The last one of the season.

The last one of the season.
-Utkarsh Ruhela & Sripad Behera

Scoring Pattern
Scoring pattern: 
 
- Part points are not applicable unless it has been mentioned
in the question. 
- In questions where the answer is a real-life person, give full
points for the surname, unless stated otherwise. Not
applicable to fictional characters, where the full name or the
commonly known name is required. 
- Spelling mistakes can be ignored as long as the answer is
phonetically correct.

***1. 
Who, with a passport that listed his
occupation as “King (deceased)”, was
received at Le Bourget airport in 1974
just outside Paris, with full military
honours befitting a king?

2. 
 
1st error: The refrigeration system keeps X cool but was out of
commission and tank 610 could not be cooled to slow down the
reaction. 
 
2nd error: The vent gas scrubber is supposed to spray caustic soda on
escaping vapours to neutralise them. The scrubber was under
maintenance. 
 
3rd error: The water curtain which could have neutralised the X was
designed to reach a height of 12 to 15 metres, but the X vapour was
gushing out 33 meters above the ground. 
4th error: The flare tower could not be used because a length of piping
was corroded and had not been replaced. 
 
Which event is being talked about, and what is X?

Bhopal Gas Tragedy/ Methyl Isocyanide Incident

3.
The Battle of Karbala occurred in 680 AD in
present-day Iraq between a small group of
supporters and relatives of Hussein ibn Ali, and
a much larger detachment from the forces of
Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph, to whom Hussein
had refused to give an oath of allegiance. 
Hussein was killed during battle, and most of
his supporters were massacred. Which tradition
originated as a direct consequence of the
aftermath of this battle?

Answer: 
The tradition of Muharram started to
commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein and
his supporters

4. 
Which mythological being is depicted in this
sandstone sculpture attributed to the Shunga
period (about 50 B.C.), around Madhya
Pradesh?

5. 
To name characters belonging to a
certain clan or family in a famous
literary work, its author quite aptly used
the names of different stars from
different constellations like Alpha Canis
Majoris, Gemini and the Pleiades.
Which author?

Answer: 
J.K. Rowling (members of the Black family –
Sirius, Arctructus, Draco, Regulus etc.)

6. 
This comic character’s superhero life was cut
short when she came under the mind control
of Zebediah Killgrave, who sent her to kill
Daredevil. Due to her damaged psyche, she
attacked Scarlet Witch on seeing her in a red
costume and was beaten up by the Avengers
who mistook her for a villain. Following this
incident she left her career as a superhero and
opened a private detective agency. Which
character?

***7. 
Each episode of the first and second
seasons is named after an element of
French cuisine and Japanese haute
cuisine respectively. The first seven
episodes of the third season are named
after Italian cuisine, while the
subsequent five episodes are named
after a series of paintings by William
Blake. Which TV series?

8. 
 
“You’re walking in the woods.  
There’s no one around,  
And your phone is dead.  
Out of the corner of your eye you spot him.”  
 
These are the opening lines of which musical
production which currently has more than 27
million views on YouTube?

Answer: 
Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf

9. 
The sun and the crescent moon on this
entity had human faces until 1962, when
the faces were removed in a bid to
modernise it. Which entity, a simplified
combination of two single pennons, are we
talking about?

10. 
What is the most famous creation of Paul
Maximillien Landowski (who had won a
gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
for sculpture), which he created in
collaboration with civil engineer Heitor da
Silva Costa and architect and sculptor
Gheorghe Loenida?

11. 
Formerly known as Potomac due to being bordered on
three sides by the Potomac river, this town in the US
state of Virginia serves as the location for one of the
largest U.S. Marine Corps bases in the world, the
presidential helicopter squadron airbase, the United
States Drug Enforcement Administration's training
academy, and headquarters of the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service and the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations. The town has become a pop
culture staple due to its being the location of another
important American administrative centre here.
Identify the town.

12. 
‘Crimping’ refers to the 19th century practice
of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by
coercive techniques such as trickery,
intimidation, or violence. What is the more
popular name for crimping, which arises
from the fact that a large segment of these
unfortunate crimping victims came from a
specific region in Asia?

***13. 
Tom George Longstaff was an English doctor,
explorer and mountaineer, most famous for being
the first person to climb a summit of over 7,000
meters in elevation, Trisul, in the Indian
Himalayas in 1907. During one of his
explorations in 1909, he named a geographical
region after seeing the abundance of widely
dispersed rose plants in the region. Which region,
considered the superlative of its kind in the world,
did he name thus?

14. 
In which city is the Lychee and Dog Festival
held every year in June in which about
10,000 to 15,000 dogs are consumed during
the ten days of the festival, an activity
believed to counteract the heat of summer?

