KQA March 2014 Open Final

KQA March 2014 Open
A Ruckus Tangdi Quiz
by Team #9
Sai Ganesh | Sohan Maheshwar | Shashank PS |
Varun Shenoy | Hari Shenoy

Don‖t you feel depressed every time you fail to qualify for a
KQA open final?

Don‖t worry, we have just the solution

No eliminations! One final.
Congratulations, you have all qualified!

Rules:
3 rounds
• Clockwise (35 questions)
• Written Round (10 questions)
• Anti clockwise (35 questions)
W

Rules:
Scoring
• 10 on direct, 10 on pass
• Part points available wherever applicable at
QM‖s discretion

Rules:
Pounce
• A team can pounce on another team‖s direct
question to score points
• Unlimited number of pounces per team
• Two types of pounces available
• Civilized Pounce (+10 correct / -5 wrong)
• Uncivilized Pounce (+5 correct / -5 wrong)

Civilized pounce Uncivilized pounce
Get 10 or lose 5 Get 5 or lose 5

• Raise your hand if you
know the answer
• Let the QM finish the
question
• Wait for the QM team to
approach your seat to verify
the answer
Get 10 or lose 5 Get 5 or lose 5

• Raise your hand if you
know the answer
• Let the QM finish the
question
• Wait for the QM team to
approach your seat to verify
the answer
Get 10 or lose 5
• Shout out before question
is over.
• Approach QM instead of
waiting patiently
• Create jeejee, general
nuisance things and all that
Get 5 or lose 5

We may be providing explanations for some
questions to make benefit general audience.
Serious quizzers, please bear with us.

For a long time, no one in Bangladesh was allowed to own a
125cc motorcycle [i.e. there was a upper limit on the engine
size].
The Bangladesh government had an amusing logic behind
this.
So when Bajaj entered the market with Pulsar [150cc] they
tackled this problem by directly approaching the root of the
problem. Because of this, the government changed limit to
150cc and today people are allowed to buy bikes upto
150cc.
What is the reason behind this limit?

You cannot own a motorcycle that‖s more powerful than the
ones used by the Bangladesh Police.
The police in Bangladesh used to ride 125cc bikes, and the
logic is that the police can‖t catch the criminals if they are
riding bikes more powerful than theirs.
So the first Bajaj Pulsars were sold to the Bangladeshi police,
which led to the raising of the limit.

Story of how a confusion led to a ___Y___ becoming the
first English Scholar among the natives of Calcutta.
An English man-o-war anchored at Calcutta and the
Commanding Officer sent word to the Setts community to
send a ____X____ <a word used for a translator>. The Setts
thought he was talking about __Y__ a community, many who
were employed with the Setts. They could not understand
what the English Commander would want with ___Y___.s
(continued)

“At length the family [Setts] discussed and decided to send a
randomly picked ___Y____ who initially hesitated because
he was scared of what the Englishman wanted from him. He
took with him plantains, pumpkins and sugar candy. The
extraordinary brave man went in a little boat and was
received with a salute. After the usual ceremonies, he was
discharged with bags of gold and other previous articles.
Through frequent interaction with the English sailors the
___Y___ learned their language. Thus he may be considered
the first English Scholar among the natives of Calcutta”

How a Dhobi became the first English Scholar among the
natives of Calcutta
The Englishman asked for Dubash/ Dhobasia – a translator
[X].
He got a Dhobi [Y].

Combining quotes from a music documentary talking about the death of X
<music genre> and birth of Y <another music genre>.
"Part of the history of __Y__ music was in stadiums where they were burning
__X__. It was a racist act, they were in a way burning black music. A few guys
started to sample old __X_- records especially B sides, and produce their own
___X__ records because there was no more production. So t'was just poor black
kids who discovered these machines and they would just make these weird
music - this dark, sparse, minimal stuff. So the musicians who wanted to play this
kind of music would program drum machines and add little pieces _X___ record
that they would loop and this is how Y music was born by recycling X music.
After the witch-hunt, the rest of the musicians - everyone just picked up and went
to England which is where _Y__ really became popular."

Birth of Y - HOUSE MUSIC from the records of X- DISCO MUSIC, which
was killed as part of a anti-black movement.
Quotes from David Guetta and Pete Tong from Nothing but the beat.

He [Image on next slide] campaigned ceaselessly from 1963
to 1967 for the creation of a ___X___, but since he was an
independent MP, he could not get any legislation through.
Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru had jestfully asked him :
"To what zoo does this animal ____X__ belong? Dr.____ you
must indigenize it".
The young turk, who could converse in Sanskrit, then coined
the Hindi word ____Y___ [ and its associate Z]..
Idcntify him and solve for X, Y & Z.

