1. Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaye
The Indian Summer Open
nd
2 Sept 2012
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2. rasta akela ho, har taraf andhera ho
raat bhi ho ghat ki, din bhi lutera ho
yahi to hai mausam
(Kamlesh Pande, Thodasa Romani Ho Jaye)
The Indian Summer Open
The Finals
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3. The Finals
● Set Theory ----> 6 questions ----> 60 points
● Clockwise ----> 18 questions ----> 180 points
● Bonus Q ----> 3 questions ----> 30 points
● The North East ----> 12 questions ----> 120 points
● Anti-Clockwise ----> 18 questions ----> 180 points
● Bonus Q ----> 3 questions ----> 30 points
● Total ----> 60 questions ----> 600 points
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4. SET THEORY
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5. Rule Set
● Each question is about sets – ordered, unordered, exhaustive, non-
exhaustive, etc.
● Each set has two types of questions:
– Figuring out what the set is called / described as / made up of
– Provide missing members of the set
● Points are indicated for each question
● All teams write down their answers and exchange at the end
● Audience:
– Join along by writing down answers yourself (as teams of three) for
chocolates and warm applause.
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6. Set 1
What is this list (5 points) and give me the missing person in the list (5
points).
● Mario Lucchesi-Palli, Italy – 1894 ● Jose Zubiar, Argentina – 1894 to
● Demetrios Vikelas, Greece – 1894 to 1907
1897 ● Ferenc Kemeny, Austria-Hungary –
● Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Amptill, 1894 to 1907
Great Britain – 1894 to 1898 ● Ernest Callot, France – 1894 to 1913
● Alexei du Butowski, Russian ● Viktor Balck, Norway-Sweden –
Empire – 1894 to 1900 1894 to 1921
● Leonard A Cuff, New Zealand – ● William Milligan Sloane, United
1894 to 1905 States – 1894 to 1924
● Charles Herbert, Great Britain – ● Jin Guth-Jarkovsky, Bohemia – 1824
1894 to 1906 to 1943
● ????, France – 1824 to 1925
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7. Set 1 - Answer
The inaugural members of the International Olympic Committee with
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, France 1894 - 1925 rounding off the list as
Coubertin,
General Secretary for the first two years and then president for life
(almost).
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8. Set 2
This is an exhaustive set in chronological order
1. What is this set? (5 points)
set?
2. Name the third? (5 points)
third?
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9. Set 2
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10. Set 2 - Answer
The three Marathi films to win the Swarn Kamal (National Award for
Best Picture)
The third film is Deool (2011)
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11. Set 3
What comprises of (in the following order) (10 Points)
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12. Set 3
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13. Set 3 - Answer
A question straight from my Kindle reading list – Thomas Carlyle's classic
Carlyle's
narrative The French Revolution – A History
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14. Set 4
An audio set. I am playing 3. For full 10 points, tell me where you will see
this set of 8 songs.
(5 points for coming close, based on my discretion) .
discretion).
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15. Set 4
An audio set. I am playing 3. For full 10 points, tell me where you will see
this set of 8 songs.
(5 points for coming close, based on my discretion) .
discretion).
#1, a “Rave from the Grave”
to wake you up
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16. Set 4
An audio set. I am playing 3. For full 10 points, tell me where you will see
this set of 8 songs.
(5 points for coming close, based on my discretion) .
discretion).
#4, in the library
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17. Set 4
An audio set. I am playing 3. For full 10 points, tell me where you will see
this set of 8 songs.
(5 points for coming close, based on my discretion) .
discretion).
#7, taxi radio
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18. Set 4 - Answer
Sandman – Nocturnes & Preludes, Episode 3, Dream a Little Dream for Me
– 8 songs referenced in the episode
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19. Set 5
Complete this result sheet (5 points each)
1. _______ __________ 1:43.50 (WR)
2. Ivo van Damme (BEL) 1:43.80
3. Rick Wohluter (USA) 1:44.12
4. Willi Wulbeck (FRG) 1:45.26
5. Steve Ovett (GBR) 1:45.44
6. Luciano Susanj (YUG) 1:45.75
7. ___ ___ _____ 1:45.77
8. Carlo Grippo (ITA) 1:48.39
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20. Set 5 – Answer
Alberto Juantorena (CUB) and Sri Ram Singh (IND) who set the pace
leading up till the 500m mark and triggering the world record
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21. Set 6
Closing out with a simple set. What am I missing?
missing?
_______ __________
Star anise (ground anise can also be used)
Fennel
Cinnamon (cassia bark can also be used)
Cloves
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22. Set 6 – Answer
Sichuan Pepper (corn)
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23. Bolting away
18 Questions
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24. Clockwise 1
Who are these two inventors who were inspired after they were both laid
low by similar mishaps, albeit at different times and in different parts of
the world?
