SPENT quiz conducted as a part of Roobaroo by Atharva, IIM Kozhikode

1. SPENT

2. •3 member teams
•No mobile phones
•* marked questions are inbuilt tie breakers
•Quiz master’s word is binding
RULES

3. 1. ID THE VOICE

4. ROWAN ATKINSON
ANSWER

5. Romance imprint (Book series) published by British Publisher
Harlequin UK Ltd
It was founded in 1908 by Gerald Rusgrove X and Charles Y as a
general publisher
Feminists have pilloried it as misogynistic rape fantasies, even as
hate speech, and condemned novels as responsible for poor
sexual health and failed relationships among their readers
Has several series. Series Titles include Blaze, Cherish, Desire,
Intrigue, Modern, Medical Romance etc.
2. NAME THE BOOK

6. MILLS AND BOON
ANSWER

7. 3. PUT FUNDA

8. CRICKET IN OLYMPICS
ANSWER

9. 4. THIS ONE IS THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM. ID
THE SECOND BLANK. AND WHAT ARE THESE?

10. VANITY CARDS
ANSWER

11. Several character names of this movie are based on Swahili words(Swahili is a
language of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of Southeast
Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique,
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo):
Nala - gift
Sarabi - mirage
Rafiki - friend
__________ - simpleton/weak-minded
Shenzi - barbarous/uncouth/uncivilized/savage
Banzai - skulk/lurk
5. WHICH MOVIE?

12. LION KING
ANSWER

13. Otman Bakkal
Branislav Ivanovic
Giorgio Chiellini
6. CONNECT (EXHAUSTIVE)

14. LUIS SUAREZ
ANSWER

15. In the year 2012, over 160 baby girls
in the U.S. were legally named X
after the fictional character. This
newly found species of sea slug was
also named Tritonia X after the same
character.
7. ID X

16. ANSWER

17. 8. WHOSE CAREER?

18. VIJENDER SINGH
ANSWER

19. X, considered to be one of the greatest sportsperson of all time was known
for trash talking, and often freestyled with rhyme schemes and spoken word
poetry,
As a musician, X has recorded two spoken word albums and a rhythm and
blues song, and received two Grammy Award nominations.
As an actor, he performed in several films and a Broadway musical (Buck
White)
He was also featured in a DC Comics book Superman vs X in 1978
"I've done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator, I
done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only
last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean
I make medicine sick
9. ID X

20. MUHAMMED ALI
ANSWER

21. X and Y are the only father and son duo to have ever won the F1 world
championship
X is also the only person to have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport.
(Monaco GP, 24 hours Le Mans, Indianapolis 500)
*10. ID X AND Y

22. GRAHAM AND DAMON HILL
ANSWER

23. David Saltzberg is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy
at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He
received a bachelor's degree in Physics in 1989 from
Princeton University where he worked in the Princeton
Cyclotron. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the
University of Chicago in 1994, where he measured the
mass of the W boson at the Fermilab Tevatron and CDF
detector. What is his contribution to the world of
entertainment?
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24. SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR /
SCIENCE CONSULTANT TO
BIG BANG THEORY
ANSWER

25. Nicknamed “The Birdman” and owner of a skateboard company “Birdhouse”
Has a video game series named after him
Also has an amusement park ride named after him in three Six Flags amusement
parks
Has worked as stunt double or an extra in many films
Filmography include Police Academy 4, Escape from LA, XXX, CSI:Miami
12. ID X

26. ANSWER
TONY HAWK

27. 13. WARNING FOR WHAT?

28. POKEMON GO
ANSWER

29. Highest Singles rank – 16
Has defeated the likes of Bjorn Borg, John Laver, John Mcenroe and Jimmy
Connors
Has acted in films – Octopussy (MI6 Agent),
Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home (1986)
A Regular in the NBC TV Series, The Last Precinct
Has also been a judge at Miss Universe pageant
Who?
*14. ID X

30. VIJAY AMIRTARAJ
ANSWER

31. 15. PUT FUNDA
Cameron Earl – June 18,1952 was the first
Charles de Tornaco September 18, 1953 was the second
Gilles Villeneuve, Riccardo Paletti, Elio de Angelis,
Roland Ratzenberger, Ayrton Senna are also part of this
non exhaustive list
The most recent person to be added to this list was Jules
Bianchi

32. F1 DEATHS
ANSWER

33. 1. Holographic projector
2. Acoustic signal
3. Recharge power coupler
4. Kenny Baker’s Catheter valve
16. DESIGN AND COMPONENTS OF
WHAT?

34. R2 D2
ANSWER

35. 17. CONNECT

36. ACTORS WHO HAVE ACTED
IN BOTH GOT AND HARRY
POTTER
ANSWER

37. The following article is about ManuteBol, a 7’7” former NBA player. Which
phrase is he credited with?
Washington Post, Jan. 8, 1989 The best thing about him is he keeps the
Warriors loose. When he throws a bad pass,
he'll say, “___(1)___" instead of “___(2)___" and now all the other players
say the same thing.
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38. MY BAD
ANSWER

39. The earliest historical evidence shows the game was played in the 15th
century's Malacca Sultanate
In Bangkok, murals at Wat Phra Kaeo which was built in 1785, depict the
Hindu god Hanuman playing this game in a ring with a troop of monkeys
Other historical accounts mention the game earlier during the reign of King
Naresuan (1590–1605) of Ayutthaya
The first versions of the game were not so much of a competition, but rather
cooperative displays of skill designed to exercise the body, improve dexterity
and loosen the limbs after long periods of sitting, standing or working
It is now a regular sport event in the Asian Games and the Southeast Asian
Games where it is extremely popular
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40. SEPAK TAKRAW
ANSWER

41. 20 TRIBUTE TO WHO?

42. QUEEN – BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY
ANSWER

43. X's character was loosely based on Sherlock Holmes... but Holmes, in turn, was
based on a Doctor that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knew while studying medicine,
Dr. Joseph Bell, whose specialty was diagnosis.
Y, another character in the show is based on Dr. Watson. The references are
pushed further when, In episode 11 of the fifth season, Y presents X with
Joseph Bell's Manual Of the Operations of Surgery as a Christmas gift.
When X's staff begin to wonder why he would throw away the expensive gift, an
amused Y begins making up a story about X having a closeted infatuation with a
patient named Irene Adler whom he will always consider to be "the one who got
away"
21. X AND Y?

44. HOUSE AND WILSON
ANSWER

45. Name the guy in the video and put funda
22. VIDEO

46. Fosbery flop
ANSWER