Interrobang?! General quiz finals by IIM Indore quiz club
1. IIM Indore Quiz Club
Presents
Interrobang?!
A quiz on anything
Rules:
and everything!
1. Teams of up to 3
members
2. Bring a pen.
3. No prior registration Details:
required. Date - 27th Aug
By
Abhishek Upadhya
Anup Jha
Rameen Khan
Abhishek Pai
Abhimanyu Malhotra
2. RULES
Teams of up to 3 members.
Use of mobile phones, and any other Internet connectivity devices
during the duration of this quiz, is strictly discouraged, at risk of
disqualification. So is collaborative efforts with people not belonging
to your team.
Top 6 teams qualify for the finals.
Write your names and team names on the answer sheet.
Starred questions will be used to arbitrate ties (more stars win): no. 5,
10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Mentioned on the slides. Please mark them on the
answer sheet.
Quizmasters’ decisions are final.
3. QUESTIONS – CITATION
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5. CLOCKWISE - INFINITE
POUNCE
+10 for correct answer ( on Direct and Pass). No
Negatives.
Infinite Bounce – If you answer a question, the next
direct goes to the team sitting next to you. If no one
answers, the next question goes to the next team.
15 questions.
Pounce – Gives you a chance to score off an *easy*
question, even if it is not your direct.
Register your pounce during the pounce interval before
the question is made open to all. You get +15/-10.
Show the answer in writing. Wrong/No answer gives
you negatives.
3 Pounces allowed per team. Use them wisely
6. 1.
Nikola Tesla propounded the theory that the human
soul was formed of electricity and claimed that he
could prove it mathematically. He formed this theory
after discussions with an Indian whose knowledge of
electricity astonished him. Who was this Indian?
9. 2.
This sport is traditionally played on a mat-like
surface that is 2m wide and 14m long. The
international governing body for the sport is the
Federation Internationale D'Escrime which conducts
World Championships every year except during
Olympic years. Which sport?
15. 4.
The earliest record of X comes from a student in
pre-World War II in Japan (Asahi Shimbun January
31, 2008, 37th page). While some in Asian countries
did X in the 1990s, these were basic tricks such as
the Thumbaround, FingerPass, Charge, and Sonic.
Today, there are more variations and types of tricks,
for example the Shadow, the Bak, the Twisted Sonic
Bust etc. Give me X
18. 5.
Just before the start of the 1948 Olympics,
someone noticed that the Great Britain team did not
have a flag for the march past. A teenage assistant
rushed out and found a flag in a commandant's car.
He broke its window and grabbed the flag. The police
wanted to arrest him but an army sergeant restrained
them. The young man ran for race of his life and
delivered the flag to his team.
After few years, the young man grabbed headlines
with a superlative performance. Now, he is in line for
the tag of the greatest British Sportsperson and
amongst the race for lighting the 2012 London
Olympic Flame?
23. 6.
The first tied test match in the history of Cricket.
Australia v/s West Indies, Brisbane 1960-61
24. 7.
The Sanskrit name for this syllable is Pranava, from a
root nu “to shout, sound, praise”, verbal pra-nu- being
attested as “to make a humming or droning sound” in
the Brahmanas, and taking the specific meaning of "to
utter the syllable" in the Chandogya Upanishad and the
Shrauta Sutras. The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely
devoted to the explanation of the syllable.
Which syllable are we talking about?
27. 8.
This journeyman cricketer came into prominence in
the 1986-87 one-day series against Australia, when a
hundred and two fifties in six matches won him the
Man of the Series award.
Played four tests for India
His last match was at Dhaka playing for Abahani
Krira Chakra.
Who is the cricketer?
33. 10.
X was the eldest in a family of 16 siblings, a
member of the Kirana Gharana and was a disciple of
Sawai Gandharva with Y as the co-student. X has
also given playback for movies like “Basant Bahar”
(1956), “Birbal My Brother” (1973) .
Y got the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in the year
3 years before X . X went on to receive the Bharat
Ratna.
Identify X and Y.
36. 11.
