3. I.
Standard pounce/bounce.
16 questions in total.
Begins clockwise and order reverses from 9th
question.
+20/-10 on pounce.
+15/0 on direct.
+10/0 on bounce.
Need complete answer on pounces.
4.
5. 1. X Is ?
o X industries have gone through various changes over
the years:
o X Industries
o X International
o X Innovations
o X/Fujikawa
o X Enterprises
o X Resilient
8. 2.
o The first part of the book explains 'how to find happiness at
the expense of your co-workers', including how to deal with
superiors, meetings and co-workers and how to avoid work
whilst having fun; an entire chapter is devoted to office
pranks.
o The second part is an analysis of humour and how to write
funny material.
o The author also writes "The third part of the book is made
entirely out of invisible pages. If the book seems heavier than
it looks, that's why.“
o Book and the Author (part points)
9.
10.
11. Q 3. What followed?
o The model for the character of Princess Natasha in the movie
was Princess Irina Romanoff Youssoupoff. She filed a lawsuit
against Thalberg and MGM, claiming invasion of privacy
and libel in portraying her as a mistress and, later, a rape
victim of Grigory Rasputin. She won an award of $127,373 in
an English court and an out-of-court settlement in New York
with MGM, reportedly $1 million.
o What practice was later incorporated as a result of the success
of Princess Youssoupoff's lawsuit against MGM over this
movie?.
12.
13. Hollywood studios began inserting the
disclaimer "This motion picture is a work of
fiction and any resemblance to persons living
or dead is purely coincidental" in the credits of
virtually every film released since.
14. Q 4. Id the movie
o X is an infamous animated Disney movie that released in
2011. It was a box office catastrophe and holds the second
place in Wikipedia's list of 'Biggest Box Office Bombs' with
an estimated loss of over $130 million. The title of the movie,
X, tells that a certain predominantly red object is in want of a
parental figure.
o Unwittingly, in 2013-14, India "obliged" the red object by
sending such a parental figure to it.
o Identify the movie X. And what did India do?"
15.
16. The movie X is 'Mars Needs Moms'.
India ""obliged"" by sending the Mars Orbiter
Mission (MOM) to Mars."
17. Q 5. People these days
o In July 2014, the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan
released an album called "Once Upon a Time in
Shaolin", featuring over thirty songs. Unlike your
average album, they plan to have a special tour for
listeners to hear it at a price and eventually sell it for
millions of dollars.
o So what's different about this album, and why do they
expect to sell it for a large sum of money?
18.
19. Only one copy of the album has been produced -
the group wants to sell it as a piece of single-
collector artwork.
20. Q 6. Id the movie
Begum Akhtar was a legendary vocalist. A
2014 Hindi film included an adaptation of one of
her best-known thumris at its end. In a sense, it
followed the convention that the raga, in which it
is rendered, is played at the end of a concert. The
song is "Hamari atariya pe" which features
Madhuri Dixit.
Identify this 2014 movie.
23. Q 7. Actress and the incident
o This actress' only public reactions to the incident up to that
time were a press conference afterwards and an article titled
"Why Me?" that she wrote for Esquire in December 1982. In
that article she wrote that returning to work on the film
Svengali with Peter O'Toole "made me fall in love with acting
again" after something had shaken her confidence.
o She has been known to walk out of interviews at the
mention of someone's name. I never wanted to be the actress
who was remembered for that event. Because it didn't have
anything to do with me. I was kind of a hapless bystander.
But... what a scarring, strange moment in history for me, to be
17 years old, 18 years old, and to be caught up in a drama like
that."
26. Q 8. X,Y & Z (No part points)
o X(artist) noted that upon returning to the United States after his vocals
were recorded, he had "forgotten everything" regarding the composition of
Y(song); he attributed this to jet lag, but jokingly wondered if Z(artist) had
tampered with his memory. Z responded by explaining that X's lyrics and
performance had come about in a very spontaneous way, which was the
likely reason he had trouble recalling the song.
o Upon hearing "Y" later in its developed form, X remarked that the music
evoked the sense of being on an exotic island during a "peachy
color[ed]" sunrise. He elaborated that the title does not simply refer to a
sexual act, but to the fortune of meeting with and immediately connecting
to someone.
o Identify X, Y and Z.
