You will have to suffer

Rules• 36 questions. “+10” for each correct answer. No negative marks. Go for any guesses.• If you are sure about your answer then you can put a star infront of the

answer which will fetch you twice the marks. But if after putting the star, you got the answer wrong then “-10” will be on its way to your answer sheet. And one more thing is that some questions carry more than one part with “+5” for each. So if you put a star in such questions, you have to give me all the answers correctly. Otherwise “-10” will be another gift from my side.

• Don’t shout like monkeys. Discuss among your partners not with your fellow teams.

• Keep your phones on silent mode. I’m not gonna tell you to switch it off. Its 21st century guys. Quizzes aren’t superior than your girlfriend/s. XD XD.

The quiz master has researched all the questions, and has tried to cross-check almost

every info. Any resemblance to questions in other blogs/pages/quizzes are purely coincidental. For Rotten Tomatoes you can meet me after the

quiz. I will be more than happy to throw it back to you (-_-)

“All the best guys. Hope you will have a good time.”

1. Gödel, ______, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, is a 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter. The tagline "a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll" was used by the publisher to describe the book. By exploring common themes in the lives and works of logician Kurt Gödel, artist ______ and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, the book expounds concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence.

Gimme the name of the artist. (Pic on the next slide)

The answer is..

M. C. Escher

2. Roller coaster elements are the individual parts of roller coaster design and

operation, such as a track, hill, loop, or turn. Variations in normal track movement that add thrill or excitement to the ride are often called "thrill elements". One of the thrill element shown in the next slide derives its name from a food item because of its similar shape.

Gimme the name of this “thrill element” (Pic on next slide)

The answer is..

Pretzel Loop

3. In the painting a traditionally dressed person has settled on the threshold between the front and middle ground. Richard Field suggests the

white tiare flower behind the left ear indicates seeking for a spouse. The second figure in a high-necked Western-style dress sits erectly. Field thought the gesture derives from Buddhist art. The second figure is flush with the yellow-blue area. The face is painted with individual features and represents the centre of the image. The pink colour of the dress is clearly distinct from the other colours. At the bottom right of the painting there is an inscription as "NAFEA Faa ipoipo“, whose english translation gives the name of the painting.

The painting please.

The answer is..

When Will You Marry? by Paul Gauguin

4. This flag is used by the government of “X” since March 15, 1973. The flag contains an Islamic creed called shahada along with their symbol for the

strictness in applying justice. Because the shahada is considered holy, the flag is not normally used on T-shirts or other items. “X” protested against its inclusion on a planned football to be issued by FIFA, bearing all the flags of the participants of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The officials said that kicking the creed with the foot was completely unacceptable.

The flag is never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning, because lowering it would be considered blasphemous.

Similarly, the flags of Somaliland and Iran are also never at half-mast.

Which flag am I talking about?

The answer is..

Flag of Saudi Arabia

5. The founder introduced the marketing slogan “__ _________" in 1896. He later claimed that he was inspired by an advertisement he

saw while riding an elevated train in New York City (a shoe store boasting "21 styles"). The reason for “__" is unclear. He said he chose the first digit because it was lucky for him, while the latter was his wife’s lucky digit. However he also said that the second digit was selected specifically because of the "psychological influence of that figure and of its enduring significance to people of all ages".

Gimme the name of the COMPANY and FITB.

The answer is..

Heinz and "57 Varieties"

6. Diego Velázquez was a 17th-century Spanish master painter, the leading artist in the court of

King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist. Famous modern artists, including Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon etc. have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous works.

Now my question is, what iconic “thing” in the world of art has been influenced by this painter.

(Pic on the next slide)

The answer is..

The flamboyant moustacheof Salvador Dalí

X1. It is the primary dish in

a meal.2. Here the main

components of the dish are cooked separately

before being layered and cooked together.

3. It has more complex and stronger spices.

Y1. It is usually a secondary accompaniment in a larger

meal.2. It is a single-pot dish,

where the main components of the dish are simmered in a liquid until

the liquid is absorbed.3. Spices are mild and less

7. Colleen Taylor Sen is a Canadian American translator and author who gave the following differences between this two very popular asian dishes.

Gimme “X” and “Y”.

The answer is..

X : BiryaniY : Pulao

8. The photo on the next slide features a hoodoo at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. It is sometimes referred to as a tent rock or fairy chimney. They

form because of erosion processes and may be found in badland areas whenever relatively hard rock overlays softer more erodible rock, such as sandstone. Here the sandstone is from the Claron Formation. The harder more resistant caprock protects the softer underlying layers from frost, wind, rain, freezing and thawing so that the rate of erosion is slower than elsewhere.

The name of this hoodoo is inspired from the field of mythology because of its similar phenotype. What is the famous name of this hoodoo?

