Quizweek 2018 - IIT Guwahati - Crack It If You Can (The General Quiz) - Finals

CRACK IT IF YOU CAN!
QM : DHRUBOJIT BHATTACHARYA

CRACK IT IF YOU CAN!– QUIZWEEK 2018
FORMAT OF THE QUIZ
1. WRITTEN ROUND = 8 QUESTIONS
2. 10 QUESTIONS DRY ROUND
7. LONG CONNECT = 6 QUESTIONS
8. TOPIC ROUND = 16 QUESTIONS

WRITTEN
ROUND-1
FOOD AROUND THE WORLD
1.+10/0 FOR EACH QUESTION
2.YOU CAN STAKE A QUESTION
3.+15/-10 ON STAKE
4.+30 ON A FULL HOUSE

Q1
X MEANS "CLARIFIED BUTTER" OR "OIL" IN PERSIAN AND URDU, WHILE Y MEANS TO "STEW"
OR "BRAISE" AND ULTIMATELY DERIVES FROM THE VERB MEANING "TO BOIL". X Y, BY THIS
DEFINITION, MAY MEAN "STEWED IN GHEE”
X Y CONSISTS OF PIECES OF LAMB OR MUTTON BRAISED WITH A GRAVY FLAVOURED WITH
GARLIC, GINGER AND AROMATIC SPICES (CLOVES, BAY LEAVES, CARDAMOM, AND CINNAMON),
AND IN SOME VERSIONS INCORPORATING ONIONS OR YOGURT.

Q2
____ ________ _ ____ IS A CLASSIC SICHUAN DISH IN CHINESE CUISINE. THE NAME OF THE
DISH IN CHINESE, MAYISHANGSHU, HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED AS ____ ________ _ ____, IT IS
SO CALLED BECAUSE THE DISH HAS BITS OF GROUND MEAT CLINGING TO NOODLES, EVOKING
AN IMAGE OF ____ WALKING ON TWIGS.
TO MAKE THE ____, MEAT IS MARINATED FOR A SHORT TIME AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WHILE
THE NOODLES ARE SOAKED TO SOFTEN. IN A WOK, OIL IS HEATED UNTIL ALMOST SMOKING.

Q3
______ IS A TIBETAN NOODLE SOUP, WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF TIBET
AND NORTHERN PART OF NEPAL. THE DISH BECAME POPULAR IN VARIOUS PARTS OF NEPAL,
BHUTAN, AND THE STATES OF SIKKIM, ASSAM, AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN NORTHEAST
INDIA. IT IS ALSO POPULAR IN THE LADAKH REGION AND THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH.

Q4
X AND Y HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME INGREDIENTS - SALAMI, HAM OR VEGETABLES,
MOZZARELLA, RICOTTA AND PARMESAN OR PECORINO CHEESE, AS WELL AS AN EGG, BUT
HOWEVER, DIFFER IN ORIGIN AND SHAPE.
X IS DESCRIBED AS AN ITALIAN OVEN-BAKED FOLDED PIZZA, THUS GIVING A HALF-MOON
SHAPE. WHEREAS Y IS USUALLY MADE BY ROLLING UP DOUGH THAT HAS BEEN TOPPED WITH
PIZZA INGREDIENTS AND THEN BAKING IT, GIVING IT A CYLINDRICAL APPEARANCE. Y WAS
LIKELY INVENTED BY ITALIAN-AMERICANS OR ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN
PHILADELPHIA.

Q5
_______ IS A RICH, SWEET DESSERT PASTRY MADE OF LAYERS OF FILO FILLED WITH CHOPPED
NUTS AND SWEETENED AND HELD TOGETHER WITH SYRUP OR HONEY. IT IS CHARACTERISTIC
OF THE CUISINES OF THE LEVANT, THE CAUCASUS, BALKANS, MAGHREB, AND OF CENTRAL AND
WEST ASIA.

Q6
THIS IS AN IMAGE FROM THE SOUTH KOREA - NORTH KOREA BORDER, WHERE A PARTICULAR
FOOD COMMODITY IS BEING SMUGGLED ACROSS THE BORDER. WHAT COMMODITY?
THE AVERAGE NORTH KOREAN REPORTEDLY MAKES THE EQUIVALENT OF BETWEEN $100 (£60)
TO $200 (£120) A MONTH. BUT THEY ARE PAYING UP TO $10 (£6) FOR THIS.

Q7
THE WORD X WAS NOT USED TO REFER TO A TYPE OF BREAD UNTIL 1920. THE WORD SIMPLY
MEANS "WAND", "BATON" OR "STICK", AS IN X MAGIQUE (MAGIC WAND), X CHINOISES
(CHOPSTICKS), OR X DE DIRECTION (CONDUCTOR'S BATON).
THOUGH THE X TODAY IS OFTEN CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SYMBOLS OF FRENCH CULTURE
VIEWED FROM ABROAD, THE ASSOCIATION OF FRANCE WITH LONG LOAVES PREDATES ANY
MENTION OF IT.

Q8
____ ____ IS A SMALL MEMBER OF THE CAPSICUM GENUS. IT GROWS IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
AND WAS TAKEN BY THE PORTUGUESE TO THEIR INDIAN TERRITORIES OF GUJARAT AND GOA.
____ ____ IS SWAHILI FOR "PEPPER PEPPER". ____ ____ SAUCE (USED AS A SEASONING OR
MARINADE) IS PORTUGUESE IN ORIGIN AND ESPECIALLY PREVALENT IN ANGOLA, NAMIBIA,
MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA.

ROGAN JOSH

ANTS CLIMBING A TREE

Q3
______ IS A TIBETAN NOODLE SOUP, WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF TIBET AND
NORTHERN PART OF NEPAL. THE DISH BECAME POPULAR IN VARIOUS PARTS OF NEPAL,
BHUTAN, AND THE STATES OF SIKKIM, ASSAM, AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN NORTHEAST
INDIA. IT IS ALSO POPULAR IN THE LADAKH REGION AND THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH.

THUKPA

CALZONE AND STROMBOLI

BAKLAVA

CHOCO-PIE

BAGUETTE

Q8
____ ____ IS A SMALL MEMBER OF THE CAPSICUM GENUS. IT GROWS IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
AND WAS TAKEN BY THE PORTUGUESE TO THEIR INDIAN TERRITORIES OF GUJARAT AND GOA.
____ ____ IS SWAHILI FOR "PEPPER PEPPER". ____ ____ SAUCE (USED AS A SEASONING OR
MARINADE) IS PORTUGUESE IN ORIGIN AND "ESPECIALLY PREVALENT IN ANGOLA, NAMIBIA,
MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA".

PIRI-PIRI

DRY P/B
ROUND
CLOCKWISE
1.+10/0 ON BOUNCE
2.+20/-15 ON POUNCE
3.AFTER ALL PASS, THE NEXT
QUESTION REMAINS WITH THE SAME
TEAM.

Q1
THE TEXTS AND LEGENDS OF THE _______ COMMUNITY TRACE THE ORIGIN OF _______ TO
THE LEGENDARY KING X OF THE SOLAR DYNASTY WHO ADOPTED VANIKA DHARMA.
LITERALLY, ________ MEANS THE "CHILDREN OF X" OR THE "PEOPLE OF AGROHA", A CITY IN
ANCIENT KURU PANCHALA, NEAR HISAR IN HARYANA REGION SAID TO BE FOUNDED BY HIM.
WHICH FAMILY NAME AM I TALKING ABOUT?

AGARWAL

Q2
___________________, ALSO TITLED "BEWARE OF THE BOYS", IS A SONG PRODUCED IN
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE ALBUM LEGALISED. FOLLOWING ITS RE-RELEASE AS
A SINGLE IN 2002 WITH JAY-Z, IT ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE WORLDWIDE SUCCESS, TOPPING
THE SINGLES CHARTS IN ITALY AND BELGIUM (WALLONIA), AND CHARTING HIGHLY IN MANY
OTHER COUNTRIES.
___________________ IS USED FREQUENTLY IN WESTERN MEDIA WHEN INDIAN CHARACTERS
ARE INTRODUCED OR ARE ON SCREEN. IT WAS USED ON AN EPISODE OF ER, WHEN GALLANT
AND NEELA DANCED TO A VERSION OF THE SONG, WHICH GALLANT CALLED A "SIKH RAP“.
WHICH SONG AND BY WHOM?

