The Swansong-Finals

Finals

Alok Singh|4/4/2013

ROUND 1

• WRITTEN ROUND

• NAME ALL THE COCKTAILS

• +5 FOR EVERY CORRECT ANSWER. +15 IF ALL CORRECT

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ANSWERS

• 1. Sex on the beach

• 2. Four Horsemen

• 3. Slingshot/ Singapore Sling

• 4. Salty Dog

• 5. Sexy Alligator

• 6. Kamikaze

• 7. Screwdriver

• 8. Mai Tai/My Tie

• 9. Frankenstein

ROUND 2

• 12 QUESTIONS

• INFINITE BOUNCE/POUNCE, +10/-10

1.

• Prior to _____, these civilizations/classes commonly opted for the following:- Wealth Romans -Wool, rosewater- Wealthy French – lace, wool and hemp; bidet- Early Americans – rags, newsprint, paper from catalogs, corncobs, and leaves- Viking Age/England- discarded sheep and lamb’s wool- Hawaiians – coconut shells- Eskimos – snow and Tundra moss

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Toilet Paper

2.• In 2006, Melissa Etheridge received the 2006 Academy

Award for Best Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up.”

• From her award acceptance speech :

• “Mostly I have to thank X, for inspiring us, for inspiring me, showing that caring about Earth is not Republican or Democrat; it’s not red or blue, it’s all green”

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Al Gore

3.

• This phrase was originally a figurative reference to ornate literary passages, added to a text for dramatic effect. They were the literary equivalent of adding a patch of cloth of this particular color to material or to an otherwise undecorated garment. Only this color was chosen because, as well as being a distinctive color, it was the color reserved for emperors and other distinguished statesmen in imperial Rome.Nowadays, this phrase is used for a period of notable success or good luck.

• What phrase?

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Purple Patch

4.

• The "Ishara" Theatre Trust was founded by Dadi Pudumjee, a well known practitioner of a performing art (for which he has won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskaar). It holds a annual international festival aimed at promoting this art form; this year's edition was held in New Delhi in February 2012.

• Which art form is this?

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Puppetry

5.

• Dr. Sleep will be his latest book, and is due to be published in 2013. This novel is a sequel to an earlier book of fiction by the same author, and features the son of the main character in the first book. That book was made into a much acclaimed film.

• The son is nicknamed "Dr.Sleep" because he helps terminally ill patients using a gift he possesses. Which author, and the sequel to what?

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Stephen King; this will be the sequel to "The Shining”

6.

• Atorvastatin(trade name : Lipitor) was first synthesized in 1985 by Bruce Roth of Parke-Davis Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer). The best selling drug in pharmaceutical history, sales of Lipitor since it was approved in 1996 exceed US$125 billion, and the drug has topped the list of best-selling branded pharmaceuticals in the world for nearly a decade.

• When Pfizer's patent on Lipitor expired on November 30, 2011, generic atorvastatin became available in the United States, initially manufactured only by generic drugmakers Watson Pharmaceuticals and India's Ranbaxy Laboratories.

• What is it used for?

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Lowering the Cholesterol

7.

• This immensely popular Indian actor’s biography is so named because, in most of the movies that he acted in, his was the last name in the cast portion of the credits, with the words “...and ________” and sometimes “…above all _______” were displayed. Who?

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8.

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“To be or not to be”

9.

• The significance of X's contributions to the Y design remains controversial. The book "50 Years of the Y-X" limits X's contributions to two: advice on the trapeze tailpiece, and a preference for color (stating that X preferred gold as "it looks expensive", and a second choice of black because "it makes your fingers appear to move faster on the box", and "looks classy")

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X-Les Paul Y-Gibson

10.

• Reduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) is repeated exactly or with a slight change. This phenomenon is seen commonly in many language families, and is often used in languages like English, Romance languages, Persian, African languages, East Asian, and South Asian languages.

• What has all this got to do with a lady named Vaishali who runs a pickle business from Pune, whose life inspired something in 2012?

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• The film "English-Vinglish". The protagonist's role is inspired from this lady, director Gauri Shinde's mother. The phrase "English-Vinglish" is an example of reduplication-veduplication.

11.

• The man on the left is Pierre ____, an engineering student turned race car driver, whose most famous achievement was winning the 25 hour Le Mans race in 1939.

• During World War 2, he became part of the French Resistance, eventually receiving national honors in 1945.

• Who is he, or what ‘luxury item’ is named after him?

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Pierre Veyron, and the Bugatti Veyron

12.

• Govinda’s Restaurant is a pure vegetarian restaurant which provides a divine dining experience. Govinda’s not only serves pure vegetarian meals but everything served is first offered to Lord Krishna – thus the meals are not only tasty but truly transcendental. Govinda’s has a seating capacity of 275 guests. Banquet hall are available for private parties, conferences and marriage.

