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THE MAJOR
GENERAL QUIZ -
GRAND FINALE
THE QUIZZANTHROPIST & SHELDON SARATHY
Le RULES & le ROUNDS
• 6 FINALISTS
• 1 THEME ROUND
• 30 QUESTIONS
• A-Z (after first 15)
• After 15, we go counter clockwise
• MVC ( after 30 questions)
• INFY BOUNCE – (10 FOR DIRECT , 10 FOR PASS )
• POUNCE – ( STANDARD POINTS +10 / - 10 )
• PART POINTS ON QUIZMASTER’S DISCRETION
THEME ROUND –
FAMILY GUY
PARODIES OF
MOVIES
10 MOVIES , 5 pts each , MAX
SCORE of 50 possible

8 PICS on slide 1
2 PICS on slide 2
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•   1. PASSION OF THE CHRIST
•   2. THE TERMINATOR
•   3. E.T
•   4. JURASSIC PARK
•   5. ROBOCOP
•   6. LOTR
•   7. GHOSTBUSTERS
•   8. THE BREAKFAST CLUB
•   9. GREASE
•   10. DIE HARD
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1)
A Norwegian athlete Tony Andre Hansen was stripped of
his bronze medal , which he had won in the Beijing 2008
Olympics on doping charges .
However, surprisingly, despite testing negative for all
banned substances , the decision still stood .

PUT FUNDA
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His horse was doped and
tested positive
2 ) konnekt
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•NICOLE KIDMAN
Dr. Chase Meridian, Virginia
Woolf, Keith Urban , Tom Cruise
3)
The X music video reached ninth place in Business Insider's
top ten viral videos of April 2011, with 7.2 million total
views. The original YouTube video has received over 65
million views as of February 24, 2012. Due to its
popularity, many new remixes and cover versions have
been made, some hours long. There are also
ringtones, wallpapers and applications created for
operating systems including Windows
7, Nokia, iPhone, iPad, Android, HP webOS and Windows
Phone 7. ID the name of this you tube video , which
became an internet meme later on. The video is currently
ranked number 5 on the list of most viewed You Tube
videos in 2011 .
Finals of Quiz of the Month April 2012 by Sarathy and Murali
NYAN CAT video
4)
The " X " (phrase) is a song by jazz pianist Bennie Moten
, referring to an advanced form of confidence game
employing misdirection, subterfuge, and playing on the
"mark's" arrogance and/or self-loathing and that the
relevance to a direction stated at the beginning of a
situation has no bearing on the outcome. In pop
culture, the X was used the primary plot device in a 2006
crime thriller film, where one of the characters in the
movie says that the X is when " everybody looks right and
you go left" . Gimme X.
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• KANSAS CITY SHUFFLE
5)
• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham XY , an
  English topographer, geologist and surveyor , is
  distinguished for his researches on the natural
  history of India. He has authored a book
  titled, The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of
  India . He was also an ornithologist, writing the
  book "Birds of Assam ". Now, what honour was
  bestowed upon this man ?
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• GODWIN AUSTEN
6)




• ID ACTOR & ACTRESS (OR) THE BRAND
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• MALAIKA ARORA AND ARBAAZ KHAN

• MR COFFEE
7)
     • The guy on the
       picture is Nikhil
       Kamath, who is a
       Bollywood Music
       director . He was in
       the news quite
       recently, for certain
       songs that he had
       composed for X ,
       helping him out
       during his successful
       ________. Gimme X
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•AKHILESH YADAV
8)
• X is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering
  engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video
  games are used to generate the computer animation. The
  practice of using graphics engines from video games arose
  from the animated software introductions of the 1990s
  recordings of gameplay in FPS video games, such as id
  Software's Doom and Quake. Originally, these recordings
  documented speed runs—attempts to complete a level as
  quickly as possible—and multiplayer matches. The addition of
  storylines to these films created the "Quake movies". The
  term X arose when the concept spread beyond the Quake
  series to other games and software. ID X , which is a
  portmanteau of two other words .
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• MACHINE + CINEMA =
  MACHINIMA
9)
“X “ is a popular phrase in the corporate world
that originated in Britain in the mid 1960's
, referring to a clause in an executive employment
contract, where the top executives of the
company are offered equities, cash or other
benefits, if they happen to lose their job, either
through firing, restructuring or scheduled
retirement. Gimme the good phrase X .
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• GOLDEN HANDSHAKE
10)
X has become an important part of the Lewis and Clark (the
Lewis and Clark expedition fame) legend in the American public
imagination. The National American Woman Suffrage
Association of the early twentieth century adopted her as a
symbol of women's worth and independence, erecting several
statues and plaques in her memory, and doing much to spread
the story of her accomplishments. In 2000, the United States
Mint issued the X dollar coin in her honor, depicting X and her
son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau.

