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AQC Session-X
SpEnt Quiz
QM: Aniruddha Mitra
Kunal Doshi

The YouTube links for video questions
can be found in the presentation
transcript. The title of the video may
contain answers.

Prelims:
 20 questions in the prelims.
 Starred questions to be used to resolve ties.

1.
 In the last test match at Adelaide, Virat Kohli
achieved the feat of scoring a century in both
innings ( as did David Warner). He was one of the
youngest players to achieve this at 26 years and
38 days. However, who is the youngest player to
achieve this feat ?

2.
 X is a 2014 American thriller film directed by Joe
Johnston and starring Max Minghella, as
a paralegal who witnesses an unknown man
murder a lawyer at his nearly empty workplace.
 X is also a very commonly used internet slang or
shorthand which is found all over the internet.

3.
 Dave Toschi was an inspector in the San Francisco
Police Department, where he served from 1952 to
1983. He is best known for his role as the chief
investigator on the ______ case, the details of
which led to the making of a 2007 film.
 He has been the inspiration for characters in two
movies : played by Mark Ruffalo (2007) & Steve
McQueen (1968).
 Name both movies.

*4.
 Sergio Garcia is a Spanish golfer playing on the
PGA tour. He is known for his unconventional
caddie choices. Last year at the Thailand Open (
which he won ) he had his girlfriend on the bag.
This year, on his return to defend his title, his
choice was ________.
 ___________ is famous for his achievements in
another sport. He was the World No.1 and was
nicknamed the ‘mosquito’ for his speed.

5. FITB (blanks not indicative of size)
You are about to enter another dimension. A
dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next
stop, _______ ________ ________.

6. Name the two people on whom this
ESPN 30 for 30 documentary is based.

Pablo Escobar and Andres Escobar

*7. The building in the picture below is
located in Cleveland, Ohio. Name it.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

8.
 KIPP was the name of Dr. Mann’s companion robot
in the movie Interstellar. The name KIPP was most
likely derived from which person, an integral part
of the movie ?

9.
In a 1981 game, New Zealand vs Australia, NZ was
chasing Australia’s total of 235. NZ required 6 runs
off the last ball, leaving the new batsman Brian
McKechnie with one ball to score a six. Greg
Chappell, the captain of the Australian side ordered
the bowler, Trevor Chappell to do something to
prevent a six. What did Trevor Chappell do which
resulted in NZ’s loss?

He bowled an under-arm delivery.

*10. ID the inventor.
 Car Periscope: A periscope to view traffic ahead
of you.
 A coffee table book about coffee tables.
 A restaurant which only serves PB&J sandwiches
 A cologne that smells of the beach, an idea
eventually stolen by Calvin Klein.
 A necktie dispenser to replace dirty ones
and many others

11.
Margaret Herrick, a librarian in Beverly Hills is
generally credited with giving the name X to the Y
after stating that the Y looked just like her Uncle X.
Although many other people have come forward and
said that the name X was their invention, Herrick
was the first person to have given Y the name X.
X and Y.

X – Oscar
Y – Academy Award

12.
Carol Ann Susi was an American actress who
appeared in bit parts and recurring roles in TV
shows and films. She died of cancer in November,
2014. What was her most memorable role?

Voice of Mrs. Wolowitz on The Big Bang
Theory

13. The following list contains the names of very
iconic commercials. How are they connected to the
world of sports?
 Cindy Crawford drinks a Pepsi
 Apple 1984 commercial
 Christopher Reeve Walks by Nuveen Investments
 e-trade baby commercial
 Bud Light 2013 commercial
 Monster.com ‘When I Grow Up’
 Jordan vs Bird McDonalds commercial
 Many others

All premiered during Superbowl

14.
 Craig Fass, Brian Turtle, and Mike Ginelli were
watching Footloose during a heavy snowstorm.
When the film was followed by The Air Up There,
they began to speculate on how many movies
______ had been in and the number of people he
had worked with.
 This event led to the invention of what ?

Ans. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

15.
 What completes the trilogy ?
 1.Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(2002)
 2. _______________________
 3.Sympathy for Lady Vengeance(2005)

16.
 Following is a cartoon from The Oatmeal titled “
What would ________ do “. It shows how the
character functions in the TV series.

*17.
 Who is this film based on ?

*18.
 X was a American film and stage actor and
director. He directed movies like Who’s Afraid Of
Virginia Wolff?, The Graduate , Charlie Wilson’s
War , etc. He is one of the few people to have
won the EGOT (Emmy,Grammy,Oscar,Tony). He
was in the news recently as he passed away on
November 19th.

19.
 There are only 3 players in the history of test
matches who have achieved the rare feat of 10
wickets as well as a century in the same match.
Ian Botham and Imran Khan are two of them. Who
is the most recent entrant to this list , one of the
most prolific players for his country ?

