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Random Stuff Quiz
QM: Saraswat Chatterjee

RULES
• 35 questions and one long connect (5 part).
• Infinite bounce.
• +10 for a correct answer.
• Infinite number of pounces allowed. +10/-10 on
pounces.
• Points for guessing long connect will be flashed on
every question slide.
• Enjoy!

1
According to folklore, St. Patrick stood on top of a
hill, and used his staff to herd the _______ into the
sea.
Contrary to the popular belief, the real reason for
__________ is that after the last Ice Age, the
landmass connecting this place to Great Britain was
submerged, hence preventing _______ from entering
this place.
What am I talking about?

THERE ARE NO SNAKES IN
IRELAND

2
The XY are 11.5 million leaked documents (some
dating back to the 1970s), that detail financial and
attorney–client information for more than
214,488 offshore entities. The leaked documents were
created by law firm and corporate
service provider Mossack Fonseca of the country X.
Recently, Zomato has created a new category on its
website called XZ, a list of restaurants in India, which
only those with great tax shelters can afford- which
includes the most expensive restaurants in India.
Y and Z are very similar sounding words, although
spelled differently.

3
How can the following be connected? (Non exhaustive)
Reese Witherspoon
George Clooney
Robin Williams
Brad Pitt
Charlie Sheen
Julia Roberts
Jean Claude Van Damme
Bruce Willis

GUEST APPEARANCES IN
F.R.I.E.N.D.S

4
“We wanted X to be the most all-American, kind of
heroic figure. ______ just embodies that kind of
chiselled American hero, and he has such confidence in
the movie. It’s very tough for actors to play that kind
of leading men.” said the director.
Once he had the role of X, ________ went to work,
developing a character who could connect with
everyone, somebody that the audience would root for
despite his flaws and need for revenge. To tap into this
character, X looked for inspiration in the late Robert F.
Kennedy: “I kept on thinking about the Kennedy’s,
particularly Robert F. Kennedy, who was idealistic, held
a grudge and took on the mob.”

5
Originally, X wanted Z(character) to sport a big Afro
wig as an ode to the Blaxploitation films he grew up
loving. However, a production assistant who didn’t
know what an Afro was, returned with several different
types of wigs—including Afros and a Jheri curl wig. X
still had his heart set on the Afro, but then Y stepped
in.
“I was, like, 'No, wait!' You know, N.W.A., Ice Cube, all
those guys had Jheri curls,” recalled Y. “That was the
look of the gangs and all those guys who were over
there bangin’. So I put it on and we shined it up a bit
and we were like, OK, this is how he(Z) is.”

X- QUENTIN TARANTINO
Y- SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Z- JULES WINNFIELD

6
Prior to 1998, a strict building height restriction was
imposed in Kowloon City.
In 1998, a large land reclamation project was
undertaken on the Chek Lap Kok island, which
indirectly resulted in the construction of high rise
buildings in Kowloon, making it as we know it today.
What happened due to this land reclamation, thus
resulting in the lifting of the height restrictions over
Kowloon?

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WAS CONSTRUCTED ON CHEK LAP
KOK, THUS CLOSING DOWN THE KAI
TAK AIRPORT IN KOWLOON

7
On 3rd October 2012, Ajax played Real Madrid in a
UEFA Champions League fixture at the Amsterdam
Arena.
Surprisingly, Real Madrid wore a jersey without a
sponsor name on it.
What was the reason?

BWIN, A BETTING SITE WAS THEIR
SPONSOR, AND BETTING ADS ARE
BANNED IN THE NETHERLANDS

8
X is the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of
the Caucasus region. It is located 28 metres (92 ft)
below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying
national capital in the world and also the largest city in
the world located below sea level. It is located on the
southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula. The Inner
City of X, along with the Shirvanshah's
Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 2000. According to the Lonely
Planet's ranking, X is also among the world's top ten
destinations for urban nightlife. It hosted the 57th
Eurovision Song Contest in 2012, the 2015 European
Games, the 2016 European Grand Prix and will
host UEFA Euro 2020. The city is renowned for its
harsh winds. This is reflected in the city's nickname,
the "City of Winds.” The Bond movie “The World Is Not
Enough” was shot here.