27.
28. X – Pharell Williams
Y – Get Lucky
Z – Daft Punk
29. Q 9. Name the storyline and the
legislation (No part points)
o In Stamford, Connecticut, the New Warriors, a group of young
superheroes and the focus of a reality TV show, botched an
attempt to apprehend a group of supervillains in a quest for
better ratings. In the resulting fight the villain Nitro used his
explosive powers to destroy several city blocks, including an
elementary school at the epicenter, resulting in the death of
over 600 civilians, 60 of whom were children.
o This causes the US Government to introduce a certain
legislation which divided the superhuman community down
the middle. The entire chain of events forms the basis of an
immensely popular Marvel storyline that is also the title of
a future Marvel movie.
32. Q 10. Id the character
o A penny dreadful was a type of British publication in the 19th century
that usually featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of
weeks, each part costing one (old) penny. The term, however, soon came to
encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction,
such as story papers and booklet "libraries".
o X is a fictional character who first appeared as the main protagonist of the
Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls (1846–47). The tale became
a staple of Victorian melodrama and London urban legend, and has been
retold many times since, most notably in the Tony award-winning
Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler.
o A film directed by Tim Burton, adapted from Sondheim's musical features
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman and Ed Sanders and
is about the character X.
35. Q 11. Name this actress
o She is an accomplished dancer in Indian classical dance. She
actively participated in plays and amateur theatre while
attending college. Later, she joined Elite Model Management
and modelled for two and one-half years. She was featured in
several television and print advertisements endorsing products
such as Wrigley's Chewing Gum, Škoda, Vodafone India,
Airtel, Visa, eBay, and DeBeers. She took an acting course
at "The Barry John's Acting Studio" in Andheri, Mumbai,
where she was trained by theatre director Barry John.
o She joined Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf in support of their
philanthropic organisation, the "Agassi Foundation". She is
the only Indian actress to have participated in their annual
fund raiser titled, "The 15th Grand Slam for Children", aimed
at raising funds for the education of underprivileged children.
36.
37.
38. Q 12. X please
o The X effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt
to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has
the unintended consequence of publicizing the
information more widely, usually facilitated by the
Internet.
o It is named after American entertainer X, whose 2003
attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in
Malibu, California, inadvertently drew further public
attention to it.
41. Q 13.
o First appearing in Action Comics #421 (February, 1973),
Captain Horatio Strong was created by writer Cary Bates, who
had wanted to see what would happen if Superman and
______ (or a reasonable proxy of him) would meet. In the first
story, Bates presented a darker side of the famous _______;
something that gave him his strength was a drug, making him
dangerously irrational as well as superhumanly powerful.
o Give me the first blank.
42.
43.
44. Q 14. FITB
o __ ___ ___ is a live album by Paul McCartney, released in
1993 during his New World Tour in support of the album Off
the Ground.
o The album's title is a response to the ___ __ ____ rumours
after the 1969 release of the Beatles' last studio album, Abbey
Road.
47. Q 15. Movie and the revised scene
o When the director of this highly successful movie released
another version at a later stage, he made a minor fix to the
film. When he was asked about this scene revision, he was
quoted as saying "Oh, there is one shot that I fixed. It's
because Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is one of the US' leading
astronomers, sent me quite a snarky email saying that, at that
time of year, in that position in that particular year that is not
the star field the character would have seen, and with my
reputation as a perfectionist, I should have known that and I
should have put the right star field in.
o So I said, 'All right, you son of a bitch, send me the right stars
for the exact time and I'll put it in the movie.' So that's the one
shot that has been changed."
48.
