1. Ze Finale

3. 
Arun Hiregange

Hrishikesh Varma and Arun AS

Prasanth John Abraham and Deepak Thomas, defending
champions of The Illuminati Quiz

5. 
Write Brothers

Topic – Quizzers. All questions are based on real-life images
featuring the who’s who of Indian Quizzing.

11 questions. Answers to be written down. 5 points for every
correct answer.

Bonus of 10 points for getting all 11 answers correct.

This is my humble tribute to all the people who find joy in this
pursuit for useless knowledge. So, a bonus of 10 points for
identifying all the quizzers featured in all the questions 

Total of 75 points on offer

6. 
He is the youngest Indian in an illustrious list comprising of 4
other members - Dayita Datta, Ajai Banerji, K.E. Priyamvada,
and Archana Garodia Gupta.

He entered this list in 2002 at an 1894 Hyderabad construction
built in the shape of a scorpion, and with a name which
translates to Mirror of the Sky. Today, the location is managed
by the Taj Group of Hotels and even has a train (running
between Secunderabad and Howrah) named after it.

What list? Which location? Image in the next slide.

8. Whose gravestone? (Bigger pic in the next slide)

10. 
From a travel website about this tourist destination:

Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) founded X in the 8th century.
He flew to the spot on the back of one of his consorts. She had
taken the shape of a _________ for the journey, anticipating
Claire Chennault’s World War II Ys by thirteen centuries. The
main temple of the X, the one surrounding the cave, was built in
1692, 46 years after the successor of the first Shabdrung visited
the spot.

Solve for X and Y. Image in the next slide.

12. 
This UNESCO World Heritage site was occupied by the Lodi
dynasty and later by the Mughals.

The structure featured as a major plot element in an 1890
work of fiction, as the site of a vast treasure. The work itself
was commissioned during a dinner the author had with
Joseph Stoddart, editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, at
the Langham Hotel in London in August 1889. The third
member at the dinner was Oscar Wilde, who contributed The
Picture of Dorian Gray to the July 1890 issue.

Name the structure and the work of fiction. Image follows.

14. 
This is Eddie the Head, the mascot
of Iron Maiden. A perennial fixture
on their artwork, his appearance
on the cover of their 2nd single
‘Sanctuary’ became controversial
for its depiction of Eddie
crouching over the corpse of X.
The band justified that X had
recently visited USSR and
following the tough stance with
USSR, had earned the nickname
Iron
Maiden,
and
Eddie
supposedly took offence to this.

Identify X.

15. 
The man in the centre had his most famous moment in 1999
at a location that overlooked the National Highway 1D. His
exploits at the location finally resulted in his induction into
an exclusive group of seven.

Which location? What group are we talking about? (Specific
answers required)

Image in the next slide.

17. 
This comune B in the Italian region Lombardy was a favored
holiday resort of Pliny the Younger and is located at the
intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake C.

The comune was the inspiration for the design and naming of a
US attraction that opened in 1998 and, among other things, is
home to Cirque du Soleil’s aquatic production ‘O’. This
attraction, like B, overlooks a 9 acre man-made lake.

B and C have also appeared in a number of books and movies,
including Frankenstein and Casino Royale. Just solve for B and C.
Images follow.

20. 
Le Chat Noir (“The Black Cat”), brainchild of impresario Rodolphe
Salis, opened in Nov 1881 in Montmartre, Paris. The venture
became a big hit soon, allowing its patrons to sit and drink at
tables while being entertained by a variety show on stage. A
Swiss guard greeted guests at the door, bringing in painters and
poets, while barring the priests and the military. Famous patrons
included Paul Verlaine, Claude Debussy, Emile Goudeau, Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec etc. It is best known today for its iconic
Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen poster art (image follows).

Le Chat Noir is the first ever of what form of entertainment?

22. 
A, the son of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, was a pioneer of protest literature
in Kannada. He famously translated Kenneth Anderson's hunting tales
and Henri Charriere's Papillon into Kannada, and was awarded the
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.

B ran away from home as a kid and was brought up on communist
ideologies by his uncle. For this reason, he translated works of Pushkin
into Tamil and many of his works were translated into Russian. He was
also awarded the ‘Order of Friendship’ by Russia in 2011. In 2002, he
was honored with the Jnanpith Award for outstanding contributions
towards the shaping of Indian literature.

The relationship between A and C is the same as the one between B
and D. Identify both A and B (full names). Images in the next slide.

23. A
B
C
D

24. Which famous painting has
been parodied here?

25. 
“Ronnie Spector - who, it could be argued, all but invented X's
style when she took the stage at the Brooklyn Fox Theater with
her fellow Ronettes more than 40 years ago - was so taken aback
at a picture of X in the New York Post that she exclaimed, "I don't
know her, I never met her, when I saw that pic, I thought, 'That's
me!' But then I found out, no, it's X! I didn't have on my glasses.”

Excerpt from a 2007 interview with Ronnie Spector, lead singer
of the Ronettes, where she talks about the signature hairstyle
and Cleopatra make-up that X borrowed from her group. What
nickname was given to X’s liver at the 2007 BRIT awards?

The hairstyle is pictured in the next slide.