The answer is..

Thor's hammer

9. Sitter

Just identify the painter.

The answer is..

David Bowie

10. Havana, Cuba, is the birthplace of this famous drink,

although the exact origin of this classic cocktail is the subject of debate. One story traces it to be similar as the 16th century drink known as "El Draque", after Richard Drake. In 1586, after his

successful raid at Cartagena de Indias, Drake's ships sailed towards Havana but there was an epidemic of dysentery and scurvy on board. It was known that the local South American Indians had remedies for various tropical illnesses, so a small boarding party went ashore on Cuba and came back with ingredients for an effective medicine. The ingredients were fire water, a crude form of rum made from sugar cane mixed with local tropical ingredients: lime, sugarcane juice, and ____. Lime juice on its own would have significantly prevented scurvy and dysentery,

and tafia/rum was soon added as it became widely available to the British. ____, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit.

The answer is..

Mojito

11. This place is locally known as "Sairandhrivanam", which in Malayalam means Sairandhri's Forest. Sairandhri is Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas in the epic

Mahabharatha, who disguised herself as Sairandhri, the maid of a queen named Sudeshna, while her family was in exile. The Pandavas, deprived of their kingdom, set out on a 13-year exile. They wandered south, until one day they came upon a magical place where rolling grasslands met wooded ravines, a deep green river bubbled its course through impenetrable forest, where at dawn and twilight the tiger and elephant would drink together at the water's edge, where all was harmonious and man unknown. Beside that river, in a cave on a hill slope, the Pandavas halted.

By what name is this National Park known to us?

The answer is..

Silent Valley

12. This clip is from a 2002 American biopicdrama film starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina portraying “X” and “Y” respectively. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Original Score. Even Salma was nominated in the category of Best Actress for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award.

“X” and “Y” please.

The answer is..

X : Frida Kahlo Y : Diego Rivera

Kahlo had a volatile marriage with the famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera

13. This is a disease that occurs due to the frequent consumption of soda. The phenomenon is most common in the Appalachian region of the United States, where some 65 percent of children in West Virginia suffer from tooth decay, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A combination of sugars, carbonation, and acids within the beverages are credited with the dental damage, so much so that the Mississippi State Department of Health calls soft drink consumption “one of several leading causes of tooth decay.”

Gimme the name of the disease. (Pic on next slide)

The answer is..

Mountain Dew Mouth

14. Google Doodle on whom?

The answer is..

Pablo Picasso

15. It is a cooking technique associated with the Awadh region of India, in which the food is cooked over a very low flame, generally in sealed containers. The technique

may be based on earlier Persian cooking methods introduced to India, but tradition assigns its origin in India to the reign of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah. ____ means to 'breathe in' and ______ to 'cook’. This type of cooking uses a round, heavy-bottomed pot, a handi, in which food is tightly sealed and cooked over a slow fire. The sealing of the lid of the handi with dough achieves maturing. Cooking slowly in its juices, the food retains all its natural aromas and becomes imbued with the richness of flavors that distinguishes the dish.

Gimme the name of the technique which is a two word term.

The answer is..

Dum pukht

16. Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art

movement founded by “X”. X’s greatest masterpiece “Y”, marked the beginning of this movement when it first made its appearance at an exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants in Paris. Around this time, the peak of France’s modern era emerged and many painters were in search of new methods. Followers of Neo-Impressionism, in particular, were drawn to modern urban scenes as well as landscapes and seashores. Science-based interpretation of lines and colours influenced Neo-Impressionists' characterization of their own contemporary art. Divisionism was the characteristic style in Neo-Impressionist painting defined by the separation of colors into individual patches which interacted optically.

Who started this movment and the name the master-piece?

The answer is..

Georges Seurat and the master piece is “A Sunday Afternoon on

the Island of La Grande Jatte”

17. India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1,55,015 post offices. A

single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. In august 2011, the government of India inaugurated the first floating post office in India. Since then, it has been attracting tourists from all across the country.

Where is this post office located? (Pic on the next slide)

The answer is..

Dal Lake, Srinagar

18. Nearly 137 years ago, Ghulam Ibrahim, a young and enterprising youth from Hooghly district in Bengal, came to Assam to execute a construction related business when the Guwahati-Shillong Road was being rebuilt by Maula Baux, the famous contractor of yesteryears. During this visit, Ghulam Ibrahim visualised that Assam had good potentialities for

_______ business where a good number of British officers and planters were settled by that time. Opportunities came soon. The Ibrahim family already established a ________ at Mirzapur Street, Calcutta, and it was doing roaring business. However, business in Calcutta suffered seriously when a plague epidemic broke out there in early 1880s, killing thousands of people. People began to leave the town in droves, and Guwahati wore a deserted look. It was then that Ghulam Ibrahim decided to proceed to Assam to diversify and expand his business beyond Calcutta. Travelling by train, steamer and even partly on foot, this fortune hunter ultimately arrived in Guwahati. Though he had visited Guwahati earlier also for supplying hats, belts, uniform and other accessories to the British solders and planters, this time, in 1881, he came to firmly settle in the town.

