Buzzer Quiz Prelims

Buzzer Quiz PrelimsShankar Narayanan, Vishal Katariya and Nithin Ramesan

Rules of the PrelimsThere will be a total of 35 questions. 6 of the questions are of 2 points each, thus a maximum of 41 pointsNo googling, binging, bittu adichifying, etc.Questions 6-15 are starred, and will be used to resolve tiesTop eight teams will make it to the final

1.When Ned Gregory built his first scoreboard at the Sydney Cricket Ground, it was built with a difference from those in England. A sample would be :Bradman 65Miller 45What practice did this start, which is prevalent only in Australian Cricket?

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1.Scores being read as 2/100 instead of 100/2

2.Identify the Professor, who in contrast to the authors most famous creation, is an aggressive, dominating person. He was the protagonist in many novels, involving one where the Earth passed through a poisonous stretch of the so-called aether in outer space.

2.Professor Challenger, creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

3.John William Burgon wrote a poem whose name was that of this city. The last line of the poem describes it as a rose red city half as old as time.It lies on the slope of Mount Hor, which appears in the old Testament as the spot where Moses struck with his staff to extract water. Moses brother Aaron is supposedly buried here, at Mount Hor, also called Mount Aaron.Shown in the next slide is the monastery in this city. Which city?

3.Petra in JordanOne of the Seven Wonders of the New World

4.X was a remarkable table tennis player, entering the quarter finals of the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 18 and winning it at the age of 19.However, we hear of X more in a different sport Y. X began playing as an amateur Y player at the age of 20, and became the World No. 1 amateur player soon.

However, as he turned professional in about 6 more years, this led to his being ostracized by the Y playing fraternity. Disgusted with his countrys Y Federation, he took US citizenship and began playing lengthy professional tournaments with Ellsworth Vines, another great Y player.

Whos X?

4.Fred Perry

5.Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are the three good fairies from Disneys Sleeping Beauty, who bless Aurora with beauty and grace, and also later modify Maleficients curse so that it will put Aurora to sleep, not kill her.

Another entity/group from the world of entertainment was modelled on them. Who/what?

(Picture on next slide.)

5.The Powerpuff Girls

6.Which UNESCO World Heritage Site is described? It consists of one of the most productive mines , and the country has the largest reserves of uranium in the world. Its name is a corruption of Gaagudju, the name given by aborigines. It also has 4 major rivers, 3 of which are named after a commonly spotted saltwater animal, generally mistaken to be another. A few cave paintings by aborigines are also shown.

6.Kakadu National Park, Australia

7.Following are two pieces of Harry Potter, written in the style of X, including the tenets of Xs philosophy. Who is X? Many clues in the question -You preach selflessness, Harry said, but what you really mean is slavery to the collective. And with that, Harry awarded himself six O.W.L.s which was his right as an individual and Disapparated to Hogsmeade.-Harry leaned back in his chair. No man is my equal.Harry, Dumbledore said sadly, you must not compare others so harshly against yourself. It is our duty to those weaker than ourselves toI dont make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything.

I think this is reject. Put it on QC page.

7.Ayn Rand

8.Its my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an albums price point is. I hope they dont underestimate themselves or undervalue their art. Who on what?

8.Taylor Swift, on why she took her songs off Spotify.

9.The following infographic is a graph depicting the size of certain software/OS/websites, in millions of lines of code.

What is the last and biggest project, in the news in 2013 for its size, unreliability and immense cost?

9.healthcare.gov

10.The image on the next slide shows a new cutting-edge cooking pot made in Japan, which does something that traditionally has to be done by a human to ensure the food is cooked properly. Look at the image closely and tell us what human intervention this pot circumvents.

10.It stirs food on its own

11.Xis sent from the County Clerk Office in Texas to the International Space Station.OnceXhas been received at the International Space Station, it is utilized for its purpose and sent back to County Clerk Office usually within a day.The County Clerk Office is the only place on earth capable of sendingX.Xis usually sent once in 4 years.

What process are we talking about here?

11.This is how American astronauts at the ISS vote during the presidential elections.

12.Fill in the blanks.

INGLORIOUS friend! most confident I amThy life is one of very little ease;Albeit men mock thee with their similesAnd prate of being "______ __ _ _____!"What though thy shell protects thy fragile headFrom the sharp bailiffs of the briny sea? (contd)

Thy valves are, sure, no safety-valves to thee,While rakes are free to desecrate thy bed, And bear thee off--as foemen take their spoil--Far from thy friends and family to roam;Forced, like a Hessian, from thy native home,To meet destruction in a foreign broil!Though thou art tender yet thy humble bardDeclares, O _____! thy case is shocking hard!

12.Happy as a Clam

13.How do we know the gentlemen in the picture below? Also name them. (0.5 for each-2 points)

13.The Big Three (Golf)Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus

14.The next slide shows a graph. What is the graph depicting?

