Cluesday # 151 Shom - shom biswas

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3. 1. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? 2. Character Certificate 3. Earworm 4. Fourth Round 5. Hit Thi, Hit Hai - Hit, Stand or Bust 6. Finale R ounds Points 1 1 1 1 1 / 0 / (-1) 10 / 9 / 6 / 3 Sure of your strengths? *Use the joker to double your points in any of the first four rounds. © There are 6 questions, which will be highlighted with the symbol to your right. I will be mentioning them during the quiz. There is a common thread in those questions (or the answers to them). The last question in this quiz will be for you to identify this common thread. I will give out clues, but you will get progressively less points for each clue provided. Thus, 5 / 4 / 3 / 2.

4. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? R ound 1 Mixed with soda! 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking

5. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 1 First question is always a Karnataka Question. First question is always a sitter. First question is to help you down your first drink a happy person. • General Election of 1999. The relevant numbers are 51.7% (Sonia Gandhi) and 44.7% (Sushma Swaraj) • Name me the Lok Sabha constituency (right here in Karnataka) where this was fought out.

6. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 2 • Simple, simple. • So this fish is called loytta in Bengali, bombil in Marathi, and bombeli is Sinhala. • What is it called in English? ©

7. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 3 • A common phrase we hear is ‘THERE ARE MANY WAYS SO SKIN THE CAT’. • You may wonder, why would anyone skin the cat? And then you realise, there are different kind of cats. Which cat is referred to in this phrase? ©

8. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 4 • Sonny Whiting • Dean Gillen • Samet Hyuseinov • Alexander Horvath • Matiouze Royer • Andrzej Soldra • Kerry Hope • __________ _________

9. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 5 • Mahashay Chunnilal Gulati started this shop in Sialkot in pre-partition India, with his son Mahashay Dharampal. After partition, Dharampal came over to Delhi and re- started the family business, keeping the same name. • The name means “the shop of the Mahashays” in Punjabi, Mahashay being a ceremonious title that Dharampal and Chunnilal used as their forename. • Of course, this is relevant because this organization is a household name now, mostly known by its three-letter abbreviation rather than the full name.

10. Bonus

11. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? • This Mahabharata character had fled from battle (even the big one) a couple of times. Nonetheless, his name means ‘STEADFAST IN BATTLE’. Who?

13. • YUDHISHTHIRA

15. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? R ound 1 Mixed with soda! 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking

16. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 1 • General Election of 1999. The relevant numbers are 51.7% (Sonia Gandhi) and 44.7% (Sushma Swaraj) • Name me the Lok Sabha constituency (right here in Karnataka) where this was fought out. BELLARY

17. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 2 • Simple, simple. • So this fish is called loytta in Bengali, bombil in Marathi, and bombeli is Sinhala. • What is it called in English? BOMBAY DUCK ©

18. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 3 • A common phrase we hear is ‘THERE ARE MANY WAYS SO SKIN THE CAT’. • You may wonder, why would anyone skin the cat? And then you realise, there are different kind of cats. Which cat is referred to in this phrase? ©

19. THE CATFISH ©

20. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 4 • Sonny Whiting • Dean Gillen • Samet Hyuseinov • Alexander Horvath • Matiouze Royer • Andrzej Soldra • Kerry Hope • __________ _________

21. FRANCIS CHEKA

22. Yella OK, Cool Drink Yaake? Q 5 • Mahashay Chunnilal Gulati started this shop in Sialkot in pre-partition India, with his son Mahashay Dharampal. After partition, Dharampal came over to Delhi and re- started the family business, keeping the same name. • The name means “the shop of the Mahashays” in Punjabi, Mahashay being a ceremonious title that Dharampal and Chunnilal used as their forename. • Of course, this is relevant because this organization is a household name now, mostly known by its three-letter abbreviation rather than the full name.

