Re quizzition 2012 finals

1. Finals

2. RULES & REGULATIONS • Infinite Pounce – Teams have to pounce within ten seconds. +10 and -10 for teams going for the pounce • Teams which have pounced can‟t answer again • No negative marks for either direct or passing. +10 for both direct and passed questions. • Infinite bounce system of passing • 1st 24 questions clockwise and next 24 anti-clockwise Best of Luck 

3. QUESTION 1 Developed during the Gupta period, around the 6th century, a vulgar form of it was adopted under a different name in Sassanid Persia during the 7th century. The name itself comes from a battle formation mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata, referring to four divisions of an army. Banabhatta's Harsha Charita is believed to be one of the earliest references to this game. Which game am I talking about?

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5. CHATURANGA

6. QUESTION 2 A household, Christmas dish in Germany, its name literally means “Little jumper” or “Little knight”. The molds used for its preparation depict biblical stories and food historians trace their existence to a time when they would be used to teach the illiterate about the bible. [Hint : Visual in next slide].

9. SPRINGERLE

10. QUESTION 3 In 1998 X‟s rights and assets were bought by The Time- Warner Corporation, and in 2008, they collected about $5000 in one day ($2 million per year) in royalties. The Walt Disney Company, one of the frequent users of this, pays the company U.S. $5,000 per usage. The entire X though is a rarity of late as the company currently charges about U.S. $10,000 for it, and as a result we only find a part of it in use.

12. THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU SONG

13. QUESTION 4 Although no one till date can trace a clear idea behind its naming, William J. Murray states that the term was a result of its commercial benefits as its worth is more than £120 million to the Scottish economy. Along with what it is supposed to involve, it is infused with a series of complex disputes, sometimes centered on religion (Catholic and Protestant) and the country‟s politics (Loyalist and Republican). It also has an effect on the country‟s flag, as the country‟s official flag finds an all new „opposition‟. What is the occasion?

15. THE OLD FIRM DERBY (CELTIC VS RANGERS)

16. QUESTION 5 In various American prisons, the minimum qualification required to earn this is to injure or even kill another inmate. The process of creating it involves things like a walkman motor and torn strings of a guitar. In the 1920s these were a major attraction in various circuses across America, but soon the recession put an end to this business. What is being talked about?

18. TATTOO

19. QUESTION 6 The word is etymologically derived from a synonymous Latin word meaning „save‟. It courted controversy in 2012 when used in an A.R.Rahman(read composer) track, highlighting an exclamation of joy when a man sees his beloved. The members of an organization called Christian Secular Forum (CSF) objected to the song, claiming the word sacred and demanding its immediate removal from the song. Among the films to have used the song are names like Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Ye Maaya Chesave. Identify the word/song.

21. AUDIO PIECE TO BE PLAYED

22. HOSANNA

23. QUESTION 7 His best test figures as a bowler were 10-51 vs NZ at Asgiriya making him the only bowler other than Anil Kumble and Jim Laker to do so, (Record disallowed due to security situation and pitch condition) and his best ODI figure was 8 – 17 vs. Gibraltar in 1987. (Once again not recognized by the ICC). He also had a unique record of getting 7 wickets in 7 consecutive balls, although the record wasn‟t recognized due to allegations of ball- tampering. Identify this great talent. [ Hint : in next slide (IF REQUIRED) ]

24. HINT : He completely disappeared from the scene in 1995 but was eventually traced down by Shehan Karunatilaka, in his debut novel, The Chinaman, in 2011.

26. PRADEEP MATHEWS

27. QUESTION 8 Who, in the 1940s, endorsed Godrej soaps no. 1 and no. 2 by saying “After having used the best soaps from Europe and America, I find Godrej soaps are the best! ”

28. Our Sincere Thanks To ROSE-VALLEY & DLF INSURANCE AGENT : Mr. RANABIR RAY On Behalf of : Anyone interested in joining the co. Anyone interested in joining the as an agent under Mr. Ray please co. as an agent under Mr. Mallick contact him @ please contact him @ ADDRESS: 11 NIRMAL ADDRESS: 2/1453, SENGUPTA SARANI GAYESHPUR, RAMKRISHNAGARH, KALYANI, NADIA. ITALGACHA KOLKATA-79. CONTACT: 9332871096 CONTACT: 9903748916 9804529620

29. ANNIE BESANT

30. QUESTION 9 (INTERESTING ANSWER REQUIRED) In early 2012, archaeologists discovered 2 ossuaries(lime stone boxes) dated prior to 70 ACE, from a burial chamber below a modern condominium building. One had an inscription referring to divinity while the other had the image of a huge fish with a stick in its mouth. These ossuaries, as the archaeologists speculated, were something very special. What did they speculate these boxes as?

