1. This round involves identifying companies, people, movies, songs etc. based on clues and filling in blanks. 2. One question asks to identify the famous person who made his stage debut in a supporting role in Richard III and also played roles in Hamlet and Julius Caesar. Some critics called him "the handsomest man in America". 3. Another question asks to identify the Latin American country whose name derives from the local word for a valuable, dark-red tropical wood that has been exported for centuries. The name of this wood is supposed to mean "glowing coal".

1. ENQUESTA @
SREY 2013

2. PRELIMINARIES

3. 1*
• The new -----sation in search
• Coming to your senses: go beyond type, talk,
and touch for a new notation of sensation
• Take a whiff: the ------- Aromabase - 15M+
-----ibytes
• Fill in the blanks

4. 2
This engineering unit is defined as 250 W ,
about a third of horsepower. What?

5. 3

6. 4

7. 5*
• The company has 14 showrooms under “-----
-------- -----” brand, for gold jewellery and
diamond studded jewellery. Apart from that it
has two designer boutiques under “Krsala”,
where its sells jadau and diamond-studded
jewellery. In 2011, it entered the men's
jewellery segment, with its Gentlemen's
Collection in gold and diamonds. Which
company am I talking about?

8. 6
• He made his stage debut in the supporting
role of the Earl of Richmond in Richard III at
Baltimore's Charles Street Theatre. He played
the role of Horatio in Hamlet. He played other
Shakespearean characters in his career,
amongst which his favourite was Brutus in
Julius Caesar. Some critics called him "the
handsomest man in America" and a "natural
genius" and noted his having an "astonishing
memory“. Who am I talking about?

9. 7
• Melting Rubik’s cube, Shazam, Reddit logo,73,
Robot Evolution, Kablaam, Roboticus
carpalium -whose t-shirt wardrobe are we
looking in to?

10. 8
• A -------- substance is a psychoactive drug
whose primary action is to alter cognition and
perception. -------- is derived from two greek
words combined together meaning mind-
manifesting. Fill in the blanks.

11. 9
• As per tradition the rice and accompaniments
are served first, immediately followed by the
kababs, the The two most common kababs are
the barg and koobideh. The traditional
beverage of choice to accompany this dish is
doogh, a Persian sour yogurt drink, flavored
with salt and mint. Which dish is being talked
about?

12. 10*
• In 1888, he was astonished to read his own
obituary, titled The merchant of death is dead,
in a French newspaper. As it was his brother
Ludvig who had died. The article disconcerted
Nobel and made him apprehensive about how
he would be remembered. This inspired him
to change his will, and the rest is history. Who
am I talking about?

13. 11
Identify this tennis player

14. 12
Title Liner Notes
2 Be
Introduction of ------- – his flight and
fall.
4 Dear Father
Battered, and near death, J---------asks
for reasons.
5 Skybird
Returning home to show what he has
learned, his acrobatics only serve to
anger the flock elders. He is put on trial,
and forever…outcast.
6 Lonely Looking Sky Alone and adrift.
7
The Odyssey
[Be – Lonely Looking
Sky – Dear Father]
And so begins a journey, an odyssey, a
test of the spirit.
Tracks from which album? Identify the singer

15. 13
Whose caricature in Asterix comics?

16. 14
• It is a British manufacturing and marketing
company that produce wireless web access
products, originally founded in Montreal in 2001
by Suneet and Raja Tuli. With its research and
development based in Montreal, the company
until 2010 marketed its production primarily in
the UK. In 2004, the company was described as a
"small tech shop“marketing its key product, the
Pocketsurfer, a PDA/cell phone/web browser
device. Which company?

17. 15*
This Latin American country derives its name
from the local word for a valuable, dark-red
tropical wood that has been exported for
centuries. The name of this wood is supposed
to mean "glowing coal". Name the country

18. 16
It was originally the Italian word for ‘wine-
seller’ and is today applied to communal
eating places. The Italian word still survives in
southwetern USA and Latin America as a
generic term for wine shops. Give me both
words

19. 17
This fabrication technology was first used in
the year 1990 for the deposition of individual
xenon atoms on a nickel substrate. The name
for this technology was coined by Eric Drexler
in his book “Engines of Creation”. Name?

20. 18
What sailor’s tool, primarily used for working
with ropes, is the origin of the name of a fish,
as well as the name of a fictional mansion?

21. 19

22. 20*

23. ANAGRAMATIX

24. 21
Name him

25. 22
Which company did he found?

26. 23
In which city is this award presented?

27. 24
Proposed flag of which state?

28. 25
Identify the character

29. Cross-examination

30. Rules of the Game
• This is a written crossword round
• Clues will appear onscreen and the teams
will have to write the answers on the sheet
given
• Questions are common to all teams
• +5 for every correct answer- a 10 point
bonus if a team gets all answers correct

31. 5
4
31 2
6
7
1 Across
CEO & MD of?

