10. 3
The inspiration of this song comes from a road named
“Canning” in Australia which runs from where the lead singer
of this band lived in Fremantle and ends at a pub/bar called
The Raffles.
Many people used to get killed by driving fast over that
intersection on the same road.
Which song are we talking about?
13. 4
DC Comics have reportedly filed an official complaint with the OHIC
(the European Union's trademark registration organization) over
the reworking of Valencia's club badge.
Why did DC comics sue Valencia ?
16. 5
The Himalayan monal also known as the impeyan monal, is a bird in the pheasant family.
It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as danphe, and state bird of Uttarakhand
and Himachal Pradesh, India, where it is known as monal.
In 2004, a team from Pixar visited Sacramento Zoo to observe a Himalayan monal for their next
project. This bird became the inspiration behind this character from the Pixar movie.
Name the character and the movie.
19. 6
Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings) was written by Maurice Druon between the mid-1950s
and the 1970s. It's a chronicling the dynastic fight set in France in the early part of the 14th
Century, culminating in the Hundred Years War.
According to the author ‘X’, this book was the main inspiration behind his novels.
Which novel I am talking about?
24. Stockholm syndrome
• Stockholm syndrome is a psychological
phenomenon in which hostages express
empathy and sympathy and have positive
feelings toward their captors
25. 8
• A changeup is a type of pitch in baseball. It is
thrown with the same arm action as a fastball,
but at a lower velocity due to the pitcher
holding the ball in a special grip. It is
analogous to the slower ball in cricket.
• Shown in pic is Ian Kennedy, currently a
pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks,
throwing a X Changeup. X ?
29. 9
• X is an irrefutable takeover offer made to a target
company by an acquiring company. Typically, the
acquisition price's premium is extremely
generous compared to the prevailing market
price. Therefore, if the target company's
management declines the offer, shareholders
may initiate lawsuits or other forms of revolt
against the target company for not performing
their fiduciary duty of looking out for the best
interests of the shareholders. What is this kind of
an offer popularly known as?
35. 11.
• In 1911, an all black team from New Zealand
went to the Great Britain to play a cricket
match with the British at the Lord's Stadium.
This team started a unique tradition, which is
being followed in the game till date.
36.
37. Jersey Numbers
• The first cricket team to use jersey numbers,
because the cricketers being black, the
umpires faced a difficulty in recognizing
players and giving judgments.
42. 13.
• Book X written by Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
and Matt Kuhn.
• X is about etiquettes for guys to follow.
• Publication date: October 14, 2008
• Subject: Interpersonal relationships, Etiquette
51. 16.
• The first feature film created solely with
Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). Released
in 1995.
• Over 800,000 hours of mathematical
equations went into the film, which works out
to more than a week of computer time for
every second on the screen.
54. Written Round 1
Alex Eylar, a 22 years old California Student, recreated famous movie scenes with Lego bricks.
Identify the movies.
5 points each, No negative
66. Written Round-1 Answers
Alex Eylar, a 22 years old California Student, recreated famous movie scenes with Lego bricks.
Identify the movies.
5 points each, No negative
89. 17.
• Born 27 May 1965
• Started the tradition of throwing wristbands and
headbands to fans in the crowd
• Started the tradition of Wimbledon champions
celebrating with family by climbing into the
stands
• Has his own band in which he plays guitar, his
main passion away from tennis and family
• Played in the first grand slam final to have been
played under the roof- 1988 Australian open final
92. 18.
• Misbah Ul Haq, Brendon Mcculum, Virender
Sehwag, X ?
• The next in line is?
93.
94. Brian Lara Only and hence fastest 400
in Test Cricket
• Misbah Ul Haq – Fastest 100 in Test Cricket
• Brendon Mcculum - Fastest 200 in Test Cricket
• Virender Sehwag - Fastest 300 in Test Cricket
95. 19.
• First time - 11 hours and 5 minutes
• Second time - 2 hours
100. Protagonist has No Name!
• Ryan Gosling is credited as the Driver
• Clint Eastwood as Man with no name
• Edward Norton as Narrator
101. • Atul Kamble, a photojournalist at Mid-Day,
Mumbai was awarded the Wisden
photograph of the year in 2013. He won the
Picture of The Year award for same year at
the Yes Bank National Press Photo Contest.
Which iconic photograph did he take?
(Be specific)
21
102.
103.
104. 22. Name the movie.
• Jaguar, Aston Martin and Land Rover vehicles are featured
prominently in that movie.
• As part of promotional tie-up, Instead of Jaguar's
traditional green-and-white color scheme, the black-and-
red motif of the movie dominated representations of
Jaguar's racing effort in Monaco GP of 2004
• Interestingly, Christian Klien and Mark Webber's cars were
carrying £140,000 diamonds in their nosecones as part of
another sponsorship tie-up with Steinmetz.
• But Klien crashed out of the race on the opening lap when
he drove into the barriers at the Loews hairpin, losing his
diamond in the process.
• Which movie was Jaguar promoting?
119. 27.What is this a list of?
1988 = Hacksaw Jim Duggan
1989 = Big John Studd
1990 = Hulk Hogan
1991 = Hulk Hogan
1992 = Ric Flair
1993 = Yokozuna
1994 = Lex Luger / Bret Hart
1995 = Shawn Michaels
1996 = Shawn Michaels
1997 = Steve Austin
1998 = Steve Austin
1999 = Vince McMahon
2000 = The Rock
2001 = Steve Austin
2002 = Triple H
2003 = Brock Lesnar
2004 = Chris Benoit
2005 = Batista
2006 = Rey Mysterio
2007 = Undertaker
2008 = John Cena
2009 = Randy Orton
2010 = Edge
2011 = Alberto Del Rio
2012 = Sheamus
2013 = John Cena
2014 = Batista
2015 = Roman Reigns
122. 28.
• X is a very famous poem/sonnet written by PB
Shelly in loose iambic pentameter.
• The main protagonist Y , played by Z recites
the entire poem as a teaser to the final season
of the TV series.
• Identify X,Y and Z.
123.
124.
125. 29.
• X, a true iconoclast, was a visionary Brooklyn
based musician/artist whose singular work and
guitar playing style rightly stands out. X played
the guitar-playing hand double in the acclaimed
2007 drama, August Rush. <Insert video>
• In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of
"The New Guitar Gods", on which X was the sole
woman and youngest artist. Name X.
• She has also given the background score for the
movie “Into the wild” along with Eddie Vedder.
• (Video in next slide)
129. 30.
• The then newly declared world heavyweight
champion was challenged by the previous World
heavyweight champion. Sports Illustrated
magazine named the iconic photograph from the
fight as the fourth greatest sports moment of the
twentieth century.
• The photograph is famously called ‘X’,which
signifies how long the fight lasted.
• Give me ‘X’
133. 31
• He was an American high school gym teacher,
basketball coach, realtor, and bar owner from
Jacksonville, Florida.
• The New York Times called him the most influential
high school gym teacher in American.
• In 1977, an Associated Press article wrote an article
on him : “It seems a physical education teacher
named ‘X’ didn't cotton to long hair or loud music.
A run-in with him helped get the boys suspended.”
• Who is this person/ Why is he famous ?
(Pic in next slide)
137. 32.
• "Devised by two British Statisticians , this
replaced the concept of the “ most productive
spell “ and the “average rate method”. The
essence of the theory is resources wherein the
statisticians try find a balance between the
available and depleted resources with relation to
the target to be achieved by means of resource
table which is reviewed and an alternative
resource table is presented. "
• What is being discussed here?