This document contains clues and answers for rounds in a quiz competition. In the first round, clues relate to well-known retail stores, software, and other topics. Subsequent rounds include clues about movies, locations in fiction, logos and more. Many clues connect the answers to specific directors, most notably Steven Spielberg, with clues relating to his movies like Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, Minority Report, and Schindler's List.

2. INQUIZZITIVE ‘14
FINALS
-By
QUEST - DSCE Quiz Club

3. ROUND 1
DRIES 1
+10/0

4. 1.
Older stores are usually very large blue buildings with yellow accents and few
windows. They are often designed in a one-way layout, leading customers counter
clockwise along what is called ”the long natural way" designed to encourage the
customer to see the store in its entirety as opposed to a traditional retail store,
which allows a customer to go directly to the section where the goods and services
needed are displayed.
Every store has a play area, named Småland . Parents drop off their children at a gate
to the playground, and pick them up after they arrive at another entrance.
Which retail store?

5. Answer :

6. 2.
Codenamed TFC during development, the program was widely reviled among users
as intrusive and annoying, and was criticized even within Microsoft. Microsoft's
internal codename TFC even had a derogatory origin. Smithsonian Magazine called X
"one of the worst software design blunders in the annals of computing".
Time magazine included X in a 2010 article listing fifty worst inventions".
What is X?

7. Answer :
Clippy aka Office Assistant

8. 3.
Pharmacy 81%
Replica 5.40%
Enhancers 2.30%
Phishing 2.30%
Degrees 1.30%
Casino 1%
Weight Loss 0.40%
Other 6.30%
According to information compiled by Commtouch Software Ltd., most common
products advertised through X are:

9. Answer :
Email Spam

10. 4.
The facade is constructed of 2,874 ETFE-foil air panels that are kept inflated with
dry air to a differential pressure of 3.5 Pa. The panels appear white from far away
but when examined closely, there are little dots on the panels. When viewed
from far away, the eye combines the dots and sees white. When viewed close up
however, it is possible to see through the foil. The foil has a thickness of 0.2 mm.
Each panel can be independently lit with white, red, or blue light.
What are we taking about?

11. Answer :
The Luminous exterior of
the Allianz Arena

12. 5.
The Sherlock Holmes Society in London is known to
arrange tours to the scenes of the detective's adventures.
Notable on the itinerary is what Alpine location near the
town of Meiringen in Switzerland where an enactment of
a fight is usually staged?

13. Answer :
The Reichenbach Falls, site of
Holmes' final fight with Moriarty

14. 6.
Connect!

15. Answer :
Satyameva Jayate

16. ROUND 2
DRIES 2
+15/-5

17. 1.
Connect

18. Answer :
Only four teams have won all three main UEFA club
competitions
(UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners'
Cup and UEFA Europa League)

19. 2.
Connect

20. Answer :
Death of Princess Diana

21. 3.
X was a Pandyan king. He was the son and successor of Arikesari Maravarman.
He asserted his superiority over the Cheras and Cholas in the city of
Mangalapuram, the modern day Mangalore. He also started the hostilities with
the Chalukyas of Badami and the Gangas. However the name X was in the news
recently for a completely different reason. X means “the one with a long hair”.
ID X

22. Answer :
Kochadaiyaan

23. 4.
Founded by Naveen Selvadurai ‘X’ is a location-based social networking
website for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at
venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific
application by selecting from a list of venues the application locates
nearby. Location is based on GPS hardware in the mobile device or
network location provided by the application, and the map is based on
data from the OpenStreetMap project. Each check-in awards the user
points and sometimes "badges".
ID X

24. Answer :

25. 5.
The term XY was coined by Ralph Vaerst, a successful Central California
entrepreneur. Its first published use is credited to Don Hoefler, a friend of
Vaerst's, who used the phrase as the title of a series of articles in the weekly
trade newspaper Electronic News. The series, entitled “XY in the USA",
began in the paper's issue dated January 11, 1971. The term did not become
widely known and used, however, until the early 1980s, at the time of the
introduction of the IBM PC and numerous related hardware and software
products to the consumer market.

26. Answer :
Silicon Valley

27. 6.
Praja members have taken up several activities across these DAYS. These include:
1. Help identify the corridors, Industrial Parks, big concentrated IT parks who
could be the target for this event and its publicity.
2. Run campaigns on Praja website to gather inputs and feedback for BMTC.
3. Help identify the logistics that should be put in place to make the commuter's
experience a good one.
4. Help with route maps for target corridors, help design posters and fliers.
5. Run publicity campaigns via email, SMS, personal pitch in their respective work
places.
6. Bring in other publicity vehicles like radio, TV and newspapers.
These activities/campaigns are to promote which specific day/event??

