Quiz of the month - March 2012 Finals

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The Half Devil Quiz
-Finals-
By:
Aditya Rajan
Guha Arunkumar

Rules
• Infinite Pounce
• One theme round,18 questions clockwise,
Theme round, 18 questions anti-clockwise, 1
MVC and 1 LVC
• Direct +10/-0, Pass +10/-0, Pounce +10/-10
• No using hacks
• Quizmaster(s) decision final.

Theme round 1
• This theme round is based on Scientists
• Given on the next slide is a picture consisting
of 8 names blanked out.
• ID Each for ten points

1
We shall go on to the end.
We shall fight in France,
We shall fight on the seas and oceans,
We shall fight with GROWING confidence and GROWING
strength in the air.
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be.
We shall fight on beaches, we shall fight on the landing
grounds,
We shall fight in the fields and in the streets.
We shall fight in the hills,
We shall never surrender.
How has this speech by W. Churchill been Immortalised
in the history of entertainment?

• It is the first track in Live after Death by Iron
Maiden.

2
• The Latin adverb X added immediately after a quoted word or
phrase (or a longer piece of text), indicates that the quoted words
have been transcribed exactly as spelled or presented in the original
source, complete with any erroneous spelling or other
presentation. The usual purpose is to inform the reader that any
errors or apparent errors in the transcribed material do not arise
from transcription errors, and the errors have been repeated
intentionally, i.e. that they are reproduced exactly as set-down by
the original writer or printer. X is generally placed inside
square brackets, or in parentheses (round brackets), and
traditionally in italic, as is customary when printing a foreign
word. X may also be used as a form of ridicule or as a humorous
comment, drawing attention to the original writer's spelling-
mistakes and emphasizing his erroneous logic.
• Id X

• The answer is “ (sic) “

3
• This mysterious Television character is known to have a
taste in music which is commented upon each time he
appears and is known to include power ballads, one-hit
wonders, easy listening, country and western, Morse
code, progressive rock, whale songs, baroque,
advertising jingles, foreign language tapes, romantic
novels, salesman techniques, the hits of Elton John, the
speeches of Margaret Thatcher, self-help tapes, pipe
band music, Chas & Dave, vuvuzelas, and the Bee
Gees in German.
• Id the character.

4
• Billy joel : Mary J Blige
• Cyndi Lauper : Celine Dion
• Stevie Wonder : Nicole Scherzinger
• Diana Ross : Barbra Streisand
• Put funda brooos.

• The artists on the left sang specific lines of the
old ‘ we are the world ‘ and the artists on the
right sang the same lines in the new one for
Haiti.

5
• “X" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the
album Hunky Dory. This is an acoustic song about one
of Bowie's greatest inspirations, the American pop
artist X. The song starts with some studio chat where
Bowie explains to producer Ken Scott, who has just
been heard to mispronounce X's name when
introducing the take, the right way to say it. Scott
solemnly reintroduces the take with the correct
pronunciation, then Bowie suddenly begins to play,
amidst laughter. Bowie later played the song to X, who
reportedly disliked it as he thought the lyrics made fun
of his physical appearance.
• I.D X.

6
• This painting was recently featured in the
finale of a popular tv show. ID the painting
and the TV Show.

• This painting is St George and the dragon by
Raphael.
• It is the painting that is supposedly stolen by
Neil Caffrey and is returned in the season 3
finale of White collar.

7
• X (novel), 1948 epistolary novel by Thornton Wilder
that describes, in a series of documents, the events
leading up to the death of Julius Caesar
• X(band), American rock band that had a major hit with
the song "Vehicle" in 1970
• “X", instrumental first track on Iron Maiden's 1981
album, Killers
• “X", third track on post hardcore band Silverstein's
2005 album, Discovering the Waterfront
• “X", episode 21 of the 4th season of the television
series, Warrior Princess
ID X

• Connect and state how
we better know these
places

• These are the regions on which –
Kanto in firered and leaf green
Hoenn in Emerald
Unova in black and white
are based on

• The connect is Asus
• Peg ‘asus’ – name inspiration
• Pillars and values of the AsusDNA
• Stealth bomber and Shadow submarine on
which asus G73 and 72 models are designed.

10
• According to cannonical gospels it is said that
Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before
the beginning of his public ministry, during which
he endured temptation by Satan. X marks the
beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer
and fasting.
• X derives its name from the practice of placing
____ on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of
mourning and repentance to God.
• What is this term X

11
• Tijs Michiel Verwest was born in Breda, North
Brabant, Netherlands on January 17, 1969. He had an
interest in music since the age of twelve. In April 2006, X
was named the official worldwide ambassador for
the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of
HIV/AIDS. The foundation consists on a better way of living
with safe sex in exchange of entertainment to the young
crowd. Other honours include being named Officer of the
"Order of Orange-Nassau" by the Dutch Royalty, and being
voted by the Dutch people as their 40th greatest citizen of
all time. In 2007, he was awarded with the national Dutch
prize of the Golden Harp.
• How do we better know him?