In pop culture , Mizou Peck has played her role in two
commercially successful films , one in 2006 and then its sequel
in 2009 .

ID X
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11)




• On November 16th 2010 , this 30 year old Taiwanese
  office worker Chen Wei Yih , did something very bizarre
  and unheard of hitherto. She claimed then, that she did
  it to spread an important message to all the single
  ladies of Taipei . What did she do ?
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• SHE MARRIED HERSELF
12)PUT FUNDA
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• ONLY FIVE TO HAVE WON BEST
  ACTOR /BEST ACTRESS (OSCAR) &
  WORST ACTOR/WORST ACTRESS
  (RAZZIE)
13)
X was launched in 1993 by Dr. Simon King, a British
researcher at the University of Minnesota with help from
students and researchers at universities around the world.
It initially operated as a volunteer-based collective, and
started life as a simple Internet Relay Chat bot. It was soon
made available via Gopher as well, and with the advent of
the Mosaic web browser in April 1993 became one of the
earliest content web sites on the Internet. Regular columns
on X are " All Today's Yesterdays" ," on this day "and "
Quote Unquote " .
 ID X.
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• ESPN -CRICINFO
14)
• The term X was widely popular in the early
  1990's, especially in the Soviet Union created as
  a pun on Mikhael Gorbachev's reform policy
  Perestroika . Critics believed this to be a hollow
  advertising campaign aimed at furthering the
  sales of Y , who were the ones responsible for
  the term X . Met with marginal success alright , X
  did however establish a link between western
  consumerism and the soviet policy which had
  been oblivious till then . Just gimme X .
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•PEPSISTROIKA :D
15)
• This is a bronze
  statue of John
  Harvard, found in
  front of the University
  hall of the most
  prestigious Harvard
  University. There is an
  inscription at the
  bottom of this statue
  which says ‘John
  Harvard, Founder, 16
  38′. The students of
  Harvard, however call
  it the “Statue of three
  lies “, for a particular
  reason . GIVE
  FUNDA
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• Lie 1 – this is a 19th century student of Harvard

• Lie2 – Harvard was an early financial contributor and not the
  founder

• Lie 3 – Founded in 1636 not 1638
A2Z ROUND
• 26 ANSWERS REQUIRED

• 2.5 MARKS PER ANSWER

• BONUS 20 IF U CRACK 22 -26 ANSWERS

• MAX OBTAINABLE SCORE IS 85 POINTS
A , who acted in the 2003 superhero film adaptation B , is
related to cricketer C . C represented the team D during the first
two seasons of the IPL . D is owned by E , who is believed to
have played the role of F in a blockbuster movie G .

B , also featured H , who won the Academy award (his only
oscar) for best supporting actor for the movie I in 1987 . I stars J
in the leading role, who portrayed K in the movie I . K , is said to
have been the only real life character ever to have been
mentioned in L's works . An animated version of L makes a
cameo appearance at the start of a famous 2011 performance
capture film, directed by M. M created and released the N series
of games in 1999 , which continues to be a sensation in its genre
of gameplay .
• In 1985, M had directed O , which was an adaptation of a
  Pulitzer prize winning novel of the same name . P and Q , both
  made their film debuts with O . P is the current CEO of Harpo
  productions , while Q made a mark at the Academy , with a
  win in a supporting role for the movie ghost (1990). Ghost
  featured R , who separated from her third husband, S in 2011 .
  S currently stars in the hit Sitcom T , having replaced U .

