1. The huddle was invented in 1892 by a coach at a school for the deaf to prevent opposing teams from reading his hand signals during games.
2. Shaolin Monastery in China is famous for its association with Chinese martial arts and kung fu. Monks at Shaolin receive burn scars on their heads from rituals involving incense cones.
3. "Like a Prayer" is a 1989 song by Madonna that caused controversy due to its music video which incorporated Catholic symbols and was seen as blasphemous. The song was a turning point in Madonna's career.
This document appears to be an advertisement for Ikea. It provides multiple choice questions about various topics such as fashion trends, artists, buildings, and companies to earn points. The questions cover subjects like Geri Halliwell's iconic Union Jack dress, Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian, the Tate Modern art gallery in London, controlled demolitions by CD, Inc., Pablo Picasso's lithograph "La Colombe", and PepsiCo trading Pepsi for Soviet naval vessels.
The document discusses various trivia questions and their answers related to movies, books, music, and more. It includes questions about Schindler's List, Bertrand Russell's work to prove 1+1=2, Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Snowball from Animal Farm. The document is in a question and answer format providing information about popular culture, history, and literature.
1. The document discusses a general quiz with questions related to famous assassinations, temples, textbooks, bands, words with multiple meanings, logos, quotes and more.
2. It also includes rounds related to etymology, music, movies, literature, India, and technology with clues and questions to identify terms, people, places and things.
3. Bonus points are awarded for correct answers and teams can bid to answer first.
The Quizzzically Challenged quiz. Prelims.anandrajagopl
This document outlines the rules and questions for a quiz competition hosted by The Club. It provides 20 multiple choice or short answer questions on various topics, with 3 starred questions. The top 6-7 teams will qualify for the finals on Friday. Plagiarism is not allowed and the quizmaster's decisions are final.
The document discusses Joseph Pujol, a French performer from the late 19th century known by the stage name Le Petomane. His talent was that he could fart melodies and perform other entertaining acts using his ability to control his anal muscles. He became famous for his performances at the Moulin Rouge in Paris in 1892, where he could blow out candles and play the flute using his anal muscles.
The passage provides background information on various topics:
- The Fleet River is London's longest underground river flowing for 4 miles before meeting the Thames.
- The Caesar haircut is named after Julius Caesar, who was often depicted wearing his hair in this short, layered style.
- At the Battle of Albert in 1914 during WWI, the town saw heavy fighting between the French and German armies for five days. In 1916, tanks were used for the first time in the Somme region, where the town of Albert is located.
- The Bahrain islands get their name from the Arabic for "two seas."
Prelims of Almost FAME-ous - The Food/Fashion,Art,Music and Entertainment Quiz,researched and conducted by Quizzito,The Quiz Society of Gargi College as a part of HighQ'20 - The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College
This document appears to be an advertisement for Ikea. It provides multiple choice questions about various topics such as fashion trends, artists, buildings, and companies to earn points. The questions cover subjects like Geri Halliwell's iconic Union Jack dress, Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian, the Tate Modern art gallery in London, controlled demolitions by CD, Inc., Pablo Picasso's lithograph "La Colombe", and PepsiCo trading Pepsi for Soviet naval vessels.
The document discusses various trivia questions and their answers related to movies, books, music, and more. It includes questions about Schindler's List, Bertrand Russell's work to prove 1+1=2, Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Snowball from Animal Farm. The document is in a question and answer format providing information about popular culture, history, and literature.
1. The document discusses a general quiz with questions related to famous assassinations, temples, textbooks, bands, words with multiple meanings, logos, quotes and more.
2. It also includes rounds related to etymology, music, movies, literature, India, and technology with clues and questions to identify terms, people, places and things.
3. Bonus points are awarded for correct answers and teams can bid to answer first.
The Quizzzically Challenged quiz. Prelims.anandrajagopl
This document outlines the rules and questions for a quiz competition hosted by The Club. It provides 20 multiple choice or short answer questions on various topics, with 3 starred questions. The top 6-7 teams will qualify for the finals on Friday. Plagiarism is not allowed and the quizmaster's decisions are final.
The document discusses Joseph Pujol, a French performer from the late 19th century known by the stage name Le Petomane. His talent was that he could fart melodies and perform other entertaining acts using his ability to control his anal muscles. He became famous for his performances at the Moulin Rouge in Paris in 1892, where he could blow out candles and play the flute using his anal muscles.
The passage provides background information on various topics:
- The Fleet River is London's longest underground river flowing for 4 miles before meeting the Thames.
- The Caesar haircut is named after Julius Caesar, who was often depicted wearing his hair in this short, layered style.
- At the Battle of Albert in 1914 during WWI, the town saw heavy fighting between the French and German armies for five days. In 1916, tanks were used for the first time in the Somme region, where the town of Albert is located.
- The Bahrain islands get their name from the Arabic for "two seas."
Prelims of Almost FAME-ous - The Food/Fashion,Art,Music and Entertainment Quiz,researched and conducted by Quizzito,The Quiz Society of Gargi College as a part of HighQ'20 - The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College
Prelims of General Category-The General Quiz researched and conducted by Quizzito-The Quiz Society of Gargi College on 8th February as part of High Q 2018- The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College
The document discusses an alumni session held in 2021. It provides instructions for the session, which will have 8 teams participating in a question-answer format. The session will use a pounce and direct questioning format, with points awarded or deducted based on correct or incorrect answers. It establishes rules regarding who can answer, timing of answers, and penalties for unfair behavior. The document aims to provide all necessary information for participants to have a fair and structured alumni trivia session.
