1. Welcome to QMQ
-A Mixed Bag
Rajdeep Dasgupta

2. • 20 questions, 4 from sports, Entertainment, India, General
• 1 from each category and then repeated
• Last four questions are Vices (Copula, Pharmaceutic, Liquid
intoxicant)

3. Prelims

4. 1.
• England __________ X says he has no regrets over his __________
____ in 2010 and is happy the strike helped the introduction of Y. He
says, “Its not physically possible for the only man who matters to spot
it, and I regret the decision to have Jorge Larrionda fired for it, but at
the same time someone has to take the can for it, and in all fairness
that is their decision. Because its not just a few kids in the suburbs,
here the entire fates of nation hinges on that one moment of pivotal
importance. And if it hadn’t been me, it would definitely have been
someone else”.
• X and Y?

5. X- Frank Lampard
Y- Goal Line Technology

6. 2.
• Although it is never explicitly shown or said in this iconic 1994 movie,
the last names of these characters are Manohar and Bhopali.
• The two first names have become something of cliché in Bollywood,
with the names being used in endless films there on.
• The names roughly translated, mean Undying, and Love.
• Needless to say, a famous movie has also been made with the two
first names as the title.
• Give me the movie from which the names were taken.

7. Andaaz Apna Apna (Amar and Prem)

8. 3. What would you see behind the red block?

9. Qutub Minar

10. 4
Combination scattering is an optical phenomenon discovered by
Grigory Landsberg and Leonid Mandelstam, on 21 February 1928. It is
effectively the inelastic scattering of a photon upon interaction with
matter.
Their contribution to the scientific field would have been pivotal, had
the same effect not been discovered just a week ago, in a different part
of the world.
So while Soviet and Russian books and journals call it the combination
scattering effect, how do we better know it as?

11. Raman Effect

12. 5.
• This sport has been overly dominated by the City of London Police in
the Olympics, having won gold in 1908 (London), Silver in
1912(Antwerp) and 1920 (Stockholm), when the national team
comprised of members of the force.
• The Liverpool Police and the Metropolitan Police have dominated the
sport of late.
• ID the Sport

13. Tug of War

14. 6. Last scene of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.
Who is the man shown?
What is the phrase on the placard?

15. Naseruddin Shah
Waiting For Gaddot

16. 7.
“The Punch”
A winning design by an American named Eric Atkins, was revealed on
TV during an Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan.
Which company?

18. 8.
ID the phrase:
Meaning : No choices/No options left
Origin: reference to the greek epic poem The Odyssey. There’s a
passage where the hero has to choose whether to sail close to the
monster Scylla or the whirlpool Charybdis.
Modern connotations suggest a slightly sexual reference.

19. Between a rock and a hard place

20. 9.
The word X comes from the French word meaning unit, from the name
of a small roman coin. It originally meant the side of the dice with one
mark. As this was a low score in a roll of dice, it traditionally meant bad
luck. But X’s usage over the time has changed and has come to mean
excellence, high performance and precision. X is today used to describe
one of the best in their respective sporting fields, and in a particular
sport, a starting phenomenon of each play.
X?

21. Ace

22. 10.
The word X, means “little tails” or “little bottoms” and is a reference to
the bottom of the Cannabis Plant. X is actually a desert flower known
as Antelope sage, and is found in places all over Colorado, California
and Nevada.
Y have repeatedly stated that their usage of X in their song _____
__________ is meant to just signify a Heady Desert Flower, thereby
having no drug reference.
X, Y, Fitb.

23. X-Colitas
Y-The Eagles
Hotel California

24. 11.
• Who?
The Cantonment town of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh was named after
him, since it was his birthplace. The person’s father, a Subedar in the
Mahar Regiment, was stationed there at the time of his birth in 1981.
He became the most critical person in shaping India post
Independence.