28. 
He is the youngest Indian in an illustrious list comprising of 4
other members - Dayita Datta, Ajai Banerji, K.E. Priyamvada,
and Archana Garodia Gupta.

He entered this list in 2002 at an 1894 Hyderabad construction
built in the shape of a scorpion, and with a name which
translates to Mirror of the Sky. Today, the location is managed
by the Taj Group of Hotels and even has a train (running
between Secunderabad and Howrah) named after it.

What list? Which location? Image in the next slide.

31. Whose gravestone? (Bigger pic in the next slide)

34. 
From a travel website about this tourist destination:

Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) founded X in the 8th century.
He flew to the spot on the back of one of his consorts. She had
taken the shape of a _________ for the journey, anticipating
Claire Chennault’s World War II Ys by thirteen centuries. The
main temple of the X, the one surrounding the cave, was built in
1692, 46 years after the successor of the first Shabdrung visited
the spot.

Solve for X and Y. Image in the next slide.

37. 
This UNESCO World Heritage site was occupied by the Lodi
dynasty and later by the Mughals.

The structure featured as a major plot element in an 1890
work of fiction, as the site of a vast treasure. The work itself
was commissioned during a dinner the author had with
Joseph Stoddart, editor of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, at
the Langham Hotel in London in August 1889. The third
member at the dinner was Oscar Wilde, who contributed The
Picture of Dorian Gray to the July 1890 issue.

Name the structure and the work of fiction. Image follows.

40. 
This is Eddie the Head, the mascot
of Iron Maiden. A perennial fixture
on their artwork, his appearance
on the cover of their 2nd single
‘Sanctuary’ became controversial
for its depiction of Eddie
crouching over the corpse of X.
The band justified that X had
recently visited USSR and
following the tough stance with
USSR, had earned the nickname
Iron
Maiden,
and
Eddie
supposedly took offence to this.

Identify X.

42. 
The man in the centre had his most famous moment in 1999
at a location that overlooked the National Highway 1D. His
exploits at the location finally resulted in his induction into
an exclusive group of seven.

Which location? What group are we talking about? (Specific
answers required)

Image in the next slide.

45. 
This comune B in the Italian region Lombardy was a favored
holiday resort of Pliny the Younger and is located at the
intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake C.

The comune was the inspiration for the design and naming of a
US attraction that opened in 1998 and, among other things, is
home to Cirque du Soleil’s aquatic production ‘O’. This
attraction, like B, overlooks a 9 acre man-made lake.

B and C have also appeared in a number of books and movies,
including Frankenstein and Casino Royale. Just solve for B and C.
Images follow.

49. 
Le Chat Noir (“The Black Cat”), brainchild of impresario Rodolphe
Salis, opened in Nov 1881 in Montmartre, Paris. The venture
became a big hit soon, allowing its patrons to sit and drink at
tables while being entertained by a variety show on stage. A
Swiss guard greeted guests at the door, bringing in painters and
poets, while barring the priests and the military. Famous patrons
included Paul Verlaine, Claude Debussy, Emile Goudeau, Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec etc. It is best known today for its iconic
Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen poster art (image follows).

Le Chat Noir is the first ever of what form of entertainment?

52. 
A, the son of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, was a pioneer of protest literature
in Kannada. He famously translated Kenneth Anderson's hunting tales
and Henri Charriere's Papillon into Kannada, and was awarded the
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.

B ran away from home as a kid and was brought up on communist
ideologies by his uncle. For this reason, he translated works of Pushkin
into Tamil and many of his works were translated into Russian. He was
also awarded the ‘Order of Friendship’ by Russia in 2011. In 2002, he
was honored with the Jnanpith Award for outstanding contributions
towards the shaping of Indian literature.

The relationship between A and C is the same as the one between B
and D. Identify both A and B (full names). Images in the next slide.

53. A
B
C
D

55. Which famous painting has
been parodied here?

57. 
“Ronnie Spector - who, it could be argued, all but invented X's
style when she took the stage at the Brooklyn Fox Theater with
her fellow Ronettes more than 40 years ago - was so taken aback
at a picture of X in the New York Post that she exclaimed, "I don't
know her, I never met her, when I saw that pic, I thought, 'That's
me!' But then I found out, no, it's X! I didn't have on my glasses.”

Excerpt from a 2007 interview with Ronnie Spector, lead singer
of the Ronettes, where she talks about the signature hairstyle
and Cleopatra make-up that X borrowed from her group. What
nickname was given to X’s liver at the 2007 BRIT awards?

The hairstyle is pictured in the next slide.

60. 
If it is South Parade in Bangalore, what is the corresponding
name in Kochi?

62. 
Espana Cani, also known as the Spanish Gypsy Dance, is a Spanish
piece of pasodoble music by Pascual Narro. The song was written in
1925 and is considered to be the best known snippet of Spanish music
ever. It has traditionally been used as background music in bullfights in
Spain and elsewhere, and also to arouse local crowds in baseball
matches in the United States.

The song was notably used to announce the introduction of (and
various other combat activities) a fictional character X in a 1986 work Y.
X is the descendant of a line of kings who opposed Tipu Sultan and was
also involved in direct combat with the British. X gives away his combat
weapons (that have accounted for hundreds of lives) to a local
organization during the intro.

Solve for X and Y. What famous question is Y the source of? Audio in
the next slide, will be played if no one answers.