12
• Like previous models, The X name was chosen
for its symbolic connection to the world of
fighting bulls, sharing a name with the legendary
X, a trophy-winning bull in the world of
Spanish bullfighting. Bred by the sons of Don
Celestino Cuadri Vides, the bull that bore the
number 32 took part in a notably spirited, bloody
and violent battle with a torero in the town
of Zaragoza, Spain that earned him the “Trofeo de
la Peña La Madroñera" in 1993.[
• ID this car da.

13
• Voiced by Ellen McLain
• Compared to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space
Odyssey and SHODAN from System Shock.
• X is responsible for testing and maintenance
in Aperture Science research facility in two of
Valve’s famous game.
• What/Who am I referring to.

• Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System
GLaDOS from Portal and Portal 2.

14
• Sitter
• Plan for what?

15
• It is actually a Hutchinson-Gilford
progeria syndrome and is a genetic condition
characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance
of aging beginning in childhood. Affected children
typically look normal at birth and in early infancy,
but then grow more slowly than other children
and do not gain weight at the expected rate
(failure to thrive).
• What is a more common ( mocking ) name given
to this syndrome?

16
• In 1852 partners Horace S. and Daniel B. W formed a
company to produce a lever-action pistol nicknamed
the Volcanic pistol.
• Model 1 was produced in 1856, Model 2 5 years after the
cold war onset and Model 3 in 1867. Several hundred more
models were produced over the span of time.
• Between 1987-2001 the company was owned by Tomkins
PLC.
• Their arms are also used by sport shooters and have been
featured in numerous Hollywood movies, particularly Clint
Eastwood's Dirty Harry.
• ID

17
• The June of 11th is known as the X day in the
state of ____ in the United States. It is a public
holiday in the state.
• It honours X the Great who was responsible
for the unification of the state. Considered a
great statesman for his mastery of diplomacy,
X was known as the Napoleon of the Pacific.
• I.D X

• Kamehameha day after Kamehameha the
great. Unification of Hawaii.

18
• X was formed back in 2006 when Thomas
Bergersen and Nick Phoenix joined forces to write
original music for ____. In those short 6 years
they have been featured in hundreds of movies,
including some of the biggest blockbusters of
recent time. They have also been known to make
it to the top of the iTunes classical section with
their debut album and the follow up Invincible
and Archangel.
• I.D X.

Rules
• 10 points per crack
• Bonus 10 points for getting 16-18
• Bonus 30 points for getting 26

The movie A stars B and C . C acts alongside D in a
Medical-drama Z. D is also a blues singer and pianist.
In the movie A, B is seen whistling a popular tune ‘ F ‘
which also features at the end of the movie E .
Protagonist G of the movie E plays opposite H in a
popular trilogy I as the villain(s).
D acts opposite H and J as Captain James Biggs in the
movie Street kings.
J is also known to star in the movie the K which is based
on an attempt to assassinate the US President shown in 8
different angles and is commonly misunderstood to be a
movie of similar type to L’s M who’s M effect is famous.

B stars in two movies N and O which have been remade both
in Kollywood and Bollywood as P and Q Respectively.
B is also known to have worked with G and R and many others
to voice characters who stay in the world of ‘ Emperor-Land ‘
from an animated family musical film S released in 2011.
R is known to disobey T’s orders by simply walking into U in a
world renowned trilogy by V. This instance is also commonly
Meme-d about.
The author of the trilogy has confirmed that the structure of U
is based on / is similar to the structure of W in Sicily.
Also, in a book X written by Y, the ending involves a German
professor, his nephew, his god daughter and a guide
completing their voyage by being ejected out of W.

Answers
• A- Dead poets society
• B- Robin Williams
• C- Robert Sean Leonard
• D- Hugh Laurie
• Z- House M.D
• E- V For Vendetta
• F- Overture 1812
• G- Hugo Weaving

• H- Keanu Reeves
• I- Matrix trilogy
• J- Forest Whittaker
• K- Vantage point
• L- Akira Kurosawa
• M- Rashomon
• N,O- Patch Adams, Mrs Doubtfire
• P,Q- Munnabhai/Vasoolraja, Chachi 420/ Avvai
Shanmugi

• R- Elijah Wood
• S- Happy Feet 2
• T- Boromir
• U- Mordor
• V- J.R.R Tolkien
• W- Stromboli(volcano)
• X- Journey to the centre of the earth
• Y- Jules Verne

19
• 15 layers of clothing
• 7 layers of skin
• Approximately 15 inches of tissue
• A necktie knot
• 4 inches of rib
• a radius bone
I D The two other missing components of this
list.

• Governor Connelley
• JFK

• Single Bullet Theory

20
• A travels across USA searching for Hollywood.
While encountering many Hollywoods that
aren’t the one he’s looking for, he meets B. B
is a street musician who happens to be playing
Bouree by Bach. Trying to convince B to teach
him, A sings along with this instrumental
eventually convincing B to teach him the
secrets of rock. How do we better know this
Duo?

