History Memes General Quiz Finals

ROUND 1
• THEME: HISTORY MEMES
• Written round
• +10 for correct answer, no negatives for incorrect answer.
• All-correct entries give a +10 bonus

Q1
What is this a reference to?

Q2
• What has been blanked out (reference to a quote from the Times Person
of the Century)?

Q4
• What has been blanked out, a pun on the
Name of the new Disney+ Star Wars series?

Q5
What is this a reference to?

ROUND 2
• Clockwise
• +10/0 on a direct/pass. (Bangalore infinite bounce pattern)
• On pounce:
+15/-10
You can play for a double on the pounce by mentioning it on the paper.
+30/-20
Specific answer needed to all parts on the pounce.

Q1
• Stella Adler was an American actress and acting teacher. She founded the
Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City in 1949 which has produced
alumni such as Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Elaine
Stritch, Kate Mulgrew, Kipp Hamilton, and Jenny Lumet.
• As an exercise she had her students practice different interpretations of a
similar phrase.
• One of her students very memorably used this technique in a scene as an
interpretation on the pathology of loneliness.
• Which iconic scene (or) Give me the name of the movie?

Q2
• In the last few days, the app Bridgefry has been gaining popularity in India,
especially in Uttar Pradesh. It’s popularity seems to have been inspired by
it’s use in Hong Kong in the past few months.
• The app Bridgefry originally started as a way to save server costs (which it
still does). On Bridgefy’s official website, the listed use cases feature
capitalist ones (ad distribution) and emergency ones (natural disasters).
• Bridgefry mainly works through Bluetooth, initially connecting users under
the distance of 100 m and then using the nearby devices as intermediates
to reach out to wider locations.
• What exactly does Bridgefry do?

Q3
• Chinese Media companies are trying out a video format known as
shupingju.
• Tencent started this format in 2018 with short rom com series like My
Boyfriend-ish Sister and My Idiot Boyfriend.
• The format's popularity has created a whole new genre with Netflix and
others ordering contents in this format. Spotify has released several videos
in this format such as Selena Gomez's Bad Liar, Ariana Grande's No Tear
Left To Cry etc.
• What's special about this format, the popularity of which seems to have
been inspired by the rise in smartphone use and general laziness of
people?

Q4
• Easter Island got its name because it was first visited by a Dutch navigator
on Easter Sunday in 1722.
• Islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans were named Christmas Islands
for similar reason. A big Brazilian city founded on December 25,1599 and
a region in South Africa sighted by Vasco Da Gama in 1497 are named
after the Portuguese word for Christmas.
• The South Africa location has a connection to Mahatma Gandhi.
• What's the name common to the location (i.e. Portuguese word for
Christmas)? Medicos know this word in different context.

Q5
Which common object did these sculptures evolve into?

Q6
• In a 2001 book, investigative journalist Edwin Black wrote that the ruthless
efficiency of the Holocaust without the services of this company.
• Dehomag, the German branch of this company the German government
the means for two official censuses of the population after 1933 and for
searching its data. It gave the Nazis a way of tracing Jews and dissidents
using the powerful automated search tools.
• The New York wing established a special subsidiary in General
Government, Watson ________ ________, to deal with railway traffic
there during the Holocaust in Poland.
• Which American company helped the Nazis tabulate the information for
the Holocaust?
(image)

Q7
• It comes from the Latin word of the same name, meaning "guardian
deity or spirit which watches over each person from birth" or "innate
ability.”
• The word can be used more lightheartedly to describe a natural
ability or flair for something.
• Which word?

Q8
• Panchavann Kotinche Bali (The Sacrifice of 55 Crores) is a 1971
Marathi Book.
• The author of the book was arrested on February 5th, 1947 from his
house in Pune and was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment.
• His most of the writings are about the circumstances that led to his
arrest and general scenario at that time.
• What's the significance of the title and why he was arrested?

GOPAL GODSE
• For planning the assassinnation of Mahatma Gandhi
• Arrears to be given to Pakistan or partition

Q9
• Before the 2012 London Olympics, British Athletes who competed in a
certain event had to go to Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or
Isle of Man for training purposes.
• The organizers had to obtain special permission to stage the event at
olympic because of a special rule which dates back to an
unfortunately occurrence in 1996 (the first and only of its kind in UK).
• What is this special rule all about?

EVENT= SHOOTING
• Private ownership of handguns and pistols is banned in England after
the Dunblane massacre

Q10
• This person's Unweaving the _______: Science, Delusion and the
Appetite for Wonder is a 1998 book in which he discusses the
relationship between science and the arts from the perspective of a
scientist.
• His starting point is a John Keat's accusation against a famous scientist,
which goes like this : 'Will clip an Angel's wings/Conquer all mysteries
by rule and line/Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine/Unweave a
_______’
• FIB (5). And therein, identify the scientist (2.5). Also, who be the author
of this, famous for coining something funky (2.5)?

UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW
• Issac Newton

ROUND 3
• Theme: Art
• Written round
• +10 for correct answer, no negatives for incorrect answer.
• All-correct entries give a +10 bonus

Q1
• Odile Speed was primarily known for her nudes & still life watercolours.
• However, her most iconic work was a small black & white illustration in
1953 as an illustration for a magazine article.
• Which work?

Q2
• What does this line represent in the paintings of Tyeb Mehta?

Q3
• What is this 1961 painting by Jasper Johns based on (or) What is it’s
name?

Q4
• Jack Russel (not to be confused with the dog) is
an English artist.
• Despite never being interested in art in school,
Russel first became interested in art in 1988.
This happened because he was bored by the
slow-paced nature of his work; which was often
famously interrupted by rains.
• But he did not consider becoming a professional
artist till his work took him to Pakistan in 1987
(pictured here). "I loved India and Pakistan, the
people were great and the material for an artist
is endless,” he said.
• What exactly was his job, which gave him
plenty of free time for art?

Q5
• At the CES innovation awards 2018, a health startup called Lioness released
a special form of art called _______.
• It uses a $229 bio-sensitive device with force sensors on one end. There's
also a sensor that recognizes when a session starts, by measuring body
temperature along with a pulse generator, an accelerometer and a
gyroscope to track its motion.
• Each piece in _______ is represented by a circle in the middle that expands
and contracts. The dots in the background represent the pulse intensity.
The rings surrounding the inner circle show how the device itself is moving.
When the person is _________, the background flashes different colors.
• What is this artwork called/give funda. (image)

THE DOUBLE HELIX
• She was Crick’s wife

MAP OF THE USA
• Name of the painting is simply “Map”

Q4
• Jack Russel (not to be confused with the dog) is an English artist.
• Despite never being interested in art in school, Russel first became interested
in art in 1988. This happened because he was bored by the slow-paced nature
of his work; which was often famously interrupted by rains.
• But he did not consider becoming a professional artist till his work took him to
Pakistan in 1987 (pictured here). "I loved India and Pakistan, the people were
great and the material for an artist is endless,” he said.
• What exactly was his job, which gave him plenty
Of free time for art?

Artgasm
• It tracks the female orgasm

ROUND 4
• Anti-clockwise
• +10/0 on a direct/pass.
• On pounce:
+15/-10
You can play for a double on the pounce by mentioning it on the
paper.
+30/-20
Specific answer needed to all parts on the pounce.

Q1
• In an episode of HBO series Watchmen, Sister Night, the protagonist
played by Regina King undergoes dialysis for some drugs she had
consumed in a facility owned by shady businesswoman Lady Trieu.
• A mystery throughout a couple of episodes is that her tubes are
connected to a closed room. It's revealed that her tubes are connected to
an ________; a joke on a popular English phrase which means “a pressing
topic/problem”.
• Which phrase/FITB.

Q2
• The Sangareddy ____ was built on an expanse of 3.1 acres in 1796, when
Salarjung-I was the prime minister of the state of Hyderabad.
• Since 2016, building has been converted into a museum. One section serves
as an art gallery. The biggest attraction is the facility to stay for 24 hours at the
museum for a cost of Rs. 500.
• But the lodging facilities are really strange. Tourists are asked to surrender all
their belongings, which are kept in a safe locker. Unless sealed, even a water
bottle isn’t allowed inside. Those with history of depression are not allowed.
• The room is dark and cold and for a view only has a view is a portion of the
tall pale-yellow wall. Tourists wake up at 6 am and go for a march. Dinner is
served at 6pm and the lights are out by 9.
• What is special about this museum, in which people stay to contemplate the
meaning of life and freedom?

Q3
• In 1975, Stuart Roosa and his wife Joan Roosa were on a trip to Nepal.
• Throughout their visit, they had some unique experiences. When they
were going on a mountain road to their hotel, all along the road children
were kneeling with candles as an act of reverence; as if a God had come
to visit.
• Stuart was repeatedly asked questions about whether he had met their
dead relatives in “heaven”, and the people were disappointed when he
said that he had not.
• What was so special about Stuart Roosa?