The document discusses:
1. GitHub, a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration. It was launched in 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett.
2. GitHub allows for social networking functions like feeds and followers to display how developers work together on repositories and branches of code.
3. A paragraph refers metaphorically to a supermarket and the fear that prevents products from combining, seen as an unprovable belief system that keeps them obedient.
This document contains 23 questions about travel and tourism. It includes questions that require identifying monuments and locations based on clues (e.g. Borobudur Temple, Rainbow Mountain), movies based on filming locations (Call Me By Your Name), and phenomena (sailing stones in Racetrack Playa). It also asks about tourism trends tied to films (Slumdog Millionaire and slum tourism) and important figures and events in space exploration and memorials (Yuri Gagarin, Holocaust memorials).
Pepsi won a lawsuit against Ronald Ball in 2012 after he found a dead mouse in a bottle of Mountain Dew. The company proved that if the mouse had been in the bottle during manufacturing, it would have dissolved by the time Ball purchased it.
The phrase "once in a blue moon" refers to rare events, but a blue moon itself (an extra full moon in a season) actually occurs more often than commonly believed, with the most recent ones in May 2016 and upcoming ones in January and March 2018.
In Hindu mythology, the figure corresponding to Noah from the biblical story of Noah's ark is the deity Matsya and the person Manu, who were warned of an impending flood.
This is quiz conducted by Rajenki Das and Me on 20th October, 2016 at the Thapar Quizzing Club (TQC), Literary Society. The theme is general and it has 42 questions.
The document is a quiz with 6 multiple choice questions about various topics:
1. The first question asks about an item found by British archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler that is a small sculpture of a dancing girl.
2. The second question asks about the "For Dummies" book series.
3. The third question asks about the Pokémon character Pikachu.
4. The fourth question asks about the Pokémon theme song "Gotta Catch 'em All".
5. The fifth question asks about the fear of palindromes called Aibohphobia.
6. The sixth question is about catching cyclists using hidden motors during the 2016 Tour de France cycling race
The document appears to be about a freshers' quiz with 30 multiple choice questions. It provides the rules of the quiz, sample questions from the preliminary written round, and clues or details for identifying the answers to each question. The questions cover a wide range of topics including history, science, pop culture, and current events.
The document discusses the swastika symbol, which has been used in various cultures and religions throughout history and geography, including Scandinavia, Byzantium, Buddhism, Mayan, Navajo, ancient Mesopotamia, India, and China/Japan. It also mentions that Microsoft inadvertently included the symbol in some Office software in 2003.
This General Quiz was held by the pre-final years at the IIT Kharagpur Quiz club as a nod to the outgoing Governors of the year. This session was held on 15th May, 2021
This document contains the questions and answers for a general quiz. It provides the rules for the quiz, which include 30 questions with multiples of 5 starred, 8 teams will qualify for finals, and ties will be resolved by starred questions then countback. It then lists 21 multiple choice questions from various topics including history, literature, sports, and pop culture. The questions require identifying people, places, events, and other terms from context clues provided in the questions.
Finals of General Category-The General Quiz researched and conducted by Quizzito-The Quiz Society of Gargi College on 8th February as part of High Q 2018- The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College.
Business Science and Technology Quiz conducted by Quiz Club NITW in collaboration with ECE Association NITW for Technozion '22.
Quizmaster: Aabhaas Dasgupta
The document describes the collection of antique cars and motorcycles owned by James Douglas Muir, including a 1912 Stanley Steamer and a rare 1964 Studebaker Avanti. It also mentions that Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by a fan of Steffi Graf during a tennis match. Finally, it discusses the concept of using flywheel energy storage in vehicles, with the first system revealed being called "Flybrid" and using a flywheel that weighs 5.0 kg and revolves at up to 64,500 rpm to provide a power boost of 60 kW for 6.67 seconds.
The document provides the rules and questions for a general quiz competition. It states there will be 25 multiple choice questions with points awarded for each part of the answer. No negative marking is applied. Mobile devices cannot be used to search for answers. The top 6 teams will qualify for the finals. It then lists 25 questions across a variety of topics, with the task being to provide the name, term or answer identified by each question.
This document summarizes a quiz event held in Margao, Goa in June 2016. It was hosted by quizmaster Mahesh Prabhu with assistance from Annie and Rajiv. The quiz had 4 rounds with a variety of questions testing knowledge of celebrities, history, geography and more. Rounds included identifying personalities in photos, multiple choice questions, and filling in blanks. Points were awarded for correct answers and deducted for incorrect or skipped questions. The theme of the final round was identifying 6 personalities who were all born in India.
This quiz document outlines the rules for an upcoming quiz. It states there will be a limited time window to answer questions, only one attempt per question is allowed, and marking will be based on correct and incorrect answers. Hints from other players are not allowed. The document provides examples of questions related to history, current events, and identifying people, places, things based on provided clues. It wishes participants best of luck in the quiz.