• U had his first major role in the Vietnam war drama V (1986) ,
  directed by W . W has also famously directed a 1991 biopic
  about a rock band of the 1970's titled X , with the onus on the
  lead singer of X . Y has had minor roles in both V and X , but is
  more famously known for a pivotal role in the hit dramedy
  series Z , which concluded in 2011 .
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ANSWERS
•   A- NASSEERUDDIN SHAH
•   B – THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
•   C – OWAIS SHAH
•   D- KKR
•   E- SRK
•   F – MIR RANJAN NEGI
•   G- CHAK DE INDIA
•   H – SEAN CONNERY
•   I – THE UNTOUCHABLES
•   J- ROBERT DE NIRO
•   K- AL CAPONE
•   L- HERGE
•   M- STEVEN SPIELBERG
•   N- MEDAL OF HONOR
•   O- COLOR OF PURPLE
•   P – OPRAH WINFREY
•   Q- WHOOPI GOLDBERG
•   R – DEMI MOORE
•   S- ASHTON KUTCHER
•   T- 2 AND A HALF MEN
•   U- CHARLIE SHEEN
•   V- PLATOON
•   W – OLIVER STONE
•   X – THE DOORS
•   Y – KEVIN DILLON
•   Z- ENTOURAGE
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16)
X is an annual celebration , started in 2002, held in either
March or April and mainly sponsored by the Canadian
company Y and the Cosmopolitan magazine .
According to Samantha Paterson, the brand manager for Y,
the X was started according to a design to solemnise
women's independence and power in all facets of life, from
their careers to their relationships to their own destiny .
She further goes on to say that the day is intended to be
lighthearted amusement but that the gross revenue would
be donated to the Sunflower fund, an NGO located in Cape
Town , to help fight leukaemia and other life threatening
diseases.
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• X – NATIONAL CLEAVAGE DAY

• Y- WONDERBRA
17) PRINT AD FOR WHAT ?
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WWF
18) ID the sport
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•TCHOUKBALL
19)
Andrew Schlafly , in 2006, created X after
becoming concerned about the blatant liberal bias
contained in Y's viewpoints. He expressed hope
that X would become a general resource for
American educators and a counterpoint to the
aforementioned bias of Y.

ID X and Y (part points)
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• X- CONSERVAPEDIA

• Y- WIKIPEDIA
20) What Exhaustive list ?
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• These were voted in as the TOP 10
  “EUREKA” moments in the history
  of Science , INVENTIONS /
  DISCOVERY BY SERENDIPITY .
21) Which recent viral sensation
is being referred to here ?
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RPG !!!!
22)
The first X's appeared in the early 1860s and 1870s, in the
United States . Instead of being powered by any form of
electric motor at that time, a stream of running water was
used in conjunction with a turbine, to drive a system of belts
which would turn the blades of the 2 blade X units . The
electrically powered X, though was first invented in 1882 by
Philip Deihl. He continued to make improvements to his
invention calling it the "Diehl Electrolier" which was a light kit
fitted to the X to combine two functions in one unit.

What is this X we are talking about ?
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•THE CEILING FAN
23)
• One speculative theory about the origin of the
  word X , is that it is derived from the guttural
  tongue of Star Trek's Klingon language .
• Another theory , regards the word origin of X as
  merely a variant of a commonplace english word
  Y which means " being lively or energetic" .
• Urban Dictionary , on the other hand, lists X as a
  much more updated and cooler way to say Y .

• ID X in pop culture.
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• BAZINGA
24 )
• X was used as a truth serum by the Office of Strategic
  Services (OSS), a US government intelligence agency
  formed during World War II. In the early 1940s, it was the
  most effective truth drug developed at the OSS labs at St.
  Elizabeths Hospital. It caused a subject "to be loquacious
  and free in his impartation of information."

 In May 1943, Major George Hunter White, head of OSS
 counter-intelligence operations in the US, arranged a
 meeting with Augusto Del Gracio, an enforcer for gangster
 Lucky Luciano. Del Gracio was given spikes of X and
 subsequently talked openly about Luciano's heroin
 operation. On a second occasion the dosage was increased
 such that Del Gracio passed out for two hours . ID X
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• CANNABIS/ MARIJUANA
25)
• Mark II was an early electromechanical
  computer used in the US Navy. On September 9,
  1947, when the operators were using the
  computer to perform calculations, it gave the
  wrong results. To find out what was going wrong,
  they opened the computer and looked inside .
  And there they found a moth stuck inside the
  computer, which had caused the malfunction .

