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5. Rules
• Questions are in 4 sets
• First 2 sets – 5Q * 2
• Last 2 Sets – 10Q * 2
• Stakes are there for every set except the first set
• Normally, points are (+10, 0). Stake (+20, -10)
• Starred Questions will be used to resolve ties. (Or else sudden death)
6. Rules
• Only the order placed between Qn. 1 and Qn. 29 will be considered
for the winning prize.
• The Winners gets their bill redeemed upto Rs. 3000 on the total
order.
• Usage of any electronic devices is prohibited. It’ll lead to you getting
disqualified.
• 42 and Harambe won’t be accepted as the answer for everything.
• And everything in the disclaimer applies.
8. 1Q.
X at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed
to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an
enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77
founding members of the organization, but by November 2013 the
organization had since expanded to 134 member countries.
Thailand holds the Chairmanship for 2016.
The group was founded on 15 June 1964, by the "Joint Declaration of the
Seventy-Seven Countries" issued at the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD). The first major meeting was in Algiers in 1967,
where the Charter of Algiers was adopted and the basis for permanent
institutional structures was begun. What is X known as?
11. 4Q.
This was a customary religious act in ancient India. The devout would
throw ______ balls at the statues of their gods to seek favour and
forgiveness.
This was the origin of this phrase which is now used in a different
context to impress someone with flattery. FITB or identify the phrase.
12. 5Q.
X’s company logo was based on the coat of arms of the Free People's
State of Württemberg of former Weimar Germany, which had Stuttgart
as its capital (the same arms were used by Württemberg-Hohenzollern
from 1945-1952, while Stuttgart during these years was the capital of
adjacent Württemberg-Baden). The arms of Stuttgart was placed in the
middle, since they were made in Stuttgart. The heraldic symbols were
combined with the texts “X" and "Stuttgart“. Which company am I
talking about?
(Pictures on the next slide)
16. 1Q.
X at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed
to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an
enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77
founding members of the organization, but by November 2013 the
organization had since expanded to 134 member countries.
Thailand holds the Chairmanship for 2016.
The group was founded on 15 June 1964, by the "Joint Declaration of the
Seventy-Seven Countries" issued at the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD). The first major meeting was in Algiers in 1967,
where the Charter of Algiers was adopted and the basis for permanent
institutional structures was begun. What is X known as?
25. 4Q.
This was a customary religious act in ancient India. The devout would
throw ______ balls at the statues of their gods to seek favour and
forgiveness.
This was the origin of this phrase which is now used in a different
context to impress someone with flattery. FITB or identify the phrase.
28. 5Q.
X’s company logo was based on the coat of arms of the Free People's
State of Württemberg of former Weimar Germany, which had Stuttgart
as its capital (the same arms were used by Württemberg-Hohenzollern
from 1945-1952, while Stuttgart during these years was the capital of
adjacent Württemberg-Baden). The arms of Stuttgart was placed in the
middle, since they were made in Stuttgart. The heraldic symbols were
combined with the texts “X" and "Stuttgart“. Which company am I
talking about?
(Pictures on the next slide)
33. 6Q.
X was neither a brand nor a process of manufacturing cigarettes. The
word X refers to cigarettes made using 'bright rich tobacco which
seemed like _____'. X was produced by the Bristol company of W.D. &
H.O. Wills, from 1901 part of Imperial Tobacco. X even though
manufactured by somebody else, the original company’s name is
mentioned on the pack name. What’s X?
34. 7Q.
X was a monk and cellar master at the Benedictine abbey in Hautvillers.
He pioneered a number of winemaking techniques around 1670—
being the first to blend grapes in such a way as to improve the quality
of wines, balance one element with another in order to make a better
whole, and deal with a number of their imperfections; enhancing the
tendency of Champagne wines to retain their natural sugar in order to
naturally induce secondary fermentation in the Spring; being a master
at deciding when to bottle these wines in order to capture the bubble.
He also introduced corks (instead of wood), which were fastened to
bottles with hemp string soaked in oil in order to keep the wines fresh
and sparkling, and used thicker glass in order to strengthen the bottles
(which were prone to explode at that time). ID X which is also the name
of a famous brand.
35. 8Q.
The “X” poster was designed by the Ministry of Information during the
period 27 June to 6 July 1939. It was produced as part of a series of
three "Home Publicity" posters (the others read "Your Courage, Your
Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory" and "Freedom Is in
Peril / Defend It With All Your Might"). Each poster showed the slogan
under a representation of a "Tudor Crown" (a symbol of the state).
