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FINALSFour rounds IB+Pounce Forward and Reverse, Differential and Long Visual Connect Questions are not long but properly spaced. Important parts are underlined wherever necessary.

IB + POUNCEORWARD18 Questions. +10/0 on IB, +20/-10 on PounceQuestions are not long but properly spaced. Important parts are underlined wherever necessary.

When James moved to London, he met Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies as his neighbors. This was 1897. He started spending most of the time with the five children of the couple. James wrote chapter headings and published a two copy edition of the never land designed by James for the kids on a holiday, entitled The Boy Castaways. This became the foundation for his biggest contribution to the theatrical world, the most produced play in theatrical history. Sadly, middle one of the five, whose name X became the inspiration for James famous play, committed suicide as the association with this central character name plagued him throughout his life. The name was devised to entertain the eldest two brothers, George and Jack with the idea that their little brother in the line could fly. What did James's The Boy Castaways transformed into and what name was X ?

Merch is a platform that helps developers to build customized T-shirts and sell them in game to their fans. The service is unique as the developers has to pay nothing out of their pockets and the delivery, if any, of their product to their fans (and the consumer) is taken care of by the entity that launched this in-game business funda. Rather, the developer earns from the sale of the merchandise designed by her/him. Which entity is behind Merch ?

The man in this iconic photograph is variedly identified as Hibiscus (vis), born with the name George Edgerly Harris III, or Joel Tornabene. Clicked at Pentagon, Hibiscus is shown placing the key icon of this movement on what became the symbol of the guarding army. Hibiscus later went onto establish a psychedelic band and performed in the Summer of Love in San Fransico. The photograph became hugely famous and bore the name of the movement that gained wide popularity during the 1960s and 1970s peaceful protest against Vietnam War. The expression was coined by Allen Ginsberg. The term became a general reference to the hippie movement after the incidents that happened during that time, an impact of which can be seen even today in the clothing of this counterculture.

What did that photograph came to be known as/What movement was that which became synonymous with the hippie culture ?Hibiscus as Madame Butterfly (1970)

Pulitzer Prize listed iconic photograph Flower Power

Edgar Allen Poe returned back to Boston (where he was born) after having an unstable relationship with his foster father. He penned down his writings under the pseudonym A Bostonian and published them with the title X and Other Poems (vis). X portrays a fictionalized account of this warlord from 14th century who went on to establish one of the biggest empires world has ever seen. This was his first published work. The first mention of X chess (vis) is from 1350. X, the 14th century warlord, loved to play this form of chess called the great chess. The game is unique as it has 112 squares, arranged in a 10*11 matrix with one citadel tower on each side. Only the Shah can penetrate the opposite citadel.

What word (X), another version of which became the center of a controversy in the year that just passed ?

Give me either !15

A collage of the jackets dawned by a certain someone , arranged into a chart based on the color gradient in a manner resembling the famous color charts of ___1___ , was prepared by Dutch graphic designer Noortje van Eekelen. The project has since been given the name ___1___ ____2___ - the first word being the name of the famous company and the second being the name of this certain someone.The project is a part of website The Spectacle of Tragedy (do visit the website), a website with collected and repurposed images of politicos navigating Eurozone Crisis. FITB 1 & 2 and give me the cumulative answer.

Visual dikhana hai ya nhn ? Decide on the spot :P 18

Pantone Merkel

Hidden out of plain sight, an athletic club called Vanderbilt Athletic Club has existed here since 1960s which boasted of two clay tennis courts and oddly, a 65-foot indoor ski slope. It fell into disrepair by 80s only to be taken up by Donald Trump for its renovation and opening it again, this time only for the uber-rich personalities and movie stars. The lease fell out in 2010 and since then the Vanderbilt Tennis Club (vis) moved to the fourth floor of this structure. The rates to go and play here are still quite high, driven towards a certain economic echelon of the society. The courts sits right behind the top portion of the famous facade window of this structure, and thus, out of plain sight. Where can you find this tennis club running its operations?

Grand Central Terminal

Tennis Court Somewhere here

Designs were called in for this monument in 1956, which means Built up stepped embankment along the river meant for use by King. The proposals received wore many ideas, one was a replica of South Indian Temple and some modelled on traditional European obelisks. Vanu G Bhutas proposal was the one which was accepted who proposed a square sunken garden surrounded by rampart like walls, which would serve as viewing platforms. In the center will be a raised and engraved marble block. The landscaping and planting was performed by Sydney Percy-Lancaster, the last Englishman to hold the post of Superintendent for Horticultural Operations. Vanu G. Bhuta thus became the designer for which monument ?