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Prelims of General Category-The General Quiz researched and conducted by Quizzito-The Quiz Society of Gargi College on 8th February as part of High Q 2018- The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College
The document discusses an alumni session held in 2021. It provides instructions for the session, which will have 8 teams participating in a question-answer format. The session will use a pounce and direct questioning format, with points awarded or deducted based on correct or incorrect answers. It establishes rules regarding who can answer, timing of answers, and penalties for unfair behavior. The document aims to provide all necessary information for participants to have a fair and structured alumni trivia session.
The document discusses:
1. GitHub, a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration. It was launched in 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett.
2. GitHub allows for social networking functions like feeds and followers to display how developers work together on repositories and branches of code.
3. A paragraph refers metaphorically to a supermarket and the fear that prevents products from combining, seen as an unprovable belief system that keeps them obedient.
This document contains 23 questions about travel and tourism. It includes questions that require identifying monuments and locations based on clues (e.g. Borobudur Temple, Rainbow Mountain), movies based on filming locations (Call Me By Your Name), and phenomena (sailing stones in Racetrack Playa). It also asks about tourism trends tied to films (Slumdog Millionaire and slum tourism) and important figures and events in space exploration and memorials (Yuri Gagarin, Holocaust memorials).
Pepsi won a lawsuit against Ronald Ball in 2012 after he found a dead mouse in a bottle of Mountain Dew. The company proved that if the mouse had been in the bottle during manufacturing, it would have dissolved by the time Ball purchased it.
The phrase "once in a blue moon" refers to rare events, but a blue moon itself (an extra full moon in a season) actually occurs more often than commonly believed, with the most recent ones in May 2016 and upcoming ones in January and March 2018.
In Hindu mythology, the figure corresponding to Noah from the biblical story of Noah's ark is the deity Matsya and the person Manu, who were warned of an impending flood.
This is quiz conducted by Rajenki Das and Me on 20th October, 2016 at the Thapar Quizzing Club (TQC), Literary Society. The theme is general and it has 42 questions.
The document is a quiz with 6 multiple choice questions about various topics:
1. The first question asks about an item found by British archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler that is a small sculpture of a dancing girl.
2. The second question asks about the "For Dummies" book series.
3. The third question asks about the Pokémon character Pikachu.
4. The fourth question asks about the Pokémon theme song "Gotta Catch 'em All".
5. The fifth question asks about the fear of palindromes called Aibohphobia.
6. The sixth question is about catching cyclists using hidden motors during the 2016 Tour de France cycling race
The document appears to be about a freshers' quiz with 30 multiple choice questions. It provides the rules of the quiz, sample questions from the preliminary written round, and clues or details for identifying the answers to each question. The questions cover a wide range of topics including history, science, pop culture, and current events.
The document discusses the swastika symbol, which has been used in various cultures and religions throughout history and geography, including Scandinavia, Byzantium, Buddhism, Mayan, Navajo, ancient Mesopotamia, India, and China/Japan. It also mentions that Microsoft inadvertently included the symbol in some Office software in 2003.
This General Quiz was held by the pre-final years at the IIT Kharagpur Quiz club as a nod to the outgoing Governors of the year. This session was held on 15th May, 2021
This document contains the questions and answers for a general quiz. It provides the rules for the quiz, which include 30 questions with multiples of 5 starred, 8 teams will qualify for finals, and ties will be resolved by starred questions then countback. It then lists 21 multiple choice questions from various topics including history, literature, sports, and pop culture. The questions require identifying people, places, events, and other terms from context clues provided in the questions.
Finals of General Category-The General Quiz researched and conducted by Quizzito-The Quiz Society of Gargi College on 8th February as part of High Q 2018- The Annual Quizzing Festival of Gargi College.
Business Science and Technology Quiz conducted by Quiz Club NITW in collaboration with ECE Association NITW for Technozion '22.
Quizmaster: Aabhaas Dasgupta
The document describes the collection of antique cars and motorcycles owned by James Douglas Muir, including a 1912 Stanley Steamer and a rare 1964 Studebaker Avanti. It also mentions that Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by a fan of Steffi Graf during a tennis match. Finally, it discusses the concept of using flywheel energy storage in vehicles, with the first system revealed being called "Flybrid" and using a flywheel that weighs 5.0 kg and revolves at up to 64,500 rpm to provide a power boost of 60 kW for 6.67 seconds.
The document provides the rules and questions for a general quiz competition. It states there will be 25 multiple choice questions with points awarded for each part of the answer. No negative marking is applied. Mobile devices cannot be used to search for answers. The top 6 teams will qualify for the finals. It then lists 25 questions across a variety of topics, with the task being to provide the name, term or answer identified by each question.
This document summarizes a quiz event held in Margao, Goa in June 2016. It was hosted by quizmaster Mahesh Prabhu with assistance from Annie and Rajiv. The quiz had 4 rounds with a variety of questions testing knowledge of celebrities, history, geography and more. Rounds included identifying personalities in photos, multiple choice questions, and filling in blanks. Points were awarded for correct answers and deducted for incorrect or skipped questions. The theme of the final round was identifying 6 personalities who were all born in India.
This quiz document outlines the rules for an upcoming quiz. It states there will be a limited time window to answer questions, only one attempt per question is allowed, and marking will be based on correct and incorrect answers. Hints from other players are not allowed. The document provides examples of questions related to history, current events, and identifying people, places, things based on provided clues. It wishes participants best of luck in the quiz.
