MIT Axlerate- Inquizzitive Finals 2013

RULES
ROUND I :-

• 36 QUESTIONS
• INFINITE REBOUND
• REVERSAL AFTER HALFWAY
• POUNCING YES ( 3+3 per team)
• +10/0
• QMs DECISION IS FINAL

(1)
The author of the original story was in a script-read-through
session with the movie’s scriptwriters. The script had a line
which had one of the main characters tell another, “I knew a girl
once, whose hair…”. The author laughed, wrote a little note in
the margin of the script and slid it back to the scriptwriter.
Absolutely vague of course, but name the following:

• The author
• The character who said he knew a girl
• The character to whom he said it
• The little note

Answer:

Author - JK Rowling
Character who said he knew a girl - Albus Dumbledore
Character to whom he said it - Harry Potter
The little note - "he's gay!"

(2)
Corning experimented with chemically strengthened ______ in
1960, as part of an initiative called "Project Muscle". Within a few
years it had developed a "muscled ______" it named "Chemcor”. The
product was used until the early 1990s in various commercial and
industrial applications, including automotive, aviation and
pharmaceutical uses, with particular use in approximately one
hundred 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda racing
cars, where minimum weight is essential.
In 2006, while developing the first “X”, “Y” discovered that keys
placed in a pocket with the prototype could scratch its hard plastic
surface, and sought a _____sufficiently scratch-resistant to eliminate
the problem. “Z” of “Y” contacted Corning CEO Wendell Weeks, who
told him of the material the company had developed in the 1960s and
subsequently mothballed. Despite Weeks's initial concern over
whether the company could manufacture sufficient quantities for the
product debut, “Z” convinced Weeks to produce the _____.Seeing the
success now Corning produces this for a range of companies.
Give me the more glamorous name for "Chemcor”.
ID “X” ,“Y” & “Z”

Answer:

Gorilla Glass
“X” – iPhone
“Y” – Apple
“Z” – Steve Jobs

Connect:
(3)

A- is a Japanese word which means C
something great is coming, omen or
warning.
B- means to reflect a person's overall
evaluation or appraisal of his or her own
D
worth.
X- a Latin prefix meaning all or every.
Y- is to figure out something by
meditation or by a sudden flash of
enlightenment.
E
Z- is a musical term, derived from the
Latin meaning high that has several
possible interpretations.

Answer:

Cars manufactured by Maruti Suzuki/Suzuki in India
A - Kizashi
B - Esteem
X - Omni
Y - Zen
Z - Alto
C - Swift
D - Baleno
E - Ritz

(4)
The formal name for this derives from the Greek for
`ribbon’. It was introduced by John Wallis in a book in
1655. The work was so brutally abstract that Thomas
Hobbes complained of it being a “scab of symbols”.
It is the Cartesian plane curve that satisfies the
equation:

(x^2 + y^2) = a^2(x^2 - y^2)

I do not need the formal Greek name. What is being
referred to?

Answer:

The symbol for infinity.

(5)
The story began in the city of Apolda, located in the state of
Thuringia, Germany. Louis was reputed to be a tax collector in
this area, and since he carried money on his person, he wanted
an animal for self-protection. His ultimate aim was to possess
one that was of average build, so that it could be intimidating to
intruders or robbers. The animal would also possess a
short, smooth coat would be easy to care for, with a minimum of
grooming, would have to have great stamina, be intelligent, and
display alertness, and even aggression. The Beauceron
contributed size and colour; the Manchester contributed the tan
coloration and the short, shiny coat; the Rottweiler contributed
massiveness and intelligence. Lastly the only available German
breed contributed the temperament for the animal. What
resulted?

Answer:

Louis Dobermann on whom the Doberman pinscher
breed is named.

(6)
Blinky(red),Pinky(pink),Inky(cyan),Clyde(orange) are
enemies with its own distinct personality. The red
enemy chases & the pink and blue enemies try to
position themselves. However , the orange enemy's
behavior is random, a careful analysis reveals that it
actually chases most of the time, but also moves
toward the lower-left corner.
The enemies are chasing a Japanese folklore character
who was known for his appetite.
Who and what are we talking about?

(7)
General George Owen Squier, the inventor of
multiplexing, created this to calm people unfamiliar
with a new and increasingly common invention.
Among the techniques he used was Stimulus
Progression, in which 15 minute slots were ordered
from least to most stimulating.
His invention spread everywhere: in dorm rooms and
office buildings, in factories and schools;
He was inspired by George Eastman.
In what way was he inspired? And what were people
scared of?

Answer:

He was inspired by the Eastman's brand name- Kodak-
and named his brand Muzak.
People were scared of elevators- our man introduced
"elevator music" to calm them down.

Answer:

Charlie Chaplin
This was when Mahatma Gandhi came to London in
1931 to attend the Round Table Conference.