26. 12. Exhaustive list of books to have achieved
what?
• A history of Rome-Theodor Mommsen
• Olympian Spring-Carl Spittler
• Growth of the Soil-Knut Hamsen
• The Peasants-Wladsley Rayment
• Budden Brooks- Thomas Mann
• The Forsyte Saga-John Galsworthy
• The Thibaults-Roger Martin du Gard
• The Old Man and the Sea- Ernest Hemmingway
• And quiet flows the Don- Mikhail Sholokhov

27. List of books to be referenced in Nobel
Prize winning books

28. 13. This is Geoffrey Greenridge. He played 5 tests for West Indies and
first class cricket for Sussex and Barbados. With respect to test matches,
he holds a unique last record/distinction. What?

29. Last fair skinned player to play for Windies

30. 14.
Mimas is a satellite of Saturn that was discovered by William Herschell
in 1789.
A particular picture of it taken by the Voyager in 1981 shows us exactly
how this could’ve become the inspiration for a part of a famous
Hollywood Movie a few years later.
Which Movie? What object?
(Pic on next slide)

32. 15. Straight off the Wiki page of X. ID X.
• 2015: Harvard's University Award "Humanitarian of the Year"[34]
• 2015: Honorary Doctorate by Amity University, Gurgaon[35]
• 2014: Nobel Peace Prize[5]
• 2009: Defenders of Democracy Award (US)[36]
• 2008: Alfonso Comin International Award (Spain)[37]
• 2007: Gold medal of the Italian Senate (2007)[38]
• 2007: recognized in the list of "Heroes Acting to End Modern Day Slavery" by the US State Department[39]
• 2006: Freedom Award (US)[40]
• 2002: Wallenberg Medal, awarded by the University of Michigan[41]
• 1999: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Award (Germany)[42]
• 1998: Golden Flag Award (Netherlands)[43]
• 1995: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (US)[44]
• 1995: The Trumpeter Award (US)[45]
• 1994: The Aachener International Peace Award (Germany)[46][47]
• 1993: Elected Ashoka Fellow (US)[48]

33. X-Kailash Satyarthi

34. 16.
There is an advertising firm in Japan called Absolute Territory PR
Of late it has hit upon a gold mine in terms of advertising, especially for
women’s apparel.
As the name suggests, the strategy is to advertise their client’s on the
Absolute Territory.
It has been a great hit and for a while it got trending on Twitter as
#AbsTerrTrending.
What is “Absolute Territory”?

36. 17.
On any internet search, or in any domain search, there is a standard
hyper text shown, that says A/S/L
A/S/L in internet lingo stands for Age/Sex/Location.
What does B/S/L stand for?

37. • Bisexual/Straight/Lesbian

39. Testimonies and Testicles

41. 19.
• In 1885, a British Businessman sold off his breweries in Simla and
Mandalay.
• It is positioned as Som Ras, the drink of the Hindu Gods, and is named
after a chain of British Pubs.
• It was one of the biggest IMFL brand for many years
• It has been awarded several gold medals at the Monde Selections
• ID

42. OLD MONK

43. 20*. ID the Babe! (:P)

44. Please Don’t kill me!

45. It sucks to Google “Sonia Gandhi hot pics”

46. A Mixed Bag
Finals
Aditya Balaji, Rajdeep Dasgupta, Shaurya Malik

47. 5 rounds (Sports, Ent, India, Gen, Vices)
8 questions in each

48. Round 1: Sports
• 8 questions (dries)
• Infinite pounce (+10/-10)
• Bounce(0/+10)
• Pounce all parts required

49. 1.
The phenomenon started when referee Howard Webb sent off Steven
Gerrard in a 3rd Round FA cup match against Manchester United at Old
Trafford. He then went on to award a dubious penalty which Ryan Giggs
converted, and as it was, it happened to be the only goal of the game.
Liverpool greats were outraged by the refereeing and the term/phenomenon
was coined by an angry supporter who tweeted “Who allowed United to play
with ______?”
The phenomenon gained more importance, when in the Second Division
league game in Warsaw, a substitiute on the bench kicked the ball into the
net when the referee wasn’t looking, and the goal counted.
Name this term that has existed in Cricket for quite a while, but not in
Football!

50. 12th Man in Football!

