2. PRELIMINARY ROUND
There will be a total of 25 questions in this round.
The top EIGHT teams on the basis of their scores in
this round will make it to the final.
Starred questions (questions 1, 7, 15, 18, 20, 23 and
24, which have been duly marked) will be used to
break ties, if any occur. If that fails, the sudden death
method of eliminating teams which have got an
answer wrong before other teams will be applied.
The prelims scores will be multiplied by 5 and carried
over to the final round so as to ensure the fact that
the team which answers the most questions over the
quiz wins.
Any team found using unfair means will be
summarily disqualified from the quiz.
The quizmaster is always right.
4. 2. X originated from an article in The Independent in
1994. However, X did not gain currency again till
the writer of the above returned to the concerned
subject and named David Beckham as Britain’s
biggest X. according to the said writer, Narcissism
plays a large role in a X’s life. An important
development in X’s history was the 2003 article in
The New York Times titled “Xs come out”. Identify
X.
5. 3. The above is an 1885 painting titled The
Cottage. The real cottage depicted here
housed two separate families. One of them,
the de Grools, were the subject of which
iconic painting?
6. 4. The novel X was published in 1963, soon
after the writer had graduated from Williams
College. It was adapted into an iconic film
soon after. A sequel to the novel, Home
School , set ten years after the events of X,
was released in 2007. On an episode of
AMC’s Movies That Shook The World , the
author had revealed the name of the
inspiration behind one of the most important
characters in the novel and the film, Jane
Ericson, who was the wife of an associate of
the author’s father. The novel and the movie
bear the same title. Identify X.
7. 5. The name of which dog breed
translates to “Badger Dog” in German?
8. 6. This particular phrase (in a slightly
altered form) appears in the 1860 work
The Slang Dictionary. Its origin lies to
something used at prize fights in order
to clan the faces of the combatants. The
tossing of the above item would indicate
that it was no longer needed, and hence
the phrase was born. Identify the
phrase.
9. ***7. In 1993, this landmark was named
X/Y as it became the first ever dual-
named structure in the region in which it
lay. The name was officially changed to
Y/X after a request from the Regional
Tourism Association based in Alice
Springs. The name X was bestowed on
the landmark by a William Gosse in
1873. Identify both X and Y; part points
will not be awarded.
10. 8. On the left is Alexander Grigoriyevich X (1795-
1891), and on the right is Pavel Alexanadrovitch
X(1772-1817). These two are thought to be two of
the possible sources behind the name of which
very popular dish?
11. 9. What is the national tree of both
Ecuador and Peru?
12. 10. X is the oldest franchise in the NBA. X
originated in New York in 1923 under the
name Rochester Seagrams. X has been
based in Kansas City, Omaha and Cincinnati
in the past. Stamson the Lion has been X’s
mascot since 1998. X lies in a US state capital
and administrative headquarters of the
eponymous county X. Identify X.
13. 11. The guy on the left is Luigi Cevenini,
the first one to have “achieved” this in
1912. On the right is Mattia Destro, the
latest footballer to have “achieved” this
feat. Put funda. Keywords will do.
14. 12. Which personality, born in 1985, who has
also hosted a TV show and been awarded a
Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science
and Engineering is the author of this book
published in 2013?
15. 13. According to the author of a particular
bestselling series, the name of what may have
been inadvertently inspired after the author’s
having seen the above (scientific name:
Croton capitatus) in Kew Gardens before
starting work on the series?
16. 14. Carlo Lorenzini (1826-1890) was born in
Florence. During the Italian wars of
independence he served with the Tuscan
army. He composed various satirical stories
and sketches in the 1850s and 1860s. Whe
he died, he was relatively unknown outside
Italy, he himself being unaware of the fame
gis most famous creation would go on to
receive. He wrote under a pen name; identify
both his pen name and his most famous
creation, a character from a novel published in
1883. Part points will be given.
17. ***15. X was born in 1941 in Mehsana, and she
spent a long time in her life teaching Science
and Mathematics to secondary school
students. X was elected to the Rajya Sabha
from her native state in 1994. X entered the
government of her state in the late 1990s and
became the Education minister soon after. X
famously won a President’s Award for Best
Teacher in 1989. For full points, name X and
state whom she succeeded a little over 9
months back. Half points will be given.