MUNDIAN TO BACH KE, PANJABI MC

Q3
IT IS A DANCE-DRAMA PERFORMANCE ART WITH ORIGINS IN THE KRISHNA-CENTERED
VAISHNAVISM MONASTERIES OF ASSAM, AND ATTRIBUTED TO THE 15TH CENTURY BHAKTI
MOVEMENT SCHOLAR AND SAINT NAMED SRIMANTA SANKARDEV. ONE-ACT PLAYS OF X ARE
CALLED ANKIYA NAT, WHICH COMBINE THE AESTHETIC AND THE RELIGIOUS THROUGH A
BALLAD, DANCE AND DRAMA. THE PLAYS ARE USUALLY PERFORMED IN THE DANCE
COMMUNITY HALLS (NAMGHAR) OF MONASTERY TEMPLES (SATTRAS). THE THEMES
PLAYED RELATE TO KRISHNA AND RADHA, SOMETIMES OTHER VISHNU AVATARS SUCH AS RAMA
AND SITA

SATTRIYA

Q4
THE TAURUS WORLD AWARDS IS A YEARLY AWARD CEREMONY HELD MIDYEAR THAT HONORS
_________. IT IS HELD EACH YEAR IN LOS ANGELES. THE FIRST AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT IN
2001. HOWEVER THE DECIDING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE YEAR 2000. THE
AWARDS WERE CREATED BY DIETRICH MATESCHITZ, THE FOUNDER OF RED BULL.
WHO ARE PRESENTED WITH THESE AWARDS?

STUNTMEN

Q5
IN 1919 LORD CHELMSFORD NAMED THE CITY, WHICH WAS EARLIER A VILLAGE CALLED
SAKCHI, TO __________ IN HONOUR OF ITS FOUNDER, WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS CELEBRATED ON 3
MARCH AS FOUNDER'S DAY. THE FOUNDER HAD WRITTEN TO HIS SON DORABJI ABOUT
HIS VISION OF A GREAT CITY IN THE AREA. ON FOUNDERS DAY, WHICH IS THE 3RD OF MARCH,
THE 225-ACRE (0.91 KM2) JUBILEE PARK IS DECORATED WITH BRILLIANT LIGHTWORK FOR
ABOUT A WEEK.
WHICH INDUSTRIAL CITY AM I TALKING ABOUT?

JAMSHEDPUR

Q6
ALEXANDER KRUSHELNITSKY, WHO WON A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE MIXED DOUBLES EVENT
WITH HIS WIFE IN PYEONGCHANG 2018, HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF TESTING POSITIVE FOR
MELDONIUM. USED PRIMARILY TO TREAT HEART CONDITIONS, MELDONIUM HELPS TO
INCREASE BLOOD FLOW, RESULTING IN INCREASED EXERCISE CAPACITY. IT IS THE SAME DRUG
THAT RESULTED IN THE BAN OF TENNIS STAR MARIA SHARAPOVA BACK IN 2016, SHORTLY
AFTER THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY ADDED THE DRUG TO ITS BANNED LIST.
IRONICALLY, WHICH SPORT DOES ALEXANDER PLAY?

CURLING

Q7
BLAINE GIBSON IS A U.S. LAWYER FROM SEATTLE WHO IS SPEARHEADING A SELF-FUNDED
EXERCISE THAT HAS TAKEN HIM FROM THE MALDIVES TO MAURITIUS AND MYANMAR.
DISCUSSIONS IN FACEBOOK GROUPS INTRIGUED HIM INITIALLY, AND AFTER BEING IMPACTED
BY A SUPPORT GROUP IN KUALA LUMPUR, HE EMBARKED ON HIS MISSION. GIBSON HAS
STATED THAT HE IS DOING IT JUST OUT OF PERSONAL INTEREST AND NOT IN A FOR-PROFIT
OR JOURNALISTIC WAY. AS PART OF HIS JOURNEY, HE HAS INTERVIEWED SEVERAL PEOPLE
AND HAS ALSO DISCOVERED NUMEROUS PERSONAL ITEMS INCLUDING BACKPACKS AND
COMPUTER CASES. HE ALSO HAS A SET OF DETRACTORS WHO ALLEGE HIS FINDINGS ARE
‘PLANTED’, AND HAS ALSO RECEIVED VEILED THREATS, ONE OF WHICH SAID, “NO _______,
NO BLAINE.”
WHAT IS GIBSON TRYING TO DO WITH HIS INDIVIDUAL MISSION?

FINDING REMAINANTS OF MH370

Q8
LIST OF WHAT? (CONNECT IT WITH A PARTICULAR DATE IN 2015)
1. PERSONAL DRONES
2. TABLETS AND MOBILE PAYMENT TECHNOLOGY
3. BIOMETRIC DEVICES
4. HANDS-FREE GAMING CONSOLES
5. SMART CLOTHING AND WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
6. VIDEO PHONES
7. WASTE-FUELED CARS
8. HOVERBOARDS
9. VIDEO GLASSES
10. PEPSI PERFECT

PREDICTIONS MADE IN BACK TO THE
FUTURE II

Q9
HE FOUNDED THE INDIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, THROUGH WHICH HE LED TWO SESSIONS
OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN 1883 AND 1885, ALONG WITH ANANDAMOHAN
BOSE. HE LATER BECAME A SENIOR LEADER OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. HE ALSO
FOUNDED INDIAN NATIONAL LIBERATION FEDERATION. HE WAS ALSO EDITOR OF "THE
BENGALI" NEWSPAPER. GIVE ME THIS SIR’S NAME.

SURENDRANATH BANNERJEE

Q10
BEFORE BECOMING A BLACKSMITH IN 1825, X WORKED AT HIS FATHER’S TAILOR SHOP, WHERE
HE POLISHED AND SHARPENED NEEDLES BY RUNNING THEM THROUGH SAND. AS ONE VERSION
OF THE STORY GOES, X USED THIS EXPERIENCE TO PREDICT THAT A CORRECTLY SHAPED
PLOW MADE OF HIGHLY POLISHED STEEL WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT THAN IRON. IN
ANOTHER ACCOUNT, X IS SAID TO HAVE MODELED HIS PLOW AFTER THE WAY A STEEL
PITCHFORK MOVES THROUGH SOIL AND HAY. WHICH PERSON AM I TALKING ABOUT?

JOHN DEERE

WRITTEN
ROUND-2
SCIENCE FICTION
2.YOU CAN STAKE A QUESTION
3.+15/-10 ON STAKE

Q1
THE ___ ________ AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS OF
AMERICA TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING, IN PLACE OF THE DISCONTINUED
NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT.
THE CAST BRONZE STATUETTE REFERENCES HIS THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, WHILE THE
IBM SELECTRIC TYPE BALL USED FOR THE FIGURE'S HEAD IS INDICATIVE OF HIS STATED
PREFERENCE FOR USING AN IBM SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER.

Q2
______________-____ IS A SCIENCE FICTION-INFUSED ANTI-WAR NOVEL BY KURT VONNEGUT
ABOUT THE WORLD WAR II EXPERIENCES AND JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME OF BILLY PILGRIM. A
CENTRAL EVENT IS PILGRIM'S SURVIVING THE ALLIES' FIREBOMBING OF DRESDEN AS A
PRISONER-OF-WAR, THE GERMANS HOLD BILLY AND HIS FELLOW PRISONERS IN AN EMPTY
DRESDEN SLAUGHTERHOUSE. THIS WAS AN EVENT IN VONNEGUT'S OWN LIFE, AND THE
NOVEL IS CONSIDERED SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. WHAT NOVEL IS THIS?