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25. Clockwise 1
Lewis ________
(1837 - 1901)
As an insurance broker, had a
mishap with this implement and
missed out signing on a major
contract. His invention would
later play a key role at the signing
of the Versailles treaty
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26. Clockwise 1
Laszlo ________
(1899 - 1985)
As a journalist, these
mishaps made his job very
messy. 30,000 of his
inventions were ordered by
RAF as the earlier invention
was useless mid-air
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27. Clockwise 1 – Answer
Waterman and Biro. Both had embarrasing moments using fountain pens.
Biro.
Waterman invented the capillary system based fountain pen (which was
cleaner and therefore more practical) and Biro of course made the ball
point pen.
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28. Clockwise 2
The full song has 4 stanzas. For about 140 years, there was no problem. But
during the second world war, they realised that the 3rd and 4th stanzas were
not appropriate and therefore had to be dropped. Here are four lines from
the 3rd stanza:
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out the foul footstep's pollution
What song is this and why was it inappropriate for WW2? WW2?
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29. Clockwise 2 – Answer
The Star Spangled Banner or The Defence of Fort McHenry. The stanza
referred to the British “the band who so vauntingly swore” “foul footstep's
pollution” and was deemed inappropriate given that Britain and United
States were Allies
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30. Clockwise 3
The first two visuals are a subspecies of the genus Adenium. The third
Adenium.
visual is the more commonly found Adenium Obesum, a popular
houseplant. Through speciation, this sub-species, endemic to a particular
island in the Arabian Sea, is completely different from the more common
one found across Africa and the Middle East. A National Geographic
feature in the June 2012 issue called it the ugliest tree in creation. Name the
flower and the island.
island.
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31. Clockwise 3
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32. Clockwise 3
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33. Clockwise 3
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34. Clockwise 3 - Answer
The Desert Rose in Socotra (adenium obesum sokotranum). Half of all the
(adenium sokotranum).
species (plant and animal) found on the island are endemic.
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35. Clockwise 4
LIFE calls this Therese Frare's 1990 World Press Photo Award winner as
the photograph that changed the face of AIDS. In 1992 there was a major
controversy with many groups coming out in protest against this
photograph. One such group were the Roman Catholics. What was the
occasion and what was the core reason for the Roman Catholics to get
angry about?
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36. Clockwise 4
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37. Clockwise 4 – Answer
In 1992, a colourised version was used for a Benetton ad. The Roman
ad.
Catholics, not knowing the origins of the photograph, protested at the
mockery of Mary holding the body of Jesus .
Jesus.
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38. Clockwise 5
The origin of the root of the word is uncertain but the holder of this very
important office was thus called because he foretold ab avium gestu gustuve
(from the flight and feeding of birds). Seutonius writes that when a
prominent Roman wanted to rename himself Romulus II by declaring that
he was the second founder of the city, Munatius Planeus proposed this
name, derived from the aforementioned profession, as it related to places
devoted to religion and offered the name-bearer the dignity of being
central to Roman society. What name / office?
office?
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39. Clockwise 5 – Answer
Augustus (Caesar) from augur, augment, augury
augur, augment,
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40. Clockwise 6
The two artists not only have a common achievement but share a
relationship which is rare amongst all other similar achievers. Explain
what I am talking about.
about.
Points for identification only if nobody gets anything right.
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41. Clockwise 6 - Answer
Pt Bhimsen Joshi (Ankahee, 1984) and Anand Bhate (Balgandharva, 2011)
(Ankahee, (Balgandharva,
have won the National Award for Best Playback Singing (Male) making
them the only guru-shishya pair in the Indian classical music tradition.
Both are from the same Kirana gharana.
gharana.
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42. Bonus Question
Open to all teams, please write down the answers.
These are two award winning film music performances by the same music
director. Both the songs are based on folk traditions. The difference
between the two, as explained by the music director, is in the message – the
first one is more an expression of the state of mind – the emotions, the
thinking, the sensuousness, etc. while the second one is more a narration of
a philosphy. Name both, in order.
order.
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43. Bonus Question
The first one is called Bhatiali and the second one is Baul, cultural
traditions for make benefit Glorious Nation of Bengal. Both works done by
SD Burman who won Best Music Director for Guide and Best Male
Playback Singer for Saphal Hogi (Aradhana)
(Aradhana)
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44. Clockwise 7
In 1983, the Chinese government went into action to protect its national
treasure, the giant panda. In a series of steps, the army, wildlife
conservationists and veterinary doctors were pressed into service. They
were stationed at appropriate points in the broad area of the panda's
habitat in the Sichuan mountains. All this was in anticipation of a
debilitating natural phenomenon that last occurred in the '40s, the same
year that Mao started his Long March. This natural phenomenon happens
in cycles of 40-80 years depending on the species. In India, this same
phenomenon is linked to the growth of black plague rats. What
phenomenon is this?
this?