32. THEY ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS THE COFFIN OF JESUS CHRIST.

33. QUESTION 10 Appeared for the first time in Aug 2012, in the 636th issue of the series, she was depicted as the most popular kid of her school. She has two boyfriends, Ronnie, who is filthy rich and Billy, the boy next door and she has a huge dilemma to choose one over the other. Who is the character in the context?

35. ARCHINA, ARCHIE‟S FEMALE AVATAR.

36. QUESTION 11 Luck Chikhani, a French oral and maxillofacial surgeon, used about 150 pieces of titanium to hold the bones together to form the original face of X from X‟s family photograph. The total expense of the surgery was carried out by a famous EPL club owner and National Health Services of England. Identify X for me. [If you don‟t know the name but know who X is, DON‟T POUNCE ! . Please write down your answer when your turn comes]

38. TREVOR REES JONES, THE BODYGUARD WHO SURVIVED THE CAR CRASH, IN WHICH DODI AL FAYED AND PRINCESS DIANA DIED.

39. QUESTION 12 These kind of horses were previously used by soldiers to practice mounting and dismounting. Even Alexander the Great is believed to have used one. What were they called? [Hint : Only if required, in next slide]

40. HINT : The answer has a sporting connection in some way.

42. POMMEL HORSE

43. QUESTION 13 The 1950 Dr. Seuss book “If I ran the zoo” had an angry looking old man in the zoo. The author used a particular term to describe this character. This, as modern day records suggest, was the first usage of a now popular term. Which term ?

45. NERD

46. QUESTION 14 (INTERESTING ANSWERS ONLY PLS!) In 2005, Russian astrologer Marina Bai, sued NASA for $300m, when one of their experimental space vehicles crashed onto a comet claiming that the collision (in her words a terrorist act) had caused her severe damage. What was the damage it had caused ?

48. SHE CLAIMED THAT IT HAD DEFORMED HER HOROSCOPE ! (NO DOUBT SHE WAS AN ASTROLOGER!)

49. QUESTION 15 Amidst the extreme Nazi atrocities in Poland during the holocaust, a Polish pedagogical doctor and philanthropist, Dr. Henryk Goldzmit (more popular by his pen name Janusz Korczak), staged a play in order to infuse some kind of hope, a spark of life, in the kids of his orphanage, who were destined for the infamous gas chambers at Treblinka concentration camp. Which famous play did he stage?

51. RABINDRANATH TAGORE‟S DAAK- GHAR

52. QUESTION 16 ( AN INTERESTING ANSWER EXPECTED YET AGAIN! ) His name is Charles Holland Duell , In 1898, he was appointed as the United States Commissioner of Patents, and held that post until he retired in 1901. He justified his retirement, with an unique explanation. What explanation?

54. HE BELIEVED “EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE INVENTED, HAS ALREADY BEEN INVENTED”

55. QUESTION 17 The franchise was founded in 1966 as the tenth and final member of the American Football League (AFL) by Cleveland Browns co-founder and head coach Paul Brown but after the AFL and the NFL formally merged after the 1969 season, they were assigned to the AFL. In order to give it a link with past professional football of the area (another team that existed in the city and played in three previous American Football Leagues from 1937 to 1942.) Brown named the team _________ _______, also inspired from, what was then in America, a rare species of white Tiger. Following are visuals of their current uniform. What do they call themselves?

56. THEIR UNIFORMS

58. CINCINNATI BENGALS

59. QUESTION 18 Louis Zborowski (1895 – 19 October 1924) was a racing driver and automobile engineer. He was an early patron of Aston Martin, and raced for them at Brooklands and in the 1923 French Grand Prix. In the 1923 Indianapolis 500 he drove a Bugatti. He drove in the 1923 Italian Grand Prix at Monza in a car designed by American engineer Harry Arminius Miller, the single seat "American Miller 122". Louis Zborowski joined the Mercedes team in 1924 but died in one of their cars, after hitting a tree during the Italian Grand Prix. He was just 29 years old. What was his most famous creation?