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The document discusses upcoming changes to UCC Article 9 including clarifying rules around control of electronic chattel paper, location of debtor provisions, and continued perfection following a change in governing law. It also covers creating a security interest, such as how attachment works for future advances and automatic attachment for certain collateral types. The presentation provides an overview of the revisions and important concepts in secured transactions.
4. Общая экономика 2017. Деньги, или обращение товаров. /General Economics 20...Moscow State University
4. Общая экономика 2017. Деньги, или обращение товаров. (Цена. Дефляция. Инфляция. Номинальный и реальный продукт. Законы общего уровня цен)/General Economics 2017. Money, or the circulation of commodities. (Price. The deflation. Inflation. Nominal and real product. The laws of the general price level)
Rx for Improving Medical Translation in a Diverse World: a Closer Look at Pat...Erin Lyons
Most patient surveys are developed for a homogeneous Western target population and fail to take into consideration the diverse cultures, languages and geographies of the actual patient pool. Yet, such surveys remain one of the cornerstones for evaluating patient experience and for patient-provider communication. Some situations and activities in patient questionnaires are not relevant or equivalent across cultures (back pain caused by shoveling snow, walking several blocks, doing housework). In other cases, terms need to be adapted for specific locales (“saubermachen” in Germany, but “putzen” in Switzerland for “cleaning”). These linguistic and cultural gaps are reason for serious concern and translators must learn to use cross-cultural adaptation to guarantee both conceptual and semantic equivalence to ensure the reliability and validity of patient-reported outcomes.
We will examine common problems that arise during the translation, back-translation and validation steps and tackle “untranslatable” concepts, idiomatic expressions and metaphors and degrees of linguistic deficiency and abstraction.
At the end of this training session, participants will be able:
To choose between the meaning and effect of the source translation to adapt to the cultural and linguistic conventions of the target community.
To determine the degree of source-target correspondence and the commensurate degree of fidelity of the translation in a medical context.
To apply free translation strategies to translate cultural references, idioms, and micro-level translation problems to bridge the linguistic divide.
Selva Negra is a traditional German dessert consisting of a chocolate cake layered with whipped cream and cherries. It is made with wheat flour, cocoa powder, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, cherry liqueur, milk, cream, cherries, and chocolate. The cake batter is poured into a buttered mold and baked for 40-50 minutes before being cut in half horizontally. Whipped cream is spread between the layers and on top, then decorated with cherries and chocolate chips. Despite its size, the dessert is not overly sweet due to the small amount of sugar used.
This resource highlights an interactive video and lesson plan that teaches literacy skills to students in grades K-3 using the characters Shock and Guest. The video and lesson plan focus on short i words and words ending in "ick" to make learning phonics fun and exciting. They also provide extension activities for students to practice their literacy skills in groups. The resource supports the NETS standard of having students use digital media to communicate, collaborate, and publish with peers to both support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
ARE YOU VULNERABLE TO HACKERS? TARGET WAS.Cora Ann
Hackers were able to gain access to Target's computer systems and steal financial and personal data of 110 million shoppers by tricking an outside vendor employee into clicking on a malicious email. The hackers sent spear phishing emails appearing to come from trusted sources that took over the vendor employee's computer. Once they had access to the vendor's computer, the hackers were then able to penetrate Target's network and steal payment card data. The document recommends that companies eliminate vulnerabilities, increase security training and education programs, and engage IT personnel more frequently to avoid becoming targets of cyber attacks.
El documento trata sobre conceptos ambientales como los ciclos biogeoquímicos, ecosistemas, clasificación de ambientes, la Tierra y sus estructuras internas como la litósfera, atmósfera e hidrósfera. Explica que el ambiente es el conjunto de factores biológicos, físicos, químicos y sociales que pueden afectar a los seres vivos y las actividades humanas. Además, describe los ecosistemas como unidades fundamentales de la biosfera donde ocurren flujos de energía y materia a trav
An ecology for systemic change. How to foster and empower disruptive innovati...Helene Finidori
Looking at how to embed into the system the code for its renewal. Fostering factors of opportunity and renewal as commons. A draft presentation, work in progress.
The full paper is available here: https://www.academia.edu/7304971/An_Ecology_of_Transformative_Action_Awaiting_to_be_Discovered
The Dirty Quiz - Prelims & Finals - Questions+Answers - IIT BHU Quiz ClubIIT BHU Quiz Club
The Dirty Quiz - Prelims and Finals - Questions+Answers - by the IIT BHU Quiz Club.
QuizMasters: Ashlesh Mangrulkar & Adhithyan Pandian
Questions along with answers. Held at the MCIIE, IIT (BHU)
This document contains the rules and questions for a quiz competition called the Banur Barite Session. The rules state that the questions will have pro-wrestling connections and the answers will provide pictures to help explain the connections. There are 28 questions on various topics that will be asked with a +10/-10 point system for correct/incorrect answers.
The document provides details about the Bodhi- Finals quiz competition including:
- It has 6 rounds with a pounce format and points system for correct and incorrect answers.
- Sample questions are provided from Round 1 on topics like monuments, people, laws, and terminology.
- Subsequent rounds include an image connection round and audience questions.
