In Foreign Parts is the travel, business and world affairs quiz which was set by members of the SJC Quiz Club and conducted during Tie Grab 2019. It was an open quiz for teams of 2 members.

1. TIE GRAB 2019
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3. TIE GRAB 2019
In Foreign Parts
Finals

4. Written Round 1

5. Rules
• 5 Questions
• +10 base points for a correct answer.
• Stakes of +5 and +10. Get the answer wrong
when staking and get negs of -5 and -10.
• No negs for unstaked questions
• 5 points for each half of a question
• Stake if you know both parts (else risk losing
your base score)

6. 1.
In 2009, Gideon Gono was awarded the Ig Nobel
Award for mathematics. Who is he? And why
was he awarded?

7. 2
On October 21, 2015, this brand introduced a
drink called X Perfect. The sales of this drink was
limited and was sold at a cost of $20.15.
ID the brand X and explain the importance
behind the date or the cost.

8. 3.
In 2001, Watkins uncovered accounting irregularities in
the financial reports of Enron, testifying before
Congressional committees the following year. In 2002,
Cooper exposed a $3.8 billion fraud at WorldCom.. At the
time, this was the largest incident of accounting fraud in
U.S. history. In 2002, Rowley, a FBI agent, gave testimony
about the FBI's mishandling of information related to the
September 11 attacks of 2002
What common term was used to describe them and what
honour did the magazine bestow on them in the year
2002.

9. 4.
Meri Nazar Hai Tujh Pe is a song from the movie
‘The Burning Train’. Sung by Asha Bhosle and
composed by R D. Burman. The views of the
official video song in youtube spiked last year
due to its presence elsewhere.
Which advertisement?

10. 5.
Question from which OTT service to Netflix?
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12. Answers

13. 1.
In 2009, Gideon Gono was awarded the Ig Nobel
Award for mathematics. Who is he? And why
was he awarded?

14. Answer
He was the Former Governor of the Reserve
Bank of Zimbabwe.
Was given this award for printing bank notes to
denominations of one hundred trillion dollars.

15. 2
On October 21, 2015, this brand introduced a
drink called X Perfect. The sales of this drink was
limited and was sold at a cost of $20.15.
ID the brand X and explain the importance
behind the date or the cost.

16. Answer
• X-Pepsi
This is the date when Marty in Back To the
Future Part 2 goes to the year 2015.

17. 3.
In 2001, Watkins uncovered accounting irregularities in
the financial reports of Enron, testifying before
Congressional committees the following year. In 2002,
Cooper exposed a $3.8 billion fraud at WorldCom.. At the
time, this was the largest incident of accounting fraud in
U.S. history. In 2002, Rowley, a FBI agent, gave testimony
about the FBI's mishandling of information related to the
September 11 attacks of 2002
What common term was used to describe them and what
honour did the magazine bestow on them in the year
2002.

18. Answer
The Whistleblowers
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

19. 4.
Meri Nazar Hai Tujh Pe is a song from the movie
‘The Burning Train’. Sung by Asha Bhosle and
composed by R D. Burman. The views of the
official video song in youtube spiked last year
due to its presence elsewhere.
Which advertisement?

20. Answer
Apple’s advertisement of Facial Unlock

21. 5.
Question from which OTT service to Netflix?
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23. Answer
ALTBalaji

24. Clockwise Round

25. RULES
8 questions
On Infinite Bounce with Regular
Pounce (+10/-5)

26. 1.
• 1st pair by Thutmose III, around 1450 BC –
now in London and NYC
• 2nd pair by Ramesses II, around 3000 BC – now
in Paris and the other still remains in Luxor.
• Using an unrelated ruler’s name, they are now
all collectively called something. What?

28. • Cleopatra’s Needles

29. 2.
• In most of Latin America, Spain and Portugal,
28th December is celebrated as a kind of April
Fool’s day. News outlets are given license to
make outlandish Onion-y headlines in the
name of the day. It’s origins are biblical in
nature, given what supposedly happened
soon after the birth of Christ. Give the Spanish
name for the day or it’s English equivalent.
What is the day in tribute to?