14.Most popular Metal Band Names

15.Given below are the final words of former President APJ Abdul Kalams speech as he inaugurated this complex in 2005."Pramukh Swamiji Maharaj has inspired thousands of people across the country and abroad and brought together the best of the minds for creating a beautiful cultural complex. It has become a place of education, experience and enlightenment. It creatively blends the traditional stone art and architecture, Indian culture and civilization, ancient values and wisdom and the best of modern media and technology. Multiple layers of this complex expresses the strength of the mind, willpower of the human being, indomitable spirit, flowering kindness, fusion of scientific and medical talent, myriad colors of varied cultures and ultimately the power of knowledge. In essence, it is a dynamic complex with lively images.The complex holds a Guinness Record disputed by 3 entities in Tamil Nadu.What are we talking about?

15.Swaminarayan Akshardham, Delhi

16.At one end of the boulevard is this palace, named after Prince Mikhail Vorontsov. The prince was so impressed by the work of the architect that he was commissioned to build another marvel, at the centre of the boulevard, modeled on a less famous entity in Taganrog, Russia. Which famous entity do we speak of?(Image of the palace shown in the next slide)

16.Odessa Steps/PotemkinStairs, Ukraine

17.What do you type into Google to get this?

17.Conways Game of Life

18. Name the painting and the painter. No half points.

18.Salvador DaliShirley Temple

19.Reference to?

19.The Red Wedding

20.The protagonist is Paul Baumer, who enlists in the army. The book talks of the shattering experiences of German soldiers, who can never return to civilian life after a war. Paul Barmers feelings of love, sensitivity and belonging undergo a sea change during the war, he feels he isnt a part of a family anymore, and he vows to fight against the feelings of hate that cause ill will and meaningless loss of life.This mind blowing work was one of the books banned in Nazi Germany, since it was an antithesis of their propaganda of hate, destruction and violence.The work takes its name from the single phrase of the army report on the day Paul Barmer was silently killed.What?

21.Xs New Year Resolution is to read more books. He has created a page on his globally popular service called A Year of Books. He plans to read one book every other week and discuss the book with the many many users of this popular service.

21.Mark Zuckerberg

22.Whose studio is this? It was born out of a period of homesickness, even after this man won his Oscar in 1994 and became globally famous.

22.Hans Zimmer

23.In a number of recently released emails from the Sony hack, lawyers from the Motion Picture Association of America and six major film studios talk about Goliath as their most powerful and politically relevant adversary in the fight against online piracy.

They speak of "the problems created by Goliath," and worry "what Goliath could do if it went on the attack." Together they talk of mounting a multi-year effort to "respond to / rebut Goliaths public advocacy" and "amplify negative Goliath news.

Who/what is Goliath a codename for?

23.Google

24.The poem is said to be inspired by Captain George Shelvockes Voyage around the World, where one of the shipmates did something for good luck. Shown is a statue depicting the protagonist. Name the poem. What phrase in English vocabulary owes its origin to this? (2 points)

24.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(1 point)Albatross around the neck, referring to bad luck(1 point)

25.The next slide has 2 images.We need 4 answers(half point each).i)Who is the painter?ii)Where are these found?iii)What does each painting depict?

25.Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling1st image- Drunk Noah (First Biblical character who tasted wine)2nd image- David and Goliath

26.Shown is a map of the Congo River basin. A certain river Mongolia is marked on the map. The headstream of the Mongolia river is 250 km long, and called X, which has risen to prominence recently. A book written by Richard Preston called ____ ____ _____: A Terrifying True Story dealt with the origins and incidences of X, among others. The book was based on the authors article Crisis in ____ ____ _____, wherein the US Government believed that something like X had entered the States.Give X and FITB(2 points).

26.X-Ebola

27.Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film. Its title is a word play combining the law enforcement term internal affairs with infernal. While a success in Hong Kong, it predictably did not make much of an impact globally.

However, a 2006 remake of the film did going on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.Give me the remake.

27.

28.She was kidnapped from Greece by slave traders and sold to a kind old man in Egypt who cared for her like his daughter. The other slaves in the house were envious of her beauty, and teased her all the time. The old man presented her with something, which made the slaves all the more jealous. One evening, when she was washing clothes at the river bank as usual, a falcon carried away the old mans present and dropped it in the Pharaohs lap. The Pharaoh felt it was an omen and ordered a search for the owner.Although she wasnt an Egyptian, the Pharaoh said, She is the most Egyptian of allfor her eyes are as green as the Nile, her hair like papyrus, and her skin as pink as the lotus flower.Which story? Inspiration for what? (2 points)

28.Story of Rhodopis(half point)Inspiration for Cinderella(half point)

29.This move sought to purge China of capitalistic elements, and strictly impose Maoism. People from China who wanted to escape to capitalist economies during this time were debarred from doing so, and the government even forbade entry into the country without its permission. This caused an economic standstill.The term we speak of is similar to another which rose to prominence after a famous speech in 1946 at Westminster College. In the 1970s, Richard Nixon visited the Chinese premier, and finally the __________________ was raised. Give both terms.(half point each)

29.Bamboo Curtain, Iron Curtain

30.Originally modelled after Neptunes Trident, the designers later decided to change two of the triangles to different shapes, to signify the compatibility of the _____________ with various technologies.