15. 
In 1948, eminent American cosmologist, Ralph
Alpher submitted his now famous PhD dissertation
on ‘Big Bang nucleosynthesis’, which explained how
various elements originated after the Big Bang. 
 
Alpher's PhD advisor, George Gamow, came up with
the idea of adding his friend—physicist Hans Bethe—
to the list of authors of Alpher's thesis. As a result,
this paper came to be famously known by what name,
which later turned out to be quite apt?

16. 
The names for the chemical elements with atomic
numbers 104 to 106 were the subject of a major
controversy starting in the 1960s, described by some
nuclear chemists as the ____________ Wars
because it concerned the elements following a
certain specific element on the periodic table. This
controversy arose due to disputes between American
scientists and Soviet scientists as to who had first
isolated these elements. The final resolution of this
controversy in 1997 decided the currently-accepted
names of elements 107 to 109. Name the element.

17. 
Alligator, anteater, armadillo, auroch, axolotl, badger, bat,
beaver, buffalo, camel, cat, chameleon, cheetah,
chipmunk, chinchilla, chupacabra, cormorent, coyote,
crow, dingo, dinosaur, dolphin, duck, elephant, ferret,
fox, frog, giraffe, gopher, grizzly, hedgehog, hippo, hyena,
jackal, ibex, ifrit, iguana, koala, kracken, lemur, leopard,
liger, lion, llama, manatee, mink, moose, monkey,
narwhal, nyan, cat, orangutan, otter, panda, penguin,
platypus, python, quagga, rabbit, racoon, rhino, sheep,
shrew, skunk, slow loris, squirell, tiger, turtle, walrus,
wolf, wolverine, wombat. 
 
Where would you find all of them together?

Google Docs: Animals used to
represent anonymous users editing the
doc.

❖ 18. 
This is James Britt Donovan, an accomplished lawyer (graduated
from Harvard), Navy officer and politician of the USA and a general
badass in a country of boneheads. In his legal capacities, he fought the
toughest of the tough cases involving international relations and
brought them to successful conclusions. One example is his defence
of Cuban prisoners against his own government, saving them from
illness and torture. He even met Fidel Castro after the typically
moronic Bay of Pigs invasion and convinced him to trust Donovan at
a time when even Kennedy wouldn't dare do that. A legend about him
was recently found to be true, that on a scuba diving trip with Castro,
CIA had supplied Donovan with a pathogen-infested scuba gear.
Donovan chucked it out of the boat and offered Castro his own suit
(Google Cuban Project). 
However, he is much more famous for defending (rather negotiating)
a certain case in 1957 that could have dictated world history, which
has recently been immortalised on the movie reel. Which 2015 movie
and who played him?

❖ 20. 
That is Zach Weinersmith. He is holding up his webcomic and
a condom. It (the comic) features no recurring characters or
storylines, and has no set format; some strips may be a single
panel, while others may go on for ten panels or more.
Recurring themes in it include atheism, God, superheroes,
romance, dating, science, research, parenting and the meaning
of life. It is published daily.
❖ The comic was character-based in a previous incarnation,
focusing on the romantic and academic endeavors of several
college students. That strip (referred to as Classic X on the
site's archives) ran from January 28, 2002 to September 3,
2002. The comic went through three other renderings between
Classic X and the current version. The current version of the
strip began on September 5, 2002 and has updated daily since.

SMBC (Saturday Morning Breakfast
Cereal)

❖ 21. That’s the Imola racetrack where the F1
Italian Grand Prix is held. After 1995 changes
were introduced due to certain events. The
1994 Grand Prix was pretty disastrous with
Rubens Barrichello crashing and Roland
Ratzenberger dying, thanks to the new rules
banning active suspensions, traction control
and ABS (Williams was way ahead of its
time, freaking everyone out). Yet, what was
the subsequent event that actually led to
these changes?

22. 
If one of the entities represented in this image is
Mt. Everest, what are the other two?

1. 
The most important factor contributing to this
illusion/phenomenon is a completely or mostly
obstructed horizon; without a horizon, judging the
slope of a surface is difficult as a reliable reference is
missing. Objects one would normally assume to be
more or less perpendicular to the ground (such as
trees) may actually be leaning, offsetting the visual
reference. Which phenomenon?

2. 
'Can't Take This Shit Anymore' is a documentary
by Vinod Kapri, which has won this year's
National Award in the Best Film on Social Issues
category. Set in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, what
is the subject of this documentary?

Lack of toilets for rural women

3. 
A baker in Alba, Piedmont sold an initial batch
of 300 kilograms (660 lb) of "Pasta Gianduja" in
1946. This was originally a solid block, but later
he started selling a creamy version in 1951 as
"Supercrema". What was it renamed to in 1963
with the intention of marketing it throughout
Europe?