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45. Clockwise 7 – Answer
Bamboo Blossom or Bamboo Death (In Mizoram, it is called Mautam)
Mautam)
which leads widespread deaths of pandas due to starvation
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46. Clockwise 8
Simply name the two art movements and the larger movement that they
together were part of.
of.
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47. Clockwise 8
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48. Clockwise 8
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49. Clockwise 8 – Answer
Die Brucke (The Bridge) and Die Blau Reiter (The Blue Rider) movements
which were part of the German Expressionism of the late 19th - early 20th
century.
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50. Clockwise 9
Started by Norwegian artist Morten Traavik, there have been two such
beauty pagaents, one in Angola in 2008 and another in Cambodia in 2009.
The motto of the pagaent is “Everybody has the right to be beautiful”. Here are
“Everybody beautiful”.
some of the winners and contestants. What is the fundamental
“requirement” to participate in this event?
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51. Clockwise 9
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52. Clockwise 9
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53. Clockwise 9
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54. Clockwise 9 – Answer
They must be landmine victims (lost a limb)
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55. Clockwise 10
On January 23rd 1964, this play directed by Elia Kazan and starring Barbra
Loden and Jason Robards with a walk on part played by Faye Dunawaye
opened in New York City. Supposedly a personal critique concerning an
event in the renowned playwright's life, this play was one of his least
popular ones. Here are two visuals of the play, one from the original run
and one from a more recent production in Los Angeles. Name the play and
what was it about?
about?
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56. Clockwise 10
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57. Clockwise 10
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58. Clockwise 10 – Answer
After the Fall by Arthur Miller. It was Miller's reflections on his failed
marriage with Marilyn reflected in the plot right down to the suicide of the
wife.
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59. Clockwork 11
In lifestyle magazines / newspaper sections, “_ ___ __ __ _____” is this
particular “category” of articles that has become templatised pieces filled
with tropes. Noreen Malone in Slate lists a few:
● Contrived use of the word “deconstruction” in ways not written before
“deconstruction”
● Mosaic of metaphors to essentially convey the meaning “ Nothing you have seen
“Nothing
before”
before”
● Salvador Dali name dropping
● A saga-esque account of how they got onto the invitation list amd how they
saga-esque
reached the place
● Trumpetting their achievement of completing the full program
● One-upmanship with the previous article writer – “ He did 32, I did 37”
“He 37”
Fill in the blanks to tell me what is this piece which has been appearing
even after June 2011.
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60. Clockwise 11 - Answer
The “I ate at El Bulli” piece
“I Bulli”
Andreas Viestad of Washington Post had summed up the “ I ate at El Bulli”
“I Bulli”
article farce. He wrote simply “How can you convince anyone who has never
“How
tasted tuna marrow that it is delicious? ”
delicious?”
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61. Clockwise 12
The Honduran flag, like those of its neighbours, contains a reference to a
political entity which existed briefly between 1824 till 1838. It was this
entity which secured independence from Spain. Looking at the flag, tell me
what was the political entity and how has it been referenced in the
Honduran flag?
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62. Clockwise 12
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63. Clockwise 12 – Answer
The five blue stars refer to the five provinces of the newly independent
nation called United Provinces of Central America. The five provinces
America.
were Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. In
1838, they split up as five independent nations. But retained elements from
the original flag
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64. Bonus
Teams write down your answer.
The Caribbean coastal town of Trujillo in Honduras is the model for the
fictional town of Coralio. In the opening chapter, the carpenter lays out the
landscape, the people and couple of key characters like the American opera
singer Dona Isabel Guilbert, mistress of the president (who gets
overthrown in a revolution and commits suicide). As the carpenter tells his
long-toothed audience member, there is a tale to tell of many things . And 17
things.
stories follow.
Name the work and the author .
author.
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65. Bonus
Cabbages and Kings by O Henry (based on his experiences during his exile
in Honduras)
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66. Clockwise 13
Yukio Mishima's 1951 novel Kinjiki is, like all his novels, autobiographical
featuring a gay married man. The word kinjiki is a Japanese euphemism for
homosexuality. How is the kanji characters used for this word connected
with this film?
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67. Clockwise 13 – Answer
Forbidden Colours , the English translation (based on the kanji characters
Colours,
used) of Mishima's book is the title of Ryuichi Sakamoto's theme for Merry
Christmas Mr Lawrence .
Lawrence.
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68. Clockwise 14
Sam Houston was leading the Texan army against Santa Anna's forces.