- Themes and individual topics are provided for bonus points.
- The document discusses the season 5 of SPQC and provides the names Pranav Kundra and Yash Saraiya.
- It then shares lyrics from the Pokémon theme song asking where it would be found.
- It describes a famous Indian bunny commercial from the 90s advertising a household product, asking the reader to name the product.
1. Franz Mesmer developed a theory of "animal magnetism" which led to the development of hypnotism. The word "mesmerize" comes from Mesmer and means to hypnotize or hold someone's attention entirely.
2. A medley is a combination of four different swimming strokes in one race or relay.
3. The most common name for the large shark Somniosus microcephalus is the Greenland shark.
4. Death metal growls are sometimes called "Cookie Monster vocals" due to their similarity to the iconic Sesame Street character.
The document describes the rules for a quiz game called Palangtod Quiz. It lists the scoring rules: +10 for a direct answer, +20 for getting a "pounce" question right or -10 for getting it wrong, and +50 for correctly using "jokhim" to block other teams or -30 for an incorrect use of jokhim. It also lists the categories that questions can fall under: Indian history, geography, etymology, sports, world history, and LSD.
This document contains the rules and questions for a quiz game called Palangtod Quiz. It provides details on how players can earn points for correct or incorrect answers to trivia questions, as well as how the blocking mechanism "jokhim" works. The questions are about topics like world history, Indian history, geography, etymology, sports, and more. Sample questions provided ask for the names of historical figures, locations, terminology, and statistics.
The College General Quiz (Prelims)- NSIT Quiz Fest 2015nsitqc
The College General Quiz (Prelims) at the NSIT Quiz Fest 2015, conducted by the NSIT Quiz Club from 20th-22nd March. See the videos and audios for the questions here- http://goo.gl/Cv1yzP
Blisspoint '14 General Quiz by ConquiztadorsRaghav Kaushal
Prelims of the General Quiz by Conquiatdors-The Official Quizzing Society of Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University done on 26th September 2014 at Blisspoint '14.
The document contains rules for a quiz competition with 25 preliminary questions and no negative marking. Questions marked with an asterisk will be used as tie-breakers. The top 6 teams will qualify for the finals. Good luck is wished to participants.
I apologize, but I do not have enough context to identify the concept album or band being referred to as X. Could you please provide some additional clues?
The document discusses ships flying flags from multiple nations to deceive other vessels into thinking they were allies. However, the rules of engagement required that ships hoist their true flag before firing upon another ship. This gave rise to the popular phrase "Show your true colours." The summary identifies the key details about flag deception from the passage and the phrase that arose from revealing one's true flag before combat.
The movie A is Titanic which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Kate Winslet acts alongside Meryl Streep in a medical drama ER. Meryl Streep is also a blues singer and pianist. In Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio is seen whistling a popular tune 'My Heart Will Go On' which also features at the end of the movie Inception. Protagonist Leonardo DiCaprio of Inception plays opposite Tom Hardy in the Dark Knight trilogy as the villain Bane.
Meryl Streep acts opposite Tom Hardy and Keanu Reeves as Captain James Biggs in the movie Street Kings.
Keanu Reeves is also known to star in the
A GK Quiz made by Megh Mazumdar, Udit Jolly, Ayush Anand, Sibaditya Pal, and Samar Veer, class 12th students of The Mother's International School for the Inter-house GK Quiz finals conducted in November 2019.
We are talking about the 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Seoul, South Korea. During the ceremony, live doves were released as symbols of peace but some were burned alive when the Olympic cauldron was lit, causing protests. Paper or balloon doves were used instead in subsequent Olympics.
2. 1 X is a phrase used mainly by the media, public and the law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization. It has seldom been given to specific bosses because it could create tension between different factions (otherwise known as families) within the Mafia. Typically the title is awarded to the boss of the most powerful Mafia family. X?
4. 2 This song by Lydia Murdock is an answer to the world famous song X by Y (referred to as superstar). And then all of a sudden You just stopped coming by You never called on the phone And I didn't know why Too many fellas nowadays Push their girl aside First they get what they want Then they run off and hide But baby, time went by I was not upset And then much to my surprise One day to my regret Well the doctor said that There will soon be two And there's a little one coming There's a man in you (CHORUS): I'm X and I'm mad as hell I'm a woman with a story to tell Superstar You know just who you are (Who you are, who you are, who you are)
6. 3 X is a disco song written by Jim Brusatto performed by Carl Douglas, and composed and produced by Biddu. It was released as a single in 1974, at the cusp of a chopsocky film craze, and eventually rose to the top of the British and American charts, in addition to reaching number one on the Soul Singles chart. It received a Gold certification from the RIAA in 1974, won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Selling Single, and popularized disco music. It eventually went on to sell eleven million records worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. The song uses the quintessential Oriental Riff, a short musical phrase that is used to signify Chinese culture.
8. 4 MCC Law 36.3 states that - “The off side of the striker’s wicket shall be determined by the striker’s stance at the moment the ball comes into play for that delivery.” Why was this law under scrutiny recently?