51. 2.
His First Class cricket record is average, however on the days of
selections he always came up trumps. His International career for
England spanned a total of 9 matches.
His best bowling figures were 2-96 in a game against South Africa, and
his highest score was 22* in a match against Australia. Both of these
games were lost by England.
His teammates have confirmed though that he is an excellent reader of
spin and mystery bowling.
ID.
(Image on next slide)

53. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

54. 3.
• In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in the match against Croatia vs Australia,
referee Graham Poll booked Josip Simunic thrice. Bizzare as it was,
the decision stood, although didn’t affect the result by much.
• Referee Graham Poll was sent home the very next day
• What did referee Heyoung Sing Moo do in a K-League Game against a
player in Chunham Dragons?

55. Sent him off Twice!

56. 4.
• A main Asteroid belt I28036 discovered in 2003, at Observatorio
Astronomo della Mallorca, Spain is named after a Spanish
Sportsperson.
• It is said that it is named so for the shape of the Belt, which resembles
that of the headgear worn by the sportsperson.
• ID

58. Rafaelo Nadal

59. 5.
• In the 1896 Olympics, only the first place and runners up received
medals
• The third place received no bronze medals
• First place received gold
• Second place received silver and X.
• X?

60. Crown of Olive Branches

61. 6.
• X scored 1 run out of a total of 263-8 against Germany in 1992 at the
MCC.
• To justify his performance (sort of) he said something which is now
famous throughout the world of sports.
• He is a legend in sports due to another sport
• Who?
• What did he say?

62. • Gary Linekar
• I always score one against Germany

63. 7.
When Eddie Seward took over an appointment in 1990 that dealt
with a plant variety known as Poa annua, he realized that it did not
help the cause of the people who used it. As a result, with the help
of an entity named STRI, he worked out a better alternative in the
variant Lolium perenne. The advantages of this type stemmed from
the fact that it allowed for more air movement between the leaves
than the previous choices, which in turn dried up the base. To
achieve the desired effect, more than 9 tons of this variant
provided by the seed company Limagrain is used every year, part of
which also gets a Titanium dioxide treatment later.
What?

64. Wimbledon Grass

65. 8.
Australian Open
2R (1984)
French Open
3R (1974)
Wimbledon
QF (1973, 1981)
US Open
QF (1973, 1974)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals
SF (1982)
Doubles
Career record 264–218
Career titles 13
Highest ranking No. 23 (24 March 1980)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon
SF (1976)
US Open
QF (1973, 1976)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
F (1974, 1987)

66. Who?
• Filmography
• Octopussy (1983) - Vijay
• Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985) - Rankin
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Starship Captain
• Of God and Kings (2015) - Duke Bora Swain
• He was also a regular character in the NBC TV series The Last Precinct and
the Yakov Smirnoff comedy What a Country, as well as a guest star on
various television shows such as Hart to Hart. He has since gone on to
become a sports commentator, has been a judge at the Miss Universe
pageant and has developed a successful multimedia business. ________ is
the host of a talk show named Dimensions with _____ ________telecast
on CNN-IBN.

68. Round 2: Entertainment
• 8 questions
• Dries/Posters
• Infinite pounce/bounce

69. 1.
X was discovered by Y, in the night skies over the city of Vienna, 1658.
At the time of discovery it was a breakthrough of sorts, since with the
limited technology at Man’s disposal, spotting this was a tricky task. Yet
it did not gain much attention at the time.
Recently, it was brought into limelight on a particular episode of the TV
series Z, and X was “portrayed” in a painting by Vermeer on Z.
X,Y,Z?

70. X- The van Buren Supernova
Y-Edward van Buren
Z-Sherlock

71. Symbol for What?

73. 3.
• The alternative used caused problems in the electrical circuitry,
clogging the instrumentation panel. So Paul C. Fisher, developed the
__________ ___ in order to overcome this problem. He developed a
pressurized cartridge with thixotropic ___ which did not rely on
gravity, but the sheer action of the rolling ball inside. It was
dependable in extreme cold and heat.
• Connect all this to a Bollywood movie

74. 3 idiots, Astronaut’s pen

75. 4. Connect

76. Hymn For the Weekend

77. 5. This is a still from the movie “Catch me If you
Can”. ID the man next Di Caprio, and tell me what
larger phenomenon does this depict.

