2. GRAY MATTER
General Quiz
Finals
-By
QUEST - DSCE Quiz Club

3. ROUND 1
DRIES
+10/0
+5 on Pass

4. 1.
Calloway said X was called "The Buzz" when he and others performed it in the 1930s.In
1955 it was recorded in a performance by Bill Bailey. He performs a tap routine, and at
the end, backslides into the wings. The French mime artist Marcel Marceau used it
throughout his career (from the 1940s through the 1980s), as part of the drama of his
mime routines. In Marceau's famous "Walking Against the Wind" routine Marceau
pretends to be pushed backwards by a gust of wind.
In the 1950s, Dick Van Dyke performed a similar variation of X in his comedy routine
called "Mailing A Letter On A Windy Corner".
ID X

5. Answer :
Moonwalk

6. 2.
In 1965, Luciano X, the oldest of four children, was a 30-year-old
salesman in Treviso. He saw a market for colourful clothes, and sold a
younger brother's bicycle in order to buy his first second-hand knitting
machine. His initial small collection of sweaters received a positive
response in local stores in the veneto region, and soon after he asked
his sister and two younger brothers, Gilberto and Carlo, to join him. In
1965, the entity known as the "X Group" was formed.
Id X.

7. Answer :
Benetton

8. 3.
Francis Nolan is Professor of Phonetics at the University of
Cambridge.
Nolan’s most famous creation?

9. Answer :
Creator of Parseltongue (Harry Potter)

10. 4.
X Yatra begins from A’s temple in Triprayar and ends up at D’s
Temple in Payyammal. It is customary to visit the four temples in the
order A,B,C,D respectively. A pilgrimage to these temples on a single
day during the holy month of Karkkidakam believed to shower
blessings and ensure prosperity.
ID X,A,B,C,D

11. Answer :
X : Nalambalam
A : Rama
B : Bharata
C : Lakshmana
D : Shatrughna

12. 5.
X Y is sometimes used to refer to a typical male in some contexts. For
example, the first name listed on a form is often X Y, along with a fictional address
or other fictional information to provide an example of how to fill out the form.
The name is also used frequently in popular culture, for example in the Frank
Capra film Meet X Y. X Y was also the name of a 2002 American television series.
Similarly, a child or baby whose identity is unknown may be referred to as Baby Y.
This practice is widely used in the United States and Canada, but is rarely used in
other English-speaking countries including the United Kingdom itself, from where
the use of "X Y" in a legal context originates. The name Joe Bloggs is used in the
UK instead.
What is X Y ?

13. Answer :
John Doe

14. 6.
‘X’ was given his name because of an unfortunate incident. Before he
was born, his parents had three sons and a daughter, with all three boys
dying in their infancy. Fearing a curse that targeted male children, young
‘X’ was brought up as a girl for the first few years of his life, including
having his nose pierced and being made to wear a nose-ring . It was
then that he earned the name ‘X’. After his younger brother was born,
they switched to treating him as a boy.
ID X

15. Answer :
Nathuram Godse
(Nath in Marathi is nose ring)

16. ROUND 2
Your Loss
My Gain
Cumulative Scoring
(n+1)*10 for right answer
-5n for wrong answer
Where n = No. of teams
who’ve passed

17. 1.
The band changed their name to X, after a member of the Charles
Manson cult (aka the Manson "family") famous for serving as his
getaway driver. X is a common Armenian surname, originating
from an Arabic/Persian word, meaning a butcher or slaughterer,
and an Armenian suffix.
ID the band

18. Answer :
Kasabian
(Qasab means Slaughter in Arabic)

19. 2.
How is this street more popular?(answer is not contained
in the cropped part)

20. Answer :
Hollywood Walk of Fame
(Vine Street in Hollywood, California)

21. 3.
This logo has finally been
dropped. ID the logo.

22. Answer :
The Senna-logo tribute from the Williams F1 cars

23. 4.
In 1933 André X and his brother Édouard X introduced the first countrywide French
restaurant listings and introduced a system for ranking food, later extended to the
rest of the world.
X reviewers (commonly called "inspectors") are completely anonymous; they do not
identify themselves, and their meals and expenses are paid for by the company
founded by the X brothers, never by a restaurant being reviewed. The New Yorker
article states: 'X has gone to extraordinary lengths to maintain the anonymity of its
inspectors. Many of the company’s top executives have never met an inspector;
inspectors themselves are advised not to disclose their line of work, even to their
parents; The inspectors write reports that are distilled, in annual meetings at the
guide’s various national offices, into the ranking.
Id X

24. Answer :
Michelin

25. 5.
Griffin talked about the show's origins :
My wife Julann just came up with the idea one day when we were in a
plane. I was mulling over game show ideas, when she noted that there
had not been a successful "question and answer" game on the air since
the quiz show scandals. Why not do a switch, and give the answers to the
contestant and let them come up with the question? She fired a couple
of answers to me: "5,280" – and the question of course was "How many
feet in a mile?". Another was "79 Wistful Vista"; that was Fibber and
Mollie McGee's address. I loved the idea, went straight to NBC with the
idea, and they bought it without even looking at a pilot show.
Which show??

