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2. Ziryab
The Slave Who Changed Society
Ziryab (789-857 AD) was a Persian polymath: a poet, musician, singer,
cosmetologist, fashion designer, celebrity, trendsetter, strategist,
astronomer, botanist, geographer and former slave. Most people have
never heard of Ziryab, yet at least two of his innovations remain to this
day: he introduced the idea of a three course meal (soup, main course,
pudding) and he introduced the use of crystal for drinking glasses
(previously metal was the primary material). He introduced asparagus
and other vegetables into society, and made significant changes and
additions to the music world. He had numerous children, all of whom
became musicians, and spread his legacy throughout Europe. He could
perhaps be considered an ancient Bach. The list of societal changes
Ziryab made is immense – he popularized short hair and shaving for
men, and wore different clothes based on the seasons. He created a
pleasant tasting toothpaste which helped personal hygeine (and
longevity) in the region, and also invented an underarm deodorant. He
also promoted bathing twice daily.

3. Round 1
Infinite Bounce
Rules :
• Each question gets you +10.
• No negatives on wrong answer
• Passed question also gets +10

4. Identify X
X comes from a Late Latin word which meant "farmland", in
the sense of someone who is bound to the soil of a
villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation
in Late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. It referred to a person of less
than knightly status and so came to mean a person who was
not chivalrous. As a result of many unchivalrous acts, such as
treachery or rape, this word took on its modern meaning.
1)

5. :

6. VILLAIN from the “villa”

7. The first record of use of X appears to be in 1836 (in Smart's
"Walker Remodelled") :
“The word X is a sort of a kind of a word
That people apply to some being absurd;
One who seems, as t'were oddly your fancy to strike
In a sort of a fashion you somehow don't like
A mixture of odd, and of queer, and all that
Which one hates, just, you know, as some folks hate a cat;
A comical, whimsical, strange, droll -- that is,
You know what I mean; 'tis -- in short, -- 'tis a X! ”
[from "Etymology of X," Charles Dibdin, 1842]
Give out X, which has something to
with our event
2)

8. :

9. “QUIZ”

10. Recently on 15 February 2013, an asteroid entered Earth’s
atmosphere as “Chelyabinsk meteor” whose air burst resulted
in considerable injuries in the Russian town. A similar
explosion occurred near present day Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
on June 30 1908 ,but more powerful. It is the largest impact
event on or near Earth in recorded history. Since the
explosion, there have been an estimated 1,000 scholarly
papers (mainly in Russian) published on it. The energy of the
explosion was about 1,000 times greater than that of the
atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. What was the
name of that event ?
3)

11. :

12. Tunguska Explosion

13. _____ Gosavi was a prominent saint of the Hindu
Ganapatya sect, which considers the god Ganesha as
the Supreme Being. He is considered the chief
spiritual progenitor of the Ganapatyas and has been
described as the "most famous devotee" of Ganesha.
What is his largest contribution to the 10 day Ganpati
festival which depicts the inseparable relationship
between devotee & God?
4)

14. :

15. “Morya” Gosavi
Ganpati Bappa Morya

16. According to the record books this legendary Greek ultra-
marathon runner holds more world records than any athlete
in the history of any popular sport with 134 world records.
Also known as "Running God" or "Pheidippides Successor“ ,
he holds every men's outdoor road world record from 100 to
1,000 miles and every road and track record from 12 hours to
6 days. It’s recorded officially that he’s the man who has run
the most hours, days, weeks, months, years and miles than
any other man in the history of mankind. He’s the athlete
with the most records in the Guinness Book of World Records
(31) from any sport, he has won 71 ultra marathons in every
continent, more than anyone in history. Identify him.
5)

17. :

18. Yiannis Kouros

19. Connected the Highlighted6)

20. :

21. All these were born in India
George Orwell – Motihari , Bihar
Rudyard Kipling – Mumbai
Vivien Leigh – Darjeeling , West Bengal
Jim Corbett – Nainital , Uttarakhand
Nasser Hussain – Chennai
Bob Woolmer - Kanpur , U.P