RajGhat

Connect the elements to a cult phenomenon

Babaji by Supertramps was written by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies taking inspiration from The Beatles journey with Paramhansa Yogananda, the Babaji in the song.

Photo of Apple Records by The Beatles.

The town of Edgartown is situated on the east coast of Marthas Vineyard. The most important landmark, the American Legion Memorial Bridge (vis), got the name X Bridge, and the stone quay that runs perpendicular to the bridge is still there. It became famous due to rolling out of an event there in 1975 which was a masterpiece in itself in the sense that how it used life-sized robotic organism to create surreal fear. What name did the American Legion Bridge got/ What event ? (specific)

Called as The Jaws bridge as the shooting for the first installment (1975) of The Jaws series took place here.

X (4 words) is a famous painting by Gottfried Helnwein which in reality is a spoof containing four icons of American Pop Culture: James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Humphry Bogart, named so due to the tragic fate they met with(vis). The spoof became equally famous as the original one called Nighthawks. Billie says that he saw another painting of James Dean by Helnwein (vis) which had these words at the bottom that inspired him to create this piece showing the estrangement and recognition that the American Dream can let you down.

What was thus created, a supposed sequel to Holiday ?

Game Theory tells us that in an election, if two right wing candidates stand, by cutting each others votes, the left wing candidate actually wins.This is what happened in the 1912 election for POTUS. X was President from 1901-1909 and decided not to run for a 2nd term. His Secretary of War, William Taft ran instead and won. Due to their differences, a rift grew which split wide open in 1912. X ran as a Progressive Candidate whereas Taft ran as a Republican. In the end, Woodrow Wilson of the Democrats won the election.Who is X, a person feared by Big Business at the time?

Theodore Roosevelt

The Massacre of Glencoe was a brutal incident in 1692. The Campbells massacred the MacDonalds who were under their hospitality on the grounds that the MacDonalds hadnt been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs.This incident has crept into popular culture now, being vividly reference on the TV Show Mad Men. This is also said to be the inspiration behind X in the series Y.Easy. X and Y?

Y Game of ThronesX Red Wedding

After Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 in Cuba, he banned quite a few things. The list includes Cable TV, mobile internet as well as Christmas.X certainly made its way on to Castros list due to its roots in capitalism. X is released tailor made to specific countries, cities or people.Though, X has been banned in Cuba since 1959, people have made rip-offs to enjoy X some of these rip-offs dont have any names, some are printed with CapitolioWhat did Castro ban that teaches us about money and business?

X was used by the Allied POWs in WWII as well.46

X had won every instalment of the annual Y since 1960. ___1__ Z II, CEO of Z realized that winning Y would position his product better to consumers and push profits through the roof. ___1__ Z II went to ___2___ X to buy X. X agreed to sell. Everything was final. In 1963, when the deal was about to be signed ___2____ X flipped out regarding a clause about Y and blew the deal. This hurt ____1___ Z IIs ego. He poured in an estimated total $300million to win Y. In 1966, finally with the help of Ken Miles and his product W, Z got its revenge by beating X at Y. And then, for the next 4 years, Z was the champion at Y.X, Y and Z? Bonus for W(+5)

W Ford GT40X Enzo FerrariY 24 Hours of Le Mans Z Henry Ford II

His first business venture was a national magazine, titled Student (vis) that he released in 1968. At that time, his headmaster told him Congratulations, _______. I predict you will either go to prison or become a millionaire.. He did both. Student had articles and interviews from poets, philosophers and writers. But, seeing as the magazine was losing money he started another business ____1_____, the one he is most known for now, to support it. He advertised ____1_____ via Student and when ____1_____ took off, he stopped publishing Student. ____1_____ led to his further fame.Who is this millionaire?

The day before a POTUS inauguration a Presidential Ball is thrown on the White House Lawn. This year, when Trump and Melania had their first dance at said ball, they used the song X by Y. The next day, someone tweeted this to Ys daughter. She state that if her father were alive, he would not have performed at DJTs inauguration and would have voted for Hillary. She also said that people should remember the first line of the song And now the end is nearWhat song was chosen by DJT for his inauguration? Whose song is this ?

Identify the singer.

Connect them to a businesswoman, also an icon to many.

