QuizRathri is a quiz conducted by Quizzers Anonymous on the last Saturday of every month!

1. Quiz Rathri Finals

2. Finalists
50 kg Taj mahal
Quizzticles
Do it duet
The dead rabbits
Qwerty
Alexios and Barnabas

3. Rounds
Round 1 - Dries 1
Round 2 - Written round
Round 3 - Dries 2
Round 4 - Long Visual Connect

4. Buzzer room details
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Room code: STZJNJ
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6. Round 1
12 questions.
Infinite pounce and bounce.
On pounce: +10/-5
On bounce: +10/0

7. Q1
During the 1992 Barcelona olympics,Spanish government decided not to
encourage the use of plastic stuff in the stadiums.Looking for an alternative to
plastic ice cream cups ,a Spanish company settled upon X. Even though they had
chosen X because of its eco-friendly nature;several admirable properties such as
low cost,less abrasion to machine also paved their way for selection.More than
one lakh of these were dispatched to Spain from India too. Identify X.

8. Safety Slide

9. Answer
X - Coconut shells

10. Q2
Give me one word, which serves as a connection between these 3 images. Also
explain the connection.

11. Safety Slide

12. Answer
MANGO
Rajaji - ‘Mango of Krishnagiri’
Karaikal Ammaiyar - Mangani festival
Alfonso de Albuquerque - Alphonso mangoes are named after him

13. Q3
A bear was on his usual walk-around through the woods in Chattahoochee- Oconee
National Forest in December 1985 when instead of apples or a river full of fish, he
stumbled upon 40 plastic bags full of the purest cocaine, leftovers of a failed escape
plan by a drug kingpin and, hungry as it was, he ate it all up, down to the last speck.
He died on the spot & was found lying next to the emptied containers in the middle of
the woods later.
The poor bear became known as the largest consumer in the Bluegrass Conspiracy,
considered to be the biggest drug smuggling chain at the time in America.
What was the nickname ascribed to this unfortunate bear, hinting towards a popular
player in the drug smuggling business?

14. Safety Slide

15. Answer
Pablo EscoBEAR

16. Q4
X is referred to as 'beeping' in some parts of Africa, 'memancing' in Indonesia,
'flashing' in Nigeria, and 'miskol' in the Philippines. X is especially prominent in
India. It is described as an "economical and wide-reaching mechanism of
communication" that bypasses the language barrier.
Identify X.

17. Safety Slide

18. Answer
X - Missed call

19. Q5
Japanese micro-engineers are credited to creations of minute needles just one
millimetre long and with a diameter of 0.1 mm.
Last year, a team at IIT-KGP also made it to news on their project with microneedles.
This biomimicry is from the female mouthparts of certain species that have evolved a
special bio-microelectromechanical system (BMEMS). The tips of their mouths are
composed of several moving parts that work into skin without much fuss and therefore
the minimum pain.
What served as the inspiration for this creation?

21. Safety Slide

22. Answer
Mosquitoes

23. Q6
X represented Town Club in a historic match against the Calcutta Club at Eden
Gardens in the 1880s. During the match, Town Club coach Hema Chandra Ghosh
asked X to not get carried away by emotions and just focus on his bowling. This is
surprising, since we know X as someone with impeccable control over his
emotions. What’s not surprising is that X went onto grab 7 wickets with just 20
runs posted on the board by Calcutta Cricket Club.
Identify X, who is not known for his cricketing skills.

24. Safety Slide

25. Answer
X - Swami Vivekananda

26. Q7
Identify this Brisbane Heat star. What is her recent claim to fame?

28. Safety Slide

29. Answer
Ashleigh Barty
Wimbledon 2021 women’s singles champion

30. Q8
Shown here is the definition of a term given in urban dictionary. Identify the term.

31. Safety Slide

32. Answer
Twinglish

33. Q9
In 2004, oceanographer and explorer Fabian Cousteau, grandson of Jacques
Cousteau, was asked to make a film on sharks. With engineer Eddie Paul, he built
“Troy”– a shark-shaped submarine to discreetly film sharks in their natural habitat.
A book (one in an adventure series) that Fabian read when he was seven,
inspired him to design Troy.
What is this famous book?