22
I.D the two things being parodied here

23
The size of the device is well suited to producing a wearable package which
is small, lightweight, and can be mounted in various positions on the body. An
accelerometer, as its name implies, senses acceleration. The device is a fully
integrated circuit on a micro-machined piece of silicon. The micro-machining
actually cuts out small moving squares of metal that are suspended over the
wafer on polysilicon springs, making it sensitive to movement and tilt. The
variations in the position of the metal are detected by capacitive sensors
along the sides. The signals are converted into a pair of analog outputs for
both the x and y-axis. It is important to note that the sensor detects
acceleration and not velocity or position. This means that it is not only
capable of detecting movement but also acceleration due to gravity.
Θ = Arc sin ( Acceleration Y / 9.81 )
• ID This device and if possible give why it’s famous.

• Hot hand used by Nathan Navarro Pinn
Pannelle
• Cover of scary monster and nice sprites

24
• Certain text next to
The flying dude has
Been blanked out.
Put funda so as to
What this is.

• Python
• Python 3 had antigravity as a module and
importing this module directed you to this
xkcd comic

25
• The X or the “X Warriors and Horses", is a
collection of sculptures depicting the armies
of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It
is a form of funerary art buried with the
emperor in 210–209 BC and whose purpose
was to protect the emperor in his afterlife,
and to make sure that he had people to rule
over.
• I.D this site.

26
• Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) , Hillel Slovak
(RHCP), John Glascock (Jethro Tull), Gram
Parsons, Nick drake (Pink Moon) and Jimmy
Sullivan(Avenged sevenfold) are all artists who
are known to have ALMOST became part of
this group.
• Which group are we referring to and how did
they miss out?

• Missed out on the Club 27 give or take 1 year.

27
• This is basically a
pie chart denoting
a trend.
What is it.

29
• "I'm 42 and I did a 900 today.“
• This was tweeted on July 29th 2011 by X.
• I.D who X is.

30
• This google doodle is a tribute to X’s 101st
birthday. If you can’t get X atleast put funda to
who he was or what he did. Ty.

• Akira Yoshizawa, Grandmaster of origami

31
• X is the protagonist of the comic strip Y by Z.
• X and his creator are both the sons of barbers,
but whereas Z's work is described as the
"most shining example of the American
success story", X is an example of "the great
American un-success story" in that he fails in
almost everything he does.
• ID X,Y,Z

• X = Charlie Brown
• Y = Peanuts
• Z = Charles Schulz

32
• X is a concept album, and its content follows a
story throughout. According to the lead of the
band, the album is "based on a love story with a
happy ending," in which two protagonists living in
an oppressive, dystopian, urban environment,
meet one another through a gang and fall in love.
Lyrically, the album is inspired by "old school
American graffiti" and "the White
Rose Movement." Martin also said that the
album was influenced by HBO TV series The Wire.

33
• Voice recognition technology from Nuance
• Integrated with services such as OpenTable,
Google Maps ,MovieTickets and TaxiMagic
• Conversational interaction with reminders,
weather, stocks, messaging, email, calendar,
contacts, notes, music, clocks, web
browser, Wolfram Alpha, and maps.
• What am I talking about

34
• Founded in 2003 in by Rick Alden this is a Utah based
company who’s products are mainly targeted at the
outdoor action sports demographic and general
consumer market. Their first product was a portable
link presented at the International consumer electronic
show.
• The company is known to sponsor few athletes
like Terje Hakonsen and Louie Vito, is said to be
involved in non profit partnerships such as supporting
boarding for breast cancer (B4BC)
and finally the company is also known to have engaged
in promotions with artists such as Jay z and Snoop
Dogg. ID this company.

35
• On bass guitar, "X bass" usually refers to a percussive playing technique most
commonly used in funk, disco, soul, jazz, Latin, pop, and many other genres. The
style sounds much more percussive than regular fingering of notes with the
plucking hand.The X sound comes from the combination of two elements: striking
the string with the side of the bony joint in the middle of the thumb, a harder
surface than the pads of the fingers (used in plucked fingering); and intentionally
allowing the vibrating string to come into contact with the metal frets
In the Y, the bassist will use the index and middle fingers of the plucking hand to
snap the higher-pitched strings away from the body of the bass, causing them to
bounce off the fretboard; this produces a prominent buzzing tone with a sharp
attack and more high-frequency vibrations than present in plucked bass. The
bassist can play many notes quickly by rotating the forearm, alternately slapping
and popping: during the pop, the hand moves away from the fretboard, "winding
up" or getting in position for the next X. The X and Y techniques are commonly
used with pull-offs and hammer-ons with the fretting (usually left) hand, to further
increase the rate at which notes may be played. Ghost notes, or notes played with
the string damped, are also commonly played in X bass to increase the percussive
feel of the technique.
• What are X and Y

36
• X is a leopard, a common animal found in Y,
with green hair wearing a shirt . X's green and
gold colors represents Y national sports' teams
colors. The first two letters are from the ISO
3166-1 alpha-2 code for Y, and the last four
letters are a word that means "ten" in various
African languages.
• I D X, what it is.

• Zakumi – Mascot of Football World Cup South
Africa 2010

Answer
• Scooby Doo Villains

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