3. House Rules
> Switch off your mobiles!
> 6 Rounds
> Scoring rules: to be informed
before each round
> Most answers can be worked out… so go for it!
> Decision of the quiz master stands true and final
8. 1.1 Which fictional character has
written books like
‘Whole Art of Detection’,
‘On the Study of Tobaccos and
Their Ashes’, and
‘On Secret Writings’?
14. 1.3 Which Tiger Reserve in India gets
its name from the word ‘bakshish’
meaning tips, which were often
offered to the plantation workers by
British rulers?
20. 1.5 Raaste Pyar Ke, Punar Milan in
Hindi has already hit the stands along
with some Tamil titles. Following soon
will be versions in Marathi, Malayalam
and Bengali. What 1908 founded thing
am I talking about that was in 1997
added to the Oxford English Dictionary
meaning “romantic story book”?
42. 5.1 X is running for office in Australia as a
representative of a newly formed party. He
recently appeared in blond mullet wig, a flag
necktie as a headband and retro-looking Aussie
jersey in a parody video called "Game of Polls".
The video was produced by Juice Rap News. It
blends a hip hop beat with the theme from the
HBO series Game of Thrones. The video has actors
playing versions of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. ID.
45. 5.2
2000 John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
2003 Sir Michael Parkinson, British Media Personality
2005 Richie Benaud, former Australian Captain
2006 Alan Jones, Radio Personality ; Rugby coach
2008 General Peter Cosgrove, retired army officer
2008 Ricky Ponting, Former Australian Captain
2009 Greg Chappell, Former Australian Captain
2010 Sir Tim Rice
2011 Rahul Dravid, Former Indian Captain
2012 Gideon Haigh, Sports Journalist
2013 Mike Brearley, Former England Captain
CONNECT.
48. 5.3
Polianthes tuberosa is a night
blooming perennial plant, the
flowers of which are used in
perfumery.
Which 1974 film directed by Basu
Chaterjee is named after this flower?
51. 5.4
Late Dutch programmer, Joannes Jozef
Everardus Van Der Meer, who was a "pioneer in
the development of user-friendly Web
technologies," is believed to have created this in
1998.
This was officially launched by a different
company on February 9,2009. In an average day,
there are approximately 2.7 billion of this,
meaning over 955 billion in an average year.
What?
57. 5.5
This is one of the many phrases
coined by Shakespeare.
It refers to the warmest part of the
day.
USAGE: Next slide
58. ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE:
There's none but witches do inhabit
here;
And therefore 'tis XX that I were hence.
She that doth call me husband, even my
soul
Doth for a wife abhor.
72. CLUETWO
+60 -30
X is an out of shape middle aged man, disk jockey. With
the discovery of his powers he quickly became a special
British government operative for M.I.6, a secret British
national security unit, under the name X.
His costume is made of unstable molecules and has a
sound system in it. Image follows.
74. CLUETHREE
X can be classified into two primary types:
pahoehoe (pronounced 'paw-hoey-hoey") and aa (pronounced "ah-
ah")
There is a third type called “pillow” but that is applicable only to the
submarine variety. What?
CLUE: Next Slide
+50 -25
76. CLUEFOUR
+40 -20
X is small town with a population of 32,000.
Its Coat of arms has an image of a Soot
Marten which is still found there. X got city
status in 1977.
Better known for a different reason. ID.
