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Visual Connect I (6)
Second Round (8)
Written Round (10)
Visual Connect II (6)
Third Round (8)
Visual Connect III (7)

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1. Bismillah!
Genesis 20-22:
And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly
above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great
creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and
that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and
said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and
let the birds increase on the earth.”
These verses are quoted by some creationists to argue that The Bible settles
an age-old debate. Since the general scientific consensus lies against this
stance, it is a source for an Evolutionist-Creationist argument. Which debate?

Whatcamefirst,thechickenortheegg?

2.unique waytorecoverdebts
Unique Recoveries is a recovery agency, in Matunga, that hires X to operate as
recovery agents. The company, which has a successful practice, boasts of
clientele that include many banks and non-banking finance companies.It works
like this. The client (creditor) approaches the agency. Unique Recoveries gets
a power of attorney and a letter of authority from the client, authorising the
agency to do whatever is necessary to recover the dues, on which a commission
is charged. The actual recovery process is begun with the agency first sending
two men to reason with the debtors.The X are sent in only if they fail. The
idea is to play on the sensitivities of the debtor and embarrass him into
submission in front of his peers. The X don't use any force. They just go to
the debtor to negotiate and kick up a fuss with their clapping and loud
voices. This is enough to embarrass the debtor in front of his neighbours. He
then succumbs and pays the dues. Who are X?

3.Bamboo! Ice! Iron! Cactus!
The following four elements (and the geographical locations) represent a
particular expression used globally during the second half of the twentieth
century.
1. Bamboo: Korea and China
2. Ice: Bering Strait (the strait connecting the Pacific and Arctic Oceans)
3. Iron: Europe
4. Cactus: Guantanamo Bay (Cuba)
What do they represent?

‘TheCurtains’
Political Demarcation
between Capitalist and
Communist States during the
Cold War

4.RaRaRasputinLoveroftheRussianQueen...
Rasputin and the Princess is a 1932 film set in Imperial
Russia, revolving around the life and assassination of
Rasputin. The movie’s inaccurate portrayal of Princess Irina
and her husband Prince Felix Yusupov (One of Rasputin’s
actual murderers) led to them suing MGM, and eventually
managing to secure an out-of-court settlement for $250,000-
a very large sum at the time. However, this case also set a
precedent in the movie industry, something which can still
be seen in almost every movie even today. What was this
lasting mark?

ledtotheintroductionofdisclaimersinfictionmovies

5.AllHailMotaBhai!
The titular X was a colloquial term in 15th century England
describing someone who was obese. In the Siege of Colchester,
during the English Civil War, X was the name of a large and
heavy cannon used by the Royalists (King’s Men). As the war
was about to end, a cannonball destroyed the wall on which X
was mounted. Due to its bulk, it could not be retrieved by
the Royalists. X’s misrepresentation in popular culture can
be traced back to an illustration in ‘Alice Through the
Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll. Identify X.

6.Toeachhisown
Since 2009, the company XMasks have been manufacturing a
specific type of mask. This mask, as the creator says, can
be used for a variety of reasons from Halloween, costume
parties, cosplay, comic book conventions, movie roles,
fantasy play or for fighting crime. This mask uses a
specific type of temperature sensitive ink coating on the
masks, which can be turned dark or transparent. Thus though
the ink coating on each mask is the same, based on each
wearer’s breathing patterns, it provides a unique symmetric
design on the outside, which in a way represents X- the
reason why it is called X mask. What is X?

‘The Prophets’ is a 2009 painting by Denver based artist Cedric
Chambers. It shows X carrying Jesus in a classic pieta pose out of
the smoldering ruins of the twin towers. Chambers writes on his
website that "the relationship between Jesus, and X is a messianic
one. Both are prophets with similar aspects; virgin births,
self-sacrifice, magical powers. The world trade centers are a result
of religious fervor; and the interpretations of the Prophet
Muhammed. Prophetic cultural reactions. Synthesized, historical
interpretations of Christ, represented at vastly different periods
of time. To me this piece represents the battle between good and
evil, in a way that accepts that they are the same."
7.TeribhiChristmas,MerrybhiChristmas!

