Rahul Dravid has been in the news recently for being appointed as the head coach of the Indian cricket team

QuizFEST 2k12

New Year’s Bash

Quizmasters : Titash Banerjea and
Sreshth Shah

Rules
• 30 Question Preliminary round.
• Quiz for teams of up to 3 members.
• Top 8 teams qualify for the finals.
• Cell phones out of reach – any use of unfair
means, will result unfortunately, in
disqualification of the team
• In case of ties, teams having more number of
star marked questions correct would qualify.

1*
A certain Indian music director duo won the BMI
award for this song. Who?

2

How we do know this better today?

4
“ I hope I will be partly excused by the fact that
I was simply an Indian schoolboy and did not
know all about such things. In fact, I did not
know that I was doing wrong, because I was
doing what I knew several other college men
had done, except that they did not use their
own names”. This was part of a letter written
by a certain Olympic athlete admitting playing
professional baseball to then Amateur Athletic
Union Secretary , James Sullivan. Who?

5*
• A snowflake
• Santa Claus
• A bell
• A snowman
• A candle
• A Christmas present
– Together they comprised what?

6

Identify him and connect to a 2011 movie

8
Who holds the record for the highest score by
an Australian batsman on debut?

9
Whose products and offerings include:-
i2hub.com, Jungalu.com, StallScribbles.com,
Digital Flyers, theyearbook.org, Representative
Program, The Rep Center and the Social
Butterfly?

10*
Based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto it
focused on the plight of poor farmers. The
story revolved on the life of a poor peasant
Ram (Nisar) who was being ill-treated by his
landlord Ghani. Eventually, Ghani is murdered
and Ram becomes the prime suspect in the
eyes of the public. Why is this movie
significant in the history of Indian cinema?
(Bonus- 1 point for identifying the movie)

11
It was initially manufactured at “Cipher
Machines AG” and marketed as “equipment
for the transmission of business reports and
telegrams". What?

12
The first 17-second attempt caused
unconsciousness. In the 2nd attempt Blood
vessels under the skin ruptured . The entire
process took about eight minutes. George
Westinghouse later commented that "they
would have done better using an axe”.
What am I talking about?

13
• MOM- Nick Knight
• Match Referee- Hanumant Singh
• Umpire Ian Robinson’s decision making under
question
• David Lloyd’s comment "we flippin' murdered
them“
• Heath Streak fined 15% of match fees
• Features of a Test Match significant in history.
What made this test match so significant?

14
Immediately preceding the final credits, the film
features a "What Ever Happened To" and/or
"Where They Are Now" sequence
The commentaries include such statements as: “X
never rose from the grave, but after appearing in
103 films, he is more famous than ever”
Y, after leaving Z, went on to a successful
songwriting career. Her compositions include the
Elvis Presley hits 'Rock-a-Hula Baby' and 'Do the
Clam.“
Name X, Y and Z. 2 points for all 3. 1 point for 2.

15*
Connect
• N.R.P
• HART
• R.O.A.D.M
• I.R.C.M
• P.T.C.S
• S.P.S
• T.S.R
• A.M.P.F
• I.C.N.M
• A.N.D.C
• D.E.C
• S.W.C

16
Born : February 16, 1978,
Major teams : India, India A, Royal Challengers
Bangalore
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Test debut : India v South Africa at Mumbai, Feb
24-26, 2000
Last Test : India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13,
2008
How has he been in the news recently?

17

Whose popularity on Google trends has been shown in the visual ?

18
Introduced by Bell Labs and named Octothorpe
by Don Macpherson, a Bell Labs engineer,
because it had eight points, it is known by
several names. What are we talking about?

19
The United Civil Front is a Russian opposition
party and socialist movement started in 2005
aimed at "dismantling the currently existing
system to to preserve the Russians’ right to
elect a responsible government, both in
presidential and parliamentary elections."
Who is the founder and leader of this
organization?

20*

Exhaustive list indicating?

21
Tagline of which movie – “They don’t know it
yet, it’s a threesome.”

22

He had the Twitter handle @ReallyVirtual.
How was he in the news in 2011?

23
Other than Tintin in America, in which other
Tintin comic does Al Capone appear?

25*

What is this tennis shot called?