66. 
17 questions

Clockwise

Infinite Pounce

+10/-5 on the pounce

+10 on the bounce

67. 
Chupinazo (or txupinazo in local language) is the name given
to a rocket launched precisely at 12:00 noon on the 6th of
July from a city hall balcony with thousands of people
celebrating the act in the city hall square. The tradition is in
existence since 1941. The rocket is usually set off by a
member of the different city council political groups
beginning with the mayor and then political groups ordered
by number of representatives.

What is marked by the launch of the Chupinazo?

Video removed: Link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnIDydRt3Bg

71. 
Participants and guests at the 1979 Miss Universe pageant
(held at Perth on 20 July) were greeted by a unique object on
stage. This object was collected about a week prior to the
competition.

What was this?

Image in the next slide.

75. 
Queen Elizabeth II was in Beijing
on a state visit in 1987. However,
she was unable to visit the
Forbidden City because of the
priority given by the Chinese to
one of the 2 choices proposed to
them by the man pictured.

The rejected choice was Andre
Malraux’s La Condition Humaine.

What was the accepted choice?

78. 
The Hellisheidi Power Station is the largest geothermal
power station in Iceland and the second largest in the world.
Located on an active volcanic ridge in Hengill, southwest
Iceland, it is capable of producing 303 MW of electricity and
133 MW of hot water. Most of this energy goes to an
Aluminium smelter in nearby Grundartangi, owned and
operated by the North-American Century Aluminium.

However, every year, the power station also releases 75 KW
of electricity daily for a period of 2 months.

What is this energy used for? Image in the next slide.

82. 
This is an Apollo 10 photograph of the Rima Ariadaeus region
of the moon. It is a rille over 300 km long, and is thought to
have been formed when a section of the Moon's crust sank
down between two parallel fault lines.

In the last decade, this photograph was used in a media
campaign by a muslim scholar-geologist named Dr. Zaghloul
El Naggar and a host of agencies following him.

What were they trying to achieve? Image follows.

86. 
One of the most famous tennis face-offs of all time happened
in 1925.

The two players involved were Gladys Roy and Ivan Unger, both
members of a celebrated 1920s group known as ‘13 Black Cats’.
Both had many movie appearances and records of a particular
nature to their credit.

The match was facilitated by a chap called Frank Tomac and
took place at a location that also was the subject of one of the
most valuable stamps in history.

Where did the match unfold?

89. 
The Great Trigonometric Survey of India began in 1802 when
Major William Lambton, the Superintendent, laid the baseline in
Madras from St. Thomas Mount in the north to Perumbauk hill at
the southern end. Much of the success of the survey is attributed
to the rigorous training imparted to the surveyors at Dehradun.
This included training on scientific instruments, the art of disguise
(as they had to cross over into Tibet), hiding notes inside prayer
wheels, taking steps of a fixed length on different surfaces etc.

These surveyors were also given a rosary for their journeys, as
part of their disguise as monks. However, what other important
function did these beads serve?

92. 
This project that began in 1958 is run by the local Chamber of
Commerce and was created to buff up the city’s image. A 7member selection committee meets annually to expand the
project (by a number of around 2 dozen) and the criteria used
are charity work, accolades received and longevity. The final
expansion process then takes up to 5 years.

Cosmetic flaws caused by normal weathering to holes and
fissures severe enough to constitute a walking hazard have
necessitated restoration work on the project in 2008.

What are we talking about?

95. 
Tahiti's national football team made its debut at a major FIFA
tournament at the 2013 Confederations Cup.

This was a sudden transition from playing before small
crowds (the biggest stadium in Tahiti can only seat 10,000) to
being surrounded by security, quizzed by the world media,
and playing in some of the most famous venues in football.

What did the Tahiti coach Eddie Etaeta do, in an effort to
prepare his players for the atmosphere expected in Brazil?

98. 
This one-of-a-kind device was called “the most sought after but well-concealed
box in the world.” The brainchild of American engineer Charles Douglass, it was
put together painstakingly from his analysis of CBS archives which included
pieces like Marcel Marceau's 1956 American tour. The concept behind it dates
back to 16th century performances of Shakespeare's plays.

Douglass had a monopoly on the craft that came to be known as Sweetening and
catered to various parts of the spectrum it dealt with. His immediate family
members were the only other people who operated it. Results achieved were
subjective and varied with each operator. The gadget made Douglass one of the
most talked about and wanted men in the television industry.

It was unearthed in 2010 and was later exhibited in a June 2010 episode of
Antiques Roadshow, where its value was approximated at $10,000.

What is this device? Image follows.

101. 
Video removed

Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpY0Muy_1qI

102. 
Authored by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith and first published in
1939, it was dubbed by the Journal of the American Medical
Association as “a curious combination of organizing propaganda
and religious exhortation, in no sense a scientific book.” One of
the best-selling books of all time, it has sold 30 million copies.
Richard Nixon received the millionth copy of the book, while the
25-millionth copy of the book was presented to Jill Brown,
warden of San Quentin State Prison, the location of the first
major prison rendezvous of the beneficiaries of the book.

Which book, that gets its popular name from its size?

