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Jithin & Raouf
Prelims
Jeff Dowd is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer.
During the Vietnam War, he was involved in violent anti war
protests as a member of the Seattle Liberation Front, a
radical anti-Vietnam War movement, based in Seattle,
Washington. He was also a part of the Seattle Seven, a group
of 7 members of SLF prosecuted on charges of inciting a
riot and conspiracy to damage the Seattle Federal Building
on February 17, 1970. Even though the prosecution was not
successful, he was found guilty of contempt of court and
sentenced to six months of which he served three.

What was his childhood nickname?

                                                        1
Prelims
 The Dude


 Inspired Jeff
  Bridges’s character
  in The Big Lebowski
Fill in the blanks of this song written by Cole Porter for the
 1956 film High Society.

_____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ________? I don't
Have flashy flunkies everywhere? I don't
Who wants the bother of a country estate?
A country estate is something I'd hate

_____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ________? I don't
And go to every swell affair?
Who wants to ride behind a liveried chauffeur?
A liveried chauffeur, do I want? No sir                  2
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 Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Before which game was this photograph taken?




3
Prelims
 USA vs Iran


 1998 FIFA World Cup
X is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is
also the name of one of the towns in the island. Its name is
derived from Spanish and is a reference to its size. It is a
popular tourist destination for scuba diving and fishing.

Map of X on next slide.

X?


                                                       4
Prelims
Prelims
 Key Largo
This is the first of the 3 short stories in Treehouse of Horror
V, the sixth episode of The Simpsons’ sixth season.



Which movie does this segment parody?




                                                             5
Prelims
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 The Shining
Fill in the blanked out
portion



Who would have found
these glasses useful on 17
August 2011?




 6
Prelims
 Jose Mourinho
 Tito Villanova, who was poked in the eye by Mou on this
  date.
The Game of Death is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action
film by Bruce Lee. In 1978 a new film, also called The Game
of Death was made using portions of the original footage
with a completely new plot. A prop used in the movie is now
a Bruce Lee memorabilia and is available online for purchase.



How was homage paid to the films in 2003?




                                                       7
Prelims
Prelims
 Kill Bill


 The Bride’s yellow
  and black tracksuit
Robert Altman’s 2001 film, Gosford Park is partly inspired from a
1939 Jean Renoir film, often considered one of the greatest films
of all time. The scene is a direct reference to the film. Which film?




                                                                        8
Prelims
 La Règle du jeu


 Rules of the Game
Who are the only father-son duo both to have won the
 Formula 1 Driver’s World Championship?
Prelims
 Graham & Damon Hill
Whose gravestone?




10
Prelims
 Billy Wilder
Connect.

 Paganica (1st century BC, Rome)
 Chuiwan (8-14th century AD, China)
 Cambuca (12th century, England)
 Chambot (12th century, France)
 Kolven (13th century, Netherlands)




                                       11
Prelims
 Early forms of golf
In Nora Ephron's 1998
romantic comedy You've Got
Mail, Tom Hanks and Meg
Ryan play bookstore owners
who maintain an online
friendship without knowing
each other's identities, but
are adversaries in real life.
Joe Fox runs Fox Books, a
bookstore chain, while
Kathleen Kelly runs a family
run independent bookstore.

What is the name of Meg
Ryan’s bookstore?
12
Prelims
 The Shop Around The
 Corner

 Some of the plot elements
 of You've Got Mail was
 adapted from The Shop
 Around The Corner.
During Andre Agassi’s 1999 French Open run he
initially forgot his _____________ for the first round
match. He won that match and then decided to keep
the streak going. He did not use ____________ for the
remainder of the tournament and went on to win the
whole thing.

What was Agassi’s source of luck ? Or simply fill in the
blanks.




                                                           13
Prelims
 Underwear
_____________ was involved in amateur wrestling during
both high school and college. In college at Clarion University
of Pennsylvania, he won numerous accolades, including
being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I champion. After graduating, he won a gold medal
in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling
Championships. _________ then competed in the 1996
Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he won a gold
medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling by beating Abbas
Jadidi of Iran in a controversial decision.