L M Singhvi, father of
Abhishek Manu Singhvi
campaigned for a
Ombudsman [X], but
had to change the name
on Nehru‖s request.
Hence coined the term
'Lokpal― [Y]and its
associate 'Lokayukt― [Z]

This is the largest flying bird in North America. [Image on next
slide]
This photograph however does not capture one unusual
visual aspect about this bird. If you see other
photographs/videos you will notice something unusual about
this bird [with respect to almost all birds of the species
today].
Identify the bird, and what is unusual about this bird?

The Californian Condor
It was an endangered species when there were only 22 condors
in existence in 1987. All 22 were captured and an extensive
recovery plan was made to breed the birds.
Since December of 1996, 6-10 birds are released per year.
Each condor carries 2 radio transmitters & number tags were
affixed to each condor's wing.

In Iran, even today many of the old Muslim Houses‖ entrance
doors have two door knockers.
Why?

One for men and one for women.
The bigger knocker is for men, and makes a louder noise.
So that the residents know if there is a man or a woman at
the door, thus enabling women to be properly veiled while
opening the door.

X
Y
X is named after a type /
item of clothing
A type / item of clothing is
named after Y

X- Dress Circle named after
cocktail dresses
Y- Balcony
The term Balconette bra comes
from the fact that men would try
looking down from the balcony
of a theater, and a balconette
bra could not be seen from
above.

When his son became famous in 1999, everyone wanted to know “where did this guy
come from?”. His father seems to have taken this question too seriously.
Couple of months ago, there was a book launch at Le Meridian, Bangalore for “North
Africa to North Malabar”, a book that traces the origin of humans to Africa, specifically
the author's community in Kerala. [Cover photo on next slide]
Based on genetic makeup, humans are classified into groups labelled ―A‖ to ―R‖. The
author, born in Mahe and graduated from JIPMER, says he got his DNA tested.
“I found that I belong to group ―K‖ and subgroup ―L‖. Further studies showed that the
―K‖ group had migrated from North Africa to central Asia. It inhabited the valley of Tien
Shan. From this comes the word ―____Y___‖ <his community>. A section of them (―L‖
group) then moved to north Malabar, Coorg and the Nilgiris via Pakistan and
Rajasthan.
• Identify the author
• And the Community – Y.

Neliatte Shyamalan – father of
M.N.Shyamalan
He claims that the name Thiyyas comes
from Tien Shan.

Born Jack Hebner in Florida, he later took on
the name Swami Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha.
He met Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON in the
summer of 1967 in San Francisco, and by
1970 became his disciple.
He has started a unique establishment in the
village/town of ___X___ , Karnataka that
claims to be the only one of its kind in the
country to combine two areas of interest.
What did he start, and where?

India's first Surfing Ashram.
Mantra Surf Club / Kaliya Mardana Krishna Ashram
“Surfin‖ Swamis”
For whom the water sport is an extension of the prayers, bhajans and puja

His remains are buried below this banyan tree
about 3 km from Nandagad village in Belgaum
district.

Temple in tribute to him.
Identify him, and the objects placed
next to his idol.

The two wooden weights used for
exercise.
The one on the right is an ancient one,
used by Rayanna himself and the one
on the left was recently added to
complete the tradition of maintaining a
pair of weights.

The name of this famous meat Rajasthani Dish is misleading.
The name doesn‖t refer to the kind of meat that it serves.
Name rather refers to the strength of the main ingredient.

What unusual practice is seen at both these famous temples?
Identify both the temples.
In M.P. In Kerala

Kal Bhairav Temple in Ujjain
Muthappan temple in Parassinikada
Bhairav and Muthappan are avatars of Shiva, and at
both these temples alcohol is presented to the
deities/ the deities consume alcohol.

When French President Francois Hollande met President
Pranab Mukherjee in February 2013 he presented him a
special gift - a collection of 6 items:
Thierry Fremaux, the man behind the project: “We know
exactly what happened in Bombay”
Rewinding to the good old times, Fremaux said: “The team
came in June and stayed till August. The team was led by
Marius Sestier. He was young and coming here was a great
adventure for him. But they came during the monsoons. So
they could not make anything, which is a pity. I am sorry for
that.”

The 6 short films made by Lumiere Brothers
that were showcased at Watson Hotel,
Mumbai on July 7, 1896 : ―birth of cinema in
India‖.
The Sea Bath
Entry of Cinematographe
Arrival of a Train
A Demolition
Leaving the Factory
Ladies and Soldiers on Wheels .