12. 6 X is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by ShashankaGhosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. It is a spoof on Indian western movies, featuring songs, melodrama and action sequences including a duel in a traffic jam. The movie is based on a character created for television promos at the time of the launch of the music network Channel [V] in 1994. The character had a cult following, and made catchphrases like ‘_________' and 'We are like this only' popular. In recent years, the character has inspired a sequence from Om Shanti Om where Shah Rukh Khan does a take-off, incorporating elements of Tamil legend Rajinikanth's performances.
14. 7 Y refer to a spectrum of powers which influenced the thoughts of sentient creatures, most commonly used to coerce into agreement by suggestion through voice manipulation, or to cause one to reveal information. This allowed its practitioners to resolve matters in a non-violent way. When using a Y, an X often waved his or her hand to aid in the persuasion and adopted a peculiar tone of voice along with a casual facial expression. The target of the Y also tended to adopt a casual tone of voice but a peculiar facial expression. Should it succeed, he or she then agreed to whatever was being said to them without being able to think for themselves. Moments later, they would feel puzzled about their new opinion, but usually didn't feel like changing it back.
16. 8 “In view of the decision that the game is to go forward, both X and Y have been asked to work out a mutual and professional working relationship. For this, performance will be the criteria, applicable to everyone in the team or associated with it.. Mutual trust is important. Henceforth no player/captain/coach will write or have any interaction with the media. Going to the media will lead to disciplinary action.” What are we talking about?
18. 9 The religion Y has historically been used as a means to express Z nationalism and ethnic identity, especially prior to the end of World War II. It has served to symbolize and provide a sense of belonging, to identify and unify the Z people culturally, and to serve as a barrier demarcating the Z from other peoples, providing them with a sense of cultural uniqueness. In its association with Y, the sport X has also been seen as a bulwark of Z tradition. In recent years, X has come under a cloud of accusations of corruption, bribery and match-fixing. Popularized in Steven Levitt's book Freakonomics(the chapter "What do school teachers and X ____ have in common?"), the study found that 70% of those with 7–7 records on the final day of the tournament (i.e., seven wins and seven losses, and one fight to go) won. When the former X _______, also known as Onarutostablemaster, and his supporter ____________came forward with allegations of match rigging, drug use, sexcapades, tax evasion, and close ties to the mafia, both were found dead in the same hospital, hours apart on April 14, 1996, though there was no proof of poisoning.
20. 10 When Mark Twain visited Hawaii in 1866 he wrote, "In one place we came upon a large company of naked natives, of both sexes and all ages, amusing themselves with the national pastime of X." No, its not what you think! It is a commonly-held belief that X originated in Hawaii. This X on a plank was different to the woven reed boat X presumed to have originated in Peru. X, in a form very similar to its modern one was witnessed and described by European sources including Captain Cook during his explorations less than 300 years ago. It is safe to assume that X had been taking place for many years before that time, however, we cannot be certain how long before, because there is no physical evidence of earlier X in Polynesia. For centuries X was a central part of ancient Polynesian culture. X might have been first observed by Europeans at Tahiti in 1767 by Samuel Wallis and the crew members of the Dolphin who were the first Europeans to visit the island in June 1767. Lieutenant James King was the first one who wrote about the art of X on Hawaii when completing the journals of Captain James Cook upon Cook's death in 1779. References to X on single canoe hulls are also verified for pre-contact Samoa, where X was called fa'ase'e or se'egalu and Tonga. The man known as "The Pioneer of Modern X" is the Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, who was a Gold medal winning Olympic swimmer who brought X into the public consciousness in the form it is currently known.
22. 11 Formerly, X were worn for hard physical work; they were more durable than a textile garment and easier to clean. Today, they are mostly worn as leisure wear. X were once widespread among Germanic men of the Alpine and surrounding regions, including Bavaria, Austria, and the German-speaking part of Italy's province of South Tyrol. But they were not usually worn in southwestern Germany or Switzerland. X have remained regionally popular and are commonly associated with virility and brawn. Some men wear them when gardening, hiking, working outdoors, or attending folk festivals or beer gardens. They are rarely seen elsewhere and have acquired some camp connotations in the rest of Central Europe. Nevertheless, they are a symbol of regional pride in Bavaria and the other areas where they are still commonly seen. Their role in Bavaria is thus comparable to that of the kilt in Scotland and the cowboy hat in the United States.
24. 12 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium (synovitis) secondary to hyperplasia of synovial cells, excess synovial fluid, and the development of pannus in the synovium. The pathology of the disease process often leads to the destruction of articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints. NOTABLE CASES James Coburn claimed to have healed the condition using pills containing a sulfur-containing compound on his return to acting. Jamie Farr, American actor, famous for his role as Max Klinger on the 1970s television series M*A*S*H. Sandy Koufax, an American Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher who played from 1955 to 1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. _____________, cricketer who had to retire from active play as he could no longer straighten his fingers because of rheumatoid arthritis.
26. 13 A German peddler, Antonoine Feuchtwanger, sold ________ in the streets of St. Louis, Missouri. He would supply white gloves with each purchase so that his customers would not burn their hands while eating the ________. He saw his profits going down because the customers kept taking the gloves and walking off with them. His wife suggested that he put the __________ in a bun instead. He reportedly asked his brother-in-law, a baker, for help. The baker improvised a solution - X.