30. • Dia de los Santos Innocentes, day of the Holy
Innocents
• Killing of new-born children by Herod

31. 3.
• Every year around the same time, the Chinese
government bans certain characters online
such as 八的平方 (8^2), 那天 (that day) and
the characters for occupation point. Why are
they blocking these terms? Why block the
characters for occupation point specifically?

32. • Tiananmen square censorship
• It is a pictogram of the event 占占点

33. 4.
• CEOs of two bitter rival companies. Despite
their rivalry, they are actually close relatives.
The man is actually the woman’s uncle. ID the
companies they head. Name them
both.(2+2,3+3)

34. • Lisa Su - AMD
• Jen-Hsun Huang - Nvidia

35. 5) The X peak is the highest mountain in country Y.It
was within the territory of Soviet Union before Y
became independent.In 1933 the mountain was
named Stalin Peak. In 1962, as part
of Khrushchev's nationwide de-Stalinization
process, the name was changed to __________
Peak, a name by which it is still commonly
known.The name was dropped again in 1998 in
favour of the current name, commemorating
X,(who is the founding father of Y).Give X,Y and
FITB

37. Answer
• X-Ismail Samani
• Y-Tajikistan
• FITB-Communism

38. 6)In 1900 ,brothers Edouard and Andre published a guide
for French motorists which was named after the company
they found.The main intention was to increase sales for
their company. In 1922,they also made several changes,
notably listing restaurants by specific categories, adding
hotel listings (initially only for Paris), and removing
advertisements in the guide.Recognizing the growing
popularity of the restaurant section of the guide, the
brothers recruited a team of inspectors to visit and
review restaurants, who were always anonymous.Today
this review system is one of the best of its kind and is
widely famous.Which guide ?

39. • Michelin guide

40. 7)In 1954, the government of Egypt decided to
build the new Aswan High Dam, whose resulting
future reservoir would eventually inundate a
large stretch of the Nile valley containing cultural
treasures of ancient Egypt and ancient Nubia. In
1959, the governments of Egypt
and Sudan requested X to assist their countries to
protect and rescue the endangered monuments
and sites.Later this campaign grew bigger and is
there till date.What campaign was born thus?

41. Answer
• X-UNESCO
• The UNESCO campaign for World Heritage
Sites was born

42. 8) Times are very hard in Venezuela. The cost of
food and medicine has skyrocketed under the
nation’s runaway inflation.The country is
seeing a new wave of “Gold farmers” who
surprisingly earn more than what a majority of
educated professionals earn in the
country.What do these “Gold farmers” sell ?

43. Answer
These farmers are selling in-game currency
(Gold) on Runescape in exchange of money or
BitCoin.

44. Written Round 2

45. Rules
• 5 Questions
• +10 base points for a correct answer.
• Stakes of +5 and +10. Get the answer wrong
when staking and get negs of -5 and -10.
• No negs for unstaked questions
• 5 points for each half of a question
• Stake if you know both parts (else risk losing
your base score)

46. 1.
In May 2008, Japan named X the ambassador of
Japanese tourism in both China and Hong Kong,
which are two places where the character is
exceptionally popular among children and young
women. This marked the first time Japan’s tourism
ministry had appointed a fictional character to the
role. Dr Sharon Kinsella, a lecturer at Oxford
University on Japanese sociology, called the
selection of X"a bit farcical"; "as if a dumbed-down
cultural icon ... can somehow do something
significant to alter the gnarly and difficult state of
China-Japan relations."

47. 2.
Graphic Designer and activist Fahmi Reza
downloaded a portrait of the person and added
clown makeup to it. The resulting caricature
went on to become viral in his country with
people using the hashtag #KitaSemuaPenghasut
or “We are all seditious”
On whom is the caricature on (image on next
slide). Why was he in the news a year ago?

49. 3.
ID the organisation. Why did this tweet receive
backlash?

50. 4.
Identify the people in the cartoon.
Cartoon commenting on which controversy that
rocked ?

52. 5.
In early 2018, condom Manufacturer Durex issued a
statement on a social networking site popular in the
country asking readers to “clearly distinguish
between real and fake” after netizens shared its old
advertisement sporting the slogan “Doing it twice is
not enough”.
This was following an announcement and reports of
internet censorship being stringent was raised.
What was the announcement that led to the old
advert making a re-appearance.

