1. THE EDGE QUIZ 2015 THE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURE, ARTS AND SPORTS QUIZ PRELIMS ANSWERS BY THE DISCO FIGHTERS 2. *A. A Syndrome, also known as Todd's syndrome or Lilliputian hallucinations, is a disorienting neurological condition that affects human perception. A prominent and often disturbing symptom is that of altered body image: the sufferer may find that he or she is confused as to the size and shape of parts of (or all of) his/her body. If you have A syndrome, you might perceive your body parts and objects around you as being larger or smaller than they actually are. A Syndrome involves perceptual distortions of the size or shape of objects. What is A Syndrome? 3. ALICE IN WONDERLAND. 4. B. The Maharashtrian town B was named for being a remount depot on a travel route through the rugged Konkan region to Gujarat via Surat. The town was famous for its splendid horses. The town gets its name from the fact that warriors used to change their horses at the town in anticipation of the difficult climb through the Konkan. B shares its name with another town in Uttar Pradesh. ID B. 5. BADLAPUR. 6. C. Archaeologists have found the remains of a man and a woman in a crypt in the church of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in Madrid with the initials MC. Researchers believe it is possible that these are the remains of MC (known popularly by his surname C) and his wife, Catalina de Salazar. C had died in 1616. Who is C? 7. CERVANTES. (MC = MIGUEL DE CERVANTES.) 8. D. Living Language, an imprint of Random House, is a foreign language self-study publisher. Living Language publishes a number of courses in languages ranging from French to American Sign Language. One of its latest offerings is a 128-page guidebook, written by David J. Peterson, to learn the D language. Its amazon.in description says : Living Language : D will arm you with enough vocabulary and grammar to have a complete conversation in D. Me nem nesa! ID D. 9. DOTHRAKI. (ME NEM NESA = IT IS KNOWN). 10. *E. Identify the lady. 11. EDDIE REDMAYNE. 12. F. This is the first page of the first issue of a ten- issue comic book mini- series, which is a sequel to an extremely famous body of work, that is expected to hit the stands on May 27th this year. Name the comic series. 13. FIGHT CLUB 2. 14. G. Recently, World Endurance Championship has banned something which has been integral to motor-racing for a very long time. According to chief executive Gerard Neveu, We believe cars are the beauties. What has been banned by WEC from the next race at Silverstone? 15. GRID GIRLS. 16. H. These are some of the artworks that Nintendo pitched to try and acquire rights to make a series of video games way back in 1998. They were eventually unsuccessful and the games never saw the light of day. What were Nintendo trying to acquire the rights to? 17. HARRY POTTER. 18. *I. In Indian mythology, I is considered to be the son of Manu. In Vedic history, I is regarded as one of the earliest monarchs of India and he had played a pivotal role in the propagation of the ancient Vedic religion. I is the founder of the Suryavansh Dynasty. Identify I. 19. IKSHVAKU. 20. J. With what three words did George Clooney end his speech at the Golden Globes 2015 after receiving the Cecil B. Demille Award for Lifetime Achievement? 21. JE SUIS CHARLIE. 22. K. When one of Anthony Johnson's friends sent him a picture message on a Friday morning showing a statue of K on the University of Iowa Pentacrest, the UI junior from Chicago decided to go see for himself. When Johnson arrived on the scene, he saw a 7-foot-tall sculpture of a robed figure with a characteristic hat that did look like K, but the robe displayed photos and texts from a century's worth of newspapers describing and critiquing some of the most horrific scenes of racial violence in U.S. history. What is K? 23. KU KLUX KLAN. 24. L. What is the significance of this tweet? 25. LEONARD NIMOYS LAST TWEET. (LLAP = LIVE LONG AND PROSPER) 26. M. The following clip is part of a 1967 Golden Bear winning short film. The short film was the directorial debut of a person who has created a lot of controversies with his/her works. 27. M. F. HUSSAIN. 28. N. Identify the character. 