This document contains information about an exam with multiple rounds. The zeroth round contains one written question worth 10 points. The second round has 4 questions worth 20 points total in re-enactments of famous Simpsons photographs that must be named. The third round has 3 clues with decreasing point values for a single answer, as well as the answers provided.

1. Finals

2. Zeroth round
 1 question
 Written
 10 points at stake

3. There‟re totally 11 ways a batsman can be
dismissed in Cricket. Caught, Bowled, Run out,
Hit wicket, Stumped and LBW are the six most
common ones. Name the other five.
2 points for each.

4. 1. Obstructing the field
2. Handling the ball
3. Retired
4. Hit the ball twice
5. Timed out

5. Zeroth pointh oneth round
 4 questions
 20 points at stake this time
 Shown will be re-enactments of famous “photographs” on The Simpsons.
 Simply name them. 5 points for each

6. (i)

7. (ii)

8. (iii)

9. (iv)

10. Answers

11. Swearing in of Lyndon
Johnson after the JFK
assasination.

12. “Dewey Defeats Truman”;

13. Fall of Saigon

14. Raising of the flag at Iwo
Jima.

15. Zeroth pointh twoth round
 Still written
 3 Questions/Clues – One single answer.
 Get in on first clue: 30 points; Second – 20; Third – 10
 No points for the individual answers

16. Clue #1 – 30 points
In a discussion with Anupama Chopra on The
Front Row , X narrates an incident in a party
Where “One of them was drunk and said ‘Sir, Ye
ABC kya hai?, Isme na A hai, na B hai.. sirf C
hai..”
A,B,C will should give you the connect.

17. Clue #2 – 20 points
He wrote the introduction to Swami Prabhavananda‟s
1944 translation of The Bhagvad Gita. From 1941 through
1960, he contributed around 48 articles to Vedanta and
the West, published by The Vedanta Society.
One of the reasons stated for why the relationship
between Swami Prabhavanada and X cooled was that
the Swami disapproved of X‟s continued defence of Y.
The connect lies in Y

18. Clue #3 – 10 points
In February 2004, Astronomers in the HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered a
planet about 50 light years away and 4,000 km
across about entirely made of diamond. What
name has was given to it?

19. Answer

20. Lysergic Diethylamdie
 #1 – Love, Sex aur Dhoka.
Sir, Love, Sex aur Dhoka mein kya hai ?– Isme na Love hai,
na Sex hai, sirf Dhoka hai
 #2 - Aldous Huxley, LSD.
 #3 – Lucy – Lucy in the sky with diamonds

21. Scores

22. Round 1 – Better Book Titles
 Shown will be 10 book covers taken from betterbooktitles.com
 The cover remains the same, only the title is altered
 Try to guess the real name of the book.
 5 points for direct answers
 Infinite Pounce. Differential scoring (+5; +4 ; +3 ;+2)
 Here‟s an example:

24. Answer - Dracula
 Sometimes, the name of the author will be blocked if it is deemed
too obvious. Otherwise, this is pretty much it. You need to guess the
original title.
 First five questions go clockwise, the next five anti-clockwise.
 Ready?

25. #1

26. Answer

28. #2 -

29. Answer

31. #3

32. Answer

33. #3

34. #4

35. Answer

36. #4

37. #5

38. Answer

39. #5

40. #6

41. Answer

42. #6

43. #7

44. Answer

45. #7

46. #8

47. Answer

48. #8

49. #9

50. Answer

51. #9

52. #10

53. Answer

54. #10

55. Scores

56. Round 2
 20 Questions
 10 points each

57. #1
In the 2005 movie Charlie and the Chocolate factory,
Willy Wonka takes Mike and Charlie to show them his
new invention, the Wonkavision, a teleporter. Any real
thing vaporised by a Wonkavision ends up „in‟ a TV
screen on the other end of the room.
To demonstrate, Wonka first uses one of his own
chocolates and it materializes into one of the channels
an Oompaloompa is watching.
What does the chocolate end up as or what is the
oompaloompa watching when the chocolate appears?
Hint:

58. Answer

59. It takes place of the monolith of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

60. #2
Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, in their book „Freedom at
Midnight‟ talk about this one secret “guarded so cautiously that
even the British CID were unaware of its existence”.
“It was a grey piece of film, at whose heart were two dark circles
no bigger than a pair of ping-pong balls. Each was ringed by an
irregular white border like the corona of the sun eclipsed by the
moon. Above them, a galaxy of little white spots stretched up
the film’s grey surface towards the top.”
They go so far as to say that the knowledge of this film could
have changed the course of Asian History.
This is mostly a myth as there is no conclusive evidence about
whether this actually was the case. But in the spirit of curiosity,
what was supposed to be on that film?

61. Answer

62. The film was supposedly an X-ray, the black
circles were pulmonary cavities, indicating
tuberculosis. They belonged to Mohammed Ali
Jinnah.
According to Lapierre and Collins, Jinnah‟s
illness was a closely guarded secret and if the
congress knew, all they‟d have to do to avoid
partition was wait for him to die.

