The document appears to be notes from research conducted by Debanjan Bose and Hari Nair on the Nighthawk Boat Club Open sessions held on June 9th-10th and July 22nd, 2012. It includes terms, definitions, and numbered entries with associated scores. The research notes were created on November 21st, 2012.
The document appears to be notes from research sessions on various topics held by Debanjan Bose and Hari Nair at the Nighthawk Boat Club Open in June and July 2012. The notes include questions on topics like chemical groups, time zone concepts, children's games, user interfaces, musical tuning styles, causes of accidental death, fashion brands, and world leaders. For each question, the document provides an answer term or short phrase in bold.
The document contains 10 slides showing results from the Nighthawk Boat Club Open over 3 sessions in June and July 2012. Each slide includes a picture and score that is 5 points lower than the previous slide, with the lowest being +5 points. The slides provide a long visual connect of results from the boat club competition.
The document is about a written round for a quiz competition. It provides instructions that +5 points will be awarded for each correct answer to the first 5 questions and an additional +5 for identifying the running theme in the 6th question. The 6th question asks participants to identify the city from the coat of arms for each of the images. The last part provides multiple choice answers about international movie festivals and awards. The summary is in 3 sentences as requested.
1. The document discusses 10 questions with answers about various topics such as publications, activism cases, missiles in Pakistan, voices in a conversation, chemical elements, musical instruments, mythology, actors, occupations and birthdays.
2. The questions cover diverse fields like literature, history, science, arts and current affairs.
3. Expert summaries are provided for each question concisely explaining the key details and connection between ideas.
A handful of lightning talks with the aim of communicating some takeaway points from the Vizbi 2012 data visualisation conference.
Speakers: Juri Pärn, Ingvar Lagerstedt, Martijn van Iersel, Glen van Ginkel, Francis Rowland and Benedetta Baldi (EMBL-EBI).
The problem with a presentation about data viz is... BIG IMAGES! I had to save this as a PDF and compress it a lot. I'm afraid that means that the [helpful] speaker notes have been lost.
The warm-up round asked the participant to write down:
1) The largest natural satellite in the solar system
2) The only two elements liquid at room temperature
3) The three films that have won the most Academy Awards
The participant provided the answers as Ganymede, Mercury and Bromine, Titanic, Ben-Hur, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The summary provides a high-level overview of the questions asked in the warm-up round and the essential information from the participant's responses.
The document contains 30 geography questions with multiple choice answers. It covers topics like seas named after colors, mountain ranges, islands, peaks, winds, currents, countries and their flags/names, provinces, lakes, time zones, cities, regions, deltas, and more. The questions require identifying places, geographic features, and locations based on clues provided in the questions.
The document appears to be notes from research sessions on various topics held by Debanjan Bose and Hari Nair at the Nighthawk Boat Club Open in June and July 2012. The notes include questions on topics like chemical groups, time zone concepts, children's games, user interfaces, musical tuning styles, causes of accidental death, fashion brands, and world leaders. For each question, the document provides an answer term or short phrase in bold.
The document contains 10 slides showing results from the Nighthawk Boat Club Open over 3 sessions in June and July 2012. Each slide includes a picture and score that is 5 points lower than the previous slide, with the lowest being +5 points. The slides provide a long visual connect of results from the boat club competition.
The document is about a written round for a quiz competition. It provides instructions that +5 points will be awarded for each correct answer to the first 5 questions and an additional +5 for identifying the running theme in the 6th question. The 6th question asks participants to identify the city from the coat of arms for each of the images. The last part provides multiple choice answers about international movie festivals and awards. The summary is in 3 sentences as requested.
1. The document discusses 10 questions with answers about various topics such as publications, activism cases, missiles in Pakistan, voices in a conversation, chemical elements, musical instruments, mythology, actors, occupations and birthdays.
2. The questions cover diverse fields like literature, history, science, arts and current affairs.
3. Expert summaries are provided for each question concisely explaining the key details and connection between ideas.
A handful of lightning talks with the aim of communicating some takeaway points from the Vizbi 2012 data visualisation conference.
Speakers: Juri Pärn, Ingvar Lagerstedt, Martijn van Iersel, Glen van Ginkel, Francis Rowland and Benedetta Baldi (EMBL-EBI).
The problem with a presentation about data viz is... BIG IMAGES! I had to save this as a PDF and compress it a lot. I'm afraid that means that the [helpful] speaker notes have been lost.
The warm-up round asked the participant to write down:
1) The largest natural satellite in the solar system
2) The only two elements liquid at room temperature
3) The three films that have won the most Academy Awards
The participant provided the answers as Ganymede, Mercury and Bromine, Titanic, Ben-Hur, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The summary provides a high-level overview of the questions asked in the warm-up round and the essential information from the participant's responses.