78. Frank Abignale Jr.
The appearances of the subjects of Biopics in the
movies.

79. 6.
Edwin Ashford gave the contradictory phrase of “Its all downhill from
here” meaning when he said it could either mean everything is gonna
go bad or its gonna be smooth sailing from here. He incidentally said it
when the door of his car got unhinged, and was cursing the gods.
The exact same scene was recreated in a 2010 Hollywood movie, where
a car door is blown off its hinges by another car. The two main
protagonists of the movie have the following conversation

80. X: You know my dad always said, that when a day starts like this its all
uphill from here
Y: That’s actually incorrect, its supposed to be all downhill from here.
X:But no one wants to be down, they all wanna be up, so its actually all
uphill from here.
Y:But its easier as you go down, so clearly your dad didn’t know the
fuck he was talking about.
X,Y, and the movie?

81. X-Zach Galfianakis Y-Robert Downey Jr.
Due Date

82. 7. Customary GoT question
These are the lists of actors who have played roles in GoT as well as HP.
Just give me the missing role.
Natalia Tena- Tonks and Osha
Ian Whyte- Wun Wun the giant and madame Maxime
David Bradley- Argus Filch and Walder Frey
Julain Glover- Maester Pycelle and Aragog
Ralph Ineson- Amycus Carrow and and an Ironborn Reaver
Daniel Tuite- Wizard with no name and Lothar Frey
Michelle Fairly- Catelyn Stark and ___ _______

83. Mrs. Granger in the seventh movie

84. 8. ID

85. Bates Motel

86. Round 3: India

87. 1. List it
• The Seven Sisters with capitals
• (1 mark for each)

88. Exchange sheets

89. • Meghalaya-Shillong
• Mizoram-Aizwal
• Assam-Dispur
• Arunachal Pradesh-Itanagar
• Manipur-Imphal
• Nagaland-Kohima
• Tripura- Agartala

90. 2.
The next slide shows the image of Apta Railway station. It has been
used in several movies of late including Fida, Rang de Basanti,
Swades,Shaadi no. 1 and Chinatown. It is rumoured to have earned the
central railways close to 40L pa.
The trend however was set with a famous Bollywood movie of the
90’s,and true to its sense, it sacrificed all details to have the scene shot
here, which is perhaps one of the most iconic scenes in Bollywood
history.
ID the Movie.

92. DDLJ

93. 3.
X was an Indian Philosopher and Statesman, born on _ _________, and
died on 17 April, 1975. He served as the Vice President from 1952-1962
and as the President from 1962-1967. X was awarded several high
awards during his life, including a knighthood in 1931, the Bharat
Ratna, the highest civilian award in India, in 1954, and honorary
membership of the British Royal Order of Merit in 1963.
Till date he remains one of India’s most successful politicians.
X?

94. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

95. 4.
West Bengal and Odisha have been fighting over this for sometime, and
the major contention has been to get GI tags for this.
The Bengal Science and Technology department first approached their
central counterpart to receive the GI authentication tag for it. Odisha
responded by setting up 3 distinct panels with 3 distinct goals.
The first panel will look at trying to trace the origin in Odisha, the
second will look at Bengal’s claim to it and the third will gather the
required evidence.
What is “it”?

97. Long connect

99. Thumbs Up

101. Limca

103. Gold Spot

105. Citra

107. Maaza

108. Long Connect

109. Soft drinks sold by Parle to Coca Cola

110. Round 4: Gen
• 8 questions
• Dries

111. 1.
• Fatburger Inc. is an American fast casual restaurant chain. Its tagline is
The Last Great Hamburger Stand. While it is a fast food restaurant,
the food is cooked and made to order. Its franchise headquarters are
in Beverly Hills, California. In addition to the United States, the chain
operates in over 19 other countries.
• In the early 2000’s, in order to play a joke on one of their head
employees, Fatburger started a different type of Burger called “The
Hypocrite”. It has been a regular feature on their menu, since.
• What is “The Hypocrite”?

112. Veggie Burger laced with Bacon and salami

113. 2.
• The myth goes that X married 27 daughters of Daksha, but truly loved
one of them. His other wives complained to Daksha who cursed X
that he would become ugly forever. X prayed to Lord Shiva to remove
the curse. Lord Shiva said that he couldn’t completely remove the
curse, but said that whenever X lost his beauty completely, he would
gradually regain his beauty completely, and this cycle would go on.
• What has said to have resulted from this myth? X?

