This document appears to be a quiz with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions about topics ranging from nursery rhymes to Lord of the Rings. It provides the rules for participants, which state that the quizmaster is to be called Gandalf and that no one argues with Gandalf. The quiz is divided into rounds with different types of questions and scoring systems for correct and incorrect answers.

1. The
There and (Back again?)
Quiz
By Rohan Kulkarni

2. Before we start..
Welcome,dear hobbits..!
Guessing is the Essence of quizzing-
Lord MMD
So, keeping that in mind, let’s try and enjoy ourselves..
As we go through the quiz, there are questions ranging from
nursery rhymes to Caribbean islands and oh, there’s also one
question each about Batman and Lord of the Rings..
And finally, video

3. This Quiz, mind you..
The QM, owing to being awake the whole night, has poured all his cruelty and
all his malice into this quiz..
So, if you’re up to funny business, then..
Rules
The Quizmaster shall henceforth be called Gandalf..
Nobody argues with Gandalf
Seriously though.

4. Round 1
In a Hole in the Ground, there lived a
Hobbit..
 Dry round
 8 questions
 Pouncing and bouncing
 +10/0 on bounce
 +10/-10 on Pounce

6. 1
. In a 1994 article in the American Prospect, Paul Starr referred to ____'s "hidden
curriculum." He noted that success required an industrial base, and he criticized
the bias against mixed-use development. Private land values were pegged to the
public budget, and health depended on zoning and allocation of resources, which
determined tax receipts. The underlying structure was a "capitalistic land value
ecology."
Other critics questioned the absence of race, pointing out that simulating urban
decay without taking ethnicity into account was unrealistic, if not manipulative.
And then there were taxes. Raise them enough, and your citizens would riot.
Everyone absorbed the underlying message: Taxes are dangerous. This was
Milton Friedman. Still, it wasn't enough to satisfy conservatives. They said
nuclear power plants were punished while building mass transit was rewarded.
They grumbled that the state was depicted as the sole engine for urban growth.

8. 1
 Sim City

9. 2
 Shown in the visual is the Ficus citrifolia, a species of Strangler Fig trees
native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern
South America. The first explorers to arrive in a certain country named it for
a certain aspect of this tree's appearance. What feature and which
country?

12. Barbados
‘Barbados’ means ‘Bearded Ones’ in Portuguese. The long
hanging roots of the tree were thought to resemble beards.
The tree also appears in the country’s coat-of-arms.

13. 3
 In 2000, there was a poll conducted in Japan by the Fuji Research Institute
to identify the greatest Japanese innovation of the 20th century. Karaoke
finished second in the poll, followed by the Sony Walkman. Then came
video gaming consoles, CDs and compact cameras. The films of famous
director Akira Kurosawa finished in 7th place, just ahead of Nintendo's
Pokemon. Which commonplace invention topped the poll?

15. Instant Noodles
They were created in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, the founder
of Japan's Nissin Foods.

16. 4.
This is a PEZ dispenser (for the uninitiated,
PEZ is an Austrian company making mint
candies..) This was later incorporated by
other mint candy manufacturers too, like tic
tac. Why is it shaped this way?

18. Cigarette Lighters
PEZ mints were first marketed as an alternative to smoking,
and so the dispensers were similar in shape to a cigarette
lighter.

19. 5
 Not the manner in which we are used to
seeing this. Gimme name or what it is used for.

21. Broom grass

22. 6.What did this game play give rise
to?
It is believed to have originated
from the French game which was
very popular before the French
revolution. Each play area of this
game was 90 ft in total with 45 ft on
each side.
When a player scored he/she
moved forward 15 ft. If he scored
again, would move another 15 ft. If
he scored a third time, he could
only move 10 ft closer.

24. Scoring system in Tennis

25. 7. How do we better know her ???
 Anna Maria Grosholtz was born in Strasbourg, France. At the age of 17, she
became art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister at the Palace Of Versailles and
then, during the French Revolution, was hastily forced to prove her
allegiance to the feudalistic nobles by making the death masks of
executed aristocrats. For this, she searched through corpses to find the
decapitated heads of executed citizens.

27. Marie Tussaud of Madame Tussaud’s
fame

28. 8. Who is this celeb ???
 X was born and raised in North Highlands, California, to a working class
family. Her mother worked for the state of California and her father is
a Greek American mechanic. Her parents divorced when she was 5 and
subsequently she was raised by her mother, who remarried in 2000. She's
stated that while her parents do not like everything she does, they get
along.
X attended four high schools, among them Highlands High, before
graduating, having been unhappy in each one, though she graduated a
year early at 17. she attended junior college and took classes in film,
dance, and acting.

29.  In November 2011 X was involved in a controversy.
X responded to the statement by stating that : I
committed to this program with the understanding
that people would have their own opinions about
what I have done, who I am and what I represent.
 Some of X’s films include : The
Girlfriend Experience
Smash Cut
Quit
Malice in Lelaland
The Girl from the Naked Eye
I Melt with you.

31. SASHA GREY !!!

32. Scores!

33. Round 2
Flame of Udun, Fire of Anor
 Pick your Pill
 8 categories
 Differential Scoring

34. BUSINESS INDIA MYTHOLOGY CURRENT
AFFAIRS
SCIENCE LITERATURE SPORTS ENTERTAINMEN
T

35. BUSINESS
 XY has a logo similar to that of defense contractors Lockheed
Martin and Northrop Grumman and is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange as SIA.
 The company has gone through many name changes including
X International (later Stane International), X Enterprises, X Fujikawa and X
Solutions.
 X?

