3. Rules etc
• 35 questions in the elims
• In case of ties
– 6 starred questions (q11-16)
– Then 4 double starred questions (q17 -20)
– Then a tie breaker
– Then Sudden death
– Ask BDFL
• Unless specified last names will do
• Minor spelling mistakes allowed
4. Q1
• As if any quiz today could start in any other
way….
• Identify
5.
6. Q2
• It is not possible to zero in on the exact
location or individual.
• As per Plan International the choice was made
to focus attention on the ills of female
foeticide
• Name this ‘choice’.
8. Q3
• The Thailand national football team is called
the ‘Changsuk’
• Changsuk refers to the main form of transport
to and from the battlefield, as well as the
main force of an army.
• The number of Changsuk often determined
the ultimate winner of the war
• What does ‘Changsuk’ mean?
10. Q4
• Trafalgar Park is a large sports ground with a
capacity of 20,080 completed for the 2011
Rugby World Cup.
• Which city in New Zealand would you find this
stadium in?
12. Q5
• Hacktivist group The Cult of the Dead Cow, in
support for ‘Students for Free Tibet’, issued a
press release about a campaign, wherein it
described Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, and
Cisco as the “__________" due to their
respective policies of compliance with the
Beijing government's Internet policies.
• Fill in the blank
14. Q6
This word when referring to
people means “runaway
slaves” and comes from the
Spanish cimarrón
When referring to a colour
the etymology of this word is
from the french for
‘chestnut’ (pic)
What word?
16. Q7
• The movie , X&Y, revolves around the Dec. 21, 1970
meeting between the two.
• X had requested a meeting with the former president
through a six-page letter, in which he asked to become
a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs.
• X presented Y with family photos and a Colt 45 pistol
during the meeting.
• This movie marks the directorial debut of Cary Elwes
and Eric Bana was confirmed to play X about a week
ago.
• X and Y?
18. Q8
• In the Achaemenid period, it was the custom
for every emperor to have an empty chariot
drawn by white horses.
• This was done to invite whom to accompany
the Persian army on battles?
20. Q9
AD stands for Anno Domini which means ‘year
of the lord’.
In another system, the term AH is used which
when expanded translates to ‘year of
_______’
Fill in the blank.
24. Q11
• This script is created by "breaking" some of
the characters of the alphabet (to make them
simpler) and also by making them more
"circular” in shape, which aided in moving
from one character to the next without lifting
the pen from the paper.
• Which script?
26. Q12
• He was not a particularly good commentator
which provoked Rohan Kanhai to ask: How do
you kill these tigers?
“I shoot them”, he is said to have replied.
Kanhai responded: I heard that you leave
transistors lying around and the tigers listen to
your awful commentary and drop dead.
X?
28. Q13
• This is a sponge cake in the shape of a cuboid,
coated in a layer of traditionally chocolate icing
then desiccated coconut. They are sometimes
served as two halves with a layer of cream and/or
strawberry jam between.
• Most accounts of the creation of this food item
agree it was named after the chap who served as
Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901.
• Name this cake.
30. Q14
Prior to the 1880’s medicine was usually taken
in powder form. A London based
pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome
& Co. was among the first to sell medicines in
a compressed form under a brand name
which is used today in another context to refer
to “compressed material”
What was the brand name?
32. Q15
• The audio is a famous song by a famous band.
No points for getting either.
• Which country’s national anthem do you hear
at the beginning of the song?
34. Q16
• This is an island country
spanning an archipelago of
115 islands in the Indian
Ocean, some 1,500
kilometres east of mainland
Africa
• It was named after this guy
(pic), a French finance
minister .
• Name the country
44. Q21
• Jonbeel Mela is a 3-day-long community fair
held at the weekend of Magh Bihu at a historic
place known as Dayang Belguri.
• This mela is famous as the only festival in India
that still uses a certain system for all
commercial activity.
• What system?
46. Q22
This story is the origin of what phrase?
One of the Argonauts returns home to his winery.
A local soothsayer had previously predicted the
Argonaut would die before he tasted another
drop of his wine, thus the Argonaut calls the
soothsayer and toasts him for the Argonaut had
survived his journey. As he finishes his toast, the
Argonaut raises a cup filled with wine to his lips
but is called away to hunt a wild boar before he
could take a sip. The Argonaut is killed hunting
the boar.
48. Q23
• A monument in Horse Guards Avenue, outside
the Ministry of Defence, City of
Westminster, London has the following
inscription.
• What has been blanked out?
__________________
Bravest of the brave,
most generous of the generous,
never had country
more faithful friends
than you.
Sir Ralph Turner MC
50. Q24
The morning of that day, a Friday, Shankar,
Chadda and tabla maestro Allah Rakha huddled
with other musicians in a shed, waiting for their
helicopter. “There were chickens there, and this
guy was chasing the chickens. Then in the
helicopter, he sat in front of me and started
pulling hair out of his chest,” Chadda says.
“I asked Raviji what was going on, and he said:
‘Pagal aadmi hai. Maja dekho.’”
So who was this ‘pagal admi’ ?
54. Q26
• Which publishing house got it’s name when
Joan Coles suggested a name in response to
her boss, Allen Lane’s demand for a ‘dignified,
yet flippant’ name ?
56. Q27
• Mohammad Khaleequr Rahman, recently
announced that he would pen two books on
his son's life. One of these books will be on
the close bond that Ajmal shared with his
cousin.
• Both Ajmal and this cousin died recently in a
road accident.
• What was the cousin’s name?
64. Q31
• Founded by Count
Volpi in 1932, it’s the
oldest film festival in
the world.
• Seen in the pic is Tim
Burton with the award
for Lifetime
achievement.
• Name the city in which
this film fest takes
place
72. Q35
• Posters of this
album have been
banned in the
London
underground as it
resembles grafitti
• This album is a
collaboration
between Lou Reed
and which other
artist?