The document contains 30 geography questions with multiple choice answers. It covers topics like seas named after colors, mountain ranges, islands, peaks, winds, currents, countries and their flags/names, provinces, lakes, time zones, cities, regions, deltas, and more. The questions require identifying places, geographic features, and locations based on clues provided in the questions.
Here are the 5 SVC slides with 2 clues per slide:
Slide 1:
+25/-10 - Statue of Liberty, Big Ben
+20/-10 - Eiffel Tower, Great Wall of China
Slide 2:
+15/-5 - Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
+10/-5 - The Persistence of Memory, American Gothic
Slide 3:
+5/0 - Michael Phelps, Cristiano Ronaldo
Slide 4:
+5/0 - The Beatles, Friends
Slide 5:
+5/0 - Theory of Relativity, DNA
The document announces a quiz called the "Not Quite Rome Quiz" taking place on June 10th, 2012. It outlines the structure of the quiz, which will have 5 rounds including a list-it, written theme, and LVC round. The document provides instructions that the quizmaster may be hungover and violent, there are no part points, and complaints can be addressed after the quiz.
This document provides questions and answers about the flags of various nations, territories, and other entities around the world. It covers topics like changes to national flags over time, meanings behind flag designs, and inspiration or history related to certain flags. In total there are 25 multiple choice questions about the flags of places like Germany, Scotland, Gibraltar, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Estonia, Switzerland, Catalonia, Iraq, the East India Company, Georgia, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Brazil, Nepal, Taiwan, the Dominican Republic, the Confederacy, Papua New Guinea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sri Lanka, several Arab countries, Fiji, and Mars.
The document provides a quiz with 25 questions covering topics like Solitaire, Tesla Motors, WeChat, Grumpy Cat, and book rankings. It tests knowledge of history, current events, technology, and pop culture. The questions are in multiple choice or short answer format. Correct answers are provided for the first 16 questions.
This document contains a quiz with multiple choice and open-ended questions covering topics like movies, current events, history and pop culture. It includes sections on Simpsons references, questions that will "blow your mind", and internet humor. The quiz has images, clues and puzzles to solve. Participants were led to believe it was a serious quiz but it turns out to be a comedic take on quiz shows.
An LGBT themed quiz Maitreyi Gupta, Shamika M and I hosted at the Mumbai Quiz Festival in February 2016.
AVs will not play due to format of uploading here.
This document provides details of an India quiz finals being conducted virtually, including the names of the 8 participating teams, the quizmasters, and rules for the competition. It notes that there will be 4 written rounds consisting of 3 questions each, with +/- scoring for quick responses. Teams are provided contact information for who to send test and actual responses to. Sample questions are provided for the first written round on letters.
This document provides instructions for an India quiz being held, including how to submit answers via a Google Form, rules for scoring, and qualifications for the top 8 teams. It also includes a sample question about a television show from the early 1990s that featured various stock characters in different episodes.
This document appears to be a quiz with questions about various topics including history, pop culture, science and more. It contains 30 questions with the first 10 being regular questions and questions 11-20 marked as starred. Questions 21-30 have two parts each. Participants are asked to submit their answers via a Google form. The questions cover topics like the origin of terms like "jade", people like Yoko Ono, landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, and movies/TV shows like Fight Club.
BCQC Fundraiser: FINALS Food and Drinks Quiz by Pranav Floyd Joshi, Aditya Ga...Boat Club Quiz Club Pune
This document appears to be the transcript of a food and drink trivia quiz. It includes 5 written questions about food science in the first round. It then discusses the rules for subsequent rounds, which will involve 17 questions on infinite bounce with plus or minus 10 point pounces allowed. The questions cover topics like plants that smell like marijuana, racist incidents in soccer, literary references to sherry and amontillado, the origins of peach melba, searching for the diner in American Gothic, nicknames of first ladies and the origins of dishes, Thomas Keller's pop-up restaurant Ad Hoc, the colonial history of Run and the nutmeg trade, unique whiskey aging processes, and regional foods from Angus, Scotland.
BCQC Fundraiser: ELIMS Food and Drinks Quiz by Pranav Floyd Joshi, Aditya Gad...Boat Club Quiz Club Pune
This document contains a quiz on food and drink topics conducted by Pranav 'Floyd' Joshi, Krish Ashok, and Aditya Gadre. It includes 20 multiple choice questions about topics like Anthony Bourdain's TV shows, dishes named after diseases, coffee filters, IKEA's Swedish meatballs, drought resistant crops, beer shampoo, the origins of tapas, and more. It also includes 6 starred bonus questions about aluminum kitchens on zeppelins, Andy Warhol's soup cans, velveting meat in Chinese cuisine, Aunt Jemima, the windowpane bread test, and the origins of baptism.