38. INDIA
 What did Outlook magazine humorously describe as "the biggest sex
change operation in independent India" in 1995/96?

40. VT TO CST

41. MYTHOLOGY
 This carving is found in Hoysaleswara temple, Halebid, India. What is it
depicting?

44. Chakravyuh

45. CURRENT AFFAIRS
 The rock group U2 released its new album "Songs of Innocence" in
September in Cupertino, California. One of the songs was made freely
available to listeners.
 What else was happening on that evening there?

47. iPhone 6, 6 plus and iWatch

48. SCIENCE
 The quote "logarithmic plots are a device of the devil" is attributed to X.
 X invented an instrument generally consisting of a constantly unwinding roll
of paper, anchored to a fixed place, and a pendulum or magnet
suspended with a marking device above the roll – to record even a
sensitive motion. X chose to use the term "magnitude" to describe the
quantity being measured because of his early interest in astronomy;
stargazers use the word to describe the brightness of stars. Gutenberg
suggested that the scale be logarithmic, so that a 7 would be ten times
stronger than a 6, a hundred times stronger than a 5, and a thousand times
stronger than a 4.

50. Richter

51. LITERATURE

53. The name’s Bond…Ruskin Bond

54. SPORTS
 Despite the lack of a comprehensive record on this much-debated-item’s weight, sporadic
reports help collate the following data :
 Its weight changed 8 years ago from 2.97 to 2.75 lbs (1.347 to 1.247 kg) – supposedly a
significant change in the history of its usage. For a very long time though, it weighed an
unreasonable 3 lbs and 4 ounces (1.474 kg) before being reduced to 2 lbs and 12 ounces
(1.247 kg) subsequently, and stayed so since the last disclosure.
 Despite the occasional reductions in weight, it has carried a constant criticism of being much
heavier than others of its kind around the world.
 What famous item of nation-wide scrutiny is this?

56. Sachin’s Willow

57. ENTERTAINMENT

61. Scores!

62. Round 3
kill the Trolls!
 Dry round..again..
 8 questions
 Pouncing and bouncing
 +10/0 on bounce
 +10/-10 on Pounce

63. 1.
 The common Basilisk is a lizard found in Central &South American rain
forests.
 It is also known as ____ ____
 lizard for the for its ability to run on water when threatened. This spectacle
can be readily witnessed; of all large lizards in Costa Rica, this species is the
most commonly encountered, especially along streams and lakes. It is more
numerous in the dry northwestern region of the country. Adults often bask in
daylight near water when they are not foraging or resting. At night they
sleep on perches close to the ground or as high as 20 m.
 When startled, the Common Basilisk escapes by speeding to the nearest
edge of water—and continues sprinting. The lizard runs on only its hind legs
in an erect position, holding its arms to its sides.

65. The Jesus Christ Lizard!

66. 2.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), there was
constant rivalry between Spain and England culminating in
the launch of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The Spanish
Armada consisted of many Spanish galleons and was sent to
invade England. The Armada was led by Duke of Medina
Sedonia and the fleet numbered over 130 ships. The English
fleet, under Admiral Lord Howard, totalled 34 small Navy
vessels and 163 armed merchant ships. But the Spanish
Armada was defeated. Only 65 Spanish galleons and just
10,000 men returned to Spain. The attempt failed, not only
because of the swift nature of the smaller English ships but also
by the stormy weather which scattered the Armada fleet. This
is usually considered to be the story behind something which is
pretty common today.

68. The nursery rhyme ‘Rain Rain Go Away’
Rain rain go away,
Come again another day.
Little Johnny wants to play;
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
Never show your face again!

69. 3.
The Dutch call it garderobedefect, the French call it défaut de
fonctionnement de garde-robe, the Italian incidente del guardaroba while it
is called mal funcionamiento del guardarropa by the Spanish.
What is it called in English?

71. Answer
Wardrobe Malfunction

72. 4.
This particular piece of masonry is used heavily in case of arson.
It essentially protects various sections in a structure by insulating them with a
walled border internally.
It coincidentally lends its name to a term in the computing world.
What is it called?
Image next slide

75. Firewall

76. 5.
The X River in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo is the headstream
of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River.
It is roughly 250 km in length.
It lends its name to a particularly virulent family of beings, which have wreaked
havoc since 1977. In 2000,their name was changed to add Zaire to it, though it
has been discontinued since 2010.
These particular beings have eluded medical science, and even recently (and
ongoing) caused great speculation about bringing an apocalyptic end if they
break loose.
Give me X.

78. Ebola River, which lends its name to Ebola Virus (EBOV)

79. 6.connect

81. They are all MS Office fonts!
Centaur
Arial
Cooper
Comic Sans
Courier
Century (Gothic)
Times new Roman

82. 8.
In the ‘Hobbit’ movie franchise, the character ‘Bard the Bowman’ is
played by Luke Evans, shown on right.
The interest of the QM lies, however, in the portrayal of ‘Girion, Lord of
Dale’, who is supposed to be an ancestor of Bard.
Naturally, a similar looking actor was needed, also in picture to the left
Question is, who plays ‘Girion’?

85. It’s the same Guy!

86. Scores!

87. Round 4
To Mordor! ..err, Mega Connect, I mean!
 Mega Connect
 16 visuals in 4 sets..
 One chance at end of each set
 Points will be indicated before every set, no negative
anywhere..

88. Set 1

91. Guesses?

92. Set 2

94. Anyting Yet?

95. Set 3

98. Come on you guys..

99. Set 4

102. Enouuugh..

103. Aaaaaand the Connect is,
The X-Men.. and Women..

104. Scores!
And the winner is..