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1. Music | Movies | Sports
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2. 1. List It I
2. Infinite Bounce I
3. Written I – Double Roles
4. List It II
5. Infinite Bounce II
6. Written II – Differentials

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4. Since its inception in 1941, 14 teams have won the
Santosh Trophy. Name all. (3 each)

6. SANTOSH TROPHY
1.Bengal
2.Delhi
3.Mysore
4.Bombay
5.Hyderabad
6.Services
7.Maharashtra
8.Andhra Pradesh
9.Railways
10.Punjab
11.Kerala
12.Goa
13.Manipur
14.Mizoram

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5 pounces – +15/-10 each
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8. Makers of this 2012 film (which showcases certain
record of events) could not shoot where they wanted.
They made do with an Soviet air base and Nazi
tunnels in Belgrade. (pictures across two slides)
What film?
Why couldn’t they shoot where they wanted?

9. very, very creepy. It was very narrow and wasn’t built with safety lights.
It was very dark and very musty with a bizarre negative energy there

12. Radiation from nucelar
dust made it too risky
for the film to be shot in
Pripyat.

13. Known for his quirks, Patrick Forster, a Newcastle
barber made a recruitment announcement in the
fashion of the pictures on the next slide. The four
words removed on the notice is a nod to several films
and a 2014 to-be-released reboot.
 What?

17. The Claw, a spaceship on four legs with an expanding
screen and a lot of eclectic lighting, was conceptualized
for this round-the-world tour to promote a 2009
release. A stage was placed specifically for everyone to
have a more wholesome experience.
The Olympic Stadium in Athens hosted the Greek leg.
The 2004 Olympics saw it being all pimped up.
Which tour?
Who is the stadium named for?
(pics next slide)

22. This 1958 photograph shows two cricketers. In 1956,
the person on the right spoiled the other’s perfection.
Identify both.

25. Lock took
the other
one, while
Laker
finished
with 19/90.

26. Founded in 2009, Furthur is a (psychedelic) jam band.
They have had a whole lot of collaborations with 60s
musicians like Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers). They
take their name from the legendary vehicle on the
next slide, which is almost a character in one of Tom
Wolfe’s books.
The band was formed by members of which erstwhile
band? What vehicle is that?

30. Legendary warrior Judah ____ defeated the Seleucid
(Hellenic) forces of Antiochus IV Epiphanes around
167 BC to gain religious freedom for his men and also
established his land’s first treaty with the Romans.
What was started in 1932, in a stadium named after
this guy and takes its name from the local hero?

32. Judah Macabee was a legendary Jewish leader.

33. This man has writing credits for three films – Beyond
the Valley of Dolls (1970), Up! (1976) as Reinhold
Timme and Beneath the Valley of Ultra-Vixens (1979)
as R Hyde. All of these ironically bad films were
directed by Russ Meyer.
Posters on next slide
Who’s this man?

37. Began: Australia’s
Geoff Hun in 1981
Ended: New Zealand’s
Ross Norman in 1986

41. Adolphe ____ was a Belgian flautist and clarinet
player. He was also instrumental in the development
of the horn, and often experimented with the bugle.
Between 1853 and 1858, he suffered from lip cancer,
but was eventually cured of the disease. What is his
three-lettered last name?

44. Originally one of the White Towns of Andalusia,
using 4,000 litres of paint, the entire town of Juzcar
was painted by Sony in a promotional stunt in 2011.
Although, the company offered to repaint the town,
citizens decided to let it be after it saw a tourist surge
from 300 per year to 80,000 in six months.
What was Sony promoting?

48. X
Kamla Gupta – wife of Dr S K Gupta, ex-president,
IFA
Sampangi – Legendary footballer from Mysore
Who’s/ What’s X?

51. Handmade Films was founded in 1978 after X decided
to finance a 1979 movie. The film, which was
promoted in Sweden as ‘So funny, it was banned in
Norway’, was also banned in Ireland on accusations of
(religious) blasphemy and its album begins with a
bagpipe version of Hava Nagila. The production
house later went on to make films like Lock Stock and
Two Smoking Barrels.
Which film? Who’s X?

