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THE
ENSEMBLE
SP-ENT QUIZ
THE ENSEMBLE SP-ENT QUIZ 2012 © MARIO SURAJ

50 Questions

4 phases

2 WRITTEN – 8 qns each

2 INFINITE BOUNCE SETS of 17 qns EACH


Phase I
THE ENSEMBLE ROUND
8 questions each worth 10 points

Answers start with the first letters of the word ENSEMBLE

10 point bonus for cracking all 8


E

Who‟s name
has been
blanked out????


N

The project‟s name was chosen simply because it abbreviates easily.
There is some speculation that the name comes from an item used in
the crucifixion of Christ or a physical attribute of Freddy Krueger.

What project??


S

Early this season Williams announced that it would discontinue
carrying a motif that had been present on the front wing of all
William‟s cars for the past 18 years.
When asked why Frank Williams said “ It‟s time and also now we‟ve
got X”.
Who was this a tribute to???


E

What very basic name
did CBS give this new
show on their fall
2012 line up???


M

The local derby in this
city is named the Derby
Della Madonnina after
the statue of the Madonna
that adorns the Duomo or
cathedral. Which city???


What are these special collector‟s edition Barbie dolls in B
tribute to??


What inspired the cover of this Gorillaz album? L


E

In the movie Rock On, Farhan Akhtar‟s character says “ We never
broke up, we just took a 14 year break”.
This is in reference to another legendary band who‟s lead singer
used the line in the opening to their most iconic song.
Which band??


Answers !


E


N

Nine Inch Nails


S

Senna


M


B
Bond Girls


L
Beatles‟ Let It Be


Audience QN- What two jersey numbers were
presented to Usain Bolt???


1

The incident occurred at a first round match between X and Tom
Gullikson. X approached umpire Edward James. "Chalk came up all
over the place," he said. “___ _______ __ ______ man.” He
followed it up by saying, "You guys are the absolute pits of the world.“
X was docked a point for the initial assault, and later lost another
point for a racquet violation.

His opponent Gullikson had this to say “It has no place. Everyone's
afraid of these guys. All it would take is one default to put them in
line. If it was the 120th player in the world, they would have defaulted
him.“

The quote later went on to serve as the title for X‟s autobiography. Id
X and fill in the blanks

1

JOHN McEnroe you cannot be serious


2

From left to right, “they” are said to have the following occupations:

Gambler and other "lowlifes”
City guard or policeman
Innkeeper
Merchant/Moneychanger
Doctor
Weaver/Clerk
Blacksmith
Worker/Farmer

What are “they”?


2

Pawns on a chessboard


3

Ismat Chugtai wrote a famous short story called Ajeeb
Admi.

Dharam Dev is a famous producer who discovers Zarina in
Madras brings her to Bombay and makes her a star, falling
in love with her along the way. However his obsession drives
Zarina away from him and drives his wife Mangala, a
succesful playback singer, to take up alcoholism.

Which real life love triangle is this based on?


3


4

Taken in 2008 after Obama‟s first victory in the Presidential elections,
the pic shows two guys embracing each other (with both their wives).
What „statement‟ did they make 40 years prior for which they were
ostracized by the US sporting establishment?


4

1968 Olympics Black Power Salute by Tommie Smith and John
Carlos


5
Photo poses like the ones shown below are called
‘Horsemanning’. It gets its name from a 1820 short story.
Name the short story and author.


5

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving


6

What was inspired by real life events occurring at the location
shown below


6


7

What did he
perform for
the first time
in 1968 that
soon
replaced the
„straddle‟ as
the method
of choice?


7

Dick Fosbury, the Fosbury Flop


8

Shown below is a plainchant hymn to John the Baptist
written by Paulus Diaconus, an eighth century Lombard
historian. A certain gentleman in the eleventh century
developed something after reading the first stanza of the
hymn.

Ut queant laxis
resonare fibris,
Mira gestorum
famuli tuorum,
Solve polluti
labii reatum,
Sancte Iohannes.

Who and what did he develop ?

8

Guido of Arezzo developed the do-re-mi solfege

Ut queant laxis
resonare fibris,
Mira gestorum
famuli tuorum,
Solve polluti
labii reatum,
Sancte Iohannes.


