2. Stipulations
□ Infinite Bounce and Pounce
rules will apply.
□ Pounce: +10/-5
□ No use of Electronic gadgets
will be allowed while answering
a question.
□ Special thanks to Sourjo
Sengupta and Prateen Dhara
for their contributions.
□ More than one question
related to the same person or
similar events can be asked .
3. 1.
Still ____-_______ is an American period
drama television series created by Heather Mitchell
and based on the book with the same name by
Melinda Taub.
The plot shows that following the deaths of X & Y,
Rosaline is betrothed against her will to Benvolio.
As the two try to prevent the marriage and the
destruction of their warring families, a secret
society known as "The Fiends" attempts to depose
the beleaguered Prince Escalus by inciting war
between the two families.
FITB. In which city is this story based?
We associate this city’s name with the story of Two
Gentlemen, Proteus and Valentine.
The blanks are a part of a 3 word phrase often used
to describe X & Y’s relationship.
6. 2.
Which 3 words would connect a
mother trying to answer her little
girl’s questions by saying that “ The
future’s not ours to see” to Madhuri
Dixit doing the moonwalk in an
A.R.Rahman song?
9. 3.
This gentleman’s upcoming venture in 2019 is
going to be the third time something happens, the
first being in 1995 and the second in 2008.
What? I need a specific answer.(Bigger
picture next slide).
P.S. – He is riding a taxi in this picture.
12. Answer
The 3rd time De Niro and
Pacino will be working together
or working on the same scenes
in a movie. The person in the
picture is Martin Scorsese
whose upcoming venture is The
Irishman.
13. 4.
Juan Sebastian Elcano was a Spanish
explorer of Basque origin. Although
school textbooks have taught us
otherwise, he was actually the person
who had to complete something, thanks
to what had happened in the Battle of
Mactan in the Phillipines.
What did Juan Sebastian Elcano
complete?(a single word will suffice).
What had happened in the Battle of
Mactan?
16. 5.
Many critics have disputed the original source of
the X story. The libretto is based on a story by the
German author Johann Karl August Musäus, "Der
geraubte Schleier" (The Stolen Veil), though this
story provides only the general outline of the plot
of X.
The contemporaries of Y recalled him taking great
interest in the life story of Bavarian King Ludwig
II, who—either consciously or not—was chosen as
the prototype of the dreamer Prince Siegfried.
X was also the inspiration behind a psychological
horror film directed by Z, whose latest venture
stars Jennifer Lawrence.
Give me X.
19. 6.
Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19,
1887) was an
American poet and Georgist from New York City.
She is best known for "The New ________",
a sonnet written in 1883; its lines appear inscribed
on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the X
installed in 1903, a decade and a half after
Lazarus's death.
Two lines from the sonnet include:
The brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land
to land
FITB. What is X?
21. Answer
□ The New Colossus(referring
to the Colossus of Rhodes).
□ The Statue of Liberty
22. 7.
What seven letter word, originally
an American term for dishonest
means of regulating a gambling
game, can also mean an item used in
a conjuring trick, a professional
wrestler’s in ring persona, and a
showy device used to attract
attention or publicity?
25. 8.
Giovanni X (8 June 1625 – 14 September
1712) was an Italian (naturalised
French) mathematician, astronomer and e
ngineer.
X discovered four satellites of the
planet Saturn and noted the division of the
rings of Saturn.
X? Think about recent news.
28. 9.
This 2 word alliterative term was coined by the physician and
writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in an 1860 article in
the Atlantic Monthly.
It has been applied to the old, wealthy New England families
of British Protestant origin which were influential in the
development of American institutions and culture.
They are members of Boston's traditional upper
class. They form an integral part of the historic core of
the East Coast establishment, along with other wealthy
families of Philadelphia, New York City, Virginia and
Charleston.
Their nature is hinted at by the doggerel "Boston Toast"
by Holy Cross alumnus John Collins Bossidy:
And this is good old Boston, The home of the bean and
the cod, Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots, And the
Cabots talk only to God.
Give me the 2 word alliterative term.
31. 10.
There are many theories regarding his true identity.
Recent research suggests that his name might have been
"Eustache Dauger", but this still has not been completely
proven.
Voltaire claimed that he was the older, illegitimate brother of
Louis XIV, while Dumas wrote in his novel that he was the
identical twin of Louis XIV.
He died on 19 November 1703 under the name "Marchioly",
during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715).
Although extensively debated by historians, his true identity
remains a mystery till date.