49. o Titanic
o Rose lying on a driftwood in the Atlantic and
staring at the stars
50. 16. Name the movie
o Although an initial release date was anticipated for spring
1943, the film premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New
York City on November 26, 1942, to coincide with the Allied
invasion of North Africa and the capture of a certain city. It
went into general release on January 23, 1943, to take
advantage of the _______ Conference, a high-level meeting in
the city between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
o The Office of War Information prevented screening of the film
to troops in North Africa, believing it would cause resentment
among Vichy supporters in the region. Name this classic.
51.
52. II. STEP-TEASE
o Pounce only round.
o Clues would be revealed about a certain
someone one by one.
o Points are mentioned on the slides.
o Marking scheme for the round:
o Answering on 1st
clue: +30/-15
o Answering on 2nd
clue: +20/-10
o Answering on 3rd
clue: +10/0
53. 1. +30/-15
o A lifelong supporter of Chelsea Football Club,
he served as a director of the club from 1969–
1982 and between 1993 and 2008 held the
honorary position of Life Vice President. On
30 November 2008 he was honoured with the
title of Life President at the club's stadium,
Stamford Bridge.
54. +20/-10
o During the Second World War, this
actor/director served in the Royal Air Force.
After initial pilot training he was seconded to
the newly formed RAF Film Unit at Pinewood
Studios, under the command of Flight
Lieutenant John Boulting.
55. +10/0
o He played the ruthless General Outram in the
Indian director Satyajit Ray's period piece
"Shatranj Ke Khiladi" (The Chess Players)
58. 2. +30/-15
o X is a epistolary play directed by Feroz Abbas
Khan. Its original cast includes Shabana Azmi
and Y. It is an Indian context adaptation of A.
R. Gurney's American play, Love Letters
(1988).
59. +20/-10
o As per the direction, the actors do not memorize the
script but read out the letters kept on their writing
desks throughout the performance. The play lasts 1
hour and 30 minutes. Director Feroz Khan was
apprehensive on the outset, feeling that the work was
too experimental for Hindi audiences. The play has
since toured the world, including US, Europe and
Pakistan, performing over 300 shows and acquired a
cult status.
60. +10/0
o The play celebrated its 20 year anniversary,
with performance at the Bandra Fort in
Mumbai. Y's sudden passing on December 28,
2013, brought down the curtains on his play.
64. +20/-10
o The person (shown in the previous slide) was a
leading American ornithologist, an expert on
the birds of the Caribbean. He lends his name
to a very popular pop culture character.
65. +10/0
o The creator of this character said about the name,
“It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet
very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second
____ ____ was born". He further explained that: “When I
wrote the first one in 1953, I wanted him to be an extremely
dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened; I wanted
him to be a blunt instrument ... when I was casting around for
a name for my protagonist I thought by God, ______ ___is the
dullest name I ever heard.”
68. 4. +30/-15
o Initially he refused to star in a certain
blockbuster sequel in 2003 because the creator
and director of the first two films would not
be directing the third installment. He tried to
persuade the creator to do the third film but the
latter declined and, feeling that the character
was as much X's as it was his own, the creator
advised X to just do the third film and ask for
a lot of money.
73. 5. +30/-15
o Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), best known
by his stage name ______ ______, is an American actor. He
rose to fame after a series of successful films such as Platoon
(1986), Lucas (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Wall
Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), Eight Men Out (1988),
Major League (1989), Hot Shots! (1991), The Three
Musketeers (1993), The Arrival (1996), Money Talks (1997),
and Being John Malkovich (1999).
74. +20/-10
o He has taken up a new business venture as a
partner in a line of electronic cigarettes. The
"Nico_____" product will feature the actor's
signature smirk on packages of disposable E-
cigarettes and related products.
75. +10/0
o In 2011, he set a new Guinness World Record
for Twitter as the "Fastest Time to Reach 1
Million Followers" (adding an average of
129,000 new followers per day) as well as the
Guinness record for "Highest Paid TV Actor
Per Episode.
82. Leonard Nimoy
o The voice of Leonard Nimoy
o Sheldon gets a napkin signed by Leonard Nimoy.
83.