26
There has been only 1 instance of a Boxing Day
test game in India. Who did India play in that
test match?

27

What has been blanked out?

28

Whose face has been blanked out?

29
“Make way for tomorrow” is a 1937 film
based on the novel “The Years Are So Long”
by Josephine Lawrence, which Orson Welles
(famous American producer, director, actor)
had described as, ”A movie that could make a
stone cry”. In 2003, Ravi Chopra adopted it in
Bollywood and the movie was an instant hit.
Name the movie.

30*

Paying tribute to what?

Audience

What is this a tribute to?

Answer

Kalyanji Anandji for composing the original melodies of the
song in DON (1979)

3
Identify the singer of this cover version and the
original singer.

Answer

Chester Bennington from Linkin Park (cover) of Adele

Answer

Google Happy Holidays Doodle

Answer

This is King Charles II. The Unicorn commanded by Sir Francis
Haddock was part of King Charles Iind fleet

Answer

ConnectU.Inc founded by the Winklevoss Twins
(any of the two will do)

Answer

KisanKanya – the 1st indigenously produced colour
movie in India

Answer
1st instance of a Test match being drawn with
scores level

Answer

Bela Lagosi, Dolores Fuller, Ed Wood

Answer

Wasim Jaffer who overtook Amol Muzumdar as
highest run scorer in Ranji Trophy history

Answer

Venues of FIFA World Cup 2014

Answer

Ind vs WI at Eden Gardens, 1987

Finals!
1. 16 Question Infinite Bounce
2. Short Visual Connection
4. Topic Round
5. Long visual connection
7. Theme Round
8. Hangman Round
9. 8 Question Infinite Pounce

Infinite Bounce- 1

16 questions- clockwise

1

The number plate (LMW 281F) of this white
Volkswagen was stolen repeatedly due to its
unplanned appearance on a famous photograph. In
1986, the car was sold at an auction for $23,000 and
is currently on display in the Volkswagen museum in
Wolfsburg, Germany. Which famous photograph did
it appear on?

2

Put a story to this image.

Answer

Persis Khambatta shaving the hair off her head for Star Trek

3
_____ ___ ___ _______, are an American
rock and indie rock band formed in Norwood,
Massachusetts in 2002 by brothers Joe and Paul
DeGeorge. They have released three studio
albums, six extended plays and one compilation
album. Their eponymous debut studio album was
released in 2003 and then released songs titled,
“Scarred for life”, “In the Cupboard” and “The
Enchanted Ceiling”, among numerous others.
Name this band.

Answer
• Harry and the Potters

5

Where would you find this?

Answer
The Restaurant in Ratatouille

Answer
• Another long story…

7
Connect
• Theodore Cobblepot
• Thorndike
• Wilson Klass
• Hamilton Hil
• Skowcroft
• Julius Lieberman
• Armand Krol
• Marion Grange
• Charles Chesterfield
• Daniel Danforth Dickerson III
• David Hull

Answer
• Mayors of Gotham City

8
Godfather
Shawshank Redemption
Dark Knight
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings:- Fellowship of the Ring

Connect with respect to ImdB.

Connect

Answer
• Only five movies to ever hold the first rank in
the Top 250 films list

9

What is this list all about?

Answer
• Man of the Series winners in Hong Kong Sixes

10

ID the owner of this car that has no license plate
and in its place just the bar code for the Vehicle
Identification Number?

Answer
• Practising for the Rugby Scrum

13
" The reason I have X, ’cause it’s ironic. Like, I
don’t care. I was so happy being broke. And
I’m happy not being broke. It doesn’t really
affect me either way. I care about taking care
of people that have taken care of me – that’s
important to me. But to be honest, I’m kind of
repulsed by the gluttony and excesses of a lot
of people in the limelight. "

Answer
• Ke$ha about the $ sign in her name 

14
• When X was driving down to work on the Pasadena
interstate, he noticed a certain effect taking place inside his
car. Immediately he realised he wanted it in his movie.
However, he needed the same effect to be produced in a
stationary car. As soon as he reached the studio he put his
sound engineers to work trying to recreate it.
• After three days of continuous brainstorming the sound
engineers were still lost when, while taking a break, one of
them took out a guitar to play and suddenly had a
brainwave. They took the base strings of 5 guitars and
attached it to the underside of the car. On plucking the
strings, the finally got the effect they wanted, in one of the
most iconic scenes in movie history. What?