22. Which film is being talked about?
• It is the most successful independent
animated feature of all time, grossing over
$100 million worldwide.
• Based on the comic strip of the same
name by Robert Crumb, the film was the
first animated feature film to receive an X
rating in the United States.
7)

23. :

24. Fritz the Cat
Sorry! This was the most decent poster I could find :P

25. Identify X
In 1835 Francis Pettit Smith discovered a new way of
building X. Up to that time, they were literally screws, of
considerable length. But during the testing of one boat, the
screw snapped off, leaving a fragment shaped much like a
modern X. The boat moved faster. At about the same
time, Frédéric Sauvage and John Ericsson applied for
patents on vaguely similar, although less efficient
shortened-screw X , leading to an apparently permanent
controversy as to who the official inventor is among those
three men.
8)

26. :

27. The Boat Propeller

28. He is also known as Bobby or Simmo. In 1986 he was
appointed coach of the Australian team. Some of the team's
greatest achievements in his time as coach were winning the
1987 World Cup, regaining The Ashes in England in 1989, and
overcoming the previously dominant West Indies on their
home grounds in 1995. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year
in 1965. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in
2007. He is the only person to be involved in all the Tied Tests
that happened in the history of cricket (only two such
instances) — as a player for Australia in the first, and as the
Australian team coach in the second. Identify him.
9)

29. :

30. Bob Simpson

31. Identify X
On 28 June 2012 X was kidnapped from the back of a car
while it was parked on a private drive. The theft caused a
"global outcry" with significant coverage in the media
leading to X being named "the world's most notable Y" and
"one of Britain's best-known Y". X has accounts on Twitter
and Facebook and his own Wimbledon security photocard
pass with the job title of “Y Scarer”. He is popular amongst
Wimbledon fans who often ask to have their photograph
taken with him. X is a used by the All England Lawn Tennis
and Croquet Club to keep Y away from their venue.
Described as an "important member of the Wimbledon
family", X has been scaring away the Y for five years.
10)

32. :

33. X : Rufus the Hawk

34. Who coined the term
“WIKIPEDIA”?
• The first name of this individual is shared by
the first names of founders of Oracle and
Google.
• The surname of the individual is the surname
of another individual who has the distinction
of winning the two Nobel Prizes in
Chemistry – only one to do so till date.
11)

35. :

36. Larry Sanger

37. The unique, noncommercial economy of this country
is supported financially by contributions from Roman
Catholics throughout the world, the sale of postage
stamps and tourist mementos, fees for admission to
museums, and the sale of publications.
It also conducts worldwide financial activities through
the Istituto per le Opere di Religione. This country has
an ATM with instructions in Latin, possibly the only
such ATM in the world.
Which country ?
12)

38. :

39. Vatican City State
39

40. Round 2
3 Slide Questions
Rules:
• Each question consists of 3 clues
• Ist clue gets you +30 points on right answer with -15 on
wrong answer
• IInd clue gets you +20 points on right answer with -10 on
wrong answer
• IIIrd clue gets you +10 points on right answer with no
negatives

41. Q 1

42. Satellite named after the person
+30/-15

43. Supercomputer named after?
+20/-10

44. Fill in the Blank +10/0

45. :

46. Kalpana Chawla

47. Q 2

48. Identify X
X ‘s brother is presently
the Vice–Chancellor of
AMU and has also
fought in Battle of
Longewala which was
portrayed in the movie
BORDER.
X ‘s brother
+30/-15

49. • In 1998, X played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the
play Mahatma Vs. Gandhi, (which looked at the
Mahatma's relation with Harilal Gandhi, his first
son). With this, he achieved his objective of
portraying Mahatma Gandhi, a role he had
auditioned for in Richard Attenborough's GANDHI.
• The Government of India has honoured X with both
the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan civilian
awards for his contributions to Indian cinema.
+20/-10