Karnataka was one of the pioneering states in this regard. Close to 11 years
ago, a small group of tech-savvy Kannadigas first got together at Townhall.
Slowly, word got around that a small group was trying to do something and
people joined in.
Soon, an ―aralikatte‖ was formed.
However today its way behind other states and has come under criticism for
its slow progress despite a headstart.
As on October 2013, Kannada had 13 lakh pvpm, far behind Telugu (21
lakh), Malayalam (36.8 lakh) and Tamil (63 lakh).
What are we talking about?
Why the name ―aralikatte‖/ what is the English equivalent of “aralikatte”?

Regional Language Wikipedias.
In English Wikipedia support mechanisms are called “Village Pump”
sections, because village pump formed a community meeting area,
like the aralikatte in villages in Karnataka.

The book Eat Pray Love is
divided into X number of
chapters [specifically X+1 if
you include the introduction
which explains why there are
X number of chapters].
The reason for X and X+1 is
that this book‖s chapters are
symbolic reference to an
object that is familiar to most
of us in India.
Identify X, and the object.

Symbolic reference to the
Japa Mala which has 108
beads, and a 109thbead that is
an additional bead since
counting should begin and end
with the beads next to it.

According to the Ain-i-akbari, at around the 11 century a
large ship was wrecked off India―s coast in Kachchh District.
Group of 7 and later split and went in two different
directions, reaching the two regions shown below.
Identify the two regions and explain what resulted because
of this?

7 Arabian horses from that ship are said to
be the origin of the Marwari & Kathiawari
horses.

Manipur has seen an alarming decline in numbers of a the Manipuri Pony
over the last 20 years largely due to exodus to the neighbouring Myanmar
where it is extensively used to draw carts for transportation of goods &
passengers. This has adversely affected Sagol Kangei – an integral part of
Manipuri culture since 33 A.D.. What is Sagol Kangei?

Sagol Kangei = Polo
Manipuri Polo Pony
Manipur is the birthplace of Polo, and Imphal has the world‖s
oldest Polo ground.

June 2, 1932.
According to a police report, 3 men entered a 2nd hand clothes store in
Cleveland. One asked to see a suit of clothes and walked out without
paying for it. In the commotion of the robbery, Mitchell S. a Jewish
immigrant from Lithuania, age 60, fell to the ground and died. The
police report mentions a gunshot being heard. But the coroner, the
police and Mitchell‖s wife said he died of a heart attack. No one was
ever arrested.
For a long period of time his family [with some help from the police] held
on to this story that he died of a heart attack.
Few years back it was discovered that Mitchell actually died of a gun
shot wound, and the family deliberately hid this fact to avoid any
memory of the incident.
This new discovery has led researchers to believe that this incident
most likely inspired a specific idea in his young son‖s mind.
What idea?

Bullets bouncing off Superman's chest.
• Mitchell Siegel was the father of Superman‖s creator - Jerry Seigel. Since the
beginning writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster let people think they
dreamed up the bulletproof flying avenger as a way to attract girls because
they were a pair of 17-year-old wimps.
• According the authors of the biography of Siegel/ Shuster, this incident most
likely inspired him to create a character who had a bullet proof body.

Femen, a group famous for topless protests were protesting
on the balcony of Indian ambassador residence in Kiev.
The Indian government has reportedly asked the country's
diplomatic missions in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan to tighten the overview of visa applications by
women aged 18-40 in an attempt to curb the inflow of sex
workers to India.

There are two watches.
Both are kept in now museums.
Both point to the same moment in history.
However show two different times - one shows 17 past
5 <visual>, another 12 past five.
What historic moment?
And identify the street on which the museum the watch
shown is kept.

Watch of Mahatma Gandhi, and supposed to show
the time of assassination.
The location where it happened was the Birla
House, which is now called Gandhi Smriti, and is
situated on Tees January Lane.
The other is kept at the Gandhi museum.

Steve Martin on SNL on May 17 1980:
"What I Believe.“
I believe in rainbows and puppy dogs and fairy tales.
And I believe in the family - Mom and Dad and Grandma
.. and Uncle Tom, who waves his penis.
And I believe 8 of the 10 Commandments.
And I believe in going to church every Sunday, unless there's a game on.
And I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, wholesome and natural
things.. that money can buy.
And I believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as "boobs", "jugs",
"winnebagos" or "golden bozos“ __________________
And I believe you should put a woman on a pedestal.. high enough so you
can look up her dress.

