QMQ 28/8/16

Q1
During 2005/06 stationary shop owners in London were bewildered (and happy)
as the demand of pencils suddenly went up by 700%.
Why the sudden demand ?

Sudoku puzzles were introduced in The Times

Q2.
Along with it being military slang the word fubar, spelt slightly differently is also
used as a common placeholder text in computer programming.
The military use of it, although also a corruption of a German term of similar
meaning, is mostly a result of an abbreviation in English.
What is fubar an abbreviation for?

Fucked up beyond all repair/recognition

*Q3.
This is an Indo-Japanese animated feature film called The Legend of Ramayana :
The Prince of Light which used to be shown on Indian cartoon channels but also
in Japan and in America where a dubbed English version was shown as opposed
to the original English version which was heavy on Indian accents and Indian
classical music.
The Indian version include Bollywood stars like Amrish Puri doing the voice for
Raavan but more interestingly the dubbed version roped in people like James
Earl Jones ( voice of Darth Vader ) for narration and X to play the titular character
of Ram. Who played Ram?

Q4.
X is a glycoprotein found in the saliva of vampire bats that functions as an
anticoagulant that prevents the blood of the victim from clotting while the bat is
drinking.

Q5.
The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Roman Catholic Church located below the
Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, Czech Republic.
It is one of the twelve World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic.
The arrangements here are in the form of chandeliers, decorations and other
furnishings for the chapel.
What are these arrangements made of? OR What is an ossuary?

Q6.
he local people of the country use the name of this structure, one that is
commonly associated to the culture of the nation, in everyday conversation in
reference to vomiting.
This is in reference to the constant gushing of water out of it’s mouth.
Even medical professionals of the country use this as slang in cases of patients
with intractable vomiting.
What is being talked about?

Q7.
he date was Jan. 1, 1976, the same day California’s relaxed marijuana law took
effect. Cal State Northridge student Danny Finegood had a plan to alter
something by using $50 of curtains with the help of a couple of friends. And it
worked for a short amount of time.
Finegood died in January 2007 at age 52, and the L.A. Times obituary celebrated
him as an artist, a prankster and a husband.“For a long time, he had this idea that
if you just changed the two O’s you could change the whole meaning,” his wife
Bonnie Finegood told the Times in 2007.
What is the alteration being talked about?

‘Hollywood to ‘Hollyweed’

Q9.
What brand is named after this mountain range?

Q11.
The star cast of the 1968 movie Izzat is as follows:
Dharmendra as Shekhar/Dilip
Tanuja as Deepa
X as Jhumki
Mehmood Ali as Mahesh .
ID X(She is now famous for other reasons)

Jayalalithaa- The CM of Tamil Nadu

Q12
In times gone by, an unwelcome visitor would have been given the cheapest and
most common type of food: ______ _______ of mutton.
Which phrase originated from this?

*Q13
The CAB super league final match for this year was contested between Mohun Bagan and
Bhowanipore from 17-20 June and was held at the eden gardens in Kolkata.
“The ball was coming nicely on to the bat. Visibility was not a problem at all, it’s a bit
glossy, the ball is skidding and seaming a bit,” commented Anushtup Majumdar, batting for
mohun Bagan.
“The ball is just the same, only difference is the_______. Initially it was a bit difficult but
once you’re set shot making became easy,” Majumdar said about his primary assessment.
Why did this particular match grab headlines?

The debut of the pink cricket ball in India

Q14.
In Latin this word means a female animal used for breeding. In Geology it is the
natural material surrounding a metal or gem. In Biology it is the intercellular
substance of a tissue. The most common use of the word, however, is in
Mathematics. The word also features in the title of a film with superb special
effects. Which word?

Q16.
Find the missing number in the series and put Funda :
5, 1, 3, 2,_____, ½.

The flag of the refugee contingent in the
Olympics

*Q18.
Menu from a United States House of
Representatives cafeteria
Funda?

In 2003, when France opposed going to war in Iraq, the U.S. took the next logical
step: its House of Representatives' cafeterias stopped serving French fries. They
served "freedom fries" instead. Naturally, "French toast" became "freedom toast"
as well.