They were intended to be distributed to strengthen morale in the event
of a wartime disaster, such as mass bombing of major cities using high
explosives and poison gas, which was widely expected within hours of
an outbreak of war. What’s X which has become popular on social
media?
36. 9Q.
X is a related term of Y. As nouns the difference between X and Y is that
X is the drink made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant
in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added while Y
is a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices
based loosely on Indian recipes. What’s the closely related and
sounding words X and Y?
(I’m accepting very specific answers)
37. 10Q.
What was created by British jewelers Asprey & Gerrard that cost
£30,000; which India took over from their ‘rivals’ in October 2016?
40. 6Q.
X was neither a brand nor a process of manufacturing cigarettes. The
word X refers to cigarettes made using 'bright rich tobacco which
seemed like _____'. X was produced by the Bristol company of W.D. &
H.O. Wills, from 1901 part of Imperial Tobacco. X even though
manufactured by somebody else, the original company’s name is
mentioned on the pack name. What’s X?
43. 7Q.
X was a monk and cellar master at the Benedictine abbey in Hautvillers.
He pioneered a number of winemaking techniques around 1670—
being the first to blend grapes in such a way as to improve the quality
of wines, balance one element with another in order to make a better
whole, and deal with a number of their imperfections; enhancing the
tendency of Champagne wines to retain their natural sugar in order to
naturally induce secondary fermentation in the Spring; being a master
at deciding when to bottle these wines in order to capture the bubble.
He also introduced corks (instead of wood), which were fastened to
bottles with hemp string soaked in oil in order to keep the wines fresh
and sparkling, and used thicker glass in order to strengthen the bottles
(which were prone to explode at that time). ID X which is also the name
of a famous brand.
46. 8Q.
The “X” poster was designed by the Ministry of Information during the
period 27 June to 6 July 1939. It was produced as part of a series of
three "Home Publicity" posters (the others read "Your Courage, Your
Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory" and "Freedom Is in
Peril / Defend It With All Your Might"). Each poster showed the slogan
under a representation of a "Tudor Crown" (a symbol of the state).
They were intended to be distributed to strengthen morale in the event
of a wartime disaster, such as mass bombing of major cities using high
explosives and poison gas, which was widely expected within hours of
an outbreak of war. What’s X which has become popular on social
media?
49. 9Q.
X is a related term of Y. As nouns the difference between X and Y is that
X is the drink made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant
in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added while Y
is a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices
based loosely on Indian recipes. What’s the closely related and
sounding words X and Y?
(I’m accepting very specific answers)
56. 11Q.
Madame Tussauds, London in
2003 approached the Christmas
story with a twist of its own. The
popular museum, world-
renowned for its waxworks of
famous people recreated the
nativity scene with famous
figurines. Who were recreated
as Joseph and Mary?
57.
58. 12Q.
Keaton Jennings, a South-African born English cricketer made his debut
against India in the 4th Test of the current series. He scored a century
on debut and became the 19th Englishman to do so. What is his or his
family’s Bangalore connection?
59. 13Q.
These date back to the 1930s, when new airplanes allowed people to
fly higher and farther. Many US Army Air Service pilots were reporting
that the glare from the sun was giving them headaches and altitude
sickness. So in 1929, a US Army Air Corps Lieutenant General John
MacCready asked X, a Rochester, New York-based medical equipment
manufacturer to manufacture these products to obstruct the sunrays.
What were these called as or what was the brand name?
61. 15Q.
One story says, the origin of this term was as earlier, when there were a
‘genre’ of movies were being played at local theatres, their posters were
printed in white and another colour to not attract attention like normal
movie posters do. In fact, this is still practiced at some places.
Another story says that when these movie shoots were initiated, they
weren't easy to make. Budget was an issue. So movie makers and producers
had to resort to cheaper ways to develop the black & white reel into a
coloured one. And it is because of this that they had to compromise the
quality of the film and give it a tint of a colour, instead of a proper colour.
There could be one more reason - one that is quite popular for the origin of
the term. It's based on how video stores used to differentiate between these
movies and other movies. The stores would actually sell VCR cassettes in
different coloured packs as opposed to paper bags or normal polythene
packets. What term am I talking about and what’s the genre of these films?
62. *16Q.
In 1990, Cambridge archaeologist Dr. Barry Kemp unearthed Queen
Nefertiti's Royal Brewery. He found ten brewing chambers buried
beneath the Egyptian sand. Each contained traces of ancient beer
residue. With the help of an electron microscope, fellow scientist Dr.
