Initium: The Launch Quiz finals 2015

ROUND 1:
INDIA
• Infinite Bounce (with pounce)
• Pounce : +10/-10
• Direct/Passed Question : +10/-0

X Sirumalani started out running a tea stall outside magistrate’s office in Vijapur
in 1958.
Following murder allegations he left town to start bootlegging along the
Sabarmati.
He tried his hand working in a Dairy earning ₹300 a month but it didn’t work out.
Id X

Asumal Sirumalani or Asaram Bapu

Moraji Desai was perhaps the most successful Indian statesman when it came
to achieving peace with Pakistan. He shared an excellent relationship with
President Zia ul Haq who described the two as “brothers who act together.”
To maintain good relations, Desai even went to the extent of revealing
classified details of Indian intelligence operations to Zia and the Pakistani
government.
As a tribute to his efforts the Pakistani government did something in the
1990, which gives Desai the distinction of having achieved something that no
one has. What did Pakistan do?

• A second paradise: Indian country life 1590–1947 – published in India,
England and US
• A desert kingdom: the people of Bikaner – published in India, England and
US
• The garden of life: an introduction to the healing plants of India- published
in India, England and US
Id the author

A Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) test-landed on
__________________ on 21st May as part of a drill for emergency landings
on national highways
Before the landing, an IAF helicopter took several rounds in the air. Several
air force personnel were at the spot and the area was cordoned off. A
makeshift Air Traffic Control was set up.
Bird-watchers were also on alert and fire engines and rescue vehicles were
on stand-by
Where exactly it landed ?

DKT international is a charitable organisation that promotes family planning
and prevention of HIV through social marketing.
It is named after Dharmendra Kumar Tyagi, a health official during the1960s.
What ‘invention’ of his can be seen across India and other countries such as
Ghana, Zimbabwe and Egypt?

Red Triangle (symbol of family planning)

Mulk Raj Anand’s novel, Untouchable, published in 1935 is the story of a
single day in the life of Bakha who accidentally bumps into a member of
a higher caste.
During the course of the day, Bakha talk to a Christian missionary, listens
to a speech about untouchability by Mahatma Gandhi and a subsequent
conversation by two educated Indians, but by the end of the book Anand
suggests that it is technology that may be his saviour.
What technology is he talking about?

Bakha was a toilet cleaner.
The technology is ‘flush toilets’

ROUND 2:
LEGO
 6 Questions based on Lego
 Write your answers in a sheet.
 Please exchange the sheets after the final question
 +5 for correct answer

WHO TWEETED THIS. GIVE THE
EXACT NAME.

ROUND 3:
DIRTY
• Pounce : +10/-10

This is Mark Felt, an ex-FBI agent. After denying his
involvement with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl
Bernstein for 30 years, Felt revealed himself to be the
Watergate scandal's whistle blower, “___ ___," on May 31,
2005.
What was the nickname given to the anonymous whistle
blower, named after a famous 1972 pornographic movie?

On 6 February 2009 in an incident of moral policing a group of men who
claimed to belong to Sri Ram Sena attacked a group of women in
Mangalore, India.
Later that month, Pramod Muthalik, chief of SRS announced an action
plan to target couples found dating on 14 February, Valentine's Day.
A protest was started by a group of young women, called the “___ ___"
campaign, where they urged a peaceful protest to all of India, by sending
___ ___ to Muthalik's office on Valentine's Day.
Which famous campaign is being talked about?

This book became an international bestseller and
gained wide publicity.
Reviews on Amazon include:
• A must read for students studying anything to do
with gender politics, This is a deeply insightful and
philosophical read and in many ways.
• Simove understands the mind so much that he's able
to explain it in one simple read. Yes, I read it in one
session! I just can't wait for the sequel.
What is so special about this book?

When Samuel L. Jackson pulls out his wallet in Pulp Fiction, this is
what is says on it.
• “Now give me back my wallet.”
• “Which one is it?”
• “It's the one that says ___ ___ on it.”
Origin of which famous phrase?