FABER CASTELL’S ADVERTISEMENT
FEATURING VAN GOGH’S CAFÉ
TERRACE AT NIGHT MADE OF COLOR
PENCILS

10
Up in the foothills of the Pyrenees, lies a tiny village nestled
amid breathtaking landscapes. Bugarach, with its two narrow
streets, 176 residents, little agriculture, scores of wild orchids
and virtually no pollution, was barely heard of a few years ago.
Now, it's arguably the most famous village in France. At 1,320m,
the peak of Bugarach looms over the village. It sits alone, not
being part of a range. Known as the "upside down mountain", it
is a geological oddity whereby the lower layers of rock are
mysteriously younger than those at the top. It is also host to a
bewildering number of caves.
The mayor, Jean-Pierre Delord, a farmer in his 60s, first spotted
something online, sometime around 2010 after being alerted by
a villager. He mentioned it at a council meeting, suggesting
special security measures, perhaps army logistics, to handle an
influx of visitors. Someone at the meeting told the local press
and before long world news agencies and Japanese TV crews

DOOMSDAY DESTINATION
Bugarach was prophecied by the
Mayans to be the only place in the
world which will be saved during the
apocalypse scheduled to occur on 21st
December, 2012, hence known
variously as "the village at the end of
the world", the "chosen village", or as
CNN put it, "the doomsday
destination".

11
They were initially straight. After modern
innovations, keeping them straight would have
created an effect not unlike bowling, where the
bowling pins get knocked off by the fast rolling
ball.
Hence from 1954 onwards, the angled version is
in use. What?

AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDING
DECKS

12
A X, (literally "damaged head", or “crazy head”) was
an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army. A X may be Turk
but also Circassian, Arab, Albanian. They were particularly
noted for their lack of discipline.
Although Turkish armies always contained Xs as well as
regular soldiers, the strain on the Ottoman feudal
system caused mainly by the Empire's wide expanse
required heavier reliance on irregular soldiers. They were
armed and maintained by the government, but did not
receive pay and did not wear uniforms or distinctive badges.
They were motivated to fight mostly by expectations
of plunder.
However, we know this term X due to a completely
different reason, through a legendary fictional
character. Give X.

13
This plant was considered sacred by the ancient
druids. They believed that it could cure sicknesses
and shield its owner from evil forces like witches or
ghosts. Druids never allowed this plant to touch the
ground. They believed that by placing it over
doorways, they could not only protect the health and
safety of all who passed through, but also promote
romance and fertility.
Hence began a custom which continues till date.
What?

14
Mullah Omar, was an Afghan mujahideen commander
who founded the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in
1996. Omar was fatally wounded four times. A
exploding shrapnel destroyed one of Omar's eyes
during a battle in Sangsar, Panjwaye District shortly
before the 1987 Battle of Arghandab. Following the
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 and the
collapse of Najibullah's regime in 1992, the country fell
into chaos as various mujahideen factions fought for
control. Mullah Omar went back to the madrassa
at Singesar. According to one legend, in 1994, he had
a dream in which a woman told him: "We need your
help; you must rise. You must end the chaos. Allah will
help you.”

15
X is launching a café in New York called X's NYC,
which launches on July 1 in the heart of Times
Square. It will be the brand's first-ever permanent
restaurant.
The menu features 10 items, priced between $6
and $8, made from ______.
An order of "Life in Color" includes ______ with
lime zest, marshmallows and passion fruit jam.
Order "Honey Buzz" and you'll get _________ with
honey, toasted pecans and banana chips.
Name the company X.

16
Only Connect is a BBC quiz show based on finding
connections between seemingly unrelated clues.
The final buzzer round is named Missing Vowels,
where the teams are given words or phrases with
the vowels removed and the spaces shifted to
disguise the original words. In the first match of
Series 3, one of the topics in this round was French
Phrases in English, which surprisingly had the same
question presented twice in the exact same form.
This also prompted the host Victoria Coren to ask if
the teams liked the joke. Which phrase was used
twice in the round?

17
“X (born Oral Sex) was born in 1932 in Edinburgh, Texas.
Later it was found out that he was the result of casual sex
between David Bowie and Amy Rose, who at the time was
working as Bowie's fashion councillor and secretary.
Laboratory proof of this is David Bowie's early career vocals.
He was born with A.D.D and mild amnesia, which later
caused the eventual breakup of ________ when ______
played a solo and X said, "Who the hell are you?!". Due to
popular belief, X is not the lead singer for _________. He is
merely the assistant of __________‘s real singer, Kurt
Cobain. X has also been known to program Kurt Cobain's
voice box. His voice is so painful to the ears that rumors say,
when heard up close it can give you AIDS. X's voice of
disease is only 2nd to Mariah Carey's, whose voice gives
instant death. He was also a victim of sexual abuse by his
little sister, a fuel which was to inspire the angry, emotional
and often sentimental lyrics of his later career.”

18
Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967 is a noted
photograph by photographer Diane Arbus from the
United States.
What was this an inspiration for?

19
“ ___ ____ ____ _____,
Once when you’re born,
And once when you look death in the face.”
The 17th century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho
wrote those words more than 300 years before X
was inspired by them — and used them as the title
of his 12th novel. X also used the verse in a poem,
which the protagonist writes to his friend, in the
novel. This novel has been made into a famous
1967 film. What is the title of the novel/first line of
the poem? Id X.

