VG's Leaderboard Challenge Set

1.  6 questions, infinite bounce & pounce
 10/0 points on direct, +10/-10 on pounce
 On pounce, you must get all parts correct

2. 1.
 The haibun, Oku no Hosomichi, by Matsuo
Basho is one of the major texts of classical
Japanese literature. The English translation of
the title was also used as the title of an award-
winning 2014 novel set during World War II, as
it, in a sense, describes the location of the
action.
 So, what is the title of the 2014 novel?

3. A1.

4. 2. Video

5. 2.
 It is the set of values of c in the complex plane
for which the orbit of 0 under iteration of the
quadratic map remains bounded, following the
basic formula, often expressed as z = z2 + c..
 It is one of the best-known ‘mathematical
visualizations’, and is very popular in chaos
theory.
 Name it.

6. A2. Mandelbrot Set

7. 3. Connect

8. A3. Kevin de Bruyne

9. 4. ID at least 2 out of
3 (5 points) and
Connect (5 points). 5
Bonus points if you
ID all three.

10. A4
 Priya Rajvansh
 Sharon Tate
 Rani Padmini

 All three were murdered.

11. 5. The 2011 film Trishna is the
poster of a 2011 film, starring
Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed,
directed by Tom Winterbottom.
It is the story of a woman who
experiences rape, and
unwanted pregnancy, followed
by a relationship with her
rapist. Towards the end, she
stabs her rapist, and then
commits suicide. On which
famed late-19
th
-century novel is
it based?
(See next slide for larger pic.)

13. A5. Tess of the
D’Urbevilles

14. 6. Video

15. 6.
 That was Rowan Atkinson, singing Beethoven’s
9
th
Symphony.
 How is this Symphony popularly known
(actually referring to its final movement)? (5
points)
 Which organisation uses this as an anthem? (5
points)

16. A 6.
 European Union
 Ode to Joy