24. Character Certificate R ound 2 Fictional Characters! 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking.

25. Character Certificate Question 1 • Even Wade Wilson is unsure if his name is Wade Wilson. He professes to be a Canadian, and supposed to have grew up in Saskatchewan. But he could be anyone really, including, as someone claimed, Loki’s son. Yes, THAT Loki. • One of his nicknames is ‘Merc with a Mouth’ and he frequently breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience. • His special powers are mostly not his own, and were forced into him • So who is this comicbook character.

26. Character Certificate Question 2 • The first book written by Umberto Eco was a mystery based in the medieval times – 1329 to be precise. Part of the name of the main character is an homage to one of Eco’s inspirations. His name is William of __________. What?

27. Character Certificate Question 3 • We see this character first in 1976, and he was created by Abid Surti, who was then working with Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. • His father was a dacoit of the Chambal ravines, who was shot and killed by the police. Brought up by the police, on growing up he formed the Citizens’ Security Force.

28. Character Certificate Question 4 • The organization most to benefit from this revolutionary idea is Cemex. • Its dimensions, in feet, is 2000 X 40 X ~5 • The cost estimate of this overshoots its promise by 50%-100%. • What is this? ©

29. Question 5 Character Certificate • The chief protagonist of this series, Leo Patterson, is an excellent planner of large thefts and heists. • He is extremely risk-averse for a person in his professional — he has a few conditions on running a heist. • One of them is that if there is the first sign of trouble, of things not working out, he would drop everything and run. Safety first, that’s Leo. • Therein lies the reason for his nickname within the underground. Which is also the name of the first book of Criminal comics, perhaps the most famous non-superhero action graphic novels of our times. What 6-letter nickname?

30. Bonus

31. • In which stadium was the first FA cup final held? Character Certificate

33. THE OVAL (OR THE KIA OVAL) • In which stadium was the first FA cup final held?

35. Character Certificate R ound 2 Fictional Characters! 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking.

36. Character Certificate Question 1 • Even Wade Wilson is unsure if his name is Wade Wilson. He professes to be a Canadian, and supposed to have grew up in Saskatchewan. But he could be anyone really, including, as someone claimed, Loki’s son. Yes, THAT Loki. • One of his nicknames is ‘Merc with a Mouth’ and he frequently breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience. • His special powers are mostly not his own, and were forced into him • So who is this comicbook character.

37. DEADPOOL

38. Character Certificate Question 2 • The first book written by Umberto Eco was a mystery based in the medieval times – 1329 to be precise. Part of the name of the main character is an homage to one of Eco’s inspirations. His name is William of __________. What?

39. BASKERVILLE

40. Character Certificate Question 3 • We see this character first in 1976, and he was created by Abid Surti, who was then working with Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. • His father was a dacoit of the Chambal ravines, who was shot and killed by the police. Brought up by the police, on growing up he formed the Citizens’ Security Force.

41. BAHADUR

42. Character Certificate Question 4 • The organization most to benefit from this revolutionary idea is Cemex. • Its dimensions, in feet, is 2000 X 40 X ~5 • The cost estimate of this overshoots its promise by 50%-100%. • What is this? ©

43. DONALD TRUMP’S WALL ©

44. Question 5 Character Certificate • The chief protagonist of this series, Leo Patterson, is an excellent planner of large thefts and heists. • He is extremely risk-averse for a person in his professional — he has a few conditions on running a heist. • One of them is that if there is the first sign of trouble, of things not working out, he would drop everything and run. Safety first, that’s Leo. • Therein lies the reason for his nickname within the underground. Which is also the name of the first book of Criminal comics, perhaps the most famous non-superhero action graphic novels of our times. What 6-letter nickname?

45. COWARD

46. AV STUFF R ound 3 Heavy dose of Audio Visuals… 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking.

47. AV STUFF • In 2014, the older guy was replaced by the younger guy. • As what? Question 1 ©

48. ©

49. AV STUFF Question 2 • LINK THE THREE. • Go simple.

51. AV STUFF •David Coverdale replaced Ian Gillan as the lead singer for Deep Purple… •So what was the subtle change he used to do to ‘Smoke on the Water’ when he used to sing it in live performances? Question 4

52. AV STUFF Question 5 • ‘Ogo aar kichhu toh nai ‘ was a song put to music by Salil Choudhury, and recorded by Lata Mangeshkar. Beautiful song, as you heard it. • What significant (and scandalous, and sad) thing happened when Salil Choudhury recorded it as a song in the movie Maya, 1961.