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
IAN FLEMING

20
In his day, Gandhi had fans all over the world–from
political leaders, to movement leaders worldwide, to
authors and poets, world-famous educators, to even
actors and actresses. Among those who wrote,
requesting an audience with Gandhiji, X was one of the
most notable–and Gandhi had not even heard of him!
When he learned of X’s request to meet during his 1931
stay in England, the people around him had to first of
all explain who he was! X recalls walking up the steps to
the flat on the East End of London where Gandhi was
staying. He was nervous, and rehearsed his lines, and
approached him: “I am all for the freedom of your
country and its people. But there is one thing that I
don’t understand. Why do you oppose the use of
machines? Don’t you think that a lot of work would
come to a standstill if machines are not used?”
It was in 1940 that X released his most famous work

CHARLIE CHAPLIN
THE GREAT DICTATOR

21
“Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mi gestorum
Famuli polluti
Solve polluti
Labii reatum
Sancte lohannes”
This is a hymn to St. John. Guido d’Arezzo, an Italian
Benedictine monk used it to create something. It
underwent certain modifications for ease of usage and
became how we know it today. What?

DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO
Ut was replaced by Do
and Sa by Ti because
they were more
euphonious and easier to
sing.

22
We all know about the Stockholm Syndrome. Its
opposite, X Syndrome, is the phenomenon in which
abductors develop sympathy for their captives,
named after the abduction of the Japanese
Ambassador's Residence in X in 1996 by members
of a terrorist group.
It is also called Y Syndrome, named after
the 1980 Arab separatist take-
over of the Iranian embassy in Y with 26 hostages in
side.
Give X and Y, both being capital cities of their
respective countries.

23
X is a football club who play their home games at
the Ibrox Stadium. Founded in 1872, they are one
of the eleven original members of the ________
Football League and remained in the top division
continuously until their liquidation at the end of
the 2011–12 season. With a new corporate
identity, the club gained admittance to the fourth
tier of the League in time for the start of the
following season, and were promoted three times
in four years to return to the top flight.
Nicknamed “The Bears”, what football club
achieved this extraordinary feat?

24
On Y’s maps of Z, X is located at about the same
position as England is on modern European maps and
has been cited as an example of Merry England
ideology. Throughout the narrative, Y also implies
numerous points of similarity between the two, such
as weather, agriculture and dialect. In particular, the
central part of the X corresponds to the West Midlands
region of England where Y located his "home" in
particular. To see X you’d have to go to a place called
Matamata.
Give X, Y and Z.

X- THE SHIRE
Y- J.R.R.
TOLKIEN
Z- MIDDLE
EARTH

25
X had three guest appearances in How I Met Your
Mother, playing the role of Ted Moseby’s obnoxious co-
worker and former boss, Hammond Druthers. He has
also directed two episodes of the sitcom Modern
Family, but is famous for being the lead actor in
another famous TV series, for which he won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in
a Drama Series, four consecutive times.
Who is X?

26
The X is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and
garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the
years, it has become one of the best-known mixed
alcoholic beverages. H. L. Mencken called it "the only
American invention as perfect as the sonnet" and E.
B. White called it "the elixir of quietude".
If the olive is replaced with a pickled onion, it is called
Y, which is a lesser known cocktail, whose oldest
known recipe was published in 1908.
Give X and Y.

27
This is a list of hills in
major German cities,
called Schuttbergs or
Trummerbergs.
What are these hills
basically?
Berlin Rixdorfer Höhe 68 meters (223 ft)
Mönchengladbach Rheydter Höhe 133 meters (436 ft)
Munich Olympiaberg 567 meters (1,860 ft)
Berlin Oderbruchkippe 91 meters (299 ft)
Hannover Monte Müllo 122 meters (400 ft)
Munich Luitpoldhügel 540 meters (1,770 ft)
Leipzig Fockeberg 153 meters (502 ft)
Berlin Dörferblick 86 meters (282 ft)
Stuttgart Birkenkopf 511 meters (1,677 ft)

HILLS MADE FROM WORLD WAR
II RUBBLE
Schuttberg means “debris
mountain”, and these types are
specifically called Trummerbergs,
meaning “rubble mountains”.

28
Google Earth
image of
which famous
place?

29
The works of Michelangelo, Rubens, Durer etc. of
Adam and Eve highlighted a particular aspect, one
that has been the cause of great theological debate for
centuries. Those who are in favor of it cite connections
to God, and the process of creation. However, the
church was against this view (and rightfully so,
according to Christian beliefs), prompting many other
medieval painters to use extra foliage and long hair in
their depictions, not wanting to offend the clergy.
What is this issue popularized by the named painters,
one that challenges the very foundations of
Christianity?

