SpEnt Quiz

Semi-Final 1

RULES

• The quiz will have 2 bounce rounds and 3 special rounds. The first 16 questions on the bounce will go clockwise and the next 16 will go anti-clockwise.

• The 3 special rounds are an SVC (short visual connect), a theme round, and an LVC (long visual connect.)

• Pounce - +15/-10, 3 incorrect per round of sixteen.

SVC

6 slides, 15 points

Finite.

2 starred visuals. 5 points for why.

+15/ -7

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+10/ -5

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+2/0 *

Answer

• IPL Hatricks

Question 1

Fundaes on the attached picture. Give me the essence of what has been blanked out.

Answer

This is a sign at St. Martin's theatre, London, which keeps track of the number of times Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" has been performed. This picture, taken in November 2006 puts the number at 22461.

Question 2

X was an accomplished footballer, and during his playing career won several accolades including the World Player of the Year, and the European Player of the Year.

In 1995, he decided to run for the post of President for his country. However, opponents cited his lack of formal education as a handicap to his ability to lead the country, in contrast with his Harvard-educated opponent. He then pursued a degree in business administration at DeVry University in Miami, and came back to contest for vice-president in 2009, which he lost. Who is it?

Answer

George Weah

Question 3

"Very rarely you find a perfect fit between what a film is trying to say and the brand associated. X's collaboration with Y is one such fine example._____________ is a philosophy that the film's characters believe in and we are delighted to be associated with the brand"- producer of X. However, this association has come under a lot of criticism, with people resentful of the extent to which Y was publicised in X. X, Y, blank?

Answer

X- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Y- Mountain Dew Blank- Darr ke aage Jeet Hai.

Question 4

Here’s an extract from Urban dictionary’s definition of what?

Any accident or injury caused to a man while trying to

escape from his enraged and livid wife or girlfriend. Eg.

Bob: Brenda found the text message on Johnny’s phone about meeting some girl so as he was walking out the door she hit him over the head with a bat and then chased him up the block.

Tony: Now that's what I call a ____ ______! Bob: Ain't nothin grand about that.

Answer

The Tiger Slam, which in golf refers to holding all 4 major titles simultaneously, a feat accomplished by Tiger Woods in 2001. He remains the only one to have ever done so.

Question 5

Reflecting in 1948 on X's athleticism, Philip Noel-Baker, Britain's 1912 Olympic captain and a Nobel Prize winner, wrote: "I have always believed that 'X' was the only European sprinter who could have run with Jesse Owens, Joe Candito, Ralph Metcalfe, and the other great sprinters from the U.S. He was in their class, not only because of natural gifts — his magnificent physique, his splendid racing temperament, his flair for the big occasion — but because he understood athletics and had given more brainpower and more will power to the subject than any other runner of his day." X was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and into the England Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. Id X.

Answer

X is Harold Abrahams, of Chariots of Fire fame. He was an English Jew at Cambridge who ran to overcome prejudice, and won the 100 metre gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Question 6

What did this lead to? Whose voice?

Answer

Joker score from The Dark Knight. Hans Zimmer is talking.

Question 7

Latma is an Israeli media criticism website that also produces a weekly satirical news show. The website was created in 2008 by a group of journalists claiming that "the only way to improve the Public discourse is exposing the true face of the news and journalism in whole".

In July 2011, while the second flotilla to Gaza was planned, Latma released another parody about the flotilla: a parody of X's song and video Y called Guns, Guns, Guns, sung by the "Audacity of Dopes" where the flotilla sailors sing about their purpose: to bring weapons to Gaza. (Hint on next slide)

Answer

Beach Boys' Fun fun fun.

Question 8

Commentary: “And here he is now, about to face the music in the form of Glenn McGrath. This is not a good feeling… this cannot be a good feeling.”

“Well whether you’re coming in first or batting number 11 it’s a terrible feeling!”…

“Whey! Well done!”

When? Full fundaes.

Answer

This was during Ajit Agarkar's drought of 7 ducks in a row during 1999-2000. Above is the 5th instance, the commentary reflecting the commentators' happiness that he survived the first ball after 4 previous golden ducks.