And I believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as
"boobs", "jugs", "winnebagos" or "golden bozos".. and that
you should only refer to them as "hooters".

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Ozymandias meloncholia is a particular phenomenon
that has affected only a certain group of people.
Coined by the famous, ___X__.
Identify X or the people affected by it.
What is Ozymandias meloncholia?

It's that sad and depressed feeling you get when you realize
that no matter how great and majestic and important
something is at the time, in time it's going to pass.

_____X___ was Queen Victoria‖s favourite drink, and was given a royal
warrant by Queen Victoria in February 1854 - making the company the official
makers of the product for the monarch.
Among its adverts from that era is one showing Victoria drinking ____X___
while sitting in a train.
In 1941, the firm introduced her favourite colour _____Y____ in their
packaging as a tribute to her.

Connect:
Movie: The Paradine Case
Gay Keane, the wife of the defense attorney Anthony
Keane. She knows her husband is infatuated with his
beautiful but guilty client, Mrs. Parradine, yet trusts he
will see his way through his misguided obsession.
Movie: I Confess
Alma., the wife of the Church handyman Otto Ketter
who shares her husband's guilt over his murder, a
crime committed because Otto wanted to provide his
Alma with a better life, even if it meant violating the
Church's laws.
Movie: Frenzy
Detective Oxford's unnamed wife, who figures out that
the anti-hero suspect Richard Blainey couldn't possibly
be the "neck tie murderer" way before her husband
comes to the same conclusion.

".... at the banner's bottom is the character for "farmer"
representing the Village; the 6 circles above represent the
group of people; followed by a triangle for the last one who
was mocked: “you‖re so special that I made you a triangle."
<followed by heavy laughter>, and the triangle man walks off.
CLUE 

The first happened in
Blue Bolt #5 (Oct-
1940). Old grainy
photographs of
Quasars
(astronomical
objects discovered in
1963)are said to be
the inspiration.
What landmark element of comic-book art
was first seen in this particular panel?
The first happened
in Blue Bolt #5
(Oct-1940). Old
grainy photographs
of Quasars
(astronomical
objects discovered
in 1963)are said to
be the inspiration.
CLUE 

The first happened in
Blue Bolt #5 (Oct-
1940). Old grainy
photographs of
Quasars
(astronomical
objects discovered in
1963)are said to be
the inspiration.
What landmark element of comic-book art
was first seen in this particular panel?
The first happened
in Blue Bolt #5
(Oct-1940). Old
grainy photographs
of Quasars
(astronomical
objects discovered
in 1963)are said to
be the inspiration.

Where will you find the road leading up to the airport named
after the man who led the charge to bomb the same airport,
and was also a ―son of the soil‖?

Dabolim Airport
Air Vice Marshal Eric Pinto who led the air
force in the 1961 Invasion of Goa.

What is graphic novelist Sarah Glidden tweeting
about?

Bechdel test: It is a test pertaining to a work of fiction in
which two women in conversation are talking about
something other than a man.
Borgen: An award-winning critically acclaimed Danish
television drama that features female characters in prominent
roles.

The next slide shows the image of a document
(relevant elements blurred) in which person X is
trying to come up with names for something he was
involved with.
Identify X and the work he was trying to name.
Part points available.

Carl Sagan, brainstorming for what is
eventually named Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Acceptable answers:
Carl Sagan and Cosmos
OR
Carl Sagan and Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Identify. Why does this person sound so familiar?

Hal Douglas.
He was the narrator of many prominent movie trailers like this
one.

From back in the day, identify the two people
pointed out to in the image.

PULL MY FINGER
I DARE YOU
Mayawati and Kanshi Ram

Movie star AB appeared in the second edition of this movie franchise.
His villainous character in the movie was named AX and as was
expected, AX died in the end. Rumour has it that he will resurface as his
twin brother, BX in one of sequels.
Identify:
Movie star AB
His characters AX and BX
Movie franchise
5 points for 2 parts, 10 points for all three.

Jean Claude Van Damme
The Expendables
Jean Vilian and
(hopefully) Claude VIlian

If you turned over the original manuscript of this
book, you would see this image (slide 1) that was
drawn by the author‖s son.
Slide 2 contains one of the illustrations within the
book made by the author himself.
Identify the author.

What did [image on next slide] inspire in the world of
music?

