This is the prelims of QUIZAGARAN Don Quizzote 2011 with answers, conducted by El Biswajit and Gautam Priyam Mahanta, on December the 24th (Saturday). A new system of in-built tie-breakers in the form of additional marking in certain questions has been employed.
1. QUIZMASTERS OF THE DAY:
NAYANMONI BARUAH
GAUTAM PRIYAM MAHANTA
EL BISWAJIT
2. Prelims (by El Biswajit & Gautam Priyam Mahanta)
23 questions, 25 marks.
Separate marking for each question.
In-built tie-breakers in the form of additional
marking in certain questions, as specified.
(5, 9, 11, and 16 carry tie-breaker points)
In case there’s a second stage of a tie, teams
answering maximum number of star (*) questions
will advance to the grand finale.
(2, 5, 6, 14, 16, and 17 are star questions)
3. Question 1:
In 1960, the name A was proposed by
their original bassist X, which was a play
on Buddy Holly’s Crickets. Y later altered
the spelling to Z before meeting 19-year-
old poet Royston Ellis who suggested their
name ______ as a double play on both
beat poetry and music. Identify A, X, Y, Z.
(0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5=2)
7. Question 3:
This place was originally known for hosting two
traditional markets, and township started when
Purnananda Burhagohain encamped and settled
here after the uprising of the Moamarias, and
officially it became the last capital of the Ahom
kingdom after Gaurinath Singha shifted his
capital from Rangpur to this place, around 1794,
id the place. (1)
11. *Question 5:
Lego recreation of?
(1;
IN CASE OF A TIE,
GIVING THE NAMES
OF THE ORIGINAL
PHOTOGRAPH AND
THE
PHOTOGRAPHER
WOULD FETCH YOU
1+1 BONUS POINTS)
13. *Question 6:
“She wants head
Male bonding
Siamese twins
Tango 69
Me
I travel by images
Corporal landscapes
The mouth is the tunnel
Quick, now
The tongue the train…”
First three stanzas of a poem. Who is the poet? (1)
15. Question 7:
The subject below is a young John Brown, a Scottish royal
servant. Who sketched it? (1)
16. Answer:
Queen Victoria (she drew this sketch of a young John
Brown, the Scottish servant who was her favourite)
17. Question 8:
X began as a newspaper reporter and his
aggressive style caught the attention of William
Randolph Hearst who lured him away from the
Journal of Commerce to do business reports for
New York American. He broke away from Hearst
in 1917 to start a business magazine called 'Doers
& Doings'. What was it later renamed? Also
identify X. (0.5+0.5)
19. Question 9:
What unique unwanted feat in the history of World Cup do
these three Italian footballers hold? (1; IN CASE OF A TIE,
IDENTIFICATION OF THE FOOTBALLERS WOULD FETCH
YOU 1+1+1 BONUS POINTS)
20. Answer:
The three fastest substitutions (From left to right, in 1978,
Mauro Bellugi was substituted after six minutes against
Argentina, in 1982, Francesco Graziani was replaced after
seven minutes of the World Cup final, in 1998, Alessandro
Nesta went off after just four minutes against Austria.)
21. Question 10:
He is an American artist,
actor, stuntman, writer,
personal trainer, former
bodybuilder and retired
professional wrestler. The
picture on the right shows
various injuries he
sustained over many years.
He designed the original
logo of one of the world’s
top international
gymnasium chains.
Identify him and the gym
chain. (0.5+0.5=1)
22. Answer:
Ric Drasin; he designed the
original logo of Gold’s Gym, a
cartoon sketch of a bald
weightlifter
23. Question 11:
AC Milan: Liedholm, Sacchi (2), Capello (2), Tabarez, Zaccheroni, Cesare Maldini, Terim,
Ancelotti, Leonardo, Allegri
Arsenal: Graham, Rioch, Wenger
Barcelona: Venables, Aragones, Cruyff, Robson, Van Gaal (2), Ferrer, Rexach, Antic, Rijkaard,
Guardiola
Bayern Munich: Lattek, Heynckes (2), Lerby, Ribbeck, Beckenbauer, Trapattoni (2), Rehhagel,
Hitzfeld (2), Magath, Klinsmann, Van Gaal
Chelsea: Hollins, Campbell, Porterfield, Webb, Hoddle, Gullit, Vialli, Ranieri, Mourinho, Grant,
Scolari, Hiddink, Ancelotti, Villas-Boas
Inter Milan: Trapattoni, Orrico, Bagnoli, Marini, Bianchi, Hodgson, Simoni, Lucescu, Lippi,
Tardelli, Cuper, Zaccheroni, Mancini, Mourinho, Benitez, Leonardo, Gasperini, Raneiri
Juventus: Marchesi, Zoff, Maifredi, Trapattoni, Lippi (2), Ancelotti, Capello, Deschamps,
Ranieri, Ferrara, Zaccheroni, Del Neri, Conte
Liverpool: Dalglish (2), Souness, Evans, Houllier, Benitez, Hodgson
Manchester United: ?