105. 
This block preserved in a vault under guard in Donnington,
Shropshire, was used for the last time on 16 Feb 1970. The
weight of the block, after its use by Hancocks & Co of London,
was recorded at 358 ounces.

Contrary to popular belief, this was not always the source of its
acclaimed derivatives. X-ray analysis has shown that the block
did not contribute to any of the first 560 and matched only the
ones after 1914. It has also been ascertained that the block can
still cater to 85 of these products.

What are we talking about? Image follows.

109. 
This Rammstein song is a reworking
of Goethe's poem "Der Erlkönig", set
in modern world (instead of a horse
journey). The song gets its title X
from 2 main reasons - X’s well known
phobia being one (the cover art a
pointer towards this), while the other
theory states that that the band used
Y, the first VST-instrument to offer
both vocal synthesis and a real-time
animated 3D interface, while mixing
the song. Y also had a very effective
built-in stereo delay.

Gimme X or Y. Also, what is pictured
on the cover art?
Audio removed. Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZZ
KLZafk5c

112. 
In 1922, the Malankara Estate Superintendent Thomas was on a
hunting spree in the nearby forest with Karuvellayan Kolumban,
the local head of the Araya tribe. During this trip, they came
across 2 granite hills which, according to legend, were a couple
who were turned to rocks when cursed by Lord Rama. The poor
couple had pleaded for mercy pointing out that they had never
lived a life in separation. Lord Rama promised that they will be
together forever and locals believe that this promise was fulfilled
only in 1973, a long-term consequence of the hunting expedition.

How exactly was Rama’s vow implemented? Image follows.

116. 
Charles De Gaulle, during one of his visits to UK, said that he had
a cold and therefore couldn't see Harold Macmillan, the Prime
Minister. Macmillan felt insulted by this, and exacted revenge in
1962 by wiping out something. British Minister Tony Benn, during
his visit to France in 1969, corrected this error by reinstating
whatever was eliminated. Benn justified his controversial actions
by claiming that he did it to honour Excellence, England, Europe,
Entente and even Ecosse (the French name for Scotland).

What are we talking about?

119. 
What, ironically, was the subject of the last piece of legislation
signed by Abraham Lincoln and brought into force on the day
of his assassination, in an effort to prevent counterfeiting?

122. 
On Sep 25, 2010, a performance called Brhan-Natya Yagna was
organized by the Association of Bharatanatyam Artistes of
India (ABHAI) and the Brhan Natyanjali Trust. One thousand
dancers from different parts of India and abroad danced to 11
Tamil verses composed by Karuvur Thevar, the choreography
done by Padma Subrahmanyam.

The event marked the 1000th anniversary of X. The Indian
Government came up with their own tribute, and these were
available for sale at Rs. 4800 (approx.) per set.


What is X? What tribute? Video removed.
Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvATZJkXNOk

125. 
Upon his birth in Bristol in 1871, X
was hailed as the first Brahmin
baby born in Britain. He became
an Indian civil servant in 1894
and served as Diwan of Cochin
(1907 to 1914) and as Diwan of
Mysore (1922 to 1926). He was
later appointed the Prime
Minister of Kashmir in 1927, but
resigned in 1929 following
differences with Raja Hari Singh,
the monarch, on the latter's
lavish lifestyle.

Name X. OR How is his memory
kept alive in Kochi?

127. 

This is the demon Apasmara who symbolises Epilepsy and
ignorance. The image pictured is a rare one for a certain
reason.
Where have we seen him? Why is this image rare?

129. 
Grid-I-Run

5x5 grid with 25 entries

Solve the grid and form 5 groups with 5 members each. Also,
identify the connect in each case.

10 points for each group. 10 points for each connect. Bonus of
20 points for getting everything.

Total of 120 points to be scored.

130. Delhi
Zidane
Echo
Kissinger
Kohli
Dunant
Beijing
Alpha
Dhoni
Charlie
Dhawan
Tendulkar
Baghdad
Heitinga
Monzon
Red Cross
Tokyo
Hammarskjold
Bravo
Nansen
Delta
Dezotti
Ojha
Desailly
Seoul

131. Ukraine
Vermeer
Samaritans
Wales
Facebook
Great Perm
Gold
Max
Rockatansky
Saffron
Anthony
of Egypt
Bovine
Spongiform
Encephalopathy
Shirley
Temple
George III
Chalk
Lion
Stereophonics
Naples
School Bus
DNA
Jura
Mountains
Devon
Columbus
Jack
Churchill
Disney
Channel
Anthony
Wayne

133. Wales – Cambrian
Devon – Devonian
Great Perm – Permian
Chalk – Cretaceous
Jura Mountains – Jurassic

134. Shirley Temple
Columbus
DNA
Vermeer
Anthony of Egypt

135. (The)Facebook
(The)Disney Channel
(The)Ukraine
(The)Stereophonics
(The)Samaritans

136. BSE - Mad Cow Disease
George III - Mad King George
Anthony Wayne - Mad Anthony
Max Rockatansky - Mad Max
Jack Churchill - Mad Jack

137. Gold
Naples
Lion
School Bus
Saffron

138. 
At the end of Dwaparayuga, the period of Lord Krishna, the Lord
himself presented an idol to Arjuna, and asked him to install it in
a proper place. He kept the idol in a bag used to keep arrows,
which was called X in local language. When he reached the
place, he shouted X Y means 'open the bag' in local language.
Thus the name came about, according to this story, which is one
of many.

