1. Qriosity
Finals
QM: Anmol Dhawan
Silhouettes 2014

2. Rules
• Total of three rounds.
• First round goes clockwise, second goes anticlockwise.
• 10 points for every correct answer.
• Unlimited pounces.
• +10 for every correct pounce, -10 for every
incorrect pounce.
• So, let’s begin 

3. Round One

4. 1
• In the 1st century AD, Roman scribes wrote in
cursive, so when they wrote the Latin word ―__,‖ they
would join the alphabets together which formed a
characteristic shape.
• Eventually, schoolchildren started reciting it as the 27th
alphabet in schools (with an additional Latin
expression) which eventually got corrupted into
X, which is how this character is typically known as
today.
• For full points, ID the character (what it is used for)
and also X, the name by which it is technically known.

6. Ampersand!

7. Ampersand (&)
• When ancient Roman scribes wrote ―et‖ in
cursive, they would often join the two
alphabets, forming a characteristic shape ―&‖. This
can still be seen in certain fonts today which
acknowledge this connection. (&, &, &, &, &)
• Eventually this became the 27th character of the
English alphabet. Since ―X, Y, Z, and‖ sounded
incomplete, children would recite ―X, Y, Z, and
per se and,‖ which eventually transformed to
―ampersand‖.

8. 2
• ―__ _____ ________‖ is a protest song that became
a key anthem of the African-American Civil Rights
Movement (1955–1968), popularised primarily by
X, Guy Carawan and Joan Baez.
• The title and structure of the song are said to have
been derived from an early gospel song by AfricanAmerican composer Charles Albert Tindley.
• Girija Kumar Mathur is credited with having
composed its Hindi translation.
• ID X and the song.

10. ―We Shall Overcome‖ (Pete Seeger)

11. 3
• When the British wanted to purchase land for
settling down in Kashmir, they were not
allowed to do so by the Maharaja of Kashmir, a
tradition which continues till date as Kashmiris
rarely sell land to outsiders.
• What did the British do when refused?

13. They started living on houseboats
This is the story behind the origin of Kashmiri
houseboats.

14. 4
• Though the lyrics of this composition and even its title
have gone through some changes over the years, the
most popular contention is that this sing-song verse
refers to the 1665 Great Plague of London.
• ―The _____‖ is the rash that covered the afflicted, the
smell from which they attempted to cover up with ―a
______ ____ __ ______.‖ The plague killed nearly 15
percent of the country’s population, which makes the
final verse rather self-explanatory.
• We’ve all sung this as children, quite oblivious to its
origin. ID.

16. Ring Around the Rosie/
Ringa-Ringa-Roses
• ―The rosie‖ is a reference to the rash that
covered the individuals afflicted with plague.
• The rashes used to smell teribbly, so the
victims often attempted to cover it up with ―a
pocket full of posies.‖
• 15% of England’s population was affected by
it, reflected in the line, ―We all fall down.‖

17. 5
• According to German legend, on his 1762 visit to
Schonbrunn, the Austrian royal palace, a 7-year-old
boy, X, playing with the young princesses, slipped on a
polished floor. Bursting into tears, he was picked up
and comforted by a 7-year-old girl Y. X then kissed Y.
―You are nice,‖ he declared. ―I will marry you.‖
• X did not end up marrying Y, who got married into the
royal house of a neighbouring country.
Both X and Y went on to die in their 30s—X of disease, Y
of beheading.
• ID X and Y.

19. X: Mozart, Y: Marie Antoinette

20. 6. Connect.

22. Pink Floyd albums
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The Wall
Dark Side of the Moon
Animals
Pulse

23. 7
• In September 2010, the BBC and HarperCollins
started legal proceedings against each other, with
the BBC attempting to obtain a
judicial injunction to prevent the publishing of a
book entitled The Man in The White
Suit, apparently authored by a man named Ben
Collins.
• The BBC eventually lost the case and Ben Collins
went ahead to release the book he wrote.
• How do we better know Ben Collins?

25. The Stig (Top Gear test driver)

26. 8
• This is a communication service provided by a
government institution which in India is
presently operational only in the state of
Odisha in and around the city of Cuttack.
• It has been in operation since 1946, but is in
danger of dying out as it has been replaced by
more standardised and reliable methods.
• What is this service I’m talking about?

28. Pigeon Mail

29. 9
• The band X was in Switzerland to record a new
album when a Frank Zappa concert was happening
nearby at the same time, during which one fan
shot a flare gun into the sky and the entire gig
caught fire.
• The band saw this scene from their hotel
room, and the imagery moved them to write the
song Y, becoming one of the most iconic hard rock
songs of all time.
• ID the band X and the song Y.

31. X: Deep Purple, Y: ―Smoke on the Water‖
• Deep Purple was in Switzerland when a Frank
Zappa concert was happening nearby at the
same time, when the entire gig caught fire.
• The band saw this scene from their hotel
room, and it appeared that Lake Geneva was
on fire, which looked like ―Smoke on the
Water‖.

32. 10
• _________ _____ is a dish made from a blend
of different kinds of meat and other ingredients, and is
usually served with gravy or brown sauce.
• It is named after its inventor, an American physician
who was an early proponent of a low-carbohydrate
diet for weight loss, and this term has been in use in
the United States since 1897.
• The USDA standards this dish strongly dictate a
minimum content of 65% meat (of which up to 25% can
be pork; the rest has to be beef) and 35% vegetable
filler.
• ID this dish.

