2. Achtung, Baby!
This is a visuals quiz – so do look at the picture
before yelling out the answer
Most of the answers are guessable, so take
guesses
We’ll explain the rounds / points as we go along –
overall the quiz has 61 questions.
Team with most points at the end of the quiz, wins
3. A little more Achtung!
We are Answer-Zionists…what that means is
1. There are no questions on the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth in this quiz
2. These three are the same person
12. Who’s Next - answers 1
Managers to win
the EPL
The immediate
next is Carlo
Ancelotti who
won with Chelsea
13. Who’s Next - answers 2
Indian borns to
win the Nobel
prize
TAGORE comes
next (after
Ronald Ross and
Rudyard Kipling)
14. Who’s Next - answers 3
We didn’t the fire!
Harry Truman, Doris Day,
Red China, Johnnie Ray
15. Who’s Next - answers 4
This Song from Ek duje Ke Liye
Mere Jeevan sathi, Pyaar Kiye
Ja, Jawani Deewani,
Khoobsurat
16. Who’s Next - answers 5
Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands
Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1950–51)
Eddie Fisher (1959–64)
Michael Wilding (1952–57)
Mike Todd (1957–58)
Next in line is Richard Burton
17. Infinite Bounce
25 questions
Clockwise Passing
+10 for each correct answer
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X was supposed to
join this band and
the new band name
– with initials of the
four would have
been the same name
as a Beatles album
X?
41. Ernest Hemingway look-alikes push fake bulls on
Duval Street during the "Running of the Bulls" in
Key West, Florida. The event is a spoof of its
namesake challenge in Pamplona, Spain, and is a
facet of the island's annual Hemingway Days
festival.
Running of the Bulls is depicted in Ernest
Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises"
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This is a new
show in NBC.
What character
is Lucy Liu
playing?
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Oryx dammah, also known as
Sahara oryx.
Now extinct in the wild.
What name was commonly used
to refer to it, because of the
shape of its horns?
65. Famous words that were never said
Elementary, my dear Watson
Play it again, Sam
You just dropped the World Cup, son
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i - One of India’s oldest rock bands
ee - One of India’s most successful Indie groups
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An award given for super
fast cross-Atlantic ships.
Also associated with a
brand of biscuits and a
brand of liquor.
Name?
87. Jason Kenny and Laura Trott
Olympic Gold Medalists in Track
Cycling
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Gertrude Stein wrote in
The Autobiography of
Alice B. Toklas that “X was
the only person whom Y
wished away“
X – artist
Y - subject
94. Choose your cartoon mode of sedition
6 Comics / cartoons / illustrations
Teams choose in ascending order of scores
+10/0 for team choosing
+10/-5 for other teams on Pounce
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What name was she given , reminiscent of a song written by John
Newton in the 1700s?
123. Loki
“They brought him to a cavern and they bound him to three sharp-
pointed rocks. There they would have left him bound and helpless. But
Skathi, who was of the fierce Giant brood, was not content that he should
be left untormented. She found a serpent that had a deadly venom; she
hung the serpent above Loki's head. The drops of venom fell upon him,
bringing him anguish drop by drop, minute by minute. So Loki's torture
went on.”
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Which American (the
continent, not the
country) capital city is
named after this guy?
126. Nassau
Nassau was formerly known as Charles Town; it was burned
to the ground by the Spanish in 1684, but later rebuilt and
renamed Nassau in 1695 in honor of the Dutch Stadtholder
and later also King of England, Scotland and Ireland, William
III from the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.
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These hills in Kerela / TN get their common name from what is
grown on them. What are they called?
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What iconic line is being delivered by this guy at a meeting of the
NRA (National Rifle Association) ?
135. “You’ll have to pry it from my cold dead hands”
Chap is Charlton Heston
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In 2005, the Perth Mint released this 1$ coin to celebrate the
anniversary of an event. The image on the coin was a photograph
taken during celebrations of the actual event in Sydney. The event
is better remembered by another photograph taken on the same
day. Event? Photograph?
Bigger picture on next slide
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What is the cause of the Black-Grey scar found
on the forehead of certain Tibetans?
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The First to experiment with this technology were
Elmer Sperry and Peter Hewitt, who in 1918,
developed the Hewitt-Sperry X (in pic). The objective
of the research was development of torpedoes and
cruise missiles. Origins of which technology, which
finds widespread usage today?
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Kamigami No
Itadaki by Jiro
Taniguchi.
Protagonist chances
upon an ‘artifact’ in
a flea market in
Kathmandu, which
not only helps him
in his travel, but also
reveals unknown
details about a
historical journey.
What is the fabled
“artifact” that he
buys?
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The picture shows a 2-inch mortar shell (and its launching
apparatus) which was used by the American forces in WWI
The soldiers would launch the shell and on impact, they would yell
out a victory cry, which was a phrase inspired by the shell’s
resemblance to a confectionary.
This phrase finds its most popular usage in a 1997 Oscar wining
movie. (though it was used in a few movies before).
Which phrase? (and the confectionary, if you can)
151. How do you like them apples?
(Good Will Hunting)
Toffee Apples
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The Kathipada
Junction in
South Chennai.
This pattern of
Flyovers seen is
named for its
resemblance to
a floral entity.
What is such an
intersection
called?
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On similar lines, what is the
nickname of this heavy cargo
transport aircraft (super
transporter) from Airbus,
because if its resemblance to a
member of the animal
kingdom?
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The city blanked out in the map, is home to the southernmost point
of continental europe. Both the city and the point, are named after
Tariq ibn Zayid, who started the islamic contest of Spain in this
region.
Because of the strategic location of the city, its docks were used by
many merchants on a paid basis. As a result, the city has lent its
name to a commonly used english word.
City? Word?
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The one on the right was not allowed to do
something. A special feature in the one on the left
allows it to do this. What?
163. The X-54 does not produce a sonic boom when it
crosses the sound barrier, hence is allowed to fly at
super-sonic speeds over land which the Concorde
was not allowed to do
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The most common type of
gear used in Automobiles, it
is also widely used in
Workshop machines and
Power tools.
It is named so because of its
resemblance to an
accessory, used widely
before the 20th century,
and still being used in
certain activities and sports.
What is it called?
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The Short-eared Owl (Asio X ) is a an Owl found in open
grasslands on almost all continents.
The genus Asio,
represents all the
eared owls.
What is its species,
X, named so
because of this owls
appearance?
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Complete the missing link in the chronology (non exhaustive)
1876-1880 1884 - 1889
1880-1884
1889-1930 1930-1931 2007-present
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The cypress tree (Cupressus sempervirens),
is a popular garden tree. Because its
lifespan covers hundreds of years, it is
widely seen in gardens which have been
maintained across centuries. Because of its
inability to regenerate when a part of it is
severed, the Cypress has come to be
associated with death and the Greek
underworld.
Where in India will you find the largest
collection of Cypress trees?
175. At the largest erection made by man for the
love of a woman
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X is a device, used to house
a bullet or firearm in the
barrel of a gun, when the
barrel is larger in diameter
than the bullet.
The bullet is held firmly in
the X, which falls to the
ground or disintegrates and
separates after firing.
Its etymology speaks of its
original material of
construction being wood.