Q3
THIS ONE IS AN ALTERNATE HISTORY TWIST ON _______ _____. SET SEVERAL YEARS AFTER
THE END OF THE PLAY, IT FOCUSES ON FESTE, BELOVED FOOL OF THE ORIGINAL WORK. IN
THIS VERSION, FESTE IS A MEMBER OF A SHADOWY SOCIETY CALLED THE FOOLS’ GUILD, AN
ORGANIZATION THAT PLACES ENTERTAINERS/SPIES IN THE HOMES AND COURTS OF THE
POWERFUL IN ORDER TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS AND, WHEN NECESSARY, DISH OUT JUSTICE.
HIS POWERS ARE CALLED UPON IN ILLYRIA ONCE MORE WHEN DUKE ORSINO TURNS UP
MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED. FESTE RETURNS, IN DISGUISE, SUSPECTING THE WORK OF THAT
MALEVOLENT AGENT OF SALADIN, MALVOLIO, WHO MAY BE BACK FOR REVENGE AFTER HIS
HUMILIATION AT THE HANDS OF THE THE PLAYERS OF _______ _____. FITB.

Q4
THIS IS A STILL FROM THE MOVIE – STAR WARS, THE LAST JEDI . THERE IS AN ALIEN HOLDING
AN ALIEN DOG, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEWS AFTER THE MOVIE WAS RELEASED. WHO WAS
THE FAMOUS MISTRESS OF THIS DOG?

Q5
WHICH
2018
SCI-FI TV
SHOW’S
TRAILER
IS THIS?

Q6
_____ _______: BLACK OUT 2022 (2017) IS THE FIRST IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, FOLLOWED
BY 2036: NEXUS DAWN (2017) AND 2048: NOWHERE TO RUN ARE THREE SHORT FILMS THAT
FILL THE GAP BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL MOVIE AND THIS SEQUEL. WHICH MOVIE IS BEING
MENTIONED HERE?

Q7
LENNART NILSSON WAS A SWEDISH PHOTOGRAPHER AND SCIENTIST IN THE 20TH CENTURY
WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PICTURES OF THE ‘UNPHOTOGRAPHABLE’, SUCH AS HUMAN
EMBRYOS. A FILM MADE HIS PICTURE OF THE EMBRYO FAMOUS, WHERE THE CONCLUDING
SCENE FEATURES A ____ _____ FLOATING THROUGH SPACE, WHERE THE ____ _____ SIGNIFIES
A “GREAT NEW BEGINNING”. WHICH FILM, AND FITB FOR HALF POINTS EACH.

Q8
THE NEW YORK TIMES BROUGHT OUT A PIECE CALLED “OBAMA’S SECRET TO SURVIVING THE
WHITE HOUSE YEARS: BOOKS”. BARACK OBAMA PICKED UP THIS BOOK INITIALLY AS ESCAPE
READING, BUT THIS APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI EPIC PUT THINGS UNEXPECTEDLY IN
PERSPECTIVE. ABOUT THE BOOK, HE SAYS, “THE SCOPE OF IT WAS IMMENSE. SO THAT WAS
FUN TO READ, PARTLY BECAUSE MY DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS WITH CONGRESS SEEM FAIRLY
PETTY — NOT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. ALIENS ARE ABOUT TO INVADE!” THIS BOOK
WAS ALSO PART OF MARK ZUCKERBERG’S YEAR IN BOOKS IN 2015. WHICH BOOK?

Q1
THE ___ ________ AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS OF
AMERICA TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING, IN PLACE OF THE DISCONTINUED
NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT.
THE CAST BRONZE STATUETTE REFERENCES HIS THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, WHILE THE IBM
SELECTRIC TYPE BALL USED FOR THE FIGURE'S HEAD IS INDICATIVE OF HIS STATED
PREFERENCE FOR USING AN IBM SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER.

RAY BRADBURY

Q2
______________-____ IS A SCIENCE FICTION-INFUSED ANTI-WAR NOVEL BY KURT VONNEGUT
ABOUT THE WORLD WAR II EXPERIENCES AND JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME OF BILLY PILGRIM. A
CENTRAL EVENT IS PILGRIM'S SURVIVING THE ALLIES' FIREBOMBING OF DRESDEN AS A
PRISONER-OF-WAR, THE GERMANS HOLD BILLY AND HIS FELLOW PRISONERS IN AN EMPTY
DRESDEN SLAUGHTERHOUSE. THIS WAS AN EVENT IN VONNEGUT'S OWN LIFE, AND THE NOVEL
IS CONSIDERED SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. WHAT NOVEL IS THIS?

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

TWELFTH NIGHT

Q4
THIS IS A STILL FROM THE MOVIE – STAR WARS, THE LAST JEDI . THERE IS AN ALIEN HOLDING
AN ALIEN DOG, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEWS AFTER THE MOVIE WAS RELEASED. WHO WAS THE
FAMOUS MASTER/MISTRESS OF THIS DOG?

CARRIE FISCHER

ALTERED CARBON

BLADE RUNNER

2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY, STAR CHILD

Q8
THE NEW YORK TIMES BROUGHT OUT A PIECE CALLED “OBAMA’S SECRET TO SURVIVING THE
WHITE HOUSE YEARS: BOOKS”. BARACK OBAMA PICKED UP THIS BOOK INITIALLY AS ESCAPE
READING, BUT THIS APOCALYPTIC SCI-FI EPIC PUT THINGS UNEXPECTEDLY IN PERSPECTIVE.
ABOUT THE BOOK, HE SAYS, “THE SCOPE OF IT WAS IMMENSE. SO THAT WAS FUN TO READ,
PARTLY BECAUSE MY DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS WITH CONGRESS SEEM FAIRLY PETTY — NOT
SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. ALIENS ARE ABOUT TO INVADE!” THIS BOOK WAS ALSO PART
OF MARK ZUCKERBERG’S YEAR IN BOOKS IN 2015. WHICH BOOK?

THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM

DRY P/B
ROUND
ANTICLOCKWISE
•+10/0 ON BOUNCE
•+20/-15 ON POUNCE
•AFTER ALL PASS, THE NEXT QUESTION
REMAINS WITH THE SAME TEAM.

Q1
BHOPAL JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION HAS INSTALLED A _________, (NAMED HAPPY NARI)
BECOMING THE FIRST STATION IN THE COUNTRY TO DO SO. IT WAS INSTALLED BY RAILWAY
WOMEN WELFARE ASSOCIATION AS A NEW YEAR GIFT TO THE WOMEN AND WAS
INAUGURATED BY ANJALI THAKUR, THE SENIOR MOST WOMAN WORKING IN THE STATION.
WHAT IS THIS AM I TALKING ABOUT?

SANITARY PAD DISPENSER

Q2
CHUCK. A THIRD PARTICIPANT, USUALLY OF MALICIOUS INTENT.
CRAIG. A PASSWORD CRACKER, OFTEN ENCOUNTERED IN SITUATIONS WITH STORED
PASSWORDS.
DAN, DAVE OR DAVID. A GENERIC FOURTH PARTICIPANT.
ERIN. A GENERIC FIFTH PARTICIPANT, BUT RARELY USED, AS "E" IS USUALLY RESERVED FOR
EVE.
WHICH TWO ‘PEOPLE’ ARE THE MOST FAMOUS MEMBERS OF THE LIST?

ALICE AND BOB

Q3
IN 2004 OLYMPIC, CIÁN O'CONNOR BECAME AN INSTANT NATIONAL HERO, BEING THE ONLY
IRISH MEDALIST THAT YEAR. BUT THEIR JOY DID NOT LAST LONG AS O'CONNOR WAS LATER
STRIPPED OFF HIS MEDAL LATER THAT YEAR. ONE OF THE MAJOR REASON OF STRIPPING OF
MEDALS IN WORLD OF SPORTS IS PERSON BEING TESTED POSITIVE FOR DOPING. HOWEVER
IN THIS CASE O'CONNOR DID NOT TEST POSITIVE FOR DOPING HIMSELF. NAME THE SPORT
HE PLAYED AND WHY WAS HE STRIPPED OFF HIS MEDALS?

EQUESTRIAN. HIS HORSE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
DOPING.