What design am I talking about? Alternatively, FITB.

30.

31.This epic campaign which brought X more publicity than all the advertising in the world could bring, saw posters all over Boston to make the world take notice of a giant trying to tread over two poor hippies. One of their verbose flyers read, Do you think the __________ is afraid hes only going to make $185.3 million in profits this year instead of $185.4 million? Give: i) The giant or its brand (0.5 pts) ii) The two hippies (0.5 pts) iii) The name of the campaign (1 pt)

31.(i) Pillsbury/Haagen Dazs (ii) Ben and Jerrys(iii)

32.Who or what is creating these sounds?

32.Humpback Whales

33.The reference was first used on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister. Thatcher's political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in The London Evening News that stated "_________________, Maggie. Congratulations."In 2011, the first organized celebration of _________ Day took place in Toronto, at the Toronto Underground Cinema. Produced by Sean Ward and Alice Quinn, festivities included an Original Trilogy Trivia Game Show; a costume contest with celebrity judges; and the web's best tribute films, mash-ups, parodies, and remixes on the big screen. The second annual edition took place on Friday, May 4, 2012.

What is May 4th celebrated as?

33.Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you)

34.X are protein molecules that assist in the proper folding of other proteins. They are giant, multi-protein complexes with cavities for amino acids chains to enter and be folded into the necessary shapes.

They derive their name from a word meaning to accompany and look after, or supervise, referring to their function.

Give me X, or alternatively the word from which their name is derived.

34.Chaperonin/chaperone

35.According to the New York Post, soft-cotton rope sales in hardware stores increased ten-fold in 2012. Interestingly, most of the buyers were women.

What was the reason for the spike in rope sales?

35.Fifty Shades of Grey.

Buzzer Quiz Finals (#1 - #4)Shankar Narayanan, Vishal Katariya and Nithin Ramesan

Game #1

1The first time this happened was in 1812, when an earthquake caused a fluvial tsunami. Since 2005, this has happened twice. The first time was during Hurricane Katrina, and it lasted a few hours. In 2012, this ocurred again during Hurricane Isaac, when it lasted an unbelievable 24 hours. The volume rate during this was even higher than the normal volume rate. What incident?

1The Mississippi flowing backwards

2In February 2011, it was announced by a game publisher that it would offer free games for life to anyone who had a child born on 11.11.2011 (the release date of a famous game by the same publisher) and whose name in the world of the game translates to 'Dragon Born'. Which game?

2SkyrimThe name being Dohvakiin

3In the hotel where the story X was written, the movie X is shown on a continuous loop on Channel 42 on guest room televisions. The number 42 occupies a special role in the entire movie. This was supposedly inspired by the director of X being influenced by Sigmund Freud's statement that recurring numbers cause hallucinations. X?

3The Shining

4Contrary to the popular meaning of this word in modern times, it originally derives from a Dutch word which means mad or silly. It was first used in English as a slang to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people. In current times, the word connotes an expert or enthusiast or a person obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit.

Easy peasy

4Geek

5This prize is awarded for the best film depicting science and technology as a theme at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It is named in honour of an electrical engineer from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and long term CEO of General Motors.

Which great, who guided General Motors to a Golden peak?

5Alfred P Sloan, after whom the MIT Sloan School of Business is named

6The device consists of a dielectric plate and a metal plate. The dielectric plate is charged by rubbing with fur, and the top of the metal plate is grounded. This was popularized by a scientist who also discovered a gas after reading a treatise by Benjamin Franklin.Which scientist? Name the gas.

6 Alessandro Volta, Methane

7Al-qazz in Arabic means silk.X is a word derived from this. Modern ones are even made of metal and used in safety spark arrestors and fences.X is also said to derive its name from a place which witnessed massive loss of life and suffering not long ago.What? Give X, not the place.

7 Gauze, derived from Gaza

8The White House Press Correspondents Dinner is a longstanding annual tradition, attended by the President and the Vice-President. The dinner usually consists of comedians and the President himself poking fun at the whos who of Washington politics. In this clip from the 2014 dinner, what series, hosted by whom, is President Obama making a reference to?