After retreating from the Alamo, he kept moving back east to San Jacinto to
confront the enemy who had camped there after defeating the Texans. On
April 21st, 1836, he was ready to battle. However, he waited till 4 pm before
ordering the charge. Once the attack began, 900 Texans overpowered 1500
Mexicans in 20 minutes in the Battle of San Jacinto. The captured Santa
Anna accepted the Texan demand for independence. Why did Sam
Houston wait till 4 pm, a factor which significantly helped his out-
pm,
numbered Texan army and was quite similar to a Julius Ceasar battle tactic
described in Asterix comics?
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69. Clockwise 14 – Answer
4 pm was middle of siesta time for the Mexicans. With the westering sun
Mexicans.
behind them, the Texans shouting “Remember the Alamo” attacked a
them, “Remember Alamo”
slothful army unable to sight the enemy. It was a manouver that Sam
Houston had been perfecting in his mind since Alamo.
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70. Clockwise 15
I have been digitising my archive of old National Geographic issues and
this ad from the November 1983 issue proffered an interesting question.
The line in this ad refers to a particular incident in the history of this brand.
What happened in 1904?
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71. Clockwise 15
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72. Clockwise 15 – Answer
Aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont (depicted in the Vanity Fair cartoon)
asked Louis Cartier to design a watch which he could use without having
to take off his hands from the steering wheel of his aircraft. Cartier thus
designed the first wristwatch in 1904 for the people at the top.
top.
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73. Clockwise 16
Connect the bus abandoned in Alaska with the Academy Award
nominated (and Golden Globe winner) Original song
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74. Clockwise 16
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75. Clockwise 16 – Answer
Christopher McCandless lived in the bus, trying to survive in the wild. He
died of starvation at the age of 36. Sean Penn made a film Into the Wild
with Eddie Vedder's songs
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76. Clockwise 17
I have not found any documentary evidence to say whether this is more
than coincidence. Rather, let us leave this as a product of my wonderful
powers of observation. What is similar between this film from 1989 and an
interesting episode from the '70s that happened in the the life and career of
the person in the second visua l?
visual?
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77. Clockwise 17
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78. Clockwise 17
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79. Clockwise 17 – Answer
In 1976, PC Sorcar Jr tried to expose the godman Sathya Sai Baba as a
mere sleight of hand trickster . While taking darshan, the Baba whipped
trickster.
out a shondesh out of thin air as prasad. PC Sorcar Jr said he did not like
shondesh but wanted a rossogollah which he himself made appear. All this
was photographed and written about later. The film Jaadugar has Amitabh
doing the same thing (same modus operandi used by PCS) with Amrish
Puri (who plays a godman using tricks learnt from a magician in jail)
embarrasing him in public.
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80. Clockwise 18
After the Russian Revolution, there was significant upheaval in the arts
and crafts of the land. One such domain was children's books. In a strong
paper titled Does the Proletariat Child need a _________ in 1925, pedagogue
EV Vanoskaya successfully argued that this genre needs to be abolished
saying that it was only needed so that hungry and cold children could
escape and feel imaginary happiness. It was therefore an obstacle to the
learning of historical materialism. Instead, avant-garde artists of that
generation came up with something called __________ ____ for Children
(visuals). For almost 10 years, this genre was active. Name the two genres.
genres.
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81. Clockwise 18
Cover of Moscow Has a
Plan, 1932 (based on the
concept of the 5-year-
plan)
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82. Clockwise 18
Cover of Newspaper Explained to
Children, 1926
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83. Clockwise 18
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84. Clockwise 18 – Answer
They abolished Fairytales and instead start publishing Production Books
for Children.
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85. Bonus Question
Open to all teams, answer to be written down.
Alla Rosenfield, a literary and arts researcher, in a paper published in the
MOMA's symposium called The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1936 says
that in 1934, the First Congress of the Union of Soviet Writers met and
heavily criticised these avant-garde experiments. Besides being
contaminated with harmful bourgeoisie elements, they were also,
according to many critics, devoid of realistic and figurative styles. Instead
of “realistically rendered distinguished workers of the Soviet Union, the artists
“realistically
depicted schematic lifeless mannequins ”. Based on this and all other
mannequins”.
considerations, what did the First Congress of the Union of Soviet
Writers unanimously agree to? to?
