Shakyaquiz2010

STOPPAGE TIME A Combo Round of Pictures, Dry, Audio, Video and Connection Questions authored by ShakyaShamikKarKhound.

Infinite Bounce to be followed. 30 questions in this segment. Ten points for the correct answer. No negatives.

1. It was Designed by Michael Foley of Foley design in a joint venture with Titan Industries and Bharat Electronics. The most technologically advanced in its breed, it has an inbuilt system to receive SMS sent by enthusiasts from across the world to this number +91 9818924545. • These SMS can be viewed when it is docked. • What are we talking about? Hint: 19th July 2010, Assam

CHESS PIECES Ian Bishop: Bishop Rani: Queen Rook bird: Rook Knight Riders: Knight Question by: Manjil P Saikia

3. It is the oldest constitutional republic in the world founded in 301 AD. Its Official name is “The Most Serene Republic of ___________. They have two Heads of state ,called Captains Regent. The pair serve as heads of state and government. Normally the Regents are chosen from opposing parties. They serve a six-month term. The investiture of the Captains Regent takes place on 1 April and 1 October every year.A land locked country , it has one the highest per capita GDP in the world. It maintains a ceremonial force of around 80 volunteer soldiers known as Crossbow Corps. Active railway network in this country is absent though it has one of the richest sporting destinations in the world. Postage stamps issued here are mainly of interest to philatelists. Which country am I talking of?

3. ." Bring me my Bow of burning gold;Bring me my Arrows of desire:Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:Bring me my ___ _____ _____!I will not cease from Mental Fight,Nor Shall my sword sleep in my hand:Till we have built Jerusalem,In England’s green & pleasant Land.“ This is a poem by William Blake. Fill in the blanks to get the name of a very famous HOLLYWOOD movie.

4. PUT FUNDA It is an Arabic word meaning chain. Students went to masters who taught them. Upon completion of their study, they received ijazah (permission) which acted as the certification of education. A graduate then acted as a master having his own students. This chain of masters was known as ________. This word became prominent in India when the Sufi saints formed extensive schools of their students. Just fill in the blank to get this word.

5. This is YevgeniKhaldei. Why is he remembered in the history of Photography?

The iconic Photograph of Raising the Soviet Flag on the Reichstag building was clicked by him.

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7. Just explaining what is happening. Alternatively answer who is the person who is being arrested, second from right.

GAVRILO PRICEP (Moments after killing Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria). Hence, started the 1st World War.

TIN TIN ADVENTURES Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in America The Blue Lotus Cigars of the Pharaoh The Shooting Star The Secret of the Unicorn Destination Moon The Calculus Affair The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet

Gaya Lal changed his party thrice in a fortnight, from Congress to United Front, back to Congress and then to United Front again in 9 hours. It is said that when Gaya Lal declared his intention to quit the United Front and join the Congress, the Congress RaoBirendra Singh brought him to the Chandigarh press and declared “Gaya Ram is now Aya Ram” Origin of the termAYA RAM GAYA RAM

9. Jimmy Wales means a lot for me who likes to shamelessly copy from Wikipedia. The mausoleum thought to be of X is an octagonal building covered with a dome. At each corner of the building is an octagonal turret surmounted with a kiosk. In olden times, this building was surrounded by a garden that had at its entrance a double-storeyed gateway but no trace of the garden survives. The building still enshrines a beautifully inscribed monolithic sarcophagus. On the sarcophagus are inscribed 99 names of Allah and the Persian couplet: تاقیامتشکرگویمکردگارخویشراآہگرمنبازبینمروئیارخویشراtāqiyāmatshukrgūyamkardigārekhīshrāāh! gar man bāzbīnamrūīyār-e khīshrāI would give thanks unto my God unto the day of resurrectionAh! could I behold the face of my beloved once more. The ‘mausoleum’ of X now houses the Provincial Records Office. Previously, it had been transformed into a Christian church by the invading British. A bazaar located nearby on The Mall Road is named X bazaar after X. It is one of the oldest surviving markets in the country, dating back at least 200 years. After all that reading, just tell me who is X?