Q4
IN THE LATE 1960S, THE RUMOUR STARTED CIRCULATING AMONG BEATLES FANS THAT THE
CUTE ONE HAD DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN 1967. BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO IMPACT THE
POPULARITY OF THE BAND, MANAGERS AND HANDLERS ALLEGEDLY HIRED A MCCARTNEY
LOOK-ALIKE AS A REPLACEMENT. THE BAND FELT BAD ABOUT LYING TO LOYAL FANS,
HOWEVER, AND BEGAN LEAVING CLUES IN THE ALBUM ARTWORK TO TIP THEM OFF.
HOWEVER, THE TRUE REASON WAS THAT IT WAS HOT. IN SOME OTHER PICTURES THAT
WERE TAKEN AT THE SHOOT, YOU CAN SEE MCCARTNEY MAKING A FASHION STATEMENT BY
WEARING SANDALS WITH HIS SUIT.
WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

MCCARTNEY BAREFOOT IN ABBEY ROAD COVER

Q5
THE ______ WHIRLPOOLS ARE TIDAL WHIRLPOOLS IN THE ______ STRAIT, A CHANNEL
BETWEEN ______ IN TOKUSHIMA AND AWAJI ISLAND IN HYŌGO, JAPAN. THE WHIRLPOOLS
CAN BE OBSERVED FROM SHIPS, OR FROM THE ______ BRIDGE SPANNING THE STRAIT.
______ IS A TYPE OF KAMABOKO, OR CURED FISH SURIMI PRODUCED IN JAPAN. EACH SLICE
OF ______ HAS A PINK OR RED SPIRAL PATTERN, WHICH RESEMBLES THE ______
WHIRLPOOLS IN THE ______ STRAIT BETWEEN AWAJI ISLAND AND SHIKOKU IN JAPAN. IT IS
ALSO USED AS A SLANG TERM FOR THE AT SIGN ("@").
THE WHIRLPOOLS INSPIRED THE NAME FOR THE MANGA CHARACTER _______ ______ FROM
THE MANGA ______, _______ MEANING WHIRLPOOL AND ______ REFERRING TO THE BRIDGE.
WHAT NAME?

Q6
THE SEARCH FOR A MIDDLE-AGED ENGINEER SHIFTED FROM JAPAN TO TEMPLE CITY, LA
COUNTY WHEN THE LOCAL MEDIA DISCOVERED THIS GENTLEMAN, A COMPUTER ENGINEER
BY PROFESSION, LIVING IN A SLEEPY CALIFORNIA TOWN IN MAY 2014.
THE SPECULATIONS ESCALATED WHEN COMPUTER SCIENTIST HAL FINNEY, ON THE
RECEIVING SIDE OF A HISTORIC TRANSACTION, WAS FOUND LIVING A FEW BLOCKS
AWAY.
HOWEVER, THE GENTLEMAN DENIED HAVING EVER HEARD OF THE INVENTION, WHICH WAS
BEING CLAIMED TO BE HIS OWN, AND THE SEARCH RESUMED AGAIN.
WHAT FAMOUS NAME DID THE GENTLEMAN CARRY?

SATOSHI NAKAMOTO

Q7
WHO ARE THE CURRENT EMPLOYERS OF THIS PERSON? HE
WAS CAPPED 53 TIMES BY ENGLAND BETWEEN 1997
AND 2010, AND WAS FIRST CHOICE DURING THE TEAM'S
EURO 2004 AND THE 2010 WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS.
HE WAS APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE
BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE) IN THE 2012 BIRTHDAY HONOURS
FOR SERVICES TO FOOTBALL AND CHARITY.

KERALA BLASTERS

Q8
YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR TWO VOICES IN THE COMMENTARY. IDENTIFY THE FIRST VOICE
AND THE ‘FAMOUS’ INCIDENT ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.

RICHIE BENAUD, TREVOR CHAPPEL BOWLING
UNDERARM

Q9
THIS IMAGE IS A REFERENCE TO THE TWO CHRISTIAN PATRON SAINTS OF HUNTERS, SAINT
HUBERTUS AND SAINT EUSTACE, BOTH OF WHOM CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY AFTER
WATCHING THIS IMAGE. TELL ME WHAT IN POPULAR WORLD DRAWS ITS INSPIRATION FROM.

THE JAGERMEISTER CREST

Q10
THE SONG NEELA VAANAM FROM 2010'S KAMAL HASSAN STARRER MANMADAN AMBU WAS
VERY OBVIOUSLY INSPIRED BY WHAT 2002 SEQUENCE?

WRITTEN
ROUND-3
WOMEN
2.YOU CAN STAKE A QUESTION.
3.+15/-10 ON STAKE.

Q1
______ _____ IS CREDITED WITH ADVANCING THE GENRE OF CONFESSIONALISM AND IS
BEST KNOWN FOR TWO OF HER PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS, THE COLOSSUS AND OTHER POEMS
AND ARIEL, AND THE BELL JAR, A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL PUBLISHED SHORTLY
BEFORE HER DEATH. IN 1982, SHE WON A POSTHUMOUS PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE
COLLECTED POEMS.
FOLLOWING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION, SHE MADE HER FIRST
MEDICALLY DOCUMENTED SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN LATE AUGUST 1953 BY CRAWLING UNDER
HER HOUSE AND TAKING HER MOTHER’S SLEEPING PILLS. WHOM AM I TALKING ABOUT?

Q2
X’S CLIENTS INCLUDE JULIAN ASSANGE, THE FOUNDER OF WIKILEAKS, IN HIS FIGHT
AGAINST EXTRADITION. X HAS ALSO REPRESENTED THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF
UKRAINE, YULIA TYMOSHENKO, AND CANADIAN- EGYPTIAN JOURNALIST MOHAMED FAHMY.
HOWEVER SHE GARNERED HUGE MEDIA ATTENTION AFTER HER MARRIAGE. THE BLOGGERS AT
THE BUSINESS WOMEN WERE PERHAPS A BIT DISAPPOINTED FOR THEY WROTE “X, A 36 YEAR
OLD LONDON-BASED DUAL- QUALIFIED ENGLISH BARRISTER AND NEW YORK LITIGATION
ATTORNEY WHO HAS LONG BEEN A HIGH-PROFILE FIGURE IN INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE AND
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW HAS GONE AGAINST THE TREND FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN HER
FIELD AND MARRIED… AN ACTOR” ID THIS VERY FAMOUS BARRISTER.

Q3
IN JANUARY 2015, IMAGES OF ______ ____ BEGAN APPEARING OVER ANTI-ISLAMIC
ADVERTISEMENTS ON SAN FRANCISCO CITY BUSES. THE ADVERTISEMENTS, PURCHASED BY
THE AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE INITIATIVE, EQUATED ISLAM WITH NAZISM. IN RESPONSE,
STREET ARTISTS COVERED THE ADS WITH IMAGES OF HER ALONGSIDE MESSAGES LIKE
""CALLING ALL BIGOTRY BUSTERS," "STAMP OUT RACISM," "FREE SPEECH ISN'T A LICENSE TO
SPREAD HATE," "ISLAMOPHOBIA HURTS US ALL," AND "RACIST.“
IN OCTOBER 2016, SHE APPEARED ON THE COVER OF THE VILLAGE VOICE IN AN
ILLUSTRATION BY AUTUMN WHITEHEARST THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO J. HOWARD MILLER'S "WE
CAN DO IT!" POSTER. THE COVER IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ARTICLE BY MALLIKA RAO TITLED
"THE SUPER HERO FOR OUR TIMES: MS. ______ WILL SAVE YOU NOW”. WHO IS SHE?

Q4
ESTABLISHED IN 1956 IN NEW DELHI BY THE LATE LALA SHRI RAM IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
PHOOLAN DEVI, IT BEGAN IN A SCHOOL BUILDING IN DARYAGANJ, CENTRAL DELHI.
THE MOTTO OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS ‘SÃ VIDYÃ YÃ VIMUKTAYE’ - "THAT ALONE IS
KNOWLEDGE WHICH LEADS TO LIBERATION”.