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86. Bonus Question
Mandated that Social Realism is the only artistic method to be used by all
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87. End of the Round
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88. League of Extraordinary States
The North East
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89. The North East
● Eight states on offer, each state has an associated question
● In ascending order, teams select a question and try to answer the same
– 10 points for a correct answer; no negatives
● Other teams can pounce, if they know the answer, by writing it down
(after every question is displayed, I will call time within which teams
must write down the answers)
– 10 points for a correct answer; -10 for a wrong answer
● After the six finalists are done, the last two questions will be open for
the audience
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90. Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram
Assam Nagaland
Manipur Sikkim
Meghalaya Tripura
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91. Arunachal Pradesh
Tongam Rina, 32
Journalist,
“Ringside View” - The
Arunachal Times
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92. Arunachal Pradesh
Rhynchostilis Retusa is the state flower of Arunachal Pradesh. It is a species
belonging to the largest family of flowering plants. The genus Rhynchostilis
is also one of the most commonly found in South and South East Asia
What is it's common name which is derived from how it resembles an
anatomical feature of an animal? (Half points if you get the family of
flowers right)
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93. Arunachal Pradesh
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94. Arunachal Pradesh
Foxtail Orchids
Home Exit
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95. Assam
Parveen Sultana, 62
Singer, Patiala Gharana
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96. Assam
A Tagore question, finally. Dwarkanath Tagore, grandpa of the Great Poet,
was one of the directors of which company formed in 1839 that was the
first ever company in the world engaged in conducting business & trade in
a local commodity from Assam? Also give which commodity?
commodity?
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97. Assam
The Assam Company, the world's first tea cultivation and trading
company. It was called Assam Company and not Assam Tea Company as
company.
they also expected to trade in coal, lime and oil which were found in
Assam.
Home Exit
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98. Manipur
Hmangte Chungneijang
Mary Kom, 30
Boxer, World Champion
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99. Manipur
After the Beijing debacle, the Indian govt dropped hockey from the
category A priority list. Instead, it selected this martial art which is popular
in Manipur, specifically this district of Thoubal where this style of martial
art is part of the culture. This lady in the picture became the first Indian to
win a medal at the Asian Games at Guanghzou in 2010, losing to world
champion Khadijeh Azadpour of Iran in the finals. Name her and the
sport.
sport.
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100. Manipur
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101. Manipur
Sandhyarani Devi Wangkhem, a Wushu exponent (specifically freestyle
Wangkhem,
or Sanshou). In the final, she got injured in her calf and could not kick. She
was originally a boxer.
Home Exit
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102. Meghalaya
Soulmate
Tipriti Kharbhangar, vocals
Rudy Wallang, guitar
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103. Meghalaya
What has this legendary troubadour from Shillong been doing for the last
40 years on May 24th?
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104. Meghalaya
The only Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration Concert in India
Home Exit
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105. Mizoram
Mizohican
(mizohican.blogspot.in)
“Currently a Creative Trailblazer at a
digital advertising agency, crazy about
glam-rock and Metal, diehard fan of Arsenal
FC, loves designing graphics, coding CSS
and developing UIs. Content and SEO
specialist, "been there done that" maverick,
IIMB dropout, National level Bballer,
unlucky in love, fanatic about sitcoms and a
compulsive paani-poori addict.”
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106. Mizoram
In 1996, the state government enacted a law which was strongly advocated
by the Church. However, M Lalmanzuala, a retired IAS officer and former
Chief Secretary, believes that the law, run for more than 10 years, has
completely failed. The origin of this law, he writes in a research paper,
comes from the wrong teachings of Christian missionaries. Further, there
was the confrontation of the rich landed tribes and poorer tribes over the
production of Zu. The rich could make Zu from surplus rice. The poorer
Zu.
tribes, who converted to Christianity, forever associated Zu with the richer
class and oppression/atrocities thereof. What law is this for which the
Church refuses to discuss even amendments?
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107. Mizoram
The Mizoram Total Liquor Prohibition Act. In 2007, they allowed wine to
Act.
be manufactured and sold (subject to lots of restrictions).
Home Exit
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108. Nagaland
Bambi Kevichusa,
Fashion Designer, Poet,
Keyboardist, singer for a
gospel rock band
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109. Nagaland
In 2000, following the civil war ceasefire, the Nagaland state government
organised a cultural festival involving all the tribes of the land. The idea
was to promote greater understanding and bonding amongst the hitherto
warring groups. Since then, this annual festival held in December has
become a major tourist attraction with its rock shows, fashion parades,
handicrafts arcade, etc. What is the name of this festival, a creature that
festival,
features in most of tribes' oral tradition and Bombay quizzers get familiar
with at least once a year?
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110. Nagaland
Hornbill Festival
Home Exit
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111. Sikkim
Bhaichung Bhutia
Footballer, former Captain
of India
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112. Sikkim
Connect the two songs with a personality and give reference to context
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113. Sikkim
Danny Denzongpa – His first film Mere Apne and his first song as
playback singer Yeh Gulistan Hamara
Home Exit
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114. Tripura
Somdev Devvarman
Tennis player, Asian Games
champion
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115. Tripura
Will keep this simple, just give me exact connect between these two songs.
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116. Tripura
RD Burman plays harmonica .
harmonica.
