Ouroboros - The Finale - @ Ishya '14

To an awesome bunch of people who showed us that
out here, amidst all the hectic work & all sorts of
constraints, one can live life to the fullest, enjoying
every moment together, no matter however short they
may be.
We all have looked up to you for all kinds of reasons –
be it academics or sports, asking questions or trolling
people – you have inspired us in all senses.
You‟d always be remembered for your feats,
and lemme underline it twice,
There‟s never gonna be a batch like yours !

And also
…………………
……….

“ Father of Quizzing @ IISER-
TVM ”
[ 26/10/91 - still rocking on
……. ]

Its gonna be loooong .
7 rounds – rules to be explained before each
one begins.
Audience – it‟d be appreciated if you
think/guess than Google it up !
You gotto trust the QMs , on all
issues/disputes .
[ Please do ! ]

All stuff mixed up
Bounce & Pounce applicable
+10 if right , +5 on pass
On pounce, +10 if right, -5 if pass
You cant pounce on your own Q.
( well, why would you ? )

1. Chang and Eng Bunker were born in Thailand
in 1811. In 1829, they were “discovered” by
British merchant Robert Hunter. Upon termination
of their contract with him, they successfully went
into business for themselves, and travelled with
P.T. Barnum's circus for many years.
What were they called, which has since become a
generic term?

2. This object is has
not been frequently
used, but when it is
used, it does catch
world attention.
Put fundae.

3. Clarence Saunders opened his first Piggly
Wiggly in 1916 – where patrons roamed freely
and paid on the way out.
He patented the idea which is now copied
worldwide.
What are these ubiquitous entities?

4. The following image is a tribute to the work
of India‟s most celebrated person in his field.
The image shows the interiors of Café
Mondegar, Colaba Causeway, Mumbai.
Tribute to which legend ?

5. 14 collections of over 50000 excitable units
were analyzed for this study by researchers @
Lorand university, Hungary, and it was published
in 2002 edition of Nature .
Each unit, once activated was found to follow
the same set of rules to pass through active &
refractory phases before returning to resting
state.
This thing, was found to be 6-12 m wide, moving
predominantly clockwise at about 12
m/s, expanding overtime to acquire a near linear
shape.
What the hell are we talking about ?

6. Slightly less quoted than the first words, what
quote did this follow:
"Yes, the surface is fine and powdery.
I can kick it up loosely with my toe“ ?

“ That's one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind ”

7. 1600 light projectors with a total power
requirement of three million watts producing a
total illumination of 3000 lux have been used
every September since 2008, in a south-east
Asian nation.
For what event?

8. What eight-letter word connects these 3 –
a pastry made by folding a piece of dough over
a filling,
the loss of possession of the ball in sports like
basketball and,
a business jargon for the number of times a
particular stock of goods is sold and restocked
during a given period of time ???

9.Listen to the song & identify the lead
singer .

Shortlisted for national hockey & football
squads
Captain of national junior rugby team
Holds 6 national school swimming records
Fastest 100m time in national junior meet
National U19 badminton champion
Received national medal for a science project
……………………………………..
Who is this ???

10. This region's name literally means "four
circuits of rivers and gorges".
The cuisine of this region is categorized as one
of the Eight Culinary Traditions of China.
The peppercorn flavour makes it suitable to the
Indian palate.
Which region?

11. Name the one word that connects the most
commonly used variables to these people –
Lleyton Hewitt
Ana Ivanovic
Lee Chong Wei
Ratchanok Inthanon ;)

12. What links these 2 documents ?

Purchase of Alaska
by the United States from
Russia
On 30th March ( ! ) , 1867.

13. This two-Oscar winner who made his acting
debut on TV in 1978, is the only person, other
than the great Walt Disney to have received
Oscar nominations in six different categories.
Madame Tussaud's Las Vegas has a "Marrying
him" photo-op, in which museum visitors
can put on a wedding gown and stand next to
his wax statue.
Who?