Q5
ETHNICALLY BORN IN A KOCH RAJBONGSHI HINDU FAMILY, HER FATHER, PRINCE JITENDRA
NARAYAN OF COOCH BEHAR (KOCH DYNASTY OF) ANCIENT ASSAM, PRESENTLY WEST BENGAL,
WAS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE YUVARAJA (CROWN PRINCE). HER MOTHER WAS
MARATHA PRINCESS INDIRA RAJE OF BARODA, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MARATHA KING,
MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO GAEKWAD III. SHE STUDIED AT GLENDOWER PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN
LONDON PATHA BHAVANA OF VISVA-BHARATI UNIVERSITY, SHANTINIKETAN, AND LATER IN
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, WHERE SHE TRAVELLED WITH HER MOTHER AND SIBLINGS, THEN
STUDIED SECRETARIAL SKILLS IN LONDON SCHOOL OF SECRETARIES; BRILLANTMONT AND
MONKEY CLUB LONDON.

HERE, YOU CAN SEE ILEANA D’CRUZ
PORTRAYING HER.
WHO IS SHE?

Q6
IN 1996, SHE CONTESTED THE LOK SABHA ELECTIONS ON A SAMAJWADI PARTY TICKET FROM
MIRZAPUR SEAT AND WON. IN 1998 SHE LOST THE ELECTION BUT WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1999.
SHE REMAINED AN MP TILL 2001 WHEN SHE WAS ASSASSINATED OUTSIDE HER BUNGALOW IN
DELHI.
ON 15 FEBRUARY 1995, _______ ____ AND HER HUSBAND UMMED SINGH EMBRACED
BUDDHISM AT THE FAMOUS BUDDHIST SITE DEEKSHABHOOMI. WHO IS THIS WOMAN, WITH
WHOM YOU CAN ASSOCIATE A FAMOUS 1994 BOLLYWOOD MOVIE?

Q7
“SCOTCH AS A CATEGORY IS SEEN AS PARTICULARLY INTIMIDATING BY WOMEN,” JACOBY
SAID IN AN INTERVIEW. “IT’S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE WOMEN INTO THE
BRAND.”
THE ____ ______ LAUNCH IS THE LATEST PART OF THE BRAND’S “KEEP WALKING AMERICA”
PUSH, WHICH BEGAN IN 2016. THE CAMPAIGN IS AN ATTEMPT TO SPEAK TO A BROADER
AUDIENCE, WITH ADS SPOTLIGHTING LATINOS AND VETERANS.

Q8
FOUNDED IN AUGUST 2011, IT HAD A VARIABLE MEMBERSHIP OF APPROXIMATELY 11 WOMEN
RANGING IN AGE FROM ABOUT 20 TO 33 (AS OF 2012). THE GROUP STAGED UNAUTHORIZED
PROVOCATIVE GUERRILLA PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC PLACES, PERFORMANCES THAT WERE
FILMED AS MUSIC VIDEOS AND POSTED ON THE INTERNET. THE COLLECTIVE’S LYRICAL
THEMES INCLUDED FEMINISM, LGBT RIGHTS, AND OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHOM THE GROUP CONSIDERED TO BE A DICTATOR, AND HIS POLICIES.
THESE THEMES ALSO ENCOMPASSED PUTIN’S LINKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH.
WHICH GROUP?

Q1
______ _____ IS CREDITED WITH ADVANCING THE GENRE OF CONFESSIONALISM AND IS BEST
KNOWN FOR TWO OF HER PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS, THE COLOSSUS AND OTHER POEMS AND
ARIEL, AND THE BELL JAR, A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL PUBLISHED SHORTLY BEFORE
HER DEATH. IN 1982, SHE WON A POSTHUMOUS PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE COLLECTED POEMS.
FOLLOWING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION, SHE MADE HER FIRST
MEDICALLY DOCUMENTED SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN LATE AUGUST 1953 BY CRAWLING UNDER HER
HOUSE AND TAKING HER MOTHER’S SLEEPING PILLS. WHOM AM I TALKING ABOUT?

SYLVIA PLATH

Q2
X’S CLIENTS INCLUDE JULIAN ASSANGE, THE FOUNDER OF WIKILEAKS, IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST
EXTRADITION. X HAS ALSO REPRESENTED THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF UKRAINE, YULIA
TYMOSHENKO, AND CANADIAN- EGYPTIAN JOURNALIST MOHAMED FAHMY. HOWEVER SHE
GARNERED HUGE MEDIA ATTENTION AFTER HER MARRIAGE. THE BLOGGERS AT THE BUSINESS
WOMEN WERE PERHAPS A BIT DISAPPOINTED FOR THEY WROTE “X, A 36 YEAR OLD LONDON-
BASED DUAL- QUALIFIED ENGLISH BARRISTER AND NEW YORK LITIGATION ATTORNEY WHO
HAS LONG BEEN A HIGH-PROFILE FIGURE IN INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
LAW HAS GONE AGAINST THE TREND FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN HER FIELD AND
MARRIED… AN ACTOR” ID THIS VERY FAMOUS BARRISTER.

AMAL ALAMUDDIN CLOONEY

KAMALA KHAN

LSR COLLEGE

Q5
ETHNICALLY BORN IN A KOCH RAJBONGSHI HINDU FAMILY, HER FATHER, PRINCE JITENDRA
NARAYAN OF COOCH BEHAR (KOCH DYNASTY OF) ANCIENT ASSAM, PRESENTLY WEST BENGAL,
WAS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE YUVARAJA (CROWN PRINCE). HER MOTHER WAS
MARATHA PRINCESS INDIRA RAJE OF BARODA, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MARATHA KING,
MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO GAEKWAD III, AN EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS AND A LEGENDARY
SOCIALITE. EARLY IN HER LIFE, HER UNCLE'S DEATH LED TO HER FATHER ASCENDING THE
THRONE (GADDI). SHE STUDIED AT GLENDOWER PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN LONDON PATHA
BHAVANA OF VISVA-BHARATI UNIVERSITY, SHANTINIKETAN, AND LATER IN LAUSANNE,
SWITZERLAND, WHERE SHE TRAVELLED WITH HER MOTHER AND SIBLINGS, THEN STUDIED
SECRETARIAL SKILLS IN LONDON SCHOOL OF SECRETARIES; BRILLANTMONT AND MONKEY
CLUB LONDON.

MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI

Q6
IN 1996, TWO YEARS AFTER SHE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON, SHE CONTESTED THE LOK
SABHA ELECTIONS ON A SAMAJWADI PARTY TICKET FROM MIRZAPUR SEAT AND WON. IN 1998
SHE LOST THE ELECTION BUT WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1999. SHE REMAINED AN MP TILL 2001
WHEN SHE WAS ASSASSINATED OUTSIDE HER BUNGALOW IN DELHI.
ON 15 FEBRUARY 1995, _______ ____ AND HER HUSBAND UMMED SINGH EMBRACED
BUDDHISM AT THE FAMOUS BUDDHIST SITE DEEKSHABHOOMI. WHO IS THIS WOMAN, WITH
WHOM YOU CAN ASSOCIATE A FAMOUS 1994 BOLLYWOOD MOVIE?

PHOOLAN DEVI

Q7
“SCOTCH AS A CATEGORY IS SEEN AS PARTICULARLY INTIMIDATING BY WOMEN,” JACOBY SAID
IN AN INTERVIEW. “IT’S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE WOMEN INTO THE
BRAND.”
THE ____ ______ LAUNCH IS THE LATEST PART OF THE BRAND’S “KEEP WALKING AMERICA”
PUSH, WHICH BEGAN IN 2016. THE CAMPAIGN IS AN ATTEMPT TO SPEAK TO A BROADER
AUDIENCE, WITH ADS SPOTLIGHTING LATINOS AND VETERANS.