Home Exit
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117. Rudishing back home
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118. Anti-Clockwise 1
In 1971, a group of delegates adopted this flag for themselves. The element
in the centre is a nod to India in two ways. One nod is that the Government
of India partly funded the meeting. What is the other reason for putting it?
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119. Anti-Clockwise
The World Romani Congress paid tribute to the origin of the Roma people
from India
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120. Anti-Clockwise 2
This exhibit at the Newseum, added to the collection on April 21st last year,
was described as “Without the benefit of any of the 21st century conveniences or
“Without
technological advancements, and in the face of significant personal hardships, these
journalists were distinctly committed to providing their community with critical
information, and they used ...”. Explain the exhibit.
...”. exhibit.
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121. Anti-Clockwise 2
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122. Anti-Clockwise 2 – Answer
The Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, a newspaper in Ishinomaki city, had its
Shimbun,
presses destroyed by the tsunami. With no electricity and supplies, it
tsunami.
published its daily editions using pen and paper posting the newspaper
on the walls of the refugee centres .
centres.
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123. Anti-Clockwise 3
In 303 BC, Chandragupta Maurya and Seleceus Nicator buried the hatchet
and got onto the discussion table. They signed a treaty which put in place
an alliance between the two nations. There was exchange of territories,
arms, elephants, etc. Specifically, the treaty also recognised Epigammy, a
Epigammy,
practice which had started ever since Alexander came to India.This gave
legal rights, recognised and honoured by two empires, to all the people
involved in the practice What was Epigammy?
Epigammy?
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124. Anti-Clockwise 3 – Answer
Marriage between the Hellenic soldiers / men and Indian women. Thus,
women.
the new race of Indo-Hellenic peoples were recognised as citizens by the
Seleucid and Mauryan empires.
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125. Anti-Clockwise 4
20 years of conservation efforts since 1982 the population of California
Condors rose from 22 to around 400 odd birds, all bred in captivity. A few
years ago they were selectively released in the wild. On each bird a radio
GPS transmitter was attached so that they can be tracked in the wild. Every
year, they were brought back for a full round of medical testing and then
re-released into the wild. In these tests, it has been found that more than
half of them are systematically getting poisoned through the consumption
of some metal. Given that the metal has a half life of 13 days, the actual
amounts detected in the annual tests were just a fraction of what is actually
consumed. Through tracking and observation, the source of the poison was
discovered and efforts are on to figure out how to curtail it though it is
difficult given the feeding habits of the birds as well as America's love for
guns. What was the poison and the source?
source?
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126. Anti-Clockwise 4 – Answer
California Condor feed on carrion / carcasses of animals and birds. The
most common carcasses are those of game hunted by humans (for sport).
And the most common ammo used is the lead bullet. These birds were
bullet.
suffering from high degree of lead contamination.
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127. Anti-Clockwise 5
These photographs are from an interesting tour package which costs 120
Lithuanian Litas. Mentalfloss calls it the un-funniest vacation. At the end of
the tour, the tourists are given a shot of vodka. What is the holiday about?
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128. Anti-Clockwise 5
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130. Anti-Clockwise 5
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131. Anti-Clockwise 5 – Answer
24 hours in a KGB bunker with real interrogators and torturers (ex KGB,
not actors). There is searching, torturing, mental disintegration, watching
of propaganda films, etc.
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132. Bonus Question
Write down the answer.
Leonid Vladimirovich Shabarshin was chief of FCD, the foreign
intelligence division of the KGB. He served in Afghanistan where he was
directing all intelligence operations. However, the most stressful incident
in his life, according to him, happened much later. In the August 1991 coup
against Gorbachev, the chairman of KGB, his boss, was one of the chief co-
conspirators. Shabarshin sat on the fence and as the coup failed, followed
Gorbachev's orders and arrested his boss. Next day he was appointed
acting chairman for a day which he spent helplessly watching the KGB
topple over. What happened on that day?
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133. Bonus Question
On 21st August 1991, he could do nothing when a mob stormed the KGB
prison (reminiscent of Bastille) and toppled the statue of Felix
Dzerzhinsky, founder of the KGB.
Dzerzhinsky,
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134. Anti-Clockwise 6
Augustus Caesar in 20 BCE ordered a mural to be made outside the Forum.
It was a map of entire Roman empire with Rome at the centre. This way,
the Roman citizens could see for themselves their majestic influence and
legacy on the world. The Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) was
erected to inform citizens of the provinces and the distance from Rome. As
per Philip Schaff's 10-volume translation of the memoirs of the Ante-
Nicene Fathers (St Justin, St Clement, etc), what does the mural and the
Golden Milestone give rise to?to?
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135. Anti-Clockwise 6 – Answer
The phrase “All roads lead to Rome”. The mural had twelve roads, in a
“All Rome”.
straight line, radiating in from 12 different points of the empire and
converging on the Golden Milestone.
