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THE
‘NOT QUITE
ROME’
QUIZ
THE NOT QUITE ROME QUIZ- 10th June 2012

 30 questions
 Qns 1,6,11,16,21 carry two points each. Those are also starred
questions in case of a tiebreak.
 To count as a starred question you must get both parts correct.
 Everything else carries one point each
 There is no negative marking (yes really !!!)
 Keep it simple
 if you need a teammate quizsathi.com founder sumant is here to
set you up


1
An anthromorphic race from the LOTR universe, their name derives
from an Anglo Saxon root word meaning giant.
They display varying degrees of sexual dimorphism however on
account of the female of the species having moved apart from the
males there are no young ones.
Their leader is named Fangorn though he is better known by the name
X.
Other named members of the race include Finglas( meaning leaflock),
Fladrif ( meaning skinbark), beechbone, Bregalad (also known as quick
beam) and Fimbrethil also known as Wandbeam ( wife of Fangorn).

Even if you havent read a page of the LOTR, the name of the race
should be familiar as a common name for a class of quizzes. For a
bonus of 1, what alternative name X is Fangorn known by?

2
First two in an exhaustive list shown below. What are no 3
and no 5. ( no half points)


2

? ?


*Moulin rouge and Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann Films

3

Who has authored novels such as In a Hail of Bullets, Death of a
Prom Queen, Hell Hath No Fury, A Skull at Springtime, A Rose for
Everafter. His most popular books however include the series which
includes Gathering Storm, Storm Warning, Storm Rising and
ultimately culminates in StormFall.


4

In February of this year, the government of Punjab ( the Pakistani
one) announced its decision to soon formally rename an area
previously known as Shadman Chowk after X in the wake of much
public pressure. The announcement fittingly enough was made on
the 23rd of March this year.

Who is X??


5

How do we better know an agency that acronyms to Chief
Administration for Collective Labour Camps and colonies?


6
At the peak of the phenomenon most
commonly associated with X, the February
27th issue of the New Yorker carried a series
of sketches by Barry Blitt depicting X in a
variety of heroic situations.

What phenomenon?
Who is X?


6


7
Who is Jitendra Joshi playing in this movie??


8
Carol Ann Susi has had multiple hit
and miss appearances and bit parts in
film and television since the early 80‟s.

However she has one significant claim
to fame (although the picture alongside
probably wont help you much)

What is her claim to fame ?


Mrs Wallowitz from Big
Bang Theory

9

The first recorded observation of this was in 1693 by Jeremiah
Horrocks, subsequent to the event being predicted by Johannes
Kepler in 1631.
Subsequently further occurences in 1761/69, then in 1874/82,
before the most recent occurrence in 2004/12.

What was being studied


10
Picture from the X
hall of fame located in
Warm Springs,
Georgia. If the only
two laymen in the list
are Franklin Delano
Roosevelt and his
close associate Basil
O‟Connor who later
served as chairman of
the Red Cross. then
what is
X ???

11

„X is dead‟ is a mystery novel written in aid of Amnesty International.
The book consists 15 chapter each contributed by an Irish author-
contributors include Roddy Doyle, Charlie O Neill, Pauline Mc Lynn
and Frank McCourt among others with each author penning a chapter.

The plot of the mystery revolves around the search for what is
purportedly the manuscript for the last work written by Y.
Reviews have described it as an “ increasingly elaborate tale of
murder, mayhem and literary shenanigans set in contemporary Dublin.

Identify X and Y ( one point each)


12

In their book Bobby Fischer goes to war, David Edmonds and John
Eidnow have the following quote

“ If you think about it Russia has only three cultural exports- chess,
ballet and ___ ______. Hence there was always pressure on Spassky
to not be beaten. A defeat for Spassky was a defeat for Russia.”

What was the third cultural export ( very popular in India too).


13

In 1968 she authored the first book of its kind to enter the New York
Times bestsellers list. She followed up with another bestselling follow
up ten years later. She was also a regular columnist for the New York
Times and wrote some other books such as Venus Trines at
Midnight.