84. 7. +30/-15
o A pioneer of glam rock, He has acted in movies
directed by Nolan and Scorcese. He portrayed Pontius
Pilate in Martin Scorsese's 1988 film The Last
Temptation of Christ. He portrayed physicist Nikola
Tesla in the Christopher Nolan film, The Prestige
(2006). He voice-acted in the animated film Arthur
and the Invisibles as the powerful villain Maltazard,
and lent his voice to the character Lord Royal
Highness in the SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
television film.
85. +20/-10
o Ziggy Stardust is the human manifestation of an
alien being who is attempting to present humanity
with a message of hope in the last five years of its
existence. He represents the definitive rock star:
sexually promiscuous, wild in drug intake but with a
message, ultimately, of peace and love. He is
destroyed both by his own consumptions, and by the
fans he inspired. Whose album?
86. +10/0
o Space Oddity is a song written and performed by
him and released as a music single in July 1969, just
nine days before Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
o A version of the song was recorded with vocals from
actress Kristen Wiig for the film The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty . There is a scene where Mitty, played
by Ben Stiller, imagines Wiig's character is singing
the song to him, inspiring him to take action.
89. 8. +30/-15
o In 2013, Y collaborated with Robinsons Brewery in Stockport,
England to create Trooper, a 4.7% cask and bottled ale whose
recipe X formulated with head brewer Martyn Weeks. As of
May 2014, the beer has been shipped to 40 countries and sold
half of the 5 million pints brewed, making it Robinsons' most
successful export.
o Following Trooper's success, X, a fan of traditional English
cask beer, stated that he intends to develop more beers in the
future, although new products will be "under the umbrella of
Trooper and not Y [as] Trooper has taken on a life of its own.
People drink it because they like the beer, not because they are
Y fans".
90. +20/-10
o X is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy
metal band Y. In 1979, he joined the New Wave of
British Heavy Metal band Samson, with whom he
gained some popularity. He left Samson in 1981 to
join Y, replacing Paul Di'Anno and debuted on their
1982 album The Number of the Beast. It was during
his tenure with Y that X gained worldwide fame, and
became one of the most acclaimed heavy metal
vocalists of all time.
91. +10/0
o He also undertook a career as a commercial pilot for
Astraeus Airlines, which led to a number of media-
reported ventures such as captaining Y's converted
Boeing 757 during their world tours.
94. III.SHAKESPEARE’S IN THE HOUSE
Written round.
Total of 8 questions.
Lyrics of popular songs have been written in
Shakespearean English.
Identify the songs.
+5 for each correct answer.
+20 for a perfect score.
123. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you
better run, better run, outrun my gun.
124. IV. Connect-i-cut
o Connect round.
o A total of 6 questions.
o Pounce only round.
o Only one pounce allowed per question for a
team.
o Scoring scheme: +20/-10.
141. • 27 Club
• Amy Winehouse
• Jim Morrison
• Kurt Cobain
• Jimi Hendrix
142. V. I Know Who You Are
o Written Round.
o The real names of 10 comic book characters
are mentioned. Write down their more popular
names.
o +5 for each correct answer.
o +20 for a perfect score.
143. 1) Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley
2) Brian Braddock
3) Billy Batson
4) Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin
5) Benjamin Grimm
6) Cyrus Gold
7) Walter Kovacs
8) Kal-El
9) Remy LeBeau
10) Jonathan Osterman
144.
145. Answers
1) Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley - Poison Ivy
2) Brian Braddock - Captain Britain
3) Billy Batson - Captain Marvel
4) Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin - Colossus
5) Benjamin Grimm - Thing
6) Cyrus Gold - Solomon Grundy
7) Walter Kovacs - Rorschach
8) Kal-El - Superman
9) Remy LeBeau - Gambit
10) Jonathan Osterman - Dr. Manhattan
146. VI. Humble Beginnings
o 8 questions.
o Clockwise.
o Identify the music group from their history
given in the question.
o Standard pounce/bounce.
o +20/-10 on pounce.
o +15/0 on direct.
o +10/0 on pass.
