An easy-peasy hub quiz conducted in Guwahati on 12th Oct, 2013.

1. IT’S A TRAP!
Researched and Conducted by
Bhaskar Sharma

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3. ZE GUINEA PIGS
Ragehead Biswajit Sarma
Hengul Dutta

4. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
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Pounce
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The nation does not want to hear your argument

5. 1.
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A Thai word meaning Sapphire has been in the news of late. Why?

6. ANSWER
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Phailin

7. 2.
• “You will be used, as a hired gun, to assume the appearance of the
truth in order to assassinate it. To present me as someone morally
compromised and to place me in a falsified history. To create a
work, not of fiction, but of debased truth. Not because you want
to, of course you don't, but because, in the end, you are a jobbing
actor who gets paid to follow the script, no matter how debauched.
Your skills play into the hands of people who are out to remove me
and _________ from the world. I believe that you should reconsider
your involvement in this enterprise.”
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This is a letter dated January 15, 2013 which has come into the limelight recently. Who
wrote this to whom?

8. ANSWER
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Julian Assange to Benedict Cumberbatch

9. 3.
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Heroin deficiency in Russia led to the creation of this cheap knock off
drug. It is made from delightful ingredients like codeine, lighter
fluids, gasoline, paint thinner, Hydrochloric Acid and alcohol among
others. It is now making its way into America.
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It causes such extreme gangrene and abscesses that a user's
muscles, tendons and bones can become exposed. It is named for the
scaly green appearance of skin once gangrene sets in.
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Name it.

10. ANSWER
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Krokodil also known as Crocodile

11. 4.
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Video. (removed)
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This video was created as a promotion for what?

12. ANSWER
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Carrie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOxlSOr3_M

13. 5. CONNECT

14. ANSWER
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Battenburg cake
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Battenburg markings

15. 6.
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The term is used to denote a shabby
urban area with cheap taverns, dive
bars, and dilapidated hotels frequented
by lowlifes, alcoholics, and itinerants. It
originally referred to the path along
which timber workers slid logs.
•
It shares its name with the name of a
famous rock band.
•
ID.

16. ANSWER
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Skid Row

17. What is happening?
7.

18. ANSWER

19. 8.
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Her name is Susan
Bennet. Most of us
have heard her, but
none of us had seen
her
till
recently, when she
hit the headlines.
•
Her claim to fame?

20. ANSWER
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Voice of SIRI

21. 9.
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The picture on the right is of the only
person in the world who has got two
countries named after him.
•
Name him and the two countries.

22. ANSWER
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He is Simon Bolivar. The countries are
o Bolivia and
o The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

23. 10.
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The picture on the right is that of a deity
called Makardhwaja.
•
The story goes that when Ravana’s brother
Mahiravana kidnapped Rama and Lakshm
ana to Patala, Hanuman went off to rescue
them. He was challenged at the gate of
Patala by a creature, part Vanara and part
reptile, who introduced himself as
Hanuman’s son.
•
Question is, despite being celibate, how
did Hanuman come to have a son or what
is the story behind the birth of
Makardhwaja?

24. ANSWER
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When Hanuman took a dip in the waters of sea, after burning whole
of Lanka with the fire burning on his tail, a drop of his perspiration fell in
to mouth of a mighty fish. Out of this the Makardhwaja was born.
•
According to another, slightly different version, when Hanuman took a dip
in sea, for cooling himself after burning Lanka; a drop of his seed got
discharged, due to extreme heat generated in his body and labor by
him, which fell in to mouth of a giant fish-cum-reptile like creature, whose
name was Makardhwaja, thus making it pregnant.

25. 11.
Tom hanks playing the role of which real
life personality?

26. ANSWER
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Playing the role of Walt Disney in an upcoming movie called Saving Mr.
Banks
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The film depicts author P. L. Travers and her two-week briefing in Los
Angeles as she is persuaded by filmmaker Walt Disney, in his attempts to
obtain the screen rights to her novel, Mary Poppins.

27. 12.
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Its origins probably lie in an African dance called Mapouka which was
banned from the television of Ivory Coast. In the United states, X was
introduced into hip-hop culture by way of the New Orleans bounce
music scene. In 1993, DJ Jubilee recorded the dance tune "Do The Jubilee
All" in which he chanted, “X baby, X baby, X, X, X.
•
Although it has been around for 20 years now, X was added to the Oxford
English Dictionary only after August 2013.
•
X?

28. ANSWER
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Twerking
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*blergh*

29. 13.
Either give me the name of this
hamburger or tell me for whom/what was
it created as a tribute?

30. ANSWER
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Breaking Bad hamburger or the Heisenburger

31. 14.
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Emmanuel "Mike“ X represented Iran as a
boxer in the 1948 and 1952 Summer
Olympics, losing in the first round both
times. He is the father of which sporting
legend with whom he suffers a strained
relationship?

32. ANSWER
•
Agassi

33. 15.
• This 1954 painting by Rene
Margritte called “Empire of
Light”, inspired something in the
world of movies. What?

34. ANSWER

35. 16.
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What is distinctive about the following Sherlock Holmes stories? Please be
specific with your answer.
o The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
o The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
o The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
o
His Last Bow

36. ANSWER
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These are the only Sherlock stories not narrated by Watson.

37. 17.
What, in the world of
football, takes its name from
this hill, in Ladysmith, South
Africa?

38. ANSWER
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Kop

39. 18.
Who?