This is a popular 1965 French book named
Belle et Sebastien (later adopted for TV and anime)
that gave its name to the Indie band
Belle and Sebastian

This is an exhaustive list of 43 buildings that includes:
- The Empire State Building
- The Metlife Building
- 666 5th Avenue
- Chrysler Building
- Woolworth Building
- Seagram Building
- A&D Building
- Graybar Building
What is unique about these and the 35 others on that list?
Why will One World Trade Center not be a part of this list?

These 43 buildings have their own vanity ZIP codes.
Before they fell, WTC1 and 2 had their own ZIP
codes, but the new One World Trade center will
have to make do and share with other buildings in
its vicinity.

WRITTEN ROUND
10 questions, 10 points each
10 points bonus if all questions are answered
correctly

W1
Staffordshire is the industrial hub of England(or whatever is remaining of
it).
Lord Anthony Paul Bamford‖s father Joseph Cyril Bamford broke away
from the family agriculture business in 1945 to start on his on in a garage
in Uttoxeter, the market town in Staffordshire. The business that came
out of this garage is now headquartered in Stafforsshire(a different
location) and recently advertised "Celebrating 1,000,000 Machines May
2013” outside their headquarters

W2
An excerpt from Julian Barnes‖ Sense of an Ending(A novel set in 1960s
England)
how, when we were discussing __ ____‖s poetry, he put his head at a
donnish slant and murmured, ―Of course, we‖re all wondering what will
happen when he runs out of animals.‖
Id the poet whose name has been blanked out.

W4
Puyol is shown with
two flags.
Id the
country/region/area
that the flags
represent.

W5
What is this t-shirt paying tribute to?

W6
Identify the Goddess shown in the
picture.

W7
The current band members originate from a pop group, but formed a
sub-unit of the band and called it X in 2010, despite having no idea at the
time what metal music was. Interestingly, members are only allowed to
be in the group until they finish junior high school, so when the band
members leave school they also "graduate" from the band. X?

W8
X made it to the under 22 cricket team for his state and was a good friend
of Arun Lal. "For Arun Lal, making it to the Ranji team was just the
beginning" - X. X‖s cricketing career didn‖t take off.
He claims to have held only two jobs in his life. The first one was as a tea
taster. Id X.

W9
This stretch of land has been the bone of contention between Japan and
Russia since 1855. However, since WWII, Russia overthrew Japan to gain
complete control. The area is inhabited predominantly by Russians (83%)
and Koreans form a significant minority. This resource rich strip is usually
in the news because of interest from large multinationals. Identify.

W10
He is the CEO of SumZero. His co-
conspirators from an earlier ―venture‖
are arguably more famous. Identify.

WRITTEN ROUND ANSWERS
Please exchange sheets

A2
Ted Hughes,
Sylvia Plath‖s husband.

A10
Divya Narendra of Facebook fame.

Connect the lines from a particular movie on the next to slides
to an image shown subsequently.
Looking for a two word answer.

General: Now each battalion has a specific code-name and
mission. Battalion 5, raise your hands!
[all the African American members put up their hands including
A]
General: You will be the all important first defense wave, which
we will call "Operation Human Shield".
A: Hey, wait a minute...
General: Now keep in mind, 'Operation Human Shield' will
suffer heavy losses. But don't lose your spirit men! Stay until the
bitter end. Battalion 14?
[all the White soldiers raise their hands]

General: Right, you are 'Operation Get Behind The Darkies'.
You will follow Battalion 5 here and try not to get killed for
God's Sake. Are there any questions men?
[A raises his hand]
General: Yes Soldier?
A: Have you ever heard of the ________X________(2 words)?
General: I don't listen to hip-hop!

Connect the words in the blank with this image.

Emancipation Proclamation.
The character “A” is Chef in the movie
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Chef expresses his indignation by trying to invoke the
Emancipation Proclamation which the General thinks is the
name of a hip hop band.
The image shown is the signing of the Emancipation
Proclamation.

At France‖s Bibliotheque National, you need to wear special gloves
and enter a climate controlled room, after signing off a waiver of
liability should anything happen to you when you‖re about to
witness certain artifacts / remnants that belonged to someone.
To view and scrutinize what would you have to sign the waiver of
liability?

Marie and Pierre Curie‖s notes and other personal
effects.
Long after they passed away, their material is still
radioactive and can potentially cause harm.

This image shows monks prostrating before an installation
put together by an artist named Tenzing Rigdol.
Where is this located and what is the funda behind this art
installation?

Tenzin Rigdol smuggled 20 tonnes of native soil
from Tibet to India for an art project to bring Tibet
closer to its people.
He ran a successful kickstarter campaign to make a
documentary film titled “Bringing Tibet Home”.
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tenzinc/bringing-
tibet-home-documentary-film

According to the BBC Show QI, the number of exceptions to
the rule outnumber the instances where the rule is followed
by a multiple of 21.
So if the rule is followed once, it is not followed 21 times
over.
What precise rule?