147. 1.
o X is a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in
1998. The band is currently composed of Matthew Tuck (lead
vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar, backing
vocals), and Michael Thomas (drums).
o They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started
their music career by covering songs by Metallica and
Nirvana. Their debut album, The Poison, was released in
October 2005 in the United Kingdom and in February 2006 in
the United States. The release coincided with a certain day
which was in a nod to the band's name.
150. 2.
o X were formed on Christmas Day 1975 by
bassist Steve Harris shortly after he left his
previous group, Smiler. Harris attributes the
band's name to a film adaptation of a novel by
Alexandre Dumas, which he saw around that
time and which had a verbal connection to the
____ ______ torture device.
153. 3.
o The band was formed by front-man Gerard Way and drummer
Matt Pelissier soon after the September 11 attacks.
Witnessing the World Trade Center towers fall influenced
Way's life to the extent that he decided to start a band. Way
wrote the song "Skylines and Turnstiles" to express his
feelings about September 11 and shortly thereafter, Ray Toro
was recruited because at the time Way could not sing and play
the guitar at the same time.
o The name of the band was suggested by bass guitarist Mikey
Way, younger brother of Gerard, who was working in a
Barnes & Noble when he was struck by the title of a book by
Irvine Welsh named Ecstasy: Three Tales of _____ ______
156. 4.
o This band was started when its founding members were still
studying in Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. The
band is well known for the technical proficiency of its
instrumentalists, who have won many awards from music
instruction magazines.
o Initially they called their band “Majesty” but a Las Vegas
group also named Majesty threatened legal action for
intellectual property infringement related to the use of their
name, so the band was forced to adopt a new moniker. Various
possibilities were proposed and tested, among them Glasser,
Magus, and M1, which were all rejected. Eventually, one of
the band member's father suggested the name X, the name of
something he owned in Monterey, California, and the name
stuck.
159. 5.
o In 1966, London-based session guitarist X joined the blues-influenced rock
band the Yardbirds to replace bassist Paul Samwell-Smith. X soon switched
from bass to lead guitar, creating a dual lead guitar line-up with Jeff Beck.
The Yardbirds played their final gig in July 1968 in Bedfordshire. They were
still committed to several concerts in Scandinavia, so they authorised X and
bassist Chris Dreja to use "the Yardbirds" name to fulfill the band's
obligations. They began putting a new line-up together.
o After the album's completion, New Yardbirds were forced to change their
name after Dreja issued a cease and desist letter, stating that X was allowed
to use the that moniker for the Scandinavian dates only. One account of how
the new band's name was chosen held that it was suggested that a
supergroup with X and Beck would go down like a “___ balloon", an idiom for
disastrous results. The group dropped the 'a' in ___ at the suggestion of their
manager, so that those unfamiliar with the term would not pronounce it
otherwise. The word "balloon" was swapped for “_____", a word which,
brought "the perfect combination of heavy and light, combustibility and grace"
to X's mind.
162. 6.
o With the addition of Dave Krusen on drums, the band took the
name Mookie Blaylock, in reference to the then-active All-
Star basketball player. The band played its first official show
at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on October 22, 1990, and soon
signed to Epic Records and renamed themselves X. In an early
promotional interview, the lead vocalist of the band said that
the name “X" was a reference to his great-grandmother
____, who was married to a Native American and had a
special recipe for peyote-laced ___.
o In a 2006 Rolling Stone cover story however, he admitted that
this story was "total bs", even though he indeed had a great-
grandma named ____. The band later settled on “X" after
attending a concert by Neil Young, in which he extended his
songs as improvisations of 15–20 minutes in length.
165. 7.
o This band was formed on September 13, 1991 in
Kansas City by Wes Scantlin (vocals/rhythm guitar),
Jimmy Allen (guitar), Sean Sammon (bass), and
Kenny Burkitt (drums).
o According to Wes Scantlin, the band name was
inspired by practicing next to the Missouri river levy
which always inundated the band's practice space, but
never ruined their equipment since they were on the
second floor. In order to get to their practice space,
the band "had to walk through a pile of shit."
