Cluesday_VSV_390.pptx

1. If it’s Tuesday, it’s Edition #390 | 04.04.2023 | Vignesh

6. The Rules • 4 par ticipants per table. • Cluesday is a fun quiz so please no using the internet for answers. If you win Cluesday, your team’s ‘booze’ bill is on the house! • Answers need to come in before the quizmaster ’s countdown. • The quizmaster's decision is FINAL and ABSOLUTE. If it’s Tues day, it’s @vapourblr www.facebook .com/groups/cluesday /

7. Round 1: Doordarshan Round 2: Eastmancolor Round 3: Khel Round 4: Known Unknowns Round 5: Hit Stand Bust Sure of your strengths? *Use the joker to double your points in any of the first four rounds! Round 6: Finale 1 x 5 1 x 5 1 x 5 1 x 5 ±1 x 5 12

8. Round 1: Doordarshan Round 2: Eastmancolor Round 3: Khel Round 4: Known Unknowns Round 5: Hit Stand Bust Sure of your strengths? *Use the joker to double your points in any of the first four rounds! Round 6: Finale 1 x 5 1 x 5 1 x 5 1 x 5 ±1 x 5 12

10. Doordarshan Round 1

12. Q1 • What is this Simpsons sequence an homage to?

14. Q2 • Initially conceived as a feature film about the Murdoch family, but the script never went into production. The scope of the story was eventually expanded to include the larger landscape of Wall Street, which better suited a television format. • The new script centered on original characters loosely inspired by various powerful media families such as the Murdochs, the Redstones and the Sulzbergers. • What is the name of the series?

15. Q3 • This is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family and its habitat is the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Although capable of limited flight, it spends most of its time on the ground, and can run at speeds of up to 32 km/h. • It is also the basis for a Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes cartoon character, where the lead character tries to outmaneuver its enemy. • ID the bird or the cartoon character

17. Q4 • “Sergey and I are seriously in the business of starting new things. Alphabet will also include our X lab, which incubates new efforts like Wing, our drone delivery effort. We are also stoked about growing our investment arms, Ventures and Capital, as part of this new structure”. • You would find these lines in the alphabet website (abc.xyz). However, there is an easter egg hidden here, where the period after the “drone delivery effort” is a hyperlink to a very famous entity from a fictional universe. • Where does the period redirect to or give me the name of the show

18. Q5 • ID the actor who is talking here.

19. Answers

20. Q1 • What is this Simpsons sequence an homage to?

22. A1 • Raiders of the lost Ark

24. Q2 • Initially conceived as a feature film about the Murdoch family, but the script never went into production. The scope of the story was eventually expanded to include the larger landscape of Wall Street, which better suited a television format. • The new script centered on original characters loosely inspired by various powerful media families such as the Murdochs, the Redstones and the Sulzbergers. • What is the name of the series?

25. A2 • Succession

26. Q3 • This is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family and its habitat is the Southwestern United States and Mexico. Although capable of limited flight, it spends most of its time on the ground, and can run at speeds of up to 32 km/h. • It is also the basis for a Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes cartoon character, where the lead character tries to outmaneuver its enemy. • ID the bird or the cartoon character

28. A3 • Road Runner

29. Q4 • “Sergey and I are seriously in the business of starting new things. Alphabet will also include our X lab, which incubates new efforts like Wing, our drone delivery effort. We are also stoked about growing our investment arms, Ventures and Capital, as part of this new structure”. • You would find these lines in the alphabet website (abc.xyz). However, there is an easter egg hidden here, where the period after the “drone delivery effort” is a hyperlink to a very famous entity from a fictional universe. • Where does the period redirect to or give me the name of the show

30. A4 • Hooli.xyz

31. Q5 • ID the actor who is talking here.

32. A5 • Lance Reddick

34. Bonus • Who was this Ad by?

36. Bonus • WWF

37. Eastmancolor Round 2

38. Q1 • In an interview, the writer of the memoir clarified the intentional misspelling. He cited the following as the reason: “The y is there to denote that it’s about You and what makes You happy” • The same misspelling was continued when it was adapted to an acclaimed movie of the same name in 2006. • ID the movie.

39. Q2 • Id the movie from it’s Minimalist Poster

40. Q3 • In terms used in cricket, what is a “A brief but quick-scoring innings” called? • The same term is also used in entertainment in a similar context. • ID the good word

42. Q5 • Of all the Wrestlemania’s, Wrestlemania 21 stands unique. Several movie parodies featuring WWE Superstars for the first time as a part of PPV promo. • One such video is shown in next slide. • ID the movie and the people present.

44. Answers

45. Q1 • In an interview, the writer of the memoir clarified the intentional misspelling. He cited the following as the reason: “The y is there to denote that it’s about You and what makes You happy” • The same misspelling was continued when it was adapted to an acclaimed movie of the same name in 2006. • ID the movie.