40. ANSWER
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Steven Spielberg

41. 19.
The “Great Comic Switcheroo” was a prank played by several
cartoon artists on April 1st 1997, when they interchanged
characters in their comic strips. The above is one such example.
Who has been blanked out?

42. ANSWER

43. 20.
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It is claimed that in British naval slang this term refers to a child of
questionable parentage conceived on the X deck, hence implying that the
child is the offspring of X. It was also necessary to record in the ship's
papers the father of the child. As the parentage was uncertain, the senior
non-commissioned officer, "The __X____’s Mate", was ascribed as the
parent. It is also claimed that the saying has its origin in the supposed
practice of women travelling on board ship giving birth on a sectioned-off
portion of the X deck.
•
What term/phrase?

44. ANSWER
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Son of a Gun

45. 21.
This is a pic of what is being called “The Peanut Butter Test”. This test may turn out to be a
fantastically low-cost and non-invasive way to test if patients have a certain disease (X). With
X patients, the sense of smell is affected in a very particular way: The left nostril is
significantly more impaired than the right.
The test involves capping one nostril and measuring the distance at which the patient could
detect about a tablespoon of peanut butter. In X patients, the left nostril was impaired so
thoroughly that, on average, it had 10 centimeters less range than the right, in terms of odor
detection.
What is X?

46. ANSWER
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Alzheimer’s disease

47. 22.
This is a the cover of a black comedy comic series called
“X: The Cute little Dead Girl” created by an American
artist called Roman Dirge. It was inspired after a poem of
the same name (X) which was published in 1843. Give me
X.

48. ANSWER

49. 23.
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This installation located in Seattle, features 12 steel tower structures, inside of which
hang organ pipes of varying lengths that produce low tones when the wind blows
around and through them. At the top of the towers, horizontal steel vanes catch the
wind and rotate the pipes.
•
It shares its name with a rock band. Name it.

50. ANSWER
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Soundgarden

51. 24.
In 2011, it was announced that X would
write a 12-issue comic book series
for Dark Horse
Comics, entitled Orchid. The series is a
post-apocalyptic story in which the title
character is "a teenage prostitute who
learns that she is more than the role
society has imposed upon her."
The first issue was published in October
2011, and each issue is accompanied by
the release of an exclusive song by X.
Who is X?

52. ANSWER
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Tom Morello of RATM

53. She should have died hereafter.
There would have been a time for such a word.
________, and ________, and ________, (1)
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
___ ___ __ _____ _____ (2). Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of _____ ___ ____ (3),
Signifying nothing.
25.
This is a famous passage from
Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act
5, Scene 5. 3 works of literature
have taken their titles from it.
•The First is a short story
published in 1953 by Kurt
Vonnegut
• The Second is a 1973 novel by
Alistair MacLean
• The Third is a 1929 novel by
William Faulkner

54. ANSWER
1. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
2. The Way to Dusty Death
3. The Sound and the Fury

56. 26.
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The previous slide shows images of the cover and a few pages from X’s
illustrated book of notes and drawings from his private journals and
filmmaking diaries which will go on sale from October 29.
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In a foreword to the book, James Cameron said, "He sees with the wonder
and stark terror of a child. His notebooks are a map of the subconscious, and
his films doorways into the dungeons of our dreams, allowing us to confront
our own individual hearts of darkness, to do battle and emerge victorious."
•
Who is X?

57. ANSWER

58. THEME ROUND
• 7 questions on a common theme.
• +5 for each correct answer. An extra +5 if you get all of them correct.
• No Points for identifying the theme.

59. 1.
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Medically called Trichobezoar, this rare condition is characterized by
intestinal obstruction caused by hair ingestion, and occurs mostly in
patients diagnosed with from trichotillomania, a psychological condition
manifested by an uncontrollable urge to pull out head and body hair.
•
Name it

60. 2.
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Also called delusional jealousy, this condition describes a person’s
stubborn belief that their mate is being unfaithful; and would therefore
make incessant groundless accusations of infidelity, taking considerable
pains to test their mate’s trustworthiness even to the extent of displaying
stalking and violent behaviour.

61. 3.
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This syndrome describes people who are overly critical of their own
physical appearance despite the lack of any defects. They have difficulty
dealing with aging; and thus, try to cling to their youth by depending
heavily on cosmetic procedures and products.

62. 4.
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People suffering from this syndrome are usually adopted children or
stepchildren who may make up outrageous stories about how they were
abused and/or abandoned by their adoptive mothers or stepmothers.

63. 5.
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This syndrome is used to describe children with weak mental and/or
physical traits, especially those who have suffered tremendous emotional
stress due to parental neglect and abuse. It is also used to refer to children
who grew up without the influence of human contact.

64. 6.
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Accepted in popular psychology, people with this syndrome display
immaturity in most areas of his life; they shun responsibility, oppose
accepted norms, focus more on fantasies than on reality and often need to
be mothered.

65. 7.
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Also called Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, this is what happens when
a morbidly obese individual isn’t able to get enough oxygen while they
sleep, which leads to blood that’s chock full o’ carbon dioxide, which, in
turn, leads to daytime sleepiness, lethargy, headaches, shortness of
breath, and depression.

66. ANSWERS

67. 1. Rapunzel Syndrome
2. Othello Syndrome
3. Dorian Gray syndrome
4. Cinderella Syndrome
5. Mowgli Syndrome
6. Peter Pan Syndrome
7. Pickwickian Syndrome

68. F
inis