18. 16. The name of which disease, derived from
Ga (spoken in coastal Ghana) literally
translates to “the sickness the baby gets
when the new baby comes?”
20. ***18. What, founded in 1996 and
acquired by a major company in 1999
was so named because the creators
were trying to suggest a comparison
between a lost, ancient repository of
knowledge and the potential that the
internet held to become a similar
storehouse of knowledge?
21. 19. Germaine Greer said in 2006 that X is one of the
few remaining words in the English language “with
a genuine power to shock.” X has various adjective
and verb uses. The anatomical meaning of X has
been attested to it since the middle ages. X
appears several times in Canterbury Tales. X was
used once (figuratively) in Ulysses and ten times in
Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Identify X.
22. ***20. The above is an 1876 illustration of
which fictional character?
24. 22. The first version of X was released on
July 20th, 2001. Sources usually
encoded to X are reduced to around half
(sometimes more) of their original size,
and its efficiency is comparable to other,
better known formats according to most
experts. X support is included in Android
devices. Josh Coalson played a large
part in X’s development. Identify X.
26. ***24. X has a long history of winemaking dating
back to the 7th century BC, when it was
mentioned in the works of Homer. The popularity
of Xwine continued into Roman times along with
wines from other areas surrounding the Aegean
Sea. Pramnian has been historically noted as the
most adored X wine. The warm climate around is
often seen as a reason why wine flourished.
Before the late 19th century, the word X was used
to indicate any derivative or aspect of Y, including
this wine. At the turn of the 20th century, the word
X attained a completely different, controversial
meaning, often originated in its early days with a
state of mental illness. Identify both X AND Y;
part points will not be given.
27. 25. Identify the “sport” in question.
Men's world record - 110.42 meters
(362.3 feet) Dries Feremans
(August 2014)
Women's world record - 53.52
meters (175.6 feet) Jan Singleton
(August 2006)
31. 2. X originated from an article in The Independent in
1994. However, X did not gain currency again till
the writer of the above returned to the concerned
subject and named David Beckham as Britain’s
biggest X. according to the said writer, Narcissism
plays a large role in a X’s life. An important
development in X’s history was the 2003 article in
The New York Times titled “Xs come out”. Identify
X.
33. 3. The above is an 1885 painting titled The
Cottage. The real cottage depicted here
housed two separate families. One of them,
the de Grools, were the subject of which
iconic painting?
35. 4. The novel X was published in 1963, soon
after the writer had graduated from Williams
College. It was adapted into an iconic film
soon after. A sequel to the novel, Home
School , set ten years after the events of X,
was released in 2007. On an episode of
AMC’s Movies That Shook The World , the
author had revealed the name of the
inspiration behind one of the most important
characters in the novel and the film, Jane
Ericson, who was the wife of an associate of
the author’s father. The novel and the movie
bear the same title. Identify X.
39. 6. This particular phrase (in a slightly
altered form) appears in the 1860 work
The Slang Dictionary. Its origin lies to
something used at prize fights in order
to clan the faces of the combatants. The
tossing of the above item would indicate
that it was no longer needed, and hence
the phrase was born. Identify the
phrase.
41. ***7. In 1993, this landmark was named
X/Y as it became the first ever dual-
named structure in the region in which it
lay. The name was officially changed to
Y/X after a request from the Regional
Tourism Association based in Alice
Springs. The name X was bestowed on
the landmark by a William Gosse in
1873. Identify both X and Y; part points
will not be awarded.
43. 8. On the left is Alexander Grigoriyevich X (1795-
1891), and on the right is Pavel Alexanadrovitch
X(1772-1817). These two are thought to be two of
the possible sources behind the name of which
very popular dish?