28. 14 X has revealed in interviews that the character Y was created based on a couple of instances involving his family. His father loved watching British comedies with actors like Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, so X always wanted to play an English character in a comedy. He also said that one night after coming home from hockey practice, he started flirting with his wife in an English accent. His wife laughed and told him to write the routine down, so he could do it again. Writing the routine down led to this script. Some items on Y's "Things to do before I die" list: Become ______ ______ of _______ Be Cryogencally Frozen Travel through Time, Backwards and Forwards Catch Z in the First Act Find true love Gain my father's respect Z is Y's arch-enemy and is also portrayed by X.
30. 15 Some hold that when confronted with unfortunate events, or just when these are mentioned or suggested, a person wanting to avoid that fate could resort to the sign to ward off bad luck. In Italy, the usage of the sign is a common curse as well as an accusation of having an unfaithful wife. During an European Union meeting in February 2002, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was photographed performing this gesture behind the back of the Spanish foreign minister. When questioned about the incident, he replied "I was only joking." On the cover of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine album (1969), the cartoon of John Lennon's right hand is making the sign above Paul McCartney's head. For many fans, this was one of the many "Paul is dead" clues. Some may think it is possible that the cartoonist misrepresented the sign for "I love you", which is very similar and more in keeping with the band's public message and image. One of these photos of Lennon doing the hand sign appears on the cover of a Beatles single release shortly after, making it the first time the hand sign appears on a ____ release.
34. 17 The X, in which the players all face inward in a tight circle, was invented in 1892 in a school intended for the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. When passing on orders to his team, the coach realized that his hand signals could be read by opposing players, a particular concern when they played other schools for the deaf. To remedy this, he had his players form a circle so that his sign-language signals could be sent and received without anyone on the sidelines or on the opposing team seeing. X?
36. 18 The X Monastery or Temple is a Chán Buddhist temple at Song Shan near Zhengzhou City Henan Province in Dengfeng, China Founded in the 5th century, the monastery is long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with X Kung Fu, and it is the Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world. The X Monks receive 3, 6, or 9 dots depending on their level. The marks on a monk’s head aren’t dots, but burn scars. The monks who are ordained to a particular level can go through a ritual during which a special device holding cones of incense are rapidly pressed into their scalps.
38. 19 “X" is a song by American singer-songwriter Y, recorded for her fourth studio album of the same name (1989). According to Y, "X" was about a passionate young girl in love with God, whose importance makes Him the only male figure in her life. The lyrics of the song were inspired by Y's own Catholic upbringing, and was used as a metaphor for sexual intercourse, containing ambiguous innuendos referring to fellatio and orgasm. "X" received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised Y's skilled songwriting and improved vocals. "X" is more memorable for its accompanying music video which led to a huge uproar after its release. Directed by Mary Lambert, the video features Y as a woman who witnessed a murder and fled to church for safety. The clip incorporates Catholic symbols such as stigmata and burning crosses, and a dream about making love to a saint. Critically appreciated, the Vatican condemned the music video after its release, while family and religious groups protested its broadcast. The song was featured in a television advertisement which was later removed from broadcast, following the protests surrounding the music video. It was also featured on American television show Glee, in an episode themed around Y. "X" has been marked as a turning point in Y's career, as she began to be viewed as an efficient businesswoman, someone who knew how to sell a concept.
40. 20 X holds the accolade of being the first cricketer in the world to have scored 5,000 runs, taken 100 wickets, held 100 catches and received 100 caps in both ODIs and Tests, a feat only matched since by Jacques Kallis.In his autobiography, Steve Waugh writes that "quickness of feet and sweet yet brutally efficient stroke play were X's trademarks."He was routinely prematurely dismissed, however, after losses in concentration. Y also thought very highly of X's footwork and, in 2008, named him among the top 100 cricketers of his time, citing in particular his ability to disguise his dances down the track. Y felt that determining when a batsman was going to give the charge was one of the most important things for a spinner, and that X was the best at making it indeterminable. "During the 1995 series," he wrote, "this really nagged away at me, because I couldn't spot any of the usual clues even though I knew there had to be a sign that would give him away. On a number of occasions, I stopped at the point of delivery to see if he was giving anything away with his footwork. Most batsmen would be looking to get out of their ground at that point, whereas X just stayed set. In the end, after watching him closely time after time, I managed to crack it. When he wanted to hit over the top, he just looked at me instead of tapping his crease as usual and looking down. Of course, my knowing what he was going to do did not always stop him from doing it."
42. 21 Dress : Long hair, a white turban, earrings, and necklaces of shells or beads. Baskets /pots hanging from a bamboo pole slung over the shoulder. Instrument : A flute-like instrument made from a gourd, known as a been or pungi. Method : Hypnotism and seemingly dangerous acts of juggling and sleight of hand. What are we talking about?
44. 22 1996 saw the World Cup returning to the sub-continent. With it started the war to woo a potentially huge Indian market. Though Coca Cola had secured the rights as the official soft drink of the World Cup, rival Pepsi though weren't ready to surrender. They went on to steal the thunder with their 'X' campaign. The instance marks perhaps the most famous example of 'Y' in the history of business related to sports in India.