JANE WALKER

PUSSY RIOT

Q1
WHEN HE VISITED INDIA IN 1951, HE DISCUSSED WITH NEHRU HOW HE WANTED TO CREATE
THIS EVER SINCE 1948 WITH THE HIMALAYAS IN THE FOREGROUND. IN A LATER LETTER TO
NEHRU, HE SUGGESTED THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY BECOME A SYMBOL TO REPRESENT
NEHRU’S NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT. HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN FEATURED YELLOW, RED, GREEN
AND WHITE WHILE ROTATING WITH THE WIND. SADLY, HE NEVER MANAGED TO CREATE IT
IN HIS LIFETIME, DUE TO LACK OF ANY SORT OF SPONSORSHIP OR FUNDING AS HE DIED
SOME YEARS LATER. WHO? CREATE WHAT?

LE COURBUSIER, CHANDIGARH

Q2
FILMING THE INDIAN VERSION OF _____ ________’S TRACK ________ ____ IN THE
FORTHCOMING FILM WE ARE FAMILY WAS MORE LIKE A NIGHTMARE FOR THE CREW.
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE INCLUDED IT AT NUMBER 67 ON ITS LIST OF THE 500 GREATEST
SONGS OF ALL TIME AND WAS NAMED ONE OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME'S 500
SONGS THAT SHAPED ROCK AND ROLL. IN 2004, IT FINISHED AT NUMBER 21 ON AFI'S 100
YEARS. 100 SONGS SURVEY OF TOP TUNES IN AMERICAN CINEMA. ON NOVEMBER 27, 2016,
THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCED ITS INDUCTION, ALONG WITH THAT OF ANOTHER
24 SONGS.

Q3
THE NAME OF THE PARK IS ORIGINATED FROM THE X RIVER, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER THE
SERPENT GODDESS.
LOCATED IN THE HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS, IT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE ROYAL X NATIONAL
PARK. THE PARK IS KNOWN FOR ITS RARE AND ENDANGERED ENDEMIC WILDLIFE SUCH AS
THE ROOFED TURTLE, HISPID HARE, GOLDEN LANGUR AND PYGMY HOG. X IS FAMOUS FOR ITS
POPULATION OF THE WILD WATER BUFFALO.
WHAT NATIONAL PARK AM I TALKING ABOUT?

Q4
“GREEKS ASSOCIATED _______ WITH MODERATION, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE KEY VIRTUES
THAT FORMED THEIR VIEW OF IDEAL MASCULINITY,” EXPLAINS CLASSICS PROFESSOR
ANDREW LEAR, WHO HAS TAUGHT AT HARVARD, COLUMBIA AND NYU AND RUNS TOURS
FOCUSED ON GAY HISTORY.
THERE’S AN INTERESTING THEORY FOR WHY _________, APART FROM THE GREEK INFLUENCE.
IN 2005, TWO FLORENTINE DOCTORS PUBLISHED A PAPER ARGUING WAS DUE TO FEAR.
WHEN VIEWED FROM THE FRONT, _____’S FACE ACTUALLY LOOKS FRIGHTENED AND
CONCERNED, BECAUSE OF HIS IMPENDING FIGHT WITH THE GIANT. THE DOCTORS ARGUE
THAT MICHELANGELO SCULPTED EVERY DETAIL IN HIS BODY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
SYMPTOMS OF FEAR AND TENSION.
WHAT IS THE THEORY ABOUT?

MICHAELANGELO’S DAVID HAVING A SMALL
PENIS

Q5
THE PETER THIEL FELLOWSHIP IS GIVEN TO COLLEGE DROPOUTS AGED 22 AND UNDER ALONG
WITH A FUNDING OF 100,000 DOLLARS TO PURSUE THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL INTERESTS.
WHO BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO RECEIVE THE FELLOWSHIP?
THE START-UP ALSO FEATURES AMONG THE COMPANIES WHICH ARE TIPPED TO BECOME THE
NEXT START-UP UNICORNS ACCORDING TO CB INSIGHTS RESEARCH'S FINDINGS,
PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. IT HAS RAISED A TOTAL OF $125MILLION OF
FUNDING IN 4 ROUNDS FROM 7 INVESTORS.

RITESH AGARWAL, OYO

Q6
THE STUPA LIKE BUILDING WHICH LOOKS LIKE YIN - YANG FROM AIR IS A DOMED GRANARY
BUILT IN 1786 BY CAPTAIN JOHN GARSTIN, AT THE ORDER OF WARREN HASTINGS. KNOWN AS
GOL GHAR, IT IS PILLARLESS WITH A BASE OF 125 METRES, HEIGHT 29 METRES AND A WALL
OF THICKNESS OF 3.6 METRES AT THE BASE. THERE IS AN OPENING AT THE TOP FOR FILLING
THE DOME WITH GRAINS. AFTER ITS FIRST USE, IT WAS ABANDONED WITH ITS DOORS AND
THE HOLE AT THE TOP SEALED AND IT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS "GARSTIN’S FOLLY“.
WHY WAS IT NEVER USED AGAIN?

THE DOOR OPENED ON THE INSIDE.

Q7
WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE, RAJEEV SURI HAS AN ABILITY TO
GENERATE GROWTH AND OFFER TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PEOPLE’S
LIVES. HIS EXPERTISE LIES IN MOBILE NETWORKS, BIG DATA ANALYTICS, CLOUD
COMPUTING AND INTERNET BUSINESS MODELS.
AS CEO OF _____ SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TURNING AROUND
THE COMPANY FROM SIGNIFICANT LOSSES TO A STRONG AND ROBUST ONE. IN HIS EARLIER
ROLES AS HEAD OF THE GLOBAL SERVICES UNIT AND APAC REGION, HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE
IN ENSURING STRONG GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY.

NOKIA

Q8
AYYAPPA IS THE HINDU GOD OF GROWTH, PARTICULARLY POPULAR IN KERALA. HE IS A
SYNTHETIC DEITY, THE SON OF SHIVA AND MOHINI – THE FEMALE AVATAR OF VISHNU
AYYAPPAN IS ALSO KNOWN AS HARIHARAPUTRA – MEANING THE "SON OF HARIHARA" OR A
FUSION DEITY OF HARI AND HARA, THE NAMES GIVEN TO VISHNU AND SHIVA RESPECTIVELY.
HE IS ALSO CALLED _________ FROM ____, SANSKRIT FOR PRECIOUS STONE AND _____,
SANSKRIT FOR NECK.
WHAT IS THIS VERY POPULAR NAME (IN AN IIT GUWAHATI CONTEXT)?

MANIKANTA

Q9
______ METAL IS A STYLE OF HEAVY METAL MUSIC CHARACTERIZED BY A LYRICAL AND
THEMATIC FOCUS ON _____ MYTHOLOGY, _____ PAGANISM, AND THE ______ AGE.
______ METAL IS QUITE DIVERSE AS A MUSICAL STYLE, TO THE POINT WHERE SOME
CONSIDER IT MORE A CROSS-GENRE TERM THAN A GENRE, BUT IT IS TYPICALLY SEEN AS
BLACK METAL WITH INFLUENCES FROM ______ FOLK MUSIC. COMMON TRAITS INCLUDE A
SLOW-PACED AND HEAVY RIFFING STYLE, ANTHEMIC CHORUSES, USE OF BOTH SUNG AND
HARSH VOCALS, A RELIANCE ON FOLK INSTRUMENTATION, AND OFTEN THE USE OF
KEYBOARDS FOR ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT.
WHAT GENRE AM I TALKING ABOUT?

VIKING METAL

Q10
AT A TIME WHEN THE IDEA OF RETRIEVING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY TYPING A QUESTION
INTO A COMPUTER SEEMED LIKE MAGIC, _________ THRIVED. FOUNDED IN 1995, IT SET THE
STAGE FOR GOOGLE, WHICH HAS BECOME SUCH AN INCREMENTAL PART OF HOW WE
DISCOVER INFORMATION THAT “GOOGLING” IS PART OF OUR VERNACULAR.
IT ENDED UP BEING NEGLECTED AND WAS POORLY MANAGED. OVER THE YEARS, _________
BOUNCED FROM ORIGINAL PARENT COMPANY DIGITAL EQUIPMENT, WHICH COMPAQ BOUGHT
IN 1998, TO CMGI THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THEN TO OVERTURE IN 2003, A COMPANY
THAT YAHOO BOUGHT LATER THAT YEAR. YAHOO OFFICIALLY KILLED _________ 10 YEARS
LATER IN 2013, AND GOOGLE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE INTERNET SEARCH LANDSCAPE.