Ibrahim’s first venture in Guwahati was a soda water-making plant, which he established in1882. Encouraged by its success, when he decided to expand his business and he started something.

What was started by him???

The answer is..

M/s Shaikh Brothers

19. “X” was an eminent Indian painter born to a Punjabi Sikh father and a Hungarian Jewish

mother. She is also the 'most expensive' woman painter of India. “X” once wrote to a friend saying, "I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque.... India belongs only to me.” Some of her famous paintings includes Young Girls, Bride's Toilet, etc. Her style was strongly influenced by the paintings of the two Tagores, Rabindranath and Abanindranath who were the pioneers of the Bengal School of painting. Her portraits of women resemble works by Rabindranath while the use of 'chiaroscuro' and bright colours reflect the influence of Abanindranath

Gimme “X” who is often regarded as India's Frida Kahlo. (Next slide contains two of her paintings)

The answer is..

Amrita Sher-Gil

20. Gimme the ICONIC line with the help of these three pictures. (Rough interpretation will do).

The answer is..

“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti”

21. This painting was the most famous creation of the artist till date. It was painted in oil on oak and is formed from a square middle panel flanked by two other

oak rectangular wings that close over the center as shutters. The back side shows a grisaille painting of the earth during the biblical narrative of Creation, that lack colour, possibly indicating that the painting reflects a time before the creation of the sun and moon, which were formed, according to Christian theology, to "give light to the earth”. Art historians frequently interpret the painting as a didactic warning on the perils of life's temptations.

Which painting am I talking about? (The backside of the painting is on the next slide)

The answer is..

The Garden of Earthly Delightsby Hieronymus Bosch

22. Another Sitter. “What rule?”

The answer is..

Five-second rule

23. Ahmed Mater is a Saudi artist and physician. His mediums are photography, calligraphy,

painting, installation, performance and video. His work, which explores the narratives and aesthetics of Islamic culture and addresses consumerism and transformation in the region, has attracted an international audience. Magnetism is one of his famous artwork in which there is a magnet in the centre and the iron fillings surrounds the magnet showing its magnetic field. He said that this represents a yearly ritual which was his inspiration behind this artwork.

What does his artwork represent? (Pic on next slide)

The answer is..

Hajj

24. This clip is from a 2006 Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy film called “Pan's Labyrinth” written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. In an interview Toro said, “X was an obvious reference, specifically with regards to the character of the Pale Man. There is a scene in which the Pale Man bites the heads off the fairies. That comes straight from X’s one of the most famous painting”.

Gimme the name of the painting.

The answer is..

Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya

25. Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, this city was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest

of the state. The city was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, the city along with the rest of the state were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States.

Which city am I talking about?

The answer is..

Los Angeles

26. “W” is a global chain of restaurants with over 120 franchises in India and around the world. It was founded by Kundan lal Gujral, a Punjabi Hindu who migrated to Delhi after the partition of India in 1947. *This famous dish “T” was said to have been first introduced here when

a VIP guest asked for a chicken dish late night after the restaurant was shut. The chef looked into his supplies and discovered that he only had half of a Tandoori chicken to cook with. So, hastily, he improvised it with some of the ingredients and made this very popular dish.

* Again this another famous dish “F” was also first introduced here. The chef was known to dabble around with his ingredients and loved the roaster. So one day, as an experiment, he skewered some chicken, applied the spices, and left it in the roaster. The result was so marvelous that it even impressed the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. He then made sure that “W” turned into his official banquet, as records claim.

“WTF” Please !!

The answer is..

W : Moti Mahal Delux T : Chicken Butter masala

F : Tandoori chicken

27. The painting reflects the newfound importance America held for the world. The man emerging out of North America - the United States has England firmly in its grasp. There is blood running

out. Among the two figures in the foreground, the adult one is showing the child the emerging man while the child is standing as if afraid - both hiding behind and holding on to the adult's knees. The imagery here is fairly clear. America is emerging as the major force in the world. This new power is at the cost of some blood (World War II). The fate of England is in America's hands. The painting is commonly thought to depict the change in the world America would bring at the end of WW2.

Which painting am I talking about?

The answer is..

Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man

28. Alexandre Gustave ______ was a French civil engineer and architect. The picture on the left is the interior structural elements of a famous monument. The sculptor of the monument Auguste Bartholdi selected Gustave because of his vast knowledge about wind stress. Which monument is being referred here?