47. 10. X is the oldest franchise in the NBA. X
originated in New York in 1923 under the
name Rochester Seagrams. X has been
based in Kansas City, Omaha and Cincinnati
in the past. Stamson the Lion has been X’s
mascot since 1998. X lies in a US state capital
and administrative headquarters of the
eponymous county X. Identify X.
49. 11. The guy on the left is Luigi Cevenini,
the first one to have “achieved” this in
1912. On the right is Mattia Destro, the
latest footballer to have “achieved” this
feat. Put funda. Keywords will do.
51. 12. Which personality, born in 1985, who has
also hosted a TV show and been awarded a
Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science
and Engineering is the author of this book
published in 2013?
53. 13. According to the author of a particular
bestselling series, the name of what may have
been inadvertently inspired after the author’s
having seen the above (scientific name:
Croton capitatus) in Kew Gardens before
starting work on the series?
55. 14. Carlo Lorenzini (1826-1890) was born in
Florence. During the Italian wars of
independence he served with the Tuscan
army. He composed various satirical stories
and sketches in the 1850s and 1860s. Whe
he died, he was relatively unknown outside
Italy, he himself being unaware of the fame
gis most famous creation would go on to
receive. He wrote under a pen name; identify
both his pen name and his most famous
creation, a character from a novel published in
1883. Part points will be given.
57. ***15. X was born in 1941 in Mehsana, and she
spent a long time in her life teaching Science
and Mathematics to secondary school
students. X was elected to the Rajya Sabha
from her native state in 1994. X entered the
government of her state in the late 1990s and
became the Education minister soon after. X
famously won a President’s Award for Best
Teacher in 1989. For full points, name X and
state whom she succeeded a little over 9
months back. Half points will be given.
58. X- Anandiben Patel
She replaced Narendra Modi as the
chief minister of Gujarat in May 2014.
59. 16. The name of which disease, derived from
Ga (spoken in coastal Ghana) literally
translates to “the sickness the baby gets
when the new baby comes?”
63. ***18. What, founded in 1996 and
acquired by a major company in 1999
was so named because the creators
were trying to suggest a comparison
between a lost, ancient repository of
knowledge and the potential that the
internet held to become a similar
storehouse of knowledge?
65. 19. Germaine Greer said in 2006 that X is one of the
few remaining words in the English language “with
a genuine power to shock.” X has various adjective
and verb uses. The anatomical meaning of X has
been attested to it since the middle ages. X
appears several times in Canterbury Tales. X was
used once (figuratively) in Ulysses and ten times in
Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Identify X.
71. 22. The first version of X was released on
July 20th, 2001. Sources usually
encoded to X are reduced to around half
(sometimes more) of their original size,
and its efficiency is comparable to other,
better known formats according to most
experts. X support is included in Android
devices. Josh Coalson played a large
part in X’s development. Identify X.
75. ***24. X has a long history of winemaking dating
back to the 7th century BC, when it was
mentioned in the works of Homer. The popularity
of Xwine continued into Roman times along with
wines from other areas surrounding the Aegean
Sea. Pramnian has been historically noted as the
most adored X wine. The warm climate around is
often seen as a reason why wine flourished.
Before the late 19th century, the word X was used
to indicate any derivative or aspect of Y, including
this wine. At the turn of the 20th century, the word
X attained a completely different, controversial
meaning, often originated in its early days with a
state of mental illness. Identify both X AND Y;
part points will not be given.
77. 25. Identify the “sport” in question.
Men's world record - 110.42 meters
(362.3 feet) Dries Feremans
(August 2014)
Women's world record - 53.52
meters (175.6 feet) Jan Singleton
(August 2006)
79. ROUNDS
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MUKHOPADHYAY AND
BANESWAR SARKER
WRITTEN THEME ROUND
INFINITE POUNCE ROUND 1 (20 QUESTIONS)
PICK YOUR DECADE ROUND
INFINITE POUNCE ROUND 2 (20 QUESTIONS)
THE DETAILS FOR EACH ROUND WILL BE
EXPLAINED AS WE GO ALONG.