Answer
• The Glass on the dashboard scene in Jurassic
Park

15
• X acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas,
symbols or practices, which can be transmitted
from one mind to another through writing,
speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable
phenomena. Supporters of the concept regard X
as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-
replicate, mutate and respond to selective
pressures.
The word first originated in Richard Dawkins Book
“The Selfish Gene”

16
• Whose filmography ?
– Sheela Ki Jawani (2010 Released)
– Lage Raho Partner (2009) (Under Production)
– Gabbar Singh (6 April 2007) (Released)
– Free Entry (21 April 20a06) (Released)
– Marna Zaroori Hai (2006) (Post-Production)
– Angoor (4 November 2005) (Released)
– Garam (11 February 2005) (Released)
– Darwaza (26 September 2003) (Released)
– Shaadi Basanti ki Honeymoon Gabbar ka(20 September
2002) (Released)
– Duplicate Sholay (26 April 2002) (Released)

Short Visual Connect
Five images are bound by a common theme
Teams can attempt the theme once every slide
Points for correct / incorrect answers are given on the
slide
EXHAUSTIVE! :D

Answer!
Last Batsmen out in in those World Cup final
games where the losing team has been all out
in 2nd inning.
Zaheer Khan (2003)
Ray Illingworth (1992)
M Hendrick (1979)
Jeff Thompson (1975)
Michael Holding (1983!)

Infinite Bounce- 2


1

Connect to a 1990 release

2
Members and Honorary Members are entitled
to:
• Wear the Insignia as a decoration
• Be styled "Honourable"
• Use the post nominal letters "OJ" (Members)
or "OJ (Hon.)" (Honorary Members).
Probably the most famous holder of this order
has the middle name St Leo. Who?

3

• I was born a poor farmer in rural India in 1936.
• When you get to my age, you want to share your
knowledge and experience with the world. Over the
course of my life, I was a teacher, earned a PhD, was an
editor of a government publication for 14 years,
became a father of five daughters and one son and still
consider myself a country farmer with a single plough.
• I wrote my PhD on the topic of indigenous games in the
Indian State of Tamil Nadu..
• When I purchased my first computer in 2005, just using
the mouse was difficult because my hands shake.
• Whose words and in what context???

Answer
• Dr. Sengai Podhuvan PhD , appeal for
donations to Wikipedia

5
It begins with the singing of a benediction. The
English translation of which is "We ask ----------,
as our Patron, to guide us through the encierro
and give us his blessing".The singers finish by
shouting “Viva ---- -------!, Gora ---- -------!”
Participants dress in the traditional clothing
which consists of a white shirt and trousers
with a red waistband. What and connect it to
the world of entertainment in 2011??

Answer
• The Pamplona Bull Run
• Climax of Zindagi Mile na Dobara

6

This is a throwing weapon made of weights on the ends
of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals
by entangling their legs. It is most famously used by the
South American gauchos. It shares its name with
something used in modern sport. What??

Answer
• The weapon is called Bolas
• Bola- the bowling machine used by cricketers

7
Originally made of tortoise shell it is usually
shaped in the form of an acute isoceles
triangle. Nowadays they can also be made of
acetal, ultem and lexan amongst other
materials. The extra light/thin version has a
thickness less than 0.44 mm. What am I
talking about???

8
“Now ------- is disappearing from view, the
crowd is going frantic, But radar stations have
picked him up, somewhere over the Atlantic.
Yes the crowd did not dream, when they put
up the money, That they would see a total
eclipse of the ------”.
Fill in the blanks.

9
It was first used by the ancient Mesopotamians.
It was initially made of reeds that grew on the
sides of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
It is derived from a Latin word meaning “a
pointed instrument, used by the Romans, for
writing upon wax tablets”. What am I talking
about??

10
It "deals pretty much with drugs. How things
get switched around, instead of you
controlling what you're taking and doing, it's
drugs controlling you.“. It features in
commercials for NASCAR. Performed 1380
times, what?

Answer
• Master of Puppets- Metallica

11

He represented Puerto Rico in the 1983 World Masters games. 10 years
later at the same event he ran the 100 m at a time of 15.34 s. A team
founded by him holds a significant record in the field of endurance sports.
Identify this great athlete, and what is the record?

