Round 2 of Karavaan 2017 Quiz

1. HANGMAN

2. RULES
• Written Round, 6 questions.
• Each team can guess a letter only once. The
order of guessing is randomised (for each
question).
• +5  Correct letter -5  Wrong letter
• Redundant guesses will get you -5.
• Meanwhile before every guess, teams can give
their answer i.e. the full word(s).
• -15  Wrong answer
• Differential scoring with base multiplier = 10.
• A team can attempt to give the final answer only
once per round.

4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a warfare strategy in which an
attacking force with dense spearheaded infantry
breaks through the opponent's defence by short,
fast and powerful attacks thus surprising them.
• The first recorded usage of this word was by
Western journalists to describe the German army's
invasion of Poland.
• The usage of this word is now not confined to war,
but is also often used by sport journalists to
describe any quick movements or fast paced play
in a game.

6. BLITZKRIEG

8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• In American radio, film, television, and video games,
walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in
the background. Walla is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the U.K.
where actors repeatedly say the word to mimic the
indistinct chatter of a crowd.
• The TV show South Park often parodies walla by having
angry mobs mutter "rabble rabble rabble", and "peas and
carrots".
• In an episode of Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, a
distraught courtroom audience distinctly and repeatedly
shouts "rutabaga", a reference to the use of the term "_ _
_ _ _ _ _".
• Fun fact: There is a British short film named "_ _ _ _ _ _ _" in

10. RHUBARB

12. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was a company known mainly
for manufacturing sheets of typefaces and
other artwork elements that can be
transferred to artwork being prepared. In
common usage, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ originally
referred to sheets of transfer lettering
which was originally manufactured as a
wet process in 1959, but later in 1961, the
process was much simplified and a dry
transferable lettering system was made.

14. LETRASET

16. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The known locations of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are:
1. Mountains of Switzerland.
2. Somewhere in the outskirts of Gotham.
3. The Australia Outback.
4. Himalaya Mountains.
5. Infinity Island, a remote island in the Indian
Ocean.
6. Batcave.

18. LAZARUS PITS

20. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ vs _ _ _ _ _ _
_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ vs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was a legal battle
between a music artist and a P2P Internet
service in April 2000. It was the first high
profile case of an artist suing a peer-to-peer
software company for copyright infringement.
The battle led to more lawsuits and eventual
bankruptcy of the company. This lawsuit is
often cited as the precursor to the conflicts
between artists/record labels and online
media sharing platforms we see today.

22. METALLICA vs
NAPSTER

24. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• Spademanns Leksikon is the Danish version of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and was established in 2006 by the
user Lhademmor. It does not use the traditional
jigsaw-potato logo but instead employs one
resembling the logo of Ekstrabladet, once one of the
largest newspapers in Denmark.
• As of 2012, it contained over 6000 articles. Together
with the Norwegian version of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , it
accuses Swedes of having no sense of humour since
they have a poor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Their brand of
humour includes the use of Chuck Norris as a cult
hero; Barry White as God; writing in the style of Hans
Christian Andersen (here claimed to be homosexual),
etc.

26. UNCYCLOPEDIA