14. Whats on the other side & why ?

1000 years of the Brihadeeshwara
temple, Thanjavur

Long Visual Connects, each with 5 – 7 pics to
link.
Id of the individual pics may/may not carry
points.
Scoring for the theme would be indicated below
each slide.
Write bros write !

Christening USS New York, built
from the rubbles of the twin towers

Teardrop memorial , from Russia to the
U.S

“Reflecting Absence” Pools, Ground
Zero

The Tribute Lights on the 10th
anniversary

Actually, we want you to find y & z too :P
3 unknowns per question.
+10 for each right one, bonus 10 if all 3
are right.
No negatives.
Write bros write !

1.An unknown visitor affectionately referred to as
the “ X Toaster" paid homage at X‟s grave
annually beginning in 1949. As the tradition
carried on for more than 60 years, it is likely that
the “X Toaster" was actually several individuals,
though the tribute was always the same. Every
January 19, in the early hours of the morning, the
person made a toast of cognac to X's original
grave marker and left three roses. Members of the
X Society in Baltimore helped protect this tradition
for decades.
The X Toaster's last appearance was on January
19, 2009, the day of X's bicentennial.
[ image to follow ]

In X's only novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
of Nantucket(1838), Y is a mutinous sailor on the
whaling ship Grampus. After the ship capsizes in a
storm, he and three other survivors draw lots upon
Y's suggestion to kill one of them to sustain the
others. Y then gets cannibalized.
In 1846, the Francis Spaight foundered at sea. Y was
among the twenty-one drowning victims of that
incident, though there were no cases of cannibalism.
In 1884, the yacht Mignonette sank. Four people
survived and drifted in a life boat before one of
them, the cabin boy Y, was killed by the others for
food. This led to the R v Dudley and

Writer Z included Y as both a _____ and a
_____ in his 2001 novel ______. In the novel, the
_____ is set adrift in a lifeboat after a shipwreck
with three other animals and a boy, the
protagonist. It eats the other animals but not the
boy.
Z went on win the Man Booker Prize in 2002 for
this novel.
X,Y,Z please !!

X  Edgar Allen Poe /
Poe
Y  Richard Parker
Z  Yann Martel

2.
Dr. Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary Of
Edinburgh
 Auguste Dupin (created by Edgar Allan Poe)
Monsieur Lecoq (created by Emile Gaboriau)
are cited as inspirations for X.
The following image shows the real Y , a place of
extreme significance in X‟s life.

Z played X on the silver screen twice, and tops the
tops the Forbes list of Hollywood's Highest-
Paid Actors with an estimated $75 million in
earnings between June 2012 and June 2013.
[ note : the films of our concern weren‟t between
this timeline.
Gimme X,Y,Z …..

X  Sherlock
Holmes
Y  Reichenbach
Falls
Z  RDJ Jr.

3."Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a song originally
by X, a well-known anti-apartheid reggae anthem
from the 1980s, written during the apartheid era
in South Africa. The song was banned by the South
African government when it was released, but was
widely played in South Africa nonetheless. It
reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming X's
first Top 10 hit for more than five years.
[ video to follow ]

The video you just saw had X performing the song
along with South African singer Kurt Darren, at
Hyde Park, London, to celebrate the 90th birthday
of Y.
"Even the preacher who works for Jesus
The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
Together say that the freedom fighters
Will overcome the very strong"
These are the lyrics that I just mentioned.
Who is the Archbishop(Z) to whom X refers in the
song?

X  Eddy Grant
Y  Nelson Mandela
Z  Archbishop Desmond
Tutu

4.The X is an international NGO of public
figures noted as statesmen, peace
activists, and human rights advocates, who were
brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. They
describe themselves as "independent global leaders
working together for peace and human rights". The
goal Mandela set for the X was to use their "almost
1,000 years of collective experience" to work on
solutions for seemingly insurmountable problems such
as climate change, HIV/AIDS, and poverty, as well as
to "use their political independence to help resolve
some of the world's most intractable conflicts"

The image that follows this slide shows the X in
2009, when they had to pose with this empty
seat, to represent the presence of Y, who
couldn‟t attend the meetings.
Also, pictured is Z, the only X from India so far.
Id X,Y,Z for me !