IN ANY OF THE ROUNDS, ANY OF THE TEAMS
BLOCKING A HINT WILL BE EXPECTED TO
CORRECTLY ANSWER THE CONCERNED
QUESTION; IF THEY DON’T, THEY WILL GET A
-10.
AGAIN, THE PRELIMS SCORES WILL BE
MULTIPLIED BY FIVE AND CARRIED OVER TO
THE FINALS.
80. WRITTEN THEME ROUND
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This round comprises 8 questions, each of which is
worth 10 points. A non-exhaustive theme connects the
answers.
The points for the theme are mentioned on each slide.
A team is allowed a maximum of THREE attempts at
the theme over the course of the round.
Any team blocking any intended hint on a question
but not answering that particular question correctly
will be awarded a -10.
Bonus points will be distributed as follows:
3-4 correct answers: +10
5-6 correct answers: +20
7-8 correct answers: +30
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1. The first known X in the UK was granted in 1327
amidst the festivities surrounding the coronation
of King Edward III. In 2006, all the soldiers from
the UK who had been executed for cowardice
during WWI were granted an official X. Xs can be
granted only upon the advice of certain ministers.
Under the Act of Settlement in the UK, an official
X cannot stop an MP from being impeached.
Identify X; keywords will suffice.
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2. It is formally named The X of Our Lady and Saint
Nicholas in Y. it was founded by Henry VI in 1441.
The choir of its chapel is one of the best known in the
world. Some of the most famous luminaries
associated with it are E.M. Forster, Robert Walpole,
John Maynard Keynes and Salman Rushdie. Above is
shown its heraldic shield; identify both X AND Y. Part
points will not be given.
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3. Eight Nobel Prizes have been awarded for work
at completed at X. Alcatel-Lucent, the French
giant, has been X’s parent company since 2006.
At various points in time thorughout its existence,
X’s logo has comprised the very object which is
part of X’s name. X’s headquarters lie in Murray
Hill, New Jersey. Identify X.
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4 . X, born in 1751, was the fourth occupant of a
particular post. X famously supervised the
Louisiana Purchase. X was a slave-owner who
owned an estate called Montpellier and owned
hundreds of slaves. X was assisted at a certain
level by both George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry.
In a 2008 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly,
he was declared the most influential Princeton
alumnus of all time. Identify X.
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5. What was established in 1917 by King George V
comprising five classes and having both civil and
military divisions?
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6. Which word entered the English lexicon in the
16th century from a Greek root “ainos” meaning
“fable”?
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8. Who is speaking and about whom/what? Part
points will not be given.
"There's a great charge you get from playing him,
because of the volume of words in your head and
the speed of thought—you really have to make
your connections incredibly fast. He is one step
ahead of the audience and of anyone around him
with normal intellect. They can't quite fathom
where his leaps are taking him.”
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1. The first known X in the UK was granted in 1327
amidst the festivities surrounding the coronation
of King Edward III. In 2006, all the soldiers from
the UK who had been executed for cowardice
during WWI were granted an official X. Xs can be
granted only upon the advice of certain ministers.
Under the Act of Settlement in the UK, an official
X cannot stop an MP from being impeached.
Identify X.
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2. It is formally named The X of Our Lady and Saint
Nicholas in Y. it was founded by Henry VI in 1441.
The choir of its chapel is one of the best known in the
world. Some of the most famous luminaries
associated with it are E.M. Forster, Robert Walpole,
John Maynard Keynes and Salman Rushdie. Above is
shown its heraldic shield; identify both X AND Y. Part
points will not be given.
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3. Eight Nobel Prizes have been awarded for work
at completed at X. Alcatel-Lucent, the French
giant, has been X’s parent company since 2006.
At various points in time thorughout its existence,
X’s logo has comprised the very object which is
part of X’s name. X’s headquarters lie in Murray
Hill, New Jersey. Identify X.
