Curiously Yours - The General Quiz

QM - Baibhav Tripathy
and Utkarsh Panda

General Rules
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 Pounce is to be done through a Zoom private message ONLY to the
Pounce Bot assigned to you.
 Googling is strictly prohibited.

Q1.
 _________ _______ , was a Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period,
often touted as the “father of classical Guitar.”
 The reason for a particular work of his being chosen for a purpose was that European
copyrights dissolve after 70 years, and at the time of the incorporation, he had been dead
for 84 years, so the copyrights were dissolved and it was freely available to the public.
 Where would we have heard his most famous creation?

Answer
Blanks - Francisco Tárrega
and his famous creation is the
Nokia Tune

Q2.
 X is a concept which is getting a lot of attention by many Spiritual leaders all across the
globe.
 According to a 2001 research paper by Prof. Hasegawa, the origin of this word/concept
traces back to the Heian period (794 to 1185 CE) where the word X was derived from a
word which meant “Shell”. While many others believed that X came from a word that
meant “Happiness”.
 Which word/concept am I looking for ?

Q3.
 X is a very famous actor in Hollywood. He came to New York as a struggling actor and
was soon recognized by many Directors for his acting. Born in Manhattan, he was the
eldest son in his family.
 Complications suffered by X’s mother during his birth forced the Doctor to use forceps for
his birth. Misuse of these forceps accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in
parts of X’s face.
 This incident came as a blessing in disguise for X giving him his signature snarling look
and slurred speech for which X became quite famous.
 Who is X ?

Answer
X – Sylvester Stallone

Q4.
 According to designer Simon Whiteley, who now works for Animal Logic, an animation
and visual effects studio based in Sydney, revealed he was inspired by none other than
his wife’s Japanese cookbooks.
 The designer, originally from England, scanned the characters from his wife’s Japanese
cookbooks and digitally manipulated them into create an endless stream.
 What did he create ?

Q5.
 Paul Harris is an English choreographer, dance teacher and movement director in film,
television and theatre. He has choreographed many of British television's most highly
acclaimed, award-winning dramas of the last decade including Bleak House, A Touch of
Frost, William and Mary and six years as the choreographer for the hit UK comedy My
Family starring Robert Lindsay.
 However, due to perhaps his most prestigious non dancing sequence an interactive
hologram of Harris is a permanent feature of the Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden.
 What scene, which had perhaps more to do with CGI than choreography?

Answer
Wand Sequences in HP
and the OFTP

Q6.
 The X Inn is a bar and recreational tavern in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood
of Lower Manhattan, New York City. In 1966, it was bought by the Mafia and made
exclusive for a certain community of people.
 It was a popular hangout because it was one of the only bars in the city where couples
could slow dance together (even if the raids meant they would have to quickly split up).
 What community was this bar exclusive for? What started here from June 28th 1969?

Q7.
 When Activision, a game development comapny was developing Call of Duty : Black
Ops, they recieved numerous letters, emails and requests asking for a particular feature
in their game, something that prevented certain people from being successful at the
game since these users believed that they were at a disadvantage.
 What did these users request for, which the developers added to the game on request?

Q8.
 Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian, and musician
whose career spans more than six decades. One of his most remarkable movies
are Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Crimes
and Misdemeanors (1989).
 However, one of the most important films in his career was ‘Blue Jasmine’. This movie
was supposed to be released in India, but was cancelled at the last moment. When
asked why, an infuriated Allen replied that he wouldn’t allow any kind of customization in
his movies.
 What was the reason for the cancellation?

Answer
He refused to show the
anti-smoking ads.

Q9.
 Researchers from the family history website “Ancestry” have now said that X was actually
Y’s 17th cousin, sharing a common ancestor back in 14th century England. If paternal
lines of both men were traced, it is revealed that both of them were related to John
Beaufort, the first Earl of Somerset.
 Content Manager for “Ancestry”, Mrs. Silverman said “Its amazing to think that when
stepping into the role of Y, X would not only portray a character but also a real life
relation.
 ID X and Y ?