ROUND 4:
ENTERTAINMENT
Direct questions to all 6 teams in clockwise order. +10/0
You can outsource the question to a team who knows the
answer
+5 to you and to them if they answer correctly

Priyesh Trivedi first started drawing X sometime in 2013. X has since gone on to
become extremely popular, and his work has been compared to the work of Spanish
surrealist cartoonist Joan Cornella.
He credits the swift popularity of the strips to “the love for nostalgia and the archaic
which most of us have that is partly responsible for the popularity. I always found
the visual styling of the educational charts from the ’80s and early ’90s very
amusing.
Identify X.

Sholay has inspired several remakes and parodies.
Examples are the infamous
“Ramgopal Varma Ki Aag”,
“Duplicate Sholay”,
“Ramgarh ke Sholay”.
So if the character of Gabbar (or Babban) was played by Amitabh
Bachchan in “RGV Ki Aag”, and Vinod Tripathi in “Duplicate Sholay”,
who played the role in “Ramgarh ke Sholay”

MINIMALIST POSTER FOR WHICH TV
SERIES

Vyjayanthimala won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting
Actress for her role as Chandramukhi in Devdas(1955).
• Reena Roy won the award for her role as Kamini in Apnaapan
(1977).
What connects these 2 ‘victories’?

Both rejected the award, citing that their role was the lead.

This was founded by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, and Ken Krueger. They
wanted to be the first people to give Southern California this.
This was held for the first time in 1970 in the basement of the Grant
Hotel.
Special guests for the first edition included Jack Kirby and Ray
Bradbury.

ROUND 5:
TECHNOLOGY
6 Questions
Scoring based on number of teams giving right answer
No of teams answering Points
6 0
5 5
4 10
3 15
2 20
1 25

X is produced by Antares, which was formerly called Jupiter Systems. X was
initially created by Andy Hildebrand, an engineer working for Exxon.
He developed methods for interpreting seismic data and subsequently realized
that the same technology could be put to use for X.
Priyanka Chopra, in her Reddit AMA, was asked a question about the
importance of the device for her career.
identify X

Edison’s first patented invention was never used for the purpose for which it was
made.
The people who were supposed to use it were unimpressed and more importantly
they thought it would reduce the time taken for performing a particular activity and
this would reduce the time they had to convince people.
What invention, greatly used in the modern day?

The following is an invention that interfaces between your mobile device and a
USB port. Its purpose is to block the data pins of the USB while keeping the
power ones open, thus allowing you to plug your device into an unknown USB
port for charging with the fear of either contracting a virus or having any data
stolen.
What is such a device called?

Project Calico is a new company being funded by Google, Art Levinson,
Chairman and former CEO of Genentech and Chairman of Apple, will be
its Chief Executive Officer.
What is the company’s ambitious purpose?

Jack Cover was a NASA researcher. In 1970, he developed a device which
overtime became not only an essential law enforcement device but also a
popular culture icon.
He had named the device after one of his childhood fictional heroes.
Which character and which device am I talking about ?

_________ is a software firm that released collaboration software of the
same name, notable for its market presence in the field of email-based
collaboration.
The product _________, is a software as a service application that helps
organizations collaborate from their email inboxes.
Its name is getting confused with Greece’s exit from Euro ?
FITB

EVM (ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE)

Immortality, Prolong death
Calico, will focus on health and well- being, in particular
the challenge of aging and associated diseases.

ROUND 6:
MYTHOLOGY
• Pounce : +10/-10

A lesser known character from the epic Mahabharata, X was indeed the most
powerful warrior, but he did not take part in the war as lord Krishna asked for his
head in charity since he knew that whichever side X went the other would lose.
X was commonly known as bearer of three arrows, through which he could mark all
his enemies by one arrow, with second he could mark all who are not his enemy and
third would destroy all marked if used with first arrow and destroy all not marked if
used with second arrow.
X is the grandson of the most ferocious/aggressive Pandava.
Id X

Barbarika
Son of Ghatotkach and Grandson of Bheem,
the second Pandav.

