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THE
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THE NOT QUITE ROME QUIZ- 10th June 2012

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CUP


ROUND 1

THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO

BASICALLY A FANCY NAME
FOR A LIST IT


Till date 8 people ( on 10 occasions) have been nominated at the
Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Actor for the same
film.
Incidentally no one has ever won both on the same night.

List all 8 people. Don‘t need to name movies


EXCHANGE SHEETS


Beatty – Heaven can wait, Reds
Eastwood- Million Dollar Baby Unforgiven
Welles- Citizen Kane
Benigni- Life is Beautiful
Laurence Oliver- Hamlet
Costner- Dances With Wolves
Woody Allen- Annie hall
Kenneth Branagh- Henry V


Part II

GOING FORWARD

15 questions
+10 for everything
Pounce: +10/-10


1
This was an unshielded pulsed
nuclear reactor situated at Los
Alamos used to produce bursts of
neutrons and gamma rays for the
irradiation of test samples.

Because it was ‗naked and
unshielded‘, Otto Frisch nicknamed it
X and the name stuck.

X is a character from antiquity whose
name literally translates to the gift of
god.


2
According to various origins

 Derived from an ancient Darcian tribe
 From an ancient Thracian greek meaning rocky mountain
 Certain Albanian or Slavic words deriving from an ancient
Dacian cognate both meaning rocky mountains or cliffs
 From an ancient greek origin meaning to turn sharing an origin
with the Greek for wrist on account of its L shape
 Archaic polish meaning rugged irregularity or a similar origin
meaning a sharp cliff or vertical terrain

What are these suggested etymologies for?


3
Act III, Scene III of Othello
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, th'ear-piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,
Pride, ____, and ___________ of glorious war!

Fill in the blanks


Pride, pomp, and
circumstance

4
From Sarnath Banerjee‘s The Barn Owl‘s Wondrous Capers

According to George Mackay author of the epic Twenty One Days
in India ― A virtous cow-hippopotamus by metempsychosis might
under unfavourable circumstances become an undergraduate of
Calcutta University and that when patent leather shoes and English
supervened the thing was a ____.

On being adressed as _____ at a garden party Gurudev said to his
host ― The assurance of your manner suggests a long stay in this
country and yet you remain ignorant to the fact that only our
servants address us as ____.
What quintessentially Indian word is this??


4

In an essay Bankim Chandra wrote ― ____ has various
meanings: to the poor ____ means a rich person, to the
servant ____ means a master and to the English ____
means a clerk‖


5
This person has been endorsed by his parent organization as a writer
in candidate for all US presidential elections from 1956 onwards.

Among his slogans during this time have been ― You could do worse
and you already have‖ and ― There are bigger idiots running for
office‖

Who??


6
X was so proud of her
weaving skills that she
challenged the Goddess
Athena herself to a contest (
as shown in the painting) . X
eventually won the contest.
Angered at losing to a mere
mortal, Athena destroyed her
work whereupon X hanged
herself. Following her death
Athena turned X into another
creature. Who is X?


7

What numerical connection exists between

 A description by Christopher Marlowe of a voyage that was
launched from Aulis in his play Doctor Faustus

 An event that took place exactly a week ago taking a route from
Wandsworth to the Tower Bridge


• A face that launched 1000 ships
• 1000 different vessels (Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant)

8
Around 2001, the phrase was used to describe the tactics of Argentine
team Estudiantes de La Plata in the 1968 Copa Intercontinental game
against Manchester United in their book Fear and Loathing in World
Football by Gary Armstrong and Richard Giulianotti

Johan Cruyff famously used it in 2002 in criticism of the way Brazil
won the World Cup, stating: "Brazil deserved their win but they aren‘t
a team. They play and only took advantage of the mistakes of
their opponents.―

Cesc Fabregas used the term to describe the style of play in the English
Premier League, sometime in 2006 stating: "Teams just defend, defend
and defend, they try to waste time. I call it ‗ ‗ - but we have to
accept this happens and break teams down.―

What term???

The title of a song by composed by Kurt Weill for a 9
Bertolt Brecht work and made famous by a number of jazz
legends has at various times been applied to the folk
shown below. What song?

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
FMR BRITISH PM MORGAN STANLEY GROUP FOR HIS
FMR US SECY. OF COST CUTTING PROWESS
DEFENCE


"Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"

10
In a letter to science fiction magazine Locus, printed in the April 1987
issue, Jeter wrote:
Dear Locus,
Enclosed is a copy of my 1979 novel Morlock Night; I'd appreciate
your being so good as to route it Faren Miller, as it's a prime piece of
evidence in the great debate as to who in "the Powers/Blaylock/Jeter
fantasy triumvirate" was writing in the "gonzo-historical manner" first.
Though of course, I did find her review in the March Locus to be quite
flattering.
Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing,
as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers,
Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology
of the era; like ―__________", perhaps...
—K.W. J

What term fills in the blanks?