Which place?

140. 
Which road in Kozhikode shares its name with a 1970s
Academy Award winning movie, the working title of which
was ‘Anhedonia’?

142. 
17 questions

Anticlockwise

Infinite Pounce

+10/-5 on the pounce

+10 on the bounce

143. 
It has a bimodal distribution with two durations: either long
(more than 4 min) or more rarely short (2-1/2 min). Short
durations lead to an interval of just over an hour whereas long
ones lead to an interval of about 1-1/2 hours. The margin of
error is about +/- 10 minutes and the accuracy is 90%.

Over the years, the length of the interval has increased and
has made the mathematical relationship inaccurate, but has in
fact made the subject, that has also been used as a laundry,
more predictable.

What are we talking about?

146. 
The US media, in Dec 2009, was abuzz with the news of a
nationwide Salmonella epidemic with more than 50 people
getting infected. Most of those who fell ill were younger than
10 years and more than half were girls.

The genesis of the epidemic was traced back to a Disney
movie that was released a month prior to these events.
However, this was later found to be a hoax, as there wasn’t
enough evidence to back it up.

What was the theory postulated to explain the epidemic?

149. 
Featured are some of the exhibits from a museum housed in a
building called La Casa Azul.

The exhibition is spread over 10 rooms and includes the
disability wall which displays orthopedic devices, Room 2 with
the various trademark Tehuana pieces, and other galleries with
contemporary interpretations by various fashion designers.

The subject of the museum used to prompt questions like “Hey,
where’s the circus?”, while traversing San Francisco in the 1930s.

Identify the subject. What was the purpose of the mirror?

153. 
Vishwanathan Anand’s challenger for the 2013 World Chess
Championship was decided in the 2013 Candidates
Tournament that took place in the Savoy Place, London, from
15 Mar – 1 Apr. The eventual winner was Magnus Carlsen.

The event saw a new design for the chess set by Daniel Weil, as
the organizers wanted to return chess to its 1970s levels of
popularity and sharpen the theatricality during games.

What was the inspiration for the new design? Image in the
next slide.

157. 
Punnagavarali is an ancient raga associated with the Karuna
rasa. It is a janya of the eighth melakarta Hanumathodi and
starts and finishes in a single octave (nishada to nishada),
hence is usually presented in the madhyama sruti.

In wedding ceremonies, a piece called the ‘Odam’ usually
played at the muhurtam, is often in Punnagavarali. Featured
is MS Subbulakshmi’s ‘Kanakashaila Viharini’ in this raga.

What exactly is the source/origin of this raga?

Video removed. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igv6h7igVV0

160. 
Dubbed as the next Niccolo Machiavelli, he was a French
Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV. His primary task
was to curb the running deficit and strengthen the finances for
the Seven Years' War against Britain between 1754–1763. He
reduced spending by the royal house, revised pensions,
introduced the English method of taxing the rich and taxes on
external signs of wealth like farms, luxury goods and servants.

His penny-pinching manner led to his name being applied to
things perceived as cheap, including a new alternative art form
that was developed by those who could not afford expensive
paints and sculpting material.

How does his name survive in today’s world?

163. 
WE Gladstone served as the British Prime Minister four times
and as Chancellor of the Exchequer another four times. During
his second tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1859-1866),
he acquired something that was dubbed a stage accessory. It
bore the initials VR (Victoria Regina) and was manufactured by
the London firm Barrow and Gale. It was in use in Britain until
2010, when it was retired in frail condition. The same tradition
is followed in India as well, but the item has almost always
been of a different make every single time.

What object, the center of attention once a year, are we talking
about?

166. 
John Leland, the pastor of Cheshire, Massachusetts, believed
that his town’s efforts helped Thomas Jefferson to the
Presidency in 1801. As a unique gesture to Jefferson, the town
prepared a large block of cheese (1235 pounds) by combining
the milk from every cow in town, using a makeshift cheese press
to handle its size. The gift was presented on Jan 1, 1802 and was
so large that it remained at the White House for two years.

Jefferson named it Cheshire ___________ Cheese, which is the
first ever known usage of the word as an adjective (previously
only used as a noun). It also popularized the usage of the word
in this sense. FITB. Image in the next slide.

170. 
This installation by Jewish artist Joseph Semah at the Aspinwall
House in Kochi during the Kochi-Muziris Biennale consists of a 22 m
long wooden table, into which 72 copper plates are inserted. These
plates have holes through which 5000 m of white thread is woven,
spreading on to the floor. This is accompanied by 72 shadow
drawings in Indian ink on tracing paper.

If the holes correspond to the constellations above Jerusalem, and
the length of the thread is the circumference of the Old city of
Jerusalem, what is represented by:


a.) The length of the table
b.) The number of copper plates/shadow drawings

Images follow.

175. 
The European diet became a great deal sweeter in the 18th
century as the use of sugar became more widespread. This
resulted in more tooth decay, and the evolution of dentistry as
a major branch of medicine.