Delwen Samuel analyzed the residues to quantify the 3,250-year-old
recipe. The researchers then teamed up with Scottish brewer Jim
Merrington, who made 1000 bottles of the Queen's brew. The first sold
for $7,686, but the price tag eventually dipped to $75 per bottle. Years
later, Merrington's breweries closed down. What did they name their
beer that a curse might have struck them because of it?
63. *17Q.
The PATSY Award was originated by the Hollywood office of the
American Humane Association in 1939.The letters are an acronym, and
stand for Picture Animal Top Star of the Year. The very first recipient of
a PATSY was Francis the Talking Mule in 1951, in a ceremony hosted by
Ronald Reagan at Hollywood's Carthay Circle Theater. The award later
covered both film and television and was separated into four
categories: canine, equine, wild and special.
In 2011, the American Humane Association started calling the PATSY
awards as something else. They said that this award described as, "an
unofficial, animal-centric spin on the Oscars." What’s the awards
popularly called as taking it’s name from a pun on Oscars?
64. *18Q.
Till the end of the first season, Ronald Reagan was shown. Till the end
of second season’s episode 6, George Bush Sr. was shown and then Bill
Clinton continued till the end of the season. What am I talking about or
where could you see this changes?
65. *19Q.
This dress is a light-colored ivory cocktail dress in a style that was in vogue in
the 1950s and 1960s. The halter-like bodice has a plunging neckline and is
made of two pieces of softly pleated fabric that come together behind the
neck, leaving the wearer's arms, shoulders and back bare. The halter is
attached to a band situated immediately under the breasts. The dress fits
closely from there to the natural waistline. A soft and narrow self belt was
wrapped around the torso, criss-crossing in front and then tied into a small
neat bow at the waist, at the front on the left side. Below the waistband is a
softly pleated skirt that reaches to mid-calf or below the calf length. There is
a zipper at the back of the bodice, and tiny buttons at the back of the halter.
Which iconic dress am I talking which became a part of one of the iconic
images of the 20th century.
66. *20Q.
What is this which helped in answering a suspense of popular culture
lovers after a long time?
“Zȳhys ōñoso jehikagon Āeksiot epi, se gīs hen sȳndrorro jemagon.”
“We ask the Lord to shine his light, and lead a soul out of darkness.”
“Zȳhys perzys stepagon Āeksio Ōño jorepi, se morghūltas lȳs qēlītsos
sikagon.”
“We beg the Lord to share his fire, and light a candle that has gone
out.”
“Hen sȳndrorro, ōños. Hen ñuqīr, perzys. Hen morghot, glaeson.”
“From darkness, light. From ashes, fire. From death, life.”
69. 11Q.
Madame Tussauds, London in
2003 approached the Christmas
story with a twist of its own. The
popular museum, world-
renowned for its waxworks of
famous people recreated the
nativity scene with famous
figurines. Who were recreated
as Joseph and Mary?
73. 12Q.
Keaton Jennings, a South-African born English cricketer made his debut
against India in the 4th Test of the current series. He scored a century
on debut and became the 19th Englishman to do so. What is his or his
family’s Bangalore connection?
76. 13Q.
These date back to the 1930s, when new airplanes allowed people to
fly higher and farther. Many US Army Air Service pilots were reporting
that the glare from the sun was giving them headaches and altitude
sickness. So in 1929, a US Army Air Corps Lieutenant General John
MacCready asked X, a Rochester, New York-based medical equipment
manufacturer to manufacture these products to obstruct the sunrays.
What were these called as or what was the brand name?
82. 15Q.
One story says, the origin of this term was as earlier, when there were a
‘genre’ of movies were being played at local theatres, their posters were
printed in white and another colour to not attract attention like normal
movie posters do. In fact, this is still practiced at some places.
Another story says that when these movie shoots were initiated, they
weren't easy to make. Budget was an issue. So movie makers and producers
had to resort to cheaper ways to develop the black & white reel into a
coloured one. And it is because of this that they had to compromise the
quality of the film and give it a tint of a colour, instead of a proper colour.
There could be one more reason - one that is quite popular for the origin of
the term. It's based on how video stores used to differentiate between these
movies and other movies. The stores would actually sell VCR cassettes in
different coloured packs as opposed to paper bags or normal polythene
packets. What term am I talking about and what’s the genre of these films?
85. *16Q.