8.IonicyaCovalent?
The author X served in World War I. Since he was from a
higher rung of the society, he was assigned a batman
(servant, not the caped crusader) to do his chores and look
after him. Since he lived out the war with his batman, he
formed a close bond with him. It was a very common
occurrence during those days, and officers and batmen would
often be found dead together, lying next to each other. So
when X wrote his famous books, he portrayed this bond in his
books. Who is X and how is this bond portrayed in his books?

jrrtolkienandsamwellbeingaselflessesquiretofrodo

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RulersWhoAssumedthetitle‘TheGreat’
1. Kamehameha the Great
2. Ashoka the Great
3. Xerxes the Great
4. Constantine the Great
5. Ozymandias the Great
6. Akbar the Great

The Hitler Diaries were a series of
sixty volumes of journals purportedly
by Adolf Hitler, but forged by Konrad
Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The
diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3
million Deutsche Marks ($3.7 million),
by the West German news magazine Stern.
Several historians raised questions
over their validity. Rigorous forensic
analysis had not been undertaken prior
to the press conference, and subsequent
examination quickly confirmed the
diaries were fakes. However there was a
very obvious reason why the diaries
could not be his. Spot the reason.

Wronginitials-TheyreadF.H.insteadofA.H.

1. TheMandatorySimpsonsQuestion
In Simpsons, Nigel Bakerbutcher is a security consultant
from England who sets up security cameras all around
Springfield, like the ones he set up in London, with the
help of Mayor Quimby. He runs a security company that turns
32 this year, named X Security. What is the name of the
company?

2.PracticeKarneWaaloKihaarnahihoti
Paul D. Hubbard (1871–1946) was a deaf American Football
player who is credited with inventing the modern practice of
X. He played for Gallaudet University from 1892-1895. As the
quarterback of the team, he wanted to keep their discussions
secret when their team talked about the playing strategies.
Then, he did something that was later widely used across all
forms of sport- both such special and normal formats. It has
been described by some as a redundant practice and by some
as a team-bonding exercise. What practice?

3.Esotericnanotythings
In the early 1980s, the Naval Investigative Service was
investigating homosexuality in the Chicago area. Agents
discovered that gay men sometimes referred to themselves as
"friends of X." Unaware of the historical meaning of the
term, the NIS believed that there actually was some one
named X at the center of a massive ring of homosexual
military personnel, so they launched an enormous and futile
hunt for the elusive "X", hoping to find her and convince X
to reveal the names of gay servicemembers. ‘Friends of X’ in
gay slang, is a term for a gay man.

The phrase has a literary origin, as in the book where the
character X occurs, X is known for having queer friends. In
one conversation, as another character comments that “You
have some queer friends, X,” X even goes on to say : "The
queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends."
WHo’s this elusive X?

4.JapaniTale
With the nuclear demolition of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and
the Lucky Dragon 5 incident fresh on the minds of Japan, X
was created as a metaphor for nuclear fallout. X’s
allegiance in representation shifts from humans to against
us, depending on the storyline. X went on to become a
cultural icon for Japan, so much so that it has its own star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Who’s X?

5.FivePointsEach
The X Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the
Y show, originally created as a running gag featuring outlandish products that
fail or backfire catastrophically at the worst possible times, to outrageously
parody Z. The name is also used as a generic title in many cartoons, films, TV
series and comic strips. It is used also as an organization's placeholder
name. Later as Y began getting famous in its own right, even Z incorporated X
products in their show.
The company name in the Y cartoons is ironic, since the word X is derived from
a Greek word meaning the peak, zenith or prime, and products from the
fictional X Corporation are both generic and failure-prone.
Identify X, Y and Z.

TheAcmeCorporation,TheRoadRunnerShow,Tom&Jerry

7.AajKuchhToofaniKarteHai!
The following four martial arts gave inspiration to four
particular styles of _________ in the art book, TV series and
film X:
1. Tai - Chi
2. Hung Ga Kung Fu
3. Northern Shaolin Kung Fu
4. Baguazhang
The name X is of Sanskrit origin. Identify X.

8.FivePointSomeoneEach
In December 2014, X launched his app called YB, a version of
app Y. This app has a singular purpose, and priced at $0.99,
it quickly resulted in the creation of articles such as ‘Why
dumb apps are not going away anytime soon’. But launched
around the holiday season, it provided the fans of X to send
a message to their friends and family, and even X in his
unique way, and even with a few alterations to his unique
phrase. The main reason this app was created, according to X
is that he gets such requests all the time, and with this
app the fans finally get a chance to fulfil their desires.
Who is X? State what does the app do or state what YB stands
for.