By what moniker is this unidentified person known?
34. 11.
This gentleman, an English film
and television actor was initially
chosen to play John Lennon in
the biographical film John and
Yoko: A Love Story but
something prevented him from
playing the role, which was
instead given to Mark McGann.
Why could he not play Lennon’s
role?
37. 12.
Subrata Chakravarty , the lead author of a certain article on
Forbes, had once clarified how Forbes had not made a certain
claim regarding the efficiency of an organisation:
“Forbes never certified them as being a six-sigma organization.
As you know, six-sigma is a process, not a statistic. But it is
commonly associated with a statistic of 1.9 errors per billion
operations, and that is what caused the confusion … . I was
impressed by the efficiency and complexity of the process …..
…… I asked the head of the organization how often a mistake
was made. He said almost never, maybe once every two months.
I did the math, which works out to one mistake in 8 million—or
16 million, as it is done twice a day….”
However, how did one such mistake result in the start of
something heart-warming in the world of entertainment?
39. Answer
□ The Lunchbox. A mistake by
the Dabbawallahs resulted in
the relationship between Irrfan
Khan and Nimrat Kaur’s
characters.
40. 13.
X is an endorheic saltlake located in the
Pilbara region of Western Australia.
X was named by the explorer Frank
Hann in 1897. Hann was in the area
exploring the east Pilbara, around Rudall
River. He noticed creeks in the area
flowed inland, and followed them,
expecting to find a large fresh water lake.
The lake turned out to be salted, and
consequently was named X.
What is this lake called?
43. 14.
Simon Singh, is a British popular science author whose works
largely contain a strong mathematical element.
As quoted by Singh, X talks about the most significant achievement
of his career:
“I was sitting at my desk examining the Kolyvagin–Flach method.
It wasn’t that I believed I could make it work, but I thought that at
least I could explain why it didn’t work. Suddenly I had this
incredible revelation. I realised that, the Kolyvagin–Flach method
wasn’t working, but it was all I needed to make my original
Iwasawa theory work from three years earlier. So out of the ashes
of Kolyvagin–Flach seemed to rise the true answer to the problem.
It was so indescribably beautiful; it was so simple and so elegant.
I couldn’t understand how I’d missed it and I just stared at it in
disbelief for twenty minutes. Then during the day I walked around
the department, and I’d keep coming back to my desk looking to
see if it was still there. It was still there. I couldn’t contain myself, I
was so excited. It was the most important moment of my working
life. Nothing I ever do again will mean as much.”
Hence, X did something which could not be done for 358 years.
Who is X and what is his biggest achievement?
46. 15.
Pictures of an injured Ervin Zador were published all
across the world, after Hungary beat the USSR 4-0 in the
1956 Melbourne Olympics in Water Polo.
The match took place against the background of the
Hungarian Revolution, and the result was important as
many players had seen the Olympics as a way to salvage
pride for their country after the USSR had suppressed the
uprising in Hungary.
From the beginning of the match, the Hungarians’ strategy
of taunting the Russians worked as the Russians were
getting distracted and were resorting to violence.
With a few minutes remaining, Zador was injured by
Valentin Prokopov , and this proved to be the final straw
for a crowd already in frenzy. The police had to intervene
in order to avoid a riot. Hungary, already leading by 4-0,
were declared winners.
By what simple yet powerful moniker is this match known
in sporting history?
49. 16.
Reminiscences of the X Age is a book written by M.O.
Mathai about his experiences while working with X.
The book has a total 49 chapters, some on X's work and
personal life and some on the people that Mathai met while
working with X. The chapter 29 named 'She' has been later
withdrawn from the book.
This chapter has pin to pin details of Mathai’s sexual
relationship with Y.
The chapter says her ‘cold and forbidding’ reputation was
only a measure of ‘feminine self protection’ ; she was
‘exceptionally good in bed’ ; ‘in the sex act she had all the
artfulness of French women and Kerala Nair women
combined.’
Mathai broke off his 12 year affair with Y after he
discovered that she was having an affair with her yoga
instructor.
In this book , Mathai has also talked about X’s illegitimate
relationships.
Who is Y?
52. 17.
Second Livestock is a company which claims to
have come up with a solution to raising free
range livestock within the confines of a
facility. They also claim that their method does
away with animal cruelty and raises more
ethically raised livestock.
Free range means that the livestock has had a
natural upbringing with almost complete
freedom of movement.
How does Second Livestock claim to provide
free range livestock in a limited space?