8Between Two Ferns, hosted by Zach Galifianakis

9The Byzantine empire had a history of being invaded by its neighbors through the Cilician Gates from modern Syria into Anatolia in modern Turkey. They needed a signal when an invasion was imminent, so in the 800s AD, they set up a system of signal fires for early warning that an invasion was imminent. It was called Pharos, and it ran some 650 km from the Cilician Gates to Constantinople (Istanbul).

What was this the inspiration for?

9The signal fires of Gondor, from LoTR.

10Advertisement for what?

The Paralympics.

End of Game #1

Game #2

1Students have long revered the ___-ed walls of older colleges. "Planting the ___" was a customary class day ceremony in the 1800s. At Penn, graduating seniors started the tradition of planting ___ at a university building in 1873 and the practice was formally designated as ___ Day in 1874. One etymology of this classification says that ___ is just Roman numerals for the number of teams in a particular American Sports League back then. FITB.

1IvyGiving rise to the Ivy League

2What is this the procedure for?Opened on Aug 1 2014 for UK applicants only. To enter you must fill out an official public ballot application form, one only per household, which is obtainable only by post. To receive a form, applicants must send a stamped, self-addressed envelope (DL size) by Dec 15 2014 to: AELTC, PO Box 98, London, SW19 5AE

2Tickets for Wimbledon 2015 via public ballot

3Connect to some element of SRKs character.

3

3SRK goes by the name Raj in each of these movies.

4His colleagues at Cambridge coined a unit of information flow, defined by 1 _____ = 1 word per hour. This was in reference to this personalitys taciturnity.We know the Energy equation,where h is the Plancks constant. The reduced Plancks constant is also equal to 1 ______ FITB.

4 Dirac

5There are 6 Classical Languages of India. 5 of them are Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu. Classical languages are those which dont borrow extensively from others. Name the sixth, which is a descendent of Prakrit spoken in Magadha. Early literature in the language can be traced back to the Charyapada, written by the Buddhist Siddhas of the state.

5 Oriya/Odia

6This pancake is prepared by addingflour and milk to crushed bananas and frying. It is then dipped in syrup and served hot. The dish is offered to the deity at the Puri Jagannath Temple in the morning and evening service. It is also eaten by Muslims in the Ramadan month to break thelong fast. What?

6 Malapua

7

Which retreat in a former cantonmenttown?

7 Rashtrapati Nilayam, Secunderabad

8Initially created by Reddit user kn0thing while he was studying at the University of Virginia, Snoo underwent multiple revisions to become the version that we all know today. Snoo has also been customized to create more personalized versions for different topics.

What is Snoo?

8

9Poster commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of which iconic film?

9Alien.

10British singer Rick Astleys 1987 song Never Gonna Give You Up was a worldwide number-one hit when released, topping the charts in 25 countries.However, it is better known in another form, one that went viral in the 21st century. The attention generated by this form led to Astley garnering immense publicity, with him appearing in the 2008 Macys Thanksgiving Parade in New York, and reviving his flagging career.

How do we better know his song?

10The Rickrolling meme - the multiple hyperlinks/videos on Youtube and elsewhere that fool viewers into thinking that they are going to watch something else, but actually lead to Astleys video.

End of Game #2

Game #3

1This is Major Meredith talking about the awesomeness of which bird, against which a war was waged? He is astonished by the mobility of the birds, even when wounded.If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds it would face any army in the world...They can face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks. They are like Zulus whom even dum-dum bullets could not stop.

1Emus.

2Whose profile?

2Emily Dickinson

3This shows a pole outside a barbers shop. The red and white signifies bloodied bandages, which refer to which service rendered by these barbers back in old days?

3They would perform bloodletting

4When the King of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah visited Britain, he was already looked upon as a dictator and didnt have much favor in his own land. He was also one in favor of torture. Therefore the Welsh Guards, in charge of playing the welcome for him, played a quite fitting tune for him. Which tune?

4Imperial March

5The precursor to CAPTCHAs, leet is a language that hackers invented to post about sensitive topics on message boards. Similar to CAPTCHAs, the point of leet was to ensure that automatic monitoring for keywords was circumvented, letting hackers communicate without fear of being discovered. Examples of leet still exist, predominantly amongst the gaming community.

What exactly was leet/how did it circumvent automatic monitoring?

5leet (l33t) uses various combinations of ASCII characters to replace the Latin alphabet.

|-|3|_|_() for hello, c@t for cat, n00b for noob, etc.

6"Immediately, though, something felt wrong. Very wrong."For a start, my mouth was instantly full of this warm, gloopy liquid, with the worst aftertaste you could ever imagine. I could feel it staining my teeth and running down my chin."Then the head in my mouth twitched."

Who, on what?

6Black Sabbaths Ozzy Osbourne on biting off a bats head during a concert.

