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SCAM Quiz
25% Sports 25% Countries
25% Automobiles 25% Music
Quizmaster: Rishabh Sinha
S04_E04
22nd
January, 2021

Rules
1. There are 20 questions.
2. All questions carry 1 point, with no negative marking.
3. The answer for an individual question may contain multiple parts in which
case each part will be worth a particular fraction of 1 point. (The
weightage will be explicitly mentioned for each such question)
4. You have to write answers in the template provided to you.
5. At the end of the quiz, you have to send the template with answers.
(within time limit)
6. Do not try to Google the answers. It just spoils the fun for everyone. Try
to ﬁgure it out yourself.
7. You may ask for additional hints if you wish but any participant can
overrule the request for hints from another participant.
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SPORTS
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SECTION 1

1.
The adjoining photo represents one of the most iconic scenes in
athletics history. In this photo we can see an athlete bowing down
in front of Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt at the track while
photographers rush to capture the moment. Name the athlete and
also the context behind this act.
ATHLETE’S NAME: 0.25 Points
CONTEXT: 0.75 Points (Don’t write a whole essay lol, explain it in one sentence)
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1.
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Athlete- Justin Gatlin
Context- as a sign of respect for Bolt after Bolt’s ﬁnal individual race
OR
He had just defeated him in the 100m sprint at the 2017 Athletics
World Championships
OR
any other suitable/similar explanation
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1. Ans

2.
Apart from the quartet commonly referred to as the Big Four of men’s
singles tennis (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray)
who dominated most of the 2010s decade, there was only one player who
won MULTIPLE Grand Slam titles during this period (2010-2019).
This player has an Olympic gold medal in men’s doubles tennis and was also
once part of his country’s Davis Cup winning team.
NAME THE PLAYER.
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Stan Wawrinka
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2. Ans

3.
This is a set of ﬁve drivers who sit above the rest in terms of individual
world titles won in their sport. Three of them are shown below. Name the
other two.
Points: 0.5 FOR EACH NAME
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Juan Manuel Fangio and Sebastian Vettel
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4.
A certain edition of the modern Olympic Games was the ﬁrst one to be held
outside of Europe or the USA. The location of the Games also raised
concerns that it may put a large majority of the athletes at a disadvantage.
At this Olympics, India won its sixth consecutive gold medal in men’s
hockey.
NAME THE CITY AND THE YEAR (0.5 Points for each)
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1956 Melbourne Olympics
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4. Ans

5.
This is the home jersey used by a
European football club for the 2019-20
season. It was managed by current
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp for
seven seasons. It is also the only
publicly traded club
on its country’s stock market.
NAME THE CLUB
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Borussia Dortmund
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COUNTRIES
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SECTION 2

6.
The video game publisher CD Projekt Red which is responsible for games
such as ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ is based in this
country.
The name of one of its cities features in the name of an extremely signiﬁcant
collective defense treaty signed in the 20th century.
NAME THE COUNTRY
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Poland
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7.
This African country was formed in 1964 after the uniﬁcation of a former
British colony that had gained independence only a few years earlier and a
neighbouring archipelago which had become a republic after overthrowing
its Sultan, a constitutional monarch. The name of the country is a combination of
the names of the two comprising entities.
The legendary author Roald Dahl worked in the above mentioned British colony
for a few years in the late 1930s as an employee of Shell Petroleum, an experience
which he vividly described in his autobiographical book ‘Going Solo’.
NAME THE COUNTRY
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Tanzania
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8.
Identify this middle eastern country
through this very famous landmark
shown below, which is one of the
main attractions of the ruins of an
ancient city which is now a tourist
destination.
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Jordan
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9.
This country is one of the two that are associated with the origin of the
popular energy drink Red Bull. It has produced scientists such as Schrodinger
and Pauli.
Its ﬂag consists of three horizontal stripes and its oﬃcial language is
German.
NAME THE COUNTRY
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Austria
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10.
The answer to this question is the largest country by land area to not have
access to ocean waters. It was formerly a part of the Soviet Union and it
was the last Soviet republic to declare its independence.
It renamed its capital city recently in honour of the outgoing president, with
the capital’s new name being the ﬁrst name of the departing president.
NAME THE COUNTRY
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Kazakhstan
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AUTOMOBILES
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SECTION 3