63. #3
Shown here is the „unofficial‟ flag of something.
The colours are supposed to represent the “Future
history” of the organization/territory (or any such
thing which can have a flag).
Identify the flag. Why is it „unofficial‟?
(Image on the next slide)

65. Answer

66. Flag of Mars; Outer Space Treaty

67. #4
Insignificance is a 1985 motion picture drama/comedy
directed by Nicolas Roeg, adapted by Terry Johnson from
his play of the same name. The film is set in 1954, with most
of the action taking place in a hotel room in New York City.
The action revolves around the interplay of four characters
who represent iconic figures of the era, Joseph McCarthy,
Joe DiMaggio and X and Y, called The Senator, The
Ballplayer, and The Actress and The Professor, respectively.
Id X and Y.

68. Answer

69. Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein

70. #5 What has been blanked out?
Also, why is this technically incorrect?

71. Answer

72. Lord Ayyappa
Vishnu had taken the form of Mohini when this took place.

73. #6
Somewhere in late 2005, X, along with his friends
Marcel Laverdet and Kyle Stoneman developed an
XSS based worm as a prank. The worm would spread
through FB profiles virally, through friends viewing each
others‟ profiles . Each infected profile would start
looking like a Myspace profile & automatically send a
friend request to X‟s own profile, enabling him to keep
track of the no. of infected profiles.
However, the reason we know his today is because of
a joke his friend Mark Cahill decided to play on him.
Who?

74. Answer

75. Chris Putnam, :putnam:

76. #7 Put funda

77. Answer

78. Chess960 or Fischer Random Chess
Advocated by Bobby Fischer.
It employs the same board and pieces as standard chess; however, the
starting position of the pieces on the players' home ranks is randomized. The
random setup renders the prospect of obtaining an advantage through the
memorization of opening lines impracticable, compelling players to rely on
their talent and creativity.

79. #8
Tanith Lee is a British writer of Science Fiction and
Fantasy. Shown is the cover of one of her
anthologies Red as Blood or X. The title story
happens to be a retelling of Snow White. Some
other stories include The Golden Rope
(Rapunzel) and When The Clock Strikes
(Cinderella). All these stories have been rewritten
to show things from a feminist perspective. By
what other title (X) is this book known?
(Image in next slide)

81. Answer

82. Tales from Sisters Grimmer

83. #9
While talking about how cultures subconsciously borrow from each other,
Michigan University professor Eric Rabkin
gives the example of the Spanish word
Ojala, which is used to mean hopefully or I
hope that. From which rather unlikely
source does the word borrow its origin?

84. Answer

85. Arabic Inshallah

86. #10
He is mentioned casually in so many newspaper articles that a
blogger created 'Spot the Pretentious _______Reference', a game
to seek out the name-droppings in the New York Times. Indeed, if
you search him on the NYT website, you'll find 1,688 references
since 1981, almost five hundred of which have occurred in the past
6 years.
Frank: Do you know who ___________is?
Dwayne: He's the guy you teach.
Frank: Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job.
Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost
no one reads. But he's also probably the greatest writer since
Shakespeare.
FITB and identify the movie the quote comes from.

87. Answer

88. Proust; Little Miss Sunshine

89. They‟re often
depicted in
Media as
carrying bottles
of brandy
around their
necks. Mainly
found in
Italy/Switzerland
Identify the
breed.

90. Answer

91. St. Bernards

92. #12
Ars Technica published an article in July 2009 in
which Stephen Hawking claimed that he “had
experimental evidence that Time Travel was not
possible”.
This experiment also features in the series „Into
the Universe with Stephen Hawking‟.
What did he do?

93. Answer

94. Answer
He threw a party, announced it one day late.

95. #13
What word has
been blocked
out? By what
name would
you identify
whatever‟s
there at that
point?

96. Answer

97. The Ericsson Globe

98. #14
Roughly the main Cast:
Orson Bean
Catherine Keener
Cameron Diaz
Charlie Sheen
John Cusack
Who's missing or Which movie?

99. Answer

100. John Malkovich, Being John Malkovich

101. #15
The Omphalos hypothesis is named after the 1857 book
Omphalos (no surprises there) by Philip Henry Gosse, an
English naturalist. The idea is sometimes mockingly referred
to as “Last Thursdayism”. And here‟s your only clue:
Omphalos is Greek for Navel.
What does the Omphalos hypothesis hypothesize? Chimp
away.

102. Answer

103. The argument that God created the world
recently (in the last ten thousand years, in keeping
with Flood geology), but complete with signs of
great age, like with mountains and canyons, trees
with growth rings, Adam and Eve with hair,
fingernails, and navels (in response to the
argument of “If God created Adam and Eve out
of nothing, how/why do they have navels?”)

104. #16
An accomplished singer and dancer, he won the tony award for Best Leading
Actor in a musical Jerome Robbins' Broadway in 1989. Clip 1 is him singing on
David Letterman. Clip 2 is an ad, his first commercial success. Identify this
person.