Q3
• Born as Walker Smith Jr. , Ray Robinson was a famous boxer and inducted
into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is widely regarded
as the greatest boxer of all time. When he was 15, he attempted to enter
his first boxing tournament but was told he needed to first obtain an AAU
membership card. However, he could not procure one until he was
eighteen years old. He received his name when he circumvented the
AAU's age restriction by borrowing a birth certificate from his friend.
• He got his first name added to his friend's name because of his behaviour.
About him Jake La Motta (Raging Bull) has once jokingly said, "I fought X
so many times it's a wonder I didn't get ________.“
• Identify him and fitb

“SUGAR” RAY ROBINSON
• Blank= Diabetes

Q4
• Ernest William Hornung was an English author and poet known for
writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late
19th-century London.
• At first he wrote "In the Chains of Crime", which introduced Raffles and
his sidekick, Bunny Manders; the characters were based partly on his
friends Oscar Wilde and his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and also on the
characters created by his brother-in-law, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• It's believed that he said this about his brother-in-law's creation -
"Though he might be more humble, There __ __ police like ______.”
• Complete the punny quote for points.

THERE IS NO POLICE LIKE HOLMES
• Pun on “There’s no place like home”

Q5
• The meaning of ‘p’ in this widely used term is still disputed.
• The Carlsberg foundation (where it all started) claims that it stands for
power. Germans claim that it means potenz, while the French say that it
stands for puissance.
• In 2010, Michelle Francl went back to the roots and discovered that in
all probability, the origin was much more mundane. The creator of this
term used p and q to describe the components of his experiment, and
this seems to have been carried forward.
• What am I talking about?

Q6
• This work was created by Abdul Haq in 1609, who was conferred the title
of "Amanat Khan" upon him as a reward for his "dazzling virtuosity”.
• Written with jasper in the Thuluth script of Arabic, it began with “O Soul,
thou art at rest. Return to the Lord at peace with Him, and He at peace
with you.“
• Inspired heavily from the Quran, the text chosen refers broadly to the
themes of judgment and fruitful paradisiacal rewards for the faithful and
that of an impending doom that awaits the unbelievers on the Day of
Judgment.
• Which work am I talking about?

Q7
• In 2006, Dr. DK Satpathy found that his hospital had a power cut for the
entire day, which meant that the forensic samples which he had kept
preserved refrigerated for years were destroyed.
• Expressing his disappointment that nobody had come to further study
these samples, he said that he had collected these samples in patients
with symptoms of froth in their mouths and noses, serious pulmonary
damage, their eyes were red, and their skin had rashes. Satpathy found
one peculiarity: the blood in both the veins and the arteries of the bodies
was red, whereas, usually that in the veins is darker.
• Initially he was told that the treatment was washing eyes and mouth with
water, but German doctor Don Derreira informed them the next day that
IV sodium thiosulfate was needed.
• Give funda (or) What exactly did the patients die from?

METHYL ISOCYANATE/BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY

Q8
• Trapaj is a village in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat and is known for
its market with close to 900 shops. These shops deal in items such as
steel and wooden furniture, cosmetics, paintings, crockery, carpets,
electronics goods and bathroom and bedroom furnishings. Every now
and then, exotic items like slot machines, roulette tables, wine goblets,
safes etc are also available here. The customers at the market hail from
across the country (including hoteliers and factory owners), none of
whom have any doubts regarding the authenticity of the items on offer,
all of which represent a bargain for their low cost and high quality.
• Where exactly do these shops source their goods from?
(image)

Q9
• In 1961, Hagen Koch was a fresh-faced 21-year-old Stasi recruit whose
background in technical draughtsmanship would suit him for a unique
job.
• "It was an ordinary summer day," Koch recalled in Anna Funder's book,
Stasiland. "When we got to where Checkpoint Charlie was to be, there
were crowds of protesters on the western side shouting at us. I had my
left leg in the east, my right leg in the west, and I drew my white line
across the street. I concentrated on the line, and not on what was
happening around me.”
• What exactly was he doing?

MAPPING THE COURSE OF THE BERLIN WALL

Q10
• X is a short story written by Issac Asimov in 1956. The story deals with the
development of a series of computers called Multivac and their relationships
with humanity through the courses of seven historic settings, beginning in
2061.
• In each of the first six scenes a different character presents the computer
with the same question, “How can the net amount of entropy of the
universe be massively decreased?” Multivac's only response after much
"thinking" is: "INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER.“
• In the last scene, the god-like descendant of humanity asks Multivac (which
is outside space-time) the ultimate question one last time. Eventually it
discovers the answer, but has nobody to report it to; the universe is already
dead. It therefore decides to answer by demonstration with a
pronouncement which signifies a new beginning.
• (a) What was the pronouncement?
• (b) What is the name of the short story?

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