53. Answers

54. 1.
In May 2008, Japan named X the ambassador of
Japanese tourism in both China and Hong Kong,
which are two places where the character is
exceptionally popular among children and young
women. This marked the first time Japan’s tourism
ministry had appointed a fictional character to the
role. Dr Sharon Kinsella, a lecturer at Oxford
University on Japanese sociology, called the
selection of X"a bit farcical"; "as if a dumbed-down
cultural icon ... can somehow do something
significant to alter the gnarly and difficult state of
China-Japan relations."

55. Answer
Hello Kitty

56. 2.
Graphic Designer and activist Fahmi Reza
downloaded a portrait of the person and added
clown makeup to it. The resulting caricature
went on to become viral in his country with
people using the hashtag #KitaSemuaPenghasut
or “We are all seditious”
On whom is the caricature on (image on next
slide). Why was he in the news a year ago?

58. Answer
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
He was at the center of widespread corruption
scandal which eventually led to his loss in the
elections.

59. 3.
ID the organisation. Why did this tweet receive
backlash?

60. Answer
Malaysian Airlines
Disappearance of MH370

61. 4.
Identify the people in the cartoon.
Cartoon commenting on which controversy that
rocked ?

63. Answer
Gupta Brothers and Jacob Zuma
Corruption Scandals caused by them

64. 5.
In early 2018, condom Manufacturer Durex issued a
statement on a social networking site popular in the
country asking readers to “clearly distinguish
between real and fake” after netizens shared its old
advertisement sporting the slogan “Doing it twice is
not enough”.
This was following an announcement and reports of
internet censorship being stringent was raised.
What was the announcement that led to the old
advert making a re-appearance.

65. Answer
The advertisement reappeared as a way to
ridicule Xi Jimping when citizens raised an outcry
over abolition of his term limit..

66. Anti-Clockwise Round

67. RULES
8 questions
On Infinite Bounce with Regular
Pounce (+10/-5)

68. 1.
X in Philippines launched a promo called the “The Number
Fever” in 1992. The company would announce a number, and if
the number in the bottom of the caps matches the drawn
number, the cap holder wins. The highest amount to win was 1
million.
However, X announced the wrong number and there were over 4
lakh winners. The company’s refusal to pay the amount led to it
facing lawsuits, damage to their assets. In 2006, the Supreme
Court nullified the complainant's claim of the prize. However, the
company lost its share in the space to its competitor and hasn’t
been able to reclaim it.
ID X.

69. Answer
Pepsi
Popularly known as Pepsi 349 scandal

70. 2.
The answers which he gave by mistake in a press
conference changed the dynamics of this
country. This subsequently led him to expelled
from the political party he was associated with.
Identify the person and the action that followed
after his press conference.

72. Answer
• Günter Schabowski
His answer in a press conference led to the
opening of the Berlin Wall.

73. 3.
Leela Chitnis was an Indian Film Actress who was known
for her controversial films that accepted societal norms.
Some of her famous films are Bandhan (1940), Jhoola
(1941)
During these years she was given the opportunity to star
in this company’s product and went on to become India’s
first Z girl. The honour of being a Z girl was usually
reserved to top Hollywood heroines.
ID Z.

74. Answer
LUX
She was India’s first Lux girl

75. 4.
Known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart he is a heart surgeon
turned comedian who became famous in 2011
during the Arab Spring. Initially starting with funny
YouTube videos shot from his laundry room, it
eventually lead to his very own TV show.
He was popular in his country for poking fun at the
military and the Muslim Brotherhood. However,
due to the death threats he receives, he was forced
to flee Egypt. Now, he has started a podcast called
“Remade in America with ______ _______”
Who?

77. Answer
Bassem Youssef

78. 5.
• Connect

79. Answer - UNESCO world heritage sites
in India

80. 6. ID man on the right and the place
that he imposed martial law on
(shown in the dress)

81. Answer
• General Pinochet
Easter Island

82. 7.
• Founder of ecommerce platform Zozotown
Yusaku Maezawa has notably made headlines
twice in the past 4 months. The most recent
being him dethroning a Carter Wilkenson for a
certain title. For what title? Why did he
initially make headlines 4 months ago?

83. Answer
• Tweet with the most retweets
• Bought all of the seats for SpaceX’s trip
around the moon

84. 8.
• Why was this engine in the news last month?