Answer
• Sri Chinmoy
• The team with the most number of English
Channel swims to its credit is the International
Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, with 35
crossings by 25 members (by 2005).

Answer
• Golmaal
• Amitabh Bacchan was shown shooting for
Jurmana in Gol Maal
• Mangta Hai to Aja Rasiya was played in the
theatre in the movie
• There were frequent references to Pele “The
Black Pearl” in the movie.

14

The English dubbed version of a 2011 movie was
released in his name. Name the 2011 movie.

Answer
• Urumi
• Vasco Da Gama

15

"Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade,
Dans l'Fond d'l'eau!", this phrase roughly
translates to "Across all the seas, find the path to
he who wrongfully entombed me!“. Uttered by
whom, in which context??

Answer
• Big Bash League Teams
– Adelaide Strikers (movie- Striker)
– Brisbane Heat (movie- Heat)
– Hobart Hurricanes (movie- Hurricane)
– Melbourne Renegades (movie- Renegades)
– Melbourne Stars (movie- Superstar)
– Perth Scorchers (movie- Scorcher)
– Sydney Sixers (movie- Sixer in Kannada)
– Sydney Thunder (movie- Days of Thunder)

Quizzing Power play
8 questions on 8 different FEST-ive topics
Teams get to choose their topics based on ascending
over of their scores
Teams can choose to take a power play on their direct
question for +20/ -10

TAKE YOUR PICK
PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY LATERAL THINKING

THUNDER DOWN UNDER YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL ESCAPE TO VICTORY

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN

Next round

PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY

What has been blanked out???

LATERAL THINKING

Connect

Answer
• Shots in Tennis
– Drop
– Slice
– Smash
– Ace

Back

THUNDER DOWN UNDER

He was the second but eldest surviving son of
George Holroyd. He sat as Conservative
Member of Parliament for Sussex East. A
donation of £150 made by him started
something significant in the world of sport.
How do we know better??

Answer
• Lord Sheffield

Back

YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
He sponsored an award given by Singapore
Management University given to "an
outstanding student" in the Information
Security and Trust Course under the Bachelor
of Science (Information System Management)
degree. He featured in a television show on
MTV known as What the ---------- .
Who am I talking about? Complete the name
of the show.

Answer
• Ankit Fadia
• What the Hack

Back

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Identify this attractive young lady, who won the 2004 French open mixed
doubles crown at the age of 16 alongside her countryman who was aged
17 at the time.

Answer
• Tatiana Golovin
• Richard Gasquet

Back

ESCAPE TO VICTORY
Richard Kress scored their 1st in the 18th
minute. Erwin Stein followed it up with their
2nd in the 72nd . What happened in
between???

Answer
• Puskas scored 4 goals in the 46th, 56th, 60th and
the 71st minutes
• De Stefano scored 2 goals in the 27th and 30th
minutes
• De Stefano scored another in the 73rd minute
and Erwin Stein scored again in the 75th minute
• This was Real Madrid’s famous victory over
Eintracht Frankfurt (7-3) in the European cup
final of 1960
Back

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

• Identify and tell me who’s missing???

Answer
• Arthur Compton
• Lyman Spitzer
• Edwin Hubble
• Person missing is Subramanian Chandrasekhar
• NASA’s 4 great observatories are named after
these people

Back

LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY
GENTLEMEN
• A won his only Academy award for the film Wonder
Boys
• B was the co-founder of a company called Handmade
Films
• C was named by Washington Post in 2008 as the 4th
greatest music producer in history
• 22 of D’s songs featured on the Billboard top 40 in a
span of 4 years from 1960- 1964
• E appeared in the 1997 movie “The Postman” starring
Kevin Costner as the mayor of Bridge city
• Who are A- E ???