9

Shown here is an illustration by
Émile Bayard for the first edition
of a 1862 novel. This iconic
image has ever since been
associated with the work –
including the musical, subsequent
print editions and the yet to be
released 2012 movie. Which
work?


9


10

What connects???

1963 2005

Aarti "Tere Liye" from Veer-Zaara
Main Chup Rahungi "Aisa Des Hai Mera" from Veer-Zaara
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam "Main Hoon Na" from Main Hoon Na
"Main Yahan Hoon" from Veer-Zaara
"Yeh Taara Woh Taara" from Swades


10

Meena Kumari in 1963 and Javed Akhtar in 2005 won all
nominations in their respective categories at the Filmfare Awards


11

The Museum for Olympic and Sports in
Barcelona, opened in 2005, displays
high-performance sport competitions,
recreational sports, sports in general and
sports for disabled people. It includes
advanced technology and interactive
multimedia installations.

In June 2010, it was renamed in the
honour of an iconic Spanish sports
administrator who donated his prestigious
sports collection to the museum.

Who ?


11


12

The _______ Mountains are a sub-alpine mountain
range located north of the western Alps, separating
the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of
the watershed of each. The range is predominantly located
in France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.
The name is derived from, a Latinized form of
a Celtic stem for "forest". The mountain range gives its name
to a phase in the geological time scale. It entered popular
culture via a 1993 movie. Name the mountain range and
movie.


12

Jura mountains, Jurassic Park


13
Fill in this list

1 Rungrado May Day Pyongyang Nth Korea 150,000
2. 120,000

3. Beaver State College, 107,282
Pennsylvania, USA

4. Michigan Ann Arbor, 106,201
Michigan, USA
5. Azteca Mexico City, Mexico 105,000
6. Ohio Columbus, Ohio, 102,329
USA
7. National Bukit Jalil Kuala Lumpur, 100,200
Malaysia
8. Darrell K. Royal- Austin, Texas, USA 100,119
Texas Memorial

9. 100,018

10. Neyland Knoxville, Tennessee, 100,011
USA


13

2. SALT LAKE STADIUM, KOLKATA
9. THE MCG, MELBOURNE

14
Id the common source of
inspiration for all these album
covers


14

2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY


15

Daniel Handler wanted to receive material from
organizations he found "offensive or funny", but
did not want to use his real name, and hence
invented his pseudonym. The name has a
similarity to Jiminy Cricket, a fictional character
in Disney‟s 1940 movie, Pinocchio.
Handler described Jiminy as "exactly the kind of
overly moralistic, cheerful narrator who [sic] I
despise", was "likely a Freudian slip". When
writing his most popular set of works he and his
editor thought that the books should be
published under the narrator's name (the name
of the pseudonym), rather than his. What name?


15


16

This Boris Karloff
movie inspired the
members of a band
called Earth to write a
song that Jethro Tull
described as the most
demonic song ever.
The band changed
their name to the same
name as the song.

What band??


16


17

Shown is a clip from Mel Brooks’ 1974 American comedy
Young Frankenstein.
When Young Frankenstein was in theatres, a certain band
was working on its third studio album, Toys in the Attic. The
members of the band had written the music for a song but
couldn't come up with any lyrics to go with it. After a while,
they decided to take a break and see a late night showing
of Young Frankenstein, where this gag provided the title for
the hit track. Which song?


PHASE III

INFINITE BOUNCE

17 QUESTIONS

10 POINTS EACH

1
Which classic book is being referred in this cartoon??


1


2

Launched in 2002, FiveG is a Fairtrade Cotton Brand of
Clothing selling in Debenhams retail outlets in the UK and
Ireland. Who owns the brand?


2


3

A 1959 cartoon by Bill
Mauldin which reads – “I won
the Nobel Prize for Literature.
What was your crime?”
Who‟s the subject of the
cartoon?


4

Seen here with her husband himself a famous artist. Identify the lady
in question


4


5

Dear Esther is a first person
adventure game set on an
island in the Scottish
Hebrides. While the narrative
structure is fairly common in
the world of literature and
even in music the game is
unique in that it is probably
the only videogame to use this
unusual narrative structure.

What structure???