Q19.
A certain region was popularized by a very popular song made in the 70s
resulting in the term being introduced into popular consciousness of Westerners.
However in an interview in 1975 to William S Burroughs, the guitarist of the band
admitted that none of the band members had visited the place in mention even
once in their lives.
ID the song/place. Both are one and the same.

Q20.
This TV show has been scrutinised and has proved controversial from many
episodes spreading racial stereotypes, with a character named Mammy Two
Shoes and characters portrayed in blackface with large lips and bow-tied hair.
Other criticism came its way for issues such as cannibalism and glamorization of
smoking.
Identify the show.

Q21.
Not only was XY invented for Whiskey, it’s named after it too. The name “XY” was
a slang term for moonshine and of course moonshine is a slang term for
homemade whiskey. It’s called “moonshine” because it was made at night to
hide the smoke from the stills during prohibition.
XY?

Q22
What two word phrase from the world of performing connects these three:
* Gmail's 2016 April Fool-special feature that tanked
* Basketballer Kobe Bryant's last game (Apr 2016)
* US President Barack Obama's last White House Correspondents Dinner (Apr
2016)

Q23
The 1st ever European Games were
held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
The mascots for this event were a
gazelle named "Jeyran" and unusually,
as mascots go, a fruit called "Nar".
What type of fruit, which is one of the
biggest exports of Azerbaijan?

Q24
In early 2014, policemen in Kerala cracked down on any merchandise with this
person's face on it, saying that he was a mascot for drug culture in the state. In
Nov 2014, this person's family announced they were to sell products such as
lotions and creams under a brand bearing his name, all containing cannabis.
Who is this person?

*Q25
The Japanese division of Haagen-Dazs, the ice-cream maker, will launch a couple
of premium ice-cream flavours in December 2014. One of them has red Bordeaux
wine and flecks of edible silver leaf. What famous name, also in a way associated
with food, from French history has been given to this luxurious flavour?

Marie Antoinette/Antoinette flavour

Q26
In 2011, a camera belonging to the
photographer David Slater was used to
take this photo in Indonesia. The photo
found its way to Wikipedia, which Slater
objected to, saying its free availability by
Wikimedia cost him royalties. In 2014, the
US Copyright Office ruled in favour of
Wikipedia, saying this belonged to the
public.
So what was different about this photo?

The picture was a selfie taken by the monkey

Rules:
● 15 questions, clockwise
● Every right answer gives you a +10 with no negatives
● Infinite bounce, questions can be pounced on for +10|-
10

Q2. ID X?
The American Farm Bureau Association, known simply as the ‘Farm Bureau’. is
an independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization governed by and
representing farm and ranch families united for the purpose of analyzing their
problems and formulating action to achieve educational improvement, economic
opportunity and social advancement and, thereby, to promote the national well-
being.
In 2011, they sold their domain name ______ for $8.5 million to X, who paid about
42 times the amount they had paid for their original domain.

X-Facebook
Facebook bought the domain fb.com from The Farm Bureau(FB).

Q4.
In June 25th 2015, the Dutch town of Utrecht celebrated which author’s 110th
birthday by decorating the surveillance cameras with party hats.
Pic in next slide

Q6.
The X line is a 10-km long defensive line made of dragon's teeth that was built
during the second World War between Bassins and Prangins, in the Canton
of Vaud, Switzerland. These lines of defensive blocks can be found all over
Switzerland, but more predominantly in border areas. Their purpose was to
stop tank invasions. The 2,700 9-ton concrete blocks that make up the defences
are similar to the shape of X , which gave its name to the line.
IMAGE IN NEXT SLIDE

Q7.
In hunting it’s often necessary to beat the underbrush noisily in order to flush
animals out into the open. A timid and unwilling hunter will ‘____ _____ ___ ____’,
making a show of finding and killing the beast, but not actually doing so.

Beat about the bush/Beat around the bush

Q8.
Adjustments are made using coins as follows:
On top of the principal structure is a small stack of old penny coins.
Adding a coin has the effect of minutely lifting the position of the center of mass, reducing
the effective length and hence increasing the rate at which the structure moves.
Adding or removing a penny will change the final output by 0.4 units per day.
This is also supposedly the origin of the English phrase ‘to put a penny on’ meaning to slow
something down.
In England,what is this technique used for?