29. NANCY DREW. 30. *O. The O particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (most likely a proton) detected on the evening of 15 October 1991 over Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Its observation was a shock to astrophysicists (hence the name); a subatomic particle with kinetic energy equal to that of 50 Joules, or a 5-ounce (142 g) baseball traveling at about 100 kilometers per hour (60 mph). Connect this with a Telegu movie Gopala Gopala starring Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan. 31. OH MY GOD. 32. P. These two women are members of a larger group. Identify the group. 33. PUSSY RIOT. 34. Q. Shashank Ghosh of Channel [V] created the character Q in 1994 for the promotional advertisements of the channel. In 2009, Shashank directed a movie with the character Q as the main protagonist. The movie has been exhibited at many prestigious locations including the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Identify the character Q. 35. QUICK GUN MURUGUN. 36. R. The Friars Club is a private club in New York City which was founded in 1904 and is located at 57 East 55th Street between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue. Frequented by celebrities in its early days, the club is credited with hosting the first unofficial R at a banquet back in 1910. It continued the tradition over the years and hosted the first official R in 1949 with singer Maurice Chevalier as the chief guest. The club has the motto We only R the ones we love. What is R? 37. ROAST. 38. S. Jordan Grand Prix Midlands F1 S Force India Sahara Force India 39. SPYKER F1. 40. T. The author who was editing a magazine on decorating shop windows when he wrote the book, was reportedly inspired to invent the T by a figure he had built out of metal parts for a shop display. However according to Economics and History professors, the notion of a T has deep roots in European and American history, and often appeared in cartoons of the 1880s and 1890s. [Pic next slide] What is T? 41. TINMAN. 42. *U. 1988-Geoff Parker 1998-Owais Shah 2002-Cameron White 2004-Khalid Latif 2006- Sarfraz Ahmed 2010-Mitchell Marsh 2014- Aiden Markram The above is an Inexhaustive list of persons with the same feat at an event. Which event? And what is the feat? 43. U-19 CRICKET WORLD CUP WINNING CAPTAINS. 44. V. V is a medication which probably came to India from UK. Taking the pills has effects like fiery Holi inside a person, a typhoon inside ones body, etc. The medication is so strong that it can make a feminine man horny enough to have forceful sexual intercourse with a girl with so much vigour that it might kill the girl. What is V? 45. VITAMIN SEX. 46. W. Though the movie W was appreciated by the critics and the audience alike, it came under heavy criticism from jazz players and jazz lovers. New Yorkers Richard Brody said, The movies very idea of jazz is a grotesque and ludicrous caricature. It has no music in its soul. Jon Newey, editor of the magazine Jazzwise, said: There are factual misrepresentations in the film. It is a warped, retrogressive portrayal of jazz and big band cutting sessions. I hope it doesnt put people off because jazz has a tough enough fight as it is. Were always trying to get young people in. Which two-word term has been created by the media to describe such attacks on the movie? 47. WHIPLASH BACKLASH. 48. X. X is an upcoming Indian experimental film directed by a team of eleven filmmakers: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Nalan Kumarasamy, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma. The film's basic plotline states that the film is a filmmakers journey through his past encounters with his ten ex- girlfriends as he spends one surreal unforgettable night at a film festival after he meets a mysterious girl who intriguingly seems to have something to do with every woman in his life. What is X? 49. X. 50. Y. Cdr. Homi D. Motivala and Lt. Cdr. P.K. Garg won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1994-95. They were the only sportsperson from the sport Y to have won the award. What is Y? 51. YACHTING. 52. Z. The picture on the next slide is of a burger founded by Doddys Caf in Paris, France and costs $41 named Le Z. The stomach-busting meal is the brainchild of Jean- Philippe Grandin, manager of Doddy's Cafe . We have a lot of homemade burgers on the menu, but I wanted to invent an extraordinary burger., Grandin told CNN. 53. ZLATAN.