55. 18.
The X revolution was an armed revolution that
took place on November, 7th 1917. It
followed the revolution that threw out the
monarchy and took place when workers
refused to recognise the interim
government that was formed after the
monarchy. The X revolution sent out ripples
throughout the world as this later led to
something that was till then never
implemented in practice.
Give me X and why it was called the X
revolution, despite it happening at a different
point in space-time continuum?
58. 19.
The 1963 conspiracy theory suggests that X was not a simple tale
after all but a critique of the complex economic and social structures
of the Gilded Age when farmers wanted silver to be added to the
Gold Standard to make more money available to the farmers.
According to the theory, this was portrayed in X when the
protagonist walked to a certain city on a path laid in golden colour
bricks in a silver shoe.
The Civil war led to the inclusion of more territories which made
banks and industrialists rich while the others struggled. The theory
makes itself more credible by citing more striking examples which
reflect the class struggle:
The life of the protagonist, a simple citizen, is uprooted by forces
beyond their control.
The timid animal in the story was actually based on Democrat
William Jennings Bryan who took up the cause of the populist
movement but was not brave enough to adopt it and become the
president.
ID X.
61. 20.
□Here is Edgar Allan Poe, describing
taphophobia, the fear of X:
□“X is, beyond question the most terrific of
these extremes which has ever fallen to the lot
of mere mortality. That it has frequently, very
frequently, so fallen will scarcely be denied by
those who think. The boundaries which
divide Life from Death, are at best
shadowy and vague. Who shall say where
the one ends, and where the other begins?”
□What is X, which Ryan Reynolds has
been subjected to twice, Uma Thurman
once and Imhotep countless number of
times?
64. 21.
From The Economist, October 31st, 2002:
IT IS no joke. The self-appointed Egyptian
Committee for Boycott wants consumers to stop
buying Procter & Gamble's X because, they say, it is
named after (…) . The activists argue that X's
logo is really a star of David. “It's ridiculous”,
says P&G. “X was around long before he was.
Our logo represents an atom's path, not a
religion.” Yet sales of X in Egypt are suffering.
Across the Middle East, America's war on terror and
its threats to Iraq have inspired consumers to
boycott American brands from Pampers nappies to
Heinz ketchup.
ID X, which is a best selling product in India
as well, and tell me who it was supposedly
named after.
67. 22.
X (Literally "Compiler") is a central and revered figure in
most Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Y
X ("the one who classified the Y"), or Krishna
Dvaipāyana (referring to his complexion and birthplace).
He is a character in the Mahabharata, and the
scribe of both the Y and Puranas.
X is also considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins
(long lived, or immortals), who are still in existence
according to Hindu belief. According to the Vishnu
Purana, "Y X" is a title applied to the compilers of the Y
who are avatars of Vishnu; 28 people with this title have
appeared so far.
The festival of Guru Purnima is dedicated to him. It is also
known as X Purnima, for it is the day believed to be both
his birthday and the day he divided the Y.
ID YX.
70. 23.
Arranged in descending order of magnitude:
1. Maxima X (Not at all common)
2. Egregia X (Not very common)
3. _____ X (Top 5%)
4. _____ X (Top 10%)
5. X (Top 25%)
X is a two word Latin term meaning
“with praise”, used in regards to
scholastic achievements, but if subjected
to a local dialect could also suggest a
particularly aggressive bilingual
demand for an orgasm.
73. 24.
Madeleine Slade, a young English
woman, learnt of Gandhiji’s
ideology from Romain
Rolland’s book. As Gandhiji’s
disciple, she stayed at Sabarmati
Ashram from 1925 to 1933.
Because of her great
devotion, what name did
Gandhiji give her?
76. 25.
The use of these 2 short prefixes
in people’s surnames is very
common in this country and is
immediately indicative of the
person’s nationality. The shorter
prefix means “descendant of” and
the slightly longer prefix means “
son of”. Which two prefixes am I
talking about?
79. 26.
When Elizabeth I of England was dying, childless, she named
James VI of Scotland as her successor. He became James I of
England.
In August 1606 James was at Hampton Court, a palace near
London, entertaining his brother-in-law, King Christian of
Denmark. A play was acted for them, written by the best
dramatist of the time. It was a new play, but the story was an old
one, and James knew it well, because it was about his ancestors.
The dramatist found the story in The History of Scotland, but
his play is much more than a dramatic rewriting of historical
facts. He made many changes, and the biggest of these
concerned James’s ancestor. Showing an ancestor in a negative
light would be tactless in front of the present King of England,
hence the change.
