1. Stage 2
• All questions and their answers connect to a
unifying theme
• We’ll open the stage 2 in steps of 2
questions
2. 1
The Salmon of Knowledge (bradán feasa) is a
creature figuring in the Fenian Cycle of Irish
mythology. This salmon was sometimes called Fintan
(or Finntan) in ancient times. (It is sometimes
confused with Fintan mac Bóchra, who was known as
"The Wise" and was once transformed into a
salmon.) Stories differ on whether Fintan was a
common fish or one of the Immortals, that could be
eaten and yet continue to live.
The Salmon figures prominently in The Boyhood
Deeds of Fionn, which recounts the early adventures
of Fionn mac Cumhaill. According to the story, an
ordinary salmon ate nine hazelnuts that fell into the
Well of Wisdom (aka Tobar Segais) from nine hazel
trees that surrounded the well. By this act, the salmon
gained all the world's knowledge. Moreover, the first
person to eat of its flesh would, in turn, gain this
8. 3
Rhapsody: A Dream
Novel, also known as
Dream Story, is a 1926
novella by the Austrian
writer Arthur Schnitzler. It
details the thoughts and
psychological
transformations of Doctor
Fridolin over a two-day
period. In this short time,
he meets many people
who give a clue to the
world Schnitzler is
creating for us. This
culminates in the
masquerade ball, a
wondrous event of
masked individualism,
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11. 4 (+30, -20)
The story is mainly based on the legend of
Kullervo, a character from the Finnish
folklore poems known as Kalevala. Túrin also
resembles Sigmund, the father of Sigurd in
the Volsunga saga, in the incestuous
relationship he had with his sister. In Richard
Wagner's opera, Die Walküre (also drawn in
part from the Volsung myths), Siegmund and
Sieglinde are parallels of Túrin and Nienor.
Túrin further resembles Sigurd himself, as
both achieve great renown for the slaying of
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14. 5
Billions and Billions:
Thoughts on Life and
Death at the Brink of
the Millennium,
published by Random
House in 1997, written
by X.
The book is a collection
of essays X wrote
covering diverse topics
like global warming, the
population explosion,
extraterrestrial life,
morality, and the
abortion debate. The last
chapter is an account of
X’s struggle with
20. 7
This film is set in 1942, when the British ruled
India. It was a time when Indians were either
working for the British or rallying in
underground meetings and protests against
them. In this atmosphere, Naren Singh falls
in love with Rajeshwari "Rajjo" Pathak . But
their romance is not an easy one.
The film was the first ever to be given a U/A
rating while featuring a scene, previously
considered inappropriate for young children,
showing the actors kissing.nce is not an easy
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23. 8 (+10, no negs)
X has red hair, which she dyes black. She is
described as "a pale, skinny young woman who had
hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and
eyebrows.
X is a world class computer hacker. Under the name
“_____", she becomes a prominent figure in the
international hacker community, known as the
"Hacker Republic". She uses her computer skills as a
means to earn a living, doing investigative work for
Milton Security. She has an eidetic memory, and is
skilful at concealing her identity, possessing
passports in different names and physical disguises
that she uses to travel undetected around Sweden
and worldwide.
The survivor of a traumatic childhood, X is highly
introverted, asocial and has difficulty connecting to
27. Posthumous Works
• Douglas Adams – The Salmon Doubt
• Janis Joplin – Pearl
• Stanley Kubrick – Eyes Wide Shut
• Kurt Cobain – You Know You’re Right
• JRR Tolkien – The Children of Hurin
• Carl Sagan – Billion Billion etc. etc.
• RD Burman – 1942 A Love Story
• Stieg Larrson – The Millennium Trilogy