34. Safety Slide

35. Answer
Red Rackham’s Treasure

36. Q10
This large, gentle and helpful Pokemon enjoys ferrying people across water
bodies.
The name of this Pokemon is thought to be derived from that of a French
mathematician who worked on the mathematical properties of the sea and tides.
Which mathematician? What is the Pokemon itself based on?
Images follow.

38. Safety Slide

39. Answer
Pierre de Laplace and Loch Ness Monster. The pokemon is called Lapras.

40. Q11
Shaktimaan the animated series is an Indian animated cartoon series created by
Reliance Animation and was first aired on Sonic on December 20, 2011. This
animated series has a connection with the anime world. The voice actor for the
guy Tock in Shaktimaan is very famous in the anime world for voicing one of the
most famous anime characters.
ID the character he voiced.

41. Safety Slide

42. Answer
Goku
Voiced by Sean Schemmel in English

43. Q12
Shown in the next slide is a fish which belongs to the order Perciformes. Identify
the common name of the fish, owing to the way it catches its prey.

45. Safety Slide

46. Answer
Archerfish

47. Round 2
Written round on minimalist posters
On stake, +10/-5
Else, +5/0
Bonus +20 on a full house ;)
Send in your answers as a single thread in the whatsapp group, at the end of 5
questions.

48. Q1

49. Safety Slide

50. Q2

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52. Q3

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54. Q4

55. Safety Slide

56. Q5

57. Time for answers guys! Send your answers :)

58. Answers
1. How I met your mother
2. Mundasupatti
3. The Mentalist
4. Kill Bill
5. Andhadhun

59. Round 3
Same rules as round 1.
12 questions.
Infinite pounce and bounce.
On pounce: +10/-5
On bounce: +10/0

60. Q1
Put funda.
1. Table Tennis - Tengu
2. Skateboarding - Tanuki
3. Archery - Yoichi
4. Rugby - The Oni (main lineup), Momotaro & friend (supporting lineup)
5. Swimming - Princess Otohime
6. Climbing - Fukuro
7. Marathon - The Kijimuna

61. Safety Slide

62. Answer
The opponents in each sport of Google’s, the Doodle Island Champion Games.

63. Q2
The reason behind this change deals with the device X’s circuitry and tone-
recognition hardware. When X was being designed in the late 1950s, device Y
had already established a different layout. Professionals were quite adept at
navigating these layouts. The tone-recognition technology could not operate
effectively at the speeds at which these professionals could operate on. So, the
designers of X figured that if they changed the layout, the speeds at which anyone
could operate would decrease and the tone-recognition would be able to do its job
more reliably.
What two devices and change in layout are we talking about?

64. Safety Slide

65. Answer
Change in number layouts in Calculators and Phones

66. Q3
The scientific name of this animal (image follows) is a nod at a physical feature, which helps it get
a better grip on the ground while running and then getting hold of its prey (as the animal tires
quickly and hence this adaptation comes in handy).
The animal does not have any direct predator. However, its cubs have a high mortality rate, often
being killed by other predators. These cubs have lighter-colored fur on the neck, shoulders and
back in the pattern of a mohawk, and it is suggested this is an evolutionary mechanism to increase
the chances of their survival.
What physical feature is reflected in the scientific name? How exactly is the pattern of fur theorized
in helping the cubs survive longer?

68. Safety Slide

69. Answer
The scientific name Acinonyx jubatus of the Cheetah translates to `immobile nails', referencing its
inability to retract its claws so as to help it grip the ground better while running
The distinctive pattern on their body make the Cheetah Cubs resemble a Honey Badger, described
to the most ferocious member of the animal kingdom

70. Q4
The fourth part of this movie franchise X had an Easter Egg alluding to a horrible
accident that occurred during the production of the second part of the film. Luckily
the technical supervising director of the second film was able to save the
production team from the mistake which may have led to the film being non
existent today otherwise.
Image follows.

