Quiz of Love 2017 - Valentine's Day Quiz Meet Compilation - Beauty, Gifts, Food and Drinks Quizzes

Written in Heroic Couplets, this work published in 1818 tells a
love story that starts with a gathering of shepherds praying to
their god, Pan, while the hero of the epic is shown to be in a
trancelike state dreaming about his love, the moon goddess.
The story progresses, showing the struggles of a love story
between a god and a mortal. He eventually runs away from
all this and falls in love with an Indian maiden, only to find
that it is the moon goddess herself in disguise. She then tells
him of how she tried to forget him, to move on, but that in
the end, "'There is not one,/ No, no, not one/ But thee.'“
Which work of literature taken from Greek Mythology is this,
that gives us an oft used opening line?

(Endymion, 1818)
Researched and Presented by
Ashwin Menon

The October 1894 edition of ‘The Western Druggist’ was the
first instance of this usage appearing on print.The two word
term was used to refer to the place where the death of a
young woman was reported earlier that month. She was
treated by applying or injecting a 4-per-cent cocaine solution
and then an electrode was used on her, the sponge of which
was saturated with carbolized water (treated with Phenol).
The article aimed at directing everyone's attention to such
institutes and the methods adopted by them to achieve the
highly coveted results. What two word term which, in a way
has virtual alternatives nowadays is being discussed here?

This song was written by Javed Akhtar and composed
by the Shehenshah of a 700 year old music genre
popular in this part of the world.The song was
released in mid 1990s when the Indian music lovers
were being introduced to MTV and the era of IndiPop
was emerging.The writer, through this song is trying
to appreciate Almighty Allah for his noteable work in
creating human beings.The title of the song translates
to English as “ Praise to her creator! Praise to her
creator!”. The song has made a major comeback
through a recent revamp which now pleases the eye
as much as it pleased the soul.Which song?

This team achieved the second highest Elo rating for a national
team, behind the German football team of 2014.They were a
matter of immense national pride during the extreme communist
oppression that was prevalent in their country at the time. Known
for their ‘Battles’ and ‘Miracles’ on the field, they have been
honoured in different ways through the years.The reason why this
team features in this quiz is because of the person circled in red.
Put funda. Bigger image follows.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GOAL OFTHEYEAR

ID the actress portraying the role which was a mix ofThe
Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen. She met her Husband, an
American movie director in 201 and has since featured in most
of his trademark style movies.

Born in Los Angeles in the year 1990, she started her acting career in 1997
with small appearances and uncredited roles here and there. Her break
came when she played Jodie Foster’s daughter in the 2002 thriller, Panic
Room. She is also known for playing TracyTatro, a girl who falls in love with
‘Alexander Supertramp’, but is rejected by him because she is underage. But
her most famous casting came in 2008 and gave her career an explosive rise,
which made her the highest grossing female Hollywood actor in 2010.This
role also gave her immense social media popularity because of the endless
Meme template possibilities the movie offered. ID.

Nikki _____, who is dating John Cena, and her sister Brie _____ have a ‘First
and only distinction’ to their name in the world of WorldWrestling
Entertainment.They also fought under the name, ‘The _____ _____’ (5,5) in
tag team matches.The first word coming from the second part of their ring
names, which is derived from the fact that they are attractive and the second
word showing how they are related to each other.What was their stage name
or what is the distinction they hold?

This was brought to the United States in 1875 by a
certain GeorgeValentine Nash. Coincidentally a very
apt name considering the item in question.This was
introduced by Bancroft and Field Bros as X, but then
caught the name Madame Ferdinand Jamin, eventually
becoming famous as X again. It sold for around $2 a
piece back in 1886 and was called the million dollar
____. It became famous among the fans of Grateful
Dead in 1970, when they released an album titled X.
Most of us here might know X because of a 1999
misconception lot of people had involving the actress
Mena Suvari and the model Chloe Hunter.

According to the Nebula award nominee
John CWright, one hundredth of it is
enough to get Nina, Pinta and Santa
Maria going while 10 of them would be
necessary to getTheodore Roosevelt and
Dwight. D. Eisenhower moving.
Something that was possibly first
suggested by IsaacAsimov himself.
Put Funda.