In the early part of the 19th century, rich patients were prepared
to pay enormous sums for a good set of dentures. Bone, ivory,
porcelain, wood, cloth etc. were all tried but had problems like
an unnatural look and early deterioration. However, dentists
found a major source to by-pass all these problems and
employed scores of people to collect the raw materials needed
for these dentures. Their use continued into the 1860s.

So, what was the source? Image follows.

179. 
In Nov 2012, paleontologists at the Museo Geologico Giovanni
Capellini in Bologna, Italy, discovered a new species of dinosaur
named ___________ pachytholus. The creature, which roamed
the Earth some 95 million years ago was about 40 feet long,
and the skull fossil had a large eye socket with a "distinctive
bump on its forehead" likely for head-butting other males in
competition for mates.

What was this dinosaur named after?

Image in the next slide.

183. 
“It is the first rock album to hit the market legally and people are
surprised and pleased to see it has the lyrics, not just the music” excerpt from a 2004 interview with Akbar Safari, a salesman at
a Tehran book and record store.

Which album that takes its name from a Marx Brothers film
(that was supposed to have begun with each of the Marx
Brothers taking turns roaring instead of the MGM Lion)?

What supposedly was the most important reason for it being
allowed into the Islamist Republic of Iran, where Western music
is strictly censored?

186. 
Suveen Mathaudhu, an American materials science professor
estimated the density of X to be about 2.13 g/cc (lighter than
Aluminium, which has a density of 2.71 g/cc). X is made out
of Uru and Mathaudhu attributed its strength to be a result
of Uru being a form of metallic Hydrogen.

All these calculations were necessitated by this tweet from
Neil deGrasse Tyson.

What is X? Image in the next slide.

190. 
“After scandals with the distribution of secret documents by
WikiLeaks, the exposes by Edward Snowden, reports about Dmitry
Medvedev being listened in on during his visit to the G20 summit in
London, it has been decided to alter the existing practice of
creating documents”, was the explanation give by the FSO
(Federal Guard Service, which is also in charge of protecting
President Vladimir Putin) for deciding to spend 486,000 rubles to
improve the safety of Kremlin communications.

What did the Russian agency do to avoid the threat of cyberespionage?

193. 
Established in 1884, originally there were two with the foci being
Bombay and Calcutta. However, the Indian railways, due to a
rapid expansion of routes and associated confusion, used a third
one with Madras as the focus, primarily due to the observatory
based there which ran a state-of-the-art telegraphic service. A
consensus was reached in 1906 regarding this issue, but the
Bombay and Calcutta foci continued to operate till the mid 20th
century. Today, some of the very few enterprises that operate
differently from the consensus are based in the North-East.

What are we talking about? What norm is followed by these N-E
enterprises?

196. 
Harald Geisler is a German typographer who deals with
typography projects on Kickstarter. His latest project involves
creation of a font that needs a capital of $1,500. With already 6
times that amount raised, he is planning to move to a friend’s
apartment in Vienna, which is only 30 min by foot from
Berggasse 19, which houses the basis for his font.

What is the font based on? Image follows.

200. 
Les Miserables has been running on the West End in London
since 1985 and has held the title of the world's longest running
musical since Oct 2006.

In May 2009, the Arts Club theatre of Vancouver found a more
than double increase in the ticket sales for their version of the
musical. This was attributed to an April 2009 phenomenon that
was quite appropriately nicknamed after a line from the opening
stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's “Concord Hymn.”

What phenomenon? What nickname?

203. On what occasion was this special cover released?

205. 
Saint Therese of _________ was a French Carmelite nun
popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" or simply, "The
Little Flower".

She is one of the most popular saints in the history of the
church and was referred to as "the greatest saint of modern
times“ by Pope Pius X.

What in Kochi is named after her?

(Answer is NOT St. Teresa’s College, which is named after Saint
Teresa of Avila) 

207. Theme
 Closed, non-exhaustive
 9 questions
 5 points for individual answers
 Point scheme for theme
1-2 - +25
3-4 - +20
5-6 - +15
7-8 - +10
9 - +5
 Uniform negative of - 5 throughout, unlimited attempts


208. 
The region pictured and a male first name (example pictured)
share the same Greek root that refers to something that happens
daily, the Greeks originally using it to describe the relative
location of this region.

What? Also, identify either.

209. 
On April Fool’s Day in 1878, the Daily Graphic ran an article
about a machine called ‘The Food Creator’, that could create
food by combining air, water and earth, based on Dalton’s Law
of Multiple Proportions and the Law of Isomorphism.

As a result, the subject of this prank started receiving letters
asking for the lowest prices and market availability of these
machines. The Daily Graphic, inspired by their success, went
ahead another step and published an image of the subject on
July 9 (image in the next slide).

What originated due to the combined effect of all these
events?

211. 
The Seven Seals is a phrase in the Book of Revelation that refers
to seven symbolic seals that secure the book or scroll seen
during the Revelation of Christ. When a seal is opened, a
judgment is released or an apocalyptic event occurs.

Opening of the first four seals release The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse. The fourth and final horseman rides on a horse
that, according to many versions, is green/greenish-yellow in
colour.


What are the names of the horseman and his horse? OR
What scientific discovery (that also detected the presence of
Magnesium for the first time in living tissue)was named after
the same root word for the name of the horse? Image follows.