• What has this incident given rise to in modern
  day parlance ?
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• The jargons BUGGING / DEBUGGING
26)
• It is often claimed incorrectly that X’s (term)
  etymological origin lies in a law that limited the
  maximum thickness of a stick with which it was
  permissible for a man to beat his wife.

• Another potential theory is that it comes from beer
  brewing before the invention of thermometers, when
  brewers would use their ________ to measure the
  temperature of batches of beer .

• What phrase is X ?
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• THE RULE OF THUMB
27) CONNECT
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• KERRY PACKER / ADVENT OF
  WORLD SERIES CRICKET
28)
• X suggested the following alternative to the regulation
  penalty shootout to FIFA :-

“Count the number of times each goalkeeper touches the
ball throughout the game. The team whose goalkeeper has
touched the ball more often is the loser. The winner will
then be the team that has had more attempts at scoring
goals and is more aggressive (and therefore exciting) in
their style of play. “

X is a famous physician, author, inventor and consultant .
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•EDWARD DE BONO
29) PUT FUNDA
I was waiting for my teammates to
come and embrace me , and no
one came .
I told them “ Come , hug me fast
, or the referee is not going to
allow it . ”
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MARADONA’S HAND OF GOD
30)
• This is a concept car launched by an IT Major Z in collaboration with
  West Coast Custom , the world famous luxury automotive restyling
  center based in Corona, California .

• There is built-in Wi-Fi, heads-up displays with augmented reality in
  the windshield, Kinect sensors at the rear and front of the car, and
  even a Windows 8-powered touchscreen digital instrument cluster. Z
  has also packed in Ford Sync, an Xbox 360, and a rear windshield
  projector screen. Windows Phone plays a part in the car tech
  too, you can locate, unlock, and start the car from a Windows Phone
  app, and even talk into the phone to broadcast your voice to the
  outside of the car.

• ID this concept car which was recently aired on March 25th on
  Discovery’s Velocity Network .
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•MICROSTANG (MICROSOFT +
 MUSTANG )
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• Exclusive list
• 7 clues , points starting from 35 ( for the
  1st clue) and moving to 5 ( for the last clue)
• Negatives ( starting from -18 &
  decrementing with 3 with every clue )
• No Negatives for the 7th clue
• One guess per clue allowed only
35 / -18
30 /-15
25 / -12
20 / - 9
15 / -6
10 / -3
5/0
ANSWER
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Finals of Quiz of the Month April 2012 by Sarathy and Murali