This document contains a series of doppelgänger comparisons between cricketers and non-cricketers, where the non-cricketer is shown and the reader must identify which cricketer they most resemble. It includes 8 sets of comparisons between cricketers like Brett Lee, Kevin Pietersen, and Dale Steyn and non-cricket celebrity lookalikes such as Chris Jericho, Matt Dillon, and Daniel Craig. The reader is asked to view each non-cricketer and answer which cricketer they most closely resemble physically.
This document contains 6 questions about test cricket batting graphs of different players. Each graph shows a player's runs scored in each innings without distinguishing not outs. The scales on the graphs vary between questions. Players included are Wasim Akram, Marvan Atapattu, Wally Hammond, Everton Weekes, Mark Waugh, and Ajit Agarkar.
The document is a cricket quiz containing 20 multiple choice questions related to cricket history and trivia. It provides details and context for various unique or unusual cricket stats and events that occurred throughout history. The questions cover topics like unusual batting and bowling feats, unique player achievements and records, rare occurrences and rule changes in matches, and interesting facts about certain cricketers.
Here are the 5 SVC slides with 2 clues per slide:
Slide 1:
+25/-10 - Statue of Liberty, Big Ben
+20/-10 - Eiffel Tower, Great Wall of China
Slide 2:
+15/-5 - Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
+10/-5 - The Persistence of Memory, American Gothic
Slide 3:
+5/0 - Michael Phelps, Cristiano Ronaldo
Slide 4:
+5/0 - The Beatles, Friends
Slide 5:
+5/0 - Theory of Relativity, DNA
The document announces a quiz called the "Not Quite Rome Quiz" taking place on June 10th, 2012. It outlines the structure of the quiz, which will have 5 rounds including a list-it, written theme, and LVC round. The document provides instructions that the quizmaster may be hungover and violent, there are no part points, and complaints can be addressed after the quiz.
This document provides questions and answers about the flags of various nations, territories, and other entities around the world. It covers topics like changes to national flags over time, meanings behind flag designs, and inspiration or history related to certain flags. In total there are 25 multiple choice questions about the flags of places like Germany, Scotland, Gibraltar, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Estonia, Switzerland, Catalonia, Iraq, the East India Company, Georgia, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Brazil, Nepal, Taiwan, the Dominican Republic, the Confederacy, Papua New Guinea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sri Lanka, several Arab countries, Fiji, and Mars.
The document provides a quiz with 25 questions covering topics like Solitaire, Tesla Motors, WeChat, Grumpy Cat, and book rankings. It tests knowledge of history, current events, technology, and pop culture. The questions are in multiple choice or short answer format. Correct answers are provided for the first 16 questions.
This document contains a quiz with multiple choice and open-ended questions covering topics like movies, current events, history and pop culture. It includes sections on Simpsons references, questions that will "blow your mind", and internet humor. The quiz has images, clues and puzzles to solve. Participants were led to believe it was a serious quiz but it turns out to be a comedic take on quiz shows.
An LGBT themed quiz Maitreyi Gupta, Shamika M and I hosted at the Mumbai Quiz Festival in February 2016.
AVs will not play due to format of uploading here.
This document provides details of an India quiz finals being conducted virtually, including the names of the 8 participating teams, the quizmasters, and rules for the competition. It notes that there will be 4 written rounds consisting of 3 questions each, with +/- scoring for quick responses. Teams are provided contact information for who to send test and actual responses to. Sample questions are provided for the first written round on letters.
This document provides instructions for an India quiz being held, including how to submit answers via a Google Form, rules for scoring, and qualifications for the top 8 teams. It also includes a sample question about a television show from the early 1990s that featured various stock characters in different episodes.
This document appears to be a quiz with questions about various topics including history, pop culture, science and more. It contains 30 questions with the first 10 being regular questions and questions 11-20 marked as starred. Questions 21-30 have two parts each. Participants are asked to submit their answers via a Google form. The questions cover topics like the origin of terms like "jade", people like Yoko Ono, landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, and movies/TV shows like Fight Club.
BCQC Fundraiser: FINALS Food and Drinks Quiz by Pranav Floyd Joshi, Aditya Ga...Boat Club Quiz Club Pune
This document appears to be the transcript of a food and drink trivia quiz. It includes 5 written questions about food science in the first round. It then discusses the rules for subsequent rounds, which will involve 17 questions on infinite bounce with plus or minus 10 point pounces allowed. The questions cover topics like plants that smell like marijuana, racist incidents in soccer, literary references to sherry and amontillado, the origins of peach melba, searching for the diner in American Gothic, nicknames of first ladies and the origins of dishes, Thomas Keller's pop-up restaurant Ad Hoc, the colonial history of Run and the nutmeg trade, unique whiskey aging processes, and regional foods from Angus, Scotland.
