Mood Indigo General Quiz 2012 Semi Final 1

Conundrums mood indigo 2012
omniscience
the general quiz
semi-final 1

conducted by
j. ramanand

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Background
The first semi final conducted
at Conundrums, Mood Indigo,
Dec 2012

Eight Teams


format
1. split personality (2)
2. passing (12)
3. pseudo-Q: set 1 (3)
1st Qualifier chosen
4. reverse passing (8)
2nd Qualifier chosen
6. reverse passing (4)
3rd & 4th Qualifiers


split
personality
the answer is the name of a person
open to all teams
written
+10/no negatives
2 questions


one


Mithun Chakraborty

co-owned the Royal Bengal Tigers team in
the now defunct ICL
hosted Dadagiri Unlimited in 2012
Won a National Award for his portrayal of
Ramakrishna Paramhansa in the film
“Swami Vivekananda”
Jimmy, Jimmy,... :-)


two


program
HelloWorld(output);
begin
WriteLn('Hello world!')
{comment;}
end.
------------------
meter^2


Blaise Pascal

The programming language
Pascal's Triangle
the SI unit of Pascal = 1 Newton/sq meter
Calvin is essentially following the principle
of Pascal's Wager


in passing
A→H
10 points each
modified infinite rebounds
12 questions


His Lenin-esque transformation was due to a
female barber in Sochi, during his stint as
Ambassador to the Soviet Union in the 70s.
Who?


I K Gujral


Pedantically speaking,
what would you be doing
if you went in search of
its eggs?


Nit-picking. Nits are the eggs of lice.


Raja Bhupinder Singh was the Maharaja of Patiala
from 1900 to 1938. One of his sons was Bhalindra
Singh.

Both of them held a certain post that their
grandson has not yet held.

Which post or who is the grandson?


President of the Indian Olympic
Association; Randhir Singh stood for the
2012 election, but later withdrew.


These are some of the less popular stories
involving what?


Creatures from outer space (according to
the Inuits)

Foul matter that have fallen from the skies

An attempt to reach the lost continent of
Atlantis


Lemmings.


The film “Byari” won the
top prize at the 2011
National Film Awards.
This was the first film in
its language to win any
National Award.

Which language, which is
spoken in the region
bordering Karnataka and
Kerala?

That is also “Byari” - also the name of the
language and community.


Nancy Betty ? : India
Pelosi : US Boothroyd
: UK


Nancy Pelosi Betty Meira Kumar
: US Boothroyd : : India
UK
First women speakers in their legislatures


In 2009, the new roof above
Wimbledon's Centre Court was
unveiled to the public. An exhibition
doubles match was held on the
occasion.

The then British star Tim Henman
partnered Kim Clijsters. Who were
their two opponents?


Steffi Graf & Andre Agassi

(image: ontennis.com)


In this Greek myth, Hero (a priestess) lives in
a tower on one side of the Dardanelles strait.
Each night, she shines a lamp so that her
lover can swim over to be with her. Then a
storm happens, and the light is blown out.
The fellow dies.

Most Indians may not have heard of this
myth but they have heard of at least one
person with this name. What was his name?`


Leander


It's dubbed the capital of the English
Riviera. Agatha Christie was a
resident here for most of her life.
The series “Fawlty Towers” was set
in this seaside town.

Which place?


Torquay


Nepal's national motto is a Sanskrit phrase attributed to
Rama in the Ramayana and translates to “The mother
and motherland are greater than heaven”.

Which phrase, which is also found in the book “Anand
Math”?


“janani janmabhoomischa swargadapi gariyasi”


From “The Social Network”

Divya Narendra to lawyer: “[Zuckerberg] was the biggest
thing on a campus that included nineteen Nobel
Laureates, fifteen Pulitzer Prize winners, two future
Olympians, and a movie star.”

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin wrote in “the movie
star” reference apparently as a nod to someone
who helped with some inside stories of Harvard.

Who?


Natalie Portman, who was at Harvard during
the same time as Zuckerberg


One of the possible origins of this
dance's name is from a word for
“Cantonment”. The dance is said to
derive from tribal martial arts, with
dancers using aggressive
movements, kicks, etc. Which
dance?


“Chhau” (from “Chaavni”)


Pseudo-Q! 5 2 6

... ... ...
A 3x3 magic square
... ... ...

Each cell is associated with an answer that has a
number in it
e.g.: Octopus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,...

We'll start with the top row, left to right

Scoring: +10/-5


Both these characters have the same
name/nickname in their films. What?