7Stars in the oceanLaughterMerry-go-RoundsRiding down hills on my big brothers bikeIcy cold water right out of a wellTunes that I hear on an old carousel

Rejects for what?

7My Favourite Things.

8X has been frequently used to demonstrate the second law of thermodynamics. The second law states that the most disordered state is favoured, leading to an entropy increase, in a spontaneous reaction. X is highly disordered after what happens, and cannot be restored.X seems to have been used to describe cannonballs, which in the 16th century, did take some moving.Some feel that this term referred to Charles I, the X of England, toppled by his parliament.X?

8Humpty Dumpty

9Shown below is a map. We want a very specific two word term as to what the map is plotting. Generic answers are not accepted.

9 Gini Coefficient (Wealth Distribution)

10The locality of X in Kolkata is named after one of Indias bravest revolutionaries, who died of injuries sustained in a battle with hordes of police and army officials.The name we popularly know him by comes from a childhood act of valour, when a friend brought villagers for help and they exclaimed Does he need help or the ______?.

Who is X?

10Bagha Jatin/Jatindranath Mukherjee

End of game #3.

Game #4

1A certain sportsman said this about Xs time wasting tactics. He famously defeated X in 2012.''I think all the players should have the same time between the points. But always the best players, they're taking much more than the normal players, and nobody is telling them nothing. I don't know why. When the game starts it was not 30 seconds. It was one minute always.''Who is X, and what was he guilty of?

1Rafael NadalThe 30 seconds between points rule.The person saying this is Lukas Rosol

2While this may look like a Science-Fiction movie, it is not. Where is this taken? Why is this on a screen?

2Sunrise in ChinaToo much pollution

3Given below are designations and occupation of officers of a certain organization at each subordinate level of jurisdiction.i) Klaliff vice presidentii) Klokard- lectureriii)Kludd Chaplainiv)Kligrapp- secretaryv) Klabee Treasurer Which organization?

3 Ku Klux Klan

4In movable type printing, text was printed using tiny pieces of metal, each representing a letter, a number or a symbol. As a part of the typesetting process, these pieces would painstakingly be put together to create the entire document. To save time & effort, popular phrases that were used very frequently were cast as ready-made blocks from a single slug of metal. What name, used in a similar context even today, was given to these blocks?

4Cliches.

5The license plate of the antagonist's car in this movie is seen to bear the sequence IS 5416, a direct reference to Isaiah 54:16, which says, Behold, I have created the Smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Which movie is this seen in?

5The Matrix Reloaded.

6What are the 3 blanked out currencies?

(Hint: 3 columns, all of them are related.)

6

6Galleons, Sickles and Knuts.

7On a tour to Sri Lanka, Mark Waugh scored four consecutive ducks. With his scorecard reading 0000, he was given a nickname related to the world of business.

What was the nickname?

7Audi.

8Eaten year round in New Zealand and Australia, this dessert consisting of a base made of meringue crust topped with whipped cream is named after a famous Russian ballet dancer of the 20th century and wascreated in her honourin 1926 during her tour of New Zealand.Name the dessert.

8 Pavlova, after Anna Pavlova

9This word literally means:i)Movement in a turbulent fashionii)A confused jumble of itemsiii)To lie soaked in blood

This word also gives rise to a class division in combat sports.Whats the good word?

9 Welter, giving rise to welterweight

10Used as a symbol by adherents of what?

10 Wicca, a witchcraft religion

End of Game #4.

Buzzer Quiz Finals (#5 - #8)Shankar Narayanan, Vishal Katariya and Nithin Ramesan

Game #5

1The image shows a garden in Ramallah, Palestine where a lady has begun to grow plants in some objects. The whole garden is an exhibition for peace. What are these objects which serve as pots?

1Spent tear-gas grenades

2The USA banned the use of Xs which are not manufactured in the USA in 2014. After 9/11, Americans purchased so many X's that American manufacturers couldn't cope up with the demand. The senator who passed the legislation said, "I thought it was appalling our Department of Defense would have Xs made in other countries."

2American flags

3The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha said that it would install a bust of X in Meerut on January 30 2015. It would also erect such busts across the country across the year, much to the irritation of members of various political parties. Pandit Ashok Kumar Sharma said, "We consider X a martyr and have the democratic right to erect put up our leader's statue at our office."

3Nathuram Godse

4One particular type of bird shipped from Africa, called the Guinea Fowl, became known as the X cock throughout England. Later, the bird became popular, and was shortened to just X. Ironically, in X, they are called Hindi, to signify that they were birds from India, when they really were not. X?

4Turkey

5This is a song from Pinocchio. Where would you have heard it recently in a context that is also related to the world of entertainment?

5

6In the 1700s, deer skins were a common medium of exchange between settlers and Native Indians in America. Both the parties agreed that each deer skin was worth approximately a dollar and they became an important unit of commerce on the American frontier. This is widely believed to be the origin of what word?