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Lech Kazcynski The Polish Premier who was killed in an air crash in February.

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13. The game was played widely in ancient India by the name of MokshaPatamu, the earliest known Jain version Gyanbazi dating back to 16th century. The game was called Leela and reflected the Hindu consciousness around everyday life. Impressed by the ideals behind the game, a newer version was introduced in Victorian England in 1892, possibly by John Jacques of Jacques of London. The following positions stood for the following:- Faith (12), Reliability (51), Generosity (57), Knowledge (76), Asceticism (78),Disobedience (41), Vanity (44), Vulgarity (49), Theft (52), Lying (58), Drunkenness (62), Debt (69), Rage (84), Greed (92), Pride (95), Murder (73) and Lust (99). What am I talking about?

14. Frank Ochberg, MD (born 1940 in New York City), is a psychiatrist and mental health expert who resides in Okemos, Michigan, has been a leading authority in his field since the 1960s. A graduate of Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University medical school, he has done considerable research on Post-traumatic stress disorder. However his biggest claim to fame is because of the fact that he coined a name of a ‘disorder’. What? HINT: See the picture in the next slide.

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME Named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28, 1973.

15. This Jose Gonzalez song has been adapted for an ad campaign. Which one?

16. It is a stream in Northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of Southern Sonoma County, California, with headwaters rising in the rugged hills of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and discharge to San Pablo Bay, the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. It gets its name from the Ranch nearby which is made of _______ bricks. It flows behind the house of a person who gave his company the same name as this stream. Just name that Company or that type of brick.

ADOBE SYSTEMS The Ranch is made of Adobe bricks. The creek flows behind the house of John Warnock, Adobe’s founder.

BANDRA Bandora: As seen in the gravestones Bandar: Persian for port.

19. George Turnbull was born in Luncarty, 5 miles north of Perth, Scotland in 1809, the 11th child of William Turnbull and Mary Sandeman. In 1828 he sailed from Dundee to London to train under the famous civil engineer Thomas Telford building St Katharine Docks. In 1830 he became Telford’s draughtsman and clerk, living in Telford’s house in 24 Abingdon Street. He became an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers at age 19 and eventually the oldest member. In 1850 he was appointed Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway building 1851-1862 the first railway 541 miles from Calcutta to Varanasi, 601 miles including branches. Simply tell me what is his greatest visible contribution to India?

HOWRAH BRIDGE He had previously designed the Howrah Railway station.

21.What does 241 signify in Mont Blanc Gandhi limited edition pens?

Distance covered during Dandi March

22. This is originally an Arabic word, from where it travelled to Persian, Urdu and then to Hindi and other Indian languages. In Arabic it meant ‘History’ or ‘Historiography’, but we use this word in a very different sense. Which word am i talking about, that is so interconnected with our daily life?

23. This clip from The Great Dictator features after which Bollywood movie of yesteryears?

24. This word comes from the latin phrase meaning, “paper that has been seen”. Some consider this document to be the most important of all documents and key to the internal security of countries. Which document?

24.. Identify the actor singing.

SubhasGhai Film: Umang Voice: Mohammed Rafi

25. Gathering of media persons on 6th July 2010. Why?

Paul The Octopus’ prophecy for FIFA WC 2010 Final

26. Around10:50 pm on 8 December 1980. Which icon was assasinated here?

JOHN LENNON That was the Dakota Apartments in New York. Mark David Chapman shot him four times and the icon fell…. For good.

27. Francis Barraud, An English painter. What is his greatest contribution to the Music industry?

28. Jean Louis, an American designer. He Designed which famous dress in entertainment history?

Marilyn Monroe’s dress when she sang Happy Birthday Mr President.

29. There was a character in this film called __________ (played by Walter Santesso). The name describes a particularly annoying noise in a local dialect. This is how the word _________ came into existence. However its plural form is the more widely known. What?

Paparazzo The plural name is Paparazzi.

30. Fatty Arbuckle,Chester Conklin and Ford Sterling. They are reponsible for the popular image of which legend?

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