“Number Two”

(The first is Emilio Largo a.k.a “SPECTRE #2” in
Thunderball; spoofed as “Number 2” in the
Austin Powers series)


Cognitive psychologist George Miller’s highly
cited paper “"The Magical Number _____,
Plus or Minus Two” states that the number of
items an average human can remember is
usually what number?


Seven


Which instrument is Captain Haddock using?


A sextant


First Qualifier

Round 2 (6 questions)

Passing reverses from
Team H


Identify


David Ogilvy


Some of the other things named for a 15th century Pope are:

this bridge across the Tiber

a road from the Castel Sant'Angelo to St. Peter's
Basilica
The most famous?


Sistine Chapel. The pope is Sixtus IV. These
are Ponte Sistine and Via Sistina.


Which entity entered the Guinness Book of
World Records when it helped evacuate
1,11,000 people from Amman during a 59 day
period in 1990?


Air India (along with Indian Airlines)


X tweeted:
@Y's ________ would've been much
better with his new BBQ sauce. check it out
realdealbbqsauce.com #TGIF

Y tweeted:
My realdealbbqsauce.com will make u
wanna take a bite out of ____ ______! Ask
@X - Luv ya bro!

Identify X and Y.


X: Mike Tyson; Y : Evander Holyfield


Currently, the primate is “Rowan Cantuar”.
From March 2013, the primate will become
“Justin Cantuar”.

What is this all about?


Archbishop of Canterbury. Rowan Williams is
being succeeded by Justin Welby. “Cantuar”
stands for “Canterbury”.


He wrote the book “A
Footnote to History: Eight
Years of Trouble in Samoa”
His Samoan name was
“Tusitala” which meant
Teller of Tales. Who?

Image: The Guardian


Robert Louis Stevenson


Pseudo-Q!
Middle Row (3 questions)

Second qualifier chosen after this

Answers after 3 questions

number 2 seven sextant

... ... ...

... ... ...


Which entertainment entity’s logo is this?


Channel 9/Nine Network


In the Billy Bunter stories, this phrase was applied to
Harry Wharton, Frank Nugent, Johnny Bull, Robert
Cherry, and Hurree Jamset Ram Singh.

You've probably heard about another, more
famous, group in children’s literature with this
name.

What phrase?


The Famous Five


Logo of which non-profit?


Second Qualifier

Passing Round resumes (6
questions)


In the late 90s, whose website was hosted
on three servers nicknamed “Raphael”,
“Gabriel”, and “Michael”?


The Vatican


Both areas are from the South of the city, but dominated
by two very different communities.

Each is named after a leader belonging to the respective
community.

One leader died in 1928 in police action. He was President
of the Congress in 1920 (Calcutta special session).

The other was the President of the Congress in 1922 (Gaya
session), and was one of the founders of the Swaraj Party.

Which leaders, and thus areas?


Lajpat Nagar and C.R.Park in Delhi
Lala Lajpat Rai; Chittaranjan Das


The players, who are part of the ATP vote,
for a peer for the ATP's Sportsmanship
Award. The Award was renamed in 1996
after a person who won the prize 5 times
since its inception in 1982.

Who?


Stefan Edberg.

(Federer has now won it 8 times)


Charles Gaouette: “any news on the package
for us?”
Samuel Perez: “FedEx delivered the package.
Both trucks are safely en route home base."

What is the significance of this conversation?


Code exchanged between Admirals in the
USS Carl Vinson to note the arrival of Osama
Bin Laden's body onboard.


What was shown for the first time on August
15, 1988, during the coverage of the Prime
Minister's speech on the occasion of India's
independence?


Mile Sur Mera Tumhara


At 2nd place is a celebrity condolence
message for 6 year old Avalanna Routh.

At 3rd place is Green Bay Packers guard T J
Lang's outburst against the NFL after being
fined for saying some not so pleasant things
against some referees.

What's at 1st place?


The most retweeted tweets of all time:


Pseudo-Q!
Bottom Row (3 questions)

Last 3 questions for the quiz

Answers after 3 questions


nine network famous five one laptop

... ... ...


What is the Greek word from
theology for this?

YHWH


Tetragrammaton; the name of God in
Judaism, which is often pronounced as
“Yahweh”


Which site in Pennsylvania, USA, was the
location of the worst nuclear accident in
American history on March 28, 1979?


Three Mile Island


Which alleged Nazi sympathiser was posted as
British Governor of the Bahamas during World
War II?


(former King) Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor


2 7 6

Full grid behind this
nine network famous five OLPC
9 Click to see 1
5

tetragrammaton 3 mile island edward VIII
4 3 8


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