6The origin of the slang buck to mean dollars.

7Martha Stewart dated X for some time, but later broke up with him. In a recent interview, she admitted that she ended the relationship after watching a movie in which X starred. Afterwards, she couldnt separate X from the character he had essayed. His performance had affected her so much that she decided to break up with him.

X and the movie?

7Anthony Hopkins, Silence of the Lambs.

8The theme of this epic novel translated into 56 languages is when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. It was inspired by JL Borges book Tale of Two Dreamers, featuring two people who dreamt of each others treasure. It was also inspired by Persian poet Rumis story: In Baghdad, Thinking of Cairo, In Cairo, Thinking of Baghdad.

Name the novel and the author.

8

9The play is set in Ujjain. The protagonist is a dancer, who falls in love with a poor Bhramin named Charudatta. However, she is pursued by a courtier named Samsthanaka, who finally strangled the dancer when she proclaims her love for Charudatta. Still thirsting for vengeance, he accuses Charudatta of the crime as he was in the vicinity and possessed the dancers necklace. The dancer however survived, and was taken care of by a monk. Charudatta meanwhile, was sentenced to death, and the dancer, hearing of this, appeared in the nick of time at the scaffold and saved him.Which play?

9Vasantasena/Mrchhakatika

10Explain:i)Lobake National Park, Cameroonii)Cuaiba, Braziliii)Rugby Obelisk, North Dakotaiv)Bernotai, Lithuaniav)Lambert Monument, Australia

10 Geographical Centres of Continents

End of Game #5.

Game #6

1In 1996, X suffered from a horrific free-fall parachuting incident, where he broke his back in three places. At age 35, X was appointed the youngest ever Chief Scout. At age 23, he is the youngest ever to have scaled Mount Everest. His autobiography came out in 2011, called Mud, Sweat and Tears.

Shady

1Bear Grylls

2This letter was sometimes included as the 27th letter of the alphabet. While reciting the alphabet, it would be awkward to recite X Y Z ___. Thus they would say, X Y Z ___ per se ___. Saying this phrase quickly gave rise to the name given to this letter, which was later removed from the alphabet.

2and per se and = ampersand &

3In 2006, British librarians ranked this book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die"."In the twentieth century, X is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Y, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism."

3X - To Kill a MockingbirdY - Atticus Finch

4The reason this disaster happened is believed to be that a Prohibition was to be announced in the United States in a year. This led to a certain corporation stocking up on _________ beyond the capacity of the container, and the container giving way due to undue strain. Some claim they can smell the __________ even today. What disaster?

4MolassesThe Boston Molasses Disaster

5From a young age, British illustrator Martin Hadford was obsessed with drawing large crowds of stick figures on a single page. As his drawing talent progressed, so did the complexity of his scenes.

In the mid-1980s, Walker Books was looking for new ideas for childrens books. They gave Hadford a call, and a few brainstorming sessions later, he came up with the idea for _________________, now a successful franchise in over 26 languages and with sales of over 75 million books.

FITB.

5Wheres Waldo?

6Asked about the reason for a certain feature of Apple Products, Steve Jobs said, "But ever since I've had cancer I've been thinking about it more, and I find myself believing a bit more. Maybe that's because I want to believe in an afterlife, that when you die it doesn't just all disappear. The wisdom you've accumulated, somehow it just lives on."

What feature did his beliefs lead to?

6The lack of an on/off switch in early Apple devices.

7Google - Catull BQTwitter - Pico AlphabetFacebook - KlavikaVimeo - Black RoseTMZ - AmeliaFlickr - Frutiger

What are these?

7Fonts used in the respective companies logos

8The term X economy originally described South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. All economies that experience rapid increase in living standard, measured by productivity are called X economies.Y ________ is a way to monopolize the market, by trying to attract all the customers in a bid to make competitors face long term losses and leave the market. With a monopoly, huge profits can be made. This is illegal in many countries.Also, Xs are Ys of calves. Identify X and Y_________.

8X-Tiger, Tiger EconomyY______ is Predatory Pricing

Tigers are predators of calves, arent they?

9The founder of this company owned by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital was inspired by a slogan on a shoe store in New York City which said 21 styles. He then coined his own slogan.This company owns Complan, Glucon C, Glucon D and Mycil.Which company? Also, give the slogan inspired by 21 styles.Part points will be awarded.

9

10A statesman and member of the Roman Catholic Church, he was the effective ruler, and opposed the Habsburg dynasty of Austria, creating tensions between himself and Queen Anne of Austria.Despite being a Catholic, he associated with Protestant countries in the Thirty Year War.Recall his letter in a masterpiece, It is by my order and for the good of France that the bearer of this letter has done what he has done.Who?