5

EPISTOLARY

WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A LETTER


6

Picture taken at the
first ever T20
international
between Australia
and New Zealand.
Why was Glenn
McGrath red
carded???


7

How did this
particular movie get
its name???


7

Mark David Chapman who assasinated John Lennon famously carried
a copy of the Catcher in the Rye along. The book has 26 chapters. The
movie Chapter 27 retells the story of Chapmans day in New York on
the day of the assassination

8

Shown is the bust of a Greek hero who
was the cousin of Achilles and fought the
Trojan war alongside him. It is said that
he was the second strongest warrior in
Agamemnon‟s army after Achilles.
He was not wounded in any of the
battles described in the Iliad, and he is
the only principal character on either
side who does not receive personal
assistance from any of the gods who take
part in the battles.
Which sporting entity is named for him?


8


9

The picture shows a
Resonator O made
by the National
Guitar Co. Though
the model was
phased out in 1941, it
enjoyed considerable
popularity among
guitar aficionados
following a 1985
release. What
release???


10

This European tennis player (pic on
the right) reached her highest WTA
ranking of 76 in 2001 and retired
from the game in 2002 due to a
persistent foot injury.

Her best performance in a Grand
Slam tournament is her third round
loss at the US Open in 2001.

Yet, she has been very
famous/recognized on the tennis
circuit especially post 2009.

Who is she?


10
MIRKA VAVRINEC-FEDERER


11

Neil Gaiman wrote a short
story called A Study in
Emerald as a reworking of
the Sherlock Holmes work
A Study in Scarlet. The
story contains numerous
retro ads referencing many
classic works of literature of
the period. One such is
shown below. What classic
work does this ad
reference???


A Banksy work portraying QEII modeled on a famous 12
album cover. Artist and album???


12


13

This person actually made his film debut in JBDY, playing a
character called the "Disco Killer". Unfortunately, all his scenes were
cut out & we no longer know this as his debut.

He then went to make his debut playing a character several years
older than himself earning several awards and accolades in the
process.

Who?


13


14

Jason Bond at the Museum of
Natural History named this
species of trapdoor spider from
the genus Myrmekiaphila after
this rock musician X famous for
his activism.

The irony of naming a species
found almost exclusively in
Alabama after X was apparently
totally lost on him.
Who


14


15
Identify the two greats who collaborated on this
movie (video removed)


16

In June 2012 Google developer advocate Tim Bray
proposed a new HTTP Error status code aimed at
shining a light on web censorship in light of the
censorship laws springing around the world. He
proposed an error message (similar to 404 being ‘Not
Found’) to mark censored pages. This was in tribute to
a recently deceased author. What’s the error message
and who is the author?


17

This subject in art has the
Latin name “ Mater Dolorosa”
or the grieving mother.
The name by which we know
it is the local word for
compassion or mercy.

When additional people are
present as part of the artwork it
is termed a lamentation. The
picture on the left was dubbed
the American ______ post
9/11. What‟s the good word??

17

Michelangelo's The Pieta


PHASE IV

SPORTING BOOKS AND OTHER
IDIOSYNCRACIES

8 QUESTIONS

DIFFERENTIAL SCORING

1

What one word has
been blanked out from
the title of this
Jonathan Wilson
book??


2

“In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or
Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject
of the most newspaper column inches in 1938 wasn't even a
person. It was an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse named
___________.“

Fill in the blanks


3

Which legendary
cricketer features on
the cover of this
book??


4

Excerpt from a book that is set in
Texas. Adapted into a extremely
successful Sports based TV
series.

“Odessa is the setting for this
book, but it could be anyplace in
this vast land where, on a ______
_______, a set of spindly lights
rise to the heavens to so
powerfully, and so briefly, ignite
the darkness...As someone later
described it, those lights become
an addiction if you live in a place
like Odessa, the _______
_______ fix."


5

What moniker
was given to
the match on
which this
book is
based???


5


6

Which
legendary
sports team is
the subject of
this book??


7

Journalist John Feinstein borrowed the title of his
book A Good Walk Spoiled from Mark Twain‟s
description of this sport. What sport was this based
on??


7


8

Identify the (in
hindsight) rather
ironic title of this
book


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