Who?
                                                        14
Prelims
 Kurt Angle , the
WWE Wrestler
He started his film career as an assistant director in 1973. In
1975, he became a lyricist and has written over 100 songs for
nearly 50 films. He reached his peak as a lyricist in the late
1970s and early 1980s, after which the volume of his work
has considerably reduced. Oru nimisham tharoo, Thaarake
mizhiyithalil kannerumayi, Oh mrudule, Kannodu kannaya
swapnangal, Manatharil ennum, Viswam kakkunna nadha are
some of his best known songs.

Who?



                                                          15
Prelims
 Sathyan Anthikkad
This caricature was used in the
opening credits of a 1955 - 62
television series. The minimalist
self caricature drawing was
composed of just nine strokes
and was the work of the producer
and host of the series, who had
begun his film career as an
illustrator of title cards for silent
movies.

Who? Which TV series?


16
Prelims
 Alfred Hitchcock


 Alfred Hitchcock
 Presents
What connects these games?

Italy vs West Germany - 1970
Honinbo Shusai Vs Go Seigen - 1974
Houston Cougars Vs UCLA Bruins - 1968
Donald Byrne Vs Bobby Fischer - 1956




                                        17
Prelims
 ‘The Game of the Century’
The opening words in this 1971 book by Ken Welsh were

“____________ is a game of chance. In this world where we
expect things to run on time or to be in a certain place by
three o’clock, it is a refreshing experience. Just because the
ninth car doesn’t stop doesn't mean the tenth will; nor the
hundredth, nor the thousandth. But you'll get there.”

Which book?



                                                        18
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Prelims
 Hitch-hiker’s Guide to
  Europe

 Inspired the title of
  Douglas Adams’s The
  Hitchhiker's Guide to
  the Galaxy
Who’s tweeting about what? Or fill in both the blanks.




                                                         19
Prelims
 British cyclist Chris Hoy on being mistaken for EPL ref
 Chris Foy and thus being abused by fans on twitter for
 Foy’s blunders.
Connect the five Oscar nominated films.




 20
Prelims
Prelims
 The complete
 filmography of
 John Cazale
What obligation, which was mandatory for all olympic
athletes till its abolishment in 1999, was waived for Princess
Anne of Great Britain when she took part in the Equestrian
event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?




                                                         21
Prelims
 A sex determination test
What evocative name was given to the HBO documentary
 detailing the Bjorn Borg- John Mcenroe rivalry, to reflect the
 temperaments of the two great rivals?




                                                          22
Prelims
 Fire & Ice
What is this scene in the 1987 Brian De Palma film The
Untouchables a tribute to?




                                                         23
Prelims
 The Odessa
 step sequence

 Battleship
 Potemkein
What first was achieved by the Eastleigh F.C. vs A.F.C.
Totton game in the Hampshire Senior Cup final at
Southampton in England on May 16 2012?




                                                          24
Prelims
 First official match to use Hawk-Eye goal-line
 technology.

 No points for ‘goal-line technology’ alone or any other
 variants.
Connect




          25
Prelims
 Jumpman


 Mario was originally named Jumpman
 Nike’s Jumpman logo on Air Jordans featuring Michael
 Jordan
 Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe for portraying the titular
  character in the movie "____ ______ : Only in America".
  The movie title implies that only in America could a man
  like him, a small time crook rise to the position he ended
  up in, as a big time crook.
  Known for his shady deals and unscrupulous, often illegal
  swindles, he was the subject of this Larry Holmes quote '
  That hairdo is probably to hide his horns'.

 Who?
Prelims
 Don King
 _________ has been described by its creator, Adam
 Reed, as "James Bond meets Arrested Development".
 The comparison with Arrested Development is drawn
 not only from the fact that ____________ shares 4
 actors with Arrested Development but they play
 characters with similar traits as well. They also employ
 catchphrases and callbacks in a similar manner.