10Armand Jean du Plessis OR Cardinal Richelieu

End of Game #6

Game #7

1FITB.

1Alcohol/Spirit

2Grotesques and _______s are not the same thing! Grotesques include all decorative architectural creatures, whether or not they have functioning drainage capabilities. ________s, however, always have drainage conduits.St. Bernard once disapprovingly wrote, "What is the meaning of these unclean monkeys, these savage lions, and monstrous creatures?"

2Gargoyles

3The play X was banned from the stage in Britain during the period 1810-1820. This was because the ruling monarch at the time, King George III, suffered from bouts of insanity. X contains a mad King as a key character.

3King Lear

There are 3 suits named bamboo, myriads and circles. There are 4 winds namely east, west, north and south. There are red, green and white dragons. There are 4 flowers, namely plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo. There are 4 seasons namely spring, summer, autumn and winter.Four melds and a pair of eyes are a necessary but not sufficient condition to go __________.Fill in the blank.

4

Mahjong

4

5The first image in the next slide has been inspired by X and the second image depicts X.

Give a very specific answer for X.

5

5 Goddess Nike, from Roman Mythology

6The following slide shows a UNESCO World Heritage siteWhich city and what?No part points.

6

6 St. Basils Cathedral, Moscow (RUS)

7The following is a work in the Louvre. Name the central entity in the painting, which seems to get its name from an inspiring legend of a girl wearing a Phyrgian cap.I want the name only and not what it stands for. Also name the painter. Part points available.

7

7 Marianne, Eugene Delacroix

Stars in the oceanLaughterMerry-go-roundsRiding down hills on my big brothers bikeIcy cold water right out of a wellTunes that I hear on an old carousel

Rejects for what?

My Favorite Things.

End of Game #7

Game #8

1The original Sheffield rules did not include this rule and this meant that teams would position kick-throughs permanently situated at the opponent goal. The name of the rule comes from the player being ___ ___ ____ if he was standing in front of the ball. Which rule?

1The offside rule

2There has been a huge spike in birds falling down while flying in the Mojave Desert. These birds have been seen to have burn marks on them. They are called streamers because they ignite in mid-air. What causes these birds to catch fire?

2

3Greenpeace recently conducted an environment awareness campaign in Peru where they put up this message. The Peruvian Government wishes to prosecute them because they allegedly trespassed a historical site in Peru. Which site?

3

4Shown in the next slide are 2 maps of Argentina. Have a good look and give the name of the region in green.

4 Mesopotamia, land between the 2 rivers

5The FIFA 100 was a list of 100 Greatest living footballers unveiled by Pele in 2004.Name the lone Scot on the list, one of the first player-managers in the Premier League, referred to as King _______ by fans.

Kenny Dalglish

6They are:i)Numberii)Number in spaceiii)Number in timeiv)Number in space and time

Give 1 word or name all four for a point.

6 Quadrivium Arithmetic, Geometry, Music,Astronomy

7X is a popular song introduced in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much. The three verses of the song progress through the life of the narrator and each asks "What will I be?" or "What lies ahead?" The chorus repeats the answer: __________________.Interestingly, the song title is itself grammatically incorrect, and has no linguistic basis whatsoever. The popularity of the song, though, has ensured that the title phrase is used around the world. The song is also regularly sung at English football matches when a team is progressing to the next round of a competition that will ultimately lead them to Wembley Stadium.What song?

7Que Sera Sera (Whatever will be, will be.)

8This game company was originally named Syzygy, after a phenomenon that occurs during solar and lunar eclipses, causing powerful tides on earth and moonquakes.

On learning that the name had already been taken by a roofing company, it was decided to take the companys name from the Chinese game Gos word for check.

What company?

8

9X was a club-like object composed of 2 wooden slats. When striking a person, it produced a loud smacking noise, though very little force transferred to the person being struck.

This allowed actors to hit each other with exaggerated audible effects, but minimal physical damage.A certain style of acting was named after this object, as it mirrors the exaggerations the object was used for.What was this object called?

9Slapstick/slapstick comedy.

10FITB.

10The Windows estimated time dialog box.

End of Game #8.

Buzzer Quiz FinalsShankar Narayanan, Vishal Katariya and Nithin Ramesan

Game #9

1X has been imprisoned because of his critical stance towards democracy and human rights. He is currently under constant surveillance. His works are shown in the next slide. X?

1Ai Weiwei

2This strap has been recently launched by X. It costs roughly $300, but has to be used with Xs Timewalker Urban Speed, which costs around $4500. X?

2Mont Blanc

3Fill in the blanked outportion with the name of a drink.

3Absinthe

4Once upon a night-time dreary, as I web-surfed, red-eyed, weary,I resisted strange and lurid websites of hot girls galore,But my curiosity grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,I gave in and clicked the link to see what waited there in store.And with the clicking, came the ticking, of the page that was no moreQuoth the server, "__________".