“i before e except after c”

On the following slide is a ―Breton shirt‖ that was made the
official uniform for French sailors to identify them easily if they
fell overboard.
The original Breton shirt, commissioned in the 1850s had 21
stripes.
What is the funda behind the number of stripes in this shirt?

21 stripes to commemorate Naopleon‖s 21 victories

The following people were identified and handpicked to
come together for this particular photo shoot conducted
recently.
One face intentionally blanked out.
Who are these people and whose face has been blanked
out?

Descendants of Solomon Northup featuring Steve
McQueen

German polymath Fritz Kahn is considered the father of
modern ________.
He was a medical scientist by training, gynaecologist by early
occupation, artist by inclination, writer, educator, amateur
astronomer, and humanist by calling.
He sought to strip scientific ideas of their alienating
complexity and engage a popular audience with those
essential tenets of how life works. He is best-known for his
iconic 1926 work Man as Industrial Palace. FITB.

X and Y were classmates at St. Columba's High School in
New Delhi. Despite being extremely successful and popular
in his own right, X described Y as the "smartest guy" around
and that Y was destined to be #1 in whatever he chose to
do.
A very famous billionaire had this to say about X - "You will
see a bit of X in every piece of technology around you". X
died of a drowning accident in 2009.
Id X and Y.

X – Rajeev Motwani
Y - Shah Rukh Khan

“Don‖t fall in love with ______. He turns against lovers and
chops them off,” someone once told Andrew Neil, the former
editor of Sunday Times.
And that‖s what happened: on June 13, without warning his
wife, _______ filed for divorce in a New York court. “It was
classic ______: go on the attack,”.
“It‖s King Lear-ish. He can‖t take it if a loved one turns on
him. Rather than have that happen, he went for the pre-
emptive strike and got rid of her.”

A and B are collaborating on a book titled “The World of Fake
Values”.
A asks B if he can foresee an "optimistic scenario" for the
world's future. B mentions a vision of a world that is saved by
technological progress that fuels the development of liberal
democracy, whereupon A scoffs, "Let's wait for Martians to
save us. That's more realistic than what you described."
While A believes that technological progress is indeed the
solution, he is very pessimistic that this solution is going to be
applied in time. Identify A and B – they make an eclectic pair.

Garry Kasparov and Peter Thiel

Born of mixed parentage, X was the son of an Anglo-Indian
Christian mother and the biological son of a Gujarati Hindu Non-
Resident Indian. His parents were estranged before he was
born and he was subsequently raised by his mother and
maternal grandmother but due to his biological father having
been a Hindu, he was given the freedom to decide which
religion he wished to pursue if any.
His mother entered "Indian" in the then-contentious column for
Religion/Caste in his birth certificate. His most famous works
were borne out of his curiosity to understand why his father‖s
family and their religion forced them to hate his mother. Who?

In 1905, Bolshevik printers of St. Petersburg protested for a
certain cause. Their protest and the events that followed,
supposedly, directly precipitated the first Russian Revolution.
What was their cause?

They demanded to be paid the same rate for
punctuation marks as for letters.

When the French began making ________ for the British, the
makers quickly learned that the Brits preferred much drier
_______ than the French did.
In fact, the French found this version to be unpalatable. They
named this inferior version X Y, for who could have such
unsophisticated preferences other than a ~Y X?
The joke was eventually on the French: X is now the most
popular variety of _______ in the world.

About 50,000 people share the _________ family name in
Japan, written here using at least five different combinations of
characters, according to Hiroshi Morioka, an expert on the
study of Japanese surnames.
In its most common rendering — using the characters for
“middle” and “main,” — ________ is Japan‖s 487th most
common family name out of over 100,000 known surnames.
Id the blank.

“In 1959, the British scientist C. P. Snow gave a famous lecture called The
Two Cultures where he bemoaned the fact that many intelligent and well-
educated people of the time had almost no knowledge of science.
He used knowledge of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a kind of
dividing line between those who were scientifically literate and those who
weren't. I think we can similarly use knowledge of the _ ________ (two blanks)
as a dividing line between programmers who are "functionally literate" (i.e.
have a reasonably deep knowledge of functional programming) and those
who aren't. There are other topics that could serve just as well as _ (notably
monads), but _ will do nicely.” – Mike Vanier
The blanked out phrase has arguably gained popularity only in the last few
years.