In 1990, Cambridge archaeologist Dr. Barry Kemp unearthed Queen
Nefertiti's Royal Brewery. He found ten brewing chambers buried
beneath the Egyptian sand. Each contained traces of ancient beer
residue. With the help of an electron microscope, fellow scientist Dr.
Delwen Samuel analyzed the residues to quantify the 3,250-year-old
recipe. The researchers then teamed up with Scottish brewer Jim
Merrington, who made 1000 bottles of the Queen's brew. The first sold
for $7,686, but the price tag eventually dipped to $75 per bottle. Years
later, Merrington's breweries closed down. What did they name their
beer that a curse might have struck them because of it?
88. *17Q.
The PATSY Award was originated by the Hollywood office of the
American Humane Association in 1939.The letters are an acronym, and
stand for Picture Animal Top Star of the Year. The very first recipient of
a PATSY was Francis the Talking Mule in 1951, in a ceremony hosted by
Ronald Reagan at Hollywood's Carthay Circle Theater. The award later
covered both film and television and was separated into four
categories: canine, equine, wild and special.
In 2011, the American Humane Association started calling the PATSY
awards as something else. They said that this award described as, "an
unofficial, animal-centric spin on the Oscars." What’s the awards
popularly called as taking it’s name from a pun on Oscars?
91. *18Q.
Till the end of the first season, Ronald Reagan was shown. Till the end
of second season’s episode 6, George Bush Sr. was shown and then Bill
Clinton continued till the end of the season. What am I talking about or
where could you see this changes?
94. *19Q.
This dress is a light-colored ivory cocktail dress in a style that was in vogue in
the 1950s and 1960s. The halter-like bodice has a plunging neckline and is
made of two pieces of softly pleated fabric that come together behind the
neck, leaving the wearer's arms, shoulders and back bare. The halter is
attached to a band situated immediately under the breasts. The dress fits
closely from there to the natural waistline. A soft and narrow self belt was
wrapped around the torso, criss-crossing in front and then tied into a small
neat bow at the waist, at the front on the left side. Below the waistband is a
softly pleated skirt that reaches to mid-calf or below the calf length. There is
a zipper at the back of the bodice, and tiny buttons at the back of the halter.
Which iconic dress am I talking which became a part of one of the iconic
images of the 20th century.
97. *20Q.
What is this which helped in answering a suspense of popular culture
lovers after a long time?
“Zȳhys ōñoso jehikagon Āeksiot epi, se gīs hen sȳndrorro jemagon.”
“We ask the Lord to shine his light, and lead a soul out of darkness.”
“Zȳhys perzys stepagon Āeksio Ōño jorepi, se morghūltas lȳs qēlītsos
sikagon.”
“We beg the Lord to share his fire, and light a candle that has gone
out.”
“Hen sȳndrorro, ōños. Hen ñuqīr, perzys. Hen morghot, glaeson.”
“From darkness, light. From ashes, fire. From death, life.”
102. 21Q.
Château Miraval is a brand of wine and
also the name of the château and
vineyard located in the village of
Correns, in the South of France which
produces this. X paid $60 million to
buy the Chateau Miraval estate in 2012.
Which recent incident(September,
2016) affected the ownership of this
critically acclaimed rosé?
103. 22Q.The common custom of placing _(i)_ on envelopes, notes and at the bottom of
letters to mean kisses dates back to the Middle Ages, when a Christian cross was
drawn on documents or letters to mean sincerity, faith, and honesty. A kiss was
then placed upon the cross, by the signer as a display of their sworn oath. It was
also used in early Christian history as much of a display of the same.
Since most of the common people could not read or write, the _(i)_ was placed on
documents, and a kiss was placed over it as a show of their sincerity. The Chi Rho,
often represented with _(i)_ was also used as a holy symbol throughout Christian
history as it represented the Greek word for Christ; this gave rise to the practice of
using _(i)_ , which was then kissed in this tradition of displaying a sacred oath.
There is speculation on the internet from at least one original source that the _(ii)_
is of North American descent: when arriving in the United States, Jewish
immigrants, most of whose first language was Yiddish, would use an _(ii)_ to sign
documents, thus not using the sign of the cross, and shop keepers would often use
an _(ii)_ when signing documents, in place of an _(i)_. What is (i) and (ii) separately
and tell me what are they called together?
104. 23Q.
Which company’s Arabic logo is
this and tell me what other change
was made from the English logo
for what reason?
105. 24Q.
"The proposed version, which you have sent over, has been shared with
staff, and is now going through final technical stages. It is true that it
caused a few titters among some staff when viewed on its side, but on
consideration we concluded that the effect was generic to the
particular combination of the letters and is not inappropriate to an
organisation that's looking to have a firm grip on government spend!"