72. Safety Slide

73. Answer
Toy story
RMR F97 was the command on the computer that deleted the film, which had to
be restored using a backup file.

74. Q5
In computer networking, HTTP ___ Unavailable For Legal Reasons is an error
status code of the HTTP protocol to be displayed when the user requests a
resource which cannot be served for legal reasons, such as a web page censored
by a government.
The status code was formally proposed in 2013 by Tim Bray, following earlier
informal proposals by Chris Applegate in 2008 and Terence Eden in 2012.
The number ___ is a reference to a certain dystopian novel in which books are
outlawed.
Identify the number and the book.

75. Safety Slide

76. Answer
451 from FAHRENHEIT 451

77. Q6
Coen brothers decided to cast X for their 2008 released movie Y as the
antagonist. The character was considered one of the most realistic portrayals of a
psychopath. X was initially hesitant to play the role as he hated violence and was
uncomfortable to speak English. Coen brothers suggested that that was one the
reasons they casted X in the first place. X won an academy award for the best
supporting actor for his role in Y.
Id X and Y.

78. Safety Slide

79. Answer
X - Javier Bardem
Y - No country for old men

80. Q7
What is this the google doodle for?

81. Safety Slide

82. Answer
Rorschach Test

83. Q8
Orthocarbonic acid (methanetetrol) is the name given to a hypothetical compound with
the chemical formula H4CO4 or C(OH)4. Its molecular structure consists of a single carbon
atom bonded to four hydroxyl groups. It would be therefore a fourfold alcohol.
Orthocarbonic acid is highly unstable. Calculations show that it decomposes spontaneously
into carbonic acid and H2O:
H4CO4 → H2CO3 + H2O.
When drawn in two dimensions, the molecule resembles a distinct shape/structure and has
therefore been called “X's acid".
Id X. (Image follows)

85. Safety Slide

86. Answer
Hitler’s Acid

87. Q9
Whose name has been blanked out in this meme? ;)

88. Safety Slide

89. Answer
Vin Diesel

90. Q10
One of the earliest known usage of this symbol was to mark the trees that were to be
used for ship building. The Massachusetts charter contained a Mast Preservation Clause
specifying the attributes of the symbol in 1691.
Australians interpreted it in a different way and thus used it for convict clothing during the
early period of transportation, as government-issued uniforms were rare.
Similarly, what does this sign symbolize in the Indian context?

92. Safety Slide

93. Answer
The arrow found in the registered number plates of military vehicles in India. (3)

94. Q11
The combination of science and puns has always set the internet on tire and reached
heights of virality. Adapted song lyrics and addition of humorous elements by the
academics has been a matter of amusement since ages. One such instance is about a
paper that was based on dimorphic fungal pathogens. The title of the study kick started
a thread of other such funny titles and even gained some 48,200 likes and moo
retweets.
What?

95. Safety Slide

96. Answer
Fantastic Yeasts and where to find them :)

97. Q12
When the sun sets, it is lower down and the light has further to travel. Blue light
can't travel very far so much of it 'scatters' out before it reaches us. This causes
colors that have longer wavelength to be visible to us in the sky.
What are the pink skies during sunsets called colloquially?
Image follows.

99. Safety Slide

100. Answer
Cotton candy skies

101. Round 4
Long Visual Connect - A potential Game Changer !
7 clues - 1 common theme is to be identified
Scoring (positive and negative) will vary at the clue in which you answer.
ONLY ONE attempt is allowed.
Here we go!

102. +70/-35

103. +60 / -30

104. +50 / -25

105. +40 / -20

106. +30 / -15

107. +20 / -10

108. +10 / 0

109. And the Connect is...

110. Gambits / Openings in Chess ! (Non-exhaustive List)
1. Rousseau Gambit (clue: Jean Jacques Rousseau)
2. Evans Gambit (clue: Chris Evans)
3. Dunst Opening/Gambit (clue: Kirsten Dunst)
4. Danish Gambit (clue: Danish Kaneria)
5. Medusa Gambit
6. King’s Gambit (clue: Billie Jean King)
7. Queen’s Gambit (clue: Queen, the band)