*20.
 X was a charter airline that was a subsidiary of
the Austrian Airlines. It ceased to exist on 6 April
2013 and was replaced by Austria MyHoliday.
 Y is an Austrian airline and a subsidiary of Air
Berlin. It is headquartered in Office Park
I at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat.
 Who was the owner (with a sporting connect) of
these airlines ? Give me X & Y also.

Ans. Niki Lauda
 X : Lauda Air
 Y : Niki

Mains
 6 Rounds
 2 Infinite Pounces of 12 each.
 2 List-its (1-Sports, 1-Ent)
 2 Theme Rounds (1-Sports, 1-Ent)

Sports List-It
+3 for each
Bonus : +5 for getting 8-11
+10 for getting 12-17
+20 for getting 18 and above

 There have been 20 editions of the FIFA World Cup
so far. Each has had a player has top scorer who
has won the Golden Boot. Name all the Golden
Boot winners.

 1930- Guillermo Stabile
 1934- Oldrich Nejedly
 1938- Leonidas
 1950- Ademir
 1954 – Sandor Kocsis
 1958 – Just Fontaine
 1962 – Florian Albert , Vava, Garrincha, Valentin
Ivanov,Drazan Jerkovic, Leonel Sanchez

 1966- Eusebio
 1970 – Gerd Muller
 1974 – Grzegorz Lato
 1978 – Mario Kempes
 1982- Paolo Rossi
 1986 – Gary Lineker
 1990 – Salavatore Schillachi

 1994- Oleg Salenko, Hristo Stoichkov
 1998 – Davor Suker
 2002 – Ronaldo
 2006 – Miroslav Klose
 2010 – Thomas Mueller
 2014 – James Rodriguez

1.
In The Simpsons, the character of
god is a long-bearded man in a
white robe with his face hidden.
The face of god has been shown a
couple of times momentarily. The
character of god is distinct from all
other characters on the show. This
started as a mistake made by the
creators, but they adopted it for
all later appearances of god. What
unique distinction does he hold?

Answer
God has ten fingers unlike the rest of the characters
who have eight.

2.
It started with Do Dooni Chaar (1968) and films like
Angoor, Ek Duuje ke Liye, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
and many others can be considered a part of the
list.
What connects these films and give the latest
entrant of this list.

Hindi adaptations of Shakespeare’s works and the
latest entrant being Haider.

3.
In the film Dev D., Dev gets a lawyer after he is
incriminated for a case of manslaughter. The name
of his lawyer is Bimal Barua. What is significant
about this name in the movie?

The name is a tribute to Bimal Roy and PC
Barua, who have directed earlier adaptations
of Devdas

4.
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper
publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain
and whose methods profoundly influenced American
journalism. Hearst entered the publishing business in
1887 after taking control of The San Francisco Examiner
from his father. He also acquired the New York Journal.
He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest
newspaper and magazine business in the world.
Which famous character did he inspire?

Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane

5.
X was an Olympic sport from 1984 to 1992. Many
considered the sport a stupid move on the part of
the Olympic Committee. Tracie Ruiz-Conforto was
the inaugural champion winning a gold in the 1984
Olympics and a silver in the 1988 Olympics. The
name of the sport itself is somewhat of an
oxymoron, though many pedants defended it.
Name the sport.

Ans. These are the only X-rated movies
to have been nominated for an Oscar.

7.
 NGC 4151 is an intermediate spiral Seyfert
galaxy located 19 megaparsecs from Earth in the
constellation Canes Venatici.
 However, NGC 4151 has been called ______ by
many astronomers due to its resemblance to a
certain entity.
 (Picture on next slide)

8.
 X is a retired Croatian footballer and head of their
current football federation. His claim to fame was
scoring goals and taking Croatia to third place in
the 1998 World Cup. This feat led him to be
dubbed as __________ in reference to the
legendary superhero.
 Give me X and the nickname.

9.
 These are the episode names of a certain TV
series from S06E09 onwards (Pic on next slide)
 Before these episodes, a certain naming
convention was followed for all the episodes from
S01E02 to S06E08. The naming connection relates
to a very integral character in the show.
 Name the TV show and tell me the naming
convention used.

Ans. The Mentalist, the use of Red in all
the titles.

10.
Yakety Sax is a pop-jazz instrumental music composition
composed by James Rich and Homer Randolph. Its most
famous use was as the theme music of the show X. It was
usually played during comical chase sequences and has been
used by many movies and shows for such scenes.
Name the show X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

This copy of the album ‘Double
Fantasy’ was sold for an
alleged price of $150,000 in
1999. It is back on the market
and is currently priced at
$850,000. Explain its
significance.
11.

It is the copy signed by John Lennon for
Mark Chapman before he shot him.

12.
 Following are the lyrics of the Simon and Garfunkel song,
Mrs Robinson :
 Where have you gone, _________,
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson.
________ has left and gone away,
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
 The blank refers to a baseball legend who holds the
record for the longest hitting streak (56 games). The song
was also played at his funeral by Paul Simon as a tribute.

Rules
 8 references to the world of art from The
Simpsons.
 All questions only require identification of artist
or artwork.
 +5/0 for each correct answer. +10 if all are
correct.