114. X- Chandra
The Lunar Cycle

115. 3.
The USA(in its entirety; i.e. including outlying territories) is an
interesting country, and its not just about Donald Trump, but also in
geographical terms.
The states of the country give us an interesting fact.
The smallest state of the USA is Hawaii, as it is also the southernmost
state.
The Largest state is Alaska, also being the northern most state.
What are the Easternmost and Westernmost states of the USA?

116. Alaska and Alaska
Alaska is also the easternmost state, as it crosses the International Date
Line.

117. 4.
One explanation as to the origin of this is that when Pope Gregory I,
sanctioned unending prayers and parades throughout the streets of the
Vatican to counter an outbreak of Bubonic Plague.
Another explanation is that it was used as a sort of shield against the
invasion of devils or evil spirits into the body, which in a way is the
actual mechanism.. William Butler Yeats describes this in the Irish Folk
Tale “Master and Man”.
Put Funda

118. Saying Bless You when a person sneezes

119. 5.
In some European languages the medical term is literally “The Imperial
Cut” or “The Kimg’s Cut” or the Emperor’s Cut, since the technical term
is named after a famous Roman Emperor.
ID the technical term without which Human Life would not be possible
in a lot of cases.

120. Caesarian Section!

121. 6.
• Americans have loved McDonald’s Quarter Pounder ever since a franchisee
introduced the iconic burger to the country in 1972. In the 1980s, A&W
attempted to capitalize on the success of the Quarter Pounder—and drum
up a little competition for Ronald and friends—by introducing a third-
pound burger. The bigger burger gave consumers more bang for their
collective buck. It was priced the same as the Quarter Pounder but
delivered more meat. It even outperformed McDonald’s in blind taste tests,
with consumers preferring the flavor of A&W’s burger. But when it came
down to actually purchasing the third-pound burgers, most Americans
simply would not do it. Baffled, A&W ordered more tests and focus groups.
After chatting with people who snubbed the A&W burger for the smaller
Quarter Pounder, the reason became clear.
• How did the average American show their idiocy.

122. They thought a third pounder was less than a quarter pounder.

123. 7.
• The following is an urban myth.
• Unrecognized for his work, facing jail for gross indecency and
humiliated by estrogen injections intended to 'cure' his
homosexuality, Alan Turing died in obscurity on June 7, 1954, 10 years
and a day after the Normandy landings, which made copious use of
intelligence gleaned by his methods. His actual death is often
attributed to an X laced with cyanide, which he had just started
eating.

125. 8.
X is a word of common usage in the African Continent, especially along
the east coast of Africa, in countries like Mozambique, Somalia, Egypt
and Morroco
The origins of it can be traced to Eritrea where X meant to bestow
someone with respect and admiration, or welcome in general.
Another major usage is as a war cry in the language of Swahili, in the
Kenyan region.
Recently, X has been all over the news for a different reason.
X?

127. VICES

128. 1.
“X named this overdose drug “Milk” amid claims he took it before
bedtime every night”
These were the headlines on June 26, 2009 after X dies of drug
overdose.
The drug mentioned is Propofol
X?

130. 2.

131. Champagne

132. 3.

133. Bond Girls

134. 4.

135. Son-of-a-Bitch Stew

136. 5.

138. 6.Connect
Karnataka State Minister for Cooperation Laxman Savadi
C. C. Patil, Minister for Women and child development
State Minister for Ports, Science and Technology, Krishna Palemar

139. Sharing pornographic content in legislative assemblies

140. 7.
X is a term, often used in parties and gatherings, especially in colleges,
though most people invited don’t usually approve of it. The host sends
this out as a disclaimer that effectively means he will not be providing
_______. Sometimes the _______ is subject to an initial opening fee or
a corking fee.
X is also a song by the band System of a Down, the lyrics of which, like
most SOAD songs make no sense.
ID the term X, the meaning of which gave rise to the phrase : “Going
_____”.

141. BYOB