This self taught singer-songwriter and multi
instrumentalist from NewYork started using his
more popular name ___ _____ from around 1959
because of a dream he had about Gandhi, India
and social intolerance.What name, that you’d
associate with a beautiful moonlit night, at the
end of a 200km drive from the national capital of
our country did he use?

Megaceryle maxima and Ispidina lecontei are the
largest and the smallest of the species. Atul
Kasbekar took the popular name of this species
around the globe, starting from Mauritius, covering a
new destination every year. It is celebrating its 15th
year in 2017. Although the brand name is not as high
flying as it once was, the main product they were
known for, still continues to be one of the top
choices because of its price.What is being described
here?

The model shown here hails
from Darbhanga, Bihar and
is 23 years old now. She
won the Kingfisher
Supermodel hunt 3 crown
that aired on NDTV. Her
parents coincidentally
named her after two
personalities who would
turn out to share the same
field of profession as hers.
Few events that happened
around her time of birth
made her parents choose
these two personalities.
What is her name?

•Mohini
• Lilith
•The Sirens
•The Sphinx
• Scylla
• Aphrodite
•Circe
•Medea
• Clytemnestra
• Lesbia
• Helen ofTroy
•Visha Kanyas
• Cleopatra
• Messalina
• Delilah
• Jezebel
• Salome
•These are some of the examples that are usually grouped under an alliterative two
worded term that is taken from French and indicates how its better not to mess
with them.What term?

Set and Hosted by : Aravind Anil

 Biju United - Pillay,
Anant, Denita,
Rajaji and
Antappan.

 R1 :ThemedWritten Round (5 Questions)
 R2 : Dry Round (9 Questions)
 R3 :ThemedWritten Round(5 Questions)

 Written Round
 Theme : Cocktail/ Mock tail names
 +10 per question.

 The caption that accompanied this
Facebook post by Rima Kallingal on
Valentines Day of 2015, that read –
‘After Having ______, with Ashik
Abu’, drew in much controversy
although she actually referred to a
cocktail drink.
 FITB or Name the drink?
 Also Name the non alcoholic
version of the drink, that differs
from the alcoholic version only by a
single word?

 This cocktail, known for both its decadence and its
high strength was created by Ernest Hemingway, who
apparently stumbled upon this absinthe-based drink
during his time in Paris.The drink was later named
after one of Hemingway’s works dealing with the
ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting,
published in 1932.
 The recipe of the drink, as per the creator goes thus:
‘Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add
iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent
milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly.’
 What is it named?

 Also known as Knifey _______,this highball
cocktail drink is said to be made using a large
milk base and also have a wide variety of drugs
added to it like barbiturates, vellocets other
hallucinogen substances, and could be served to
minors as well, as these drugs are not illegal. It
gets its name from the Nadsat word for milk and
is often used by gangsters to prepare for
violence.
 Identify this drink?

 The name of the drink is derived from the fact
that the most common brand names of each
ingredient -Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, Johnnie
Walker & Jameson - are also male given names
and the drinks have a high alcohol content (and
therefore tend to have a very strong effect on
human physiology). Coincidentally, the brand
names usually all begin with the same letter ,
giving further unity to the concept of the it’s
original reference.
 Name the drink?

 This traditional Christmas time cocktail
was devised by British journalist Pierce
Egan in 1920, and is served fortified with
brandy, which gives it a contrasting taste.
 Although he named it as a reference to
characters in his book : ‘The Day and Night
Scenes of _____ Hawthorn Esq. and his
Elegant Friend Corinthian ___, the nature of
the drink would make one feel that it
actually references the more famous
namesakes, that came up in early 1940s .
 What was it named?

 Dry Round
 Pounce (+20,-1o)
 Bounce (+10)

 Ideal first question that
would do justice to the
name of the quiz, though
not much to the topics
covered in the Quiz, as it’s
not about a staple food.
 What, not so easily
available but a favorite of
many, is named after this
German gentleman
pictured?