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4 . X, born in 1751, was the fourth occupant of a
particular post. X famously supervised the
Louisiana Purchase. X was a slave-owner who
owned an estate called Montpellier and owned
hundreds of slaves. X was assisted at a certain
level by both George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry.
In a 2008 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly,
he was declared the most influential Princeton
alumnus of all time. Identify X.
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5. What was established in 1917 by King George V
comprising five classes and having both civil and
military divisions?
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6. Which word entered the English lexicon in the
16th century from a Greek root “ainos” meaning
“fable”?
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8. Who is speaking and about whom/what? Part
points will not be given.
"There's a great charge you get from playing him,
because of the volume of words in your head and
the speed of thought—you really have to make
your connections incredibly fast. He is one step
ahead of the audience and of anyone around him
with normal intellect. They can't quite fathom
where his leaps are taking him.”
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1. Turing was granted an official pardon in 2013 by
Queen Elizabeth II.
2. Turing was both a student and a Fellow at King’s
College, Cambridge.
3. Turing worked at Bell Labs for two months in 1943
and encountered Claude Shannon.
4. Turing finished second to Madison in the list of the
most influential Princeton alumni of all time.
5. Turing was awarded an OBE in 1945 for his
services to his country during the war.
6. Turing attained massive fame for breaking the
German Enigma code.
7. Codebreaker was the name of a 2011 documentary
aired on Channel 4 about Turing.
8. Benedict Cumberbatch played Turing in the 2014
film The Imitation Game.
111. INFINITE POUNCE ROUND 1
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This round comprises 20 questions on infinite
pounce and normal infinite bounce i.e one team
will receive e maximum of two questions that go
unanswered before the next question is moved to
the next team.
The scoring on bounce is a flat 10; on pounce, it
is +10 for a correct answer and -10 for an
incorrect one.
Teams must pounce within the count to five by
the quizmaster, failing which they will have to wait
for tehir turn on bounce.
This round will go clockwise from team 1.
Any team which blocks a hint the quizmaster
intends to give and fails to answer that particualr
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1. In the next slide, you will see some images.
Somebody’s image is missing; identify the
person.
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2. X has changed its format over the years from
broadsheet to Berliner. X has recently played a
critical role in the publicizing of scandals like the
Verizon telephone records held by Obama. X was
founded in 1821 by John Edward Taylor. X US
was launched in 2011.X got a nickname in its
early days for the tendency it had for typos. X
First Book Award, launched in 1999, is a major
award sponsored by X. Identify X.
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3. Woo Woo: X without orange juice
Safe X: X without alcohol
___(a part of X) Fire: X with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
instead of vodka
X is generally built on ice in a highball glass and
garnished with an orange slice..
X also has a 2007 Bollywood connection and has
something to do with Apoorva Lakhia.
Identify X.
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4. Accoding to local legend, the place was witness
to the killing of Tanjan, a mythological demon by
Neelamegha Perumal, a form of Vishnu. This
played a pivotal role in the change of the name of
which place post independence? Both parts are
needed; half points WILL NOT be given.
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5. X’s high luster and sheen has helped it being
termed “Diamond Fibre”. X originates in a goat
which is named after a city. South Africa is the
world’s largest X producer, producing close to
50% of the world’s total X. X gained prominence
when the Un General Assembly declared 2009 as
the International Year of natural Fibres. X is
mostly composed of Keratin; X plays a pivotal
role on a Seinfeld episode (S5E4- “The Sniffing
Accountant”). Identify X.
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6. X and Y are neighbouring countries, and their
flags are often confused. X’s flag has the portion
often confused in maroon, and the portion has 9
points. Y’s flag has the confused portion in red,
and the portion has only 5 points. X’s flag is also
much wider than Y’s. Y’s flag had 8 points till
2002, but then it was changed to five to reflect the
five pillars of Islam. An iconic, annual event Y is
associated with was first held in 2004, whereas X
became only the second country from the west of
its continent to host something in 2006. Identify
both X and Y; PART POINTS WILL NOT BE
GIVEN.
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7. Which very commonly used two/three word phrase fiulls in these
blanks?
“ Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of ______ _________ take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.”
The lengths of the blanks are not indicative of the lengths of the wors in
the phrase.
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8. X was founded in 1/1/2014 and officially
recognised as a political party on the same day.
X’s headquarters lie in Ghakhar Mandi City. X’s
election symbol is a brick. X’s founder, Arslan Ul
Mulk, was the former leader of another political
party and claims to have formed X in order to
make his country what it was dreamt of as by its
creator (who ided in 1948). Identify X.
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9. The name of which very popular dessert
translates to “lift me up” or “pick me up” in its
native, Mediterranean tongue?
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10. The designs on the XY are embroidered, not
woven , which would not make it a Y, but is
always referred to as one. Early French legend
often assumed that the XY was commissioned by
and created for Queen Matilda and her ladies-in-
waiting. XY is nearly 70 metres long and 20
inches tall. XY is currently exhibited at a museum
in Normandy. Heinrich Himmler is said to have
coveted the work during WWII for the glorious
Germanic history it depicted. Identify XY.
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11. What are they reacting to:
John McEnroe: “This is the greatest advertisement
for our sport. It makes me proud to be a part of it.
We often don't get the respect we deserve in
tennis for the athletic demands it places on
players, but this should push that respect way
up".
Roger Federer: “"It's so impressive to see. I mean,
I was watching this. I don't know if I was crying or
laughing. It was too much“
Andy Roddick: “Seriously, doesn’t anyone have to
pee ? Umpires included?”
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13. A is a name/surname of Old French/Old High
German origin meaning “genuine, bold and
brave.” A’s shortened form, especially as a
given name, has a huge Comics connection. A
was revealed to be an iconic character’s first
name in the last completed installment of an
iconic series of works, published in 1976. Identify
both A and the character in question; part points
WILL NOT BE GIVEN.
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14. In 2014, X celebrated 10 years with a billboard
in Times Square. The billboard could be viewed
throughout August 2014. Previously(in 2010) , X
had used a Times Square billboard in order to
promote a certain campaign and the “Get
Rubber!” slogan and website. X’s websites are
mostly managed from Quebec. X was criticised
for associating with streaming media, in reaction
to which it launched an anti-piracy campaign in
2009. Identify X.
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15. What entity (formed in Glasgow in 1990) was
named after the above character from a 1984
film, declared by Kurt Cobain as his most
favourite film of all time?
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16. Saint Bibiana/Viviana was a Christian martyr
who lived in Rome in the 4th century CE. A
basilica dedicated to her still exists. Legend has it
that after she was executed , her body was left
out in the open in order to be devoured by wild
animals, and yet it was left unharmed. Her feast
day is celebrated on December 2nd. Along with
being the patron saint of those with epilepsy,
headaches, insanity and those who are victims of
torture, she is also the patron saint of which
condition, the various causes of which are
identified as acetaldehyde accumulation,
metabolic acidosis, changes in glucose
metabolism, malnutrition etc.?
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17. Who/what was euthanised on 14 February,
2003 at the age of 6 because she had a
progressive lung disease and severe arthritis?
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18. X has now fallen into disuse, although mentions
of X can still be found in literature from the 1960s.
When Xs attained massive popularity, they were
often elaborated in terms of design. Xs are now
hard to find in most places in the world. Some
famous wearers have included Howard Stern,
Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, Jerry Garcia and the
like. However, Xs have also often been dubbed Y
glasses after its most famous patron. Identify both
X and Y; part points MAY be given.
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19. In 1844, Henry X emigrated to the USA from
Bavaria. He settled in Alabama and opened a
store called H.X. the establishment changed its
name again in 1847 when Henry’s younger
brother Emanuel arrived. It took its final name in
1850 when Mayer X arrived in Alabama. What
was the final name/ Identify X.
Hint: It was massively in the news around 6 to 7
years back
173. This round comprises 8 questions.
The teams will be allowed to pick decades in
ascending order of their scores.