11.
The owner of a tractor manufacturing company once had an argument
with Enzo Ferrari about the after sales service of Ferrari. He felt through his
personal use of Ferrari vehicles that their clutches were inferior in quality and
required continuous rebuilds at Maranello, which he found frustrating. After a
heated exchange with Enzo, he decided to start his own luxury car brand to
compete with Ferrari, believing he could build much superior cars.
NAME THE CAR BRAND thus formed.
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Lamborghini
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12.
This Brazilian-born businessman has held various important posts in the
automobile industry. In fact, he was the CEO of two major car
manufacturers at the same time, making him the first person ever to run
two companies on the Fortune Global 500 simultaneously.
He has constantly been in the news for the past few years for alleged
financial misconduct and gross misuse of company assets. After multiple
arrests and bail requests, he was finally placed under a strict house arrest,
from where he eventually fled to Lebanon.
IDENTIFY THE PERSON
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Carlos Ghosn
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13.
This is a photo of the world
headquarters of General Motors,
based in an American city also known
as ‘Motor City’ because of its highly
developed automotive industry in the
ﬁrst half of the 20th century.
NAME THE CITY
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Detroit
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14.
A Japanese street racing group known as the __________________ which
existed from 1987 to 1999 was known for its illegal street races held on
Tokyo’s Shuto Expressway. They used highly tuned cars which could reach
top speeds of upto 200 mph, much higher than the speed limit imposed on all
Japanese cars at that time. They usually kept their races at 12 AM in the
night, which was the reason behind this exclusive group’s name.
Rockstar Games also developed a video game series of the same name
inspired by this group.
GIVE THE NAME OF THE GROUP/ VIDEO GAME SERIES
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Midnight Club
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15.
Identify this car manufacturer from its logo given below.
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Mitsubishi
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MUSIC
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SECTION 4

16.
This is the oﬃcial poster for the 60th edition of
an annually held event. This event has been
usually held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
in recent years, however, this particular edition
was held at the Madison Square Garden in New
York. Its organizers refer to it as “music’s biggest
night”.
NAME THE EVENT
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Grammy Awards
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17.
A French electronic music duo is as well known for its shiny robot-like
helmets as it is for its music. One of them always wears a silver helmet and
the other one always wears a gold one. They have been releasing music
since the 1990s but very few people know how they look currently because
they rarely give interviews or appear on television, and always wear their
helmets in public appearances.
Some of their most famous songs are ”Around the World”, “One More
Time”, “Digital Love” and “Get Lucky”.
NAME THE DUO
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Daft Punk
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18.
The classical Indian musical
instrument shown below is known for
its deep and weighty sound. It has a
fretless ﬁngerboard due to which it
allows continuous slides between
notes. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a well
known player of this instrument.
NAME THE INSTRUMENT
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Sarod
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19.
A movie X released in 2014 shows the relation between a talented young
drummer and an abusive and demanding music instructor at a premier music
institute in New York City. In the fictional story, the instructor is shown to go to
extreme lengths of cruelty with his students, which he wrongly justifies through his
desire to make them the best musicians they can be. It was directed by Damien
Chazelle who is known for his critically acclaimed film ‘La La Land’.
X is also a medical term for neck injuries sustained due to a sudden and forceful
to and fro motion of the head, such as in a car accident or a fall.
NAME THE MOVIE
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Whiplash
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20.
An album cover from the 1970s is shown
alongside. This album produced two
of the most recognisable songs ever in
in pop culture. One of them is easily
performable without the use of any
musical instruments while the other
is many a time played after the conclusion
of a large sporting event as a celebration.
0.5 Points for naming the band
0.25 Points each for naming each song
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Band: Queen
Songs: “We Will Rock You”,
“We Are The Champions”
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