  • 1. THE MAJOR GENERAL QUIZ - GRAND FINALE THE QUIZZANTHROPIST & SHELDON SARATHY
  • 2. Le RULES & le ROUNDS • 6 FINALISTS • 1 THEME ROUND • 30 QUESTIONS • A-Z (after first 15) • After 15, we go counter clockwise • MVC ( after 30 questions) • INFY BOUNCE – (10 FOR DIRECT , 10 FOR PASS ) • POUNCE – ( STANDARD POINTS +10 / - 10 ) • PART POINTS ON QUIZMASTER’S DISCRETION
  • 3. THEME ROUND – FAMILY GUY PARODIES OF MOVIES
  • 4. 10 MOVIES , 5 pts each , MAX SCORE of 50 possible 8 PICS on slide 1 2 PICS on slide 2
  • 8. 1. PASSION OF THE CHRIST • 2. THE TERMINATOR • 3. E.T • 4. JURASSIC PARK • 5. ROBOCOP • 6. LOTR • 7. GHOSTBUSTERS • 8. THE BREAKFAST CLUB • 9. GREASE • 10. DIE HARD
  • 10. 1) A Norwegian athlete Tony Andre Hansen was stripped of his bronze medal , which he had won in the Beijing 2008 Olympics on doping charges . However, surprisingly, despite testing negative for all banned substances , the decision still stood . PUT FUNDA
  • 12. His horse was doped and tested positive
  • 15. •NICOLE KIDMAN Dr. Chase Meridian, Virginia Woolf, Keith Urban , Tom Cruise
  • 16. 3) The X music video reached ninth place in Business Insider's top ten viral videos of April 2011, with 7.2 million total views. The original YouTube video has received over 65 million views as of February 24, 2012. Due to its popularity, many new remixes and cover versions have been made, some hours long. There are also ringtones, wallpapers and applications created for operating systems including Windows 7, Nokia, iPhone, iPad, Android, HP webOS and Windows Phone 7. ID the name of this you tube video , which became an internet meme later on. The video is currently ranked number 5 on the list of most viewed You Tube videos in 2011 .
  • 19. 4) The " X " (phrase) is a song by jazz pianist Bennie Moten , referring to an advanced form of confidence game employing misdirection, subterfuge, and playing on the "mark's" arrogance and/or self-loathing and that the relevance to a direction stated at the beginning of a situation has no bearing on the outcome. In pop culture, the X was used the primary plot device in a 2006 crime thriller film, where one of the characters in the movie says that the X is when " everybody looks right and you go left" . Gimme X.
  • 21. • KANSAS CITY SHUFFLE
  • 22. 5) • Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham XY , an English topographer, geologist and surveyor , is distinguished for his researches on the natural history of India. He has authored a book titled, The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India . He was also an ornithologist, writing the book "Birds of Assam ". Now, what honour was bestowed upon this man ?
  • 25. 6) • ID ACTOR & ACTRESS (OR) THE BRAND
  • 27. • MALAIKA ARORA AND ARBAAZ KHAN • MR COFFEE
  • 28. 7) • The guy on the picture is Nikhil Kamath, who is a Bollywood Music director . He was in the news quite recently, for certain songs that he had composed for X , helping him out during his successful ________. Gimme X
  • 31. 8) • X is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The practice of using graphics engines from video games arose from the animated software introductions of the 1990s recordings of gameplay in FPS video games, such as id Software's Doom and Quake. Originally, these recordings documented speed runs—attempts to complete a level as quickly as possible—and multiplayer matches. The addition of storylines to these films created the "Quake movies". The term X arose when the concept spread beyond the Quake series to other games and software. ID X , which is a portmanteau of two other words .
  • 33. • MACHINE + CINEMA = MACHINIMA
  • 34. 9) “X “ is a popular phrase in the corporate world that originated in Britain in the mid 1960's , referring to a clause in an executive employment contract, where the top executives of the company are offered equities, cash or other benefits, if they happen to lose their job, either through firing, restructuring or scheduled retirement. Gimme the good phrase X .
  • 37. 10) X has become an important part of the Lewis and Clark (the Lewis and Clark expedition fame) legend in the American public imagination. The National American Woman Suffrage Association of the early twentieth century adopted her as a symbol of women's worth and independence, erecting several statues and plaques in her memory, and doing much to spread the story of her accomplishments. In 2000, the United States Mint issued the X dollar coin in her honor, depicting X and her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. In pop culture , Mizou Peck has played her role in two commercially successful films , one in 2006 and then its sequel in 2009 . ID X
  • 40. 11) • On November 16th 2010 , this 30 year old Taiwanese office worker Chen Wei Yih , did something very bizarre and unheard of hitherto. She claimed then, that she did it to spread an important message to all the single ladies of Taipei . What did she do ?