54. AV STUFF R ound 3 Heavy dose of Audio Visuals… 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking.

55. AV STUFF • In 2014, the older guy was replaced by the younger guy. • As what? Question 1 ©

56. ©

57. SPAIN’S KING Juan Carlos 1 replaced by Felipe VI

58. AV STUFF Question 2 • LINK THE THREE. • Go simple.

60. Movies directed by 2 generations of the Anand family. The first is Hare Rama Hare Krishna – directed by Dev Anand. The second is Teesri Kasam, directed by Vijay Anand (Dev Anand’s brother); and the third is Masoom, directed by Shekhar Kapur, their nephew.

61. AV STUFF •David Coverdale replaced Ian Gillan as the lead singer for Deep Purple… •So what was the subtle change he used to do to ‘Smoke on the Water’ when he used to sing it in live performances? Question 4

62. • He used to sing the first line as • “THEY all came down the Montreaux” • As opposed to • “WE all came down the Montreaux”

63. AV STUFF Question 5 • ‘Ogo aar kichhu toh nai ‘ was a song put to music by Salil Choudhury, and recorded by Lata Mangeshkar. Beautiful song, as you heard it. (Audio) • What significant (and unfortunate, and sad) thing happened when Salil Choudhury recorded it as a song in the movie Maya, 1961.

64. This was the start of the Lata-Rafi feud. While Lata Mangeshkar was the solo singer of the Bengali Version of the song, (both by Salil Choudhury) - the Hindi version (Tasveer Teri Dil Mein) was supposed to be a duet with Rafi. Rafi wanted to change some elements of the song – Lata refused. There was a standoff, and while it eventually was patched up, After that, for a long while, Rafi and Lata refused to sing with each other.

65. FOURTH ROUND R ound 4 Mixed bag kinda stuff 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking.

66. Question 1 FOURTH ROUND • Really simple. • In the United States, a ___________ _________ is an individual in the presidential line of succession, usually a member of the United States Cabinet, who is arranged to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country's other top leaders (e.g., Vice President and Cabinet members) are gathered at a single location, such as during State of the Union addresses and presidential inaugurations.

67. FOURTH ROUND Question 2 • In Italian football, if the advanced playmaker with a free role is a ‘trequartista’ (in Italy), then what is the deep-lying playmaker with a free role?

68. FOURTH ROUND Question 3 • Which was the first couple to be shown in bed together in American prime-time television? • This was in 1960. ©

69. FOURTH ROUND Question 4What is this (actually accurate) electoral map of?

70. • What is the point of dissimilarity but almost similarity between these two guys? FOURTH ROUND Question 5 ©

71. FOURTH ROUND Question 5 ©

72. Bonus

73. Bonus • Identify this lady • Think Trump

74. Bonus

75. Bonus • MARINE LE PEN

76. FOURTH ROUND R ound 4 General kinda stuff 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. No negative marking.

77. Question 1 FOURTH ROUND • Really simple. • In the United States, a ___________ _________ is an individual in the presidential line of succession, usually a member of the United States Cabinet, who is arranged to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country's other top leaders (e.g., Vice President and Cabinet members) are gathered at a single location, such as during State of the Union addresses and presidential inaugurations.

79. FOURTH ROUND Question 2 • In Italian football, if the advanced playmaker with a free role is a ‘trequartista’ (in Italy), then what is the deep-lying playmaker with a free role?

80. REGISTA

81. FOURTH ROUND Question 3 • Which was the first couple to be shown in bed together in American prime-time television? • This was in 1960. ©

83. FOURTH ROUND Question 4What is this (actually accurate) electoral map of?

84. • The electoral map after a nuclear holocaust – as per Nate Silver.