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136. Anti-Clockwise 7
Connect the song with the picture?
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137. Anti-Clockwise 7
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138. Anti-Clockwise 7 – Answer
Inela Nogic was crowned Miss Sarajevo. U2 and Luciano Pavarotti sings
Sarajevo.
this song for a documentary made on a 1993 beauty pagent held in a
Sarajevo basement at the height of the Yugoslavian civil war. When asked
about her plans, she said “I have no plans. I can be dead tomorrow”
“I tomorrow”
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139. Anti-Clockwise 8
The jury is still discussing. She had a car, an apartment of her own, was
allowed to go professional, had a passport to travel anywhere, etc. It could
have been attributed to her success and public popularity. But, suspicions
were there. When launching her dance based reality show on British
television earlier, she did comment that she was nostalgic about her past.
And, there is a whole set of embarrassing documents which were made
public in 2002. Identify her and tell me what's the big issue?
issue?
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140. Anti-Clockwise 8
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141. Anti-Clockwise 8
A few selection from the documents:
“Had I not had you and your generous support, my success would not
have been as great as it has become.” - she is telling them (October
1989)
“She's eight years old and has lots of talent”
“Considering her age, her political and ideological maturity is well
developed,” - when she was 9 years old
“Sexual intercourse took place between 20:00 to 20:07”
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142. Anti-Clockwise 8 – Answer
Champion figure skater Katarina Witt was an active a Stasi partner.
partner.
According to documents made public, she willingly cooperated with the
secret police in return for concessions like turning professional, starting her
own business, etc.
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143. Anti-Clockwise 9
Connect the two images
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144. Anti-Clockwise 9
d. 1937, Spanish Civil War d. 1954, French Indochina
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145. Anti-Clockwise 9
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146. Anti-Clockwise 9 – Answer
Susana Fortes' Waiting for Robert Capa is a fictionalised romance featuring
Capa and his partner Gerda Taro.
Taro.
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147. Anti-Clockwise 10
This monument in the middle of the desert in north-west Niger marks the
spot which was the only feature of its kind to be included in a map. One of
the first Europeans to see it was Michel Lesoud of the Allied Military
Mission in 1939 who wrote “... become a living lighthouse; it is the first or the
“...
last landmark for the azalai leaving Agadez for Bilma, or returning ”. In 1973, it
returning”.
was knocked down by a drunk Libyan truck driver and the remains of it
are now displayed at the National Museum in Niamey. What feature and
what was special about it? it?
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148. Anti-Clockwise 10
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150. Anti-Clockwise 10
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151. Anti-Clockwise 10 – Answer
The lonely Tree of Tenere, the most isolated tree in the world, 400 km from
Tenere,
the nearest shrub.
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152. Bonus Question
Write down the answer.
If it was Eric the Eel in Sydney, it was The Sculling Sloth in London. Who
am I talking about?
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153. Bonus Question
Hamadou Djibo Issaka, also nicknamed Hamadou the Hippo, single sculls
Issaka,
rower from Niger
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154. Anti-Clockwise 11
The Soviets initially kept it secret but later revealed that they had not yet
perfected the re-entry process for the Soyuz project. So Yuri Gagarin had to
eject at 20,000 feet and drop down with a parachute. This was their re-entry
program. This continued for the next few cosmonauts. In 1965, Alexei
Leonov, the first man to do a space walk, and his crew on board Voskhod-2
had re-entry problems. The auto re-entry program failed and they had to
manually steer the descent module. As a result, what got added and why
to the survival kit of the cosmonauts which in America till quite late was
laughed off as a Hollywood urban legend?
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155. Anti-Clockwise 11 – Answer
A triple loader gun (shotgun, pistol, rifle – ammunition) to ward off
wolves, bears and capitalists, should they fall in hostile territory
capitalists,
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156. Anti-Clockwise 12
Alan Lomax, the man responsible for largest collection of recordings of folk
music (which he archived and curated at the Library of Congress) in 1937
came across a 16 year old girl Georgia Turner. Daughter of a coal miner,
she sang about how she was ruined by sin and misery at a brothel in New
Orleans. One theory says that this brothel was the Madame Marianne
LeSoleil Levant on St Louis Street. This song however was already 70-80
years old at that time. As of today, Pirate Bay has 339 different cover
versions including Bob Dylan and a British band whose version in the '60s
was one of the few UK #1 not written by Lennon-McCartney. What song is
this?
this?
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157. Anti-Clockwise 12 – Answer
There's a house in New Orleans / They call the Rising Sun
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158. Anti-Clockwise 13
He grew up in Huesco, a town with a tradition for drums. After 40 years
and 8 World Cups, he says “ I lost everything for football: my family, my
“I
business, my money, the lot. But I would do it all over again tomorrow. There is
just something like representing your country. ” How do we better know this
country.”
fanatic?