Answer
• Bob Dylan
• George Harrison
• Jeff Lynne
• Roy Orbison
• Tom Petty
• The Traveling Wilbury’s

Back

A COMMON THREAD
12 visuals connected by a theme
+25 for getting the theme in visuals 1-3
-5 for each incorrect attempt
Only 1 attempt per set of 3 visuals

The Theme is…
• Hollywood Walk of Fame
– Neil Armstrong and the astronauts on Apollo XI
– Zubin Mehta
– Magic Johnson
– Victoria’s Secret
– Godzilla
– Muhammed Ali
– Mickey Mouse
– Simpsons
– Tom Bradley
– LA Dodgers
– LAPD
– Charlie Chaplin

1
In the 1997 film Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio's
character Jack Dawson mentions that he went
ice fishing on the frozen waters of Lake
Wissota near Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin, as a
boy and eventually convinces Rose (Kate
Winslet) not to jump. However, there is an
anomaly in the storyline. What?

Answer
• Lake Wissota is a man-made lake. Its
construction completed in 1917. Titanic sank
in 1912

Answer
• Flash doesn’t work on Apple Products

3
Many people have noted the similarity
between movie character X and well known
chap Vladimir Putin.. Since this was a popular
subject on the internet, the BBC's website
CBBC has also conducted a poll on this matter.
The special survey showed that 2/3 of
respondents believed that Putin looks like X .
A group of lawyers of Putin have also filed a
lawsuit on the producers of the movie. Which
character ?

Answer
• Dobby from Harry Potter

4

The Maharashtra State Commission for Women
gives these away. What and why?

Answer
• (insert long story)

7
Starting from the next year, the U.S. Open will
be doing something that no other Grand Slam
host has done before. What?

Answers
• The tournament will be scheduled to end on
Monday

8
In Iron Man, X (credited as "Himself") appears at
a gala cavorting with three blond women, where
Tony Stark mistakes him for Hugh Hefner. In the
theatrical release of the film, Stark simply greets
X as "Hef" and moves on without seeing his face;
another version of the scene was filmed where
Stark realizes his mistake, but X graciously
responds, “That's okay, I get this all the time.”
Who?

9

• This is golfer Camilo Villegas, nicknamed Hombre
Araña. What does Hombre Araña mean?

10
The Chakravarthy Cup named after Saroj
Chakravarthy is a polo event created to raise
funds and sponsorships for charities
supported by a particular family. Started in
1997,it has proved to be a successful liaison
between arts, sports, influential businessmen
and charities. The total donations have now
exceeded $1.96 million. Who are the Patrons
of the Chakravarthy Cup?

Answer
• Prince William and Harry

11
X were specialist soldiers of the German
Army in World War I. In the last years of the
war, they were trained to fight with "infiltration
tactics", part of the Germans' new method of
attack on enemy trenches. The infiltration tactics
of these soldiers are still in use today, in one form
or another. Other armies have also used the term
"assault troops", or fireteams for specialist
soldiers who perform these infiltration tasks.
What were they called? (Either the German name
or the English translation)

12
In a game in 1994, Brian Lara was stumped /
caught behind by Rixon and Jeffery Dujon was
caught by Dennis Lillee at point. In this game,
a luminous orange ball was used for the first
time. Sunil Gavaskar scored 34 runs in this
game as well. But, my question is, who was
the bowler who got Lara and Dujon out?

13
Eoin Morgan's classic reverse sweep shot is
said to have been perfected since he played
another sport when he was young. Which
sport?

14
In 1974, he was granted honorary citizenship
of every country that is a member of the
United Nations. However, recently, he
announced his desire to give up the
citizenship of the country he belongs to. This
is after he attended protests in a country
which is politically very opposed to his own.
Who?

15
This person would publicly speak against the
divide-and-rule policy of the British and would
ask the two communities to unite. Some of
the Muslim leaders got angry at him and
claimed, "Why are you talking nonsense. Have
the Hindus got you drunk?" Identify the
person and what was his response to these
taunts?

Answer
• This is Akbar Allahabadi who, in response
wrote, Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, Thodi Si Jo
Pili Hai.

Answer
This was the mock funeral held by 30,000
Genoa supporters to celebrate their bitter rivals
Sampdoria's recent "passing" into Serie B.

Audience
He is a British serial sex offender who has committed at
least 17 attacks on women in the city of Bath,
Somerset.He is the subject of Britain's longest–running
serial rape investigation, codenamed Operation Eagle,
and has eluded capture since 1991.Detective Inspector
Paul James of Avon and Somerset Constabulary,
leading the operation, said it is "one of the most
complicated and protracted investigations" that the
force has ever undertaken. He was nicknamed after
leaving a baseball cap bearing a X , which was popular
that time .What’s he nicknamed ?