Answer:

Stefan Wolfram
Chief designer of the Mathematica software application
and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine
Mathematica - is a computational software program
used in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields
and other areas of technical computing
Wolfram Alpha – is an answer engine/an online service
that answers factual queries directly by computing the
answer from structured data, rather than providing a
list of documents or web pages that might contain the
answer as a search engine might.

(10)
X lives on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, next to
Naples, Italy. Her primary motivation is to steal Y's
Number One Dime and melt it in the fires of the volcano
to turn it into a powerful magical amulet, capable of
granting the Midas Touch. She sometimes teams up
with Z which are mostly known by their chest numbers
which consist of numbers 1,6,7 only.
Identify X,Y,Z

Answer:

X - Magica
Y - Scrooge McDuck
Z - Beagle Boys

(11)
This logo created by Paul Stansifer and was used from 2003
until 2010 when David Friedland decided to improve by
changing the styling and the boundaries so that the contents
seemed indented and simplified to be a single glyph. In the
process, some errors were found out in particular, one piece
of Devanagari script and one piece of Japanese katakana were
incorrectly displayed.
ID the logo

Answer: Logo of Wikipedia

2003-2010 Present logo

(12)
A Lenovo ThinkPad X220 Tablet having Intel Core i7-
2620M CPU @ 2.7GHz Intel 150Gb Solid-State Drive
520 Series Windows 7 powers this. It comes along with a
voice synthesizer and a wireless remote control for
entertainment systems. One of the most famous
personalities of our time uses this. What it is?

Answer:

Stephan Hawking’s wheelchair

(14)
AFI came up with a list of 100 Heroes and Villains, in
2007. Atticus Finch was voted the #1 hero and Hannibal
Lecter the #1 villain. Name the only character who
featured in both lists - hero #48 and villain #22.

Answer:

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein - "You'll Never Walk
Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical Carousel.
Liverpool FC anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone".
Fearless(Meddle) by Pink Floyd has a field recording of fans in
Liverpool's Kop singing "You'll Never Walk Alone"
superimposed in the music near the beginning and at the end
of the song.

(16)
He played football as a goalkeeper for Portsmouth
Association Football Club, an amateur side, under the
pseudonym A. C. Smith. He was also a keen
cricketer, and between 1899 and 1907 he played 10
first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC). His highest score, in 1902 against London
County, was 43. He was an occasional bowler who took
just one first-class wicket of W. G. Grace. Also a keen
golfer, he was elected captain of the Crowborough
Beacon Golf Club.
Who?

(19)

Pictures from a five-day battle fought between the forces of the United States 7th Army
and Nazi Germany during WWII which happened at _______, Germany. Battle that took
place from 16th April -20th April 1945 saw some of the fiercest urban combat of the war.
The capture of the city by the US forces meant a virtual surrender by Germany in WWII as
the city was a center of the Nazi regime.

Well a footballing landmark that happened in 2006 gets unduly connected to the above
event because of the nature of the incident and of course the German connection.

What am I talking about?

Answer:

The Battle of Nuremburg
It is a nickname for a match played at the 2006 football
world cup between Portugal and Netherlands where a
record 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards were issued.

(20)
Story behind this book's cover: The cover depicts a woman’s
ghost-like face looking over the city in a strange
way, observing intently but remaining detached from the
immoral and careless actions of the people living below. The
cover designer wasn’t quite sure if the jacket was right for the
book and after giving the author a preliminary sketch of
it, toyed with the idea of scrapping it completely. Mesmerized
by the cover by now, the author, in a 1934 letter to the
designer, wrote: “For Christ’s sake, don’t give anyone that
jacket you’re saving for me. I’ve written it into the book “the
girl whose disembodied face floated along dark cornices and
blinding signs". Which book?

Answer:

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Answer:

Titan

Aamir Khan brand ambassador of Titan watches.
Sam Worthington acted in Clash of the Titans and Wrath
of the Titans
Prometheus one of the Greek Titan
Mozart whose tune is used as Titan ad tune

(22)
They are 41.6m high and were placed at the corners of the
plinth to provide architectural balance. Each has a slant
outwards, varying between 5 and 20 cms - thus designed to
minimize damage to the main structure if they fell during an
earthquake. They each carry in elaborate form the letters of
the phrase Ar-Rahman or 'The All Merciful', one of the 99
names of Allah.
What are we talking about?

Answer:

Minarets of the Taj Mahal

(23)
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla is a 1986 Hindi
film, directed by Basu Chatterjee
which starred actors like Pankaj
Kapur, Hemant Mishra, M. K.
Raina, K. K. Raina, Annu Kapoor and
some others.
This film was a remake of an
American film which was selected in
2007 for preservation in the United
States National Film Registry by the
Library of Congress as being
"culturally, historically, or
aesthetically significant".
Which film?

