.

JH: [Brightly] Tomorrow then, Prime Minister.

PM: Yes. Well, go and sort it out. Now, Sir Humphrey ….. what did you say your degree was?

Thumbs Up!!!

Sumeet — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:24:51 +0000

Kinda like a Stage 2, i.e. answer each question and connect in the end.

All these movie terms were coined by someone. Name the terms. Who coined them? (that’s the connect)

In a high speed chase, a car shifts more gears than it actually has. In the movie this term is named after, the hero upshifts more than 16 times.
As American movies ended the long frontier trek and began to look inward for sources of inspiration, this dialogue replaced “Westward ho!”
Any film using a plot which can be summarized by saying “One’s a…” For example, “One’s a cop. One’s an actor.” Or “One’s a saint. One’s a sinner.”
In every movie with Italian-American characters, one must be named X.
Coined after a scene, where X is taking a bath, and a guy bursts in the room, promising him how he plans to have his revenge, only to have X kill him. X then advises the corpse, “If you have to shoot, shoot don’t talk.”

More Heinlein?

Sumeet — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:46:58 +0000

Pretty obscure…….

This story tells about the journey of a mechanical genius from his self-imposed exile from the rest of humanity to a more normal life, conquering the disease myasthenia gravis as well as his own contempt for humans in general.

Being born a weakling, he channeled his intellect, and his family’s money, into the development of the device patented as “Synchronous Reduplicating Pantograph”. Wearing a glove and harness, he could control a much more powerful mechanical hand simply by moving his hand and fingers. In the story, these devices became popularly known as “Xs”. In reference to this story, the real-life remote manipulators that were later developed also came to be called Xs. Specifically; an “X” is a device which is controlled by moving a model of the device; usually a pair of robotic hands that are controlled by sensors in a pair of gloves.

No relations to that other X, though .What is X?

Anti what?

Sumeet — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:19:12 +0000

Anti-X is a board game made by San Francisco State University Professor Ralph Anspach in response to X. The game was originally to be produced in 1973 as Bust the Trust.

The original game begins with the board in a “Xed” state, effectively the “result” of a completed X game. Players take the role of federal “case workers” bringing indictments against each business in an attempt to return the state of the board to a free market system.

Claim to Fame

Sumeet — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:16:25 +0000

Have you read “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”? In it,the lunar colony is maintained by a High-optional, logical, multi-evaluating supervisor, which is affectionally called Mike by the hero. This is in reference to another character who is admittedly the more brilliant but lazy brother of a famous character from another franchise. He became the head of British intelligence in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and was called ‘M’ as a nod to Ian Fleming’s works. Who am I talking about?

He made Magic!

aninditar — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:29:25 +0000

Who is Tom Hanks portraying in this picture?