Rulesforthisround
● +10 points for correct answer
● There are no negatives in this round.
● Differential Scoring : (10- 2n) for n teams’ correct
answers.
● Out of 10, any 3 questions can be staked upon for double
points. Differential scoring still exists, so make sure to
stake on questions that only you would get, for maximum
gain.

1. TextWall
Fred Silverman, executive in charge of daytime programming for the CBS network
in 1969, was looking for a show that would revitalize his Saturday morning
line and please the watch groups at the same time. The result was The Archie
Show, based upon Bob Montana's teenage humor comic book Archie. Silverman was
eager to build upon this success, and contacted producers Hanna and Barbera
about possibly creating another show based on a teenage rock group, this one
featuring teens who ______ _______ in between gigs. Their original treatment of
the character templates, based in part on The Archie Show, was titled _________
Five, and featured five teenagers: Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, Linda's brother
"W.W." and their dog, Too Much (based on Archie’s sheepdog- Hotdog), who were
all members of the band having the same name as the show. The show later went
through some changes, with the name of all the characters being changed, and
consequently the name of the show changed too. What show?

2.TextWallDobaara
X is a type of digital currency called a cryptocurrency (similar to Bitcoin)
which uses a peer-to-peer network to securely process and validate electronic
transactions. However, unlike Bitcoin, X was specifically developed for the
adult entertainment industry. Originally conceived in November 2013, X was
officially announced to the public in January 2014 with a final build of the
software compiled in February. X was formally launched on June 21, 2014. X has
been nominated two years in a row as “Alternative Payment Services Company of
the Year” during the 2015 and 2016 XBIZ Awards. At the time of making the
quiz, it was priced at a low conversion rate of 1 X = 0.06 INR. What is this
cleverly named currency?

3.Alittlechemistrydonoharm
X is a toxic volatile organic compound with the odor of rotten fish.
Its main use is in the manufacture of precursors to polyurethane,
colorful dyes and other industrial chemicals. It ignites readily,
burning with a smoky flame characteristic of aromatic compounds.
The etymology of X comes from the Arabic word for indigo as X was
earlier extracted by destructive distillation of indigo. In turn,
the Arabic word (by appending the suffix an-) comes from a Sanskrit
word that means the colour blue.
Which compound?

4.BrowniePointsforBoth
In early printing presses in Germany and France, typesetting
blocks were used. These blocks were made with letters and
numbers printed, and were difficult to recreate. In order to
save themselves from some hassle, the printers used to
create ‘X’, a block with common phrases and symbols which
they could then repeat over and over in the printing
process. X was named so because of the clicking sound made
by the printing press, or alternatively because of its
purpose. This whole process led to X being used in a wider
sense, rather metaphorically. There were two names for X.
Give me either.

5.HumAngrezoKeZamanekeTeacherhai!
Sir Christopher John Frayling (born 25 December 1946) is a
British educationalist and writer, known for his study of
popular culture. He is well known for his fascination with
the wild west, particularly with Clint Eastwood. In 2001,
he was awarded a knighthood for "Services to Art and Design
Education" and chose as his motto "PERGE SCELUS MIHI DIEM
PERFICIAS", Latin for a catchphrase ranked #6 in 100 movie
quotes by American Film Institute. Give me the original
catchphrase.

6.Zazzles
X was an exhibit/ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair
designed by Norman Bel Geddes that presented a possible
model of the world 20 years into the future (1959–60).
Sponsored by the General Motors Corporation, the
installation was characterized by its automated highways and
vast suburbs. The name comes from the adding the Greek
suffix meaning ‘view of-’ to the hypothesized model, thus
lend the meaning ‘View of the future’ to the exhibit. What
did this exhibit inspire in popular culture?