Question 9

• Put fundaes: What is blanked out? Whose shoe is this?

Answer

Gareth Bale after scoring; his tribute to Gary Speed

Question 10

This is a character called __ ____from Transformers. He is identified in dialogue as the former leader of a terrorist organization that used synthoid technology. The episode concludes with ___ _____ lamenting that "they simply don't make terrorists like they used to", raising his fists in skyward exaltation with the familiar "___3__!"battle cry breaking prematurely into a hacking cough. Fill in the third blank.

Answer

This is actually Cobra commander. He was called Old Snake. The battle cry is

"Cobra!"

Question 11

The *X* is a principally American genre of comedy film that became popular during the Great Depression, originating in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s. It is characterized by fast-paced repartee, farcical situations, escapist themes, and plot lines involving courtship and marriage. Like farce, X often involve mistaken identities or other circumstances in which a character or characters try to keep some important fact a secret sometimes featuring male characters cross-dressing, further contributing to the misunderstandings. They also involve a central romantic story, usually in which the couple seem mismatched and even hostile to each other at first, but eventually overcome their differences in an amusing or entertaining way that leads to romance. Often this mismatch comes about because the man is much further down the economic scale than the woman. What genre?

Answer

Screwball comedies

Question 12

Connect

2000: Martina Hingis 2001, 2004, 2005: Lindsay Davenport 2008: Jelena Jankovic 2010, 2011: Caroline Wozniacki

Answer

They ended the year as World No 1 without a Grand Slam in that year

Question 13

The ’Herbstmeister’ or ‘Wintermeister’ is a trophy in the German Football League. Statistically, about two-thirds of Herbstmeister champions have gone on to win the German BundesLiga so far. Put fundaes.

Answer

Herbstmeister or Wintermeister is a name for a person or team which stands at first place after the first half of the season.

Question 14

God, am I reviled? I rise, my bed on a sun, I melt. To be not one man emanating is sad. I piss. Alas, it is so late. Who stops to help? Man, it is hot. I’m in it. I tell. I am not a devil. I level “Mad Dog”. Ah, say burning is, as a deified gulp, In my halo of a mired rum tin. I erase many men. Oh, to be man, a sin. Is evil in a clam? In a trap? No. It is open. On it I was stuck. Rats peed on hope. Elsewhere dips a web. Be still if I fill its ebb.

Ew, a spider… eh? We sleep. Oh no! Deep, stark cuts saw it in one position. Part animal, can I live? Sin is a name. Both, one… my names are in it. Murder? I’m a fool. A hymn I plug, deified as a sign in ruby ash, A Goddam level I lived at. On mail let it in. I’m it. Oh, sit in ample hot spots. Oh wet! A loss it is alas (sip). I’d assign it a name. Name not one bottle minus an ode by me: “Sir, I deliver. I’m a dog”

This is a poem by Demetri Martin, a stand-up comedian and actor. The poem won a lot of critical acclaim for its humour and creativity. Why, what is so creative about it?

Answer

This is the longest ever palindrome poem. Yes, it reads the same forwards as it does backwards. It was titled "Dammit I'm Mad", a palindrome in itself.

Question 15

The practice was banned in 1930 by USSR, as it was seen as a health hazard. Players believe that it is much more tiring than normal play, even if more stringent time controls are used. Mikhail Botvinnik was a strong critic of the practice, while many of his contemporaries, including Alekhine, went on to set records in that field that stood for more than half a century.

What practice?

Answer

Blindfold Chess. Specifically multiplayer blindfold chess, in which one player simultaneously played a host of other sighted players blindfolded. The current world record belongs to German Marc Lang 46 opponents simultaneously and blindfolded, with 25 wins, 19 draws and just 2 losses.

Question 16

Who is talking about whom?

Answer

Joe Frasier talking about Mohammed Ali

Theme Round

Written, 5 questions

Fill in the blanked-out parts

1.

2.

Tribute to?

The event referred to in this strip took place in 1973.

Put fundaes.

3.

4.

Put fundaes as well.

5.