50. • X has appeared in international films,
notably playing Captain Nemo in the
Hollywood comic book adaptation The
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
• He is a graduate from National School of
Drama.
+10/0

51. :

52. Naseeruddin Shah

53. Q 3

54. X is a multinational alcoholic beverages company
headquartered in London, England.
It has an invented name which was created by the
branding consultancy Wolff Olins in 1997. The name
is composed of the Latin word "dies", meaning day,
and the Greek root "geo", meaning world, and is
meant to reference the company giving pleasure
every day, everywhere.
Identify X +30/-15

55. • In November 2012, X agreed to acquire a 53.4%
stake in the Indian spirits company United Spirits
(owner of Kingfisher brand) for £1.28 billion.
• Its CEO is Ivan Menezes who has graduated from
St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad.
Ivan Menezes
+20/-10

56. X is the world's largest producer of spirits and a
major producer of beer and wine.
Its brands include Smirnoff (the world's best-
selling vodka), Johnnie Walker (the world's best-
selling blended Scotch whisky), Baileys (the world's
best-selling liqueur), and Guinness (the world's best-
selling stout). It also owns 34% of Moët Hennessy,
which owns brands including Moët &
Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Hennessy. It sells its
products in over 180 countries and has offices in
around 80 countries.
+10/0

57. :

59. Q 4

60. The origin of this word is one of the most sought-after word
origins in modern American English. The American Dialect
Society named it the Word of the Twentieth Century. It is said
to be a variation of the word "jism," because it was originally
performed by horn players to entertain johns in the
whorehouses of Storyville, the notorious red-light district of
New Orleans. It was started to be applied to music in Chicago
around 1915. Which word ?
+30/-15

61. This was the first talkie in the world.
An NBA Team
Some popular uses of the word are shown :
Honda ______
+20/-10

62. It is also a name of a music genre that originated at the beginning of the
20th century, arguably earlier, within the African-American communities
of the Southern United States. Its roots lie in the combining by African-
Americans of certain European harmony and form elements, with their
existing African-based music. Louis Armstrong was one of the most
famous musicians of it.
+10/0

63. :

64. Jazz

65. Q 5

66. This logo was originally designed in 1958 for the British
nuclear disarmament movement by Gerald Holtom. Holtom,
an artist and designer, made it for a march from Trafalgar
Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Research
Establishment at Aldermaston in England, organised by the
Direct Action Committee to take place in April and supported
by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). This
remained the logo for CND until a decade after which it was
generalized to be the symbol for X.
+30/-15

67. The symbol is a combination of the semaphore signals
for the letters "N" and "D," standing for "nuclear
disarmament". In semaphore the letter "N" is formed
by a person holding two flags in an inverted "V," and
the letter "D" is formed by holding one flag pointed
straight up and the other pointed straight down.
Superimposing these two signs forms the shape of the
centre of the X symbol.
Semaphore for “D”
Semaphore for “N”
+20/-10

68. This is the symbol for X
+10/0

69. :

70. Peace

71. Round 3
Guess the Image!
Rules:
• Identify the entity shown in the
specific image
• 10 points for the correct answer
• NO negatives

72. The Onset of which phenomenon ?1)

73. :

74. The Great Depression

75. “King of Rock and Roll”
2)

76. :

77. Elvis Presley

78. A Naval Aviator from US is captured during Vietnam War in 1967. He
will get quite popular in Google searches around 2008.
P.M.O
3)

79. His Google Trends stats:

80. :

81. John McCain

82. A scientist marries Jane Wilde in 1965?
4)

83. :

84. Stephen Hawking

85. A future President played rugby for
Yale in 1966 in this photo?
5)

86. :

87. George W. Bush

88. An Extremist
Identify the individual on the far right
6)

89. :

90. Osama bin Laden

91. Round 4
Long Visual Connect
• Total 12 slides connecting to a common theme
• No points for individual answers
• +30 points for guessing the theme

93. The First Ship to successfully circumnavigate the world.

104. :

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