7.AajTuJhandeGaadDeBeta!
It is not official in a legal sense, as a treaty forbids the
'national appropriation' of ______ ____ by states, although it
leaves open the possibility of claims by private entities
such as companies or individuals. The design of the flag was
originally conceived by NASA planetary scientist Pascal Lee
in 1998. In addition to symbolizing liberty as a tricolour
flag, the design evokes a vision of the "future history" of
X in which the X is transformed from red, to green, and then
blue. The red bar, which lies closest to the mast,
symbolizes X as it is today. The green and blue symbolize
stages in the possible future. What is X ie whose flag are
we talking about?

8.Whatisthispoleareferenceto?(Map-fallout3)

9.
In the epic of Mahabharata, during the last year of
anonymous exile, the Pandavas assumed different identities.
Bhima served as a chef at the Royal Kitchen of Virat
kingdom. Once, when, asked to prepare a special meal, due to
his utter ignorance of culinary arts, Bhima just gets all
the vegetables he can, chops them up and makes a curry.
Apart from that, the curry had one special ingredient. This
dish is today considered the state dish of Kerala and an
iconic delicacy of Malabar cuisine. What is this special
ingredient?

10.
In one storyline., he is a derivation of all-father Odin. In
another, he is the most powerful mutant ever registered. X
has a number of magical abilities, including longevity, the
ability to fit himself and others through any ______
(avoiding fiery injury in the process), levitate up a _____
(usually by touching his nose and nodding), alter the
appearance of himself or other objects or beings (including
physically transforming a person into an inanimate object),
change the size of other objects, teleport himself and
others across the world, generate snow and determine who has
been _______ or not.

Exchange!
a = a + b
b = a - b
a = a - b

5.
Literally‘Proceed,varlet,andlet
thedayberenderedperfectformy
benefit’orasthequotegoes:

9.coconut(Thementioneddishisavial)

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CounterStrikeMaps
1. Nuke
2. Train
3. Aztec
4. Inferno
5. Office
6. Dust

1.
Esperanto is the world’s most spoken constructed language.
The purpose of this language was to establish itself as the
official language of the world to get rid of the confusions
and ambiguities due to multi lingual communication. The next
slide shows a paragraph from the Bible translated into
Esperanto. The choice of the paragraph is ironical. Which
paragraph?

1. Sur la tuta tero estis unu lingvo kaj unu parolmaniero.
2. Kaj kiam ili ekiris de la oriento, ili trovis valon en la lando Ŝinar kaj tie ekloĝis.
3. Kaj ili diris unu al alia: Venu, ni faru brikojn kaj ni brulpretigu ilin per fajro. Kaj la brikoj fariĝis por ili
ŝtonoj, kaj la bitumo fariĝis por ili kalko.
4. Kaj ili diris: Venu, ni konstruu al ni urbon, kaj turon, kies supro atingos la ĉielon, kaj ni akiru al ni
gloron, antaŭ ol ni disiĝos sur la supraĵo de la tuta tero.
5. Kaj la Eternulo malleviĝis, por vidi la urbon kaj la turon, kiujn konstruis la homidoj.
6. Kaj la Eternulo diris: Jen estas unu popolo, kaj unu lingvon ili ĉiuj havas; kaj jen, kion ili komencis
fari, kaj ili ne estos malhelpataj en ĉio, kion ili decidis fari.
7. Ni malleviĝu do, kaj Ni konfuzu tie ilian lingvon, por ke unu ne komprenu la parolon de alia.
8. Kaj la Eternulo disigis ilin de tie sur la supraĵon de la tuta tero, kaj ili ĉesis konstrui la urbon.
9. Tial oni donis al ĝi la nomon ______, ĉar tie la Eternulo konfuzis la lingvon de la tuta tero kaj de tie
la Eternulo disigis ilin sur la supraĵon de la tuta tero.

2.TeenDeviyaan
The three goddesses in the following slide are famous in
three particular regions (respectively) for the same reason.
What is that one thing that connects them?
There is a famous song/poem written for each of the
goddesses. What has made these three songs popular?

CulturalRepresentatives;StateSongs
From Left to Right: Telegu Talli, Tamil Thai, Telangana
Talli
Cultural representatives of the states of Andhra Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu and Telangana respectively. Telegu Talli and
Tamil Thai are representatives of Telegu and Tamil language
respectively.
The particular song/poem was adopted in the respective state
as the state song.