3. ID the artist and the artwork.

Wheat field with crows by Van Gogh

Luncheon on the Grass by Eduoard
Manet

5. ID the artist from his description

Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Infinite Pounce-2
Anti-Clockwise

1.
 24601 ______ is an asteroid, discovered on 26
October 1971 by Lubos Kohoutek in Hamburg-
Bergedorf. It was named after ______, the main
character in the book X.
 The number 24601 obviously has a strong
connection the character in the book.

Ans. Jean Valjean, Les Miserables

2.
Only one person has won both a Nobel Prize and an
Academy Award winning the Nobel Prize in
literature in 1925 and Academy Award for Best
Writing in 1938. The work on which the 1938 film
was based has been adapted many more times and
its adaptations have also won many awards. Name
the person and his/her award-winning work.

George Bernard Shaw and Pygmalion

3. What is this scene from 30 Rock
parodying?

Marlon Brando sending Sacheen Littlefeather
to accept his Academy Award for Godfather.

4.
 This person is the only person to have won an
Olympic medal and a Nobel Prize. He won an
Olympic silver medal at the 1920 Summer
Olympics in Antwerp in the 1500 m. He won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his campaign for
disarmament.
 Name him.

5.
X is an American record producer and songwriter. He
was the first to use the technique of Wall of Sound in
music concerts. He has produced more than twenty five
Top 40, writing many of them. He is a Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame inductee in the non-performer category. Lately,
X has become infamous for being convicted with the
second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2009,
for which he is currently serving sentence.
Name the person.

6.
The Night That Changed America is a television program
and tribute to the group X. It aired on CBS on February
9, 2014. The program was a commemoration of the
legacy of X and marked the 50th anniversary of the
group’s first USA performance on the Y show. The
program was taped in the same hall, aired on the same
date and time as 50 years earlier.
X and Y.

The Beatles’ performance on The Ed
Sullivan Show.

7. Give the title of this 1988 movie which
might remind you of the opposite of a famous
1973 music album.
Plot: Traveling in search of a
cure for a rare skin disease
which prevents him from
exposing himself to any kind of
light, especially sunlight, a man
finds freedom and love along the
way.

8.
 _______, nicknamed the Czech locomotive, is the
only person to have won the 5000,10000 and the
marathon gold in the same Olympics. He is one of
the first recipients of the Pierre de Coubertin
medal.

9.
 This is a basic summary of the Jeffrey Archer short story “The Century” :
 An unnamed Oxonian has an ambition to succeed as a cricketer for Oxford
and follow his famous cricketer father's footsteps. He wishes to make a
name for himself in the Oxford vs Cambridge cricket match.However he
fails to do so for three years.
 He struggles with the ball and with the bat getting out cheaply for a duck
in the first innings. In his second innings- set a total of 214 to get- he
struggles and nearly gets out- but after hooking a boundary- begins to
score runs briskly. At his score on 99, he is stranded in the middle of the
crease and the ball is with the opposition captain Robin Oakley who
instead of running the captain out and thereby putting Cambridge in a
winning position chooses to allow the captain to go back to the crease.
The Captain hits a boundary, scores his hundred and deliberately gets out
hit wicket to honour the opposition.
 Which real life Indian cricketer did Jeffrey Archer base this on ?

10.
Shown on the next slide is the main protagonist of the
God Of War series, Kratos. According to David Jaffe, the
game’s creator Kratos was based on a character played
by the actor ________ in the movie ________. Some
specific scenes of the movie have also been tailored to
be used in the game. So which actor is Kratos based on
and which movie is the character from ?
(Image on next slide)

Ans. Edward Norton, American History X

11.
 X Y is a retired male professional Tennis player from
Tahiti. He is the only male player to have appeared in
Grand Slams in four different decades from 1989 to
2014. He holds the unenviable record of most losses
in singles play (444) even though he has won more.
 X Z is a retired professional footballer who played for
Arsenal, Bolton and Birmingham City. He retired at
the age of 24 due to something that occurred during
an FA Cup match in 2012.

Ans. Fabrice Santoro & Fabrice Muamba

12.
 The following audio is from a 1994 British
Television commercial. The audio was later
sampled in two songs. Give me both the songs and
the band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_iG7Veupc

Ans. Keep Talking & Talkin’ Hawkin’ –
Pink Floyd

List-it
Only 8 actors/actresses have won both the Academy
Award and the Golden Raspberry Award.
+5 for each. Maximizer of +10

 Halle Berry
 Ben Affleck
 Faye Dunaway
 Kevin Costner
 Laurence Olivier
 Liza Minelli
 Sandra Bullock
 Roberto Bernigni

 Following are 5 records made in various track and
field events. They may not be world records or
olympic records now but all of them are very
famous in their individual sports
 So name the event and the person who made that
record.

1.
 8.90m (1968) – current OR

2.
 6.14m (1994) – previous WR

3.
 7291 pts (1988) – WR & OR

Jackie Joyner Kersee, Heptathlon

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