WWELCOME TO
THE FINALS OF
KALANJALI 2013

GENERAL RULES
• THERE ARE 6 ROUNDS IN THE QUIZ
• THREE TEAMS WILL BE ELIMINATED AT THE
END OF ROUND 3
• RULES FOR EACH ROUND AND MARKING
WILL BE TOLD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
ROUND
• PLEASE DON’T SHOUT THE ANSWERS OUT
OF TURN
• AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN
SILENCE
• QUIZ MASTER’S DECISION IS FINAL AND
BINDING
ALL THE BEST!!

DIRECT PITCH

RULES FOR THE DIRECT PITCH
• EACH TEAM WILL GET TWO DIRECT
QUESTIONS IN THE ROUND
• DIRECT CARRIES 20 AND PASS CARRIES
10
• NO NEGATIVES IN THE ROUND
• FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS IS
CLOCKWISE AND SECOND SET IS ANTI-
CLOCKWISE

1.Which country has an eagle
and a snake in its national flag?

MEXICO

2.Name Dennis the Menace’s dog?

Gnasher

3.On April 30, 1803, negotiations
for the ‘Louisiana’ Purchase, a
massive land sale that doubles the
size of the young American
republic, was concluded. Which
great historical figure sanctioned
the move for fifteen million dollars
and handed the territory to the
United States of America?

NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE

4.Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts,
Stewart &?- Which Band?

ROLLING STONES

5.Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip,
Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew,
James, Judas, Simon, Judas. What
am I referring to?

The 12 Apostles of Jesus Christ.
Simon, whom He named Peter, and
Andrew his brother, and James and
John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
and Matthew, and Thomas, and
James the son of Alphaeus, and
Simon who was called the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James, and
Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

6.In 1961, this actor famously
refused the Oscar, stating his belief
that competition among actors
demeaned the profession. Who am I
talking about and name the movie?

George C Scott, Patton.
[Marlon Brando did the same in
1973 but for different reasons]

7.It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace
and Lila Bell Wallace. For many years, it
was the best-selling consumer magazine in
the United States.
Name the magazine?

READER’S DIGEST

8.On June 4th, 2013, this famous football
coach and manager announced his
retirement after the 2012-13 season with his
last game at the Wembley.
His many accomplishments include
2 Champions League titles (one of them
being with Real Madrid)
3 League titles
And 6 other major titles.
Who am I talking about?

JUPP HEYNCKES

9.Who am I suppose to find in Castle
Gandolfo?

THE POPE

10.The Millennium Prize problems are 7
problems in mathematics, the correct
answer to any of which would result in
a US$ 1,000,000 prize, instituted by
which organization?

Clay Mathematics Society

11.These are the mascots of London
Olympics, name them?

2012 London Olympics

12.If I am standing by this 11 feet (3.4 m)
tall and measuring 16 feet (4.9 m) long
bronze bull, where exactly am I?

Wall street, Manhattan.

PICTURES GALORE!!!!

RULES FOR PICTURE GALORE
• THE TEAMS WILL BE GIVEN A SET
OF 10 PICS BASED ON WHICH THE
QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED
• TEAMS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION ON A PIECE OF
PAPER
• TEAMS WILL EXCHANGE PAPERS
AT THE END OF THE ROUND FOR
THE EVALUATION
• EVERY CORRECT ANSWER
FETCHES 20 AND NO NEGATIVES

1.ID THIS FAMOUS MUSICIAN AND THE INSTRUMENT
HE PLAYS

2.WHAT IS HAPENNING IN THIS IMAGE OF AMAZING
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

3.ID

4.THE TOWN IN UP THAT IS PREDICTED TO HAVE
1000 TONNES OF GOLD

5.PUT THE FUNDA

6.FAMOUS FIGURE ON THE BENGALURU
FOOTBALLING SCENE

7.FROM THE WORLD OF COMICS

8.CEO OF THE COMPANY WHOSE LOGO IS GIVEN BELOW

9.ID HIM

10.WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT HERE?

PLEASE EXCHANGE
YOUR PAPERS…

ANSWERS TO FOLLOW….