X  The Elders
Y  Aung San Suu Kyi
Z  Ela Bhatt , founder of
SEWA

5.A journalist for the Russian newspaper
Krasnaya Zvezda coined this nickname (X) after a
famous personality made a scathing attack on the
Soviet Union and communism at the Kensington
Town Hall. The personality and the nickname
eventually became synonymous.
Y played the role of this personality in the film that
was titled X, which fetched her 3rd Oscar for the
Best Actress in a leading role.
Y happens to be the most nominated actor/actress
ever in Oscar history, with 18 nominations in 35
years.

Y‟s 1st award for Best Actress in a leading
role was for the film “Z’s choice”, which is
phrase used to refer to a choice between
two persons or things that will result in
the death or destruction of the person or
thing not chosen.
X,Y,Z please …..

X  Iron Lady
Y  Meryl Streep
Z  Sophie‟s
choice

MAJOR REVOLUTIONS /
UPRISINGS
Jasmine revolution  Tunisia, 2011
Bulldozer Revolution  Yugoslavia, 2000
Tulip Revolution  Kyrgyzstan, 2005
Orange Revolution  Ukraine, 2005
Velvet Revolution  Czechoslovakia, 1989
Arab Spring ( ! )  The Middle-East, 2010 -13

 Rules the same as Aviyal.
 Betting is allowed here.
 Max. bet – half of your current total
 if right, +10 + [ your bet ]
 if wrong , -5 – [half of your bet]
 So, lets play !

1. What is the significance of the old Nokia
SMS ringtone
'bip bip bip - beep beep - bip bip bip„ ?

2. A Direct democracy is a political system
where there is no single head of state, but
instead a college of several men jointly exercise
the powers of the head of state.
Name the only country that follows such a
system today.

3. What word, now used mainly in the world of
technology, derives from sailors' slang
for any small mechanical thing or part of a
ship for which they lacked, or had forgotten, a
name?

4. Song “Doore Doore” from the film
„Neelakasham Pachakadal
ChuvannaBhoomi’
Just identify the location for me.

6. Which journey started at Iceland's
Snaefellsjokull volcano and ended at
Stromboli, Italy ?

7. Suveen Mathaudhu, an American materials
science proff, estimated the density of X to be about
2.13 g/cc, making it lighter than aluminium.
X is made of uru and Mathaudhu attributed its
strength to the fact that it was actually a form of
mettalic hydrogen.
All these calcs were necessitated by this tweet from
the great Neil Tyson
What is X ???

8. In july 2013, a few items of clothing went
under the hammer at heritage auctions, Dallas.
These were promptly purchased and tied on by a
Japanese businessman named Masao
Watanabe for the sum of $21,510.
Watanabe also happened to be the Japan head
of something the original owner had set in
motion in 1952.
Who owned these clothes ?
Image to follow.

9. Zachary Copfer, a new age artist invented a
form of photography in 2012 in which the source
of light was different and the medium used was
not ordinary photographic paper.
Pictured are some his works from the series titled
“My Favourite Scientists” .
How did he make these ?
Or what is it called ?

10. Historically, these were arrow slits intended
for the archers to take shelter and shoot down
the enemies. What term it gave rise
to, considering the fact it was also sort of an
entry for the rivals without breaking the gates. ?

11. Brilliant ad by an Italian newspaper.
What can we infer from it about them ?

It‟s the ad for Il Manifesto
A major Left wing newspaper in
Italy !