Madonna

DIFFERENTIAL5N + 5 scoring where N is number of teams answering wrong.Dont speak. Write down your answers.Questions are not long but properly spaced. Important parts are underlined wherever necessary.

It is attributed to Brion Gysin, a friend of Alicia who told her about it which she included in her famous Cookbook. The main plot of the movie revolves around this most famous entity attributed to Alicia B. Toklas, described by her as Food of Paradise. Though, Toklas states that getting the key ingredient can present certain difficulties and recommends finding the stuff in the wild, which might have been possible to do in the early 1960s. What, which was prescribed to be taken only two pieces at a time, by Toklas ?

Haschich Fudge / Hashish Brownies

Damien Jr. Gong X stands out as one of the best reggae artist with three Grammys to his account. His 1996 debut album Mr.X was released with high backing to his name after his fathers Tuff Gong. His second and Grammy winning album Halfway Tree gets its name from his being a tree halfway in between the rich world of his mother and poor world his father comes from. Additionally Halfway Tree is a well-known landmark that marks the cultural center of The Half-Way-Tree, the clock tower that stands where the historical eponymous cotton tree once stood and is featured prominently behind him on the cover of his album. What surname (X) did Damien share with his father ?

The cotton tree was one of the main centers of the Cannabis Culture

Clothes came to symbolize a lot during U.S Election. In one such incidence, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was spotted wearing the pink scarf on the inauguration of DJT as POTUS. She was not alone as many members of the congress were seen wearing this clothing accessory as the official symbol of this program/organization, a merch they decided to dawn in protest to one of the announcement related to this specific program to a certain gender of the society. Photo posted by Patty Murray, Senator from Washington, explained her outfit choice through the Facebook post (vis on next slide). What nonprofit organization is this, an undying symbol of hope for a particular gender, and a flag bearer of an eponymous program in U.S.A ?

This Art (vis) developed in 1960s in response to certain stringent regulations by government(s) on regulation of a product. It made its appearance on streets of UK in 1967 and a little later in USA. Shortly after iconic images of celebrities or abstract images made their way on to this sheet from which the art derive its name. The artwork is printed onto this sheet and then perforated into tiny squares called hits. Producers can mark their special seal in any form to distinguish their brand from others. What name did this art form got, based on an accidental discovery of the properties of this sheet in 1778 ?

For no points, give the function these artworks served for the masses ?

Answers after the IB is over77

Blotter Art

One consumes LSD/acid in this form

William Morris, aka Lord Nuffield was a motor enthusiast. He was the founder of XY. He created the XZ III Series in 1956. Nuffield was an OBE, he was the first chairman of the BMC. He was known for his philanthropy work he donated funds to build a cyclotron, donated over 1700 iron lungs to people.His greatest failure was that of promising 50 Spitfire planes in WWII and not being able to deliver even one. How have seen his creation taking a prominent place in Indian polity ?

This song by Anu Malik, Vinay Tiwari and Devang Patel has references to celebrities such as Madhuri Dixit, Dara Singh, Dhirubhai Ambani, Harshad Mehta, Mr.India, Rambo, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Subhash Ghai, Jackie Chan, Michel Jackson, Kapil Dev, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Ratan Tata, Mike Tyson and PT Usha.The song basically lists out ridiculous and obviously false things and envisions a tax free, corruption free society.Which song is this?

On 8th November 2016, when USA was waiting for its election results and India was counting their currency notes Europe was not misery-free. In the European Court of Justice, the UK Company Seven Towers which owns the trademark on X lost a case against Simba ____ from Germany. The ECJ ruled that In examining whether registration ought to be refused on the ground that shape involved a technical solution, EUIPO and the general court should also have taken into account non-visible functional elements represented by that shape, such as its rotating capability.X is one of the most sold items worldwide in its category.What is X, something we have all tried?

When the first product by X was launched in 1976, many people believed it was Satanic and didnt want to buy it. This superstition was based on the price-tag of the product. When the co-founder was asked about it he said he just liked repeating digits and the markup was 1/3rd the actual cost. He insists that he didnt know about its religious implications.The product was recently auctioned at $905,000/-.What am I talking about?

Apple 1

IB + POUNCEREVERSE18 Questions. +10/0 on IB, +20/-10 on PounceQuestions are not long but properly spaced. Important parts are underlined wherever necessary.