She also authored an autobiographical poem called Gooberz- which
has several references to symbolism and occult practises alongwith
her ideas on reincarnation, karma and love.

Who?


14

In the course of his second appearance, this employee of her
majesty was once described by his wartime superiors as having “ the
cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin”.

Some of the little known facts about him are that he went to a
public school of no consequence and an antiquated Oxford college
of little distinction ( possibly Lincoln) where he studied modern
languages with a focus on Baroque German literature.

Who??


15

Encyclopaedia Britannica editor Robert McHenry, “However closely
it may at some point in its life attain to reliability, it is forever open to
the uninformed or semiliterate meddler… The user who visits
__________ to learn about some subject, to confirm some matter of
fact, is rather in the position of a visitor to a public restroom. It may
be obviously dirty, so that he knows to exercise great care, or it may
seem fairly clean, so that he may be lulled into a false sense of
security. What he certainly does not know is who has used the
facilities before him.”

Fill in the blank


16
Identify the chap and the company he founded


17
XKCD Comic called Engineering Hubris. What has been
blanked out in the last slide??


Screen shot from a band‟s website. Who is the lead singer? 18


19

When the Maharashtra government was constructing the
Mumbai Pune expressway, the construction of tunnels through
the Ghats was a major technical challenge. Since it was thought
to be beyond their scope, the contractors L & T brought in an
organisation which had considerable expertise in drilling
through mountainous terrain and construction of tunnels
through the Western Ghats. What organisation???


20

The X sports science institute is
a research facility operating in
Barrington, Illinois that was
established in 1953. Several
athletes including folk like Eli
Manning have been participants
in programs studying the effect
of hydration on athlete‟s
performance. What is X??


20


21

The creator artist David Lloyd had this to say about his creation‟s
increasing popularity. Fill in both blanks.

“ The ___ ______ ____ has now become a common brand and a
convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny- and I‟m happy
with people using it, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture
being used this way.”

“ __________ needed an all purpose image to hide their identity and
also symbolise that they stood for individualism- it is after all a story
about one person against the system”


Guy Fawkes mask and
anonymous

22

There are seven states in the US that have designated state
dinosaurs, this includes the District of Columbia ( even though it
is not a state).
The fossils in DC were discovered as a byproduct of sewer work.
While it was originally classified and named as Creosaurus
Potens. What fitting new one word name was given to it (given
that it was discovered in DC) ?


23
Where would you find these in
close proximity

 A spanish castle that is
considered a masterpiece of the
Moorish architecture located in
Seville

 The roots ( in India) or the
starch ( in Latin American
countries and the Carribean) of
the Cassava plant ( Manihot
esculenta).


24

Subsequent editions of what event took place in 1994 in Saugerties,
Ulster county ,New York and in 1999 at Rome, Oneida county, New
York?


25

Mercury was used to stabilize wool for making felt hats. Milliners who
would work with mercury would be exposed to the vapors and as a
result suffer from a condition called erythrism characterized by
nervousness, irritability and strange personality changes.

How has this been immortalized in literature?


26

He owned a pet cat named Sprite about whom he once said “ Sprite
not only provided the long body and facial characteristics for X, she
was also the model for his personality. She was good natured,
friendly, intelligent and enthusiastic in a sneak-up and pouncing sort
of way. That‟s where the concept of a midair meeting at the door in
high velocity came from.”

Who is he?

What is X?


What has been blanked out in the middle panel? 27


28

The BBC in keeping with its long and illustrious history of banning
songs for stupid reasons before eventually relenting, banned this
particular song as they thought it would offend people with stutters.

The creators of the song however intended to mimic the effects of
taking speed. In fact one of the people associated with said song once
made a famous quote that said “ Drugs don‟t harm you. I know, I take
them.”

What song?


Who is the little boy in the picture? 29


30

More Tolkien,
This term was possibly coined by Tolkien to refer a chap called T
W Earp of Exeter college, Oxford. Earp was an intellectual sort
who invited a great amount of ridicule from the athletic types in his
house. Tolkien often refers to him in some letters as “ the
roommate of Walton T W Earp- the original _____”.

What was the nickname in question?


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