13.
Name :
John.T.Daniels
Fame : witness to &
photographer of an
epic event
Fun fact : it was the
1st time he had seen
a camera in his life !
What did he capture

14. Its believed if the eagle land on the
perch, thus completing the club logo, its gonna
be victory for the home team.
Where can you find this fantastic show ?
Video to follow ……..

15.
Ingenious idea
for a bridge !
Gimme d
reason for the
twist in
between .
Hint :
It links China &
Taiwan

China follows „drive right‟ policy while
Taiwan, a former British colony has the
„drive left‟ system.
The idea is thought to automatically allign
the border crossing vehicles the right way,
And to remind the drivers the change in
systems

SHAZAM / Captain Marvel
S – the wisdom of Solomon
H – the strength of Hercules
A – the stamina of Atlas
Z – the power of Zeus
A – the courage of Achilles
M – the speed of Mercury

Yep ! Its differential Scoring here !
Questions that are quite hard nuts to
crack, so exclusive cracks would be fittingly
rewarded !
Reward proportional to exclusiveness :D
Let x be no.of teams answering a question
right Then points per team = [ 8 – x ] * 5
All good things come at a cost, so there are -
5 for each wrong attempt :P

1. In 1956 , Richard Stokes was taken by his
father to witness a match at Old Trafford. Some 43
years later, Stokes, who became a trainer for
KPMG Finance in Germany, was on a business
trip to New Delhi, India. In this process, he
witnessed another incident which made him the
only person with a unique record.
What is the unique feat Stokes achieved ?

The only recorded person to have witnessed
first hand both 10 wicket scalps.
( Jim Laker at Old Trafford and Anil Kumble at
FerozShah Kotla).

2. Artist Jitish Kallat is well known for coloring the
Art Institute of Chicago steps with lines from Swami
Vivekananda‟s Parliament of Religions speech.
His new sculpture Public Notice 2 uses a 1930
speech, delivered on the eve of a historic
event, laying out the rules of conduct for followers
and sparking mass revolts across the country.
What event succeeded this speech?
[images to follow]

3. The production of this multinational film
involved nine different countries, hence it could
not be specifically affiliated with any one of
them. So it could not get the Academy
nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
However it was nominated for Best Adapted
Screenplay and won the Academy Award for
Best Original Song.
Which film?

4. The above pic is rare, considering the fact
that this guy has always appeared in another
form. Such a piece with him sitting straight is
perhaps, unknown to the most.
Who is he & how do we see him the usual way
?

5. This scene from the “The Great Train Robbery”
wont be as famous as the scene that was inspired
by it.

6.Who owns this tattoo & why
???

Coordinates
from the
places of her
child
adoptions !

7. Legend has it that a God planned to marry a
beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her
mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe.
In rage the god sliced the river, condemning the
lovers to an eternal fall.
Which natural wonder, that once made Eleanor
Roosevelt exclaim, "Poor Niagara!"?

8. According to the Vatican, we are supposed to
say this prayer before doing something. What ?
“ Almighty & eternal God,
Who created us in Thy image,
And bade us to seek after all that is good,
True & Beautiful,
Especially in the divine person,
Of Thy only-begotten Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
Grant we beseech Thee that,
Through the intercession of Saint Isidore of Seville,
Bishop & Doctor,
During our journeys through the __________
We will direct our hands and eyes,
Only to that which is pleasing to Thee,
And Treat with charity & patience,
All those should whom we encounter,
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.”

Well, we are supposed to say
that whole thing before
LOGGING ONTO THE
INTERNET !

9. The shortest ones have single letters –
A,J,G,S,N,R & Y .
But these, as well as the 2-lettered ones are
very less in number.
Most of them have 3 or 4 letters, 3 being the
most common.
The list starts with ABB and ends with ZW.
What are we talking about ?

Indian Railway Stations‟
Codes !

10. The Red-Capped Manakin is probably
known for its unusual courting method in
which the male, where it shuffles back & forth
along a branch.
This motion is often referred to as a speedy
________, and it is the only bird known to do
such motion.
What ???

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