Answer
X – Benedict Cumberbatch
Y- Alan Turing

Q10.
 Firoz Farsan is a very famous shop in Bhendi Bazar, Mumbai. It is a very old shop and is
named after its founder Firoz. This shop serves a very unique dish made with steamed
colocasia leaves and meat (mostly Mutton), this dish is a reinvented form of a famous
Hyderabadi dish.
 This dish is so famous in its locality that during Ramzan, the dish would be finished by
7’o clock in the evening.
 What is so special about this dish that people, especially the food lovers come from all
parts to taste cause can’t believe such type of dish can exist.

Answer
Patreliya Biryani is a Biryani
that is made without Rice.

Q11.
 X was born on Jan 17 1889 but many people believe that it is not correct. He started his
career by punching straight to the face of a female teacher in his early days at school
which led to getting him expelled from it.
 X came to be known as Y because of cuts he got during his early days as a criminal.
Story goes this way that while working as a Waiter he misbehaved with a lady whose
brother out of rage gave him those cuts on his face. While many others believe that those
were done when he was running away from another mob.
 ID X and Y

Answer
X – Al Capone
Y – Scarface

Q12.
 The origin of (X) can be traced back to November 2, 2015. The image was taken by
photographer Guillem and he had posted that on the stock photo database – iStock.
 Earliest version of X was created in 2017 and was posted on a page called “Siyasettin”
and from then it started to gain attention.
 Different versions of X were created by many people but the version that was quite
popular among them was the Henry Cavill version from Mission Impossible Fallout.
 What famous thing am I looking for ?

Q13.
 History says that this annual event started in July 1916 when four immigrants had to
settle an argument regarding who among them was the most patriotic. Since then, this
event is held on a grand scale on Coney Island every year and is one of the highest
viewed specials on ESPN due to it being a spectacle of competitive entertainment.
 Since 2011, a special women’s event is being organised alongside the open for all
category. The defending champions are Joey, with 71 to his name and Sudo in the
women’s category, with 31 to her name.
 What event?

Answer
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating
Contest

Q14.
 Flyting is first found as a technical literary term in Scotland in the sixteenth century.
Examples of flyting are found throughout Norse, Celtic, Old English and Middle
English literature involving both historical and mythological figures.
 Shakespearean novels have got various instances of flyting, with one example from
Troilus and Cressida provided below.
“Ajax: Thou bitch-wolf's son, canst thou not hear? Feel then.
Thersites: The plague of Greece upon thee, thou mongrel beef-witted lord!”
 What is flyting said to be the ancient version of, or what is the contemporary form of
flyting called popularly?

Q15.
 The most popular version of this ‘concept’ comes from a 1320 work from Italy. However,
the Hindu mythology has its own take on it predating the work by thousands of years.
Vishnu Purana tells us the story of sage Narada visiting the place and being mesmerised
by what he saw there. He described it as filled with spendid jewels, beautiful groves and
lakes. Sweet fragrance flowed in the air and accompanied by sweet music. The soil there
is supposed to be white, black, purple, sandy, yellow, stony and also of gold.
 The name we use is actually the lowest of the seven and there are other less common
ones such as Vital, Sutal, Mahatal, Rasatal, etc.
 What is this all about? What is the lowest one called?

Q16.
 OMG Electronics is a failed tech company which was located in California. It ran some
crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo, albeit unsuccessfully. However, it gained
popularity because of one of its products, although not because of its quality or
innovation.
 This product forced a company to change a long running convention, because as hard as
they tried, OMG Electronics wouldn’t budge.
 Which product, which company and what convention was changed?

Answer
iWatch.
Apple.
Apple called its
smartwatch the Apple
Watch, instead of
iWatch.

Q17.
 Ulster is one of the four traditional Irish provinces, located in the north of Ireland. It is
made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland; the remaining three
are in the Republic of Ireland.
 They have a very unique story for their Coat of Arms.(image in the next slide)
 One of the traditional explanation for such a coat of arms comes from a strange story
about a Chieftain who had employed an unconventional strategy to win, when his rival
was leading in a boat race.
 What did he do ?