46. 23 The first reference to an X is in the work of Hero of Alexandria, a first-century engineer and mathematician. His machine accepted a Y and then gave holy water. When the Y was deposited, it fell upon a pan attached to a lever. The lever opened a valve which let some water flow out. The pan continued to tilt with the weight of the Y until it fell off, at which point a counterweight snapped the lever up and turned off the valve. However, X waited for the Industrial Age before coming to prominence. The first modern Y-operated X were introduced in London, England in the early 1880s, for post cards. The first X in the U.S. was built in 1888 by the Thomas Adams Gum Company, selling gum on New York City train platforms. The idea of adding games to these machines as a further incentive to buy came in 1897 when the Pulver Manufacturing Company added small figures, which would move around whenever somebody bought some gum from their machines. This idea spawned a whole new type of mechanical device known as the "trade stimulators". The birth of slot machines and pinball is ultimately rooted in these early devices.
48. 24 The original prototype of the X was created using a matchbox and matchsticks. This idea then led to the first tables in Germany, which were boxes made out of plywood with dowel rods and blocks of wood for figures. The modern tables we see today have replaced the dowels with chrome rods and the wooden blocks with figurines. In the early 1960’s, while on duty in Germany, Lawrence Patterson arranged to have the European game imported to the United States. Part of its initial popularity in the U.S. is thought to have been sparked by World War II veterans and the game’s use in their rehabilitation as it was used to improve hand-eye coordination.
54. The 10000 brick wall built at Chinnaswamy stadium in honour of RahulDravid reaching 10000 runs
55. 29 The X is a Dark Horse comic book series created by writer John Arcudi and artist Doug Mahnke, and based on a concept by publisher Mike Richardson. The series follows a magical X which imbues the wearer with reality-bending powers, a banana yellow suit and physical imperviousness, as well as bypassing the wearer's psychological inhibitions. It was adapted into the 1994 film The X, starring ________. The movie version of the character subsequently appeared in an animated TV series entitled The X: The Animated Series though the main character was voiced by a different actor.
57. 30 X were brought to Europe by Marco Polo towards the end of the 13th century, and were brought back by sailors from Japan and Malaysia in the 16th and 17th centuries. Although they were initially regarded as mere curiosities, but by the 18th and 19th centuries X were being used as vehicles for scientific research especially in meteorology, aeronautics, wireless communications and photography; In India and many neighbouring countries , they have been regarded as a source of recreation and a popular cultural sport, known as "X fighting". It is believed that X were brought to India by Chinese travelers F Hien and Huin Tsang. The skins of X are made from a lightweight thin paper and the spars are usually made from a lightweight and flexible wood, usually bamboo. In modern American fighters, the X skins are made from a variety of synthetic materials – mylar, aircraft insulation (orcon or insulfab), nylon, and polyester sheeting. The spine is constructed of fiberglass or carbon fiber.
59. 31 Way of the Dragon (known as "Return of the Dragon" in the United States to cash in on the success of "Enter the Dragon") is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced, directed by and starring Bruce Lee. This movie was bloody epic for many reasons and the most MASS thing about the movie was a fight between Bruce Lee and X filmed on location in Y. It was the last movie to be filmed there. Since he was the director and wanted to make himself look awesome, Bruce Lee had X put on weight so he would looks less impressive by comparison. The fight scene also features a cat, for reasons unknown to us. This is one of only two films in which X plays a villain and the only film in which he is killed (he is only knocked out in the other film). Useless trivia: -> Part of the music in this film is actually originally from the EnnioMorricone score for the Sergio Leone western C'eraunavoltail West. The music used for X is taken from the song "Man with a Harmonica." -> Stephen Chow will direct and star in a remake version of the film entitled Tai Chi. The film is also rumored to star Jack Black and Anne Hathaway, and began shooting in June 2010. It will be Chow's first American movie. We don't know why he's bothering to do so as there is no way it will be as amazing as the original.
61. 32 According to the band's lead guitarist, The song was conceived at a time when the audiences were getting so involved in the concerts that the band would have to stop to let the crowd do some singing on its own. It was written as the ultimate in audience participation. That big powerful drum sound to which we stomp isn't what it seems. The recording of X actually contains no drums. The song was recorded in an English studio that was an old converted church. The sound was created by the four band members (and apparently some helpers) stomping over and over again on an old wooden floor. That sound was then over-dubbed repeatedly.
66. Godfather- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LnJskwydvM Billie Jean- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0jY4WvCIc Kung fu fighting- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X9yGIlF1Bw Chappel- gangulyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFkJNlvtqYs Switch hit & Billy Bowden ( change the game ads ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6ohKRzWS8 Akon-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKTSrtXIAD4 Mind It- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GTpSFYSfkw Jedi Mind trick - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtS7m10ps1E Surfing, Lederhosen, Sumo wrestling, foosball , coin vending ( Beckham, carlospepsi football ads) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nuNSTo-fH8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9tTTunBQ40 Hot dog- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ImtTlv5p4 Austin Powers- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNqIcQI65pQ KuchKuchhotahai- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HATxi2dFP0 The great indian huddle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYcNu8v1-cM Sing of horns- the pepsi my can ads Shaolin- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcOZAyj4w94 Madonna- like a prayer was released through a pepsi ad Shane warne, carlhoopersachin ad – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2tjkBXDH4 Snake charming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT2AlQ85bZQ Kite fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdYfwbDgK8 Mask- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMzZfzzG80s Colosseum and We will rock you - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7jkygJ_QNo