  • 42. • SHE MARRIED HERSELF
  • 45. • ONLY FIVE TO HAVE WON BEST ACTOR /BEST ACTRESS (OSCAR) & WORST ACTOR/WORST ACTRESS (RAZZIE)
  • 46. 13) X was launched in 1993 by Dr. Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota with help from students and researchers at universities around the world. It initially operated as a volunteer-based collective, and started life as a simple Internet Relay Chat bot. It was soon made available via Gopher as well, and with the advent of the Mosaic web browser in April 1993 became one of the earliest content web sites on the Internet. Regular columns on X are " All Today's Yesterdays" ," on this day "and " Quote Unquote " . ID X.
  • 49. 14) • The term X was widely popular in the early 1990's, especially in the Soviet Union created as a pun on Mikhael Gorbachev's reform policy Perestroika . Critics believed this to be a hollow advertising campaign aimed at furthering the sales of Y , who were the ones responsible for the term X . Met with marginal success alright , X did however establish a link between western consumerism and the soviet policy which had been oblivious till then . Just gimme X .
  • 52. 15) • This is a bronze statue of John Harvard, found in front of the University hall of the most prestigious Harvard University. There is an inscription at the bottom of this statue which says ‘John Harvard, Founder, 16 38′. The students of Harvard, however call it the “Statue of three lies “, for a particular reason . GIVE FUNDA
  • 54. • Lie 1 – this is a 19th century student of Harvard • Lie2 – Harvard was an early financial contributor and not the founder • Lie 3 – Founded in 1636 not 1638
  • 55. A2Z ROUND • 26 ANSWERS REQUIRED • 2.5 MARKS PER ANSWER • BONUS 20 IF U CRACK 22 -26 ANSWERS • MAX OBTAINABLE SCORE IS 85 POINTS
  • 56. A , who acted in the 2003 superhero film adaptation B , is related to cricketer C . C represented the team D during the first two seasons of the IPL . D is owned by E , who is believed to have played the role of F in a blockbuster movie G . B , also featured H , who won the Academy award (his only oscar) for best supporting actor for the movie I in 1987 . I stars J in the leading role, who portrayed K in the movie I . K , is said to have been the only real life character ever to have been mentioned in L's works . An animated version of L makes a cameo appearance at the start of a famous 2011 performance capture film, directed by M. M created and released the N series of games in 1999 , which continues to be a sensation in its genre of gameplay .
  • 57. • In 1985, M had directed O , which was an adaptation of a Pulitzer prize winning novel of the same name . P and Q , both made their film debuts with O . P is the current CEO of Harpo productions , while Q made a mark at the Academy , with a win in a supporting role for the movie ghost (1990). Ghost featured R , who separated from her third husband, S in 2011 . S currently stars in the hit Sitcom T , having replaced U . • U had his first major role in the Vietnam war drama V (1986) , directed by W . W has also famously directed a 1991 biopic about a rock band of the 1970's titled X , with the onus on the lead singer of X . Y has had minor roles in both V and X , but is more famously known for a pivotal role in the hit dramedy series Z , which concluded in 2011 .
  • 59. ANSWERS • A- NASSEERUDDIN SHAH • B – THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN • C – OWAIS SHAH • D- KKR • E- SRK • F – MIR RANJAN NEGI • G- CHAK DE INDIA • H – SEAN CONNERY • I – THE UNTOUCHABLES • J- ROBERT DE NIRO • K- AL CAPONE • L- HERGE
  • 60. M- STEVEN SPIELBERG • N- MEDAL OF HONOR • O- COLOR OF PURPLE • P – OPRAH WINFREY • Q- WHOOPI GOLDBERG • R – DEMI MOORE • S- ASHTON KUTCHER • T- 2 AND A HALF MEN • U- CHARLIE SHEEN • V- PLATOON • W – OLIVER STONE • X – THE DOORS • Y – KEVIN DILLON • Z- ENTOURAGE
  • 62. 16) X is an annual celebration , started in 2002, held in either March or April and mainly sponsored by the Canadian company Y and the Cosmopolitan magazine . According to Samantha Paterson, the brand manager for Y, the X was started according to a design to solemnise women's independence and power in all facets of life, from their careers to their relationships to their own destiny . She further goes on to say that the day is intended to be lighthearted amusement but that the gross revenue would be donated to the Sunflower fund, an NGO located in Cape Town , to help fight leukaemia and other life threatening diseases.
  • 64. • X – NATIONAL CLEAVAGE DAY • Y- WONDERBRA
  • 65. 17) PRINT AD FOR WHAT ?
  • 67. WWF
  • 68. 18) ID the sport