54. These are what this athlete did post-retirement: wrote
children’s books, poetry and a romance novel. Made
guest appearances on the sitcom 227 and the soap
opera Santa Barbara. Established a clothing design,
cosmetics businesses and even designed uniforms for
the Indiana Pacers in 1989. (picture on next slide)
Who is this near-polymath?

58. This motorsport racetrack in California (_____
Raceway Park) debuted in 1966. Prior to its shutting
down in 2008, it hosted NASCAR All-American,
NASCAR Camping World Series, Formula 4, Sprint
Car and 24 Hours of LeMons.
What event did it host on December 6, 1969?
Who were employed as bouncers and security for the
event?

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10 each
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62. Song called Shoom Shoom from the 1992 film Tahalka.
Who’s singing?

64. Who’s the actor, bitch?

66. Who’s singing?
From his 2011 album.

68. He wrote and composed some songs and also
appeared in the movie in a role. Who? Which film?

70. Who’s the singing in French?

72. A song from his mid-90s album Rest Day. Who’s
singing?

74. Who’s the actor on the piano? Which 1959 courtroom
crime film is this?

76. Who’s this national-
level shooter, having
participated in the
G V Mavlankar
Championship?

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79. 12 individuals representing India have won medals at
the Olympic Games. Name all. (3 each)

80. Answer

81. , INDIAN OLYMPIC MEDALISTS
1.KD Jadhav
2.Leander Paes
3.Karnam Malleshwari
4.Rajyavardhan S Rathore
5.Abhinav Bindra
6.Vijender Singh
7.Gagan Narang
8.Vijay Kumar
9.Saina Nehwal
10.Mary Kom
11.Yogeshwar Dutt
12.Sushil Kumar
*I had mentioned ‘since 1920’, but was corrected by
some teams that by their perfect count it was 12.
Pritchard won in 1900 and I had mentioned SK twice.
#messingup #3amquiz

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5 pounces – 15 each
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83. Basketball forms an integral part of this
sportsperson’s training. He also plays for MP-Gensan
Warriors, a team he owns, in his country’s basketball
league. Prior to being made an honorary member of
Boston Celtics, he had sent a glove to each player
before their game against Memphis Grizzlies in 2010.
Who’s this? (pics next slide)

87. This group has a membership of anything between
five and 11, all aged between 20-33. During interviews,
they have identified themselves as Balaclava, Cat,
Seraph, Terminator, Blondie and Garadzha, among
others. They’ve described themselves as ‘superheroes
in acid-bright tights’ and their music as ‘You don't
have to sing very well. You just scream a lot’. Who?

90. Dev Benegal’s second film was Split Wide Open in
1999. Which IAS officer (Maharashtra cadre; 1983)
shares the writing credits with Benegal?

93. This team, winner of four Minor League Baseball
titles, is currently a Class A affiliate of San Francisco
Giants and play at the multi-purpose Lake Olmstead
stadium. What are they called?

96. Reversing the guitar technique that is sometimes used
to mimic the human voice, David Gilmour plugged
his pedal back to front and switched the input-output
cables to create to create the ‘screaming’ effect in
Echoes. Colloquially, what is this effects pedal called?

98. The technique is to reverse a Wah Wah pedal

99. Jeweller Lucienne Lazon’s original design had the
lower end forming a stalk, which was placed on a
terracotta sculpture by Sebastien. It currently stands
smaller and is designed by Chopard - a single piece of
cut crystal (with a heart at the base) which is
embedded in a near-transparent wax mould and is
neatly packed in a case of high-grade blue Moroccan
leather lined with white seude.
Wutizit? (pics next slide)

103. The F1 circuit is built on a land, located between two
lakes, which was originally demarcated for a real
estate project. However, a 1929 stock market crash in
the country made authorities change their minds. F1
began on this circuit in 1972.
In 1985, it was renamed after a driver who died in a
plane crash in 1977. His sole race victory happened at
this circuit in 1975, while driving for Martini Racing.
So, the circuit is known by two names. What?

107. Which 2014 movie, about a rundown business
establishment in the war-ravaged Republic of
Zubrowka, was described in the Toronto Star as ‘like a
giant, elaborately decorated cake, created by this most
exacting of film craftsmen. And how tasty it is!’. What
movie is this?