87. FOURTH ROUND Question 5 • Carl Malone – MAILMAN • Gavin Larsen - POSTMAN

89. Hit Thi, Hit Hai R ound 5 Two choices 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. 0 for no attempts. -1 for wrong.

90. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 1 How many 5-fors has R Ashwin got in his last 20 Tests? 1. Twelve (12) 2. Fifteen (15)

91. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 2 The loudest sound produced by any animal is 188 decibels. Which animal? A. Whale B. Elephant

92. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 3 Which part of the human body has more bones? A.Head B. Foot

93. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 4 Which highly anticipated 3rd film in a series was the highest grossing film of the year 2016 in England? A. Bridget Jones’ Diary B. Kung Fu Panda

94. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 5 The violent gang of youths in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ were called? A. Droogs B. Groods

96. Hit Thi, Hit Hai R ound 5 Two choices 5 Qs +1 for a right answer. 0 for no attempts. -1 for wrong.

97. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 1 How many 5-fors has R Ashwin got in his last 20 Tests? 1. Twelve (12) 2. Fifteen (15)

98. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 2 The loudest sound produced by any animal is 188 decibels. Which animal? A. Whale B. Elephant

99. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 3 Which part of the human body has more bones? A.Head B. Foot

100. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 4 Which highly anticipated 3rd film in a series was the highest grossing film of the year 2016 in England? A. Bridget Jones’ Diary B. Kung Fu Panda

101. Hit Thi, Hit Hai Question 5 The violent gang of youths in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ were called? A. Droogs B. Groods

102. Finale R ound 6 Which @$$#@%& made this f*****’ question? 1 Q 10/ 9 / 6 / 3 points No negative marking. You know how this rolls

103. Finale As is tradition: I will provide you with not 1, but 9 hints. I have asked 6 of those 9 hints as questions already in this quiz. There is a common thread in those questions (or the answers). What is the thread? I have already marked the 6 questions during the quiz. Answer right now = 10 points; Submit answer. Answer after I show you the 6 questions = 9 points; Submit answer. Answer after I show you the first 2 clues = 6 points; Submit answer. Answer after I show you the last clue = 3 points. Submit answers.

110. NICKNAMES OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKETERS • BOMBAY DUCK = AJIT AGARKAR • CATFISH = JAMES HOPES • THE WALL = RAHUL DRAVID • KING OF SPAIN = ASHLEY GILES • FLINTSTONES = FLINTOFF = FREDDIE • POSTMAN = GAVIN LARSEN • I know, clue!!! • GOD = SACHIN (WELL…) • MAD MAX = ARAVINDA DE SILVA • PIGEON = PIDGE = GLENN MCGRATH

111. STAY BACK FOR THE DUMB CHARADES !

112. Tie Breakers R ound 6 Still there, huh? 5 Qs Write the answers down. +2 for a right answer. (-1) for a wrong answer

113. • Developed by Sir Frederick Lawley in the 19th century, by combining neighbouring villages • Mahatma Gandhi visited this during the Independence struggle Q2

114. Place 2 Place 1

115. Q2 MALGUDI • Malleswaram -> Basavanagudi

117. Okay punk. Get this now. • I told you this will be entertainment. Not just quizzing, right? So here goes. • Two batsmen are each on 94 runs. Seven runs are needed to win in the last 2 balls. • Both batsmen end up making 100 not out. How? • Write the answer on the reverse of your answer paper • Who gets this first wins. • Plagiarism alert: I picked this up from Quora.

118. Who’se ya daddy now? • Two batsmen are each on 94 runs. Seven runs are needed to win in the last 2 balls and both batsmen make 100 not out. How? • Ball 1: Batsman 1 taps it to the outfield, run three and the throw is wild and the overthrow goes for 4. 7 runs done. Match is won. The batsman is on 101. But wait, the umpire calls ‘one short’ as one of the batsmen, while trying to complete a run, didn’t put his bat across the crease in a hurry to go back for another run. So that’s 6 runs made, but the strike is rotated and Batsman 1 still has a century to his name. • 1 to win off 1 ball. • Ball 2: Batsman 2 hits a six to finish off the game and get to his hundred.

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