46. A1 • Pursuit of Happyness

48. A2 • Arjun Reddy / Kabir Singh

49. Q3 • In terms used in cricket, what is a “A brief but quick-scoring innings” called? • The same term is also used in entertainment in a similar context. • ID the good word

50. A3 • Cameo

52. A4 • Vikram Vedha

53. Q5 • Of all the Wrestlemania’s, Wrestlemania 21 stands unique. Several movie parodies featuring WWE Superstars for the first time as a part of PPV promo. • One such video is shown in next slide. • ID the movie and the people present.

55. A5 • Pulp Fiction • Eddie Gurrero • Booker T / King Booker

57. Bonus • Identify the company that produced this advertisement for its edible nail polish product.

59. Bonus

61. Khel Round 3

62. Q1 • What does N signify here?

63. Q1

64. Q2 • In IPL there have been 5 teams which are now Defunct. • Which team of the 5 has actually been a winner of IPL?

65. Q3 • The cities of X and Y lie 30 miles (56 km) apart. Since the industrial revolution there has been a consistent theme of rivalry between the two cities. Y, through to the 18th century, was the far more populous city, and a representative of the north. By the late 18th century, X had grown as a major sea port – critical to the success of the northern cotton mills. Over the next century, X grew to supersede Y and throughout the late 19th and early 20th century was often described as the second city of the country. The links between the two cities were strengthened with the construction of the canal. • The construction of the Y canal, funded by the Y merchants, was opposed by X politicians and bred resentment. Tension between working class X dockers and labourers in Y was heightened after its completion in 1894. Today, two entities which have emerged from the city of Y have a certain representation to mark the trade roots of Y.

66. Q4 • Escape to victory is a 1981 movie about Allied prisoners of war who play an exhibition match against a German team while they were held captive in a German camp. This movie was directed by John Huston and features Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow, Daniel Massey, Bobby Moore and another very famous player from the football world. • There is another biographical film dramatizes the early life and rise of the player in question and was released in the second quarter of 2016. • Who is the player whose name has been missed out above?

67. Q5 • One of the most graceful of batsmen, Mark Waugh often made it look easy, starting with a fine century on debut for Australia against England in 1990-91. But a couple of years later, in Sri Lanka, he ran into trouble, earning the temporary nickname "X". Waugh's team- mates generously pointed out that if there had been another Test he had a chance to be renamed "Olympics". • What is the nickname?

68. Answers

69. Q1 • What does N signify here?

70. Q1

71. A1 • Neutral, this is to help stewards move any stalled or crashed cars.

72. Q2 • In IPL there have been 5 teams which are now Defunct. • Which team of the 5 has actually been a winner of IPL?

73. A2 • Deccan Chargers

74. Q3 • The cities of X and Y lie 30 miles (56 km) apart. Since the industrial revolution there has been a consistent theme of rivalry between the two cities. Y, through to the 18th century, was the far more populous city, and a representative of the north. By the late 18th century, X had grown as a major sea port – critical to the success of the northern cotton mills. Over the next century, X grew to supersede Y and throughout the late 19th and early 20th century was often described as the second city of the country. The links between the two cities were strengthened with the construction of the canal. • The construction of the Y canal, funded by the Y merchants, was opposed by X politicians and bred resentment. Tension between working class X dockers and labourers in Y was heightened after its completion in 1894. Today, two entities which have emerged from the city of Y have a certain representation to mark the trade roots of Y.

75. A3 • X – Liverpool • Y - Manchester

76. Q4 • Escape to victory is a 1981 movie about Allied prisoners of war who play an exhibition match against a German team while they were held captive in a German camp. This movie was directed by John Huston and features Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow, Daniel Massey, Bobby Moore and another very famous player from the football world. • There is another biographical film dramatizes the early life and rise of the player in question and was released in the second quarter of 2016. • Who is the player whose name has been missed out above?

77. A4 • Pelé

78. Q5 • One of the most graceful of batsmen, Mark Waugh often made it look easy, starting with a fine century on debut for Australia against England in 1990-91. But a couple of years later, in Sri Lanka, he ran into trouble, earning the temporary nickname "X". Waugh's team- mates generously pointed out that if there had been another Test he had a chance to be renamed "Olympics". • What is the nickname?

79. A5 • Audi

81. Bonus • Who is the cricketer posing here with his own Audi which was his Man of the Series award

83. Bonus • Sanath Jayasuriya

84. Known Unknowns Round 4

85. Q1 • What is the blanked out 6-word phrase, commonly used in the type of articles the paper is addressing?

87. Q2 • The system proposed in this paper is commonly referred to by a four letter acronym. The acronym is also a popular hashtag (similar in essence to carpe diem) which highlights the ephemeral nature of human life. The title of the paper differs from the hashtag by only a word. • Given that the proposed system does single-shot detection, which means that it processes the image exactly once, expand the acronym in the context of the paper.

89. Q3 • FITB with 2 words.

91. Q4 • The paper on the next slide talks about the use of the language Python in computations in astrophysics. FITB with the first 3 words of a 4 word movie title, where the last word has been changed to an alternative form of transport.