According to Hindu historians, the Muslim emperor
came down from Ferghana in 1527 and overcame the
Hindu King of Chittodgad, Rana Sangrama Singh at
Sikri, using cannons and artillery. After this victory the
emperor dominated the subjugated Hindu population.
His general, Mir Baqi, was in charge of the region.
What historic reason is Mir Baqi famous for?
39. 12.
Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw quotes
“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either
lying or he is a ___________”
< insert regiment / clan>
42. 13. DIVISIONS OF WHAT?
Delhi, Haryana,
Punjab, Himachal
1 Northern
Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmir
Uttar Pradesh and
2 Northern
Uttarakhand
Rajasthan and
3 Western
Gujarat
Chhattisgarh,
4 Western Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh and
5 Southern
Karnataka
Kerala and Tamil
6 Southern
Nadu
West Bengal, Orissa
7 Eastern
and North Eastern
45. 14.
Mirzapur is a city in the heart
of North India, nearly 650 km
between Delhi and Kolkata
and also equidistant from
Allahabad and Varanasi. There are loads of facts
about Mirzapur one being that there is a small clock
tower in the center of the city.
Claim to fame of this city?
47. 14.
Indian Standard Time (IST) is calculated from the
clock tower in Mirzapur which is nearly exactly on the
reference longitude of Indian Standard Time at 82.5°
48. 15.
X came to Mumbai eight years ago from his
hometown Lucknow. However, instead of a job in
singing, he began receiving work as a lyricist!
This multifaceted individual began his writing
career with the film Aamir and then got fame for Dev
D.
A close friend of X , Y had asked him to write a
song for a movie . However, ultimately it was Z who
penned the lyrics, while X sang the sufiana-style song
along with female playback Kavita Seth.
X, Y, Z?
56. SHORT VISUAL CONNECT
Posters used by Andy Dufresne to cover up the tunnel
in Shawshank Redemption
57. ANTICLOCKWISE -
INFINITE POUNCE
+10 for correct answer ( on Direct and Pass). No
Negatives.
Infinite Bounce – If you answer a question, the next
direct goes to the team sitting next to you. If no one
answers, the next question goes to the next team.
15 questions.
Pounce – Gives you a chance to score off an *easy*
question, even if it is not your direct.
Register your pounce during the pounce interval before
the question is made open to all. You get +15/-10.
Show the answer in writing. Wrong/No answer gives
you negatives.
3 Pounces allowed per team. Use them wisely
58. 1.
Audio. Whose Interview is this?
http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals1
60. 1.
Uncle Pai / Anant Pai, of Tinkle Fame, speaking
about his inspiration to start Amar Chitra Katha
61. 2.
Audio. Connect these two songs. Need a specific
answer for full points.
No need to identify the band/song titles.
http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals2-1
http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals2-2
63. 2.
The songs that lose in the finals of the movie Rock
On!
Radio - Musafir
Shaa'ir + Func - New Day
64. 3.
Audio. It is 1994, an Irani joint, two Roorkee mechanical
engineers and a Chennai-based mathematics graduate
are dreaming dreams; they sip “chai'' but are drunk on
music. After some firm handshakes, a band is born.
Mechanics and Mathematics go out the window.
They formed a music studio called "Aqua Regia"
(chemically speaking, it is three parts hydrochloric acid,
one part nitric acid and dissolves gold). The name came
from their belief that "we have dissolved gold inside us.”
The band members are Gopal, Anandh, and Shaleen
Listen to the song – Which is the band, and what is the
reason behind their name? [ no part points, guess the
complete answer]
http://soundcloud.com/logik1986/aud-finals3
66. 3.
The Band Agosh ( of Paisa song fame) derives its
name from the initials of the band members.
Anandh, Gopal, Shaleen
The title also means “Embrace”
67. 4.
Connect – List is not exhaustive
Agra Fort (1983)
Ajanta Caves (1983)
Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)
Elephanta Caves (1987)
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989)
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly
VictoriaTerminus) (2004)
69. 4.
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List
The year in which they got the place in the list is in
parentheses
70. 5.
What connects the following to Indian History?