60. HIS PICTURE

62. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

63. QUESTION 19 Although the likes of JLA Brandes render it an art-form born in Java but the likes of Bessie Cecil argue that it was born in the Coromandel coast in India, travelled to Indonesia and was brought back by Tagore. The traditional forms of this art generally conceptualize the universe.Traditionally they are of indigo, dark brown and white colors representing Brahma , Vishnu and Shiva respectively. What is the art-form being talked about?

65. BATIK

66. QUESTION 20 In West Asia, it began as a practice for enhancing fertility as mothers would teach this to their daughters, in order to prepare them for childbirth. The practice would especially help those muscles, that helps a woman deliver, become more flexible. Which practice am I referring to ?

68. BELLY DANCING

69. QUESTION 21 Sometime around 16 Oct 2011, the JNU administration showcaused the All-India Backwards students‟ Forum for disintegrating Gods and Goddesses after a section of the dalit students decided to worship X. Solve for X.

71. MAHISHASHUR

72. QUESTION 22 We‟ve tried our best to make it an exhaustive list : 1. 2004 Euro Final Greece Vs Portugal. 2. 2005 La Liga Real Vs Barcelona. 3. 2005 Champions league Semi Liverpool Vs Chelsea. 4. 2006 Champions league Semi Villarreal Vs Arsenal. 5. 2008 Euro Semi Germany vs Turkey. 6. 2009 La Liga Barcelona Vs Racing Santander. 7. 2010 WC Final Spain Vs Netherlands. 8. 2010 Hungarian Derby Újpest Vs Ferencváros. 9. 2011 Champions League Semi Barca Vs Real. 10. 2011 Copa America Quarter Final Argentina Vs Uruguay. What‟s common to these (in)famous matches ?

74. ALL THESE MATCHES WERE INTERRUPTED BY THE (IN)FAMOUS JIMMY JUMP.

75. QUESTION 23 (WANTED : INTERESTING, IMAGINATIVE ANSWERS) In the 16th Century, a group of Catholics from UK, in a letter to the Vatican, asked whether their plan was justifiable. The Vatican answered “Since the person concerned had led millions away from Catholicism, what they wanted to carry out was commendable”. What was their plan all about ?

77. THEY WANTED TO MURDER QUEEN ELIZABETH !

78. QUESTION 24 When the Mocambo Night club was in Los Angeles was reluctant to hire black singer Ella Fitzgerald, the owner received a phone call from X. X offered to take a table every night if Fitzgerald was hired. Identify X ?

80. MARILYN MONROE

81. QUESTION 25 Till 1055 ACE, China bought horses from Tibet in exchange of silver. After 1055 they ran short of silver, and the exchanges stopped for a while. 1078 ACE onwards, the exchanges were renewed, and the Chinese used something as the replacement of silver in exchange of horses. What did they use ?

83. TEA

84. QUESTION 26 During Jackie Kennedy‟s maiden goodwill trip to India, US ambassador, John K Galbraith, wrote to JFK asking him whether it would be fit for the first lady to visit such an „erotic‟ place. JKF replied “Why? Don‟t you think she is old enough ? ” Identify the place in context.

86. THE SUN TEMPLE, KONARK. GALBRAITH WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EROTIC SCENARIOS DEPICTED ON THE WALLS OF THE TEMPLE!

87. QUESTION 27 X and Y are two different food items often mistaken for each other. Y is a Chinese item while X‟s origins, although native to Tibet, is often erroneously traced to Nepal, Bhutan, China or even Darjeeling. While X was popularized by the Tibetans seeking shelter from Chinese invasions, Y‟s introduction dates back to the 18th Century when Chinese migrants came to India in search of work. Give me both X and Y. [Part marking on Pounce is also allowed].

89. X = MOMO Y = DIM SUM.

90. QUESTION 28 Scientists from the University of Georgia, have regarded the distinctive thick bands of yellow „double flowers‟ in Vincent Van Gogh‟s painting Sunflower, as the first specimen of this. What ?