The picture shows a car surrounded by recording equipment.
What‖s going on here or in other words what‖s the good
funda?

Electric cars run nearly silent, which is great for minimizing
noise pollution, but bad for pedestrians who can't hear a
vehicle approaching.
Audi is developing an electronic engine roar so the
company's e-Tron vehicles can still be heard.

EMI‖s rejection letter to which pioneering 80‖s band?

Venom after winning a KQA Open

Peter Jamieson (MD of EMI) was so impressed with Virgin Music‖s ideas, music
and enthusiasm that he immediately agreed to a partnership. The deal was
finalised on Richard Branson‖s boat moored in Little Venice.
Branson found an old 1920s Danish Bacon poster of a pig singing <BLANK>! to a
chicken, producing an egg ! He thought the poster was perfect for his cousin (the
then head of A&R at Virgin and later Managing Director) Simon Draper.
It was at a later meeting in Simon‖s office with Peter Jamieson that they were
discussing potential names when the poster caught Peter‖s eye.
“Seeing the poster with the same title on it that had become so familiar to me
was serendipity, ―fate‖ even, and I knew then that this had to be the title of our
series. It was a powerful and meaningful statement in its own right, and when
abbreviated to ―<BLANK modified>‖, gave the ultimate contemporary message”.

As per research by Redditor babycarrotman, this “phenomenon” started
thanks to an overplayed Comedy Central promo.
Comedy Central advertised the hell out of Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn
which aired from 2002-2004. It was a panel comedy show featuring 4
comedians (and Colin Quinn as host) discussing topical news stories.
One of their promos that they played a lot was a clip of comedian Brian
Posehn responding to a prompt about a study published on May 5, 2003
tying violent lyrics to violent behaviour.
He then made a joke which still exists as a meme of sorts. What?

Hating on Nickelback
“No one talks about the studies that show that bad music
makes people violent, but listening to Nickelback makes me
want to kill Nickelback"

In a paper in the American Sociological Review, UCLA professors Gabriel
Rossman and Oliver Schilke reviewed nearly 3,000 films released
between 1985 and 2009, and developed an algorithm to assess what
makes a film _____ .
The factors include when a film is released; whether it‖s being distributed
by a major studio, whether, according to IMDb, it features certain genres
and plot keywords etc.
The movie that came out on top was 1990‖s barely remembered Come
See the Paradise, starring Dennis Quaid as a Los Angeles movie theater
projectionist who is drafted into the army during World War II—while,
back home, his Japanese-American wife and daughter are placed in an
internment camp. What?

Algorithm to figure the likelihood of a movie to get an Oscar
Nomination.

The first image is that of the old jersey of a Chilean football
club Club Deportivo ______.
It was banned recently after it was found to be a violation of a
prohibition on a soccer team making political or religious
statements.
The team defied the league and unveiled their new jersey in
the second image.
FITB or funda.

Club Deportivo Palestino.
They have the map of Palestine (according to the
Palestinians) on their jersey.

According to an article in the now-defunct rock mag Creem, this classic
rock guitarist earned his moniker while relieving himself outside a
recording studio.
X who had been mistakenly locked out of the session, was outside just
minding his own business--and doing his business--when someone
inside opened a door, stepping into his line of fire.
" 'You _____!' the [wet] one kept repeating," according to the Creem
piece. Ergo, a nickname was born.
Interestingly his interest in music recording technology, led him to work as
a defense consultant and he currently chairs a Congressional Advisory
Board on missile defense. Who?

Jeff ―Skunk‖ Baxter
who played with
Steely Dan
and
The Doobie Brothers.

All the following images are examples of what?
Looking for something generic and not specific to
the show in question.

These are the tricks used by TV shows to hide real-
life pregnancies.

Contributors to? [Specific answer needed here]

India‖s hockey team for the 1936 Olympics.

Nelson Monfort, a famous journalist for France Télévisions says
this: “However I know the reason for it. It is done to mark the
end of the international broadcasting signal. This is also the
reason why the interviews are conducted after the match. Since
until the __________, the broadcast is international, then it
becomes local. Symbolically, it is similar to the ending credits of
a movie; it shows the end of the match.”
Production assistant, and colleague of Nelson, Frederic
Tabourin says: “For me, it was tested in France at Bercy in the
90s..”
This is done on a small plate of polymethylmethacrylate. What?

A Blue Hand is a recent book by
Deborah Baker largely about X.
In 1961 X left New York by boat for
Bombay, India along with X‖s troubled
lover, Peter Orlovsky.
X ?