The answer is..

Statue of Liberty

29. It is said that the product was named after an English prime minister, Lord Charles ____ the second, from the 1830s who

first popularized its consumption. There is a popular legend that “He” received it as a gift from a grateful Mandarin after one of his men saved the Mandarin from drowning.

The product is a blend and is flavored with addition of oil of bergamot.

Which product am I talking about???

The answer is..

Earl Grey tea

30. ________ is the style of “the wild beasts”, a loose group of early twentieth-century modern artists whose works

emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. While ________as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three exhibitions. The founder of the movement was “X” and André Derain was the co founder. The paintings of this movement were characterized by seemingly wild brush work and strident colors, while their subject matter had a high degree of simplification and abstraction. It can be classified as an extreme development of Van Gogh's Post-Impressionism fused with the pointillism of Seurat and other Neo-Impressionist painters, in particular Paul Signac. Other key influences were Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin.

Gimme the name of this movement and its founder who is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts.

(Pic on next slide)

(A painting during this movement)

The founder and the movement please?

The answer is..

Fauvism and Henri Matisse

31. Al-Maghtas is an archaeological World Heritage site in Jordan on the east bank of the Jordan River. Al-Maghtas includes two principal

archaeological areas. The remnants of a monastery on a mound known as Jabal Mar-Elias and an area close to the river with remains of churches. Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world visit this place every year.

Now my question is what is so special about this place that attracts so many tourists?

(Pic on next slide)

The answer is..

This is the place where Jesus was baptized.

32. The Maillard reaction or Maillard ________ is a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar, usually requiring the addition of heat. It is a form of non-enzymatic reaction. The reactive carbonyl

group of the sugar interacts with the nucleophilic amino group of the amino acid, and interesting but poorly characterized odor and flavor molecules result. This process accelerates in an alkaline environment because the amino groups do not neutralize. This reaction is the basis of the flavoring industry, since the type of amino acid determines the resulting flavor. The reaction occurs at a temperature of 140 to 165 °C (284 to 329 °F) above which caramelization and subsequently pyrolysis become more pronounced.

This reaction results in “what” phenotypic change in the food that is easily observable in a daily consumed product?

Or simply FITB.

The answer is..

Maillard BrowningThe brown portion of Bread and cake

33. ______ ________ is a 1963 silkscreen painting which was sold for $100 million to a private buyer, making the painting the most valuable work by

the artist at the time. The painting was originally a portion of a 37-foot long (11 m) piece, containing sixteen copies of the character, that was showcased in a 1963 exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles . The images of the character were taken from a publicity still from the movie Flaming Star.

When the gallery was dismantled, the section with eight images became a distinct piece, measuring 6 1⁄2 by 12 feet (200 by 370 cm). While the painter created 22 versions of the painting only one piece titled ______ ________ was created.

Which painting am I talking about?

The answer is..

Eight Elvises by Andy Warhol

34. The _______ _________Theorem (or Postage Stamp Problem or Frobenius Coin Problem) states that for

any two relatively prime positive integers ,the greatest integer that cannot be written in the form for nonnegative integers is

A consequence of the theorem is that there are exactly positive integers

which cannot be expressed in the form . The proof is based on the fact that in each pair of the form , exactly one element is

expressible.

(contd.)

The story goes that the Theorem got its name because people usually bought the item

in 9 and 20 piece packages. Somebody wondered what the largest amount you could never buy was, assuming that you did not eat or take away any of the food. They found the answer to be 151 , thus creating the Theorem.

Gimme the name of the theorem.

The answer is..

Chicken McNugget Theorem

35. The painting has two inscriptions. The first, within a rectangular cartouche in the top left corner is the title: “冨嶽三十六景 /神奈川冲 /浪裏”  Fugaku Sanjūrokkei / ________ oki / nami ura. The

second inscription, to the left, is the painter‘s signature: 北斎改爲一筆 “ X” aratame Iitsu hitsu. Over his career, “X” used more than 30 different names, always beginning a new cycle of works by changing it, and letting his students use the previous name.

Who is the painter? Which painting am I talking about? (Pic in the next slide)

The answer is..

The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai

36. Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,400 kilometres northeast of New

Zealand. Its land area is 260 square kilometres and its population, predominantly Polynesian, is around 1,190. They commonly refer to the island as "The Rock", a reference to the traditional name "Rock of Polynesia". In 2009, Niue began issuing its first standardized coin set in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 cent and 1 Dollar; they are thicker than New Zealand coins as well as having a different metallic composition. But in 2011 New Zealand Mint produced a limited edition set of Niue Dollar legal tender coins commemorating something very unique.

What uniqueness does this coin holds?

The answer is..

Its coins feature “Star Wars” characters.