Manchester City: Frizzell, Machin, Kendall, Reid, Horton, Ball, Coppell, Clark, Royle, Keegan,
Pearce, Eriksson, Hughes, Mancini
Real Madrid: Beenhakker (2), Toshack (2), Di Stefano, Antic, Floro, Valdano, Iglesias, Capello
(2), Heynckes, Camacho (2), Hiddink, Del Bosque, Queiroz, Remon, Luxemburgo, Lopez
Caro, Schuster, Ramos, Pellegrini, Mourinho
Tottenham: Pleat, Venables, Shreeves, Livermore, Ardiles, Francis, Gross, Graham, Hoddle,
Santini, Jol, Ramos, Redknapp
What it would be for Manchester United? (1; IN CASE OF A TIE, EXPLANATION OF THE
ANSWER WOULD FETCH YOU 1 BONUS POINT)
24. Answer:
Sir Alex Ferguson;
these are the 144
managers of
Manchester
United’s biggest
rival clubs since
Fergie took up the
hotseat at Old
Trafford in
November 1986
25. Question 12:
He is a cross
dresser
between a
pirate and a
superhero. He
claims to be
the nephew of
one of the
most
fearsome
characters of
Bollywood.
Identify him.
(1)
29. *Question 14:
The X story begins in Kansas, when Y (picture on the
next slide) founded the company in 1889. Recognizing
the benefits of producing work clothes such as
overalls, jackets, and dungarees, X set out to
manufacture Z. Legend has it that the idea originated
with Y himself, who realized the need of a sturdy one-
piece outfit that could easily be pulled over uniforms
to protect workers from the dirt of their work. Z
consisted of a jacket and a pair of work pants sewn
together at the waist, designed exclusively for workers.
It became the official fatigue uniform for American
soldiers when X was asked to manufacture as many Z
as possible for the US Army during the World War I.
Thus X is said to be the _____ that built America. X
entered the Indian market in 1995, the first
international brand to have exclusive outlets in India.
Identify X, Y, and Z. (0.5+0.5+1=2)
30.
31. Answer:
X: Lee
Y: Henry David Lee
Z: Lee Union-All
jumpsuit
(In the blank it will be
“jeans”)
32. Question 15:
According to legend, when there was
draught at Ali Pukhuri, Sankardeva and
his disciples prayed at the Kirtana Ghar,
and as a result of their prayer water fell
from the sky upon earth with so much
force that the place where there was
previously a Bot tree on which the water
fell turned into a huge pond. What is this
place or the huge pond called? (1)
34. *Question 16:
On November 19, 2005, he created history. His
performance was so angelic and surreal that even the
White House faithful, noted for their notorious anti-X
stance, could not resist giving him a standing ovation at
their home ground, making him the first player since Y to
be applauded this way. Spanish daily AS termed him a
superior being while a renowned columnist went on to
exclaim how “_____ could charm the birds from the
trees”. In the blank will be one of his nicknames. Identify
him. (1; IN CASE OF A TIE, IDENTIFYING “Y” WOULD
FETCH YOU 1 BONUS POINT)
38. Question 18:
Anthony Rossi, a native Sicilian came to New
York and ran a grocery store for 13 years. In
1947 he began selling oranges and grapes in
gift boxes to departmental stores under the
name of Fruit Industries, Inc. Since only the
larger oranges were used for the gift boxes,
he used the smaller oranges to produce
chilled jars of fruit concentrate using a
process he had developed in the restaurant
business. In 1957, the name of the company
was changed to that of the brand name of this
concentrate juice. Name it. (1)
40. Question 19:
Zee Telefilms, part of the Essel group
promoted by Subhash Chandra, had bid for
the telecast rights to the 2003 Cricket World
Cup. Although the highest bid, it was
unsuccessful. In 2004, Subhash Chandra
again bid for telecast rights and ended up in
an inconclusive court battle. He made
another bid for the 2006 ICC Champions
Trophy rights and once again lost. What was
his famous reactionary measure? (1)