34. Salisbury Steak (named after Dr J. D.
Salisbury)

35. 11. Connect.

37. Indian Naval Ships
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INS Khukri
INS Viraat
INS Mysore
INS Chakra

38. End of Round 1
Scores

39. Round Two

40. 12
• Ernst Gräfenberg was a Germanborn gynaecologist and scientist. He is known
for developing the intrauterine device (IUD) as
a method of contraception, among various
other medical research pertaining to
gynaecology.
• Apart from highly geeky sounding biological
names like ―Graafian Follicle,‖ what does he
lend his name to?

42. The G-Spot is named after Gräfenberg!

43. 13
• X is a neighbourhood in Old Delhi, India just
south of the Northern Ridge, most known for
the courts complex situated there.
• The place get its name from the size of an
army of Sikhs, which encamped here under
military general Baghel Singh in 1783, prior to
attacking Delhi.
• ID X.

45. Tis Hazari (named after 30,000 soldiers
of Baghel Singh’s army who encamped
here)

46. 14
• X and Y are two countries which once had the
exact same national flag (pictured).
• Very awkwardly for both countries, this was only
realised for the first time during the 1936 Summer
Olympics when the two teams competed against
each other.
• In order to solve this problem, X added a gold
ducal crown on the hoist side of the blue stripe on
their flag. Y followed suit by adding a crest in the
centre of its flag.
• ID X and Y.

48. X – Liechtenstein, Y - Haiti

49. 15
• The modern state of X was established on 1st
April 1936 as a province of east India.
• Hence on April 1, while the rest of the world
celebrates April Fools’ Day, X celebrates Y
Dibasa, where Y happens to be the old name of
X.
• ID X and Y please.

51. X – Odisha/Orissa
Y – Utkala

52. 16. Connect.

54. Movies of Amitabh Bachchan
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Anand
Deewar
Trishul
Aankhein
Shakti

55. 17
• X was studying astrophysics for a PhD degree at
Imperial College London when he co-authored two
scientific research papers in 1972 and 1973.
• In October 2007, more than 30 years after he
started his research, he completed a PhD thesis
in astrophysics.
• When he appeared on the TV show ―The Sky at
Night‖, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said to
him, ―I don't know a scientist who looks as much
like Isaac Newton as you do.‖
• ID X.

57. Brian May (lead guitarist of Queen)

58. 18
• Connect the following Olympic athletes with an
infamous action they’ve all been associated
with:
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•
•
•
Mark Wells (USA) – 1980, Hockey
Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) – 1996, Boxing
Anthony Ervin (USA) – 2000, Swimming
Otylia Jedrzejczak (Poland) – 2004, Swimming

60. Ans: Having Sold Their Medals

61. 19
• The _____ ____ is a semi-organised group
of English cricket fans which arranges touring parties
for some of its members to follow the English cricket
team on overseas tours.
• The group, then less organised, was given its name by
the Australian media during the 1994 - 1995 Test series
in Australia, reportedly for the fans' audacity in
travelling to Australia in the near-certain knowledge
that their team would lose, and the fact that they kept
on chanting even when England were losing quite badly.
• FITB.

63. The Barmy Army

64. 21
• _______ _____ is the meeting point of the two
central streets of a particular Indian city on the
western side.
• A commotion was caused by the supposed
elopement of a British lady with an Indian
Maharaja at this site, which led to the Maharaja
being banished from entering the city by the
British authorities.
• Due to this ―_______‖, this site was named hence.
• ID the site.

66. Scandal Point, Shimla

67. 22
• Charles Douglass was the inventor of this oneof-a-kind device wherein he used a keyboard to
select the style, gender and age of ―something‖
as well as a foot pedal to time the length of the
reaction.
• What was the use of this device?
(Picture on next slide)

70. The laugh track on TV shows

71. 24. Connect.

73. Codenames of Operations Conducted
by the Indian Armed Forces
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Operation
Operation
Operation
Operation
Polo (Hyderabad Police Action)
Vijay (Kargil War)
Woodrose (Khalistan)
Cactus (Maldives Coup)

74. End of Round 2
Scores

75. LVC
ID the bands shown in the
pictures, and connect. 

76. Rules
• There are pictures of 8 bands on the next 8
slides. Write them down and identify the
connection.
• The scores are written on every slide.

77. 1
+60/-30

78. 2
+60/-30

79. 3
+45/-20

80. 4
+45/-20

81. 5
+30/-15

82. 6
+30/-15

83. 7
+20/-10

84. 8
+10/0

85. Connect, anyone? 
No negatives now, so just go for it!

86. LVC
The Answers 

87. 1

88. AC/DC

89. 2

90. Dire Straits

91. 3

92. Kings of Leon

93. 4

94. Van Halen

95. 5

96. The Kinks

97. 6

98. The Bee Gees

99. 7

100. Oasis

101. 8

102. The Carpenters

103. Ans: Bands With Siblings
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AC/DC
Dire Straits
Kings of Leon
Van Halen
The Kinks
Bee Gees
Oasis
The Carpenters