This device came into news recently, after it has again been altered by 30 fundamental units, owing to the waves of strident-nationalism around the globe, specifically the statements of POTUS, North Koreas war stance and its continuous testing of nuclear weapons underground, thwarting of concerns regarding climate change by USA and increased tensions between Pakistan and India across LoC.This device was conceptualized by The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947.What is the device aptly named as, seeing the reasons for which it has been altered 22 times since 1947 (vis)? (Points only on specific answer/and no variants)

Doomsday Clock

Bruce F Meyers is a very adventurous person hes survived Kamikaze attacks, braved burning oil and is a yacht designer and surfer. He is best known for designing the Meyers Manx, which got its name from the Manx cat virtue of the tailless breed and the shortened vehicle's truncated "stubbiness.The Meyers Manx is so popular, we have seen it inspire vehicles in GTA by the name of BF Injection. He used Volkswagen Beetles for his Meyers Manx.What kind of vehicle is a Meyers Manx?

Beach Buggy

Given below is an excerpt from his autobiography. Names hidden wherever required (vis)

What signature style of his attire was the outcome of this incident ? Issey Miyake

Turtleneck collection of Steve Jobs

Prozac is an anti-depressant medicine. She, being a patient of bipolar disorder and her problems with drug and alcohol, was an active voice about mental illness. Fittingly, she had a large Prozac Pill in her possession, described as her favorite. More fittingly, her ashes were buried in a Prozac-Pill shaped urn (vis) and it made worldwide news, along with her, on her death. Who ?

Todd Fisher carrying her sisters ashes in a Prozac pill shaped urn

This news article (vis) published in Outlook talks about a secret Project GORMET by Indian Government in which unmarked U.S military planes, with strange-looking tanks under their wings, landed outside Delhi, much to the relief of common Indians. It was inspired from a similar operation (eventually which was undertaken successfully) that US army was trying in Vietnam, called X. GORMET went underway, much to the hectic of Indira Gandhi as she doesnt wanted it to seem like joint military exercise with US, thus further increasing tensions with Pakistan. The operation was proposed to be experimented over the skies of specific target states but couldnt be performed due to a technical incompetence hampering its success. It was then proposed over the skies of Indias land near Pakistan but again, couldnt be completed due to strategic presence of this technical competence, which would have aggravated the issues more between the two countries. The project was thus shelved.

What reason made Indira Gandhi deliberate enough to strategize such an operation ? (On IB+Pounce)What specific technical incompetence met the operation as its first hurdle ? (Bonus +10) | Also X (For +10 more)

Monsoon failure of 1965 & 1966, especially in states of Bihar and UP, made Indira Gandhi take this step. The monsoon failure resulted in am almost famine like condition in Bihar.The technical incompetence was that there were no clouds to be seen over the targeted states and so Indira Gandhi planned to have the experiment over the skies of Punjab but it was ultimately cancelled.

Shortly after the First Crusade, a French nobleman from the Champagne region, Hugh de Payens, collected eight of his knighted relatives and began this order with their stated mission of protecting the Pilgrims on their journey. Temple Mount in old city of Jerusalem became their headquarters. The men of this order were lodged in theAqsa Mosque, which was assumed to stand on the site of Solomon's Temple. Because the Aqsa mosque was known as the Templum Solomonis, it was not long before the knights had encompassed the association in their name. They became known as the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, which was eventually shortened to the name with which they became popular and inspired a great order in Popular Culture.Origins of which famous order ?

Knights Templar

Equality (Titles) Bill, a bill by the Parliament of United Kingdom, has been colloquially named as the X Law and XY Law. The bill would end a measure of gender discrimination and allow for equal succession of female heirs to hereditary titles and peerages. The bill gets its colloquial name inspired from pop culture where the Earls eldest daughter is unable to inherit the family seat because it can only be passed to a male heir. The bill still has not yet been passed. By what name is this bill colloquially known ?

Downton/Downton Abbey Law

The committee headed by Bibek Debroy stated this move in their report on restructuring public transport in 2016. This move saves this institution the huge amount and dividend it has to pay to the GoI for its support and help cut its costs which is already facing losses in this financial year. The move will thus put an end to almost a century old tradition. What tradition ?

Presenting Rail Budget separate from the General budget

This is Phan Thi Kim Phuc (vis), commonly known as XY. She is 53 years old. Her back was burnt badly when she was 9. Shes received multiple treatment for this, and is now fine. She also started her own eponymous foundation and has written a book.All this has been due to the incident when she was 9.Recently, a Tech company was criticized for censorship relating to her.What is she commonly known as?