Answer:

12 Angry Men (1957 film)

(24)
_________________ carries out its mission by focusing on
three pillars—education, science and research, and
community development. It works to help develop an
education sector in which young people can develop the
attitudes and skills required for a knowledge economy.
The logo of this organization features the native sidra
tree which grows even in the country's harsh climate & is
a traditional symbol of knowledge and a source of
ingredients for medicines. Identify the organization
which has became extremely well-known from 2011-12
onwards.

(25)
If
Stefan Edberg : Australian Open
Then
_____ ____ : NBA

Answer:

Jerry West , who was the inspiration for the NBA logo
similar to how Stefan Edberg's distinctive serve was the
inspiration for the Australian Open logo.

(26)
This chart is based solely on sales (both at retail and
digitally) of albums in the United States. The sales tracking
week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. A new chart
is published the following Thursday with an issue date of
the Saturday of the following week.
Example:
Monday January 1 – sales tracking week begins
Sunday January 7 – sales tracking week ends
Thursday January 11 – new chart published, with issue date
of Saturday January 20.
Which?

Answer:

Snoopy from the cartoon strip – Peanuts

Pic 1 is from the Charles Schulz Museum
Pic 2 is an astronaut's communication equipment cap
popularly called "The Snoopy Cap" because it resembles
Snoopy's cap.
Pic3 is The Red Baron - German flying ace from WW1.
He is the arch rival of Snoopy's alter-ego The Flying Ace.

(28)
____________ was an American pioneer nurseryman who
introduced apple trees to large parts of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, including the northern
counties of present day West Virginia. He became an American
legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his
leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he
attributed to apples.
Apple Inc. uses ____________ as a character in many of its recent
adverts, video tutorials, and keynote presentations. Also appears
as a contact in many of Apple, Inc. application demonstrations.
The name appears on the caller ID, as a sender in "Mail"
application demonstrations and screenshots and also in the icon
of the "TextEdit" application.
Who?

Answer:

Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)

(29)
The Tower was built between 1968 and 1972 and was ready just
in time for 1972 Summer Olympics. Its inauguration followed on
18 May 1973. The 101-metre (331 ft) building is located near the
Olympic Village and is often cited as one of the most notable
examples of architecture. The large cathedral exterior is
supposed to mimic the shape of a tire in a race car, with the
garage representing the cylinder head. The main tower consists
of four vertical cylinders standing next to and across from each
other. Each cylinder is divided horizontally in its center by a mold
in the facade. Notably, these cylinders do not stand on the
ground; they are suspended on a central support tower. During
the construction, individual floors were assembled on the ground
and then elevated. The tower has a diameter of 52.30 meters
(roughly 171 feet). The building has 22 occupied floors, two of
which are basements and 18 serve as office space. Which
building?

Answer:
BMW Headquarters in Munich.

(30)
The figure of the ________ X closely resembles that of
the X, being identically composed and lit. However, the face of
the ________ X appears younger, leading to speculation that it is
an earlier version by the artist Y .
The ________ X is wider than the X , having columns on either
side which also appear in some other versions. The X painting
merely has the projecting bases of columns on either
side, suggesting that the picture was original framed by columns
but was trimmed.
Multiple art experts agreed that the neck of the ________ X is
inferior to the necks of other Y subjects, suggesting that
somebody else touched up the neck and the background and
hence the authenticity of the ________ X is widely disputed in
the art community as many claim it to be the unfinished X.
What are we talking about?

Answer:

Isleworth Mona Lisa & Mona Lisa , Y- Leonardo da Vinci

Answer:

Arata Izumi - Japanese born Indian footballer who plays
as a striker and attacking midfielder for Pune F.C. in the
I-League who became the first PIO (person of India
origin) player to play for Indian Football team.

(32)
After the partition of India, around 100,000 refugees
migrated to India from the province of Sindh in newly
created West Pakistan. These refugees were relocated
to deserted military camps 5 kms from
Kalyan, Maharashtra. The area was converted into a
township in 1949 and renamed by the then Governor-
general of India C. Rajagopalachari. For a good part of
the 70s and 80s this area flourished economically and
later became infamous for inter-gang rivalry and
violence. Popular name for this place?

Answer:

Ulhasnagar which popularly marketed goods under the
association - Ulhasnagar Sindhi Association (USA) of
Made in USA fame.