93. Q5 • Generative Adversarial Networks(GANs) are a class of neural networks which are used to generate, among other things, music and images. However, they are notoriously difficult to get to work, as they don’t learn the distributions easily. An algorithm called Deep Regret Analytic Generative Adversarial Network was proposed in 2017 to improve the training process. The title of the instructional paper was a pun on the title of a film franchise. • What’s the good name?

94. Answers

95. Q1 • What is the blanked out 6-word phrase, commonly used in the type of articles the paper is addressing?

97. A1

98. Q2 • The system proposed in this paper is commonly referred to by a four letter acronym. The acronym is also a popular hashtag (similar in essence to carpe diem) which highlights the ephemeral nature of human life. The title of the paper differs from the hashtag by only a word. • Given that the proposed system does single-shot detection, which means that it processes the image exactly once, expand the acronym in the context of the paper.

100. A2

101. Q3 • FITB with 2 words.

103. A3

104. Q4 • The paper on the next slide talks about the use of the language Python in computations in astrophysics. FITB with the first 3 words of a 4 word movie title, where the last word has been changed to an alternative form of transport.

106. A4

107. Q5 • Generative Adversarial Networks(GANs) are a class of neural networks which are used to generate, among other things, music and images. However, they are notoriously difficult to get to work, as they don’t learn the distributions easily. An algorithm called Deep Regret Analytic Generative Adversarial Network was proposed in 2017 to improve the training process. The title of the instructional paper was a pun on the title of a film franchise. • What’s the good name?

108. A5 • How to Train your DRAGAN

109. Bonus • What is the blanked out part?

111. Bonus

112. B R E A K

113. Illegal Baby Names Hit Stand Bust Round 5

114. Q1 In Sonora, Mexico which of these Harry Potter character name is illegal? A) Hermione B) Ron

115. Q2 In Sweden which 4-letter name is illegal? A) LEGO B) IKEA

116. Q3 Which North Atlantic island nation bans names that contain C, W or Q? A) Greenland B) Iceland

117. Q4 In Saudi which of these names would be not allowed? A) Linda B) Jessica

118. Q5 In Morocco which of the following spelling would be illegal? A) Sarah B) Sara

119. Answers

131. Bonus • Who is the father of X Æ A-12 ?

133. Bonus

135. Finale Round 6

136. Q1 • This iconic father-son duo X-Y kicked off their now legendary collaboration, with upto 5 films, first with singer-composer A’s debut album B which showcased his classical music side, launched in 1998. A has also collaborated with John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain and others as part of another ensemble C. • X and Y were supported by another family member Z, who is a stalwart in her own right, having a list of films under her, the latest movie being India’s official entry to Oscars a few years ago. • Give me X,Y,Z,A,B,C.

137. Q2 • This public park of sorts is found in a small locality of Beaumont-Hamel in Northern France. It has distinctively uneven landscape as seen in the pictures. • Around this park one will find a statue of a caribou, an animal that is not found in and around the region. • Why is the landscape so uneven or what is special about the park? • Explain the odd choice for the animal in the statue.

140. Q3 • The Indian Parliament house, specifically the Lok Sabha, has numbered seats. • As the numbering goes on in the ascending order, for one particular number, the continuity is broken and that particular number is left out. This number is removed owing to the negative connotation it has in the legal context. • What is the number and what negative reference does it have?

141. Q4 • What are the mascots of Rice Krispies named? • Their names are onomatopoeic and also the fourth, fifth and sixth derivations of position.

142. Answers

143. Q1 • This iconic father-son duo X-Y kicked off their now legendary collaboration, with upto 5 films, first with singer-composer A’s debut album B which showcased his classical music side, launched in 1998. A has also collaborated with John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain and others as part of another ensemble C. • X and Y were supported by another family member Z, who is a stalwart in her own right, having a list of films under her, the latest movie being India’s official entry to Oscars a few years ago. • Give me X,Y, Z,A, B,C.

144. A1 • X – Javed Akhtar • Y – Farhan Akhtar • Z – Zoya Akhtar • A – Shankar Mahadevan • B – Breathless • C – Remember Shakti

145. Q2 • This public park of sorts is found in a small locality of Beaumont-Hamel in Northern France. It has distinctively uneven landscape as seen in the pictures. • Around this park one will find a statue of a caribou, an animal that is not found in and around the region. • Why is the landscape so uneven or what is special about the park? • Explain the odd choice for the animal in the statue.

148. A2 Slaughtered Canadian regiment at Battle of Somme Preserved trenches from WW1

149. Q3 • The Indian Parliament house, specifically the Lok Sabha, has numbered seats. • As the numbering goes on in the ascending order, for one particular number, the continuity is broken and that particular number is left out. This number is removed owing to the negative connotation it has in the legal context. • What is the number and what negative reference does it have?

150. A3 • 420 • IPC 420 is the Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

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