Answer
• Batman Rapist
• Batman Sign

Theme Round
Plus 25 if cracked after answers 1 and 2
Plus 10 if cracked after answer 7
Plus 5 if cracked after answer 8
No negatives, but only one chance per team for the whole theme
( that is, if a team get’s the theme wrong, they cannot attempt
the theme anymore )

Note
Clue for the theme : Please be specific with the
connect, I am not looking for a story. Also, all I
want is one word, not two words, not three
words. ( Teams might be tempted to answer
the theme with two words or three words,
don’t! )

1
A funny incident happened when a news article
in MIT’s college newspaper mocked an Indian
governmental portal/website saying “they are
trying too hard?”. What was the website and
funda?

2
Paris Hilton, her antics and her father’s hotel has
sadly yet funnily been mocked / made fun of
for almost a decade now. One such example of
such an instance in pop culture, was that of a
character with a personality matching that of
Paris Hilton (heiress to a hotel) and so on in a
hit Disney Channel show, “The Suite Life of
Zach and Cody.” What was that character’s
name in the show?

Answer
Once upon a time in China

4 : FITB with one word
_______’s eyes are bigger than then the ball,`
No wonder he never falls.
He's quick as lighting,
but he’s balding, so he looks oh so frightening.
He's the boy to watch,
No wonder he's top notch.
No wonder he's brill,
He's got lots of skill.
He scores lots of goals,
Just like Scholes.
He's a cheetah searching for his prey,
Because it's easy every day.
His girlfriend is mine (teehee)
He can score from the half way line.
He can strike the ball like lighting,
And he can make you make you start fighting.

Answer
Rooney (use this answer laterally, creatively,
smartly etc. for connecting with the theme)

6
When Activision, a game developing company
were developing Call of Duty : Black Ops, they
received numerous letters, emails and
requests asking for a particular feature in their
game ; something that prevented certain
users from being successful at the game since
these users believed they were at a
disadvantage. What did these users request
for, which the developers added to the game
on request?

7 : What are these group of students
posing in front of?

8
Image of what, created by whom?

Answer
Synapse by Mark Zuckerberg

Hangman
8 questions- anticlockwise
1st letter of each answer leads to the name of a famous personality
+20 for getting the name in clues 1/ 2
+15 for getting the name in clues 3/ 4
+10 for getting the name in clue 5
+5 for getting the name in clue 6
-5 for each wrong attempt

Example
Answer Clue

Cadbury C-C-C---

Lockheed Martin C-C-C-L-

Amazon.com C-CAC-LA

Osram COCACOLA

Hangman clue

-------------
(13 letters)

Answer
• Andy Warhol movies
– Chelsea girls
– Empire
– Batman Dracula
– Flesh for Frankenstein
– The Blue Movie

Hangman clue

---A---------
(13 letters)

2
It was an Allied plan during World War II, that
monitored Spain after the Spanish Civil War.
The goal was to ensure that Britain would still
be able to communicate with Gibraltar in the
event Spain joined the Axis Powers.
Additionally, it was a plan for the defence of
Gibraltar had the Germans invaded through
Spain. The man who developed this plan was
sent to Gibraltar, to monitor military
installations. Who? Also name the operation

Answer
• Ian Fleming
• Operation Goldeneye

Hangman clue

---A-------I-
(13 letters)

3
At a dinner party in 1778 held on his estate
"The Oaks" in Carshalton, he and his friends
planned an event, which was won by Bridget.
At a celebration after Bridget's win, a similar
competition was proposed and he tossed a
coin with Sir Charles Bunbury for the honour
of naming the event. He won, and the event
was named after him. Identify him and the
sporting term he lends his name to.

Answer
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
• Derby

Hangman clue

---A-D-----I-
(13 letters)

4
“The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games.
----------. A consensual hallucination experienced
daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every
nation, by children being taught mathematical
concepts. … A graphic representation of data
abstracted from banks of every computer in the
human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of
light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters
and constellations of data. Like city lights,
receding” .Lines from which book. Fill in the blanks
with a popular term also.

