1. N{Σ}P IANS QUIZZING
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SOCIE Y
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NOVEMBER QUIZ SESSION
The SpEnt Quiz 2013

3. RULES
1.Teams of two. Write your names ,team name and
phone number on the paper.
2.There are 25 questions in total. All carry 1 mark
each. Try to attempt as many as possible.
3.Question number 5,10,15 and 20 are “*” marked
questions. They will be used in case there is a tie
between two teams.
4.Part points can be obtained in question 6,20 and23.
5.Top six teams make it to the final.
6.No one shall use cell phones. QM’s decision is final.

5. 1. ID X
Memento Mori
X(bollywood)
Memento
X(tamil)

8. 2. Give the name of the function

11. 3.
(Part points for non-specific answer)

13. (Half points for IPL)

14. 4. Put funda
Germany=3
Sweden=0
Argentina=2
Italy=4
France=1
Brazil=5
Uruguay=2

16. Number of football world cup wins

17. 5*. The only occasion when cricket was the part of
Olympic events was in the year 1900 at the Paris
Olympics. It took place on 19–20 August at
the Vélodrome de Vincennes and the match was won
by 158 runs by Great Britain.
Thus, Great Britain possesses the only Olympic gold
medal ever given for cricket.
Who possesses the only silver medal given for the
game?

20. 6. Which blockbuster Indian movie set in the post
independence era revolves around a race between
a tonga and a bus service and was released in
colour in 2007?

23. 7.Connect
(Exhaustive list)
Clive Lloyd
Viv Richards
Mohinder Amarnath
David Boon
Wasim Akram
Aravinda de Silva
Shane Warne
Ricky Ponting
Adam Gilchrist
Mahendra Singh Dhoni

25. All have been “Man of The Match” in ODI world cup
finals

26. 8.

28. Yohan Blake

29. 9.The simpsons mocking who/what?

32. 10*. Identify the great grand nephew of the
great man in the pic, who made India proud in
a totally different field.

34. VVS LAXMAN

35. 11. ID the compound
Why is this in a SpEnt quiz???

37. Methamphetamine
The compound which forms the basis for TV series
“Breaking Bad”

38. 12. The United States Navy Fighter Weapon School was
established on March 3, 1969 at NAS Miramar California
following a recommendation that a flight school to be
established to counter the relatively poor air combat
performance of Navy aircrews over Vietnam. How do
we know this school better?

41. 13.Jug Suraiya created a daily cartoon in the Times of India called
X.
It is loosely based on US President George W. Bush.
According to Suraiya, he first thought of X as a kind of a superman
type hero who would signify the military might and muscle of
America, but unfortunately has the brain of a George W. Bush,
thereby making him more dangerous.
The idea was to show that far from being some sort of a super
patriot, this man could be a potential danger not just to his
supposed enemies, but also to his friends and to his own country's
people.

43. Dubyaman

44. 14.In the history of Cricket, only three wicket keepers
have taken wicket namely Devon Thomas, MS Dhoni and
Taibu.
Captain cool MS Dhoni got his wicket during 2009 ICC
Champions Trophy match between India and West Indies
at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
Name the West Indian he got out and thus his only
wicket.

46. Travis Dowlin

47. 15*. What would you associate this floor plan
with??

50. 16. Shown below are the husband and wife team Keith
Shepherd andNatalia Luckyanova, and an artist Kiril
Tchangov. Name the company that they founded in
2008, or its most popular product.

53. 17.Players take turns shooting discs across the
circular playing surface, trying to have their discs land
in the higher-scoring regions of the board, while also
attempting to knock away opposing discs.
ID the game.

56. 18. We all love this show…..
Name the British show on which this show is based.

59. 19. What is wrong about this pic?

61. It violates the first two rules of the Fight Club.

62. 20*. Danny Denzongpa was the first choice to play X but
owing to prior commitments, had to miss out.
Thereupon, Y was signed up for the role but was almost
dropped from the project because Javed Akhtar found his
voice too weak. For his preparation for the role Y read
Abhishapth Chambal, a book by Taroon Kumar Bhaduri,
the father of one of the lead actresses in the movie.
Danny however does not regret not doing the role, saying
he benefited the most from the film‟s success since “Y
increased his price after the film. I increased my price by
ten times.”
ID X & Y.(Part points will be provided)

64. X=Gabbar Singh
Y=Amjad Khan

65. 21. Whose hand?

67. David Beckham

68. 22. This sport ‘X’ was invented by William G Morgan
in 1895 and was named as Mintonette initially.
This has arena measuring 9 X 18 m.
India participated in Asian X championship was held
in Tokyo at 1955. In which INDIA made a podium
finish.
What is ‘X’?

70. Volleyball

71. 23. The hit Hollywood movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’
has been in the IMDB top 10 since a long time and currently
enjoys the top position.
The movie is based on the novella ’X and The Shawshank
Redemption’ by Stephen King.
In a scene in a movie while the prisoners are watching the
movie Y on the screen, they cheer loudly as X appears on
the screen playing the role of Y in the movie Y.
Later in the movie the lead actor uses the posters of X,
Marilyn Monroe and Raquel Welch to cover the tunnel he
digs to escape prison.
ID X and Y.(Part points will be provided)

73. X=Rita Hayworth
Y=Gilda

74. 24. Put funda

76. Finalist in bidding process for hosting Olympics
2020

77. 25. X stayed with Septèmes until the age of fourteen, at which time
he was selected to attend a three-day training camp at
the CREPS (Regional Centre for Sports and Physical Education) in Aixen-Provence, one of several such footballing institutes run by
the Football Federation of the country. It was here that X was spotted
by AS Cannes scout Jean Varraud who recommended him to the
training center director of the club.
X went on to play for clubs like Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real
Madrid. He has been a part of winning squads of La Liga, UEFA
champions league, Serie A, Intercontinental Cup ,UEFA Super Cup,
FIFA World Cup and Euro cup.
X was named best European footballer of the past 50 years by UEFA.

80. END OF PRELIMS

81. Time pass questions

82. Q.connect

83. Answer: popular memes

84. Q. Priyanka Chopra became the first bollywood
actress to photo-shoot for ‘Guess magazine’ recently.
ID the photographer for this shoot.

85. "Scientists,
specifically biochemist-shave investigated the difference
between a ____________ and a ___________. The Department of
Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario in Canada
conducted a study to determine if the preparation of a
____________ has an influence on their antioxidant capacity; the
study found that the __________________ were able to break down
hydrogen peroxide and leave only 0.072% of the peroxide behind,
versus the _______________, which left behind 0.157% of the
peroxide. Thus a _____________ has more antioxidants than a
__________ one. The study was done at the time because moderate
consumption of __________________ appears to reduce the risk of
cataracts, cardiovascular disease, and stroke”.
Why is this in a SpEnt quiz?

86. Answer
Vesper Martini is the correct ans.
It is the Martini 007 drinks. It is shaken, not stirred. Thats
what is being talked about.

87. Dubai based Taj Television Ltd. Owned by Zee
Entertainment operates sports channels in Asia
under which brand name?

88. Map depicting what?

90. ID her