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159. Anti-Clockwise 13 – Answer
Manolo The Drummer. (Manolo el Bombo de Espana). Real name Manuel
Drummer.
Caceres Artescero
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160. Anti-Clockwise 14
The British Museum is currently hosting an exhibition Shakespeare: staging
the world. One of the first exhibits, as John Carlin says, demonstrates Ben
world.
Jonson's line that Shakespeare was “ not of an age, but for all time”. The
“not time”.
exhibit is called The Robben Island Bible. It is a copy of the complete works of
Bible.
Shakespeare brought in by Sonny Venkatrathnam, a fellow prisoner, which
the prisoners in the Robben Island had as their only reading material. The
name “Bible” came about in two ways – metaphorically, as through
frequent reading, contemplation and discussion, a lot of the prisoners'
views of the world got informed. What was the more practical story that
led to it being called The Robben Island Bible?
Bible?
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161. Anti-Clockwise 14 – Answer
Sonny had to pass the book through the prison censorship system. He told
them it was the Bhagawad Gita and they let it pass. Once inside, everyone
referred to it as the Holy Book and in course of time the Bible. Each
prisoner marked and signed next to his favourite lines. Nelson Mandela:
Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but
once. - Julius Caesar (16th Dec 1977)
once.
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This is the plan of a project architected by Albert Speer. It included the
plan for building the biggest stadium, capable of seating 400,000 people.
Only three structures were finished. A 2004 photograph of one of those
structures, called Zeppelin Field, is also provided. What place is this?
this?
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164. Anti-Clockwise 15
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165. Anti-Clockwise 15 – Answer
The Nuremberg Nazi Party Rally Area, where six of the rallies were held
Area,
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166. Bonus Question
Write down the answer
From this song, what phrase of four words has been used in many
Viking / Old Norse based pop culture items like video games, comic series
on television, music albums and movies?
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167. Bonus Question
The Hammer of the Gods / Will drive our ships to new lands.
lands.
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In M B Synge's A Book of Discoveries, there is an account of how Alexander
Discoveries,
was forced by the pleadings of his army to abandon any further
expeditions to the east (India) but rather return home. As a compromise, he
ordered the building of boats and sailed down the Indus, exploring and
conquering the new lands found. On reaching the mouth of the Indus,
however, his fleet under the command of Nearchus was thrown asunder
due to their incompetence in handling the waters. While there was no loss
of life, the boats had to be repaired. Even though they were all able
seamen, they were inexperienced & incompetent against a critical
condition at the mouth of the river. Julius Caesar faced a similar problem
when taking his fleet to invade Britain. He lost a number of ships. What
were they unfamiliar with and why? why?
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169. Anti-Clockwise 16 – Answer
The Greeks and the Romans were all used to shipping in the
Mediterranean where the amplitude of tides is the lowest, negligible .
negligible.
Here at the mouth of the Indus and off the coast of Britain, they suddenly
had to deal with the tide and they had no idea how to.
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Still at sea. Squid, of different kinds, form the bulk of the diet of this
mammal. Scientists studying the stomachs of 17 specimens killed off the
Azores observed undigested remains of 29,000 squids. One part of the
squid which remains undigested is the squid beak (a feature of their
mouth). These beaks often get stuck in the intestines and over time become
a congealed solidified mass of slurry, fecal matter, etc. in the shape of a
boulder. It can rupture the intestines of the mammal, causing death.
However, this happens in only 1% cases depending on the genetic
structure of the stomach and intestine. What valuable rare item is this the
natural production process ?
process?
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171. Anti-Clockwise 17 – Answer
Ambergris, (the world's best perfume according Mr Yo in Crying Freeman)
Ambergris, Freeman)
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172. Anti-Clockwise 18
Manlius Capitolinus got his surname when, as a soldier, he saw the Gauls
led by Brennus climb up the Capitoline Hill during the siege in c 390 BC.
Reacting immediately, he had the first few soldiers pushed over and raised
the alarm for the rest of the Roman garrison to come forward. Manlius was
rewarded very well after Rome was free again. He would later be executed
for treason, ironically thrown off Capitoline Hill, for trying to overthrow
the Senate and declare himself king. The question is, what alerted him to
the Gauls in the first place, a security feature that would become a 20th
century business icon?
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173. Anti-Clockwise 18 – Answer
The Sacred Geese at the Temple of Juno, who started cackling when one
Juno,
of the Gauls slipped and shook his armour. Ballantine's Scotch Watch, a
squad of Chinese geese has been guarding their bonded warehouse in
Dumburton since the 1950s.
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174. Khatam Shud
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