ALTAVISTA

LONG
CONNECT
ROUND - 1
6 QUESTIONS, DIFFERENTIAL SCORING
+40 IF 1 TEAM GET IT RIGHT
+30 IF 2 TEAMS GET IT RIGHT.
+20 IF 3 OR 4 TEAMS GET IT RIGHT
+10 IF 5 OR 6 TEAMS GET IT RIGHT
0 IF 7 OR 8 TEAMS GET IT RIGHT
POINTS ON LONG CONNECT
MENTIONED IN SLIDE TITLES

+120/-60
THE _____ NUT IS NOT A TRUE NUT, BUT RATHER A FRUIT CATEGORIZED AS A BERRY. IT IS
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN DRIED, CURED, AND FRESH FORMS. WHEN THE HUSK OF THE
FRESH FRUIT IS GREEN, THE NUT INSIDE IS SOFT ENOUGH TO BE CUT WITH A TYPICAL KNIFE.
IN THE RIPE FRUIT, THE HUSK BECOMES YELLOW OR ORANGE, AND AS IT DRIES, THE FRUIT
INSIDE HARDENS TO A WOOD-LIKE CONSISTENCY. AT THAT STAGE, THE _____ NUT CAN ONLY
BE SLICED USING A SPECIAL SCISSORS-LIKE CUTTER.
USUALLY FOR CHEWING, A FEW SLICES OF THE NUT ARE WRAPPED IN A BETEL LEAF ALONG
WITH CALCIUM HYDROXIDE (SLAKED LIME) AND MAY INCLUDE CLOVE, CARDAMOM,
CATECHU (KATTHA), OR OTHER SPICES FOR EXTRA FLAVOURING. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

ARECA NUT/SUPARI

+100/-50
SHE WAS BORN AS 'ALIA ADVANI' TO JAGDEEP ADVANI, A BUSINESSMAN AND GENEVIEVE
JAFFREY. SHE HAS A YOUNGER BROTHER, MISHAAL (BORN SEPTEMBER 1995). HER FATHER IS
A SINDHI HINDU, WHILE HER MOTHER, RAISED A CATHOLIC, A WOMAN OF SCOTTISH, IRISH,
PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH ANCESTRY.
SHE MADE HER ACTING DEBUT IN KABIR SADANAND'S COMEDY DRAMA FILM, FUGLY,
OPPOSITE NEWCOMER MOHIT MARWAH, VIJENDER SINGH, ARFI LAMBA AND JIMMY SHERGILL.
WHICH ROLE IN 2016 MADE HER FAMOUS?

SAKSHI DHONI

+80/-40
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SCORECARD OF INDIA VS ENGLAND, U-19 CWC SEMI-FINAL. ENGLAND
WERE BUNDLED OUT FOR 58 AND AN AHMED TOOK 4-14. HE IS A RIGHT-ARM FAST BOWLER
AND RIGHT-HANDED LOWER ORDER BATSMAN. HE MADE HIS FIRST-CLASS DEBUT ON 1
DECEMBER 2005 AGAINST MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE IN THE 2005–06 RANJI TROPHY.
FROM 2010 TO 2013 HE REPRESENTED MUMBAI INDIANS IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
AND FROM 2014 TO 2016 HE REPRESENTED ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE. HOW DO
WE KNOW AN AHMED BETTER?

ABU NECHIM

+60/-30
THE HISTORY OF THE THIS SYSTEM DATES BACK TO 1946 WHEN SIR JOGENDRA SINGH OF
THE VICEROY'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SET UP A COMMITTEE WHOSE TASK WAS TO CONSIDER
THE CREATION THESE FOR POST-WAR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA. THE 22-MEMBER
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE INSTITUTIONS IN VARIOUS
PARTS OF INDIA, WITH AFFILIATED SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA SAID ABOUT THE FIRST OF THESE :
“HERE IN THE PLACE OF THAT HIJLI DETENTION CAMP STANDS THE FINE MONUMENT OF
INDIA, REPRESENTING INDIA'S URGES, INDIA'S FUTURE IN THE MAKING. THIS PICTURE
SEEMS TO ME SYMBOLICAL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING TO INDIA.”

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

+40/-20
HE JOINED THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, ARRIVING IN INDIA IN 1867. HIS FIRST POSTING WAS
AT MIDNAPORE, WHERE HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR WAS WILLIAM JAMES HERSCHEL, THEN
THE LOCAL MAGISTRATE. HE LATER SERVED IN CHUADANGA, WHERE HE WITNESSED THE
GREAT FLOOD OF 1871. IN 1872 HE WAS POSTED TO CALCUTTA, AND IN 1873 HE WAS
APPOINTED ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO THE BENGAL GOVERNMENT BY SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL,
AND LATER WORKED UNDER SIR RICHARD TEMPLE.
HE SUPPORTED INDIAN HOME RULE AND GOT INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE WHEN HE ADVOCATED
THE CAUSE IN HIS 1885 BOOK NEW INDIA, OR INDIA IN TRANSITION. IN 1904, HE
SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, ONE OF THE FEW NON-
INDIANS TO DO SO. AS SUCH, HE LED THE OPPOSITION TO CURZON'S INVASION OF TIBET
AND PARTITION OF BENGAL.

SIR HENRY COTTON

+20/0
ALTHOUGH MUCH WEAKER, THE ____ ARMY DEFEATED THE MUGHAL ARMY BY BRILLIANT USES
OF THE TERRAIN, CLEVER DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS TO BUY TIME, GUERRILLA TACTICS,
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND BY EXPLOITING THE SOLE
WEAKNESS OF THE MUGHAL FORCES—ITS NAVY.
THE BATTLE OF _________ WAS THE LAST BATTLE IN THE LAST MAJOR ATTEMPT BY THE
MUGHALS TO EXTEND THEIR EMPIRE INTO _____.

SARAIGHAT

GUWAHATI
GUWAHATI MEANS “ARECA NUT” + “MARKET”
SAKSHI DHONI AND ABU NECHIM WERE BORN IN GUWAHATI
IIT GUWAHATI 
COTTON COLLEGE
SARAIGHAT IS OBVIOUS

TOPIC ROUND 8 TOPICS TO CHOOSE FROM
+20/0 FOR SELECTED TOPIC
OTHER TEAMS CAN POUNCE FOR
+20/-10

TOPICS
1. MUSIC AND MOVIES
2. LITERATURE AND ARTS
3. MYTHOLOGY
4. WORLD HISTORY
5. OLYMPICS
6. BUSINESS TERMINOLOGIES
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
8. QM KI PASAND
CLOSE

Q1
____ ____ IS A MUSIC DUO FROM PARIS FORMED IN 1993. THE DUO RELEASED THEIR
DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM HOMEWORK THROUGH VIRGIN RECORDS IN 1997 TO HIGHLY POSITIVE
REVIEWS, AND SPAWNING SINGLES "AROUND THE WORLD" AND "DA FUNK”. THEY
PRODUCED A SERIES OF MUSIC VIDEOS FOR HOMEWORK DIRECTED BY SPIKE JONZE, MICHEL
GONDRY, ROMAN COPPOLA AND SEB JANIAK. THE COLLECTION OF VIDEOS WAS RELEASED IN
1999 AND TITLED ____ : A STORY ABOUT DOGS, ANDROIDS, FIREMEN AND TOMATOES.
WHICH DUO?

DAFT PUNK

Q2
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006).
FILMMAKER DAVIS GUGGENHEIM FOLLOWS X ON THE LECTURE CIRCUIT, AS HE CAMPAIGNS
TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND CALLS FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO CURB ITS DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
WHO WROTE THIS MOVIE? (I.E. GIVE ME X)

AL GORE
BAC
K

Q1
SHOWN IS THE SCORECARD OF A COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BETWEEN
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE HELD ON JULY 31 – AUGUST 1 1893. WHY IS THIS
SCORECARD SIGNIFICANT IN THE WORLD OF LITERATURE?