Making sure the big ben rings on time

Q9.
Diluted Silver Nitrate (AgNO3), when brought in contact with skin, reacts with the
salt present on it, forming silver chloride, leaving stains on the skin which are
impossible to wash off and are removed only as external skin cells are replaced
by new ones. This dilution formula is patented and used only by particular
entities across the world. What is the most popular use of this formula?

Q10.
Why aren’t they
standing on a
podium?

Rowers dont usually stand on a podium but on a level surface all together to
show that they are all winners in such a tough sport (with only the colour of
medals being different)

Q11.
Shown here is the sample “PANTONE 448C”,
also called “opaque couché,” which was specifically selected
after three months and multiple studies by research agency GfK.
Having gained a reputation as the world’s ugliest color,it has been
described as “death,” “dirty” and “tar,” but this odious hue is serving
a very important purpose in certain countries like Australia, Ireland,
France and recently in the United Kingdom. What purpose does it serve?

Discouraging Smoking
Pantone 448 C, was specifically selected after three months and multiple studies by research agency
GfK. The agency was hired by the Australian government to find a color that was so repugnant that if it
was on tobacco products, it would dissuade people from smoking.
The new color was adopted for all tobacco packaging along with graphic health warnings.

Q12.
The phrase ‘__ ____ ____ ____’ means to show reluctance to do something, mostly
due to nervousness.
The term ____ ____ is actually a military term referring to a common disease in the
19th century which would cause soldiers to be slower, and thus unable to rush
into battle.

Q13.
X, A well known libertanian is involved in political issues, and publishes his views
via his blog called ‘Citizen X’, whose name may be a reference to his claim to
fame. X supported Ron Paul for President in 2008. He is a member of the Free
State Project, and spoke at the organization's 2009 New Hampshire Liberty
Forum. He has also spoken at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
X also works as an insurer; he and his wife own an Allstate agency in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
ID X, how do we know him better as?

Q14
What term is used to describe the quality of paper used for non-glossy, fiction
paperbacks in the early 20th Century

Q15
X is a band formed in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio by 3 college friends.
One of them came up with the band's name while studying All My
Sons by Arthur Miller, a play about a man who must decide what is
best for his family after causing the death of _________ _________
during World War II because he knowingly sent them faulty parts for
the good of his business.
ID X.

ROUND 2 - Theme Rounds
Every five questions have the same theme.
Written Rounds
+5 for every correct answer/ + 10 bonus for all right.

QUESTION 1
This is a highball cocktail made with X and Y poured over ice.
The drink is a particular phenomenon as its taste is quite different from the taste of its
constituent liquids which are rather bitter.
The cocktail was introduced by the army of the British East India Company in India. In India and
other tropical regions, malaria was a persistent problem. In the 1700s it was discovered
that quinine could be used to prevent and treat the disease, although the bitter taste was
unpleasant. British officers in India in the early 19th century took to adding a mixture of water,
sugar, lime and X to the quinine in order to make the drink more palatable.[ Soldiers in India were
already given a X ration, and the sweet concoction made sense. Since it is no longer used as an
antimalarial, Y today contains much less quinine, is usually sweetened, and is consequently much
less bitter.

QUESTION 2
This formerly banned highly alcoholic beverage ( 45-74% ABV ) is an anise-
flavoured spirit derived from botanicals, including the grand wormwood together
with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs.
It is commonly referred to in historical literature as the green fairy because of the
green colour.
Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Allen Poe, Vincent Van
Gogh and Oscar Wilde were all known drinkers of this beverage.

QUESTION 3
It is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to
remove the bran.
In Japan where it is the national beverage, it is often served with special
ceremony – gently warmed in a small earthenware or porcelain bottle and sipped
from a porcelain cup.

QUESTION 4
A distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the
Area surrounding the city of X, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (
Los Altos) of the central western Mexican state of Jalisco.
Outside Mexico , it is sometimes referred to as “training wheels” and also “lick-
sip-suck”.

