The Riddler Prelim Qs

The Riddler Prelims

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Rules • 26 Questions – Written Prelim • Starred questions resolve ties • Top 8 teams qualify for the final

1 ** • main( ) { • extrn a, b, c; • putchar(a); putchar(b); putchar(c); putchar('! *n'); • } • a ‘____'; • b ‘_, _'; • c ‘____'; • The above code was the first instance of something in the world of programming.What?

2. Doodle for what?

3. • In 1536,Christopher was the only survivor of a pirate attack.He was washed ashore and nursed back to health by the friendly natives.A time later, Christopher took a walk on the same beach, and found a dead body there, whom he recognized as the pirate who killed his father. He allowed the vultures flying around the body to eat its meat, took up the skull of the killer, raised it above his head, and swore an oath: • "I swear to devote my life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty, and injustice, in all their forms! My sons and their sons shall follow me.” • Put Funda

4. • The 40-page comics with art by Tapas Guha and written by well-known children’s writer Subhadra Sen Gupta.The series is launched with two stories — “A Bagful of Mystery” and “Beware in the Graveyard”.“Murder by the Sea”, “The Killers of Kathmandu” and “Danger in Darjeeling” are titles that would be coming soon. The brightly-coloured comic books are simple and easy to read and make for a great introduction to the protagonist and his colourful cohorts.

5. • Lyricist Anthony Kiedis has commented that the character of X is composite of all the women with whom he has had relationships with.X was born in Misissipi to a policeman father and a hippie mother.X was known for her daring attitude,not to mention her stunning looks.X went around the country and eventually wanted to settle in Minnesota.Sadly X met with an untimely death in North Dakota

6**. • According to Hindu mythology, she is said to be the wife of Yama. It is said that calling out her name will earn that person the wrath of Yama and thus you are asked to refrain from calling out her name. So just write it down will you?

7. • X is caused by four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae. It occurs widely in the tropics. Unlike other diseases such as malaria it is prevalent in the urban areas as well. It caused news due to its outbreak in Karnataka especially in and around Bangalore. X might have caused enquirers a lot of insult as (an improper pronunciation of) X sounds a lot like a Kannada insult that means f***. The correct pronunciation also can easily be misinterpreted as the same insult (albeit delivered more respectfully) Id this dreaded disease.

8. • ___________ is a stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of electrons and protons with energies of about 1 keV. The stream of particles varies in temperature and speed with the passage of time.Some effects of______ are that it creates the heliosphere,a vast bubble. Other phenomena include geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids on Earth, the aurorae such as the Northern Lights, and the plasma tails of comets that always point away from the sun. • There has also been a popular myth that ______ causes the diurnal motion of the Sun. _______?

9. • April 1853, when amidst the deafening roar of a 21 gun salute, a train with 14 carriages and 400 passengers steamed out of Bombay’s Bori Bunder Station. In that infinitesimal second, India’s future was rewritten. There would be no looking back. Synonymous with the train’s journey into the future, it was obvious that India could not hide behind its heritage. To be one with the world it had to move forward and thanks to the British rule, the onset began that summer morning in April.The first three locomotives that hauled the train to Thane on its journey were called the ________ _________ and __________. Simple one,fill up the blanks

10.

What are this group of people called? They have lent their name as a nickname to a well known

11. ** Steps done to achieve something • Bend in the middle so that the front half of their body rotates about a different axis than the rear half. • Tuck their front legs in to reduce the moment of inertia of the front half of their body and extend their rear legs to increase the moment of inertia of the rear half of their body so that they can rotate their front half quite far (as much as 90°) while the rear half rotates in the opposite direction quite a bit less (as little as 10°). • Extend their front legs and tuck their rear legs so that they can rotate their rear half quite far while their front half rotates in the opposite direction quite a bit less.

12. • This term refers to the rich and powerful in the world of politics.The public perception of the term began after the first performance of Sir Edward Elgar's popular choral work The Music Makers, at the Birmingham Festival in October 1912. The work is a setting of Arthur O'Shaughnessy's 1874 poem 'Ode', from his Music and Moonlight collection. In that poem, which singles out poets and musicians as the bards that guide lay thinking, O'Shaughnessy coined the term • • • • • • • •

We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the __________________ Of the world for ever, it seems.

