Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called THE PLEDGE, where the magician shows the audience something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He then performs the TRICK, the part where the magician appears to do something impossible. But all is not what it seems. There is a secret...the third and final part, THE PRESTIGE. The magician reveals that the trick was just "an illusion," and that the ordinary object all along "has been changed into something extraordinary."

3. Every greatmagictrick consistsof threeparts or
acts.
Thefirst part iscalled

4. THE RULES
• You do NOT speak about the rules.
• You do NOT speak about the rules. (déjà vu?)
• You get +5 for a correct answer.
• You get absolutely nothing for a wrong answer.
• The quizmasters (yes, the one and only) get to decide points for partial answers.
• For tie-breakers, we use star-marked questions. Please mark them on your sheet as well.
• Need we say “No Mobile Phones” or “Don’t use unfair means”?
• Trust no one but yourself, the quizmasters and Lord Brahma.

5. #1
• Identify and give funda.

6. JO CALDERONE / LADY GAGA

7. #2
ID X & Y
• Robin : Winter Soldier
• Black Canary : Mockingbird
• Clayface : Sandman
• Darkseid : Thanos
• Killer Croc : The Lizard
• Deadshot : Bullseye
• Plastic Man : Mr. Fantastic
• Doctor Fate : Doctor Strange
• Green Arrow : X
• Deathstroke : Y

8. X: HAWKEYE, Y: DEADPOOL
(CTRL+C -> CTRL+V IN COMICLORE)

9. *#3
The original Compact Disc Digital Audio
Standard has a strange runtime.
Not 60 minutes, not even 70 minutes.
74 minutes and 33 seconds.
Why?

10. SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR, OP. 125 FINAL
GREAT WORK OF
HERR LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

11. #4
Minimalist Poster for which movie?

13. #5
What is being described below?
• Comprises of the most unsociable and
“unclubbable”? men in town.
• No member is permitted to take the least
notice of another.
• No talking. No coughing.
• Three offences are liable for expulsion.
• Possible front for the Secret Service.

14. THE DIOGENES CLUB

15. *#6
• This song was originally inspired by a
work of classical Persian poet Nizami
Ganjavi.
• The composer is said to have been
moved by the story based on his own
experiences at the time, when he had
garnered deep unrequited love for the wife
of a close friend and fellow musician.

16. LAYLA – ERIC CLAPTON

17. #7
• Connect:

18. JADA PINKETT SMITH / FISH MOONEY

19. #8
• Organized, for the first time in December,
2007 in Goa.
• In 2009, CNN rated it the 9th Best Festival
in the world.
• It has elements of Music, Entertainment,
Shopping and Food.
• What are we talking about?

20. SUNBURN

21. #9
• This famous fictional character has been
largely modelled on Sherlock Holmes.
• He plays an instrument and is known for
substance abuse.
• He even stays in an apartment
numbered 221B.
• Who?

22. GREGORY HOUSE

23. #10
• This was founded as the Golden State
_______________ in 1970 by a group of
enthusiasts in California, and is now the
largest of its kind in the world.
• It is the home of awards such as the
Inkpot Award and Will Eisner Awards.
• It has an annual regional economic
impact of $162.8 million.

24. COMIC-CON

25. #11
What is common between the following:
• TOI article in May 2011 about a man suing
deodorant company Axe.
• Article on oneindia.in in November 2009 about a
youngster’s suicide.
• India Today article in December 2013 about the
IRCTC website.
• Legal team of BJP leader Nitin Gadkari citing a
specific article while arguing his defamation case.

26. SOURCED FROM FAKING NEWS ARTICLES

27. #12
• For the 2006 Grammy Awards, who choreographed Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie?

28. FARAH KHAN

29. *#13
• “I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a
Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-
Picture Deal at Disney”
• No, this isn’t Ted Bundy’s autobiography,
but it is a particular Oscar winner’s
directorial debut short film.
• Who?

30. BEN AFFLECK

31. #14 WORLD TOUR?
• Non exhaustive list:
• New York City (Jan, 2013)
• Rio de Janeiro (Feb, 2013)
• Miami (June, 2013)
• Beijing (Aug, 2013)
• London (Nov-Dec, 2013)
• Seoul (Feb, 2014)
• New York City (March, 2014)

32. SUBWAY SURFERS

33. *#15
• This is how he looks NOW.
• However, that’s not his claim to fame.
• He is best known for a photograph taken almost
20 years ago.
• How do we better know him?
• (Name can be given as hint if needed)

34. SPENCER ELDEN, THE NIRVANA BABY

35. #16
• Felix Kjellberg is the son of former
HappAhl CIO, Johanna Kjellberg, who
was the 2010 CIO of the Year in Sweden.
• Felix has guest starred in two episodes
of the 18th season of South Park.
• He often refers to his fans as the ‘Bro
Army’.
What is his claim to fame?

36. PEWDIEPIE (MOST SUBSCRIBED CHANNEL ON
YOUTUBE)

37. #17 KRIPYA CONNECT KAREIN

38. CHUCK PALAHNIUCK

39. #18
• In 1978, the organization maintaining
this set out to replace its deteriorated
parts with more permanent structures,
largely because of the public campaign by
Hugh Hefner.
• 9 donors contributed $27,777 each for
restoration each of the 9 parts.
• What?

40. HOLLYWOOD SIGN

41. #19 MASTER THIEF
• She currently ranks 10th on Forbes List of 15 Richest
Fictional People, just below Forrest Gump and Mr.
Monopoly.
• She has an estimated property of $2.4 Billion (with a B)
• Lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Her source of income? Stated as “Theft”.

42. LISBETH SALANDER

43. #20
• The concept for the album W was formed
out of a moment of disgust when on tour in
Canada when a fan came on stage and spat
on one of the band X’s members.
• The name of album Y came from a
newspaper headline about a woman
receiving the first pacemaker.
• Album Z was named by Douglas Adams.

44. W – THE WALL; X – PINK FLOYD
Y – ATOM HEART MOTHER; Z – DIVISION BELL

45. #21 HUNGRY KYA?
• The key ingredients of said dish are:
• Tomatoes
• Garlic
• Onions
• Zucchini
• Eggplant
• Bellpeppers
• Basil Leaf
• Thyme or other herbs
• Thomas Keller made a contemporary version of this dish (Confit Byaldi) for a
certain 2007 project.
• What?

46. RATATOUILLE

47. *#22
• The Method of Loci is a mnemonic device
adopted in ancient Roman and Greek
rhetorical treatises. A lot of memory contest
champions claim to use this technique. It has
little to do with brain structure or intelligence,
but more to do with usage of regions of one’s
brain that have to do with spatial learning.
• Where would you find its use in popular
culture (specific term required)?

48. SHERLOCK’S MIND PALACE

49. *#23 MISTAKEN IDENTITIES
• Glenn McDuffe passed away on 9th March, 2014.
(Moment of silence please)
• He once said that he had to pass 5 polygraph tests to
prove his claim of being a certain individual, before he
was confirmed to be that person.
• What exactly was he talking about?

50. V-J DAY IN TIMES SQUARE

51. #24
• Arunabh, the founding father once explained that
the philosophy behind this “thing” was to kill TV.
• This is quite evident from their logo crashing
down onto a TV set.
• What neo-culture can be credited to him?

52. TVF, ARUNABH THE QTIYAPA GUY