QUESTION 5
A traditional Cuban highball.
Traditionally, it is a cocktail that consists of five ingredients :
White rum, sugar, lime juice, soda and mint.
The original Cuban recipe uses spearmint or yerba Buena, a mint variety very
popular on the island.
It has relatively low alcohol content ( ~10%)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

GREAT MOUSTACHES THROUGH HISTORY

QUESTION 1.
Drew this
- Was played in a movie by this
guy:

Question 2
-German philosopher, cultural critic, poet and Latin and Greek scholar
-His work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern
intellectual history.
-Known for ideas such as:
Apollonian and Dionysian
Will to power
God is dead

QUESTION 3
-26TH President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
-Driving force for the Progressive era.
-Born a sickly child with debilitating asthma, he successfully overcame his health
problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle.
-Known for having a cowboy persona defined by robust masculinity which very
much reflected in his choice of facial hair.
-The only moustache on Mount Rushmore.

Question 4
-Leader of the Soviet Union from the mid – 1920s until his death in 1953.
-Wrote books such as
Marxism and the Colonial Question
The Foundations of Leninism

Question 5
-Famously scripted a movie called the
Andalusian dog( Un Chien Andalou) which had
an iconic ending where a woman’s eyeball gets
split open using a blade.
-Played by Adrien Brody ( pic ) in the Woody
Allen movie Midnight in Paris
-Surrealism
- Best known work – The Persistence of
Memory

Eg.
Richie Rich
Gallileo Gallilei
Bora Bora
Fender Bender
Twenty 20
Yo-yo

Question 1
It is a high-energy, physically demanding
dance which became a popular music
hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in
popularity in French cabaret to this day.
Originally danced by both sexes, it is now
traditionally associated with a chorus line of
female dancers. The main features of the
dance are the high kicks, splits and
cartwheels.

Question 2
The first lead computer generated character of the franchise, X was portrayed
by Ahmed Best in most of his appearances.
X's primary role was to provide comic relief for the audience. Upon the movie's
release, X was met with an overwhelmingly negative reception from both critics and
audiences.
Michael Jackson initially wanted to play the role but he wanted to play the character
using all prosthetics which the maker of the franchise didn’t agree to because he
wanted to make the character CGI. After the movie’s release, the CGI became one of
the most critiqued aspects with people later even using the movie as a metaphor
when referring to horrible animation.

Question 3
A thief disguising himself as an actor gets involved in a murder investigation in Hollywood when
he befriends a private eye. He soon draws in a struggling actress in the mystery too.
This is the plot of a neo-noir black comedymovie directed by Shane Black starring Robert Downey
Jr. and Val Kilmer.
The script is partially based on the Brett Halliday novel Bodies are Where you Find Them.
It received positive reviews from critics, with many admiring the film for its sharp and clever
comedy, as well as Downey's and Kilmer's screen chemistry and individual performances.

Question 4
It is an American brand of jerky snacks or dried sausage sold globally and
manufactured by ConAgra Foods, the food conglomerate based in Chicago. They
are widely popular in the United States. About 500 million are produced annually
in at least 21 varieties.

Question 5
This song’s background vocals were provided by Beyonce, Annabelle Wallis and Merry
Clayton.
The music video released on 16 May 2016 involves all kinds of impossible imagery,
including a scene where dolphins swim in a sea situated underneath an inverted
landmass.
It has been described on the band's website as a "poignant, surrealist montage which
alludes to contemporary issues.“ The video itself consists of over-layered visuals, and
has the band playing the song in various landscapes and locations. One of the
locations used in it is Croatian mountain range called Biokovo; the vocalist appears
seated on it.

Question 1
Agra _________ is a species of carabid
beetle named after X.
The naming is in reference to the
markedly developed ( biceps-like) middle
femora of the males of the species
reminiscent of the person’s physique.

Agra schwarzzenegeri / Arnold Schwarzzeneger

Question 2
Cirolana ________
East African isopod found on reefs near
Zanzibar, Tanzania
named for “arguably Zanzibar’s most popular
musician and singer.”

Freddie Mercury / Cirolana mercuryi

Question 3
Aleiodes ______ , a wasp.
Named in reference to work of
poetry by said person.
The larvae emerge from the host
caterpillar a way different from all
other relatives, ie. selecting a less
trodden upon path as it goes
through life.