4. 
X is a famous German auto company, which made a
humble beginning as a manufacturer of sewing machines
in a cowshed, and later moved on to bicycles. After
being impressed with X's state of the art production
facilities, X was taken over by a famous American auto
company.  
 
Since X's sales dipped in recent years, it roped in
famous German sports personality Y, who has been in
the news recently, for a series of televised ads. As a
result, by their own admission, their sales increased by
almost 35%. Give X and Y.

5. 
In 2013, this brand, exclusively associated with
a spring in Vergeze in the Gard department of
France, celebrated its 150th anniversary by
launching a limited edition series of bottles
paying tribute to an artist who had created over
forty works featuring the iconic bottle in 1983.
Name the brand and the artist. (0.5+0.5)

6. This company’s name is derived from
the god of light, intelligence, and wisdom
from the first civilization in West Asia,
Persia. The company website also notes
that the name also derives from the name
of the company's founder, Jujiro Matsuda.
Which company?

7. 
Which company, which has its origins in Vasant
Vihar, South Delhi, began as a joint venture
agreement in 1995 between _____(the blank
comes in the answer) Exhibitors Private Limited
and an Australian media company which has
produced films like The Great Gatsby, the Matrix
trilogy, the Sherlock Holmes franchise, among
others?

8. 
In 1981, businessman William _______, Jr.
noticed the curious trend that a certain product he
was giving out for free with his wares were proving
more popular than necessities he sold like soap
and baking powder. This was the origin of a
company, one of whose early aims was to combat
the stereotype that only women should consume
that product. Name the company, which was
acquired by Mars Inc. in 2008.

9. 
Caïssa is the name of a fictional Thracian tree nymph first
created during the Renaissance by an Italian poet called
Hieronymus Vida. She appears in one of his poems,
which portrays Apollo and Mercury indulging in a session
of X. In 1763, pioneering English orientalist, Sir William
Jones re-used Caïssa in his own poem, which tells
another fictional story of how Caïssa initially repels the
advances of Mars. Spurned, Mars seeks the aid of the
god of sport, Euphron, who creates X as a gift for Mars to
win Caïssa's favor. All these depictions have resulted in
Caissa being declared the patron goddess of X.
Supposedly, people engaged in X often invoke her name
for inspiration or luck. Id X.

10. 
The 1963 Army-Navy American college football
rivalry game on Dec 7th ended with the Army
Quarterback, Rollie Stichweh’s touchdown in the
fourth quarter of their 21-15 loss. This touchdown
was worth noticing for the commentator stating to
the television viewers, “Ladies and gentlemen, Army
did not score again!”. 
 
Why did he say this?

First ever use of Instant
Replay!

11. 
Brett Lee was once briefly nicknamed ‘X’ by
former Australian captain and New South
Wales teammate Steve Waugh during his early
international career. During an ODI around
2000, Brett Lee was in the batting order behind
his brother Shane and Ian Harvey. When
Waugh read out the batting order, he jokingly
referred Brett as X, thereby providing him
“notoriety”.

Answer: 
Oswald  
(When Waugh read out the
batting order, instead of reading
"Lee, Harvey, Lee", he read out
"Lee, Harvey, Oswald" who was
the assassinator of JFK)

12. 
X’s Y rate of three in 441 means we can expect him to take a Y
every 147 matches. The following things are less likely than this
thing happening -  
• Bitten by a shark while swimming in the ocean (one in 3.7
million) 
• Struck by lightning once across an 80 year lifespan (one in
10,000) 
• Dying from a hornet, wasp or bee attack (one in 75,852) 
• Being killed by a firearm in the United States (one in 6,509) 
• Living on a coastline and experiencing a tsunami (one in
50,000) 
• Hit by an asteroid (one in 700,000) 
 
Give X and Y. (0.5+0.5)

Answer: 
X – Luis Suarez 
Y – Bite

13.  
The Grand Wizard was the national head of the
Invisible Empire; the Grand Dragon the ruler over a
state known as a "Realm”; the Grand Titan, the ruler
of a "Dominion" within a state; Grand Giant, the
head of a province or a county; Grand Cyclops, the
president or presiding officer of a meeting or "Den”;
Hydras the assistants to the Grand Dragon, usually
eight; the Furies, assistants to the Grand Titan,
usually six. These were titles and ranks in which
group or organisation?