Once a question has been flashed, the
quizmaster will allocate a certain amount of time
for the teams other than the one which has
picked the decade to answer the question on
pounce. It’s +10/-10 for the above teams, and
+10/0 for the team which has picked a decade.
175. INFINITE POUNCE ROUND 2
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This round comprises 20 questions on infinite
pounce and normal infinite bounce i.e one team
will receive e maximum of two questions that go
unanswered before the next question is moved to
the next team.
The scoring on bounce is a flat 10; on pounce, it
is +10 for a correct answer and -10 for an
incorrect one.
Teams must pounce within the count to five by
the quizmaster, failing which they will have to wait
for tehir turn on bounce.
This round will go counter-clockwise from team 8.
Any team which blocks a hint the quizmaster
intends to give and fails to answer that particualr
176. 1.
The most common way to escape from X is to hoist
the arms over the head before undoing the strap and
at least the strap at the back of the neck. This allows
X to simply be peeled off upward over the head.
Without dislocating the shoulder, it is sometimes
possible to get more room by pulling at the inside of
the arms as they are being strapped or by keeping
an elbow held outward to gain slack when the arm is
relaxed.
X please?
179. 2.
Connect and give me X & Y.
Sydney Cricket Ground
M Chinnaswamy Stadium
Old Trafford
SuperSport Park
X
Y
181. India vs Pakistan at ICC ODI Cricket World Cup
X=PCA Stadium, Mohali
Y= Adelaide Oval
182. 3.
Welcome to New York is
a 2014 French-
American drama film co-
written and directed
by Abel Ferrara. The
film was released on 17
May 2014 by VOD on
the internet. It tells the
story of a powerful man,
a possible candidate for
the Presidency of
France, who lives a life
of debauchery and is
arrested after his stay in
a hotel.
185. 4.
There are two main theories about the derivation of X.
(1) Parts of X were created by Lord Parasurama, who
reclaimed the land from the sea. Hence the name is
derived from chernna ("added") and alam ("land"),
which formed the basis for the Sanskrit for "the land
added on”.
(2) The Chera dynasty, which ruled most of X from the
1st to the 5th centuries AD, gave its name to the
region; Chera alam later became X. This is often
disputed in academic circles because the word
existed even before the rule of Cheras.
188. 5.
The X logo look like a plain text based logo but if
we take a second look between the last two
alphabet we will see an arrow pointing forward
which represents the speed and accuracy of the
entity’s services and moving forward toward to
the future.
The Entity X?
191. 6.
The two-word term X came into widespread use near
the time of the 1996 Republican National
Convention. The first use of the term in a news article
about that election appeared in the July 21, 1996
edition of The Washington Post. E. J. Dionne, the
article's author, quoted Alex Castellanos suggesting
that Bill Clinton was targeting a voting demographic
whom Castellanos called the X. The X was described
in the article as "the overburdened middle income
working mother who ferries her kids from _______
practice to scouts to school."
The Term X?
194. 7.
Connect with a common moniker-
US Basketball team in the 1998 World Cup where
all 12 members were not from NBA but from
American colleges, the minor-league Continental
Basketball Association, or European pro leagues.
An American Hip Hop group of whom Eminem is a
part and was formed in 1996
A 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich, based
on a novel of the same name that was possibly
inspired by a real life group called the "Filthy
Thirteen".
197. 8.
Price of this commodity in Delhi rose steeply on
9th February this year. Generally the price of this
item is between Rs. 40-60 but has increased to
Rs.120-150. This was due to the sudden demand
of this item in the city.
Which item/commodity am I talking about?
200. 9.
The Grim Game is a 1919 silent film.
Plot:
A gang of men frame Harvey Hanford for murder, and
also decide to kidnap his fiancée. Hanford is quickly
apprehended by the police and falsely imprisoned for
the crime. Shortly afterward, Hanford escapes and
pursues the men who framed him. His tormentors
chains him up, imprisoning him on numerous
occasions, only for Hanford to escape. The film
concludes with a climactic mid-air collision following
an aeroplane pursuit. Following the collision, Hanford
is reunited with his fiancée.