Question 4
Psephophorus _______________ - a genus of sea turtle.
Named after literary icon who passed away in 2015.
Wrote a series of fantasy books set on a world carried on the back of a giant
turtle.

Question 5
Sylvilagus palustris ________
common name : Lower Keys marsh
rabbit
Named after an American
who is frequently linked with
imagery of the said animal genus.

Rules:
● 14 question, anti-clockwise
● Every right answer gives you a +10 with no negatives
● Infinite bounce, questions can be pounced on for
+10/-10

Q1.
The kind of data present on this included many photographs and diagrams, ranging from math to
science, sounds of nature and animals, printed messages from US President Jimmy Carter and the then
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
The musical selection includes artists such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Blind Willie Johnson and
Chuck Berry.
The inclusion of Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode sparked criticism with many saying that this particular
selection was “adolescent”.
To this the compiler of this data even released a statement saying
“There are a lot of adolescents in this planet”
Steve Martin parodied this incident in an old SNL sketch ( pic on next slide)

These are the Voyager Golden Records compiled by Carl Sagan that were sent
into space in 1977 intended to be discovered by intelligent extra terrestrial life
forms.

Q2.
An example of very suggestive character names in entertainment is given below.
1) In Roman mythology, Romulus and X were the twins who founded Rome after being
abandoned and raised by a female wolf. So the first “X" was a human who walked the earth
as both man and wolf. The surname of this individual, which is French for "wolf-like," so the
full name essentially translates to "Wolf-like Wolf-man."
2) Y is the brightest star in the night sky, part of the constellation Canis
Major (Big Dog), also known as the Dog Star. So the man's name is basically
"Black Dog,"

Q3
In the footage of the 1928 premiere of Chaplin's The
Circus (included as a DVD extra in a recent collection), a
woman can be seen talking on what appears to be a
contemporary mobile phone. The uploader points out that it
could also be a man in drag, but either way, the Internet soon
decided this person had to be a time traveler.

Later, a YouTube user commented
on the very same video putting all
time travel arguments to rest and
interestingly the solution
pertained to the company
Siemens that has been known to
make phones.
What explained it?

Q4
According to Google Trends, there was a sharp peak in people searching for
Google.com or Google on Google search itself in
2011.
What caused this?

In 2011, Chrome and other browsers integrated Google into the address bar.

Q5.
William Moulton Marston is credited to have made the precursor to and a
component of the polygraph test that uses elevated blood pressure to catch
liars. Marston later went on to create a popular character who’s primary
handheld device acts as a polygraph in itself.
Name the character.

Q6.
This is a standardized format to help identify transfer of certain files for
automatic identification.
This contains multiple subdirectories each consisting of a unique three digit
number from 100 to 999 and five alphanumeric characters.
Apple is lucky to have a five digit name so their subdirectory is 100APPLE etc.
This standard was created in 2003 and this is why something happens.
what

Q7.
The Odyssey awards are a series of awards presented yearly for books in the
children or young adult category.
The name comes from Homer’s epic poem Odyssey.
It is meant to represent early roots of storytelling.
What specific types of books get this award?

Audiobooks
The “Early roots of story telling was through the word of mouth.

QUESTION 9
Neil Fujita was an American graphic designer who was popular for
designing innovative book covers and record albums.
One of his most famous works came as the cover for 1969
publication that showed puppet strings and a hand, which aptly
represented the main character of the book being a ‘puppetmaster’ of
sorts.
Name the book.

Question 11
This was introduced in 1990 with the intention of teaching a generation of new
computer users who were still using the command line for input, the concept of
dragging and dropping.
This ended up being one of the most popular applications and continued to
appear in later Windows versions right through to the 2000s.
Identify the application.

Q12QUESTIOQQN 1
-What connects the four ?
Image follows.

Answer
Lead characters in movies with no name.

Q13
X is a show that is set in 1980s Indiana and is a homage to '80s pop
culture, inspired and aesthetically informed by the works of Steven
Spielberg, John Carpenter, Stephen King, and George Lucas, among
others. One of the lead actresses Y has acted in various other popular movies
such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Dracula and Alien:
Resurrection to name a few.
ID X and Y.

Stranger things and Winona Ryder

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