Answer
• Neuromancer
• Cyberspace

Hangman clue

N--A-D-----I-
(13 letters)

5
An article in the BBC News website on January
11, 2005 had the following lines:-
• “It is stumped, May it rest in pieces”
What was the article referring to???

Answer
• The famous Canterbury cricket ground lime tree

Hangman clue

N--A-D-----IC
(13 letters)

Answer
• Kookaburra
– Australian mens Hockey Team are called the
Kookaburras
– This coin is a silver Kookaburra
– Olly the Kookaburra was one of the mascots of the
Sydney Olympics 2000

Hangman clue

N--AKD--K--IC
(13 letters)

7
It is commonly assumed to mean "deadly" or
"sharp", but could also be referring to the
material of which it is composed. It featured
prominently in a 2010 movie starring Anne
Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. What
am I talking about? Name the movie

Answer
• Vorpal Sword
• Alice in Wonderland- 2010

Hangman clue

N-VAKD--K-VIC
(13 letters)

8

What term associated with music, gets its
name from this kind of establishment?

Answer
• Jukebox from “Juke-joint”
• Juke joint (or jook joint) is the vernacular
term for an informal establishment featuring
music, dancing, gambling, and drinking,
primarily operated by African American
people in the southeastern United States. The
term "juke" is believed to derive from the
Gullah word joog, meaning rowdy or
disorderly

Hangman clue

N-VAKDJ-K-VIC
(13 letters)

9 (Audience)

Connect to get the name of a technology company

Answer
• Osram
– Osmium Crystals
– The mineral Wolframite

Infinite Pounce

Before team getting the direct answers,
other teams might attempt the
question in writing for +10/-5

1
The 1st letter refers to an aircraft registered in
the USA. 2nd letter refers to a civil aircraft.
The third letter is the same as the 2nd. These 3
letters followed by 1701 were chosen by Matt
Jeffries, as the registry number.
The various types include “Constitution”,
“Excelsior” and “Ambassador” amongst
others. What are we talking about??

2
----------- is a federally registered trademark
first developed by Parker Brothers, Inc. and
now owned by Escalade Sports. The name -----
-------- indicates a brand of equipment used to
play the sport. Name the brand/ trademark
and the sport.

Answer
• Ping Pong
• Table Tennis

3
What was selected for a certain usage over two prominent rivals
after a rigorous testing process that involved the following :-
• 48 hours at 71° C followed by 30 minutes at 93° C
• Four hours at -18° C
• Fifteen cycles of heating to 71° C for 45 minutes, followed by
cooling to -18° C for 45 minutes at 10-6 atm
• 250 hours at temperatures between 20° C and 71° C at relative
humidity of 95%
• 100% oxygen at 0.35 atm and 71° C for 48 hours
• 90 minutes at 10-6 atm at 71° C followed by 30 minutes at 93° C
• 1.6 atm for one hour
• Three cycles of 30 minutes vibration varying from 5 to 2000hz
with minimum 8.8G impulse
• 30 minutes at 130db from 40 to 10,000hz

4

A brand has recently changed their naming strategy. The
various ranges are going to be named after 5 different letters.
What each of the letters stand for can be inferred from the
visuals. Connect the visuals

Answer
• Samsung Galaxy
– S (Supersmart)
– R (Royal)
– W (Wonder)
– M (Magical)
– Y (Young)

5
An extract of the lyrics of the song:-
“Now I've got them on the run, and I'm looking
for the high score; So it's once around the
block, And I'll slide back out the side door.
I'm really cookin' now, eating everything in
sight. All my money's gone, so I'll be back
tomorrow night. Cause I've got ----- fever “
What fever is the songwriter talking about?

7
The word arose because of a sharp practice
used in exports of a certain commodity
between America and England. It was such a
valuable commodity that exporters sometimes
try to fool the importers by mixing a helping of
wooden replicas into the sacks being shipped to
England. Soon the term came to denote
stupidity on the part of the victim of a trick.
Name the commodity and the word.

8
It was launched at the price of Rs 2 each, the
price has since risen to Rs 10 each. Blue in
colour, it was launched to cope up with the s a
reaction to the unprecedented response to a
particular programme. What am I talking
about and name the programme.

Answer
• Competition Postcard
• Amul Surabhi

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