BCQC Fundraiser: ELIMS Food and Drinks Quiz by Pranav Floyd Joshi, Aditya Gad...Boat Club Quiz Club Pune
This document contains a quiz on food and drink topics conducted by Pranav 'Floyd' Joshi, Krish Ashok, and Aditya Gadre. It includes 20 multiple choice questions about topics like Anthony Bourdain's TV shows, dishes named after diseases, coffee filters, IKEA's Swedish meatballs, drought resistant crops, beer shampoo, the origins of tapas, and more. It also includes 6 starred bonus questions about aluminum kitchens on zeppelins, Andy Warhol's soup cans, velveting meat in Chinese cuisine, Aunt Jemima, the windowpane bread test, and the origins of baptism.
This document contains a series of doppelgänger comparisons between cricketers and non-cricketers, where the non-cricketer is shown and the reader must identify which cricketer they most resemble. It includes 8 sets of comparisons between cricketers like Brett Lee, Kevin Pietersen, and Dale Steyn and non-cricket celebrity lookalikes such as Chris Jericho, Matt Dillon, and Daniel Craig. The reader is asked to view each non-cricketer and answer which cricketer they most closely resemble physically.
This document contains 6 questions about test cricket batting graphs of different players. Each graph shows a player's runs scored in each innings without distinguishing not outs. The scales on the graphs vary between questions. Players included are Wasim Akram, Marvan Atapattu, Wally Hammond, Everton Weekes, Mark Waugh, and Ajit Agarkar.
The document is a cricket quiz containing 20 multiple choice questions related to cricket history and trivia. It provides details and context for various unique or unusual cricket stats and events that occurred throughout history. The questions cover topics like unusual batting and bowling feats, unique player achievements and records, rare occurrences and rule changes in matches, and interesting facts about certain cricketers.
1. This summary provides an overview of a John and Thomas Trivia Extravaganza quiz in 3 sentences or less. The quiz contains questions on language, philosophy, science and pop culture with topics ranging from Shakespeare to Calvin and Hobbes to music. Starred questions are marked as sudden death rounds and there is a nod to nepotism in the quiz.
2. The document samples 40 total questions from the quiz, providing clues, context, or excerpted information to identify terms, people, works of art, or explain events/concepts. Questions cover diverse fields and range from identifying words based on their etymology to explaining legal scenarios to naming musicians or films.
3. The final question provides
This document is a quiz containing 30 questions with varying point values. It provides the structure and rules for "The Not Quite Rome Quiz" being held on June 10th, 2012. The questions cover a wide range of topics including Lord of the Rings, movies, books, history, and more. The document explains that questions 1,6,11,16,21 are worth two points each and can include bonus points for additional correct answers. All other questions are worth one point. There is no penalty for incorrect answers.
The document provides questions for a quiz, noting there will be 42 questions with plenty of visuals. It advises keeping the questions simple, and indicates questions 1-10 will be tie breakers. The questions cover a range of topics from literature to current events to movies.
The document discusses themes related to creating a paradise through emotional connection between two people. It then lists phrases of encouragement in different languages and suggests themes related to restaurants. The document thanks participants in an event called BCQC for memories.
This document appears to be announcing the finals for an April open quiz competition in 2012. It thanks the sponsor Landmark for providing prizes and supporting quizzing. It also includes what seems to be the scoring structure for the quiz, with positive and negative points listed for different levels of performance.
C.D.Deshmukh was the first Indian to be appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943. He oversaw the post-partition division of assets and liabilities between the RBI of India and Pakistan. He also represented India at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference which established the IMF and World Bank, and was a member of both institutions' boards of governors for 10 years.
C.P. Krishnan Nair was inspired by Subhash Chandra Bose and served in the Indian National Army. He later pioneered the popular Bleeding Madras fabric business after getting the idea on a trip to Germany with the Handloom Board.
R.S. Agarwal and
1. The document discusses a small town in India named Jalesar that is known for exporting a particular product used for cattle.
2. It also mentions companies' products that have made people scorn or laugh, and asks for the name of the company with the given masthead.
3. It discusses a 100-year advertising campaign by Coca-Cola commemorating the company's time in movies.
1. Long Connect
Inexhaustive
Looking for three keywords.
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A soldier or a guard whose primary job is to keep a
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Title given to any elected official under the Roman
Empire.
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a politician, diplomat or other notable public figure
who has had a long and respected career at the
national or international level
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• INDIA
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