32. 5
4
31 2
6
7
1 Down
Lady Curzon visited a
certain forest in 1904.
Failing to spot a single
specimen of the creature
that the area was known
for, she persuaded her
husband to take urgent
measures to protect the
dwindling species. What
resulted?

33. 5
4
31 2
6
7
2 Down
Identify
the movie

34. 5
4
31 2
6
7
3 Down
This song
Is titled 25 for -
------. Fill in the
blanks with the
name of a
country

35. 5
4
31 2
6
7
4 Across
Meltdown,
Dawn of the
Dinosaurs,
Continental
Drift-
associated with
which movie
series/
franchise?

36. 5
4
31 2
6
7
5 Across
Identify
the company

37. 5
4
31 2
6
7
6 Down
Give a 5 letter
word to describe
the above

38. 5
4
31 2
6
7
7 Across
Together they
were referred to
as?

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40. INFINITE POUNCE-1

41. Rules of the Game
• 12 questions
• 1st question starts from team 1 , 2nd from team 2
and so on
• Round passes clockwise
• Teams have the opportunity to pounce- i.e press
the buzzer and show the answer to the QM in
writing.
• Normal- +10 for every correct answer
• Pounce- +10 for correct, -10 for incorrect

42. 1

43. 2
• Lines from the Manu Smriti: “Those trees
which bear fruit without flowers are called
_______ (lords of the forest); but those which
bear both flowers and fruit are called vriksha.
Fill blank.

44. 3

45. 4
• Otto Von Bismarck introduced them during his
Chancellorship, worried by the support that
socialist movements urging revolution were
winning. His argument was that people who
benefited in this particular way would never
participate in political upheavals. What?

46. 5
• The origin of this word is much-disputed –
plausible stories link it to the Greek for
whirlwind, to the Arabic for storm, and to the
Chinese for ‘great wind’. The last story seems
most appropriate because it is used for storms
that develop in the Pacific region. What term?

47. 6
• Pampur, Avantipur, Bribihara, Martand;
Aishmukam Pahalgam, Chandanwadi, Wavjan,
Mahagunus, Panchtami, _______. Fill in the
blanks or identify route.

48. 7
• She trained under Philip Curtius and picked up
the rudiments of the craft that brought her
fame while working on a series called the
‘enemies of the revolution’ involving the
heads of those guillotined during the French
Revolution. She moved to England in 1802 and
ran a travelling circus. Punch magazine gave it
the evocative name we know it by- she called
it The Chamber of Comparitive Physiognomy.
Who?

49. 8
• Identify this site of significance in history/ popular culture

50. 9
The first of its kind was called “Loculus” and
was devised in the 3rd century BC by Greek
mathematician Archimedes. The modern
version was made by an 18th century London
engineer called John Spilsbury to teach
geography to children. What?

51. 10
• This minority community from China bears a
name meaning ‘guest’ in the Cantonese
dialect. They migrated in large numbers during
the 19th Century and helped create
Chinatowns across the world. Identify
community.

52. 11
• Name the only fashion designer in the Time
list of 100 most influential people for 2012,a
person who made international headlines in
April 2011?

53. 12
• A single triangular sail, set above all the other
sails, was referred to by a term which is now
used in a completely different urban context,
What was the sail called?

55. Rules of the Game
• 8 questions
• All questions are on the buzzer
• 10 points for a correct answer/ -10 for an
incorrect answer
• 1st letter of each answer would lead to the
name of a famous movie
• +20/-5 for getting the name in questions 1-2
• +15/-5 for getting the name in question 3-4
• + 10 for getting the name in question 5
• +5 for getting the name in question 6

56. Example
Answer Corresponding clue shown
Calvin Klein C-C-C---
Amazon C-CAC--A
Osram COCACO-A
Ladbrokes COCACOLA

58. 1
• It is located in the Alpha Centauri A system
approximately 4.37 light-years away from Earth.
It is one of the many natural satellites orbiting
the gas giant Polyphemus, Its atmosphere is a
mix of nitrogen , oxygen , carbon
dioxide, xenon, ammonia, methane,
and hydrogen sulfide. What am I talking about?

59. Answer
Pandora in Avatar

61. 2
• The Fiumcino rises in the Apennines and flows
into the Adriatic Sea. It used to mark the
boundary between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul
during the days of the Roman Empire, By what
name was it known in those days?