1)U SHRINIVAS AND THE MANDOLIN
2)watson and crick explaining the dna
structure
3)russian knights display team
4)DAUNDIA KHERA
5)THE DEATH OF JACINTHA
6)ASHLEY WESTWOOD
7)stan lee
8)KEVIN SYSTROM
9)snowden
10)ivy league colleges

TAKE A PICK!!!!!!

RULES FOR TAKE A PICK:
• EACH TEAM WILL HAVE TO PICK A TOPIC
FROM THE GIVEN LIST
• BASED ON THE TOPIC 3 QUESTIONS WILL
BE ASKED TO EACH AND EVERY TEAM
• FIRST QN CARRIES 10Pts,SECOND 20 AND
THIRD 30
• NO NEGATIVES AND NO PASS

THE CHOICES:
• INDIA
• SPORTS
• MOVIES
• WORLD OF TELEVISION
• MUSIC
• HISTORY
• MYTHOLOGY
• IT
NEXT ROUND

INDIA

1)WHAT WAS HISTORIC ABOUT THE
DAY 16 APRIL,1853 WHEN SULTAN
,SINDH AND SAHIB CARRIED 14
CARRIAGES FOR A DISTANCE OF 21
MILES?

THE FIRST TRAIN IN INDIA
TO RUN BETWEEN
BOMABAY AND THANE

2.ID THE LOGO

NABARD

3.WHICH APEX BUSINESS BODY
WAS SETUP ON THE ADVICE OF
MAHATMA GANDHI BY
PURUSHOTTAMDAS THAKURDAS
AND GD BIRLA?

FICCI
HOME

HISTORY

1.HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW THE
SAXE-COBURG GOTHA ROYAL
FAMILY?

HOUSE OF WINDSOR

2.WHAT STARTED AT SARAJEVO
AND ENDED AT VERSAILLES?

WORLD WAR I

3.’WHEN YOU GO HOME/TELL THEM OF US
AND SAY/FOR YOUR TOMORROW/WE GAVE
OUR TODAY’.THESE LINES ARE INSCRIBED
AT THE BASE OF A CROSS IN A WORLD
WARII CENTENARY.WHERE?

KOHIMA WAR MEMORIAL
HOME

MUSIC

CONNECT:
DETROIT TOKYOKANSAS

G3 COCNCERTS

ID THE BAND AND THE LEAD SINGER

THE BAND :DIRE STRAITS
LEAD SINGER:MARK KNOPFLER

3. IN THE FAMOUS SONG OF THE BEATLES
JULIA THERE IS A REFERENCE MADE TO
THE PHRASE ‘OCEAN CHILD‘ .WHAT DOES
THIS PHRASE REFER TO?

YOKO ONO.THE ENGLISH
TRANSLATION OF YOKO ONO
IS OCEAN CHILD
HOME

SPORTS

1.WITH WHICH TOURNAMENT WOULD
YOU ASSOCIATE THE RANCHI RHINOS
AND THE DELHI WAVERIDERS?

HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE

2.WHICH THREE FOOTBALLING LEGENDS
FORM THE ‘UNITED TRINITY’?

GEORGE BEST
DENNIS LAW
BOBBY CHARLTON

3.WHICH WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO HOST THE
FOOTBALL WORLD CUP FINALS?

ITALY IN 1934
HOME

WORLD OF TELEVISION

CONNECT:
• NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
• RALPH LAUREN
• SILVERCUP STUDIOS

FRIENDS

2.This British television show devised
by Bill drew inspiration from his
experiences of being interrogated by
the gestapo during WW2.
Id the show

MASTERMIND

3.EXPAND TLC

THE LEARNING CHANNEL
HOME

THE WORLD OF IT

1.ID THIS LOGO?

SUN MICROSYSTEMS

2.ID THE CREATOR OF THIS FAMOUS GAME AND NAME THE GAME.

JOHN ROMERO
NAME :DANGEROUS DAVE

3.WHEN MICROSOFT ANNOUNCED THE
FIRST EDITION OF THE WINDOWS IN
1983,IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO
APPEAR ON THE SHELVES THE REASON
BEING THAT IT EXISTED MORE IN THE
INVESTOR’S HEAD THAN ON
‘PAPER’.WHAT IS THE TREM USED TO
DESCRIBE THIS SITUATION?

VAPOURWARE
HOME

THE WORLD OF CINEMA

1.ID THIS ICON FROM THE WORLD OF BOLLYWOOD.