28. Answer :
Bus Day (4th day of every month)

29. ROUND 3
LOGOS
+5 for each right
answer

30. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

31. Answers:
1. Maybach
2. Lufthansa
3. Cisco
4. Gucci
5. Al Jazeera
6. AT&T
7. Saint Gobain
8. Tour de France

32. ROUND 4
Destiny’s Child
+15/-5

33. Categories
Movies
Sports
Tech
Music
Biz.
???
Round 5

34. • Seven Beauties
• The Piano
• Lost in Translation
• _______________
FITB and connect.

35. Answer :
Back
Round 5
Only four women have ever been nominated for Best Director:
• Lina Wertmüller for Seven Beauties (1976)
• Jane Campion for The Piano (1993)
• Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation(2003)
• Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2009)
The Hurt Locker

36. Connect

37. Answer :
Back
These players have represented multiple nations
KP Boateng: Germany, Ghana
Alfredo Di Stefano: Argentina, Spain, Colombia
Neven Subotić: USA, Serbia
Diego Costa: Brazil, Spain
Round 5

38. X was hacked on December 31, 2013. The hack is said to have revealed parts of
approximately 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers. X reportedly failed to fix
an API security vulnerability that was publicly disclosed by Gibson Security, an
Australian security firm on 27 August 2013. X issued a formal statement about the
hack. Evan Spiegel, its founder whose number was apparently present in the
hacked database, tweeted that the company was currently seeking legal help. In its
response, X said that an updated version of its application would soon come out
that could let users opt out of the "Find Friends" feature, that required their stored
numbers so that other users could easily find them.

39. Answer :
Back
Snapchat
Round 5

40. The __________ is a musical gathering. It is the continuation of an old musical
tradition in Bangalore, where for a few years in the early eighties at Cubbon Park
but is held now at Palace Grounds, musicians used to get together and perform
free on Sunday evenings and still continue to do so. This spirit was revived during
the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Indian Independence - 1997 when musicians of
all styles gathered together behind Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore to celebrate
fifty years of freedom and independence as well as celebrate the freedom of
expression through art and music.

41. Answer :
Back
Freedom Jam
Round 5

42. Mohammad Chaman, a trader in Sadar Bazaar in Delhi was irritated with
his customer during their first encounter (in May 2013). His customer had
wanted 300 units of an item at a discounted price. From December 2013,
the item has become a rage and Chaman sold as many as 3 lakh units.
There is also a YouTube video detailing how to make this item.
What is this item and who was the customer?

43. Answer :
Back
The distinctive topis (caps) of the Aam Aadmi Party, which is a major
symbol of the party. The person in question is Arvind Kejriwal, its leader.
Round 5

44. • Jerusalem
• Florence
• Rome
• Constantinople
• Boston
Connect!!

45. Answer :
BackAssassin’s Creed
Round 5

46. ROUND 5
All roads lead to
Rome
+15/-5

47. 1.
Minimalist poster for?
Theme - +100/-50

48. 2.
Map of
what?
Theme -
+80/-40

49. According to Fast Company, "IBM's new Blue Crime Reduction Utilizing Statistical
History (CRUSH) programs feels almost directly inspired by X. Similar to the
"precogs," IBM's new system uses "predictive analytics," mining years and years
of incident reports and law enforcement data to "forecast criminal 'hot spots.'"
Police in Memphis have already had great success with the $11-billion "precrime"
predicting tool: Since installing Blue CRUSH, the city has seen a 31% drop in
serious crime."
3.
Theme - 60

50. • Syldavia
• Nuevo Rico
• Khemed
• Borduria
• Bagghar
Connect and put funda
4.
Theme -
+40/-20

51. • Airline pilot
• Teaching assistant
• Doctor
• Attorney
5.
X (pictured here) is said to have
impersonated the following
professions.
Also what did he inspire?
Theme -
+25/-12

52. Connect!
6.
Theme -
+15/-7

53. 7.
ID the
Logo
Theme -
+10/-5

55. Answers:
1. Jaws
2. Map of Jurassic Park
3. Minority Report
4. Fictional settings in TinTin
5. Frank Abagnale – inspired the movie Catch me if you Can
6. Actors who have portrayed Lincoln
7. Schindler logo – Schindler’s List
Common Connect :
Movies Directed by Steven Spielberg