(33)
This was first demonstrated by chemistry teacher Lee Marek on
the Late Show with David Letterman in 1999, and later
popularized in a June 2006 viral Internet video by Eepybird.
When the __X__ come into contact with the ____Y____, a
reaction causes the formation of foam at a rapid rate. A 2006
episode of the television show Mythbusters concluded that the
potassium benzoate, aspartame, and CO2 gas contained in the
____Y____ , in combination with the Arabic ingredients of the
__X__ , all contribute to formation of the foam. However, the
structure of the __X__ is the most significant cause of the
eruption due to nucleation. The surface is a highly pitted surface
that offers a large, concentrated number of nucleation sites
, affirming the nucleation-site theory. The result gives a dramatic
effect.
Give X,Y

Answer:

Mentos and Diet Coke geyser

(34)
X made his debut for Australia against Afghanistan in a
One Day International in the United Arab Emirates in
2012. In his 2nd ODI, against Pakistan, he hit an
unbeaten 56 and a six to seal a victory for Australia. He
was then selected in Australia's squad for the 2012 ICC
World Twenty20. X was then selected in a 13-man squad
for the 2013 Sydney Test match against Sri Lanka as a
replacement for Shane Watson who injured his calf. On
10 January 2013, on his ODI debut against Sri Lanka, he
was involved in two run outs off consecutive balls. He
had a wicketless series against Sri Lanka, and also failed
to reach double figures in the 3 innings with the bat.
Who?

Answer:

Glenn Maxwell – IPLs new million dollar baby

Answer:

Bohemian Rhapsody

Scaramouch, Fandango, Galileo, Bismillah
(Khan), Beelzebub

Answer:

Aam Aadmi Party
Launched by anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on
26 November 2012

RULES
ROUND II :-

• 6 SLIDES EACH CONTAINING A
BUSINESS CARD OF A FAMOUS
PERSONALITY
• WRITTEN ROUND
• +10/0

RULES
ROUND III :-

THEME ROUND
• 6 QUESTIONS CONNECT TO A
COMMON THEME
• WRITTEN ROUND +10/0 FOR
ELEMENTS
• SCORING FOR THEME AS SHOWN IN
RESPECTED SLIDES

(1)

_________ is a generic term used for something that
started as a knee-jerk reaction against the excessive use
of reason and rationale in the political, aristocratic and
social norms imposed by the Age of Enlightenment.
It stressed a strong emphasis on emotions such as
trepidation, horror and awe imposed by nature leading
to an aesthetic experience of the same.

(2)
The walled city of Colchester, Britain belonging to the
King’s Royalists was laid under siege during the British
Civil War of 1648. A massive cannon was strategically
placed on the city’s wall. On July 15th 1648, the
Royalist fort was blown to pieces and this massive
cannon was destroyed. The Royalists attempted to
raise the cannon on to another part of the wall but
because it was so heavy, they failed to do so. The
whole incident was immortalized in English literature
in a rather humorous way. What?

(3)
George Shelvocke, like many others of his
time, commanded a non-government ship authorized
by the British Empire through letters of marque to
attack foreign shipping. In 1719, while attacking
enemy vessels and plundering them, Shelvocke and
his crew circumnavigated the globe via the coast of
South America as far up as California, later crossing
over to China seas and returning to England by land.
He was later arrested on charge of “piracy” and
acquitted shortly thereafter. What were his class of
sailors called?

(4)
Alexander is credited with having introduced it to
India and Persia in 330 B.C. Persian physicians
document its use in the treatment of migraine
headache, sciatica and other painful ailments.
Sometime in 400 A.D., it was introduced into China.
In 1799, the Chinese empire issued the following
decree: "______ is a harm, it is a poison, undermining
our good customs and morality and its use is prohibited
by law. Now the commoner Yang dares to bring it into
the Forbidden City."

(5)
A single word connects the following pictures.

Pic 1 is the RAF logo that in its original(not its
present form) linked up to the final word.
Pic 2 is of an aircraft whose name directly links up
to the word.
Pic 3 is a Greek character who lends his name to a
category associated with the word.

Answer:
Theme -

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
By
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1) Romanticism (Primary proponents of which were poets such as Wordsworth and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.)
(2) Humpty Dumpty ( The famous nursery rhyme-rime)
(3) Privateers / Privateering (the term used for sailors authorized by the
government to indulge in piracy) Shelvocke wrote a treatise on his travels around
the world as a privateer reading which Wordsworth advised his good friend
Coleridge to compose a poem on the subject matter.
(4) Opium (links up to Coleridge and his lifelong opium addiction)
(5) Albatross (The mariner in the poem shoots an albatross)
Pic 1 - The RAF logo was originally designed to have the albatross on it, but was
modified later to incorporate the eagle.
Pic 2 - is the Albatross aircraft.
Pic 3 - is Diomedes from Greek mythology. Diomedeidae is the biological name for
the albatross family.

(6) Iron Maiden (All the pics are names of Iron Maiden songs - Flight of
Icarus, Children of the Damned , Where Eagles Dare, Lord of the Flies and
Alexander the Great)
Iron Maiden composed "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for their "Powerslave"
album, the song being inspired by Coleridge's poem.

AND THE WINNER IS….
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM

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