30
The word X means "pierced body“. The culture of
eating raw fish started in China as early as 500 BCE
and the delicacy arrived in Japan during the Heian
Period. This word may derive from the culinary
practice of sticking the fish's tail and fin to the slices in
identifying the fish being eaten. It is thinly sliced raw
fish, such as salmon or tuna—that is served without
rice. Sushi is not raw fish, but rather vinegared rice
that is mixed with other ingredients, which may or
may not include raw fish. In some countries, the terms
“X" and "sushi" may be used interchangeably, but this
is incorrect usage. Give X.

31
The Nut Cases, a gang based in Oakland, were so
dubbed because they apparently indulged in crime
for fun. They roamed the city of Oakland in an
old Buick, looking for targets at random, police say -
robbing dozens and killing five people in the largest
single crime wave in 2002, as Oakland reeled from
its highest homicide toll since 1997. They claimed
that they got high and ___________during the day,
and lived it up at night on the streets if Oakland.
What did they do during daytime?

32
In medieval times, when knights wore steel armour
that covered their bodies from head to toe, two men
often encountered each other on horsebacks. To
display friendship, and more importantly, to identify
one another, the two knights would supposedly raise
their visors, exposing their faces and identities to
view. Because they held the reigns in the left hand,
they would raise the visors with their right hand, with
the sword in hand, in an upward motion.
Among many others, this is one origin of which
modern practice?

33
In a X, the author dips into the actual subject matter,
supplementing what is in the book and ensuring that
the reader adopts the properly respectful attitude
towards his material.
A Y or Z, is where an author might explain what
burst of inspiration ignited the masterpiece you are
reading. He might talk about how this book should
totally change your life.
The only difference between Y and Z is that Y should
come before Z.
These three terms are quite often used
interchangeably.

X-
INTRODUCTIO
N
Y- PREFACE
Z- FOREWORD

34
Around 50 to 60 million years ago, during
the Paleocene Epoch, this region was subject to
intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid
molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an
extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled, contraction
occurred. Horizontal contraction fractured in a similar way
to drying mud, with the cracks propagating down as the
mass cooled, leaving pillar like structures, which are also
fractured horizontally into "biscuits". In many cases the
horizontal fracture has resulted in a bottom face that is
convex while the upper face of the lower segment is
concave, producing what are called "ball and socket"
joints. The size of the columns is primarily determined by
the speed at which lava from a volcanic eruption

35
This is a painting by Thomas
Gainsborough, dating back to
1770, titled “The Blue Boy”. It
resides now at Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
It was painted at a time when
slavery was rampant in
America.
This painting became an
inspiration for what modern
day classic?

DJANGO COSTUME IN DJANGO
UNCHAINED

LONG CONNECT
• 5 questions
• Answers to be written in pounce format.
• 10 points for every correct answer. No negatives.
• Points for guessing long connect will be flashed on
question slide.

1 +50/-40
In Classical Greek mythology, X was
the Amazonian queen who possessed a
magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the
god of war. The girdle was a waist belt that signified
her authority as queen of the Amazons. She figures
prominently in the myths of
both Heracles and Theseus. She featured in the ninth
labour of Hercules. Give X.

2 +40/-30
X, alongside all the other fictional beings, first appears
in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland. In it, he explains to Alice that he and the
March Hare are always having tea because when he
tried to sing for the Queen of Hearts, the foul-
tempered monarch, at her celebration she sentenced
him to death for "murdering the time", but he
escapes decapitation. In retaliation, time (referred to
as a "he" in the novel) halts himself in respect to him,
keeping him and the March Hare stuck at 18:00 (or
6:00 pm) forever. When Alice arrives at the tea party,
X is characterised by switching places on the table at
any given time, making short, personal remarks,
asking unanswerable riddles and reciting nonsensical

3 +30/-20
X is a goddess from
the polytheistic pantheon of Egypt. She was first
worshiped in Ancient Egyptian religion, and later her
worship spread throughout the Roman Empire and
the greater Greco-Roman world. X was worshipped
as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness
of nature and magic. She was the friend of
slaves, sinners, artisans and the downtrodden, but
she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy,
maidens, aristocrats and rulers. She is often depicted
as the mother of Horus, the falcon-headed deity
associated with king and kingship. She is also known
as protector of the dead and goddess of children.

4 +20/-10
X is the subject of a legend from the town of
_____, Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages.
The earliest references describe him as a man,
dressed in multicolored clothing, who was a rat-
catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his
pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service,
he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power
on their children, leading them away as he had the
rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and
has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning,
among others. Name X.

5 +10/0
“_____ _____,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of _____ _____.”
Fill in the blanks.

ANY GUESS FOR THE LONG CONNECT?

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BASED ON THEM
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BATMAN VILLAIN
PIED PIPER
FLASH VILLAIN
SOLOMON GRUNDY
BATMAN VILLAIN
ISIS
HEROINE
HIPPOLYTA
WONDER
WOMAN/MO
THER OF
DIANA

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