  • 71. 19) Andrew Schlafly , in 2006, created X after becoming concerned about the blatant liberal bias contained in Y's viewpoints. He expressed hope that X would become a general resource for American educators and a counterpoint to the aforementioned bias of Y. ID X and Y (part points)
  • 73. • X- CONSERVAPEDIA • Y- WIKIPEDIA
  • 77. • These were voted in as the TOP 10 “EUREKA” moments in the history of Science , INVENTIONS / DISCOVERY BY SERENDIPITY .
  • 78. 21) Which recent viral sensation is being referred to here ?
  • 81. 22) The first X's appeared in the early 1860s and 1870s, in the United States . Instead of being powered by any form of electric motor at that time, a stream of running water was used in conjunction with a turbine, to drive a system of belts which would turn the blades of the 2 blade X units . The electrically powered X, though was first invented in 1882 by Philip Deihl. He continued to make improvements to his invention calling it the "Diehl Electrolier" which was a light kit fitted to the X to combine two functions in one unit. What is this X we are talking about ?
  • 84. 23) • One speculative theory about the origin of the word X , is that it is derived from the guttural tongue of Star Trek's Klingon language . • Another theory , regards the word origin of X as merely a variant of a commonplace english word Y which means " being lively or energetic" . • Urban Dictionary , on the other hand, lists X as a much more updated and cooler way to say Y . • ID X in pop culture.
  • 87. 24 ) • X was used as a truth serum by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a US government intelligence agency formed during World War II. In the early 1940s, it was the most effective truth drug developed at the OSS labs at St. Elizabeths Hospital. It caused a subject "to be loquacious and free in his impartation of information." In May 1943, Major George Hunter White, head of OSS counter-intelligence operations in the US, arranged a meeting with Augusto Del Gracio, an enforcer for gangster Lucky Luciano. Del Gracio was given spikes of X and subsequently talked openly about Luciano's heroin operation. On a second occasion the dosage was increased such that Del Gracio passed out for two hours . ID X
  • 90. 25) • Mark II was an early electromechanical computer used in the US Navy. On September 9, 1947, when the operators were using the computer to perform calculations, it gave the wrong results. To find out what was going wrong, they opened the computer and looked inside . And there they found a moth stuck inside the computer, which had caused the malfunction . • What has this incident given rise to in modern day parlance ?
  • 92. • The jargons BUGGING / DEBUGGING
  • 93. 26) • It is often claimed incorrectly that X’s (term) etymological origin lies in a law that limited the maximum thickness of a stick with which it was permissible for a man to beat his wife. • Another potential theory is that it comes from beer brewing before the invention of thermometers, when brewers would use their ________ to measure the temperature of batches of beer . • What phrase is X ?
  • 95. • THE RULE OF THUMB
  • 98. • KERRY PACKER / ADVENT OF WORLD SERIES CRICKET
  • 99. 28) • X suggested the following alternative to the regulation penalty shootout to FIFA :- “Count the number of times each goalkeeper touches the ball throughout the game. The team whose goalkeeper has touched the ball more often is the loser. The winner will then be the team that has had more attempts at scoring goals and is more aggressive (and therefore exciting) in their style of play. “ X is a famous physician, author, inventor and consultant .
  • 102. 29) PUT FUNDA I was waiting for my teammates to come and embrace me , and no one came . I told them “ Come , hug me fast , or the referee is not going to allow it . ”
  • 105. 30)
  • 106. • This is a concept car launched by an IT Major Z in collaboration with West Coast Custom , the world famous luxury automotive restyling center based in Corona, California . • There is built-in Wi-Fi, heads-up displays with augmented reality in the windshield, Kinect sensors at the rear and front of the car, and even a Windows 8-powered touchscreen digital instrument cluster. Z has also packed in Ford Sync, an Xbox 360, and a rear windshield projector screen. Windows Phone plays a part in the car tech too, you can locate, unlock, and start the car from a Windows Phone app, and even talk into the phone to broadcast your voice to the outside of the car. • ID this concept car which was recently aired on March 25th on Discovery’s Velocity Network .
  • 110. • Exclusive list • 7 clues , points starting from 35 ( for the 1st clue) and moving to 5 ( for the last clue) • Negatives ( starting from -18 & decrementing with 3 with every clue ) • No Negatives for the 7th clue • One guess per clue allowed only
  • 114. 20 / - 9
  • 117. 5/0
  • 118. ANSWER