Who plays Harvey Hanford in the movie?
203. 10.
At the X is an oil-on-canvas painting by Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec. It was painted between 1892 and
1895. It portrays a group of three men and two
women sitting around a table; The people at the
table are (from right to left): Édouard Dujardin, La
Macarona, photographer Paul Secau and Maurice
Guibert. The woman in the right foreground is May
Milton. In the background on the right you can see
La Goulue with a partner and the left background
shows Lautrec himself and Gabriel Tapié de
Céleyran.
207. 11.
The title of this book comes from Isaiah 21:6:
"For thus hath the Lord said unto me,
__, ___ _ ________, let him declare what he
seeth.”
Name the book from the blanks, whose author’s
first book was adopted into a Oscar winning
movie.
210. 12.
"The Pet Goat" (often erroneously called "My Pet
Goat") is a children's story from the book Reading
Mastery II: Storybook 1 by Siegfried Engelmann and
Elaine C. Bruner. "The Pet Goat" is the story of a
girl's pet goat that eats everything in its path. The
girl's parents want to get rid of the goat, but she
defends it. In the end, the goat becomes a hero
when it butts a car thief into submission.
Why was this story in news in the early part of the last
decade? (Book cover on the next slide)
213. It gained attention on September 11, 2001; U.S.
President George W. Bush was listening to the
story at the Emma E. Booker School in Sarasota,
Florida when he was informed of the ongoing
terror attacks.
214. 13.
This character features in both Ramayana and
Mahabharata. He was in Ram’s side in his war
against Ravan. Ironically he fought over a jewel
with Krishna for 28 days, when he realised who
he was fighting and decided to give away the
jewel and got his daughter married to Krishna as
well.
Who is he?
217. 14.
In 2005, school officials in China, banned X. The
immediate cause was that students had been
altering notebooks to resemble X and then writing
the names of acquaintances, enemies, and
teachers in the books.
In 2007, the education bureau in Pingtung County,
Taiwan warned parents to watch for "negative
influences" from the manga.
After volumes of X were found at the February
2013 suicide of a fifteen-year-old girl
in Yekaterinburg, Russia, a local parents' group
began campaigning in April 2013 for
President Vladimir Putin to regulate all media
based on the series saying it "arouses interest in
220. 15
Cassius to Brutus (Julius Caesar Act I Scene II)
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
___ _____, dear Brutus, is not __ ___ _____
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
FITB to get the name of a movie from this decade?
223. 16.
Whose selected bibliography?
1905: Ambidexterity (co-authored with John Jackson)
1915: Indian Memories
1915: My Adventures as a Spy
1918: Girl Guiding
1921: An Old Wolf's Favourites
1922: Rovering to Success
1927: Life's Snags and How to Meet Them
1933: Lessons From the Varsity of Life
1934: Adventures and Accidents
1936: Adventuring to Manhood
1937: African Adventures
1938: Birds and Beasts of Africa
1939: Paddle Your Own Canoe
1940: More Sketches Of Kenya
226. 17
On March 4, 1960, the French freighter La
Coubre suspiciously exploded in Havana Harbor,
killing up to 100 people and injuring several
hundred more. The following day on March 5,
President Fidel Castro blamed the U.S. CIA and
called for a memorial service and mass
demonstration at Havana's Colón Cemetery, to
honor the victims.
That meeting , which was organised to mourn the
death, is famous for another reason. Which
reason?
229. 18.
The term _______ ______was used for the first
time in the music press by UK's Kerrang!
journalist Malcolm Dome, while making a
reference to the song. The Term and the Band?
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232. 19.
X is a step of the processing of certain ores. More
specifically, X is a metallurgical process involving
gas–solid reactions at elevated temperatures with
the goal of purifying the metal component(s).
X consists of thermal gas–solid reactions, which can
include oxidation, reduction, chlorination, sulfation,
and pyrohydrolysis by treating with very hot air.
ID X which has been in the news in a different context.