All these stamps honoring Marie Curie got one little detail wrong.
What?

That‖s not Marie Curie but a
photo of Susan Marie
Frontczak who is a
professional storyteller, writer
and actor who for 13 years
has made a living portraying
Marie Curie on stage.

The House of Commons released thousands of MPs' receipts -
700,000 individual documents contained within 5,500 PDF files
covering all 646 members of parliament.
It's an enormous potential dataset - four years worth of
expenses and every claim.
How did The Guardian uncover frauds within these documents?

They made a web game out of it and asked their users to play to
help detect fraud.

The London Olympics wanted to protect official sponsors, so they
orchestrated a ban on ambush marketing.
X weren‖t an Olympic sponsor but they created custom national
<product> in the colors of all of the competing teams. They ran this
campaign (pic next slide) to promote this.
The IOC ruled that there was a difference between “someone using
equipment with a logo and someone promoting a brand” thus
making this campaign a resounding success as this was seen
being used by athletes everywhere.
What product ?

Playboy Portugal paying tribute to
which famous author?

Jose Saramago, the Portguese
Nobel Laureate.
The picture has the text which
translates to “Gospel according
to Jesus Christ”, Saramago‖s
most famous work.

on July 17th 1969 — the day after the launch of Apollo 11 — The
New York Times published a short item under the headline "A
Correction."
The three-paragraph statement summarized its 1920 editorial
where X was mocked and concluded:
Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the
findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th Century and it is now definitely
established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an
atmosphere. The Times regrets the error.
Who was mocked in 1920?

This is an editorial from the The London Times in 1865:
(Authorship not available). What policy is this editorial talking
about? A precise term is needed
“If that mischievous financial policy which had its origin in the North
American Republic during the late war in that country, should
become indurated down to a fixture, then that Government will
furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off its debts and be
without debt. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the
history of the civilized governments of the world. The brains and
wealth of all countries will go to North America. That government
must be destroyed or it will destroy every monarchy on the globe.”

The original greenbacks published by Lincoln because he(the
union) couldn‖t afford the interest rates demanded by banks
to sponsor the war

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland to a Protestant family, ___
____was an active member of the Irish Revivalist Movement and a
close companion of W.B. Yeats, George Russell (AE), and James
Joyce.
He was an avid actor and produced well-received plays such as
―The Sleep of the King‖.
Drawn to occultism and Indian spirituality, he was influenced by
Madame Blavatsky and travelled to India in November 1915 at
Annie Besant‖s invitation. Among other things he, in a sense,
―changed‖ the direction of Kannada literature. Identify.

James Cousins. He was husband of Margaret Cousins who
set Jana Gana Mana to tune.
He also convinced Kuvempu to write in Kannada. (Kuvempu
originally wrote in English)

The virtue of _____ is that it is the spectacle of excess.
Here we find a grandiloquence which must have been that of
ancient theaters. And in fact ____ is an open-air spectacle, for what
makes the circus or the arena what they are is not the sky (a
romantic value suited rather to fashionable occasions), it is the
drenching and vertical quality of the flood of light. Even hidden in
the most squalid Parisian halls, _____ partakes of the nature of the
great solar spectacles, Greek drama and bullfights: in both, a light
without shadow generates an emotion without reserve.
(continued)

There are people who think that ____ is an ignoble sport. _____ is
not a sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a
_____ performance of Suffering than a performance of the sorrows
of Arnolphe or Andromaque. Of course, there exists a false _____ ,
in which the participants unnecessarily go to great lengths to make
a show of a fair fight; this is of no interest. True ___, wrongly called
__X__ , is performed in second-rate halls, where the public
spontaneously attunes itself to the spectacular nature of the
contest, like the audience at a suburban cinema.
FITB (all blanks except X), id the philosopher(the author) and the
1957 work from which this excerpt is taken.

Wrestling
X- Amateur wrestling
Roland Barthes
Mythologies is the work

_________ was the name given to the new literary movement
by its detractors.
It means one who expressed only the shadows and was
indifferent to anything substantial and wholesome and turned
his backs on reality.
The name stuck to the movement, partly because the new
poets adopted the nomenclature with enthusiasm and
aplomb. This movement was inspired by Romanticism and
the poets were deeply influenced by the poetic creations of
Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth and Rabindranath Tagore.

Chaayavaad movement in poetry which stressed the
importance of expressing the poet's own sensibilities.

Fin. Phew!
A Sai Ganesh, Sohan Maheshwar, Shashank PS, Varun
Shenoy and Hari Shenoy presentation.

KQA March 2014 Open Final

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