What change did the dramatist make to the actual story in his
play?
81. Answer
□ According to The History of
Scotland, Banquo was actually
a co conspirator in the murder
of King Duncan. Shakespeare
changed it.
82. 27.
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one
of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-
based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the
United States of America with a predominantly non-English
dialogue track.
Till 2006, a certain rule was in place for a film to be eligible for
the award, which has been scrapped since then. The Academy's
executive director explicitly cited as a reason for the rule change
the case of the Italian film Private (2004), which was disqualified
because of this rule.
This rule change enabled a country like Canada to receive a
nomination for Deepa Mehta’s Water.
Which rule am I talking about?
84. Answer
□ Submitted films no longer
have to be made in one of the
official languages of the
submitting country.
85. 28.
This term originally comes from Broadway theater,
where it was used to describe wealthy individuals who
provided money for theatrical productions that would
otherwise have had to shut down.
A similar term is patron, commonly used in arts.
They are often retired entrepreneurs or executives,
who may be interested in investing for reasons that go
beyond pure monetary return. These include wanting
to keep abreast of current developments in a particular
business arena, mentoring another generation of
entrepreneurs, and making use of their experience and
networks on a less than full-time basis.
Give me a 2 word term.
88. 29.
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper
magnate who was the inspiration behind the character of
Charles Foster Kane in Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane. In
the 1890s the fierce competition between X’s New
York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York
Journal caused both to use yellow journalism for wider
appeal; it opened the way to mass-circulation
newspapers that depended on advertising revenue and
appealed to readers with multiple forms of news,
entertainment and advertising.
Identify X, whose legacy exists in the form of something
which was established in 1917, and is administered
annually by the Columbia University of New York.
91. 30.
X is a term which was created by Y and Z as part of
their extensive peace campaign in the late 1960s. The
intent of X was to satirize prejudice and stereotyping.
X involved literally wearing a ___ over one's entire
body. According to Y and Z, by living in a ___, a
person could not be judged by others on the basis of
skin colour, gender, hair length, attire, age, or any
other such attributes. It was presented as a form of
total communication: instead of focusing on
outward appearance, the listener would hear only
the message.
FITB and tell me who Y and Z are.
94. 31.
In The One With The Fake Monica(S1 E21),
when Marcel starts to hump everything in sight
and in reach, Ross finds out that the monkey
has reached sexual maturity. He submits
several applications to zoos, none of which are
accepted. Just as he's on the verge to give up
Marcel to an animal-fighting ring owner, Dr.
Baldharan, Joey and Chandler bring news -
Marcel has been accepted to San Diego Zoo.
The very next scene shows Joey, Chandler and
Ross sitting in Central Perk, maintaining
certain postures which would remind you of a
certain Indian’s teachings. What were their
postures reminiscent of?
97. WRITE
BROTHERS
□Identify the books from
their opening lines.
□5 questions.
□Each answer fetches you 5
points.
□Connect on pounce.
Decreasing points.
□An additional 5 points for a
full house.
98. 1 (1975) (+30,-
20)
They’re out there. Black boys in white suits
up before me to commit sex acts in the hall
and get it mopped up before I can catch
them. They’re mopping when I come out the
dorm, all three of them sulky and hating
everything, the time of day, the place they’re
at here, the people they got to work around.
When they hate like this, better if they don’t
see me. I creep along the wall quiet as dust
in my canvas shoes, but they got special
sensitive equipment detects my fear and
they all look up, all three at once, eyes
glittering out of the black faces like the hard
glitter of radio tubes out of the back of an
old radio.
99. 2 (2007)
(+25,-15)
I sent one boy to the gaschamber at
Huntsville. One and only one. My arrest
and my testimony. I went up there and
visited with him two or three times. Three
times. The last time was the day of the
execution. I didn’t have to go but I did. I
sure didn’t want to. He’d killed a fourteen
year old girl and I can tell you right now I
never did have no great desire to visit with
him let alone go to his execution but I
done it. The papers said it was a crime of
passion and he told me there wasn’t no
passion to it. He’d been dating this girl,
young as she was. He was nineteen. And
he told me he’d been planning to kill
somebody for about as long as he could
remember. Said he knew he was going to
hell. Be there in about fifteen minutes.