3.BecauseAalokLovesChemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry bestowed an Extraordinary Honorary Fellowship
upon X, the first detective to exploit chemical science as a means of ____. X
began a tradition that is now part of everyday policing around the world in
which science and rational thinking are allied ________. Chief Executive of the
Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr David Giachardi said "The value of the X today,
and in previous decades, is profound, having brought tangible moral benefits
to society as well providing extraordinary value that has continued through
six or seven generations." He added: "Our particular interest is his love of
chemistry, and the way that he wielded such knowledge for the public good,
employing it dispassionately and analytically. He also embodied other personal
traits that society seeks in today's law officers - personal rectitude and
courage. Last month the Royal Society of Chemistry honoured the achievements
of Sir Alec Jeffreys, whose work in the 1980s led to the employment of DNA
fingerprinting in criminal detection. But X anticipated 120 years ago the
utilisation of chemistry in ________. Who is X?

4.SnakesareservedintheHole!
At a Business Summit in 2013, Anil Ambani, the chairman of
Reliance Group (ADA) surprisingly opens his remarks with
“respected elder brother Mukesh Bhai.” In this particular
remark, he appreciated a popular figure by (poorly)
translating his name from Sanskrit to English as the ‘king
amongst kings.’ In his speech, he also compared the figure
with Arjuna the warrior, because of his clarity of vision
and purpose. Which popular figure are we talking about?

5.
X is a 2015 Indian collaborative feature film directed by a team of
eleven filmmakers including Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Nalan
Kumarasamy, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree
Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma. It will
feature actor-director Rajat Kapoor and Anshuman Jha in the lead. X
is not an anthology, but one whole story with the eleven directors
making sections of it. The film has been produced by Manish Mundra
and has been announced for a nationwide release in India on 20
November 2015. Which film?

6.theesotericnanotyquestionpartdeux
The Monty Python 1970 Flying Circus skit is credited for the
origin of this term that we are all aware of. In this
particular skit, when, a man and his wife visit a
restaurant, all of the food items their gradually devolve
into X, even when they do not want to eat X. And when the
waitress says X, a group of Vikings start chanting X loudly
in the corner, drowning out other conversation. X is often
satirized as being fake meat, and hence after a few years,
when an internet phenomena arose with such characteristics
arose, it was called X. The conversation on the next slide
might be of some help.

Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon,
egg sausage and bacon
Egg and X
Egg, bacon and X
Egg, bacon, sausage and X
X, bacon, sausage and X
X, egg, X, X, bacon and X
X, sausage, X, X, X, bacon, X tomato and X
X, X, X, egg and X
X, X, X, X, X, X, baked beans, X, X, X and X.
Wife: Have you got anything without X?
Waitress: Well, the X, eggs, sausage and X. That's not got much X in it
Wife: I don't want any X!
Customer: Why can't she have eggs, bacon, X and sausage?
Wife: That's got X in it!
Customer: Hasn't got much X in it as X, eggs, sausage and X has it?
(Choir: X! X! X!...)
Wife: Could you do me eggs, bacon, X and sausage without the X, then?

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

7.That’sSoRaven!
This is a part of adaptation of the famous poem, the Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.
What is that particular trait (about this poem) which makes it a work of
genius? Remark: The poem must be read with the author's name and title in the
prescribed order.
Poe, E. : Near a Raven
Midnights so dreary, tired and weary
Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.
During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap!
An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor.
"This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore".

NumberofLetterscorrespondtodigitsofPie

8.Therearethesesocalled
‘rules’oftheinternet,
depictingcertainspecific
attributesoftheinternetas
anentity.inthiscontext,
whatattributedoes rule
1969correspondto?

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EsotericNanotyThings
‘The Last Game’ is a 2014 ad campaign by Nike. It is in the
form of an animated short. In the ad, a fictitious company
‘Perfect Inc.’ creates enhanced clones of world’s best
footballers who take no risks and have maximum efficiency,
and consequently these clones replace the football
superstars on the pitch. The former players find a new job
and go about their own ways- Ronaldo becoming a sports
model, while Ibrahimovic writing and selling his
autobiography, and Iniesta becoming a farmer.

The makers of this campaign have dropped a major literary
reference while portraying Iniesta’s condition, with visual
elements coming together to describe an apt phrase for his
condition, which has roots in this famous fictional Spanish
character. Give me either the phrase or the literary
character.

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