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1. Prometheus 2k16
FINALS

2. Round 1
• 8 questions, clockwise round
• On Pounce +20/-10
• On direct +10

3. 1.
• She had skin alterations at the inner end of
the left upper eyelid similar to xanthelasma,
and a swelling of the dorsum of the right hand
suggestive of a subcutaneous lipoma. These
findings in a 25-30 year old woman, who died
at the age of 37, may be indicative of essential
hyperlipidemia, a strong risk factor for
ischemic heart disease in middle age. Who is
this person I am talking about?

5. Mona Lisa

6. 2.
• Ferritic stainless steels generally have better
engineering properties than austenitic grades,
but have a reduced corrosion resistance because
of the lower chromium and nickel content. They
contain between 10.5% and 27% chromium and
very little nickel, if any, but some types contain
lead. Most compositions include Molybdenum;
some aluminium or titanium. Common ferritic
grades include 18Cr-2Mo, 26Cr-1Mo, 29Cr-4Mo
and 29CR-4Mo-2Ni. Where are you likely to come
across Ferritic stainless steel in India?

8. 1 and 2 Rupee coins

9. 3.
• He was an employee at the real
estate firm DLF at a starting salary of Rs 800 in
the 1960s. Although he had asked for a Rs 600
loan from KP Singh the then chairman of DLF,
who had met him during a train journey, he
got a job instead at DLF. In 1986, DLF elevated
him to a higher position at a salary of Rs 2,500
a month, plus accommodation. Whom am I
talking about?

11. M F Hussain

12. 4
• New Zealand cricketer Eric Tindill, who died on
3rd Aug, 2010 was the world’s oldest surviving
cricketer, having attained the age of 99. He
also held a unique record for New Zealand.
What?

14. • He was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the
time of his death, the only person to
play Tests for New Zealand in
both cricket and rugby union (a so-called
"double All Black"), and the only person ever
to play Tests in both sports, referee a rugby
union Test, and umpire a cricket Test: a unique
"double-double".

15. 5.
• A graduate from Xavier's Institute of
Communications (XIC) Mumbai, she was a trainee
copywriter. While she spent her initial 16 years in
Dehradun, she moved to Mumbai for higher
education. While interning with Creative land
Asia she realized that copywriting was not her
calling. She decided to pursue music, writing,
composing and singing. She performed her gigs,
'Ricksha Rani' , as she is known in the circuit. Who
is this person I am talking about?

17. Sasha Chetri

18. 6.
• Jacqueline ________ was famous in the 80s as a
promoter of Women’s Wrestling, and in the mid-
90s as an astrologer who set up a psychic hotline.
She also invented the technique of rumpology,
where people’s fortunes are foretold by
examining pictures of their rear ends. In 1946,
the birth of her first son met with complications
that forced her obstetricians to use two pairs of
forceps during the delivery. The misuse of these
accidentally severed the baby’s facial nerve and
caused paralysis on one side of the face. Who
was the kid?

20. • Sylvester Stallone has a characteristic snarl
and slurred speech as a result of birth trauma.

21. 7.
• The Big Red Word vs. the Little Green Man -
The international war over _______ ________
was the title of a 2010 Slate article that
debated the pros and cons of the two parties
referenced in the article title. The article goes
on to explain how The Little Green Man
prevailed and was made official in 1985. What
was the article about or just FITB.

23. Exit signs

24. 8.
• Chamula is a little town located in Mexico. The
shamans present here used to conduct
religious rituals where they used to heal the
worshippers attending the rituals using
something.
• Now there are rival religious groups formed
here based on what the shamans used for
healing. What did they use for healing and
Why were the rival religious groups formed?

26. • The religious groups were formed because the
people were using Coca-Cola for healing and
Pepsi heard this and started giving
commissions and recommended Pepsi and the
Coca-Cola also did the same and hence the
religious groups were formed.

27. Round 2
• 8 Questions, anticlockwise round
• Pounce +20/-10
• On direct +10

28. 1.
• On 11th March 1999, Lucasfilm partnered
with Apple Inc. and came up with a software
called QuickTime. After it was launched by
Steve Jobs, the software was downloaded
600,000 times that day and the biggest ever
download even at that time with 6.4 million
downloads in the next 3 weeks. Why did it
become that much popular? Pic in the next
slide.

31. • First trailer of Star wars: Phantom Menace was
in Quick Time Format...

32. 2.
• This is an animated show titled, "The great
piggy bank robbery", starring daffy duck which
was released in the mid 1940's. This animated
show was popular for a reason. Why?

34. • First cartoon on cartoon network

35. 3.
• This was a 2 meter (more than 6 foot) high
monument which was erected outside St.
Petersburg college in Jan 2013 in Russia by a
Russian group of companies called ZEFS. Later
in 2014 they dismantled this after something
was announced. What monument is this and
why was it dismantled? Image in the next
slide.

38. • Steve jobs memorial
• Was dismantled when Tim Cook declared that
he was gay

39. 4.
• This is a comic strip which was first started as
a filler in the daily newspaper.
The lady in the comic is named Lilli
who is portrayed to be a girl who keeps
gossiping and flirting with boys.
This comic series became a massive hit and
this became the inspiration for something
popular in this world. What am I talking
about? Image in next slide

42. Barbie

43. 5. ID the computer virus

46. 6.
• What world-famous structure, designed and
built by architect George Wittet in the Indo-
Saracenic style, currently stands at this
location, which is seen before the construction
in this photo from 1905?

49. • Gateway of India

50. 7.

51. • Drosera magnifica is a species
of sundew endemic to Pico Padre Ângelo (1500–
1530 m asl) in eastern Minas Gerais in
southeastern Brazil, where it grows among
sandstone outcrops in herbaceous and shrubby
vegetation. It is one of the three largest species
of Drosera - the other two being D. regia from
South Africa and D. gigantea from Australia - and
was discovered in 2015 in a very unique way.
How was it discovered?

53. • It was discovered when an amateur scientists
posted pictures of it on Facebook

54. 8. Where would you have seen them?

56. • Adam and Jacob Worton – the two twin
babies who acted as baby Bink in Baby’s day
out.

58. Round 3
• The Round of Ads
• 8 questions
• Only pounce +20/-10

59. Q1

61. • Ad by ikea mocking Apple Pencil

62. Q2
First ad by?

64. Horlicks

65. Q3
• Ad for?

67. • Levi’s low waist jeans.

68. Q4
• Ad by whom and for what purpose?

70. • Union Bank of India-Joint accounts

71. Q5

73. • This is an ad agency named 6s marketing...
They dint want their company name to be
popularized as an iPhone.... Hence they asked
for it to be named iPhone 7

74. Q6
• This is an ad inspired
by a work of art.
Name the work of art
and the ad by whom?

75. • Vincent Van Gogh’s “Café Terrace at Night”
• Faber-Castell

76. Q7

78. Answer

79. 8. Ads by?

82. Round 4
• Long visual connect.

83. +70/-60

84. +60/-50

85. +50/-40

86. +40/-30

87. +30/-20

88. +20/-10

89. +10

91. Days of the week
• 1. Happy Mondays
• 2.Microsoft patch up Tuesday
• 3. Ash Wednesday
• 4. Black Thursday
• 5. Friday the 13th
• 6. Saturday (Saturn)
• 7. Sundae

92. Tiebreaker(if there is any)

95. THANK YOU
By,
Balaji and Harikiran