The Office of Government Commerce issued this statement about their
logo. Why? What was ‘inappropriate’ in the logo?
106. 25Q.
__________ is a stock clown character of
the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role
combined characteristics of the zanni
(servant) and the Capitano. Usually attired
in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a
don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for
his boasting and cowardice.
Popularized from the "Bohemian
Rhapsody", by the popular British rock
band Queen, what’s this character called
as?
107. 26Q.
These are the other famous brands by a certain company. Name their
most popular brand label.
(Pictures on the next slide)
109. *27Q.
The original Japanese version of X is Musashi which is a spin off of
Musashi Miyamoto, a famous samurai. The Japanese name of Y is
Kojiro who is named after Kojiro Sasaki, a famous samurai whom
Miyamoto killed.
The American version of this also follow a similar pattern but X and Y
are named after the famous person ‘XY’ who was an American outlaw,
guerrilla, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the
state of Missouri and the most famous member of the X Gang in the
1860s and 1870s.
Identify X and Y, the two infamous characters from popular culture or
tell me who’s X and Y?
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113. 30Q.
This is a Simpsons parody of a famous game. This appeared in the
episode "The Man Who Grew Too Much". "The Man Who Grew Too
Much" is the thirteenth episode of season 25. It originally aired on
March 9, 2014.
i) Tell me which game is being parodied
ii) Tell me the name of the spoof
(Bigger Picture on the Next Slide)
117. 21Q.
Château Miraval is a brand of wine and
also the name of the château and
vineyard located in the village of
Correns, in the South of France which
produces this. X paid $60 million to
buy the Chateau Miraval estate in 2012.
Which recent incident(September,
2016) affected the ownership of this
critically acclaimed rosé?
120. 22Q.The common custom of placing _(i)_ on envelopes, notes and at the bottom of
letters to mean kisses dates back to the Middle Ages, when a Christian cross was
drawn on documents or letters to mean sincerity, faith, and honesty. A kiss was
then placed upon the cross, by the signer as a display of their sworn oath. It was
also used in early Christian history as much of a display of the same.
Since most of the common people could not read or write, the _(i)_ was placed on
documents, and a kiss was placed over it as a show of their sincerity. The Chi Rho,
often represented with _(i)_ was also used as a holy symbol throughout Christian
history as it represented the Greek word for Christ; this gave rise to the practice of
using _(i)_ , which was then kissed in this tradition of displaying a sacred oath.
There is speculation on the internet from at least one original source that the _(ii)_
is of North American descent: when arriving in the United States, Jewish
immigrants, most of whose first language was Yiddish, would use an _(ii)_ to sign
documents, thus not using the sign of the cross, and shop keepers would often use
an _(ii)_ when signing documents, in place of an _(i)_. What is (i) and (ii) separately
and tell me what are they called together?
126. 24Q.
"The proposed version, which you have sent over, has been shared with
staff, and is now going through final technical stages. It is true that it
caused a few titters among some staff when viewed on its side, but on
consideration we concluded that the effect was generic to the
particular combination of the letters and is not inappropriate to an
organisation that's looking to have a firm grip on government spend!"
The Office of Government Commerce issued this statement about their
logo. Why? What was ‘inappropriate’ in the logo?
129. 25Q.
__________ is a stock clown character of
the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role
combined characteristics of the zanni
(servant) and the Capitano. Usually attired
in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a
don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for
his boasting and cowardice.
Popularized from the "Bohemian
Rhapsody", by the popular British rock
band Queen, what’s this character called
as?
136. *27Q.
The original Japanese version of X is Musashi which is a spin off of
Musashi Miyamoto, a famous samurai. The Japanese name of Y is
Kojiro who is named after Kojiro Sasaki, a famous samurai whom
Miyamoto killed.
The American version of this also follow a similar pattern but X and Y
are named after the famous person ‘XY’ who was an American outlaw,
guerrilla, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the
state of Missouri and the most famous member of the X Gang in the
1860s and 1870s.
Identify X and Y, the two infamous characters from popular culture or
tell me who’s X and Y?
145. 30Q.
This is a Simpsons parody of a famous game. This appeared in the
episode "The Man Who Grew Too Much". "The Man Who Grew Too
Much" is the thirteenth episode of season 25. It originally aired on
March 9, 2014.
i) Tell me which game is being parodied
ii) Tell me the name of the spoof
(Bigger Picture on the Next Slide)