13. • It has been suggested that the song may have originally have arisen out of American minstrelsy. The earliest printing of the song is from 1852. The modern tune was first recorded with the lyrics in 1881, mentioning Eliphalet Oram Lyte , but not confirming if he was the composer or adaptor. • The lyrics have often been used as a metaphor for life's difficult choices. When sung as a group, the act of ____ becomes a unifier. The idea that man travels along a certain stream, suggests boundaries in the path of choices and in free will.The third line recommends that challenges should be greeted in stride while open to joy with a smile. • The final line probably conveys anarchist sentiments on the meaninglessness of man's actions.

• Which song is this?

14. • 11 August 2009 : It looks like ______ has tonight turned on a feature called “________” for some users to test out. We’re getting bombarded by tips about it, and some of us are seeing it as well. Unfortunately, it appears that it may not be fully ready for prime time yet, but we have more information. • This evening, the test was temporarily exposed to a larger set of users by mistake. We have not opened up access to ______yet!. For further updates keep reading! What is the author talking about??

15. • 22 streets, • 4 railways. • 2 utilities. • 32 houses • 12 hotels Pre 2008 • 20 $500 Bills • 20 $100 Bills • 30 $50 Bills • 50 $20 Bills • 40 $10 Bills • 40 $5 Bills • 40 $1 Bills •

Put Funda

16.** Remix of what?

17.

Put Funda

18. • A's name means "savage", "pagan", "uncouth", or "barbarous". A's full name is A Marie Predatora Vendetta Jacquelina _____. A is the de facto leader of the trio. • B's name means 'skulk' or 'lurk'.B is the most accident-prone of the trio, being wounded twice, once in a fight , and once by falling into a thornbush. B is also the greediest, frequently making references to food and being the most discontent of the three. • C hardly says anything. C sports a permenant smile on his face, his pupils never leave the centers of his eyes, he has two round cuts on each ear and his tongue is almost always protruding. Id the trio.

19. • wait (S) { • while S <= 0 • ; // no-op • S--; • } • signal (S) { • S++; • }

Connect This is a piece of code used in process synchronisation.

20. • It is often flavored with rosewater, mastic or lemon; rosewater gives it a characteristic pale pink color. It has a soft, jelly-like and sometimes sticky consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar or copra to prevent clinging. • The name is famously associated with the country X.(Although lesser known, an alternate name associates it with the country Y,a neighbour to X) The confection is called Lokum in X and loukumi in Y. What?

21. **

These are a couple of paintings by X, who was popularly called “The Fight Docto X was in the spotlight recently for another painting of his. What painting?

22. • Adishesha was sent to live on the earth for 200 years by Lord Vishnu to preach to humanity the glory of the Lord. Of the 200 years, AdiShesha lived for 80 years in the form of Varavaramuni, a very well known Guru who was extremely devoted to the Lord. For 120 years he was reincarnated more famously as X, who preached worship only to the Lord and none else. ID X

23. • "One Percent" and "The Noble Five" were each considered before the group settled on _______ a mocking tribute to a physicaleducation teacher at Robert E. Lee High School,who was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair. In 1972 they changed their name to ____________ and even released their debut album which was named so, probably to help their listeners understand what their name was.

24. • Y was a countdown/comedy serial aired on DD in the 90s. It had a stud cast comprising Shafi Inamdar,Swaroop Sampat and Lakshmikant Berde. Satish Shah took Shafi Inamdar's place upon his untimely death. A recently released comedy movie of the same name surely evoked memories of Y in a many a DD fan. Id Y.

25. X, born 1987 in West Germany is a German professional racecar driver. He is currently managed by Willi Weber, the long-time manager of Michael Schumacher. Deemed the next Schumacher , he is a champion of the Formula Three Euroseries. • Won the A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany, after taking 9 wins in his debut season. • He has the distinction of being only the second driver after Lewis Hamilton to win the GP2 series championship in his maiden season. • Will drive for Williams F1, in 2010 after being test driver for 2008 and 2009. Just give me X.

26. The American comic strip, Pearls before swine appears in over 400 newspaper s worldwide: This cover parodies what?

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