26. Answer :
Jeopardy!

27. 6. Connect

28. Answer :
Conflict Kitchen
(it’s a restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves foods
from nations with which the US is in conflict!!
Cuba, Iran, Venezuela and Afghanistan)

29. ROUND 3
Destiny’s Child
+15/-5

30. Categories
Mythology Current Affairs
Entertainment Tech.
Sports Biz.
Politics ???
Round 4

31. Connect..!!

32. Answer :
Sanjaya
Hanuman
Barbarika
Arjuna
The only four people to have heard the
Mahabharata from Lord Krishna himself.
Back
Round 4

33. • The Adventurer
• Singin' in the Rain
• Cops
• Project A
• The Notebook
Connect!

34. Answer :
Scenes from the movie Barfi! are
copied exactly from these movies
Back
Round 4

35. ‘X’ resides and trains in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, on the
foothills of the Himalayas .‘X’ was (in his words), "offered to represent Italy"
in 2002, but refused because "I am an Indian and want to contribute to the
country that I was born in”.
ID X

36. Answer :
Back
Shiva Keshavan (Luge)
Round 4

37. X, a 12 year old boy wrote this letter to
newly elected US president Franklin
Roosevelt.
ID X.

38. Answer :
Fidel Castro
Back
Round 4

39. IUPAC name :
4-[(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl]-N-(4-
methyl-3-{[4-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-
yl]amino}phenyl)benzamide

40. Answer :
Glivec or Imatinib
The Indian Supreme Court on April 1 denied a patent for the Novartis
breakthrough medicine Glivec® (imatinib mesylate).
Back
Round 4

42. Answer :
Sony Rolly
Back
Round 4

43. X was born in New York City to a mother of Jewish heritage and his father
was an Italian American U.S. Air Force pilot. After he contracted
pneumonia at the age of nine months his mother gave him to her aunt
and uncle for adoption. X did not meet his biological mother again until
he was 48.
Although X was raised in a Reform Jewish home by his adoptive-parents,
who attended synagogue regularly, he remained a religious sceptic. X
states: "While I think I am religious in one sense, the particular dogmas of
Judaism are not dogmas I subscribe to. I don't believe that they are real.
They're interesting stories. They're interesting mythology, and I certainly
respect people who believe these are literally true, but I don't...I see no
evidence for this stuff."

44. Answer :
Larry Ellison (Co-founder and CEO of Oracle) Back
Round 4

45. During World War II, X was largely ignored by the Germans during the
Blitz due to the lack of heavy industry such as steelworks or
shipbuilding that would have made it a target, although it was still
affected by the rationing and influx of refugees fleeing London and
other cities. It has been claimed that Adolf Hitler gave instructions that
X should not be bombed as he was impressed by its architecture and
had plans for it to be his capital should Germany win World War II.
ID X

46. Answer :
Oxford
Back
Round 4

47. ROUND 4
All roads lead to
Rome
+10/-5

48. X is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is
observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the
________ preceding _______Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish
observance of Passover.
Id X.
Theme - 100

49. X said this about the vehicle Y.
"I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family,
but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of
the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that
modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man
making a good salary will be unable to own one – and enjoy with his family the
blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.“
ID X.
Theme - 80

50. First patented image for what?
Theme - 60

51. This was a letter written to Steven (well that’s obvious! :P) about a
specific role by a specific person.
Id the guy who wrote this letter.
Theme - 40

52. Id the guy who plays
Romeo in the above
play.
Theme - 25

53. Connect
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Theme - 15

54. Id this famous extract! Theme - 10

56. ANSWERS :
1. Good Friday
2. X : Henry Ford ; Y : Ford Model – T
3. The Derringer pistol
4. Daniel Day Lewis letter to Steven Spielberg rejecting
the role of Lincoln.
5. John Wilkes Booth
6. Presidents assassinated in office.
7. Extract from the Gettysburg address.
Theme : Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.