168. 8.
o X is a trio rock band based in Delhi, India. The band was
formed in 2001 by guitarist Anup Kutty with an original lineup
of singer/songwriter Sarabjit Chadha and acoustic guitarist Inder
Pal Singh. Their first EP called The story begins... was released
online as a free download in 2003.
o The name X was borrowed from Anup's quiz team in college
that went by the same name. The band has always maintained
that the pun was actually unintentional and they were more
interested in the word pause being part of the band's name.
171. VII.
o Total of 8 questions.
o Pounce only round.
o -10 for incorrect pounces.
o Can pounce only once per question.
o Differential scoring: for each correct answer,
you get (8-x)*5 points, where x is the number
of teams answering a question correctly.
172. 1.
o X is an Indian animated superhero film based on
the main character created by Stan Lee, with Sharad
Devarajan and Gotham Chopra.
o The movie features Raju Rai, a young Indian boy
living in Mumbai, India. Raju's mentor, the scientist
Dr. Singh, develops a technology suit. The suit
weaponizes all the ______ in the body. Raju uses its
powers to be a Superhero. Raju vows to use the suit
to protect and serve as he battles super-villains.
175. 2. X & Y please
o X has a long-running grudge with fellow cable magnate Y.
This originated in 1983 when a Y sponsored yacht collided
with X's boat during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race,
causing it to sink 10 km from the finish line.
o At the post-race dinner, X verbally assaulted Y, afterward
challenging him to a televised fistfight in Las Vegas. In
2003, X challenged Y to another fistfight, and later accused Y
of being a "warmonger", as he was backing President George
W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.
178. 3. FITB
o The "_________" are screeching middle-aged, lower-middle class
housewives, played by the Pythons in frocks, and engage in surreal and
inconsequential conversation. They are one of the few recurring characters
on Monty Python's Flying Circus. "The ______" was the in-house name
that the Pythons used to identify these characters, and were never identified
as such on-screen. On the rare occasion these women were named, it was
often for comic effect, featuring such names as Mrs. Scum, Mrs. Non-
Gorilla, or the duo Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion. It refers to what the
Pythons believed was the typical body shape of middle-class, British
housewives.
o Add one more letter to the blank and you get the name of a fictional
supporting character and romantic love interest of a popular Marvel
character. Give me any of the two.
184. 5. X & Y please
o G.R.O.S.S., which stands for Get Rid Of Slimy Girls,
is a club which consists of only two members: X and
Y. The club was founded in the garage of their house.
To clear space for its activities, X and (purportedly)
Y push X's parents' car, causing it to roll into a ditch
(but not suffer damage); the incident necessitates
changing the club's location to X's treehouse.
o Give X and Y.
190. 7. X is?
o According to Forbes' Most Influential Celebrities 2014 list, X
was listed as the most influential celebrity in America. The
annual list is conducted by E-Poll Market Research and it gave
more than 6,600 celebrities a score representing "how that
person is perceived as influencing the public, their peers, or
both."
o X received a score of 47, meaning 47% of the US believes he is
influential. Gerry Philpott, president of E-Poll Market Research,
supported X's score by stating, “If anyone doubts that X has
greatly influenced the public, think about how many will
think for a second before going into the water this summer.”
193. 8. Name this “Indian” super-hero
o Aman, the alter ego of _____ _____, is actually a clone of fictional
terrorist leader Ahankari. After a near fatal encounter with an infiltrator,
named William Boother, Ahankari planned about cloning himself. Dr.
Heathrow helped in the cloning process that included every aspect of
Ahankari. A group of skilled villains was assembled to train the clone and
provide him various weapons and equipments. This was done to create a
perfect descendant of the terrorist leader.
o In order to prevent Ahankari`s clone ending up as evil as Ahankari himself,
his father requested Rudraksh Baba, an Indian mystic, to bless the
cloneThe evil powers were concentrated under Trident mark, the weapon
of Lord Shiva. This resulted in a side effect that whenever the clone
experienced evil, his skin became blue and he completely transformed.
Rudraksh baba named the clone Aman and instructed him to live as a real
hero and protect the innocent. Aman wore the traditional Indian dhoti as
a sign of his embraced mysticism.