 Which show?
Prelims
 Archer
Connect
Prelims
 John 3:16
What connects the following events?
                                         29 & 30
Popular Olympiad, 1936
Liberty Bell Classic, 1980
The Friendship games, 1984

Why does the Popular Olympiad stand out in this list?
Prelims
29.

All 3 were Olympic Boycott games.

30.

’36 Popular Olympiad never happened because of the
  Spanish Civil War.

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Prelims

  • 3. Jeff Dowd is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer. During the Vietnam War, he was involved in violent anti war protests as a member of the Seattle Liberation Front, a radical anti-Vietnam War movement, based in Seattle, Washington. He was also a part of the Seattle Seven, a group of 7 members of SLF prosecuted on charges of inciting a riot and conspiracy to damage the Seattle Federal Building on February 17, 1970. Even though the prosecution was not successful, he was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to six months of which he served three. What was his childhood nickname? 1
  • 5.  The Dude  Inspired Jeff Bridges’s character in The Big Lebowski
  • 6. Fill in the blanks of this song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film High Society. _____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ________? I don't Have flashy flunkies everywhere? I don't Who wants the bother of a country estate? A country estate is something I'd hate _____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ________? I don't And go to every swell affair? Who wants to ride behind a liveried chauffeur? A liveried chauffeur, do I want? No sir 2
  • 8.  Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
  • 9. Before which game was this photograph taken? 3
  • 11.  USA vs Iran  1998 FIFA World Cup
  • 12. X is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is also the name of one of the towns in the island. Its name is derived from Spanish and is a reference to its size. It is a popular tourist destination for scuba diving and fishing. Map of X on next slide. X? 4
  • 16. This is the first of the 3 short stories in Treehouse of Horror V, the sixth episode of The Simpsons’ sixth season. Which movie does this segment parody? 5
  • 20. Fill in the blanked out portion Who would have found these glasses useful on 17 August 2011? 6
  • 22.  Jose Mourinho  Tito Villanova, who was poked in the eye by Mou on this date.
  • 23. The Game of Death is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action film by Bruce Lee. In 1978 a new film, also called The Game of Death was made using portions of the original footage with a completely new plot. A prop used in the movie is now a Bruce Lee memorabilia and is available online for purchase. How was homage paid to the films in 2003? 7
  • 26.  Kill Bill  The Bride’s yellow and black tracksuit
  • 27. Robert Altman’s 2001 film, Gosford Park is partly inspired from a 1939 Jean Renoir film, often considered one of the greatest films of all time. The scene is a direct reference to the film. Which film? 8
  • 29.  La Règle du jeu  Rules of the Game
  • 30. Who are the only father-son duo both to have won the Formula 1 Driver’s World Championship?
  • 32.  Graham & Damon Hill
  • 36. Connect.  Paganica (1st century BC, Rome)  Chuiwan (8-14th century AD, China)  Cambuca (12th century, England)  Chambot (12th century, France)  Kolven (13th century, Netherlands) 11
  • 38.  Early forms of golf
  • 39. In Nora Ephron's 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan play bookstore owners who maintain an online friendship without knowing each other's identities, but are adversaries in real life. Joe Fox runs Fox Books, a bookstore chain, while Kathleen Kelly runs a family run independent bookstore. What is the name of Meg Ryan’s bookstore? 12
  • 41.  The Shop Around The Corner  Some of the plot elements of You've Got Mail was adapted from The Shop Around The Corner.
  • 42. During Andre Agassi’s 1999 French Open run he initially forgot his _____________ for the first round match. He won that match and then decided to keep the streak going. He did not use ____________ for the remainder of the tournament and went on to win the whole thing. What was Agassi’s source of luck ? Or simply fill in the blanks. 13