85. Answer
• 4141 Train that took George H W Bush to his
final resting place

86. Written Round 3

87. Rules
• 5 Questions
• +10 base points for a correct answer.
• Stakes of +5 and +10. Get the answer wrong
when staking and get negs of -5 and -10.
• No negs for unstaked questions
• 5 points for each half of a question
• Stake if you know both parts (else risk losing
your base score)

88. 1.
• These men betrayed the man on the right and
left his company and founded a spin-off
company that became an incubator in Silicon
Valley in the 1960s. What collective name is
given to these men? ID the man on the right.
[image]

90. 2.
• This is Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. 12
years ago he became the first person in the
world to become a head of state while having
this particular profession. The second person
to become head of state with this professional
background would only come in September
2018. What profession? What country is he
the head of state of? Who is the second
person?[image] (3+3+4)

92. 3.
Company legend holds that a few years after X
was founded in 1960, an innovative marketer
named Frederick W. Bowers finally found the
true value in Y. IBM had just launched the 1401,
one of the world’s first mass-produced business
computers. Bowers showed IBM how Y could
protect the 1401′s fragile innards in transit.
Name X and Y

93. 4.
In 1976, Pakistan PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
nationalized the steel industry including the Ittefaq
group’s businesses. Due to the group’s connections
to General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, Ittefaq group got
its business back.
Mian Muhammad _____ ______ is the son of one
of of the major stakeholders of the Ittefaq group.
He is currently one of the wealthiest man in
Pakistan. FITB.

94. 5.
A contribution to the National Development Fund (NDF) of a minimum
non-refundable amount of $200,000.
An investment of at least $400,000 into one of the approved real
estate projects and to be held for a minimum period of 5 years.
An investment of a minimum of $1,500,000 directly into an eligible
business as a sole investor or a joint investment involving at least 2
persons in an eligible business totalling at least $5,000,000 and each of
those persons individually invests at least $400,000.
Should spend five days during the five years of gaining __________
Steps of obtaining __________ from where. Which figure brought
these conditions to prominence?

95. Answers

96. 1.
• These men betrayed the man on the right and
left his company and founded a spin-off
company that became an incubator in Silicon
Valley in the 1960s. What collective name is
given to these men? ID the man on the right.
[image]

98. Answer
• The traitorous eight founded Fairchild
Semiconductors
• William Shockley

99. 2.
• This is Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. 12
years ago he became the first person in the
world to become a head of state while having
this particular profession. The second person
to become head of state with this professional
background would only come in September
2018. What profession? What country is he
the head of state of? Who is the second
person? (3+3+4)

101. Answer
• Dentist
• Turkmenistan
• Arif Alvi – President of Pakistan

102. 3.
Company legend holds that a few years after X
was founded in 1960, an innovative marketer
named Frederick W. Bowers finally found the
true value in Y. IBM had just launched the 1401,
one of the world’s first mass-produced business
computers. Bowers showed IBM how Y could
protect the 1401′s fragile innards in transit.
Name X and Y

103. Answer
X- Sealed Air Corp
Y-Bubble Wrap

104. 4.
In 1976, Pakistan PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
nationalized the steel industry including the Ittefaq
group’s businesses. Due to the group’s connections
to General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, Ittefaq group got
its business back.
Mian Muhammad _____ ______ is the son of one
of of the major stakeholders of the Ittefaq group.
He is currently one of the wealthiest man in
Pakistan. FITB.

105. Answer
Nawaz Sharif

106. 5.
A contribution to the National Development Fund (NDF) of a minimum
non-refundable amount of $200,000.
An investment of at least $400,000 into one of the approved real
estate projects and to be held for a minimum period of 5 years.
An investment of a minimum of $1,500,000 directly into an eligible
business as a sole investor or a joint investment involving at least 2
persons in an eligible business totalling at least $5,000,000 and each of
those persons individually invests at least $400,000.
Should spend five days during the five years of gaining __________
Steps of obtaining __________ from where. Which figure brought
these conditions to prominence?

107. Answer
Citizenship or Citizenship by Investment
Antigua and Barbuda
Mehul Choksi applied for the citizenship of the
country before the PNB Fraud Case came to
light.