Napalm Girl

This company had a hand in making the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, Waldorf Astoria, Hoover Dam and others.It became defunct in 2003 and is now owned by ArcelorMittal.Its failure is attributed to cheap foreign labor and short term thinking.Its name comes from the biblical birthplace of Christ.Which company is this that built America?

In Kolkata, on X Terrace stands a building named X Sadan. The building is used for Chess classes and as a tie of friendship between the countries. This place is named after, Y X who was nominated five times for the Nobel in Literature. Y X was close to Stalin in YXs last years.His most famous works include Twenty-Six Men and a Girl and The Mother. YX in-fact is his pen name where X reflected his simmering anger about life in his country and a determination to speak the bitter truth.Who is this person ?

This term comes from lightweight carriages, and is used to refer to the soft top that was supported by 4 metal beams on each side of the carriage, resembling a X.This term is still in use for a certain class of cars.This term became very popular after James Deans 1955 Porsche 550 X titled Little Bitch crashed and killed him.Aston Martin used to use X to brand their cars, but have now changed it to Volante, the Italian word for the English word X.What am I talking about?

Spyder Cars

When Hassanpur MLA Gaya Lal changed his parties three times in a fortnight from INC to United Front, back to Congress and then in nine hours, back to United Front! Rao Birendra Singh caught hold of him when he again wished to change to Congress and declared something to the press which became a popular reference to turn-coats What famous reference did this incident inspire ?

James Wilson founded The Economist and the precursor of Standered Chartered Bank. He was described by Karl Marx as an economical mandarin of high standing. He is said to have evoked order out of chaos after the 1857 war of Independence in India. He gave the income tax system of India, created the government paper currency. While in India, he gave the first-of-its-kind speech as the then Finance Member of the India Council that advised the Viceroy of India. What speech was that, the beginning of a ritual sort of performed every year amidst much speculation ?

The first General Budget Speech in India delivered in 1860

This book lists a secret glossary, which came to news after this star of the sport made headlines in 2012. There were terms like BB, Band-Aids, Butter (favorite of this star as it is near to butter where he stored EPO), Edgar/POE for

the medicine that was originally made to treat leukemia or anemia, Vitamin E, Glowtime for the period just after ingestion, Ufe, El Importante, Sam referring to Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes who helped Hamilton too.Who was this star ?

Lance Armstrong.Doping allegations and his trial.

The initial plan of this building was to raise it to a height of 1,050 feet though the height was increased to 1,250 feet. The additional 200 feet was to serve a special purpose, catering to the technological development taking form in big shapes from the beginning of 1910s. The advancement was to result in a disaster in less then a decade after the building was opened in 1931 to the public. Though the mast never served its intended purpose of a host, today it is used a radio and transmitting tower. The 102nd storey serves as an observatory. What said purpose was that which cannot be completed due to technical faults in the structure ?

Hints ? 142

Raising the height of the mast of the Empire State Building so as to make dirigible platform for the docking of Airships during 1920s and 1930s.

This image, though very popular, is a fake.

As Travis Ishikawa pulled of a Bobby Thomson in 2014 National League Series, winning the San Francisco Giants the pennant, the famous line heard all over the

world in 1951 when Bobby Thomson did the same for his team X, were used again by the commentator albeit in a different voice.This 1951 instance thus was called Y (5 word phrase) putting it into a group comprised of historical incidents of the likes of the first shots of American Revolutionary War and assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The phrase derives its origin from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emersons Concord Hymn (vis).

Which team (X) was originally referred to as in those iconic lines ? (IB+Pounce)Write the phrase (Y) for Bonus +10.

Team X is New York Giants

There have been thirty Mars mission attempts over a period of forty years now. In one such turn of events, the mission launched as X became the first to be headed by a public university, University of Arizona, in NASA history. This lander, used in 2008, is the modified Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander (cancelled in 2000) along with several instruments from both that and the previous unsuccessful Mars Polar Lander mission (1999). Lockheed Martin which built the 1999 lander, had kept the nearly complete lander in an environmentally controlled clean room from 2001 until the 2008 mission was funded. Owing to such history, what (mythical) name was given to the spacecraft due to obvious reasons (a reference being underlined) ?

Long Visual Connect9 Elements.Marking scheme on slide.No points for individual identification.

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