In Norse mythology, a _______ is one of a host of female figures who
decides who falls and dies in battle. They select half of those who die in
battle and bring them to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla.
They sometimes also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals.
FITB

Vedic mythology refers to this place as an ancient settlement conquered
by King Bharata in the epic Ramayana.
Bharata was also called Pushkal and so the name of the settlement
became Pushkalavati.
However, research has proven this claim as debatable and hence
suggests an alternative name of this town, ‘Purushapura’, or the ‘City of
Men’.
Which modern day city is this

In Greek mythology, X was the eldest child of Menelaus and Helen.
X was nine when Helen left with Paris. While Menelaus was fighting the
war at Troy, X lived with Aunt Clytemnestra in Mycenae.
The Sony Ericsson P990 smartphone was code-named X.
Id X

X was the personification of the Sun in Greekmythology. X was
imagined as a handsomegod crowned with the shining aureole of
theSun, who drove the chariot of the sun acrossthe sky each day to
earth circling Oceanusand through the world-ocean returned to
theEast at night.
X is sometimes identified withApollo.
Y was the statue of X erected in thecity of Rhodes by Chares of
Lindos between292 and 280 BC. Give me X and Y.

Odin had two birds as messengers and reporters of the events in the
nine worlds.
Their names were Hugin (Thought) and Munin (Memory).
What birds were they?

ROUND 7:SPORTS
Direct questions to all 6 teams in clockwise order. +10/0
You can outsource the question to a team who knows the
answer
+5 to you and to them if they answer correctly

What he’s really saying is: “X, can you help me solve my tax problems,
get me out of debt?”
Who here is X and who is he talking about?

Floyd Mayweather on why Pacquiao is so
interested in facing him

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Neymar
• Jordan Spieth
• Missy Franklin
• Lewis Hamilton
• X
• Stephen Curry
• Kei Nishikori
• Katarina Johnson-Thompson
• Usain Bolt
Identify X

List of Top 10 marketable athletes
in 2015 by SportsPro
VIRAT KOHLI

What two-word term is common to a baseball win credited to a
single pitcher that throws a complete game of at least nine innings
without allowing any opponent to reach first base a 300-point score
in bowling

His arrival at Waterford was announced following the club’s 2-1 defeat
to Limerick City on 11 January 1976.
The game itself had been a drab affair and fans’ spirits were only lifted
with the incredulous news that a former World Cup winner would
soon be playing in Ireland.
The first question on many peoples’ lips was understandably, how
much?

At which famous location would you come across these lines from
Kipling's poem :
“If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors
just the same”

Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player
who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of
the National Basketball Association (NBA).
His nicknames include "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a
clutch situation, such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied Game
3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks.
Give his most famous contribution to NBA

ROUND 8
THE LONG CONNECT
• The question has a series of pictures leading to a common answer
• The earlier you guess the more points you get
• Answering at various intervals may result in positive or negative points

Prequels released after the original movies
 Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom
 Alien vs Predator
 Star wars
 Hannibal
 Hobbit
 Wolverine

THE LONG CONNECT 2
• 5 questions leading to a common answer
• +10/-10 on pounce
• At the end of last question if you guess the connect right then +20/-20.
ROUND 9

ID THE PROBLEM
In search of a new car, the player picks a
door, say 1. The game host then opens one of
the other doors, say 3, to reveal a goat and
offers to let the player pick door 2 instead of
door 1.

____________is a 2013 Indian drama film written and directed by Anand
Gandhi, and produced by actor Sohum Shah.
The film explores "questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and
death through the stories of an experimental photographer, an ailing monk
and an enterprising stockbroker", played by Aida El-Kashef, Neeraj Kabi
and Sohum Shah.

In his book What Is Life? , ___________addressed the
problems of genetics, looking at the phenomenon of life
from the point of view of physics.
He paid great attention to the philosophical aspects of
science, ancient and oriental philosophical concepts,
ethics, and religion.
ID this great personality

The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. It mainly
follows the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air ForcesB-
25 bombardier.
Most of the events in the book occur while the fictional 256th Squadron is
based on the island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea, west of Italy.
It uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration,
describing events from the points of view of different characters. The
separate storylines are out of sequence so that the timeline develops along
with the plot.
Id the novel

Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned. Each
prisoner is in solitary confinement with no means of speaking to or
exchanging messages with the other.
The prosecutors do not have enough evidence to convict the pair on the
principal charge. They hope to get both sentenced to a year in prison on a
lesser charge.
Simultaneously, the prosecutors offer each prisoner a bargain. Each
prisoner is given the opportunity either to: betray the other by testifying
that the other committed the crime, or to cooperate with the other by
remaining silent
What is been discussed here?

Ship of thesus Paradox
Monty hall problem
Catch 22 situation
Schrodinger’s Cat
Prisoner’s Dilemma
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