100. 3 (2001)
(+20,-10)
X, mathematical genius, inventor of a theory of
rational behaviour, visionary of the thinking
machine – had been sitting with his visitor,
also a mathematician, for nearly half an hour.
It was late on a weekday afternoon in the
spring of 1959, and, though it was only May,
uncomfortably warm. X was slumped in an
armchair in one corner of the hospital lounge,
carelessly dressed in a nylon shirt that hung
limply over his unbelted trousers. His powerful
frame was slack as a rag doll’s, his finely
moulded features expressionless. He had been
staring dully at a spot immediately in front of
the left foot of Harvard professor George
Mackey, hardly moving except to brush his
long dark hair away from his forehead in a
fitful, repetitive motion.
101. 4 (1972) (+15,-
5)
Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York
Criminal Court Number 3 and waited
for justice; vengeance on the men who
had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who
had tried to dishonour her. The judge,
a formidably heavy-featured man,
rolled up the sleeves of his black robe
as if to physically chastise the two
young men standing before the bench.
His face was cold with majestic
contempt. But there was something
false in all this that Amerigo Bonasera
sensed but did not yet understand.
102. 5 (1991)
(+10,0)
Behavioural Science, the FBI section
that deals with serial murder, is on the
bottom floor of the Academy building
at Quantico, half-buried in the earth.
She reached it flushed after a fast walk
from Hogan’s Alley on the firing
range. She had grass in her hair and
grass stains on her FBI Academy
windbreaker form diving to the
ground under fire in an arrest problem
on the range. Her hands smelled of
gunsmoke, but there was no time to
wash – Section Chief Crawford’s
summons had said “now”.
104. 1 (1975) (+30,-
20)
They’re out there. Black boys in white
overalls up before me to commit sex acts
in the hall and get it mopped up before I
can catch them. They’re mopping when I
come out the dorm, all three of them sulky
and hating everything, the time of day, the
place they’re at here, the people they got
to work around. When they hate like this,
better if they don’t see me. I creep along
the wall quiet as dust in my canvas shoes,
but they got special sensitive equipment
detects my fear and they all look up, all
three at once, eyes glittering out of the
black faces like the hard glitter of radio
tubes out of the back of an old radio.
105.
106. 2 (2007)
(+25,-15)
I sent one boy to the gaschamber at
Huntsville. One and only one. My arrest
and my testimony. I went up there and
visited with him two or three times. Three
times. The last time was the day of the
execution. I didn’t have to go but I did. I
sure didn’t want to. He’d killed a fourteen
year old girl and I can tell you right now I
never did have no great desire to visit with
him let alone go to his execution but I
done it. The papers said it was a crime of
passion and he told me there wasn’t no
passion to it. He’d been dating this girl,
young as she was. He was nineteen. And
he told me he’d been planning to kill
somebody for about as long as he could
remember. Said he knew he was going to
hell. Be there in about fifteen minutes.
107.
108. 3 (2001)
(+20,-10)
X, mathematical genius, inventor of a theory
of rational behaviour, visionary of the
thinking machine – had been sitting with
his visitor, also a mathematician, for nearly
half an hour. It was late on a weekday
afternoon in the spring of 1959, and, though
it was only May, uncomfortably warm. X
was slumped in an armchair in one corner
of the hospital lounge, carelessly dressed in
a nylon shirt that hung limply over his
unbelted trousers. His powerful frame was
slack as a rag doll’s, his finely moulded
features expressionless. He had been staring
dully at a spot immediately in front of the
left foot of Harvard professor George
Mackey, hardly moving except to brush his
long dark hair away from his forehead in a
fitful, repetitive motion.
109.
110. 4 (1972) (+15,-
5)
Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York
Criminal Court Number 3 and waited
for justice; vengeance on the men who
had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who
had tried to dishonour her. The judge,
a formidably heavy-featured man,
rolled up the sleeves of his black robe
as if to physically chastise the two
young men standing before the bench.
His face was cold with majestic
contempt. But there was something
false in all this that Amerigo Bonasera
sensed but did not yet understand.
111.
112. 5 (1991)
(+10,0)
Behavioural Science, the FBI section
that deals with serial murder, is on the
bottom floor of the Academy building
at Quantico, half-buried in the earth.
She reached it flushed after a fast walk
from Hogan’s Alley on the firing
range. She had grass in her hair and
grass stains on her FBI Academy
windbreaker form diving to the
ground under fire in an arrest problem
on the range. Her hands smelled of
gunsmoke, but there was no time to
wash – Section Chief Crawford’s
summons had said “now”.