Lyrics to a number by Mark Knopfler. What fills in the 11
blanks ( full names please)

I am _______ _______
I am a Geordie boy He calls me _____ ______
A glass of wine with you, A stargazer am I
sir It seems that I was born
And the ladies I'll enjoy To chart the evening sky
All Durham and They'd cut me out for baking
Northumberland bread
Is measured up by my But I had other dreams instead
own hand This baker's boy from the west
It was my fate from birth country,
To make my mark upon Would join the Royal Society
the earth...


Concept album by the Alan Parson‘s 12
Project. Shares its name with a very
popular science fiction book/story.
From the inside sleeve notes.
―_ _______...THE STORY OF THE
RISE OF THE MACHINE AND
THE DECLINE OF MAN, WHICH
PARADOXICALLY COINCIDED
WITH HIS DISCOVERY OF THE
WHEEL...AND A WARNING
THAT HIS BRIEF DOMINANCE
OF THIS PLANET WILL
PROBABLY END, BECAUSE MAN
TRIED TO CREATE ________ IN
HIS OWN IMAGE.‖

What is the story called

13
From the work of Thomas Pynchon

―_______ was possibly the only objective onlooker in Valletta that
night. Common legend had it that he‘d been born just before the war
in the US on a fence or Latrine wall. Later he showed up everywhere
the army moved: farmhouses in France, pillboxes in Africa,
bulkheads of troopships in the Pacific. Somehow he‘d gained a
reputation as a schemihl or a sad sack. That foolish nose hanging
over the wall was vulnerable to all kinds of indignitics: fist, shrapnel,
machete. Hinting perhaps at a precarious virility, flirting with
castration although such ideas are inevitable in a latrine-oreinted (or
Freudian) psychology. But it was all a deception‖
For all you engineer types an additional hint is band pass filter.
Put fundae


14

Burt Reynolds talking about X, with whom he had a long running
feud.

― X has preserved the mentality of an adolescent. When he doesn‘t
try and someone is speaking to him, it‘s like a blank wall. In fact it‘s
even less interesting because behind a blank wall, you can always
suppose that there‘s something interesting there.‖

Who was X?


15

A demonic name given to
certain difficult to reach
seams on the hull, the
German for compulsion to move
alternative to which was
drowning

15

A training exercise designed for
inmates of the Starfleet academy


unwinnable situations
kobayashi maru

Audience qn


Part III
ON THE SAME PAGE

8 questions, written
+10 for every correct answer

Theme points
16-18 +20 /-10
19-21 +15/ -5
22-23 +10 no negative

16

Who made his first appearance post 9/11 as a result of a creative
collaboration between a columnist once described by Khushwant
Singh as the ― Art Buchwald of India‘ and the staff artist Neelabh
Srivastava


17

The release of Call of Duty Black Ops set against the backdrop of
the Cold War invited much criticism and controversy with severe
criticism directed at the first operation in particular.
In a comment a state run website stated ― What the US could not
achieve in 50 years they are now trying virtually‖ and went on to state
that the game promoted sociopathic attitudes in adolescents.

What was the first mission all about?


18
One of the most visited graves at the cemetery Pere Lachaise.
Who‘s ?


19

What was the new name chosen for Plum Pudding Island ( Kasolo in
the native tongue), to commemorate the courage of an American
naval captain following engagement with the destroyer Amagiri in a
WWII battle?


20

Following the collapse of the third Reich, the various warring
generals who fought to take control were referred to as the Nazi
Diadochi.

Who were the original Diadochi?


They divided up Alexander’s empire

21

What prestigious contract did Studio Libeskind win the rights to in
the process beating out Foster and partners, Skidmore Owings and
Merill, Think team, United architects, Meier Eisenman Gwathmey
and Holl and Peterson Littenberg?


22

In an interview in 1998, the sculptor Arturo Di Modica announced
his intention to create atleast four more replicas of his famous
creation and expressed the hope that they would go to cities all over
the world as long as people were willing to buy them. In 2010, he
created a younger and stronger version which was installed in
Shanghai.

What was his original creation?


23

The French word for agglomeration or pellet is used to describe
multiple things including the aggregation of riders formed during
cycling races such as the Tour De France.

How did this enter military terminology??


Audience QN

Identify the chap with the
beard.

Part IV
See the bigger picture aka
BHASANTRAO BHISHOL KAISE HOGA

THE LVC

23 Elements
4 Slides
scoring on respective slides
Connect is non exhaustive


+20/ -10


+ 15/-5

classical name for Wales, being the Latinised form of the Welsh
name Cymru

+10


+5


Reference to sherlock
and cocaine

Part V

TIME TO REVERT

15 questions
+10 for everything
Pounce: +10/-10


24

San Seriffe was a fictional country created as an April Fool‘s hoax.
The nomenclature itself contains numerous puns- such as naming
the capital Bodoni, calling the ports Elrod and Clarendon and so
on.