• Govinda’s offers Indian, Mexican, Italian, Chinese and Thai cuisines which include tongue tickling starters, exotic rich dishes, varieties of breads, mouth watering sweets and desserts and tempting ice-cream.

• Who owns Govinda’s?

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ISKCON

Round 3

• CONNECT

• 2 SETS, 5-6 SLIDES EACH

• POINTS MENTIONED ON EACH SLIDE

Set 1

+25/-20

+20/-15

+15/-10

+10/-5

+5/0

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Blackberry

• Blackberry Style

• Blackberry Torch

• Blackberry Curve

• Blackberry Storm

• Blackberry Pearl

Set 2

• +2 EXTRA FOR EACH SLIDE IDENTIFIED

+25/-25

+20/-20

+15/-15

+10/-10

+5/-5

+5/0

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Johnny Depp

ROUND 4

• 12 QUESTIONS

• INFINITE BOUNCE/POUNCE, +10/-10

1.

• Bob Christo was an Australian actor in Hindi films who mostly played the roles of a henchman or an Army officer. Starting with Sanjay Khan's Abdullah (1980), he acted in about 200 Hindi films in the 80s and 90s, including Qurbani (1980), Kaalia (1981), Nastik (1983), Mard (1985), Mr. India (1987), etc.

• His book “Flashback: My Life and Times in Bollywood and Beyond”, released in 2011. A very apt person from the Hindi film industry wrote its foreword.

• Who is this person?

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Tom Alter

2.

• Edwin Davis, John Hulbert, Robert G. Elliott, Joseph Francel, Dow Hover were State Electricians of the New York State.

• The last of these, Dow Hover, died on 1 June, 1990. He worked from mid 1950s to 1960s.

• What were State Electricians?

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"State Electrician" was the euphemistic title given to some American state executioners in states

using the electric chair during the early twentieth century.

3. Following terminology is associated with which sport?

• Knuckle down - the position adopted at the start line at the beginning of a match. You begin with your knuckle against the ground.

• Quitsies - Allows any opponent to stop the game without consequence. • Keepsies - The player keeps all the _____ he or she wins.• Elephant Stomps - When called, it allows a player to stomp his/her ____

level with the ground surface, making it very difficult for other players to hit.

• Bombies - When called, it allows a player to take 1-2 steps while holding his/her ____ and normally closing one eye will line up over one of the opponents ______ and drop the _____ trying to hit the _____ on the ground.

• Leaning Tops - When called, a shooter leans in on his/her off hand for leverage over an indentation on any type of surface or obstacle.

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Marbles

4.

• During Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka in 1993, Mark Waugh ran into trouble, bagging successive pairs in Colombo and Moratuwa. Four ducks in a row earned him the temporary nickname “__X__". Waugh's team-mates generously pointed out that if there had been another Test he had a chance to be renamed “__Y__".

• X and Y?

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X-Audi, Y-Olympics

5.

“Conventional electro-magnetic energy meters did not record consumption if the load was very small. The indicator tended not to

move when at night there was no other electrical load.”

What misnomer popular in India does the above quote explain?

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Zero Watt Bulbs

6.

• Lichtenberg figures are named after the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, who originally discovered and studied them. When they were first discovered, it was thought that their characteristic shapes might help to reveal the nature of positive and negative electric "fluids".

• In 1777, Lichtenberg built a large electrophorus to generate high voltage static electricity through induction. After discharging a high voltage point to the surface of an insulator, he recorded the resulting radial patterns by sprinkling various powdered materials onto the surface. By then pressing blank sheets of paper onto these patterns, Lichtenberg was able to transfer and record these images, thereby discovering the basic principle of modern xerography.

• Where do we see these Lichtenberg figures occurring naturally?

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Lightning Survivors’ Bodies

7.

• The first three recipients of Dickin Medal are White Vision, Winkieand Tyke who received the medal on 2nd December, 1943.

• What is so special about the Dickin Medal?

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• Awarded to animals that have displayed "conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units"

8.

• “______” was originally used on Les Guignols, a popular satirical French puppet show who joked about everyone being in awe of____ ____and has since been taken up by the Swedes, including the extra “a.”

• The Swedish Language Council have officially introduced this word: “______” – which in English means “to clear anything with force” or “to dominate.” The verb, essentially “to _____” ,has been in common use by Swedes for a few months now.

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Zlatanera

9. The following are some of the many articles (headlines) of an American news organization that caused worldwide buzz when were published. What caused the buzz?

• Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad To Obama

• Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex

• Stephen A. Smith Thinking Son Is Finally Ready For The Sex Argument

• Kim Jong-un named X’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012

• Tiger Beat: Still Squeaky Clean After All These Years

• Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail

• Study Finds Every Style Of Parenting Produces Disturbed, Miserable Adults

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The Onion’s articles taken to be true

10.

• “There he sits like a dragon in his cave, like a thousand fingered puppet master, like the heart of the heart of darkness, orchestrator of all the secret music of the under-spheres, the arch- villain, the dark capo, Moriariter than Moriarty, Blofelder than Blofeld, not just Godfather but Gonefartherest, the dada of all dada. His name is carefully chosen to avoid offending any of the country’s communities; it’s neither Muslim nor Hindu, Parsi nor Christian…”About whom did Salman Rushdie write the above words in The Moor’s Last Sigh?

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11.

• X is an annual event which started as a joke, meant to be a side attraction for the music video festival. The rules are similar to figure skating, especially the 6.0 scoring system. The judging criteria mainly includes technical merit and stage presence.

• Sylvain "Gunther Love" Quimene, from France, won the prestigious event in 2009.

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12.

• Scabies, also called Norwegian scabies is a contagious skin infection caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. The mite is a tiny and usually not directly visible parasite, which burrows under the host's skin, causing intense allergic itching.

• Scabies is an ancient disease. Archeological evidence from Egypt and the Middle East suggests that scabies was present as early as 494 BC. The first recorded reference to scabies is believed to be from the Bible.

• What is this infection colloquially called?

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Round 5

• LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE

• +5 FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

• +10 IF ALL CORRECT

1. _______(1503-1566)

“Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.”

2. ________ (1854-1900)

“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.”

3. _________ (1846-1911)

“One last drink, please.

4. _______ (1897-1937)

“KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you but cannot see you. Gas is running low. We are on the line 157-337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. Wait.”

5. _______(1962-2006)

“Don’t worry, they usually don’t swim backwards.”

--EXCHANGE YOUR SHEETS--

• 1. Nostradamus

• 2. Oscar Wilde

• 3. Jack Daniels

• 4. Amelia Earhart

• 5. Steve Irwin

ROUND 5

• 15 QUESTIONS ON BUZZER

• FIRST SEVEN QUESTIONS, +5/-5, REST +10/-10

+5/-5

1. Identify

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Djokovic

2.

• What is the Arabic word for tower?

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Burj

3. On whom was the first South Korean honorary citizenship conferred in 2002?

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Guus Hiddink(SK reached Football WC SF)

4.

Identify this person who died in 2008 but left his footprints all over the world, and nowhere more than in West Bengal.

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Thomas Bata

5. Angry Birds mash-up of?

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6. Who will be the brand ambassador for the newly launched Indian online store for adult items http://imbesharam.com ?

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Sunny Leone

7. Which internet service is gaining popularity as the ” Instagram of 6 second videos” ?

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Twitter Vine

+ 10

8.

The real name of the company is Anonima Lombarda FabbricaAutomobili. However, it was soon shortened to something else.

When Nicola R. bought the company in 1915, his surname was appended, to the company name. How do we better know the

company?

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9.

• Mostly made from condensed milk it is cooked with sugar until it solidifies. Other varieties include besan _____, made with besan (gram flour) and pista. The name is derived from ‘Persian for ice’ since it is similar to ice in appearance. What?

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Barfi

10.

• His favourite video game is Tetris. In the 1990s he submitted so many high scores for the game to Nintendo Power that they would no longer print his scores, so he started sending them in under the name "Evets Kainzow“. Who?

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Steve Wozniak

11.

• This sport features two major ‘Grips’, the Penholder, more popular with the Asians and the Shakehand, which is generally

preferred by the players from the West. Which sport am I talking about?

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TT

12.

• Due to its use of Nazi symbols such as the Swastika and the anthem of the Nazi Party, Horst-Wessel-Lied, as theme music, the PC version of this FPS game was withdrawn from circulation in Germany in 1994.

• Identify the game, the scheme of one of whose levels is depicted here.

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13.

• In an acidic solution, the “lawsone” molecule can react via a process called

• Michael addition with keratin to create a stain. What do we know this process as?

P.S : : Lawsone molecule is also known as Henatonic acid.

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Henna

14. Xkcd strip called Eternal Flame. What is it about?

There's always the hope that if you sit and watch long enough, the beach ball will vanish and the thing it interrupted will return.

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Death of Steve Jobs

15.

• X won Oscar for Best Actor and Y won it for the Best Supporting Actor for the same character. They are the only two actors to have won Oscar this way.

• X and Y.

Brando, DeNiro

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