V SHANTARAM

2.What is the link between the movies
Ben-Hur (1959)
Titanic (1997) and
The Lord of The Rings: The Return Of
The King (2003)?

All the three movies have
won eleven academy awards

3.COMPLETE THIS POEM FROM
WHICH ORIGINATED THE TITLE OF
AN OSCAR WINNING FILM:’BRING
ME MY BOW OF BURNING
GOLD,BRING ME MY ARROW OF
DESIRE ,BRING ME MY SPEAR,
OCLOUDS UNFOLD…….’ .GIVE THE
TITLE OF THIS MOVIE

CHARIOTS OF FIRE
HOME

MYTHOLOGY

1.TO WHOM DID THE PUSHPAKA VIMANA
ORIGINALLY BELONG TO?

KUBERA

2.WHICE SAGE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIVA
BEING WORSHIPPED AS A LINGAM?

3.WHO IS THE GREEK GOD OF SLEEP?

MORPHEUS
HOME

THREE’S COMPANY

RULES FOR THREE’S COMPANY
• EACH TEAM WILL HAVE ONE QUESTION DIRECTED
• IF THE TEAM ANSWERS THE QUESTION ON THE FIRST
CLUE THEN THEY GET +30 AND ALSO STAND TO LOSE 10
• ON THE SECOND GUESS +20 AND -5
• ON THE LAST GUESS IT’S A +10 AND NO NEGATIVES

QUESTION 1:Who am I?
( or better known as)
Clue 1:
“Sisters and Brothers of America . . . . . ” was how I
began my speech which captivated the world and
marked my worldwide proclamation.
Clue 2:
I was born as Narendranath Dutta
Clue 3:
My birthday, 12th of January is celebrated as national
youth day.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Question 2.Identify the company/ brand or the mascot
Clue 1:
I entered the Guinness world record for the longest running ad
campaign in the world. Started from 1966 and still carrying on.
Clue 2:
Famed cartoon artist Kumar Morey and script writer Bharat
Dabholkar had been involved with sketching the ads; the duo
rejected the trend of using celebrities in advertisement
campaigns.
Clue 3:
Dr Verghese Kurien, then chairman of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk
Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF) suggested a mischievous little girl
as a mascot with two requirements. It had to be easy to draw and
memorable as most of the advertising would be outdoor media which
required hand painting in those days and the hoardings had to be
changed frequently.

AMUL/AMUL GIRL

Question 3.What am I talking about?
Clue 1:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of
times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age
of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was
the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of
Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the
spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we
had everything before us, we had nothing
before us, we were all going direct to Heaven,
we were all going direct the other way.”

CLUE 2:

CLUE 3

FRENCH REVOLUTION

REASON IT OUT!!!!!

RULES FOR REASON IT OUT:
• EACH TEAM WILL BE ASKED ONE
QUESTION IN THIS ROUND
• ALLTHE TEAMS WILL HAVE A POUNCE
OPTION OPEN TO THEM
• ON THE POUNCE CORRECT ANSWER
+40 AND WRONG ANS -20
• BUT ON THE DIRECT ITS +20 AND NO
NEGATIVES FOR THE WRONG ANS

1.CONNECT
To utter a succession of light chirping or
tremulous sounds; chirrup.

TWITTER

2.CONNECT

INDIAN CHEFS WITH MICHELLIN
STARRED RESTRAUNTS

3.CONNECT

BOFORS SCANDAL

4.CONNECT:

KODAK

5.CONNECT

FUTURE GROUP

6.CONNECT

WINNERS OF THE 100M AND
200M GOLD MEDAL IN THE
OLYMPICS

PLACE YOUR BET!!!!

Topic 1: Cinemas

This is an alternate poster of
which movie?

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

TOPIC 2 : ART

NAME THE THREE GREAT PAINTERS

Dali, Piccasso, Van Gough

TOPIC 3 : FOOTBALL

PAPA BOUBA DIOP
CONNECT

FIRST GOAL IN THE FIFA
WORLD CUP

Topic 4: General Knowledge

Together these 4 nations are known

BRIC nations or the
BRIC economies

THANK YOU !!!
PRESENTATION BY:
SUDHIR S B
SAYAK BHAWAL