Fill in the blanks.

4404.

5It is widely believed that depictions of this particular practice in popular culture arose from sailors travelling above and below decks frequently. The harsh sunlight above and the stifling darkness below would require that a sailor spend valuable time (especially during battle), waiting for his eyes to adjust. To solve this, sailors adopted a certain practice that later was copied in pop culture.

What practice?

5Pirates wearing eyepatches.

6In this years Hopman Cup, Eugenie Bouchard beat Serena Williams 6-2 6-1. This was her first ever win over Williams. After her win she said about Williams, Maybe she needed another ______, in reference to an incident involving Williams a week ago. FITB/What incident?

6CoffeeSerena Williams ordered a coffee mid-match in the Hopman Cup.

7X is the title and main character of an American comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne. Xs national bath on the July 14 is a time of national rejoicing and celebrations. Xs first mate, contrary to normal _____s, is short, skinny, chinless, awkward and nave weakling. X?

7Hagar the Horrible

8The Magdeburg hemispheres were used by Otto von Guericke in 1656 to demonstrate the air pump that he had invented, and the concept of atmospheric pressure. Thirty horses, in two teams of fifteen, could not separate the hemispheres until the valve was opened to equalize the air pressure.

This experiment inspired the logos of 2 companies.

Give me any one.

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9This is a wardrobe which is made to resemble a certain monument, which is currently in pristine condition yet. Which building?

9Chartanes Cathedral

10The Mediterranean Gamesare played and hosted bythe countries bordering theMediterranean Sea. So far,all host cities but one havebeen on the Mediterraneancoast.Which host city onthe Atlantic coast is the exception?

10 Casablanca, Morocco

End of game #9.

Game #10

1The lyrics of X are about marines in battle bonding together, fighting their fears and trying to figure out how to survive. A song by Billy Joel, he said that he wasn't trying to make a comment on the war, but writing about the soldier as a person. It was released as part of the album Nylon Curtain in 1982. It was called as possibly "the ultimate pop-music epitaph to the Vietnam War."

Yet to frame

1Goodnight Saigon

2New York City is known for having excellent tap water, and it also tastes very good. This may be because of the microscopic shrimp, which eat the mosquito larvae. Upon this discovery, a certain category of people requested to have the water purified because they were not allowed to consume this water. Which category of people? Why were they not allowed to drink this water?

2Jews, since this water wouldnt be kosher.

3They are of three kinds: common, hairy legged and white winged. They are natives of the New World, mainly Mexico and the Amazon basin. Their saliva contains a glycoprotein, which functions as an anticoagulant.The glycoprotein is named after the antagonist of an 1897 novel, seemingly aristocratic, who lives in a decaying castle in the Carpathian mountains.Name the glycoprotein or the character its named after.

3Draculin, after Count Dracula. The creatures are vampire bats.

4The photos below show images of people walking on clouds. This marvelous optical illusion takes place when a thin layer of water coversthe surface, makingthe place a giant mirror. It contains theworlds largest deposits of lithium.Which place?

4 Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. It is the worlds largest salt flat.

5She is the virgin Goddess of the home and family in Roman Mythology. She is symbolized by the fire in the hearth.The name is used for a bright object in the night sky, with two massive craters, one of which occupies 95% of the mean diameter. The tallest mountain in the solar system is present here.What name?

5 Vesta/ 4-VestaThe mountain is present on the Rhea Silvia crater

6Hosted by Miss America, Nina Davuluri, and Hari Sreenivasan, a PBS news anchor, it saw over 20,000 people in attendance. However, over 30,000 people had applied to attend, prompting the tickets (all free) to be allotted via a lottery.

What?

6Narendra Modis Madison Square Park reception.

7Fill in the first and last blanks.

7AR Rahman, Aron Ralston

8This particular brands name arose from the perceived divide between the baby boomer generation, and Generation X.

What clothing brand are we talking about?

8

9These works of art are drawn on hand made khadi cloth. They were used centuries ago by wandering storytellers. They focused more on day to day activities of fishermen, cobblers, and fruit gatherers as well as legends and mythology.Pictures follow.

They have now been given a GI(Geographical Indication) tag. Give a specific 3 word name of the artwork, named after a village in Telangana.

9 Cheriyal Scroll Paintings

10Connect: What do all these feature? (Specific One word)

i) Wellington Arch, London vi)Semperoper, Dresdenii)Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow vii)Grand Theatre, Warsawiii)Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels viii)Brunswick Palace, Germanyiv)Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen ix) Siegestor, Munichv)Grand Palais, Paris x) Progress of the State, Minnesota

10Quadriga.

Shown is theBrandenburg GateQuadriga.

End of game #10.

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