62. Answer
• Rubicon

64. 3

65. Answer
• Charlie Chaplin directed movies
– Woman in Paris
– Circus
– The Great Dicator
– Countess in Hong Kong
– Limelight
– A King in New York

67. 4
• As per urban legend the name derives from a
certain Mr Wilson, a meat inspector in the
service of the federal government whose task
it was to approve the quality of meat bought
by the army. The earliest surviving use of the
term is from the Troy, NY Troy Post of 3
September 1813:
• “Loss upon loss,” and “no luck stiring but what
lights upon ---------’s shoulders,”

68. Answer
• Uncle Sam

70. 5
• Floors of the palace were so well done that they
had a reflection like that of water, and the pools
and ponds inside the palace gave the illusion of
a flat surface with no water in them. Duryodhan
was flummoxed by the floors and the pools,
and fell into one of the ponds. The Pandava
wife Draupadi, who witnessed this scene, had a
good laugh! She retorted, hinting at
Duryodhan's father (the blind king Dhritrashtra)
"the son of a blind man is bound to be blind.“
Which place is being talked about?

71. Answer
• Indraprastha

73. 6
• The winner of the tournament is presented with
this piece of clothing formally awarded since
1949. It is the official attire worn by members of
the club while on the club grounds; each winner
becomes an honorary member of the club. The
recipient has it presented to him inside the Butler
Cabin soon after the end of the tournament, and
the presentation is then repeated outside front of
the spectators. Winners keep it for the first year
after their first victory, then return it to the club
to wear whenever they visit. Which tournament?
And which is the piece of clothing referred to?

74. Answer
• Augusta Masters
• The Green Jacket

76. 7

77. Answer
• Sheriffs of Kolkata
– Suchitra Mitra
– Sunil Gangopadhyay
– George Yule
– David Hare

78. 8
Inspired from what piece of music?

79. Answer
Kalinka

81. 9
• Theme music from which film?

82. Answer

85. INFINITE POUNCE- 2

86. Rules of the Game
• 12 questions
• 1st question starts from team 6 , 2nd from team
5 and so on
• Round passes anticlockwise
• Teams have the opportunity to pounce- i.e
press the buzzer and show the answer to the
QM in writing.
• Normal- +10 for every correct answer
• Pounce- +10 for correct, -10 for incorrect

87. 1
• E.P.Gee recounts a legend according to which
Krishna gave up elephants as battle animals,
as mahouts were easy targets for enemy
archers. The ___ was captured ,put in plate –
armour and trained for battle. However, it was
‘too stupid to learn and obey orders’ and was
sent back to the forest, with the armour still
on. Which animal?

88. 2
• King Indradyumna was told by God in his
dream that he has to install deities in a temple
made from a log of wood floating in the sea.
Even today the deities are carved from the log
of this particular tree. Which is this tree and
which temple are we talking about?

89. 3

90. 4
• This dessert, the name of which is French for
‘foam’, has air bubbles incorporated in it to
give it a light and airy texture. It is typically
made with whipped egg whites or whipped
cream, and can range from light and fluffy to
creamy and thick, depending on the
preparation technique. Chocolate , Strawberry
and Vanilla are the most common flavours.
What dessert?

91. 5
• X was created in 1991, with the following rules:
That the creators would remain anonymous as
individuals and credit their organization as a whole
in their creation, and not list any individual as the
creator; to keep the image copyright free, so that
nobody would profit from it; and that it should be
used as consciousness raising symbol, and not as a
commercial or trademark tool. It was inspired by
similar articles in yellow that were worn by
American soldiers during the Gulf war. What?

92. 6
• The flag and the Coat of Arms of the Asaf Jahi
Dynasty (the Nizams of Hyderabad)is possibly
the only Indian one to have a food item
depicted on it. In fact, the yellow in the flag
represents the yellow cloth that was used to
serve the food item. What food item?

93. 7
Identify this great Indian lady

94. 8
Name the singer and the movie whose credit sequence features this
song

95. 9
• In greyhound racing, the dogs are restrained
at the starting-point by leashes in stalls before
the race begins. The name for these stalls gave
rise to a term in cricket. What?

96. 10
• The 6th Century Roman historian Procopius
used a Greek word meaning ‘unpublished’ as
the title of his tell-all memoirs of life in
Emperor Justinian’s court. The word thus
came to mean “to reveal secrets” in Latin. In
due course, this word travelled to English,
where it came to mean a ‘brief and diverting
story’. Identify the word

97. 11
• Two words are thought to have originated
from the Arab word ‘qaalib’ meaning
‘shoemaker’s last or mould’. One of them is a
word indicating character, capacity or,
sometimes, diameter. The other is the name
of a measuring instrument. Identify both
words.

98. 12
• In November 1857, Richard Chenevix Trench
presented two papers to the Philological
Society. The society in response to his papers
appointed a team led by James AH Murray
and comprising Henry Bradley, WA Craiie, and
CT Onions to start work on a project in
collaboration with a local press. The project
however was completed only four decades
later in April 1928. What was the result of the
project?