213. 
Humphry Osmond was an English psychiatrist who worked
extensively on a group of chemical substances derived from
the Peyote cactus. His paper on the results from his research
into schizophrenia using these chemicals attracted the
attention of the man pictured (next slide) who sent him a
letter in 1952 expressing interest in putting himself forward as
a subject. They met up in May at the man’s residence in Los
Angeles, and he was given 400 mg of the substance leading to
an experience lasting 8 hrs.

What came out of this experience? What term did Osmond
use to refer to these substances? Image follows.

215. 
Scene from The Color of Money, the 1986 Martin Scorsese
film based on the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis.

Tom Cruise’s response to the question posed to him inspired
an American computer programmer named John D. Carmack
to do something in 1992. What?

Video removed.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjSqK7xPLE

216. 
Zamir Dhale is an Advocacy Officer at Sense International (SIIndia), the only NGO in the country working for persons with
multi-sensory impairment. In 2003, while at his alma mater in
Mumbai, he was contacted (along with a few others named
Chandrakant, Pradeep, Mary, and Sangeeta Gala) for a particular
job that required him to travel to Shimla. No remuneration was
accepted by him for the services, as the job itself was viewed as
the biggest possible reward by all these individuals. However,
some of Dhale’s later comments kicked up controversy and the
person who contracted these people was blamed for exploiting
them, but this allegation was denied by all other involved.

What was the job for which these people were chosen?

217. 
It is a North American architectural style that applied elements
from an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in
England to wooden structures built by house-carpenters.

This involved inclusion of pointed arches, steep gables, and
towers to traditional American light-frame construction. They
were generally simple, but the usage of the scroll saw and
mass-produced wood moldings allowed these structures to
mimic the elaborate fenestration of the original style.

What is this style called? What is the most famous example of
this architectural style?

218. 
This is the Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin, from their third
studio album, Led Zeppelin III.

The ‘immigrants’ mentioned in the song are a group of
people rowing west in search of new lands. Who?

The fans of an American sports team started a campaign in
2006 to get their team to use this as their fight song. Their
efforts were finally answered when the song was played at
their kickoff of the 2007 season. Which team?

Audio removed. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNhD0oS5pk

219. 
The brainchild of Graham Monaghan, a former club cricketer, it
was inspired by similar items in baseball. Covered by enamel, it
was supposed to be a cheap alternative for schools, youngsters
and developing countries. Monaghan approached a friend of
his with this idea in 1979, and the friend agreed to use it in a
marketing exercise. The event did not work to plan, and the
only good thing that came out of it was that the friend got fired
up and ripped apart the antagonists in this chain of events. He
also kept a few of these items as souvenirs, with collectors
offering him as much as $3000 for a piece.

By what other name, reminiscent of a loosely defined subset of
elements, is this marketing stunt known?

221. 
The region pictured and a male first name (example pictured)
share the same Greek root that refers to something that happens
daily, the Greeks originally using it to describe the relative
location of this region.

What? Also, identify either.

223. 
On April Fool’s Day in 1878, the Daily Graphic ran an article
about a machine called ‘The Food Creator’, that could create
food by combining air, water and earth, based on Dalton’s Law
of Multiple Proportions and the Law of Isomorphism.

As a result, the subject of this prank started receiving letters
asking for the lowest prices and market availability of these
machines. The Daily Graphic, inspired by their success, went
ahead another step and published an image of the subject on
July 9 (image in the next slide).

What originated due to the combined effect of all these
events?

226. 
The Seven Seals is a phrase in the Book of Revelation that refers
to seven symbolic seals that secure the book or scroll seen
during the Revelation of Christ. When a seal is opened, a
judgment is released or an apocalyptic event occurs.

Opening of the first four seals release The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse. The fourth and final horseman rides on a horse
that, according to many versions, is green/greenish-yellow in
colour.


What are the names of the horseman and his horse? OR
What scientific discovery (that also detected the presence of
Magnesium for the first time in living tissue)was named after
the same root word for the name of the horse? Image follows.

229. 
Humphry Osmond was an English psychiatrist who worked
extensively on a group of chemical substances derived from
the Peyote cactus. His paper on the results from his research
into schizophrenia using these chemicals attracted the
attention of the man pictured (next slide) who sent him a
letter in 1952 expressing interest in putting himself forward as
a subject. They met up in May at the man’s residence in Los
Angeles, and he was given 400 mg of the substance leading to
an experience lasting 8 hrs.

What came out of this experience? What term did Osmond
use to refer to these substances? Image follows.

232. 
Scene from The Color of Money, the 1986 Martin Scorsese
film based on the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis.

Tom Cruise’s response to the question posed to him inspired
an American computer programmer named John D. Carmack
to do something in 1992. What?

Video removed.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrjSqK7xPLE

234. 
Zamir Dhale is an Advocacy Officer at Sense International (SIIndia), the only NGO in the country working for persons with
multi-sensory impairment. In 2003, while at his alma mater in
Mumbai, he was contacted (along with a few others named
Chandrakant, Pradeep, Mary, and Sangeeta Gala) for a particular
job that required him to travel to Shimla. No remuneration was
accepted by him for the services, as the job itself was viewed as
the biggest possible reward by all these individuals. However,
some of Dhale’s later comments kicked up controversy and the
person who contracted these people was blamed for exploiting
them, but this allegation was denied by all other involved.