The archipelago consisted of only two islands. In keeping with the
typography theme, what were the two islands called ( approximate
English equivalents will do)


An old english word meaning confusion or jumble 25

A class of motorcycles
characterised by low slung seats
and curved handlebars but not
quite choppers


26

This practice originates from the fact that most of the members of
this organisation formed in Wisconsin were traveling salesmen, who
wanted to be effective Christian supporters even while on the road.

The practice described is a pivotal plot element in the first Mission
Impossible movie where Ethan Hunt realises that he is being set up
by Jim Phelps as a result of his stay at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.

What organisation? What practise?


Gideons
Leaving bibles behind in hotel rooms

27
Bodhidhamma during the reign of the Emperor Liangwuti went to
the monastery at Mount Shung. He meditated there for upto 9
years and in the meantime taught the monks exercise and fighting
techniques known as the 18 movements of the hand. These
exercises were then combined with the older technique of Wushu
and a set of rules set forth in a book called the I chin ching or book
of muscle changes.
The monks at the temple at Mount Shungs went on to be
renowned for their martial skills particularly during the rule of the
T‘ang dynasty.

By what more popular name is the residence at Mount Shung
known as? ( think entertainment)


28

A running gag in Calvin and Hobbes is Calvin‘s inability to learn
how to ____ _ ______. Hobbes tries to encourage him by
saying ‗ They say once you learn how to ____ _ ______, you
never forget‖ only to get ― Not surprising It works on the same
principle as Electroshock therapy‖ as a reply from the obviously
disgusted Calvin.

What basic childhood skill is Calvin trying to master?


29
Marli Renfro was a small time
actress and life long nudist who
appeared in bits and pieces roles
in cinema, served as a Playboy
cover girl and appeared nude in
various men‘s magazines. She
really shot to fame following the
release of the book shown
alongside written by journalist
Robert Graysmith more famous
for his work with the Zodiac killer
mystery. What was her claim to
fame??


The Girl in Alfred Hitchcok‘s Shower

30

1951- TA Ramalinga Chettiar, T Sangana, Krishnacharya Joshi, Maj
Gen MS Himatsinhji, Anand Chand.
1957- Sangam Lakshmi Bai, D Satyanarayana Raju, Bijoy Chandra
Bhagwati, Mangrubabu Uike,J Siddanajappa H.
1962- TT Krishnamachari, Manabendra Shah, Harekrushna Mahtab
1967- K L Rao, R Brahma, MS Qureishi, K Bakula, Chubatoshi.
1971- Sadanatah Mohammed Sayeed
1977- Rinchin Khandu Khimre, Chatra Bahadur Chetri.
1980- Farooq Abdullah
1989- Mohammed Safi Bhat
Who will soon join this list as a result of the actions of Dashrath
Singh Sankhwar and Sanju Katiyar??


31
The term came about as a result of a trend
called reduplication wherein nonsense
rhyming terms would be employed for
dramatic effect.

The first known use is attributed to Billy De
Beck who used it in an October 1923
cartoon where he said ― You dumb ox, you
gotta get that stupid look offa your pan, you
gimme the ______ _______.‖

More recently heard in Madagascar where
the visiting New Yorkers give King Julian‘s
assistant Maurice the ________ _________.


32

Jennifer Egan a Pulitzer winner for A Visit from the Goon Squad
announced on the 24th of May earlier this year that she would release
a 8500 word short story called Black Box. Prior to the release she
issued a couple of press notes reading as follows

― I‘d also been wondering about how to write fiction whose structure
would lend itself to serialisation…..‖
On the New Yorker‘s Page Turner blog she said ― I found myself
imagining a series of terse dispatches from a female spy of the future,
working undercover by the Mediterranean sea‖

What was so unusual about the release ???


33


34
The property consists of two
parts: Clos Normand and a
Japanese style structure on the
opposite side. The owner was an
avid botanist exchanging plants
with his friends Clemencau and
Calliobote. He is said to have
remarked ― All my money goes
into my garden. But also I am in
raptures‖.

The property is open seven
months a year from April to
November. Who was the original
owner

34


35
This is an annual feature instituted in 2001 that plays on a more
prestigious honour given out at the same time Past winners include-
2001 Otis from the anniversary party
2002 Jack Rusell Sonny aka George in The Mystics
…….
2004All in the film Mondovino
2005 Bruno in the cave of the yellow dog
2006 Mops in Marie Antoinette
…..
2009 Dug in up, talking fox from the Antichrist, the poodle from
Inglorious Basterds
2010 Boss from Tamara Drewe .

What won in 2011 ???

Uggie from the artist
Palm Dog

What connects the video to this concept album by Savatage? 36


37
What came about as a result of
a visit with his sister Dorothy to
the regions surrounding
Glencoyne Bay in Ullswater in
the Lake district ( picture as
seen today)


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