  • 45. _____________ was involved in amateur wrestling during both high school and college. In college at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, he won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion. After graduating, he won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships. _________ then competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling by beating Abbas Jadidi of Iran in a controversial decision. Who? 14
  • 47.  Kurt Angle , the WWE Wrestler
  • 48. He started his film career as an assistant director in 1973. In 1975, he became a lyricist and has written over 100 songs for nearly 50 films. He reached his peak as a lyricist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, after which the volume of his work has considerably reduced. Oru nimisham tharoo, Thaarake mizhiyithalil kannerumayi, Oh mrudule, Kannodu kannaya swapnangal, Manatharil ennum, Viswam kakkunna nadha are some of his best known songs. Who? 15
  • 51. This caricature was used in the opening credits of a 1955 - 62 television series. The minimalist self caricature drawing was composed of just nine strokes and was the work of the producer and host of the series, who had begun his film career as an illustrator of title cards for silent movies. Who? Which TV series? 16
  • 53.  Alfred Hitchcock  Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • 54. What connects these games? Italy vs West Germany - 1970 Honinbo Shusai Vs Go Seigen - 1974 Houston Cougars Vs UCLA Bruins - 1968 Donald Byrne Vs Bobby Fischer - 1956 17
  • 56.  ‘The Game of the Century’
  • 57. The opening words in this 1971 book by Ken Welsh were “____________ is a game of chance. In this world where we expect things to run on time or to be in a certain place by three o’clock, it is a refreshing experience. Just because the ninth car doesn’t stop doesn't mean the tenth will; nor the hundredth, nor the thousandth. But you'll get there.” Which book? 18
  • 60.  Hitch-hiker’s Guide to Europe  Inspired the title of Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • 61. Who’s tweeting about what? Or fill in both the blanks. 19
  • 63.  British cyclist Chris Hoy on being mistaken for EPL ref Chris Foy and thus being abused by fans on twitter for Foy’s blunders.
  • 64. Connect the five Oscar nominated films. 20
  • 67.  The complete filmography of John Cazale
  • 68. What obligation, which was mandatory for all olympic athletes till its abolishment in 1999, was waived for Princess Anne of Great Britain when she took part in the Equestrian event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics? 21
  • 70.  A sex determination test
  • 71. What evocative name was given to the HBO documentary detailing the Bjorn Borg- John Mcenroe rivalry, to reflect the temperaments of the two great rivals? 22
  • 73.  Fire & Ice
  • 74. What is this scene in the 1987 Brian De Palma film The Untouchables a tribute to? 23
  • 76.  The Odessa step sequence  Battleship Potemkein
  • 77. What first was achieved by the Eastleigh F.C. vs A.F.C. Totton game in the Hampshire Senior Cup final at Southampton in England on May 16 2012? 24
  • 79.  First official match to use Hawk-Eye goal-line technology.  No points for ‘goal-line technology’ alone or any other variants.
  • 80. Connect 25
  • 82.  Jumpman  Mario was originally named Jumpman  Nike’s Jumpman logo on Air Jordans featuring Michael Jordan
  • 83.  Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe for portraying the titular character in the movie "____ ______ : Only in America". The movie title implies that only in America could a man like him, a small time crook rise to the position he ended up in, as a big time crook. Known for his shady deals and unscrupulous, often illegal swindles, he was the subject of this Larry Holmes quote ' That hairdo is probably to hide his horns'.  Who?
  • 86.  _________ has been described by its creator, Adam Reed, as "James Bond meets Arrested Development". The comparison with Arrested Development is drawn not only from the fact that ____________ shares 4 actors with Arrested Development but they play characters with similar traits as well. They also employ catchphrases and callbacks in a similar manner. Which show?
  • 92. What connects the following events? 29 & 30 Popular Olympiad, 1936 Liberty Bell Classic, 1980 The Friendship games, 1984 Why does the Popular Olympiad stand out in this list?
  • 94. 29. All 3 were Olympic Boycott games. 30. ’36 Popular Olympiad never happened because of the Spanish Civil War.