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Division of interests in the quiz

Biz9%

Lit4%

Ent13%

Music4%trivia

9%

etymology9%

history20%

geo11%

sports11%

tech9%

Starting off with a pretty girl…

1. ID

• ANSWER

• Roshni Nadar• The exec. Director and CEO of HCL

2. We have all performed ‘percussive maintenance’ on objects to get it to run properly. TV, computers, and especially vending machines require percussive maintenance. What is percussive maintenance?

• ANSWER

• The use of physical force to make a machine work

3. This American investor-inventor genius is the founder-CEO of SpaceX and also founded Tesla Motors and Paypal. His innovative research has garnered him billions of dollars. He is also known for his philanthropic efforts on science education and clean energy. Either recognize him, or what/who he inspired in 2008

• ANSWER

• Elon Musk, was the inspiration for Iron man• Pictured is his cameo in Iron man 2

4. A new flavour of ice-cream has cropped up in Valentino ice cream shop in Tisno, Croatia. The owner observed his 15-year old girl behaving like a 15-year old girl, and this struck him as obvious. What flavour?

• Clues in the picture

• ANSWER

• Facebook! Tastes like gum and candy

5. What are these lists of?

• Movies1. LOTR: Return of the King

(836)2. Kingdom of Heaven (610)3. 300 (600)4. Troy (572)5. The Last Samurai (558)

• Characters1. Ogami Itto “Lone wof and Cub:

White Heaven in Hell” (150)2. Smith “Shoot ‘em up” (141)3. John Preston “Equilibrium”

(118)4. Topper Harley “Hot Shots Part

deux” (103)5. Tetsuo “Akira” (98)

• ANSWER

• List of the highest bodycount in movies and per character, as per moviebodycounts.com

6. During the time that both were competing for supremacy of the NW, X was famous for manufacturing and Y was famous for its port. However, after 1894, ships could bypass Y and transport goods directly to X. This meant less dues for Y and loss of jobs. This caused resentment between X and Y.

• Historians regard this as the key incident to what? (or ID X and Y)

• ANSWER

• X – Manchester• Y – Liverpool• The ManU – Liverpool rivalry

7. ID

• ANSWER

• Salman Rushdie

8. This particular industry used to use Mercury to remove the odor from the raw material. As a result, their employees would suffer from Mercury vapor poisoning. They would stop taking orders from their bosses, have issues controlling their temper amongst a host of other issues. This gave rise to a particular phase, made famous by a fictional character . Gimme the phrase or the character.

• ANSWER

• Mad as a hatter or the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

9. The ingredients of this dish include meat (usu. Goat), pounded wheat, milk, spices and dry fruits.

• Traditionally, it is cooked on a low firewood flame for upto 12 hours in a bhatti while one or two men stir it continuously with wooden paddles.

• Which dish?

• ANSWER

• Hyderabadi Haleem

10. Give me the reference

• ANSWER

• Kurt Cobain was born in Aberdeen, Washington. Nirvana’s hit single ‘Come as You are’ is thus one of the first things you see on entering the city.

11. According to a legend, a king was instructed to atone for the murder of his mother by linking together the nine rivers which flowed through his kingdom. He did this by constructing dams and built his capital by the lakes which were thus formed.

• Part of a princely state founded in 1723, it joined India in 1949, having been a separate province since Indian independence in 1947.

• Name the City which was named after this king.

• ANSWER

• Bhopal• Said to be named after Raja Bhoj, to which

pal meaning ‘dam’ was added.

12. This drink is taken ‘X not Y’ by the main character, and there are several benefits to it taken this way. First, The former is colder than the latter, since the ice has a chance to swish around the drink more. Second, X dissolves air into the mix and hence the gin has a sharper taste. Third, X helps dissolve the vermouth, giving the drink a less oily taste.

• Moreover, studies say that X enhances the antioxidant properties of alcohol, so it is healthier. Identify

• ANSWER

• Vodka Martini, Shaken not Stirred

13. The Allianz Arena is lit differently based on which team is playing. It is blue when it plays host to TSV 1860. When is it red and white?

• ANSWER

• Red when Bayern is playing• White when the German national team is

playing

14. Soramimi is a japanese word which tranlsates to ‘deafness’. It came to prominence in India after a youtube user Buffalax, uploaded a bunch of videos, especially the song ‘Kalluri Vaanil’ from the Tamil movie ‘Pennin Manathai Thottu’ which received considerable praise.

• What are Soramimis?

• ANSWER

• Misheard lyrics to songs• <video removed>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4k7vswBk0A

15. When Brian Battistone came out with it, he was called a freak. It has been called nicknames including ‘hedge clippers’ or ‘divining rod’.

• His mixed doubles partner, Nicole Mellichar just calls it ‘the Alien’.

• What am I talking about?

• ANSWER

• Battistone has made a unique double-handed racket.

• He calls it ‘the Natural’ btw