 Also known as Poor man's grenade, this generic
term is given for a variety of bottle-based
improvised incendiary weapons. Due to the relative
ease of production, they have been used by street
criminals, protesters, rioters, gangsters etc. It’s
name was coined by the Finnish people during the
WinterWars, mocking the Russian minister who
made a controversial pact with Nazi Germany.
Finns also called the Russian cluster bombs as
_______ bread baskets in reference to his
propaganda broadcasts.
 What are they called? [images follow]

 In the 17th century, the Chinese mixed a concoction
of pickled fish and spices and called it the gwai zap
which meant the brine of pickled fish. Later, in early
19th century, Dr. John Cook Bennet added a certain
ingredient to this concoction and claimed that his
recipe could cure – Diarrhea, Indigestion, Jaundice
and Rheumatism.The manufacture of this
concoction as a medicine, named ______ pills,
gained notoriety as it grew itself into a black
market.
 What exactly is this concoction?
 What was the ingredient added?

 This item, that got worldwide recognition in
2006, was first picked up by the Defence
Research Laboratory inTezpur in 2000s.It was
also successfully put to use by the Indian Army in
August 2015 to flush out terrorist Sajjad Ahmed,
who was hiding in a cave. It again came into
limelight in August-September 2016, when
Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced that it
would replace the existing ‘controversial’ system
to tackle an ongoing scenario.
 What item?
 What did it replace?

 This dish, in Arabic
means “Chickpeas with
Tahini”. It is a popular
spread in middle east
and is also the national
food of Israel, though it
is not considered to be a
Jewish food.
 Name it?

 The earliest story of this very – Indian delicacy occurs in the
Kannada writing ‘Vaddaradhane’ in 970 A.D. According to Chinese
chronicler Xuan Zhang, the dish was brought to India by cooks of
the Hindu Kings of Indonesia. But historians such as Lizzie
Collingham are skeptical, since references found at Cairo’s Al-
Azhar University Library suggest that Arab traders brought in a
similar dish to India when they settled down in the southern belt
of the country.
 The Arabs had the confusion whether this dish is haram or halal
as it was quite alien to their palate, and developed a modified
form of this dish, but in the form of balls, as it was easy to make
and was the safest option available, which were eaten by them by
slightly flatten the surface
 What dish?

 Pictured here is first coffee machine designed for use
in space by Argotec and Lavazza in a public-private
partnership with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and
was put to use since 2015.
 It also offers the opportunity to study some physical
phenomena related to the fluid dynamics in
microgravity of pure and mixed liquids at high
pressure and temperature. Use of the machine was
done in conjunction with a zero-g cup that uses
capillary action to wick fluid into the mouth.
 What is it named, a pun on the variant of coffee it
makes with respect to it’s location? [images follow]

 The guests who visit this vault will get a
chance to travel through, among other
things, an interactive experience named
Bubble-izer, where people will be
transformed into an effervescent bubbling
form, which is also the most photographed
location here.
 What can one find in this vault?
 [Images follow]

 In 2012, French senator Yves Daudigny , in an
attempt to give out a health warning, proposed to
quadruple tax on Palm Oil imports.This resulted in
widespread anger of leading palm oil producers like
Malaysia and Indonesia.
 However it got international attention when the
media dubbed the development as ‘X amendment’,
alluding to the fact that, at 20%, palm oil is one of
it’s major ingredients of this popular product, which
would be the most affected in an event of the tax
being enforced.
 What was it named?

 Written Round
 Zomato Ads in tribute toTV Series
 All questions have 2 parts : Original title as
well the title on Zomato ads, which is a pun
on the original title.
 +2.5 for each part

പദ്ധതി തന്നിൽ മുടക്കിക്കിടക്കുന്ന
വൃദ്ധനായ ാരു ബലീമുഖനനക്കണ്ടു
ക്രുദ്ധനാ ിപ്പറഞ്ഞീടിനാനഞ്ജസാ:
“____________________________________
______________________________________ !
ദുർഘടസ്ഥാനത്തു വന്നു ശ ിപ്പാൻ നി -
നനക്കടാ ! യതാന്നുവാനനനെടാ സംഗതി ?
നാട്ടിൽ ക്പഭുക്കനെക്കണ്ടാലറി ാത്ത
രാട്ടിൽ രിടക്കുന്ന മൂെിക്കുരങ്ങു നീ ,
ഒട്ടടം വരതിരിവിലലാത്ത വലലാത്ത
രൂട്ടത്തിൽ വന്നു പിറന്നു വെർന്നു നീ
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