SHERLOCK NAME WAS DERIVED
(SHERWIN+SHACKLOCK)

Q2
STORM ELVIN THORGERSON (28 FEBRUARY 1944 – 18 APRIL 2013) WAS AN ENGLISH GRAPHIC
DESIGNER. HE STUDIED ENGLISH AND PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER,
GRADUATING WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH HONOURS, BEFORE STUDYING FILM
AND TELEVISION AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH A MASTER OF
ARTS DEGREE. HE WAS A TEENAGE FRIEND OF PINK FLOYD GUITARIST DAVID GILMOUR.
WHAT DOES STORM ELVIN THORGERSON SPECIALISE IN MAKING?

MUSIC ALBUM ART
BAC
K

Q1
IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, _________ WAS AN ELABORATE, CONFUSING STRUCTURE DESIGNED
AND BUILT BY THE LEGENDARY ARTIFICER DAEDALUS FOR KING MINOS OF CRETE AT
KNOSSOS. ITS FUNCTION WAS TO HOLD THE MINOTAUR, THE MONSTER EVENTUALLY
KILLED BY THE HERO THESEUS. IN ENGLISH, THE TERM _________ IS GENERALLY
SYNONYMOUS WITH ____. A ____ REFERS TO A COMPLEX BRANCHING MULTICURSAL
PUZZLE WITH CHOICES OF PATH AND DIRECTION, WHILE A UNICURSAL ________ HAS ONLY
A SINGLE PATH TO THE CENTER. A LABYRINTH IN THIS SENSE HAS AN UNAMBIGUOUS
ROUTE TO THE CENTER AND BACK AND PRESENTS NO NAVIGATIONAL CHALLENGE.

THE LABYRINTH

Q2

ROLES TAKEN UP BY THE PANDAVAS IN COURT
OF VIRATA
YUDHISHTHIRA ASSUMES THE IDENTITY OF GAME ENTERTAINER TO THE KING AND CALLS
HIMSELF KANKA, BHIMA OF A COOK BALLAVA, ARJUNA TEACHES DANCE AND MUSIC AS ENUCH
BRIHANNALA AND DRESSES AS A WOMAN, NAKULA TENDS HORSES AS GRANTHIKA, SAHADEVA
HERDS COWS AS TANTIPALA.
BAC
K

Q1
OUR AMERICAN COUSIN IS A THREE-ACT PLAY BY ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT TOM TAYLOR. THE
PLAY IS A FARCE WHOSE PLOT IS BASED ON THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AWKWARD, BOORISH,
BUT HONEST AMERICAN, ASA TRENCHARD, TO HIS ARISTOCRATIC ENGLISH RELATIVES WHEN
HE GOES TO ENGLAND TO CLAIM THE FAMILY ESTATE. THE PLAY FIRST PREMIERED AT LAURA
KEENE'S THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY ON OCTOBER 15, 1858, AND THE TITLE CHARACTER
WAS FIRST PLAYED BY JOSEPH JEFFERSON. ALTHOUGH THE PLAY ACHIEVED GREAT RENOWN
DURING ITS FIRST FEW YEARS AND REMAINED VERY POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE SECOND
HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, IT IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR WHAT?

ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Q2
COLONISTS OBJECTED TO THE TEA ACT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT IT VIOLATED THEIR
RIGHTS AS ENGLISHMEN TO "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION", THAT IS, TO BE
TAXED ONLY BY THEIR OWN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND NOT BY A BRITISH PARLIAMENT
IN WHICH THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTED. IN ADDITION, THE WELL-CONNECTED EAST INDIA
COMPANY HAD BEEN GRANTED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OVER COLONIAL TEA IMPORTERS,
WHO RESENTED THE MOVE AND FEARED ADDITIONAL INFRINGEMENT ON THEIR BUSINESS.
PROTESTERS HAD SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED THE UNLOADING OF TAXED TEA IN THREE
OTHER COLONIES, BUT IN BOSTON, EMBATTLED ROYAL GOVERNOR THOMAS HUTCHINSON
REFUSED TO ALLOW THE TEA TO BE RETURNED TO BRITAIN.
WHAT RESULTED AS A PROTEST OF THIS??

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
BAC
K

Q1
PÁL SZEKERES IS A HUNGARIAN FENCER. IN 1991, HE WAS INJURED IN A BUS ACCIDENT,
AND USED A WHEELCHAIR. SZEKERES PARTICIPATED IN THE WHEELCHAIR FENCING WORLD
CUP IN 2006, WINNING A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE INDIVIDUAL SABRE EVENT. HE HAS ALSO
BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPION, NOTABLY WINNING GOLD IN THE INDIVIDUAL SABRE EVENT AT
THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2007. WHAT UNIQUE DISTINCTION DOES HE HOLD?

MEDAL WINNER IN BOTH OLYMPICS AND
PARALYMPICS

GERMANY BEATING CANADA IN ICE HOCKEY
SEMIFINALS
BAC
K

Q1

Q2
_____ ______ IS A PARTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO A PROJECT IN THE FORM OF LABOR, AS
OPPOSED TO FINANCIAL EQUITY SUCH AS PAYING OTHERS TO PERFORM THE TASK.
THE TERM _____ ______ EXPLAINS THE FACT THAT VALUE ADDED TO SOMEONE'S OWN HOUSE
BY UNPAID WORK RESULTS IN MEASURABLE MARKET RATE VALUE INCREASE IN HOUSE
PRICE. THE MORE LABOR APPLIED TO THE HOME, AND THE GREATER THE RESULTANT
INCREASE IN VALUE, THE MORE _____ ______ HAS BEEN USED. THE CONCEPT OF _____
______ WAS FIRST EMPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE
COMMITTEE IN THE PENN CRAFT SELF-HELP HOUSING PROJECT BEGINNING IN 1937

SWEAT EQUITY
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Q1
WHOSE FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE SITCOM THE BIG BANG THEORY FOLLOWS AFTER THIS
SCENE? HE HAS PLAYED HIMSELF IN A TOTAL OF 5 EPISODES WITH HIS VOICE APPEARING IN
TWO OTHERS.

STEPHEN HAWKING

Q2
IN COMPUTER NETWORKING, HTTP X UNAVAILABLE FOR LEGAL REASONS IS AN ERROR
STATUS CODE OF THE HTTP PROTOCOL TO BE DISPLAYED WHEN THE USER REQUESTS A
RESOURCE WHICH CANNOT BE SERVED FOR LEGAL REASONS, SUCH AS A WEB PAGE
CENSORED BY A GOVERNMENT. THE STATUS CODE WAS FORMALLY PROPOSED IN 2013 BY TIM
BRAY, AND WAS PUBLISHED AS RFC 7725 IN FEBRUARY 2016. WHAT NUMBER?

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Q1
VIVIAN ALEXANDER ANDERSON IS AN ENGLISH FOOTBALL COACH AND FORMER PLAYER. BORN
IN CLIFTON, NOTTINGHAM, HE PLAYED FOR VARIOUS CLUBS IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN THE
1970S AND 1980S. HE IS ALSO NOTABLE FOR BEING THE FIRST BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYER TO
REPRESENT ENGLAND IN A FULL INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
IN 1987, HE ENJOYED SOME CLUB SUCCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS WHEN
ARSENAL DEFEATED LIVERPOOL 2–1 IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL. LATER THE SAME YEAR HE
MOVED IN A £250,000 DEAL, THUS MAKING HIM THE FIRST WHAT?

ALEX FERGUSON’S FIRST SIGNING

Q2
THE ___ ____ WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE UK IN THE 1970S, MAINLY BY A COMPANY CALLED
BURNS AND PORTER, TO GET PEOPLE IN TO PUBS ON QUIETER NIGHTS. POPULARITY GREW
AND GREW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS FROM JUST 30 TEAMS TO 10,000 PLAYING EACH
WEEK IN A BURNS AND PORTER ____. REDTOOTH RUNS AN ANNUAL GREAT BRITISH ___ ____
CHALLENGE, WITH MORE THAN 600 PUBS TAKING PART IN 2012.
WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

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