Intra College Quiz Session

1. Naman Jain
BBA(G)

2. Rules
• 20 Questions
• Direct/Pass +20
• Pounce +20/-20

3. X was an Indian bodybuilder. He was the first Indian after
Monotosh Roy to win any Mr. Universe Title. He did so in the
1952 NABBA Universe Championships.
He was given the name “Pocket Hercules” due to his height of
1.50 m.
X used to perform feats like bending steel with his teeth,
bending spears with his neck and resting his belly on swords.
He was given the Banga Bibhushan Award by the West Bengal
Government in 2015.
Identify X.

5. X- Manohar Aich

6. In 2016, X was recognized with a commemorative 50-cent
coin. The coin has a limited product mintage of 95,929 coins, a
number inspired by adding various statistics from X’s career.
The minting of the coin means that both X and Y, who helmed
their respective sides in a memorable series (which included a
historic first) are now represented on national currency.
Identify X and Y.
Which historic event were they a part of?

8. X- Richie Benaud
Y- Frank Worrell
First ever tied test

9. In Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Nick Fury
fakes his death in order to deceive Hydra. Towards the end of
the film, Steve and Sam stand at the foot of Fury’s fake grave,
and observe the front of the tombstone, including the epitaph.
About the epitaph, directors Anthony and Joe Russo stated
that they couldn’t initially settle on anything but went on to put
this stating, “We’re geeks and we love that kind of stuff. We’re
always trying to put it in the movies and our TV shows. So it’s
better to put something in there that is a wink and a smile and
excites people than just something bland, you know.”
What did Nick Fury’s epitaph contain?

11. Verse from Ezekiel 25:17 in Pulp Fiction

12. Connect: (Exhaustive List)
Mark Taylor
Stephen Fleming
Courtney Walsh
Allan Border
Ian Botham
Bishen Bedi
Nasser Hussain
Waqar Younis
Habibul Bashar
Marvan Atapattu
AB de Villiers
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Faf du Plessis
Mominul Haque

14. Test captains dismissed for a pair.

15. In 2017, Ancestry.com, a genealogy website discovered that X
(43 years old) is distantly related to Y, who died in 1930.
The connection is direct, albeit a distant one and the two were
found to be 16th cousins, twice removed. Their common
ancestor was John of Gaunt, the duke of Lancaster and the
fourth son of King Edward III of England, who lived in the 14th
century, the website stated. John of Gaunt was Y’s 15th great-
grandfather and X’s 17th great-grandfather.
“Making family history connections is similar to piecing
together a mysterious puzzle,” said the site making an obvious
reference to the connection between the two individuals.
Identify X and Y.

17. X- Benedict Cumberbatch
Y- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

18. Recently, an operation to capture one of Mexico’s most
powerful drug lords failed disastrously when armed cartel
members launched a deadly counterattack, laying siege to the
northern city of Culiacan and taking several security officers
hostage.
Authorities on Thursday briefly detained X, a leader of the
powerful Sinaloa cartel and the son of notorious drug boss Y,
but they ultimately freed him and retreated when the cartel
enforcers launched a counterattack to rescue X.
Y was considered to be the most powerful drug trafficker in the
world but is currently serving a life sentence in an American
federal prison.
Identify X and Y.

20. X-Ovidio Guzmán López
Y-Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

21. Josh Herdman began his MMA career on 23rd April,2016 in
Romford with a decision win over Janusz Walachowski.
He said, “ I chose MMA because I love the sport. It’s raw,
exciting and unpredictable. I find it more interesting than
boxing although I appreciate the beauty and art in boxing. It
also made sense to move on to MMA because of my jujutsu
training. I would like a few amateur fights first to get me started
and where it goes from there, who knows.”
However, the world knows Herdman for something else
altogether.
In what context did we see Herdman from 2001-2011?
(Image on next slide)

24. He played the character of Gregory Goyle in
the Harry Potter films.

25. In 2009, when she was given a lifetime achievement award, it
was rather conservatively estimated that she had generated
$10 million for the local economy. A postage stamp featuring
her was also brought out a few years ago. Her children are
now well established, and some of them are expected to
carry on her legacy.
In her old age, she was provided with a lot of assistance for
her daily routines and while this met with criticism, it was
deemed to be necessary. She died in the year 2016 and was
cremated in observance with traditional Hindu rituals in a
public ceremony.
Identify the individual.

27. Machali (Tigress Queen of Ranthambore)

28. X was an Iranian architect. He is said to have been chief
architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, built between 1632
and 1648 during the ruling period of Mughal emperor Shah
Jahan.
Shah Jahan's court histories emphasize X’s personal
involvement in the construction and it is true that, more than
any other Mughal emperor, he showed the greatest interest in
building new magnificent buildings, holding daily meetings with
his architects and supervisors.
X is also credited with laying the foundations of the Red Fort at
Delhi and is said to have worked with Mir Abd-ul Karim and
Makramat Khan for the construction of Taj Mahal.
Identify X.

30. X-Ustad Ahmad Lahori

31. In the early 1990s, President George H. W. Bush’s government
issued an executive order imposing UN Security Council
Resolution sanctions against engaging in economic activities
in Yugoslavia. In response, X spat on the U.S. order, saying
“this is my reply”. His violation of the order led U.S. federal
officials to initiate a warrant for his arrest upon completion of
something.
A fugitive, he went on to live in the Hungary, Philippines and
Japan before he was granted full citizenship by a country in
recognition of something he was a part of in 1972, which made
the front page news across the world.
Identify X, the country and the event which happened in
1972.