14. 
Also known as “Nora Baker”, “Madeleine”,
“Jeanne-Marie Rennier”, and “Bang Away
Lulu” (because of her distinctively heavy-
handed style when she was a WAAF signaller),
she, as an SOE agent, also became the first
female and the first Indian origin radio operator
to be sent from Britain into occupied France to
aid the French Resistance. Who is this
posthumous George Cross Awardee? (full
name required)

15. 
This law was first accurately described by the
scientist Ibn Sahl, at the Baghdad court in 984, who
published his findings in the manuscript On Burning
Mirrors and Lenses. The law was rediscovered
by Thomas Harriot in 1602, who however did not
publish his results although he had corresponded
with Kepler on this very subject. The law is often
called “la loi de Descartes” in France as the French
believe it to have been discovered by Descartes. By
what name do we know this common textbook law?

16.
Which famous fashion designer designed the
iconic Little Black Dress worn by Audrey
Hepburn in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?

17.
Year- 1776
Place- Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin and George
Washington
There should be a set of rule that
govern the way X act amongst
other X. (X comes in the answer)
“No eye contact in a Devil’s ____. “

Bro Code; Devil’s Threesome!

18. 
Movie is inspired by Italian
Noir novel Death's Dark Abyss
by Massimi Carlotto. The
Setting (place of shooting),
the name of the movie are all
derivatives of the theme of the
movie.

19. 
X-Y is a privately held website, the
ﬂagship site of the X Exchange
Network, created in 2008 by Jeff
Atwood and Joel Spolsky, as a more
open alternative to earlier Q&A sites
such as Experts-Exchange. The name
for the website was chosen by voting in
April 2008 by readers of Coding Horror,
Atwood's popular programming blog.

20. That X’s ﬁctitious Indian
town ‘Y'.
derives its name from
Malleshwaram and
Basavangudi, two prominent
and old areas of Bangalore.

21. Last week fastest Stock
Exchange was recorded 0.3
millisecond and intend to hit
the mark of 6 nanoseconds
by the end of 2020. Which
stock exchange?

23. Bush House was the iconic
headquarters for the BBC World Service for
more than 50 years. In 2012 the lease ran
out and BBC had to move out. 
It also had a literary connection: an author,
who was brieﬂy part of the Eastern Service
(and reportedly hated his time there)was
inspired by some of the rooms and included
them in one of his best known books. 
 
Which author, and which book?

24. A lion’s and a Tiger’s roar
were recorded and played
backwards which resulted in
what?

25. A/an X is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a
phrase as a result of near homophony, in a way that gives
it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in
a poem or a lyric in a song.
Etymology:
In the essay, American writer Sylvia Wright described how,
as a young girl, she misheard the last line of the first stanza
from the 17th-century ballad "The Bonny Earl O'Moray".
She wrote:
Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl O' Moray,
And Lady X.

Mondegreen 
The actual fourth line is "And laid him on the green". Wright
explained the need for a new term: "The point about what I shall
herea>er call mondegreens, since no one else has thought up a
word for them, is that they are beAer than the original.“
Other examples:
Surely Good Mrs. Murphy shall follow me all the days of my
life ("Surely goodness and mercy…" from Psalm 23)
There's a bathroom on the right (the line at the end of each verse
of "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival:
"There's a bad moon on the rise")
'Scuse me while I kiss this guy (from a lyric in the song "Purple
Haze", by Jimi Hendrix: "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky".

❖ 2012 is Johnny Depp, 2013 is Jim 
Carrey.

❖ X is a small town and commune of approximately 12,000 inhabitants in
the Province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.
❖ Several Mafia bosses have come from X, including Tommy Gagliano,
Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio,
Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.
❖ The local mafia clan, the Xsi, led the Mafia in the 1980s and 1990s, and
were the most violent and ruthless Mafia clan ever to take control of the
organization.
❖ Interestingly, Al Pacino’s maternal grandparents are from here.

❖ When they finally finished work in
October 1969 on the spanking new
ARPANET, they tested the transfer rate by
pinging in a five-letter word. The system
crashed, sending only two of the five
characters. After a reboot, the original
word was sent and cigars were lit.
However, due to a weird coincidence, the
first three characters sent over what would
become the Internet are ironically
appropriate. 
What was the test-phrase?

Pictures of actors portraying real-life people follow.
Identify the actor and the character. (+5/0 = x, +5/0 =
y)
Marking = (x+y) - z 
z = Number of teams who get both x and y right

Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Cash
Michelle Williams, Marilyn Monroe
Leo Caprio, J. Edgar Hoover
Denzel Washington, Malcolm X
Gary Oldman, Sid Vicious
Salma Hayek, Frida Kahlo
Adrien Brody, Harry Houdini
Johnny Depp, James “Whitey” Bulger
Anthony Hopkins, Alfred Hitchcock
James Franco, James Dean
Benedict Cumberbatch, Julian Assange
Cate Blanchett, Bob Dylan

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