93. GENETIC MUTATION

94. QUESTION 29 It‟s an anti-dowry Facebook app launched in Jan 2012 by Shaadi.com. It features an outraged bride, an eight- armed woman in a red dress juggling weapons that includes a rolling pin, a pressure cooker, a broom, a tomato, a slipper, a shoe, a frying pan, and a sieve-like spoon. She attacks dowry-seekers which includes a doctor, an engineer, and a pilot with these. Identify the app. ? [Hint, if required, on next slide]

95. HINT : The game is somewhat of an inspiration from angry birds.

97. ANGRY BRIDES

98. QUESTION 30 Her association with Indian dance dates back to 1954, when she came to India to join Uday Shankar‟s training class. She later learnt Kathak from Birju maharaj and Bharat Natyam from Leela Samson. In 1988, during his visit to China, Rajiv gandhi gifted her a pair of ghungroo, and these, according to her wish, was tied to her ankles during her funeral. Identify this dance legend? P.S. : Please spell your answer

100. ZHANG JUN, THE CHINESE KATHAK QUEEN.

101. *QUESTION 31(EXHAUSTIVE, TO MY „VERY LIMITED‟ KNOWLEDGE) __________ ? __________ W h o ‟s n e x t ? W h a t ‟s t h e f u n d a ?

103. STEVE JOBS , THEY'VE ALL WON POSTHUMOUS GRAMMIES.

104. QUESTION 32 The phrase courted huge controversy in 1951 when Nirad C. Chaudhuri used it in the dedication of his book, The Autobiography of an unknown Indian, as a condemnation of British rulers for not treating Indians as equals and as a result of which he was hounded out of his All India Radio govt. service, deprived of his pension, blacklisted as a writer in India and forced to live a life of penury. Although, later on he explained the dedication to be an imitation of what Cicero had said about the conduct of Verres, a Roman proconsul of Sicily who oppressed Sicilian Roman citizens, who in desperation cried out: _______ ___________ _________. Which phrase is this?

106. "CIVIS BRITANNICUS SUM", THE COMMONWEALTH IDEAL.

107. QUESTION 33 These are few facts about climbing this Mountain.Identify it. 1. In 1926, Hugh Ruttledge studied the north face, which he estimated was 6,000 ft (1,800 m) high and "utterly unclimbable"and thought about an ascent of the north-east ridge, but he ran out of time. 2. Reinhold Messner was given the opportunity by the Chinese government to climb the mountain in the 1980s but he declined. In 2001 the Chinese gave permission for a Spanish team led by Jesus Martinez Novas to climb the peak, but in the face of international disapproval the Chinese decided to ban all attempts to climb the mountain

109. MT. KAILASH (THE ABODE OF LORD SHIVA)

110. QUESTION 34 This is a poster from a rally of a highly controversial political organization started by Reverend Chris Korda in the Boston, Massachuset ts, whose prime maxim is “Thou shall not procreate”. Give me the blanked out part.

112. KILL YOURSELF !

113. QUESTION 35 One of the most famous of her kind, she was known for her elegance, curves and dramatic movements. Initially she was the daughter of Brahma, Vishnumaya but then on Brahma‟s direction she was incarnated as Lopamudra. Balarama then gave Lopamudra away to a muni and it is from this muni that she got her name. Id This Person.

115. KAVERI

116. QUESTION 36 He is currently a small time politician , he is also human activist fighting for homosexuals and their rights . He is also an animal activist and his friends say that he is a kind person and always helps others . What‟s his connection to the world of Soccer.

118. HE IS MATTHEW SIMMONS. HE WAS AT THE WRONG END OF ERIC CANTONA‟S KUNG FU KICK

119. QUESTION 37 In 1987, a group of sanitation workers in Jalandhar went on strike because something, then extremely popular, was about to end. They complained that the proposed ending was abrupt and incomplete. The strike spread among sanitation workers in many major cities in North India, compelling the government to sponsor a re-start. What was this protest all about ?