Answers

1.

• Rosebud (from Citizen Kane)

Tribute to?

2.

Mutts was created by Patrick McDonall in 1994.

Charles Schulz praised Mutts, calling it "one of best comic strips of all time."

3.

• Bobby Riggs.

•In 1973, Riggs challenged one of the world's greatest female players to a match, claiming that the female game was inferior and that a top female player could not beat him, even at the age of 55. He challenged Margaret Court. In their May 13, 1973, Mother's Day match. Riggs used his drop shots and lobs to keep an unprepared Court off balance. His easy 6–2, 6–1 victory landed Riggs on the cover of both Sports Illustrated and Time magazine.

4.

• Zamboni – A brand of ice resurfacer machines.

Put fundaes as well.

5.

• Babe Ruth’s record

•This came around the time when Hank Aaron was on the verge of breaking Babe Ruth’s record for most number of home runs. Hank Aaron used to get a lot of hate mail owing to the fact that he is coloured.

Bounce

• Switch direction

Question 17

After a lukewarm response to their previous album: "We decided that on the album, we would deliberately play down the group name, and there wouldn't be any information whatsoever on the outer jacket", X explained. "Names, titles and things like that do not mean a thing.”

Give me the band/X. And what did they finally do on their album cover?

Answer

Led Zeppelin. They made the iconic 'Zoso' album cover for LedZep IV

Question 18

• "Without sex appeal there is no talent and without talent there is no sex appeal."

• "I believe in the age old concept of *Jeena Marne Ke Kasme*."

• "No, I will check all _______ properly. I will test ride them all."

Whose quotes?

Answer

The blank is suitors.

Question 19

- 1 __________ ( Capt ) - 2 Robin Brown - 3 Iain Butchart - 4 Curran - 5 Jack Heron - 6 Hick - 7 Hogg - 8 Houghton (wk) - 9 Grant Paterson - 10 Gerald Peckover - 11 Andy Pycroft - 12 Pater Rawson - 13 Ali Shah - 14 Traicos What is this list? Fill in the blank.

Answer

This is the Zimbabwe Team for the 1983 Cricket World Cup. The blank is Duncan Fletcher, who captained the side.

Question 20

This occurrence was termed "embarrassing" by the officials involved, but at the same time forgiven considering the circumstances. One of them said- "It simply wasn't our fault. It was a technological limitation." Spectators were miffed as well, as they were forced to listen to the ongoing microphone commentary for score updates. However, programmers from IBM were called, and the problem was fixed, ensuring smooth proceedings the next day.

What was the incident? Full fundaes.

Answer

The scoreboard problem at the marathon Isner vs Mahut match at Wimbledon 2010. The scoreboard was programmed to handle a maximum game score of 47-47, and when that was passed, it went blank. The chair umpire had to update the crowd regarding the score. The problem, however, was fixed the next day, as the match continued to a result, with Isner winning 70-68 in the final set.

Question 21

A blog- www.pottypirates.webs.com was set up in early 2010, in collaboration with a website X. X is an online medium to avail "the best services that can be provided in this regard." X adheres to a policy, which they call the Y, which has 3 points: • YOU CAN TRUST OUR ________ - Our _______ is fully

covered by public liability insurance and also has been police checked, insurance policy and proof of CRB check available on request

• NO CHEAP COSTUMES- Only authentic imitations. • FUN IS A MUST

Id Y. What services did X provide?

Answer

The site is www.jacksparrowforhire.co.uk. It provides impersonators of the Captain for occasions. Y is the Brethren Code.

Question 22

• ID the five guys sitting on the chairs

Answer

Radiohead. This is from the music video of "Paranoid Android"

Question 23

During his career, X has played for Lazio, Hellas Verona, Bari, Salernitana , Parma, Juventus, Valencia ,Monaco and Bologna. He is club captain at Bologna, and is one of the main reasons why they have stayed up for the last few seasons. Recently, when they were not having money to pay their players, he gave in money from his own pocket. Today, he still plays for Bologna, and is also on the Board of Directors of the club.

Who?