105. Answer

106. Jason Alexander

107. #17
 Sachin Agarwal and Garry Tan founded X in May, 2008.
They named it so because according to them, everything
which existed before X was simply pre-X.
 It was recognized as one of „2010 Hottest Silicon valley
Companies‟ by Leadhill and nominated for a webby
award in 2011.
 Twitter acquired it on March 12, 2012. It was shut down on
30 April 2013.
Id X.

108. Answer

109. Posterous
Everything before that was simply “preposterous”.

110. #18 Shown are the cameos of a person in
various movies. Three are missing. Identify all
three.
http://youtu.be/nrOv6NgRKNU

111. Answer

112. LOTR triology; Peter Jackson
http://youtu.be/d_mGBcDiHjg

113. #19
The Mwanza flat-headed rock agama is a lizard of the
family Agamidae, mostly found in the semi-deserts of
Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya.
The female is mostly brown and is difficult to distinguish
from female agamas of other species. The male stands out
more with it‟s bright red/violet head, neck and shoulders
and a dark blue body. This particular appearance has led
to it becoming a fashionable pet of late.
How has popular media dubbed this lizard or how is it
better known?

114. Answer

115. Spider-Man Lizard

116. #20
“The New”
“The Inactive”
“The Hidden”
“The Alien”
Two are missing from this exhaustive list.
Id both.

117. Answer

118. Helium and Radon

119.  Set of two questions for each team
 One Direct; One Challenge
 Bet a certain number of points( Max : half your current total)
 For first: get it correct you gain those many points. Get it wrong, you lose
half as many.
 For second, bet again. If the team you challenge answers correctly, they
gain those points. If they don‟t, you do.

120. Round 3 – Last Round
“Art”
Troll Bollywood
Songs
IT
Troll Bollywood
Song-Lyrics
Sci-Fi
Last slide

121. (i) Identify the movie
Audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-4qcU86P0w

122. Answer

123. The “Kali” being referred to – Anaarkali


124. (ii) Identify the song
“Initially we wanted to buy the rights of the song, but since the process is too
complex, we decided to make our own version of it, which is grammatically
different from the original one. We wanted to create our own melody with the
same theme in mind so that it gives a similar feel. It is also aimed at children.
But the notation, scanning, chromatic scale is completely different,"
"It may be sounding similar, but in musical grammar, it is not a copy. Music just
has 12 notes and we are churning our songs everyday. So there is bound to be
similarities. Songs, lyrics, compositions might have copyright, but rhythm has no
copyright. Ek jaisi rhythm ki hazaron gaanein banti hai. So is every song a
copy?“
Video of the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmV5uHWNag

125. Answer

126. Bum Pe Laat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHAKW-lgBfs
Back

127. (i) Who?

128. Answer

129. Marcel Duchamp;
“Nude descending a
staircase”

130. (ii)

131. Answer

132. Back

133. (i)
Tumko jo dekha maine
Toh maine ye jaan liya hai
Pardesi babu ne
Iss desi dil ko maan liya hai
Lyrics from a popular song. Who is the Pardesi
Babu being alluded to here?

134. Answer

135. Pitbull

136. (ii)
I don't want to use lampblack
I don't want to show my beauty
If the eyes are alcoholic
What's the need of kohl
___________, boy, don’t pluck bud
Your mother has said me very hot words
The bollymeanings translation of which recent song?

137. Answer

138. Answer:
http://youtu.be/9UDkYz64ehA?t=1m40s
Back

139. (i) Non-exhaustive list of what?
 Art
 Used clothing
 Alcohol
 Nazi Paraphernalia
 Catalytic converters and test pipes
 Tobacco
 Plants and seeds. And pesticides.
 Real estate
 Lottery tickets
 Gift cards

140. Answer

141. Items which cannot be sold on e-bay.

142. (ii)
These are private telephone numbers that are handled at a
higher priority than a public line. They often have the following
features:
 Get answered outside of working hours
 Do not make the caller wait on hold or navigate through
cumbersome voice menus.
 Line rings straight through to high-level management or
technicians without having to be transferred from front lines.
 Shield technical personnel from receiving irrelevant calls.
 The number is only given to selected people
What?

143. Answer

144. The Batphone
Back

145. (i)
Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter‟s The Long Earth is
about a series of parallel worlds (possibly infinite) that are
similar to Earth, which can be reached by using an
inexpensive device called a "Stepper”. The circuit for the
stepper is uploaded on the web an anonymous person
and the assembly turns out to be so simple that kids
everywhere start assembling it. The ones who get it right –
disappear into an alternate universe)
What is the Stepper‟s source of power supply, which the
kids are so familiar with, which is at the heart of the circuit?

146. Answer

147. A Potato
Haven‟t we all done the bulb powered with a potato experiment sometime in
school?

148. (ii)
There have only been 3 science fiction novels
so far which have won the Hugo, Nebula and
John W. Campbell Memorial Awards,
considered by some to be the “triple crown” of
science fiction. Gateway by Fredrick Pohl and
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman are two.
Which is the third?

149. Answer

150. Back

151. Scores

152. Thank you for coming!