Battle of minds finals

RULES
• On Pounce(+30/-30)
• On Direct +10
• Only ONE pounce per question

A
This is a still from the movie PK shot at Agrasen ki Baoli, a famous
ancient structure in the middle of New Delhi near Connaught Place.
Agrasen was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders. The
______ and Agrahari communities claim descent from him. The
structure was built by Agrasen during the Mahabharata period and was
rebuilt in the 14th century by the ______ community.

T
Jack Cover spent most of his career as a nuclear physicist who
worked in aerospace and defense, including playing a
significant role in supplying parts for NASA’s Apollo project. In
1970 the 50-year-old Cover diverted his research to finding a
weapon that could incapacitate assailants without killing
them. He received a patent for his design in 1974, and by 1980
Cover had sold the Los Angeles Police Department on using his
new gadget to help apprehend violent suspects.
It is sold by a company of the same name.
What is being talked about?

T
Developed by Alexey Pajitnov in Moscow in 1984, this
game is the first entertainment software to be exported
from the USSR to the US. With more than 70 mn
physical copies and over 100 mn copies for cell phones,
it is the highest paid-downloaded game of all time.
It derives its name from a special kind of polyominoes
(geometric strutures) incorporated in the game, and
the developer’s favourite sport.
Which extremely famous game?

L
'Music for Relief' was founded by _______ in response to the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Since inception in 2005,it has
responded to more than 25 natural disasters across four
continents including Hurricane Katrina, China’s Wenchuan
earthquake, a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, earthquakes in
Haiti in 2010 and Japan in 2011, and most recently the Nepal
earthquakes in 2015. Music for Relief has also planted over
1.3 million trees to help reduce climate change.
Who are behind this project?

E
A history book from 1929 titled 'Twelve Against the Gods' by William
Bolitho has sold out on Amazon. This happened after X who had been
reading the book praised it saying that "It's really quite good”. The price
of a secondhand copy of the book went up from $6.35 to $99.99 before
it was sold out. Identify X

O
In 1901, divers recovered this shoebox-size, gear
filled box from a 2000 year old ship wreck on the
Mediterranean Floor. Please identify. Two of its
dials calculated the Metonic Cycle and the Saros
cycle for calculating almanac and eclipses. A
separate Bronze based on the Callipic cycle,
divided into four sectors, was specifically created
to track which very famous event?

F
Bertie Charles was a financial columnist for the Hearst papers, and his
partner Walter Drey, the general manager of the Magazine of Wall
Street, founded _____ magazine on September 15, 1917. Bertie
provided the money and the name and Drey provided the publishing
expertise. The original name of the magazine was _____: Devoted to
Doers and Doings.
It’s editor-in-chief is Steve, grandson of Bertie and the CEO is Mike
Perlis.
Today it is the leader in it’s sector.

M
The word _____ is an English corruption of
mughal, Persian or Arabic for "Mongol". It
alludes to emperors of the Mughal Empire of
the Indian subcontinent that existed
between 1526 and 1857 who possessed
great power and storied riches capable of
producing wonders of opulence such as the
Taj Mahal. It is used to connote a very rich or
powerful person.

I
This began in the popular "rec.arts.movies'" newsgroup on
Usenet in 1989.
The first project was a post simply titled "Those Eyes" that,
with the participation of all readers, identified actresses with
beautiful eyes.
The thread grew beyond the size of a typical thread,
newsgroup participants simply called it “THE LIST”.
What is this the origin of?

N
Withings is a French company vested in creating health devices based
on Internet of Things. It is now owned by which famous company as a
part of it’s Digital Health unit?

D
During the 22nd of his 27 years in prison,
Nelson Mandela was visited by an
International delegation which included
former Aussie Prime Minister Malcom Fraser.
Mandela’s first question to him was
“Is ____ still alive?”

S
___________ was the founder and chairman of Internet Users
Community of India (IUCI). He had also played a major role in setting up
internet organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association. He also
maintained a website dedicated to the his family.
He was also one of few people in India to have got access to Apple’s
eWorld beta service much before VSNL launched the Internet for Indian
public.
Who is this Internet pioneer?

RULES
• On the Buzzer.
• 1st clue: +30/-15
• 2nd clue: +15/-20
• 3rd clue: +10/-30

He started off as a chemical engineer but decided to be a stand-up
comedian. He failed miserably.
He then participated in a heist (robbery) that went horribly wrong. He
lost his wife and kid, who fell into a vat of chemicals.
He has been portrayed by Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill and Cesar
Romero among others.

“ X will always love you. Farewell.”
A meta-search engine, it was the 2nd most popular in it’s category.
It was started in 2003 by an individual under a pseudonym Flippy.

Their first single on the UK Top 5 was “Yellow” which shot them to
worldwide fame.
Formed at University of London.
They initially called themselves as “Pectoralz” and then changed to
“Starfish”.

RULES
• On the Buzzer.
• Score on each slide
• One attempt per team

WERNER HEISENBERG
• Walter White – Heisenberg
• Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
• Werner Heisenberg

RULES
• On the Buzzer.
• 5 seconds of time.
• +20/-20
• Connect all the pictures and give a final answer.
• No extra points for connecting all the pictures.

Benedict Cumberbatch
• Dr. Strange
• Sherlock
• Smaug(The Hobbit)
• Alan Turing
(The Imitation Game)

Rio olympics 2016
• Vinicus de moares – mascot
• Sugarloaf mountain – logo
• Maracana beach – gives its name to stadium

Clubs that have won the European Treble

The Maharatna Companies
of Government of India

The Manhattan Project
The people are associated with the Project:
• Leslie Groves
• Enrico Fermi
• Robert J. Oppenheimer
Shoulder patch which was adopted by the people who worked on it.
Uranium – primary material for nuclear fissions for the Atomic Bomb

RULES
• On the Buzzer.
• +40/-40
*5 questions

Question 1
Orkut Buyukkokten, creator of google’s social
networking platform Orkut has launched a
new social network X to connect people who
share the same passions across the world. He
said “X is the next generation of Orkut… It is
the first social network built on love, not
likes.” Identify X.

Question 2
What has been blanked out?

Question 3
In 1765, A. Boulanger put a sign above his front
door stating: “Boulanger debite des _______
divins” with the added Latin invitation translating
to “Come to me, those who are famished, and I
will give you sustenance.”
What word did he use to describe his institution
that has become a generic to describe all such
businesses?

Question 4
Print Ad by which company on Earth Day 2014?

Question 5
Who was made an honorary member of the Bradford City Supporters’
Club because of the huge boost he gave to the sales of club scarves
since his arrival in 2002?

Which company’s
logo is called ‘Fluid
in Motion’ ?

This is the first kind of what?

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