Answer

Marco Di Vaio

Question 24

Carla Swart* (November 26, 1987 - January 19, 2011) was a South African cyclist who won nineteen individual and team cycling titles and placed 8th at the Commonwealth Games 2010. Ms. Swart moved to the United States when she was a teenager. She attended Lees-McRae College where she was awarded scholarships in running and cycling. Ms. Swart died tragically while training in South Africa. Those who saw her die say that this was because she _________, a habit developed while training in America. Lees-McRae has a scholarship named in her honor. How did she die? Elaborate reason.

Answer

She was hit by a truck while training. Evidently she had looked over her left shoulder, as if she were in the United States, instead of her right, as would normally be the case in South Africa, as vehicles drive on the left-hand side of the road.

Question 25

Meenakshi is a feminist

Radhika is nerdy and geeky

Sweety is a bimbo

Kajal is a tomboy

Chotti is a gossipmonger

Cast of what?

Answer

Question 26

When the band wanted to release the single in 1975, various executives suggested to them that, at 5 minutes and 55 seconds, it was too long and would never be a hit. According to producer Roy Thomas Baker, he and the band bypassed this corporate decision by playing the song for Capital Radio DJ Kenny Everett: "we had a reel-to-reel copy but we told him he could only have it if he promised not to play it. 'I won't play it,' he said, winking..." Their plan worked – Everett teased his listeners by playing only parts of the song. Audience demand intensified when Everett played the full song on his show 14 times in two days. What is the song?

Answer

"Bohemian Rhapsody", by Queen

Question 27 Connect

Answer

Variants of Poker. Straight, Stud, Draw, Community Card

Question 28

The music video of A by X was a mimicry of Y's performance of the song B. The mimicked scenes are interspersed with scenes of a Hollywood director trying to win the heart of an actress, played by X. Discovering that, contrary to her song, the young woman was not impressed by money and expensive gifts, he pretended to be penniless and succeeded in taking her out on a date.

ID X,Y,A,B.

Answer

Madonna's Material Girl & Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend by Marilyn Monroe.

Question 29

*Ragtime* is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. X, One of the classics of ragtime, it returned to top international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s, when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar-winning film *The Sting*. Composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch's adaptation reached number three on the *Billboard* pop chart and spent a week at number one on the easy listening chart in 1974. X?

Answer

'The Entertainer'

Question 30

Connect. These are the only 4 on this list. Specific answer required.

Answer

These are the only 4 non-Englishman to score 100 first-class centuries.

Question 31

McKinley Morganfield known as X, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s. The name by which we know him better is derived from a childhood nickname for his fondness of playing with ___. Who?

Answer

Muddy Waters

Question 32

In 2008, News of the World came out with an expose, which featured a 5 hour video of a Nazi style orgy featuring X along with 5 more commercial sex workers. The orgy apparently had to be stopped at one point because X whipped one of the sex workers so hard that she started bleeding, and had to be bandaged. In 2011, when News of the World came under the scanner for the phone hacking scandals, X supposedly bore some of the financial costs of the witnesses during the trial. Who?

Answer

Max Mosley

LVC

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Answers

LVC

Movies and songs of the same name

Exodus – Bob Marley

Light of day - Bruce Springsteen

Lisztomania - Phoenix

Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen

Badlands – Bruce Springsteen

Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen

Starman – David Bowie

Once – Pearl Jam

She’s the One – Bruce Springsteen again.

Sliver - Nirvana

Roxanne – The Police

Stand by me – Ben E King

Man on the moon - REM

Hollow Man - REM

Beauty and the Beast – David Bowie

Rock Star - Nickelback

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something

Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group

Bad Boys – Inner Circle

Milk - Garbage

American Gangster – Jay Z

The Wrestler – Bruce Springsteen

Alive – Pearl Jam

Julia – The Beatles

Closer – Nine inch nails

Girls Just wanna have fun – Cyndi Lauper

Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin

Vertigo – U2

Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2

Across the Universe – The Beatles

American Pie – Don Maclean

Can’t Buy me Love – The Beatles

Desperado – The Eagles

Iron Man – Black Sabbath