33. X- Bobby Fischer
World Chess Championship in Iceland

34. The following is a still from “The Sign of Three”, Sherlock
S03e02. What is a such a napkin fold called/modelled on?

36. Sydney Opera House Napkin Fold

37. The Game of the Century is a famous chess game that was won by the
13-year-old future world champion X against Y in the Rosenwald Memorial
Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City on October 17,
1956.
Y was one of the leading American chess masters at the time of this game.
X was at this time a promising junior facing one of his first real tests
against master level opposition.
In this game, X (playing Black) demonstrates noteworthy innovation and
improvisation. Y (playing White), after a standard opening, makes a
seemingly minor mistake on move 11, losing a tempo by moving the same
piece twice. X pounces with brilliant sacrificial play, culminating in
a queen sacrifice on move 17. Y captures the queen, but X gets far too
much material for it – a rook, two bishops, and a pawn. At the end, X's
pieces coordinate to force checkmate, while Y's queen sits useless on the
other side of the board.
Identify X and Y.

39. X- Bobby Fischer
Y- Donald Byrne

40. X is an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. The
island is small in size and has many different types of terrain,
ranging from bare rock to rainforest, and a temperate climate.
It is the only home of the critically endangered,
venomous Golden Lance head pit viper, which has a diet of
birds. The snakes became trapped on the island when rising
sea levels covered up the land that connected it to the
mainland.
Since there is an extremely high number of snakes on the
island, it is said that there is one snake to every square meter
of the island. The total count of snakes came out to be
4,30,000 though recent estimates are much lower. The island
is closed to public so as to protect both people and the snake
population. Identify X.

42. X-Ilha da Quiemada Grande, also known as
Snake Island.

43. Connect the following
images.

45. The unofficial contenders for a Flag of Earth.

46. X and Y have 8 letters in common, and a love for speed, which
is understandable considering how quick they both can be.
The three year old X, in 2012 was reported to have won 13
races on the trot.
X’s owner said that Y was not the easiest person to get a hold
of but hoped that the two would get to meet. While that did not
happen Y does know of X. When Prince Harry visited Y’s
country, he met Y and showed him a picture of X.
Y was quoted as saying that it was an honour to share his
name with X.
Identify X and Y.

48. X- Usain Colt
Y- Usain Bolt

49. The Capitol Steps are an American political satire group. The
group has been performing since 1981, and has released over
40 albums, consisting primarily of song parodies. Originally
consisting of congressional staffers performing around
Washington D.C., the troupe now primarily employs
professional singers and actors.
In 2003, they released an album, the title of which echoed the
uncertain political climate owing to George Bush’s foreign
policies. Some of the tracks in the album include “Talk ‘bout
Saddam”, “Condoleezza”, and “The Law Firm of Zacarias
Moussaoui.”
Identify the album.

51. Between Iraq and a Hard Place

52. The Tour X was a cycling stage race in the United States held
between 1989 and 1996 and was initially called Tour de Y. the
first edition of the race was described as a smashing success
in Sports Illustrated but after the 1990 edition, Y withdrew his
sponsorship due to some financial problems.
After the exit of Y, X, a well known conglomerate became the
primary sponsor till 1996. While the next edition was being
scheduled, X announced that it was ending its sponsorship of
the race. The withdrawal came months after the heir to the X
family fortune, a keen sports enthusiast was convicted for
something, which was later featured in a 2014 American film
starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo.
Identify X, Y and the film being talked about.

54. X- DuPont
Y- Donald Trump
Foxcatcher

55. The song X wasn’t released by Folkways until 1951, but was
originally written in 1940, when its composer first arrived in
New York City from Oklahoma. He was irritated by another
song Y, which seemed to be endlessly playing on the radio in
the late 1930s.
This composer grew even sicker of the blatant jingoism Y
encouraged and its perfect portrayal of the country. He had
little tolerance for a culture that attempted to sugar-coat the
hard daily reality for poor and working people, which is why he
wrote Y.
Identify X and Y.

57. X- This Land Is Your Land
Y- God Bless America

58. The _______ murders were a series of poisoning deaths
resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area
in 1982. The victims had all taken capsules of a certain brand
that had been laced with potassium cyanide. A total of seven
people died in the original investigation, with several more
death in subsequent copycat crimes.
No suspect was ever charged or convicted of the poisonings,
but the actions of Johnson and Johnson to reduce deaths and
warn the public of poisoning risks has been widely praised as
an exemplary response to such a crisis.
FITB

60. Tylenol

61. Akira is a 1988 science fiction anime film which depicts a
dystopian, cyberpunk-based future. It is set against the
backdrop of something, which is now an assured certainty with
several commentators claiming that Akira had predicted it
correctly.
In a trailer for the film, a sign outside a particular site reads:
“147 Days Until the _____ ________.” Under that, it reads,
“With everyone’s effort, let’s make this a success.”
What did Akira predict, which became a reality on 27th
September,2013?

63. Tokyo hosting the 2020 Olympics