Maulvi Ziauddin, a Pashtun insurance agent
Ichiro Okuda
Matsuda
Orlando Mazzotta, an Italian nobleman
72. 5.
Subhash Chandra Bose’s Pseudonyms in exile.
73. 6.
This botanical event takes place every 50 years in
Mizoram .The occurrence of this event brings tens of
millions of hungry rats . After they devour the
outcome of the event, the rats go on to demolish
precious crops like rice. The last outbreak began in
2006 and continued till 2008.
What is the event being talked here?
75. 6.
The flowering of bamboo
Melocanna bacciferra flowers every 50 years
76. 7.
The area of present-day X was predominantly
mangrove swamp before the late 19th century, largely
inhabited by the Koli fishermen.
Spread over an area of 175 hectares, or 0.67
square miles (1.7 km2), its current estimated
population is about 1 million.
What is X here?
78. 7.
Dharavi
Dharavi, spread over 557 acres and housing nearly
three lakh people, is no longer Asia's largest slum.
Mumbai has at least four larger contenders for the
dubious distinction, some of them three times the size
of Dharavi.
79. 8.
The literal translation of X is “The River of Kings”
X covers the entire span of history in the Kashmir
region from the earliest times to the date of its
composition. Written in Sanskrit verse by the Kashmiri
Brahman Y in 1148, that is justifiably considered to be
the best and most authentic work of its kind
Identify X and the Y.
84. 9.
All are NOBEL prize winners for economics
Edmund Phelps 2006
Roger Myerson 2007
Paul Krugman 2008
Elinor Ostrom 2009
Christopher Pissarides 2010
85. 10.
It has been claimed that Fred Flintstone’s famous
“Yabba Dabba Doo” was derived from probably the
first jingle made for X, when Alan Reed, the actor
who first voiced the character, didn’t like the simple
“Yahoo” in the script.
X’s popularity with RAF pilots in WW2 led to their
nickname, The X Boys. This is the title of the1998
film about downed pilots interned in the Republic of
Ireland. The model in RAF uniform who advertised
the product during WW2 was said to have looked like
a “guttered candle” because he used so much of it.
X?
88. 11.
Ananyaaschinthayantho mam ye janah
paryupaasathe Thesham
nithyaabhiyukthanam…………..”
The missing part of this verse from the Gita is the
motto of an Indian company.
Name the motto and the company.
91. 12.
Officially known as the KdF-Wagen (Kraft durch
Freude-Wagen), it had a lot of nicknames in various
languages like Kafer, Coccinelle, Vocho, Fusca,
Escarabajo, Escarabat, Poncho, Jia ke Chong, Buba
etc. How do we know this better?
94. 13.
X was first granted permission to start operations in
India by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board in
April ’07. In exchange, the US Government allowed
the import of mangoes from India after a gap of 18
years.
Mangoes for what?
97. 14.
Founded in 1931 as the Huafu Pen Factory, it was
renamed in 1966 to the current name, The Shanghai
X Company.
Some of its brands of pens include X, Doctor, Wing
Sung, Lucky, Huafu, Xinming, Guanleming, Xinhua,
and Gentleman. The design of some of its pens such
as X 100 resembles that of Parker 51.
X?
100. 15.
The common name for this species of rabbits is
Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit. It is an endangered
subspecies of Marsh Rabbit named after a very
famous “publisher” X of the United States of America.
Identify X.
102. 15.
Playboy / Hugh Hefner
Sylvilagus palustris hefneri common name
Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, is an endangered
subspecies of Marsh Rabbit named after Playboy
founder Hugh Hefner
Old Quizzing Rule :
“When you’re clueless,
and have to guess,
guess Playboy”
108. SHORT VISUAL CONNECT
Pepsi's Change the Game ad, feature these as examples.
Billy Bowden - Tedi Ungli - Ghee
Harbhajan Singh - Metal Horn m/ . Doosra
Kevin Pieterson – Watermelon. Palti Hit.
Shakib Al Hasan - Hopscotch. This ad was only aired in
Bangaldesh.
2nd image – Pallu shot, Dilshan
3rd image – Dhoni ad with the wheel/helicopter
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