What was the job for which these people were chosen?

236. 
It is a North American architectural style that applied elements
from an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in
England to wooden structures built by house-carpenters.

This involved inclusion of pointed arches, steep gables, and
towers to traditional American light-frame construction. They
were generally simple, but the usage of the scroll saw and
mass-produced wood moldings allowed these structures to
mimic the elaborate fenestration of the original style.

What is this style called? What is the most famous example of
this architectural style?

238. 
This is the Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin, from their third
studio album, Led Zeppelin III.

The ‘immigrants’ mentioned in the song are a group of
people rowing west in search of new lands. Who?

The fans of an American sports team started a campaign in
2006 to get their team to use this as their fight song. Their
efforts were finally answered when the song was played at
their kickoff of the 2007 season. Which team?

Audio removed. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNhD0oS5pk

240. 
The brainchild of Graham Monaghan, a former club cricketer, it
was inspired by similar items in baseball. Covered by enamel, it
was supposed to be a cheap alternative for schools, youngsters
and developing countries. Monaghan approached a friend of
his with this idea in 1979, and the friend agreed to use it in a
marketing exercise. The event did not work to plan, and the
only good thing that came out of it was that the friend got fired
up and ripped apart the antagonists in this chain of events. He
also kept a few of these items as souvenirs, with collectors
offering him as much as $3000 for a piece.

By what other name, reminiscent of a loosely defined subset of
elements, is this marketing stunt known?

242. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Anatolia
Wizard
Death
Psychedelic
Doom
Black
Gothic
Viking
Heavy Metal

244. Name the first air-conditioned movie theatre in Kerala.

246. 
Differential scoring

8 questions

1-3 teams - +20
4-6 teams - +15
7-8 teams - +10

Uniform negative of -5 throughout

247. 
The Critic is an American animated series that aired on ABC
and Fox in 1994-95, revolving around the life of New York
film critic Jay Sherman.

In a first season episode titled ‘Marty’s First Date’, Jay
explains the various interesting free stuff the film studios
send him for reviewing their movies. He goes on to explain
that he has a ‘Tootsie’ sock on his right foot.

What does he have on his other foot? Image follows.

252. 
It is a Greek word meaning ‘right conduct in one’s social
relationships and towards the gods.’ The concept was
anthropomorphized as an eponymous daemon (good spirit) of
piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect. The word was even used
by emperor Ashoka in his edicts as a Greek translation for the
central Buddhist concept of ‘dharma’.

The word also forms the root of the name of someone whose
exploits in 1966 immediately resulted in the addition of his
likeness to the Madame Tussauds collection in London.

Name the word or the person.

255. 
Mary Alice Kemery is the author of the first book of its kind
to make The New York Times Best Seller list, in 1968. It was
followed by another related book in 1978, which also made
The New York Times Best Seller list and set an industry record
with $2.3 million being paid for the paperback rights.

She assumed her popular name by combining the name of
the title character of a famous WW II radio-show and the
name of her second husband.

What was her popular name? OR Name either book. Image
in the next slide.

259. 
This is X speaking about his famous meeting with Y in 1999:

“I thought wearing glasses was offensive and removed them.
But, I noticed Y eyeing them, so I asked if he wanted them. He not
only nodded, but also put them on and made the wickedest smile.
It was a great moment for a lot of reasons, and one of them was, I
thought, 'We'll be on the front page of every newspaper.' I don't
mean me, but our issues. I knew what a picture of Y in sunglasses
was going to do.”

Who are X and Y?

262. 
In December 1985, the Library of Congress ceased production of
a particular publication, after the Congress withheld $103,000 in
funds, the exact amount it cost to print 1,000 copies of the same
for the blind. The publication was the first (and one of the 36) in
its category published in Braille since 1970 under the National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and
none of the other 35 were dropped. This was contested in court
and the judge ruled in favour of the blind, adding that the move
violated the First Amendment rights by withholding the funds
as a ''back door'' method of censorship.

Which publication did the blind fight tooth and nail for?

265. 
The Grands Projects of Francois Mitterrand was a 1982 program
to provide modern monuments in Paris, symbolizing France’s
role in art, politics, and economy at the end of the 20th century.
These were essentially eight monumental building projects that,
in two decades, transformed the city skyline.

One of these is the Ministry of Finance building located at 1
Boulevard de Bercy. The building covered an area of 225,000
square metres, was 70 m long and extended down to the Seine.

What nickname was given to the building due to its distinct
shape? Image follows.

269. 
Which organization, in July-August 2013, organized some of
its principal ventures in places like Towton, Tewkesbury,
St. Albans and Barnet, sites of some of the bloodiest battles
in English history, in an attempt to cover 49 years of history in
six hours (using 14 people instead of 50,000)?

Image follows.

273. 
In most cases, they are museums containing sculptures, plaques
and memorabilia associated with the people who are featured.
Or, they could be figurative, consisting of a list of names of
individuals maintained by an organization or community.

The original name for these is derived from Norse mythology
and was first used in the context of building A located on the
banks of the Danube, east of Regensburg, Bavaria. The English
name was popularized by the gallery B in Bronx, New York, that
was completed in 1900 and is a part of the New York University.

Gimme both names. Images in the next 2 slides.