Answer
The Chieftain cut his hand off with
his axe and threw it on the shore
thus claiming the land which is
Ulster

Q18.
 X is a very famous show that premiered on Feb 18, 1996 as a 7 min short film which was
nominated for the Academic Awards but unfortunately it didn’t win but seeing the
creativity of the show, Y decided to air X and it was aired on Nov 12, 1999.
 The creator being a huge F.R.I.E.N.D.S fan was inspired to name two of its major
characters from F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
 The creators of X were one of the first to get the right to use a particular background
whose copyright is held by Famous Music LLC, a division of Sony Music Publishing.
 ID this famous show X and channel Y

Answer
X – Courage the
Cowardly Dog
Y – Cartoon Network

Q19.
 This company “X corporation”, also known as the company that makes everything has
produced everything from Anvils and Bombs to X-Ray machines. Marvin X was the
owner of the company and thus it is named X corporation.
 X got its name because it’s the first company mentioned in the telephone directory for
any kind of listing like auto mechanics, plumbers, pharmacies, etc.
 This was observed by Jeff Bezos and thus he changed his company’s name from
Cadabra to Amazon to make his company appear at the top of the list for online stores.
 Identify X

Answer
X – Acme
Corporation

Q20.
 According to various sources, origin of X was on September 1st, 2018 when one of the
SuperSmashBroz tweeted a joke with his photo and the post started gaining over 2000
retweets and 6000 likes in one year.
 Colin Kaepernick did not stand while the US anthem was playing in a football match as a sign
of protest against Racism. Later Nike featured him in their ad campaign and people who
thought Colin’s act was disrespectful burned Nike products.
 Actress Asia Jackson used the same photograph for a tweet in 2018 where she commented
on those critical of Nike featuring Colin Kaepernick in their ad campaign. The tweet gained
over 41,500 retweets and 120,000 likes and SuperSmashBroz guy became a sensation.
 How do we know this thing ?

Q21.
 After users of various internet forums complained about having to go through awkward
conversations with HR due to something, people started popularising the use of X.
However, after liberal use, X has lost some of its meaning, and anything slightly frowned
upon now qualifies as X.
 Due to the popularity of X, slightly different versions have been introduced for various
purposes. One of these is Y, which is used for the benefit of a particular group of people
during a period of time occurring annually.
 What are X and Y?

Answer
 The NSFW (Not Safe for Work) tag.
 The NSFR (Not Safe for Ramadan) tag.

Q22.
 Transparency International ranks Romania as one of the EU’s most corrupt states and
Brussels has kept its judicial system under special monitoring since it joined the bloc in
2007. The public has lost faith in most politicians, and protests and demands for their
resignation and reforms don’t seem to be working.
 In there trying times, the anti corruption protests have seen the emergence of people
from a profession widely respected in the country. Commonly called ‘life coaches’, they
have joined the protests, calling themselves the ‘epitome of femininity’ and have vowed
to bring misfortune among the politicians.
 What official Romanian occupation do these people belong to?

Q23.
 This particular smaller-than-regulation-sized basketball court sits on the fifth floor of this
historic building. Once a spare room to house journals, but sometime in the 1940s, it was
converted into a workout area. Functioning as a stress buster for the workers on the
fourth floor, playing here is usually prohibited when complete silence is needed (due to
proceedings being on in the fourth floor).
 Owing to its location, a title usually attributed to the entity on the fourth floor is given to it,
as a pun.
 What is located on the fourth floor? What title is given to the basketball court?

Answer
Supreme Court of
the United States
The Highest Court in
the Land

Q24.
 The first time this event was organised, animals such as lions, tigers, bears and
elephants were brought on loan from the Central Park Zoo. These animals were
unaccustomed to the unusual activity and were surly and badly behaved. Therefore, in
consequent years they were removed and replaced with something else, prominent
among these being Felix the Cat.
 An ancient tradition (not appreciated now) was to release them at the end, and any
finders would win themselves coupons from the departmental store organising the event
 What event and which departmental store? What were the animals replaced with?

Answer
Balloon Animals.
Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day
Parade.

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