121. THEY PROTESTED THE INCOMPLETE ENDING OF THE RAMAYANA TV SERIES

122. QUESTION 38 “The Key of Solomon” a book allegedly written by the biblical King Solomon describes a particular magical ritual as follows: “Make a small image of yellow wax, in the form of a man, in the month January and in the day and hour of Saturn, and at that time write with a needle above the crown of its head and upon its skull which thou shalt have adroitly raised, the character following. After which thou shalt replace the skull in proper position. Thou shalt then write upon a small strip of the skin of a frog or toad which thou shalt have killed, the following words and characters (which I won‟t give here). Thou shalt then go and suspend the said figure by one of thy hairs from the vault of a cavern at the hour of midnight, and perfuming it with the proper incense thou shalt ask it in thine own language about thine objective” What is the objective of this „ritual‟? OR What does this ritual „result‟ in?

124. INVISIBILITY

125. QUESTION 39 Among his hobbies, he is a trained classical musician and a great recitor of thumri . He learnt to play the sitar from Kalyani Roy, a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan. He also has taken lessons on classical music from the likes of Pt. Tejendra Majumdar. Identify this multi-faceted personality.

127. DINESH TRIVEDI .

128. QUESTION 40 Connect the Following Temples of Tamil Nadu: • Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple or the Meenakshi temple at Madurai • Chidambaram temple at Chidambaram • Nellaiappar Temple at Tirunelveli • Thiruvalankadu Vadaaranyeswarar Temple at Thiruvalangadu • Kutraleeswar Temple at Coutrallam

130. ANSWER The five Sabha temples where Shiva is believed to perform five different style of dances • Pon (Gold) Sabha--> Natarajar Temple Chidambaram • Velli (Silver) Sabha --> Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Madurai • Tamira (Copper) --->Sabha Nellaiappar Temple Tirunelveli • Rathna (Gem)--> Sabha Thiruvalankadu Vadaaranyeswarar Temple Thiruvalangadu • Chitira (Picture)--> Sabha Kutraleeswar Temple Coutrallam

131. QUESTION 41 In Australia, in the early 20 th century, they would be named after the country‟s most disliked politicians. During WW II, the Americans started naming them after their wives and girlfriends and thus, since then most of their names were female. Nowadays, the names are however contributed by the member nations of the WMO and the previous discriminations no longer exist. What are being talked about ?

133. CYCLONES

134. QUESTION 42 The area in red, a small village produces wine in far south- eastern province of the country. It came into our notice in 1985 for a particular reason and still remains famous. Name the area marked in red??

136. SCHENGEN, OF SCHENGEN AGREEMENT FAME

137. QUESTION 43 The Carnal Prayer Mat is a novel written by author Li Yu in 1657 during the Qing Dynasty. It is divided into 4 chapters: Spring 春, Summer 夏, Autumn 秋, Winter 冬. How do we know this better?

140. THE WORLD‟S FIRST 3D “ADULT” MOVIE BASES IT‟S SCREENPLAY ON THE STORY. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS VIDEO OF THE ANSWER CAN‟T BE SHOWN

141. QUESTION 44 Written by Arthur LeBern, loosely based on to an unknown serial killer X responsible for what came to be known as the London "nude murders" between 1964 and 1965 (also known as the "Hammersmith murders" or "Hammersmith nudes"case). Solve for X

143. JACK THE STRIPPER

144. QUESTION 45 The gurus and disciples of _____ believe their state to be primordial and universal. They believe that all human beings are natural-born _______. Human babies of all societies are without discrimination, that they will play as much in their own filth as with the toys around them. Children become increasingly aware of their mortality as they bump their heads and fall to the ground. They come to fear their mortality and then palliate this fear by finding ways to deny it altogether. Fill the blanks(same)

146. AGHORIS

147. QUESTION 46 Connect

149. CONNECTION & THEY ARE: They have the privilege to wear white, when they are in a meet with pope. Queen Sofia of Spain Queen Paola of Belgium Queen Fabiola of Belgium Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxemburg

150. QUESTION 47 Identify this fictional character.

152. LEX LUTHOR ((HE WASN‟T ALWAYS BALD LIKE MOST PERCEIVE HIM TO BE)

153. QUESTION 48 Connect: Buzzing Hornets, Bitten Heroes, Bitten and Hisses, Be On Edge

155. NAMES USED BY BENSON AND HEDGES ON THEIR F1 CARS IN COUNTRIES WHERE TOBACCO ADVERTISING IS BANNED

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