110. This piece of music was created after the composer
was commissioned by George II for the celebrations of
the end of War of Austrian Succession and the signing
of Aix-la-Chapelle. The picture on the next slide
shows a representation of a repeat performance along
the Thames in May, 1749.
 Which composer? What music?

114. From 2005-2007, he was the New Zealand Cricket
Team’s high performance manager, prior to which he
refused to coach South Australia, saying “There are a
range of options. I'm not sure what I'm going to do.”
Who is this, noted for his immense research that he
puts into coaching? (pic on next slide)

118. In May 2013, the Chitrapat Sena (Shiv Sena’s film
workers’ union) demanded that the Film and
Television Institute of India be renamed X-FTII, in
honour of something that was founded in 1929 in
Kolhapur and later shifted base to Pune. It shut
operations in 1953 and their land in Pune was donated
for FTII to come up in 1960.
 In 2004, the Indian Express reported X’s 75
celebrations in Pune and called it The Bugle Sounds
Again. What’s X?

121. Polish Radio’s Studio I is named after this person, who
had once appropriately resumed operations at the
station, playing Chopin’s Nocturne in C minor.
 Who is he?

124. Whose company – a former sportsman - is behind these
projects? Many think his designs are ‘boring’ and he has
been accused of ruining previously exciting layouts.
Porsche Tower,
Leipzig
also involved in the
design of hotels,
administration
buildings, housing
projects, malls, and any
sports and leisure
facilities.
Sanghai Expo 2010

127. This 1980 film is a remake of a 1929 film. Although it
majorly flopped, the soundtrack went multi platinum.
The actor went on to win the first Razzie for acting
and singing. Lawrence Olivier won worst supporting.
Which film? Which actor? (poster on next slide)

130. This is Siraj Gena’s 2010 marathon-winning moment,
as he reaches out for the Ethiopian flag. In his last 500
metres how did he commemorate the completion of
the 50 years of what?

133. Davis Guggenheim is the only documentary
filmmaker to have three movies in the top 100
grossing documentaries of all time. Waiting for
Superman, on the failures of public education system
in America, is one of them. The other two focus on
the meeting of three people, their discussion and
lives, and reality of a human-caused happening.
What are the other two films?

136. The West Hants Club is a sports facility in Dorset. Till
1983, it hosted the British Hard Court Championships
(BHCC). It also hosted the Bournemouth
International (BI) between 1996-2000.
What first in Lawn Tennis did the 1968 BHCC
achieve?
What was unique about BI?

138. It began the ‘Open’ era.
The only international clay court tournament in
Britain.

139. Although its owner liked to call it The Doghouse, its
employees thought it resembled a paddy wagon –
uncomfortable and cramped. Being covered with a tar
paper (over a ceiling window), it had the same colour
that of a police wagon. Soon another two-word name
stuck. Located in New Jersey, it was a first-of-its-kind.
What?

142. 10 quick questions
1 – 20
2 or 3 – 15
4 or 5 – 10
6 or 7 – 5
8 - 0
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143. Complete this Alfred Hitchcock quote: _______ has
the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he
just tears him up.

145. The distinct yellow-orange circle on this sporting
competition’s logo connotes the fact that it is held
during the summers, and possibly that its held in the
day time. The R in the typography and the circle also
secretly depict an athlete in action. What is it?

147. Barring the Apu Trilogy, Pandit Ravi Shankar gave
music for which other Satyajit Ray film, which when
translated to English is the name of the first book in a
series?

149. Promotional still of a 2014 movie by Satish Kaushik.
This is a remake of which film?

151. Basque and Valencian are two variants of what sport?

153. Collaborators on albums like Reincarnation (2006),
Mystic Dunes (2006), Truth (2007), Passion (2007),
Dreamz'(2007), rang (2012) and Headwaters (2013),
which duo hosted Sa Re Ga Ma Pa from 1999-2001?

155. Whose biography?

157. Allegedly, which poet did John Lennon refer to as
‘elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna’ in The
Beatles’ song I Am The Walrus?

159. Belgian counterpart of
the Caesar Awards.
Name pliss. Poster:
1958